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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 04, 1846
Page
13
A dense, satirical column blends agricultural elites with political figures. Poetic jabs target Peel and Wellington and praise mercantile vigor, while a Christmas ghost tale closes the piece with a cautionary domestic revelation about a discharged servant.
In Congress two Oregon memorials appear from settlers seeking land donations and a separate republic option. Washington reports possible London talks to reframe the dispute under Lane’s mediation while Adams signals reopening of negotiations if boundaries are contentious. Other U S market notes and Canadian developments follow.
The Right Hon. Thomas Lord Denman announces new Hilary Term rules in Middlesex and London to save time and reduce costs for jurors witnesses and litigants. Sittings are scheduled across term and after term for the Common Pleas Exchequer and Exchequer of Pleas with adjustments to undefended and long cases and adjournments as proportions firm up. The Queen's Bench follows the lead. other courts may join if successful.
Frederick William Kelly alias Captain Kelly, famed swindler, faced re examination as police recount his thefts with a young accomplice. Robberies spanned Oakeley and Curridge lodging houses, pawnbroker plots, and a stolen watch, with witnesses detailing high society pretenses and a carriage with a footman. The case moves to trial amid further charges and corroborating evidence.
Report outlines magistrates' move to seek counsel opinion on whether Yarham can be tried as a principal despite an approver admission. Police searches in Gloucestershire and London locate Yarham, who is remanded for further examination. A letter from Yarham defends innocence and anticipates fresh testimony linking Mrs. Dick's interview to the case.
Lloyds reports three vessels ashore off Gothland and Fare with crews saved. The Haidee to be repaired while Symetry remains on a dangerous reef with little chance of cargo recovery. An inquest at Pevensey Bay into the Two Corneliuses disaster found the deceased drowned due to natural causes accelerated by exposure after the Batavian bound vessel struck Beachy Head during a gale.
Letters from Van Dieman's Land describe Geach and Frost in Hobart Town while Jones changes jobs. The main note details two murderers Martha Browning and Samuel Quennell facing execution on Monday at Newgate and Horsemonger Lane with legal appeals rejected and a private ceremony planned.
A Brighton coroner's inquest reports Colonel Gurwood died from a self inflicted throat wound at No 120 King Road after a period of illness and despondency linked to his Wellington Despatches work. Witnesses describe his mental decline. Sir Henry Webster notes despondency and stress from his duties. Gurwood, a Peninsular and Waterloo veteran, edited the Wellington Despatches and served as Deputy Lieutenant of the Tower.
An inquest at Hen Johnson Great Wild Street Drary Lane investigated the death of John Grainger 27 a blacksmith. The evidence described extreme poverty wife Anne Grainger pregnant and brother, three attempts to kill, poisoning with oxalic acid, and suicide. The coroner and jury began a relief fund for the afflicted couple and their brother in law.
A passage catalogs a Charles I era feast in detail with dishes such as snail soup, powdered goose, salmon roll, green fish, Lombard pie, a cow udders roast, grand boiled meat, and various puddings and sauces. It contrasts with modern French influence at Reform Club and urged reading Soyer for culinary reform.
A satirical dialogue mocks Westminster Abbey and St Pauls over their display and pricing. The Abbey laments being turned into a public spectacle likened to Burford's Panorama while St Pauls condemns paid access as a shameful contrast to free national galleries.
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