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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jan 12, 1840

Page

5

MISCELLANY HARRISTE CRVETTY POLISH PAROLED POLES AND PARLIAMENTARY NOTES

A Polish cohort paraded in Kiel with ropes around their necks for life in Siberian mines linked to Konarski. Reports mention the Duchess de Berri arriving from Trieste and rising unrest in Valais. Other items note a coach overturn near Newry, a Belgian frontier child discovery in a basket, tea trade fluctuations, a guard clash in Paris, and several pension and legal notices along with accidental deaths.

Harriste Crvetty Poland Siberia Konarski Kiel Caropene Ane Geritz Warminster Wilts Ma. Urstr Newry Belfast Ensant Douanier Bureau Penn China Congoys Twankays Ministerial Evening Journal Sentinel Boulevard de l’Hopital Barriére Des Trois Moulins Tre Herring England France Berwick Ae Labouchere Buckingham Bedford Argyle Zetland Caledon Essex Lauderdale Mount Edgecombe Kingston Howden St. Helen’s de Roos Walsingham Rendlesham St. Helen's Earl of Carnwath Lord Langford Viscount Dufferin Ireland House of Commons William Bentinck Viscount Clements John Dunlop Bart W. M. Praed Fremington Chas. Roberts Bury Herald Surrey Elizabeth Owen Chambers Savings-Bank of Paris House of Correction Worship-street St. Bartholomew's Hospital Polick Secretary of State Marlborough-street Bennett Hattonfone Conant White Cook Wooley Sarah Lloyd Leader-place Chelsea London Hospital Sarah Symmonds Childs Shadwell Frederick Roe Bowstreet Frederick Jotham Herald Ebony

Cupid's Diplomacy at the Drury-taxe Theatre falls flat

A brief London theatre note covers Cupid's Diplomacy as a short foreign interlude with thin action and limited charm. Cast includes Louis XV, Stanislaus, Marie, and Ulrica in a story of romance and mistaken roles, then moves to Covent Garden where The Duenna shines with strong performances by Farren, Keeley, and Vestris, amid praise for the overall production.

Daury-taxe Theatre Cupid Louis XV France Stanislaus Poland Marie Ulrica Miss Montague d’Estrée Louis Covent Gandon Theatre Sheridan Covent Garden Farren Jerome Capitally Keeley Isaac Mendoza Harrison Don Ferdinand the Thorn Vestris Don Carlos Miss Rainforth Donna Clara Mrs. C. Jones Duenna Miss Middleton Donna Louisa Antonio Opera Horusz Signor Negri Mr. Laurent Meyerbeer Robert le Diable Baumann Royal Kent Theatre High-street Kensington Miss Vyvyan Jack Sheppard Jack Captain Forbes Fitz Robert Pierre Windsor Windsor and Hion Journal Venice Duke Aranza Helen Faucir Haymarket Paris Grisi Odeon Norma Virago Pollio Albertazzi Lablache Mirate

Average prices fix tithe rent with seven year end 1839

London Gazette notes value of £100 rent-charge at commutation equals £98 15s 9d reflecting seven year wheat barley oats average prices. Westminster Savings Bank reports quarterly gains deposits up to £9,221 18s 10d with 855 depositors. Interest paid totals £114 2s 11d. accounts show gradual growth since 1838. Meeting chaired by Mr Thomas Amyot, actuary Mr H Poole.

London Gazette City of Westminster Savines’ Bank Grand Jury Westminster Thomas Amyot H. Poole

Derby Betting Notes and Oaks Outsiders in Tattersall's

Sporting intelligence reviews Thursday wagers at Tattersall's with Theon and Angelica among rising and falling odds. It notes the Oaks entry Black Bess at 20 to 1 and lists several later price movements and notable bets. The Queen's Houns and Portman hunts are described, along with Antony Pavis, the Roya Thames Yacht Club, and a tale of Dick Christian's hedge leap. The Great Walking Match between Townshend and Sutton concludes with Sutton winning after nineteen miles.

Tattersall's Tatursday Theon Euclid Bokhara Wardan Glenorchy Gambia Fitzroy Black Bess Scott DeEney Duke of Cleveland Lord Orford Angelica Lord Westminster Launcelot G. Heathcote Lord Jersey Ishmael Mr. Wreford Crucifix de Clifford Mr. Fowler Lord Chesterfield Rowton S.dam Anson Salt Hill Lord Kinnaird Colnbrook Horton Wyrardisbury Moor Staines Bridge Simmonds Thorpe Green Lord Portman Buackmoor Vale Kingstag-bridge Blackmoor Vale Earl of Ilchester Lord Stavordale Edward Baker Major Smith Smith Mr. Yeatman New Gorse Holwell Deadmoor Deadmoor-wood Fifehead Bulharrow Hill George Turner Abbey Milton Newmarket Roya Thames Yacht Clus Cockspur-street Williams Prand Egan Dick Christian Melton Mowbray Mr. Coke Holwell Mouth Lot Terra Firma Bell Townshend Surtox Sutton New Avenue Road St. John’s Wood

Juryman Transfer in Wengrave Robbery Case

In the Essex Times report a juryman was shifted to the prisoners dock in Wengrave for a robbery at South Weald and seized on the day the jury summons was served. A separate inquest at the Talbot Arms Belgrave-square found Mary Walker aged 28 deceased, with a severed throat in her mistress’s Wilton Street home. The verdict was Temporary Insanity.

Wengrave South Weald Gell Talbot Arms Little Chester-street Belgrave-square Mary Walker

Great Anti Corn Law Meeting at Liverpool

A Liverpool gathering backed by merchants and workers denounced the corn laws as harmful to both capital and labor. Speakers urged unity of classes, rejected wage-cutting by cheap bread, and criticized landlords and Tory defenders while praising the meeting’s influence on ending protectionist duties.

Liverpool Thormely Wolverhampton Thornely Mr. Thornely Robert Peel Canning England Ireland Loyd John Murray Mr. Murray Solomons Solomon Paris Rome Naples Brussels Mr. M Kent Surrey Sussex Nero Liverpool Exchange

Dumenices Buneus and Liberal Candidates List

Three liberal candidates for burgh representation are Wm Ewart, David Hannay, and Sir Alexander Johnston, canvassing electors personally or via supporters. A destructive fire tore through No 7 Great Newport Street, St Martin's Lane, damaging a composition-ornament firm and spreading to Aldridge’s horse repository. firemen saved valuables but water shortages hindered efforts, with flames lasting until about two to three o'clock.

Dumenices Buneus Wm Ewart David Hannay Sir Alexander Johnston Newport-Street ST. Martin’s-Lane Ryan Creswick & Ryan Messrs. Aldridge St. Martin’s Lane

Latest Intelligence from Europe and Britain

Reports from Alexandria and Madrid note Turkish fleet illnesses and Cabrera’s typhus. In England, Queen Victoria travels to Buckingham Palace amid a grand royal reception, while penny postage expands nationwide. Bank of England data and chartist trials figures anchor a dense late 1839 to early 1840 update.

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