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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 05, 1840
Page
6
A local meeting ended in loud and unanimous applause after Walter's return. Mr. Anderson pledged his statement’s accuracy and denied selling borough land for 300 pounds as alleged in a Times report. He noted fifteen of twenty deputation members rejected Walter and joined Mr. Wood's committee.
The piece defends the government against Tory obstruction, praising its eastern and colonial successes, education reform, penny postage, and emigration plans. It argues these actions elevate national character and warns reformers to unite to defeat Tory hostility and restore progress.
Considerable sensation arises among the medical profession over new exam changes for the diploma of the College of Surgeons. The council resolves to enforce practical dissection tests, requiring students to demonstrate muscles nerves and arteries with a scalpel to prove proficiency.
A man named Bradshaw faced magistrates over an alleged assault in a first class carriage on the Eastern Counties Railway. The complainant Mrs. Sarah Cullum testified to violent acts and attempted rape aboard a train from Ilford to Stratford, detailing the assault and her pleas to police during the journey, while the defense sought bail and questioned prosecution witnesses.
Magistrates consider proper bail for a prisoner facing sessions at the Central Criminal Court. The accused lives at 80 Regent Street and claims property ownership. Bail fixed at £200 with two sureties. witnesses to be named by Mr. Steel. Braithwaite disputes alibi. Gardener Short denies presence at the key residence.
In December 1839 the pope condemns the slave trade, urges Christians to end the enslavement of Indians and blacks, cites past bulls by Paul III, Urban VIII, and Benedict XIV, and orders universal prohibition and public announcement across Christian lands. The document stresses moral duty, invokes past papal efforts, and calls out both ecclesiastic and lay participation in abolition. It frames slavery as incompatible with Christian humanity and decrees a full interdiction.
Communications from December 1839 report Viscount Palmerston directing Washington to aid the Amistad Africans and Spain to enforce anti slave trade laws against Ruiz Montez and others. The note mentions UK and Madrid officials urging liberty for the captives and stricter Cuba authorities.
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