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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jan 02, 1842

Page

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Free Trader Letter Attacks Taxing Monopolies in 1841 London

In a caustic critique addressed to Sir Robert Peel and the government, the Free Trader laments high taxes and class legislation that burden the very poor. It denounces tariffs on food and everyday commodities while praising Turtle export privileges for the wealthy, condemning winter hardship and urging freer markets for labor and produce. The piece roots its argument in 1841 London political tensions and fiscal reform.

England Her Commissioners of Customs Gunter Her Majesty’s Treasury Board of Trade Lords of the Treasury Sir Robert Peel Peel-Wellington Pitt Percival

Court and Fashion. Royal events and Paris dress trends.

The Queen and Prince Albert walked on the Castle Terrace with the Duchess of Kent joining a forenoon walk. King of Prussia to London plans circulate, with a grand reception setup. Banquet preparations, christening timing, and wedding delays feature amid courtly festivities. London and Paris fashion notes detail velvet and satin gowns, layered skirts, tight sleeves, and hats, with high coiffures and jeweled ornaments in vogue.

Winpsck Prince Albert Duchess of Kent Wemyss C. A. Murray Royal Hunt New-lodge Viscount Melbourne Queen Dowacen Prussia Enatanp Leipsic Berlin London Cologne Calais de Natzmer de Neumann Reeder Alexandre de Humbolt Count de Stollberg Nender Cunris Texinc St. George's Hall Waterloo Chamber Waterloo Cardinal Wolsey Lord Wriothesley Russell Nicholas Esterhazy Prince Paul Countess de St. Aulaire Woburn Abbey Duke and Duchess of Bedford Kingston-house Marquis of Wellesley Kensington-gore Duchess of Kingston Paris la Marie Louise Lavalliére Espagnole Pompadour Berets Toques Richard Cour de Lion

French disclosures and arrests amid peer commission activity

Paris reports reveal Just Brazier and Colombier admitting facts of their trial with new disclosures. Arrests follow revelations from these figures as peers accelerate supplementary examinations. In London, the Acadia arrives at Liverpool with few passengers, while U.S. banking grand jury charges Bank officers with fraud and a Philadelphia court receives a grand jury presentment seeking indictments for notable bank officials.

France Paris Gazette Des Tribunaux Brazier Colombier Débats Chamber Petit Luxembourg Calombier Just Brazier Wasre National Court of Peers Luxembourg Quenisset Colombier, and Just Brazier Sieele M. Odison Barrot Unitep Acadia Ririe Liverpool Boston Halifax New York Ilx Congress London Holland Vera Cruz Texas Santa Fé Canada United States Grand Jury United States Bank Austin Montgomery Nicholas Biddle Joseph Cowperthwaite Thomas Dunlap Samuel Jaudon John Andrews Austin Montcomery Hon. Court of General Sessions Philadelphia Lomey-General Endor Genery Henry Maltery Kias Moses Kempton Edward Coles Newbold Joshua Lippincott Jonathan Patterson Thomas Tailor Willian Jayton Joseph,Cowperthwaite Moses Kemipton Edward Cole James S. Newbold William Drayton Joseph Cabot Rodney Moses Kempton Thomas Taylor Southwark T. B Grand Jury-room

Fatal Great Western Railway accident verdict at Sonning

Coroner's jury at Royal Berkshire Hospital finds Richard Woolley died from a skull fracture when engine Hecla collided with earth fallen on the Great Western line at Sonning. They blame lack of night police in the cutting and levy a £100 deodand on engine and carriages while urging tracks to be farther from the engine.

London Gazette Treasury Madeira Canary Islands Azores West Indies North South America United Kingdom Central America Venezuela New Grenada Panagia Her Majesty Panama Standard Frankland Lewis James Graham Home Office Revenue Commission The Revenue Gwydir House Whitehall Reform Club Whitehall-place Gwydir-house Entomological Society Geological Society Royal Society Zoological Society Botanical Society Great Western Railway Bristol Board London Board Paddington Railway Magazine Inspectos General Raiways Frederick Smith Inspector General of Railways Pasley Dustin Erzerson Evening Mail Lord Morpeth Dublin Evening Post Oxforpd Oxford Herald Croraine Leeds Bradford Manchester Glasgow Liverpool Bristol and Gloucester Smith Bristol Bristol Infirmary J. Grindon John Hodge Wickwar Witness Hoe Jones Bankaman Lewis Crew Mr. Gregg Royal Berkshire Hospital Richard Woolley Great Western Railroad Sonning Great Western London Bath West Riding Morperh Aberford Fairfax New West Riding of Yorkshire Leeds Mercury

Exchequer-bill fraud linked to Rapallo scheme exposed

The final statement to the Treasury recounts E. B. Smith’s alleged 1820 Rapallo linked plot to borrow £1000 exchequer bills and fabricate large sums. It alleges forgery, widespread laxity in the exchequer bill office, and questions why only Smith faced justice while coadjutors escaped. Estimates suggest millions may have circulated secretly over years, prompting calls for reforms.

E. B. Smith Treasury Rapallo Solari Basinghiall-street Stock-exchange Gremaing Newgate Exchequer Bille Commission Smith Scatheless Exchequer-Bill Bank of England Exchequer Bill Office Arena Lord Ashburton John Nichol

Six paupers set fire to workhouse clothes and faced custody

In East London Union Workhouse six able-bodied men were given new clothes after entering as temporary paupers. They set fire to their old garments at daybreak and damaged sleeping room glass. Alderman Farebrother sentenced them to seven days.

Alderman Farebrother Thomas Barker Alderman Mary Clifford Emerald Isle Beech-street Barbican Farebrother Pickford S White Horse Piccadilly Marylebone London Assurance Joseph Saville Joe the Marine Long Mousi Mr. Long Eliza Warner Robert Potts 2D Life Guards George Randalls Warner Knightsbridge Randalls Wilson Newbury Berkshire London Shoreditch Gregorie Clerkenwell Onxty Lanx Anne Wells James Stuart John Arthur York Street Bagnigge Wells Worship Street Savace Assay Sr Daniel O’brien James O’brien Broughton Owen McCarthay Hunt Daniel Hart Sher Yern Ambeth Street Patrick Mary Murray Ann Gallaghan Old Bailey Jack Sheppard Pombe

Anti Corn Laws Lectures and Disturbances in London and Surroundings

A string of public meetings across London and Paddington feature Sidney Smith lecturing on the evils of the corn laws, urging total repeal and a land tax. The gatherings face disruptions from chartists, with enthusiastic crowds and strong sentiment against ministers and the emigration scheme.

Caurca Manyo Lesone Portman Arms Tavern Milton-street Dorset-square Sidney Smith H. B. Smart Smith Paddington Anti-Corn Law Association Countess of Radnor Kinnaird Jane Bouverie Wilson Manchester Griffiths Bayswater Portwine London Metropolis Thong Tee Atoe Bmr Bank of England Manchester Guardian Dukes of BuckingHam Mangenoven Waddesdon Bucks Wotton Duke of Buckingham Daniel Turner John Bull Waddesden Turner Devonshire Buckinghamshire Wakefield Jory Leeds Times

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History and Politics Free Trader Cotton Twist Sim Ropsat Peel Treasury Chambers Henry Gunter Her Majesty's Treasury Tam, &c G. Clerk Police
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