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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 27, 1842
Page
6
A fragmentary OCR reads a list of names including Sanderson Sandon Lord Scarlett Hon R Scott Hon F Sheppard T Shiney EJ Shirley E P Ltar Col Sanderson BR Sandon Lord Scarlett Hon R Scott Hon F Sheppard T Shiney EJ Shirley E P Ltar Col Stanley Lord Stanley E Stanton W H Stewart John Stuart Sturt H C Sutton Le Taylor T Taylor J A Tennent J PL t. DW
A long OCR fragment lists numerous titled figures and peers including Lord Tollemache, Lord Yorke, Lord C Marsland, Viscount Whitmore, and Sir J Philips among others. The garbled text repeatedly repeats several surnames and titles, suggesting a parliamentary or ceremonial roll call or society roster from a late 19th or early 20th century publication. The passage predominantly catalogs names with many repeated entries and partial titles.
Mr Talbot opened Mitford's divorce bill with evidence on the 1828 marriage to Lady Georgiana Ashburnham and the Frankfort arrangements. Witnesses described married life, alleged affairs with Mr Molyneux, and travels to Weisbaden and Dresden. Hotel room bookings at Hyde Park and Mrs Murray were noted, with Lady Georgiana denying improper relations to still leave the bill to a second reading.
In London sittings at Nisi Prius, Sawas Krewicz sues Lawson publisher of the Times for damages after extracts from his pamphlet The Eastern Question were printed before its official publication. Barnes praised the manuscript, Ridgway published it without fixed remuneration, and three columns appeared in the paper. The jury awarded £10, deemed sufficient compensation, and the verdict was entered for the defendant.
In Cambridge, a writ of inquiry assessed damages for libel in the Cambridge Chronicle as reported speech misrepresented Mr Pryme. Trustees Hatfield and Wells involved. the jury found for the plaintiff, damages set at one farthing, with costs awarded to the plaintiff.
A high profile action for money had and received pits jockey club tradition against a banking wager dispute. Thornton sues trustees Portman Beales and Clarke over a £1250 payment tied to Gurney losses with a condition to settle Gurney’s debts in full. Trials reveal contested guarantees and alleged noncompliance under Jockey Club rules.
Lord George Bentinck dialogues reveal Thornton paid a debt not sanctioned by law and demanded 20s in the pound from Gurney creditors or recover his money. The jury found for the plaintiff with damages of 1250 pounds. The solicitor-general stated Thornton would fund Christ's Hospital with the money, prompting applause in court.
Isabella Draper, 51, stepmother to the deceased, operated a Middle Rainton pub. After a quarrel with the victim over a nephew, Draper threw an earthen pot striking the temple, causing a skull fracture and eventual death in December. She received one month imprisonment. Assizes neared end with civil cases lighter than expected.
A Welsh girl Margaret Jones told a tale of arrival in London from Dolgelly being taken by a gentleman to a house for an attempted seduction then robbed and detained. Inspectors questioned her, uncovering inconsistencies about her coach, father, and residence. The magistrate pressed for truth as she faced possible disgrace and possible return home, with magistrates seeking confirmation from suspected farm owner Mr. Biddulph. The scene included Sir Benjamin Hall and Sir William Wynn, and a coffee shop confinement while awaiting a verdict. On Worship Street a Russian man, Alexander Bowmenko, alias Surge Scavalonska, faced theft charges for a watch and seals, and attempted stabbing of a police officer after being traced through pawnbrokers. He was wounded and remanded for Friday examination.
In a chaotic Thames office session, a drunken group from Dundee to Hackney faced charges. A witness described a comic yet tense scene as a watch theft case collided with a rough river chase ending in a police rescue. The court adjourned cases including a watch theft, an attempted murder on a waterman, and a mass assault on officers with fines imposed.
A sequence of inquests and court cases details attempts and deaths by self harm across London and surrounding areas. Reports describe a man’s knife wound to his throat after family strife, a woman’s apparent self destruction while intoxicated, a youth poisoning himself, and other distressing acts sourced from Union Hall, St Martins Church Strand, Marlborough Street, and West Square. Also noted are fatal rail company poisonings and a Barnsley coal mine fire damp explosion killing four.
A witty column riffs on a statesman by dissecting a name to hint at character. It playfully notes that if readers try to pin him with a single letter or label, they miss the truth as the man “eludes you” with a sliding scale and elusive cunning.
The General Register lists temperatures for the weeks ending February 5 and February 12. Highest readings reached 49 and 52 degrees, while lowest fell to 33 and 32 degrees. Daily mean temperatures showed notable variation. Official record dated February 17, 1842.
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