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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jan 07, 1844

Page

6

Free Trade Soiree at Bolton Hailed by League Deputation

A large Bolton meeting at Temperance Hall supports free trade and repealing corn laws. Deputation from the League including Cobden and Colonel Thompson receive cheers. Attendees include Henry Ashworth and Edward Ashworth. Subscriptions total £1205 with £700 pledged from leading patrons and further gifts announced during the gathering.

Great League Temperance Hall Bolton Cobden M.P Colonel Thompson R. RR. R. Moore W. Evans League Henry Ashworth Edward Ashworth Council of the Thomas Gregson Sded Portugal Essex Mr. Cobden Stockport Fitzwilliams Spencers Ducies Bedfords Radgors Grosvenors John Dean Moore

A Bit of Biography Re the Parish of Walbrook

At Windsor Castle the Queen and Prince Albert hosted a banquet with Wellington present. The Queen teased the Duke of Wellington from the crimson drawing room, then coffee in the green room followed by a public dispute over parish accounts at Walbrook and allegations of inquest report sales. Parishioners voted to resist payment until Alderman Gibbs accounts were produced and praised Dr. Croly for leadership.

Wellington Windsor Castle Prince Albert Duke of Wellington Daily Press Wakley G.lm G. I. Mills Messrs Mr. Martin the Chronicle Messrs. Dowling Cooper The Sun Globe Awspapers Mr. Mills Innéd Charles Greene Bedford-square Greene Thorne Mills Duartes Gneexe H. QR. Forster J. Thorxe Middlesex Mr. T Camden Arms Mr. Thorne St. Stephen Walbrook Cunliffe Croley Brett Joseph Gibbs Aristotle Newgate Alderman Gibbs Michael Assio Gibbs Gilray H. B George Cruiksha Walbrook Billy Harrison Williams Flight Dr. Croly

Anti Corn Law Meeting at Oldham Aids League Fund

A large crowd filled Oldham Town Hall for an Anti Corn Law League fundraising meeting. Principal speakers included Colonel Thompson, Cobden, and R. R. Moore detailing hat trade impacts and wheat prices, with substantial subscriptions announced totaling £860.

OxpHam Oldham Anti Corn Law League Joseph Gillham Alderman Brooks Brotherton M.P James Lee Delph Lodge Colonel Thompson Cobden R. R. Moore League Moore Messrs Lees James Butterworth Greenacres Moor Seville Wolstenhame Lower Moor Marsden and Collinge Hollins Mill John Bentley Eli Lees Soho Whitaker Royton John Holden Holdenfold George Holden Royton Lane Moesers James Wilde James Cheetham Clough Mill Crompton Thomas West Union-street Joseph Baxter Hollingwood Thomas Mellor Samuel Riley Marketplace Dyson Greenacres Bury Friends of Free Trade Great League Fund Brunswick Chapel Bradford West Riding Feargus O'Connor Leeds Marquis of Westminster Anti-Corn Law League Eaton-hall Westminster George Wilson National Anti Corn Law League Sussex Chienestter White Horse Inn Steyning America Dexegatee Meeetiing Colliens MaxcaEsten Carpenter’s Hall Garratt-road William Dixon Manchester Guardian Bedfordshire William Bone Hertford Luton Rudd Goudie Dunstable Robert Truett Swannell J. B. Magenis Vere Alston Felmersham Cambridge Advertiser Intorp Iford Bedford Baugh Jon Sundey Reynolds Howie Stott Caledonian

Port of Preston Notice Names Lytham as Boarding Station

The customs authorities posted at the Port of Preston that under the act 3 and 4 WM IV cap 62 sec 135 Lytham is named the proper station within the port for all vessels entering or leaving the guid port to bring to for boarding or landing by customs officers. Masters refusing to comply face a penalty of 100 pounds.

Preston Lancasutre Custom-house Her Majesty's Customs Lytham County of Lancaster

Witty New Year Verse and Woolwich Wreck Discovery

Reflections on New Year's Day express wishes for better clothes and life while a Woolwich correspondent reports a remarkable wreck discovery near the royal arsenal. Remains of an immense vessel, keel timbers two feet by two and over four feet long, preserved in ebony-like timber, were raised and inspected by timber merchant Mr. E Griffiths. The find prompts curiosity about its origin as an old warship or Indiaman.

Woolwich Royal Arsenal Thames Royal George E. Griffiths Landon Morning Journal London Morning Journal Goss Edinburgh Glasgow Dublin Morning Journal Dublin Weekly Journal Sherwood and Co Paternoster Porter Grafton-street Dublin Messrs. Goss and Co Lancaster-place Strand Waterloo-bridge London

The Clock Of St Clement's and Hamlet On Times

A Punch cartoon note jokes about the clock of St Clement's in the Jeweller and watchmaker Mr Hamlet. The clock has four faces with different times and no minutes recorded. The piece hints a new fiction titled St Clement and his times, highlighting the playful theme of variable time across faces.

ST. Clement's Hamlet Prince of St Clement

London Gazettes January 2 1844 Insolvencies and officers named

The London Gazettes report appointments in the Queen's bodyguard and Edinburgh Militia. insolvency declarations. lists of bankrupts and dividends. certificates. dissolutions of partnerships. Scottish sequestrations. and various official notices including Bank of England data and chancery masters. Names cover numerous trades and locations with dates in January 1844.

St. James's Palacy Lord Forester Charles Edward Murray Honourable Corps of Gentlemen At Arms Hopkinson Edinburgh Alexander Edgar Macgregor James Fraser John Hay Hardyman James Baillie Shaftesbury J. Herdy Elland Yorkshire Count de Waits Wellington Road Regent's Park Duke of Brunswick S. Heilbuth High Street Shadwell B. B. Beams Carlisle Jace Jane Lambeth J. F. Bedford Ount Tabor Wickwar Gloucestershire Wm. Wildsmith Wolverhampton C. B. Pool Halifax Harriet Bernard Regent Street Westminster G. F. Hunter Bristol J. Harrison Lockwood J. Scaddlethorp Sherburn J. Wilston Providence Place Kentish Town A. H. Henn Fish Street Hill J. Hallam Jun Skipton O. Moseley Stockport S. Adams Aston Warwickshire J. Eccles Dudley Worcestershire W. Moore Bury St. Edmund's M. A. Marshall Leadenhall Street Warburton Liverpool Colpitts Newcastle Upon Tyne J. B. Pow W. Thompson Monkwearmouth Shore Durham G. Allison Darlington Scrivener W. Looney Whitehaven Cumberland Cheapside Anderson and Wells Rochester T.S J. J. Strick Clydach Glamorganshire R. Waterhouse T. Bouch A. Waterhouse Scott and Day Aldermanbury Topham and Cundall Leeds Blun and Main Leaming Feather Wagstaff and Ockey Worcester Saddlers L. M Booth Manchester P. Walker Dearman, Appleton, and Turner Walker and Cunliffe Lancaster Monl and Co Fenchurch Street M'Carthy and Burghes Billiter Square Randall and Eldridge Southampton Wight and Todd Watts Terrace Old Kent Road W. and T. Birkett T. Daver WW. Birkett Barber and Co Cowper's Court Cormill S. N. Harters Atom Hull Burrup Blight Limbird Street City Wright and Baker Derby Silly Draters Sunderland Salter Eaton Raybould West_ bromivich Staffordshire D T. Eaton W. Marshall Wednesvars Irom Wasters T’. Survival Hauly Bickerton and Wilkinson Newtown Montgomeryshire Dale and Dollinan Birdinghan Fueters Jackson and Fairbairn South Shields Brewers Chilis Harris Lee Newgate Market Harris, Lee Boulter and Harsant Reepham Norfolk Briggs and Smith, Ball R&r. Ewing Largs Ayrshire Wright Downing-street Rs’ Company Henry Brexneur the Grace W. Bearup Newcastle-upon-Tyne W. Fuller Cotton Street Poplar J. M. F. Stokes St. Albans Hertfordshire T. Sanders Ramsgate Kent W. I. M Croft Great Windmills Street J. Walker Wheaton Aston F. Peters G. Newton Seaham Harbour M. Cooke Evesham J._ Kirkpatrick Newport Isle of Wight H. A. Douglas Winchester-house Old Broadstreet S. Buttenshaw Holborn Bridge W. Humphreys Brighton A. Holloway Basingstoke Draper S. and T. F. Jackson Bermondsey Street Bermondsey Woolstaplers J. G. Bourne Wellington’ Terrace Clapham Carpenter B. Bacon Anchor Street Shoreditch G. Hammond Havant Non Brewer C. Huntsman High Holborn P. Rosselli Lime Street K. Halford W. H. Baldock Aid OQ West Smithfield Coopers Hawkings Horseferry Road Thomas and Sons Bath Edwards and Gwyther G and T. Spencer Drapers Burgess and Hunt Ramagate E. W C. H. Price Basinghall Street Blackwell Bressey and Taitt Jewry Street Aldgate Woollen Gibson, Linton Whiting Austiniriars C. Whiting Anti Coal Monopoly Company Charing Cross G. Rennie David Scott and Co W. W. Hardy W. W. Oldershaw Islington Polding and Davies Fletcher and Yelverton Griffith and Brooke Gower Street St. Pancras Lee and Williams Gibbon and Baker Leicester Martin and Jones King’s Road Chelsea Cox and Sons Great Queen Street Lincolns Inn Fields J. L. Cox Dobbs and St. George J. and R. Orme G Wood and Sons G. Wood Hodgson and Gray York Ramsey Langley Symons Flower and Dean Street Spitalfields J. Symons Luke Lewis Dixon Northallerton Yorkhire Gladstone and Lindley W.and S. Lamb J. Godwin Burslem R Forbes Pleasance Forfarshire S. Galbraith Ayr Mac Brayne Mac Indoe Glasgow J. Rowat Kilsyth J.smart Jaffrey Stirlingshire J. Marshall Threaping Slamanan

Royal appointments and regiment promotions in January notices

The dispatch records the Queen appointing Rev Robert Stewart to Aucharacle Argyllshire and notes transfers due to vacancies in Lewis Ross-shire and Callander. Military paymaster changes include Leech retiring from the 18th light dragoons and Knight leaving pay duties. Promotions list officers across the 9th 10th 15th 66th 77th Foot regiments with purchases and replacements.

Whitehall Robert Stewart Aucharacle Argyllshire Hugh M Diarmid Callander Roderick Reid Lewis Ross-shire Wan-orrick 9Th Regiment of Light Dragoons Francis Edward Leech 18Th Light Dragoon Henry Knight Regiment of Font Sir George Murray G.C Lord Lynedock G C 10Th Foot Edwin Dashwood Purchase Singleton 15Th Foot Christopher Sayers Portal Julius Edmond Goodwyn Rawlins God Foot Henry Edward Warren Forman 7Th Foot Foot William Henry Herrick Downaman 77Th Foot Alexander Aitken 28Th Foot Herbert

Furia Slaves and Police Scandal Amid River News

The Brazilian brig Furia, a prize to the Spy, arrives with 530 slaves aboard. Other prizes include Independecia and Tenerario, taken by Madagascar and Rapid respectively, with mentions of the Senator transport and a restored Flora. Reports on police conduct involving Mrs Muuro trigger investigations by police commissioners and possible magistrate inquiry.

Sierra Leone Furia Tenerario Rapid Bermuda Madagascar Trinidad Walker Dovics Brompton Muuro Kirke Lowry John Coles Wakley Greenacre Sarah Gale Port Philip Usat Colony Essland Fontainbleau Mary Anne William Gibson Somerset Wharf

Return of traffic for the week ended December 1843

The record shows traffic totals for the week ending December 1843 in the Bedfordshire area. Amounts noted include £1,737 and 11 pence, with figures likely reflecting receipts and disbursements among local railway or canal services. No further context available from the fragment.

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