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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Feb 26, 1842

Page

7

Trial over forged exchequer bills tests government liability

In the Exchequer Court a special jury heard Bank of England v. Tomsins over £8,000 loss from forged exchequer bills. The case traced the 1841 forgeries through Capel and Coutts to the Exchequer bill office, with Lord Monteagle and Percival scrutinizing signatures. The jury found for the plaintiffs, holding government liability.

Bank OF England Tomsins Court of Exchequer Lord Rand Beaumont Smith Lord Monteagle Priomey-general Kelly England James Capel Messrs. Coutts Capel Exchequer-bill Office Ti Monteagle Mr. Capel Sal ii H. Latham, Esq I, Sauddee Smith Ind Monteagle Ferchequer West India Exchequer Office Exchequer Mptroller-General Percival Ndt Greville Mr.Erle London Apon Mved Aumont Smith Latham Blake Lord Montt Erle Beaupith de Burgen Exchequer Bill Office Abinger

Soldiers of Lavater Face Debate on Physiognomy

A military unit is likened to Lavater's soldiers as they argue over faces and the science of physiognomy. The exchange centers on appearances guiding judgment and character in a terse, charged dialogue.

Lavater

Savage Murder at Fortune of War Beer Shop

A man named James Roberts alias Featherfoot killed Mary Reed with a grindstone at the Fortune of War beer-shop in York street Westminster. The weapon weighed over twelve pounds and the inquest returned a verdict of Wilful Murder, with Roberts committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court.

York Street Westminster James Robert Featherfoot Mary Reed Union Hall James Roberts Stone-Manson Fortune of War York-sreet Roberts Messrs Gell and Higgs Red Lion Princes-street William Keen Castle-lane Yorkstreet George Francis Crow James Westminster Hospital Elizabeth Rutter York-road

Cornwall Earthquake Feels Across Felmouth Region

A violent earthquake shock struck Felmouth and surrounding Cornwall on Thursday at 8:25 a m. It was followed by a loud report and a rumbling noise like a cart overturned against a house. The report notes widespread tremor across the district and describes the ensuing disturbance in the area.

Cornwall Felmouth Marriestone Marylebone Leeds Manchester R. Peel Apothecaries Westminster Review Tait Paris Revue de Versailles Dickson Messia Simpkin General Committee On Great Marlow Nottingham Weymouth Thetford J. Flower Bart Clitheroe Lewes Harwich Wigan Rutland Longford County Wakefield Sudbury Bridport Ipswich Belfast Cardigan Borough P. Pryse Wigton Burghs Rochester Gloucester City Blackburn Tipper Lichfield Southampton Newry J. M. Doyle Newport Isle of Wight Elginburghe Bewdley Reading Henry Falmouth Wareham Newcastle-under-Lyme Lyme Regis Dorsetshire Merthyr-Tydvil Stafford St. Ive’s Windsor

Bank runs and port uprising X in 1842 Lisbon crisis

Liverpool correspondent reports a Philadelphia Pennsylvania bank injunction and closures amid a wave of bank runs. Meanwhile in Portugal a chartist revolt unfolds with the citadel in Lisbon, resignations topple ministers, and Terceira leads a new provisional cabinet as troops desert to support the charter. The piece traces financial tremors in New York and Philadelphia and political upheaval in Portugal amid naval and merchant concerns.

Liverpool Peds South America Forbes New York Britannia Boston Baltimore Philadelphia Bank of Pennsylvania Supreme Court Commonwealth Porter Moyamensing Bank Pennsylvania Bank Mobile New Orleans Bank of the United States William W. Frazer Marshal of United States Jamaica House of Assembly Kingston The Courier and Braver Paradelphis Bank of Pennsylvania David R. Porter Perea Davin R. Porten Jussph Trorren Moyamensing Portugal Falmouth Lady Mary Wood Gibraltar Malta Oriental Cadiz Lisbon Oporto Vigo Her Majesty Calcutta Cambridge Vernon Malabar Indus Lynx Braganza Cape Finisterre England Viscount Sa da Bandeira Terceira Conant Bomfim Elvas Cesar de Vasconcellos Count Das Antan M. Grijo National Guard Castle of St George 30Th Light Infantry Marines Friends of the Charter Septembrists Municipal Guard 30Th Foot Carmo Square Friends of the Cause Paren Duke of Terceira Home Department Mesinho d'Albouerque Marine and Colonial Loureiro Nance

Restoration of the Charter Sparks Lisbon Turmoil

The new ministers rescind prior appointments and order disarmament as Lisbon reacts with partial celebrations. Crowds chant the charter, royal decrees restore the 1826 charter, and military movements surge from Oporto to Coimbra while Costa Cabral navigates ministers and possible treachery.

Count Das Antas Carmo Septembrists Das Antas Don Pedro Espartero Portugal Oporto Casa Cabral Minho Tras Os Montes Valenga Castello Branco Coimbra Goodden Marquis of Frontiera Costa Cabral Home Department Louis Philippe Bopes England Diario L. P. S. MonsinHo D'Albuquerque Palace of Necessidades Abrantes Elvas Evora Cadiz Council of Ministers Palace of Necensidades Lisbon Eppl Marquis of Fronteira Madrid M. Aguilar Lorenzo

Guizot Wins Defeat Of Franchise Extension In Parliament

Wednesday report notes M Guizot carried the day against extending electoral rights to professionals with 234 votes to 193. Opposition surprised, some Legitimists and Passy followers split. Dufaure and Lamartine faulted, Guizot praised for eloquence, while others criticized his theories as unsuitable to France.

Legentil Vuitry Legrand Velux M. Dufaure M. Guizot Lamartine Dufaure France M.guizot Mesars Ducos Chamber

Caledonia disaster and other naval notices across Atlantic

A long column reports on the Caledonia steamship damage near Cork after a Baltic storm, with passenger accounts praising Captain Lott. It notes Sioux and slave trade topics, a slave brig capture, Pozzo di Borgo’s death, and various London prison fire fears and a fatal ditch suffocation in Hendon.

Mendizabal Montanes Barcelona Gallicia Old Castile Burgos Madrid Caledonia Liverpool Halifax Boston Cork LiveRfoot Acadia Lott Gabriel Havannah Acorn Africa St. Helena Montreal Courier Paris Charles André Pozzo di Borgo France England Rue de l'Université Legislative Assembly Stave Trave Europe Great Britain M. Guizot Chamber of Deputies Chamber Lord Aberdeen Walrecnoss-strett Patson Whitecross-street Douglas Barrett Hexvon Wakley M.P Higgins Golder’s-green William Gillard London Child’s Hill Hendon

Explosion at Hounslow Powder Mill Kills and Injures Several

A massive powder mill explosion at Messrs Charles Berwick Curtie and Harvey on Hounslow Heath, two workers killed, three passersby fatally injured, with others severely hurt. The corning mill was destroyed, debris strewn across grounds and river, and survivors rushed to care as surgeons treat the wounded amid widespread alarm.

Hounslow Heath Charles Berwick Curtie Harvey Skinner-street Hounslow Colne Henry Finch Wm. Woolman Finch Woolman Peter Thomas William Caldwin Alfred Malthouse Frogiey Ates Ru. Malt Thomas Calvin

DREADFUL accident at Sir John Rennie’s foundry

A severe accident at the Sir John Rennie and Co foundry in Holland Street Blackfriars road left six workers injured as molten iron cascaded from a ladle during pouring for a diving bell. The injured were taken to hospital. firm officials ensured families would not want.

John Rennie Holland-street Blackfriars Road Sir John Rennie and Co Engineers Holland Street Guy’s Hospital Berry George Hardy Benton Dolphin Povey Joan Sydney Taylor A.M Bargister-at- Law Exeter Hall Strand Sydney Taylor John Chetwode Bart Sergeant Glover John Bence U.S.A William Etty R.A William Ewart Dr. Barry Kensall-green Duke of Buckingham Hastings Thomas Clarkson A. M Fitzroy, Kelly Q.C. Dears D. E. Monrnis Jay Hary Morris Mr. Morris Chance George Colman Colman Admiralty Haymarket Theatre King’s Bench Dibdin Messrs Tahourdin Wilston Paul Pry Bannister Munden Fawcett Dowton Charlee Amble Mathews Jones Charles Young Terry Warde Rae Mrs. Humby Miss Kelly Metropolis Munro Kent House of Commons Saturda Eaton Square John Russell Lord Palmerston Laboechere Baring Fox Maule Vernon Smith Angon Colonel Fox Thomas Wilde Macaulay H. Tufnell John Hobhouse William Clay C. Tae Muixitia

Total Exports and Wool Figures for 1841

Total exports show 44,545,595 pounds in 1841, with home consumption of cotton wool at 440,297,101 pounds after a Slits off from 531,197,817 pounds in 1840. Sheep's wool rose from 53,020,067 pounds in 1841, up from 50,002,976 pounds in 1840.

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