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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jan 01, 1842

Page

5

Christmas Day in London Workhouses Reveals Plentiful Fare

The Metropolitan district reports on Christmas day meals for inmates in multiple workhouses and unions. Inmates totaling around forty thousand enjoyed beef, plum pudding, bread, and porter with variations by location. Several inns show increases over last year, while some houses note holidays or restrictions. The item also includes society notes on royal christening plans and patronage debates.

Fweteay Nan Aldersgate Norwood Comedie Aubin Yaclin Reid Abe Sagerwich Union Greenwich Javieb Lewishara St Paul and St. Nicholas Board of Guardians Oysand Paupen Asylum Austin's London Joseph Brown Jorixe DrovsEt’s St. Go's Strand Richmond Mantin's-In-The-Fields Gr. James's Westminster Isuix Gror Wilnt Cauale Ford-green Grove-house Brixton St. Luke's Midplesex Mt. Brixton Periah Stonarp Shorepitch Enfield West Lonpox Uxrox St. Sepulchre’s Sterney Union Stepney Limesney Mile-end Ratcliffe Wapping Limehouse Mile-end Atcliffe Board of Indians Rickyey Evrery Board Srardiang and Directors Strong Union Isleworth Onarr’s Oxton Southwark Htuutes Southwank Lewisham Asylum St Tany Newinotox Tomates City Uniox Richard Peckham Whitechapel Honors Union Sr. Saviour’s Uniox Rubin’s Grove House St. Mary Islington St. Mary, Newington St. Olave's Union Sr. Mancarer St. Jomn’s Strand Union St. Giles IN the Fields ST George Bloomsbury St. Mary MacpaLex Bramonpsey Merton Surrey Hendon Kingsbury Willesden Edgware Little Stanmore Great Stanmore Weald Pinner Harrow St. Luxe Cheties Kensington Union Poor Law Commissioners Chiswick Uxparpee Union England Palace Chat Court Journal Windsor Court Circular Prussia Saxe Cobourg St. George’s Chapel Knights of the Garter Axminster Prince of Wales St. George’s Hall Jeffry Wyatville Earl de Grey Ireland Duke of Beaufort Duke of Buckingham Country Party of England Lord Wheerncliffe Woble Ford Stuart Wortley West Riding of Yorkshire Lord Morpeth Great Eolnt Marlborough Melbourne Prince Albert Windsor Castle Duke of Cambridge William IV George Lil Goldsmiths’ Company Metropolis Worcester Journal

Frightful Great Western Railway Accident Tragedy

A major Great Western railway collision near Reading on a Friday morning left eight dead and many injured. The luggage train derailed after striking earth slipped from an embankment at Sonninghill cutting, dragging carriages into a fatal pile. Passengers, mostly workers traveling for Christmas, suffered severe injuries while relief efforts and inquests began amid questions about embankment stability.

Paddington Sonninghill Reading London Steventon Great Western Railway Slough Twyford Bea Gipmneer Theistoker May Borks Cheltenham Gloucester Bridgewater Jabez Cler Branel Saunders Seymour Clark Worhmen Bristol Morning Post Plac Great Western Reading Mercury Gullet London Road Cirencester Werbi Bai Csafférerd Redding Fred Frederick Smith Qstigie:syliebté Seymour Clark

Fatal railway crossing tragedy at Newton Junction

A long dangerous crossing near Newton Junction caused the death of James Taylor a boy twelve or thirteen and seriously injured another lad. An inquest blamed the accident on crossing roads and urged a footbridge. The report also notes the Earls of Egmont death at Wigmore Street and succession details.

Bavaz Tre Liverpool Manchester Newson Newton Junction Grand Junction Liverpool and Kingdom Messrs. Turner and Evans's Haydock Messrs. Muspratt and Co Liverpool and Manchester Vulcan Foundry Newton James Taylor Warwick-locks Sankey Canal John Dawson John Heyes Ram's Head Drath Ear of Egmont Henry Frederick James Earl of Egmont Admiralty Lord Bute Lord Arden Spencer Perceval Earl George James Lord Arden Calverton Arthur Perceval Her Majesty

France court sentences and press clash over Dupoty trial

Our Paris despatch details the court of peers verdicts against Quenisset and co accused with deaths and transportation. Acquittals for Considere Fougeray Bouzer Prival and Charles Martin follow as debates over press liberty ignite among conservatives and liberals, with threats to suppress freedom of the press and new anxieties about the September laws.

France Paris Court Ofers Quenissét Quenisset Lust Brazier Colombier Dufour Jarasse Petit Martin Boggio Mallet Boucheron Launois Dupoty Napoleon Bazin Considere Fougeray Bouzer Prival Charles Martin Brazier Duke de Broglie Duke de Cazes M. Dupoty Mauvaise Presse Chamber of Deputies Duputy Court of Peers Journal Des Debats United States Liverpoor Hibernia Wilson New York New York Herald Jamaica Electra Honduras A. Betize Guatemala Port Royal Carthagena Stock Exchange Long Island Harlem Farmers’ Trust Indiana Illinois Ameericax News LiveRpout J. R. Crosbie Elizabeth Wood Nassau New Providence Richmond Virginia New Orleans Howell England America M‘leod Lord Aberdeen Orange Town Londonderry Aldersgate St. Bride’s and Bridewell Morratiry Norwich James Langley Robert Young Bow-street Charing-cross Langley Samuel Polden Golden-cross Strand Hungerford Street Hungerford Arcade J. G. Bailey Mr. Twyford Polden Norfolk Young Lavall Camberwell Red Cap Southwark Bridge-Road Waterloo-road Messrs. Bryan and Sons Dade-street Broadway Westminster Eagle Saw Mills Old Brompton London Fire Establishment Pye

Mr Christopher and the corn laws in debate

A Herald summary debates Mr Christopher's corn law proposals and Peel government plans. The piece critiques a sliding scale and averages, notes potential concord with ministers yet denies direct government involvement, and argues for gradual reforms balancing landed interests with public benefit. Topics include taxation, protection, and agricultural regulation with emphasis on prudence and justice.

Christopher Penerty Mr. Christopher Robert Peel Lincolnshire Handley Morning Post

Controversy Over Oxford Chair Of Poetry Sparks Protestant War

A lengthy letter in the Standard blasts Protestant opponents at Oxford's poetry chair selection, urging open exposure of “Puseyite traitors” and warning of dire consequences for the university and church. The issue references Rev. W. D. Conybeare, patronage, and fears of Catholic influence. Also noted are Death of Vice Admiral Sir George Scott and a Financial roundup with weekly railway returns and bank note statistics.

Stin W. D. Conybeare London Oxford Isvariot Prorgstant Wni University Wilsins Nembers Newman Williams Standard Geo. Scott K.C.B Ville Petersham George Caroline Lucy Douglas the Fair Lord Douglas Douglas Montague Bank of England Bank of Ireland Birmingham and Derby London and Birmingham Gloucester Brandling Junction Chester Birkenhead Dundee Arbroath Eastern Counties Glasgow Ayr Paisley Greenock Grand Junction Crewe Great North of England Great Western Cheltenham Bristol Exeter Hull and Selby Lancaster Preston Junction Liverpool Manchester Aylesbury Blackwall Brighton Greenwich Croydon Shoreham London and Croydon Tolk London and South Western Burton Bury Sheffield Leeds Sinnett Midland Newcastle and Carlisle Northern Eastern North Midland North Union Ware Ulster Yorsl Penkeed Norte

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