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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Feb 26, 1843

Page

5

Fragmented 1843 miscellany items and notices

A long OCR spill covers varied 19th century items including church appointments, university LL.D. award, insurance talk, legal notices, suicides, inquests, and municipal matters. It mixes religious, legal, and social notes with brief crime, death, and transportation mentions, all in a stray miscellany tone.

Much Ado About Nothing Triumphs At Drury Lane

A Friday performance at Drury Lane featured Mr. Macready as Benedick to thunderous applause and a full house. Strong ensemble work by Mrs. Nisbett Miss Fortescue and Messrs. Phelps Anderson and Keeley elevated the Shakespearean farce, followed by a praised Masque Comus with Miss Faucit and Miss Horton.

Mx. Mackgapus Nicut Old Drury Box Pit Macready Benedick Shakspere Sock Buskin Miss Fortescue Phelps Anderson Hadeon Leonato Claudio Prince Dogberry Compton Keeley Acons Lawes Handel Arne King Arthur Milton Miss Faucit Miss Horton Parmessi Messrs Pepper Ginger Snoodle Danton Champion Dump Solus Sorrell Oliver Surface Solus Abigail Starch Mias Starch Adelphi Theatre Mary Melvyn Fitzball Mungo Park Niger Mesars van Tisburee Carter Mango Park van Amburgh Harrington Widdicombe Gander Naturalist Miss Marshall Mlle Camille Lerour Mr. North Bolivar Mr. Sweeny Juliet Charles Dillon Romeo H. Carles Peter Messie A. Dunn Laker Mies Ridgway Ellen Daly

Tattersalls Racing Report Reports Mixed Chester Cup Bets

Moderate betting across the day with shifts against top Derby favorites. The Chester Cup saw Bizarre weaken and The Corsair decline while Alice Hawthorn rose. Derby chances for A British Yeoman and Murat fluctuated as St Valentine gained 40 to 1. Thursday dull. Peter Simple wins Hereford Steeplechase. sale at Tattersalls draws nobility, headlined by Sir Gilbert Heathcote’s stock auction with Emilius mare selling for 160 guineas.

Tattersall Alice Hasthorn Murat St. Valentine Lucetta Brewer Parthian Trueboy Languish Mercy F. Clarke Plummer Alice Hawthorn Blakelock Peel Goodman Bell Anson Napier Griffith Lord Exeter Lord Albemarle Chesterfield Duke of Grafton Bowes Cotherstone Lord Orford Mostyn Earl of Richmond andi _Trueboy Rawlinson Marks Galanthus Marshal Soult Trueboy Alse Hereford Powell Davies Regulator Hunter John Bosley Negro Ferneley Rebel Girpeet Heathcore Gilbert Heathcote Baronet Emilius Nannette Glaucus Marquis of Anglesey Wahab Sultan Duke of Bedford France Royal George Mr. Orde Hammer Newcastle Beeswing Queen Bee Johnny Boy

Capture of a Nest of Gamblers in St James Street

A dawn police raid at 34 St James Street Piccadilly led by Superintendent Baker and Inspector Freud uncovered a gambling den above a soptician’s shop named Strudwick. Several men were seized including Henry Smart son of the proprietor, who fled and fell from an eighty foot roof, dying soon after. Prisoners Crump Hall and Smith stood before Mr Hardwick with evidence of a gaming house and betting at hazard. Sentences ranged from three pounds to one hundred pounds or imprisonment, with Smart’s penalty mitigated due to the fatal accident. An inquest later found Henry Smart’s death accidental.

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Extraordinary Case of Seduction and Breach of Promise

Coturms v. Isaacs at the Queen's Bench details a scandalous breach of promise of marriage. Amelia Collina sues Isaac for seduction and its consequences after he pursued her sister Jane, misled by vows of marriage, leading to family distress and disputed age and consent. The jury awards 50 pounds to the plaintiff.

Courty Queen’s Bench Lord Denman London Famban Sussex Mr. Platt Collins Stepney Jace Collina Amelia Mr. H John Simpson Surgrove St. Mary Somerset Jane William Collins Navy Platt Jane Collins Defandant M. Cloak Cloak Misa Jane Mr. Closk Eustace Denmen

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