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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 14, 1844
Page
6
Reports from meetings show farmers and working men opposing the Anti Corn Law League tactics. Lincolnshire leaders pledge resistance with substantial subscriptions. Buckinghamsire tenants form an association to defend agricultural protections while denouncing false League claims.
The Dublin Evening Post forecasts a rapid move to probe Ireland’s state with a committee of the whole house and urges liberal Irish members to attend session opening. It notes Tory reactions, a Paris rat-killing stock venture, Hackney union pay protests, a hatchet act tied to Indian demonstrations, a Bethlehem hospital transfer of insane convict Cowle, and Camden chapel’s plate gift to Rev H Melvill amid ministerial succession disputes.
Charles Foster a hairdresser faced six counts for ill treating his infant daughter Mary at Camberwell. Testimony described a starving, confined child kept in a box, neglected while parents kept pets well fed. The jury found guilt on all counts. Foster sentenced to 12 months in county gaol and wife Eliza Foster to six months.
In Dublin a jury found Jane Hunter and Captain Radcliffe guilty of a revolting conspiracy to corrupt the child of Mrs Hunter. Evidence showed Radcliffe sought a country cottage to advance the plan, wrote incriminating letters, and arranged meetings. police traced the ruse, including a key letter read by the clerk. Mary Farrell connected the defendants, and Constable Brennan testified to surveillance and handwriting. The judge urged mercy but verdict stood. Hunter fainted twice in court.
A scene at the Mansion-house follows youths pressing to see the lord mayor. Three boys and a woman face hard labour for window smashing, with Bridewell and public houses cited as options and a harsh pledge to punish more strictly for future cases. Separate items include theft with a forged burglar story, a stabbing accusation by a wife, workhouse disputes over lodging, and an escapee from the Isle of Man detected in Woolwich. The report blends police work, magistrate rulings, and local social issues in late Victorian style.
A coroner’s inquest recounts the death of Jonathan White, a 90 year old parish laborer, after removal to a union house on a damp day. Witnesses describe his frail condition, lack of nourishment, and the suspect role of the poor law system in hastening his death, with a verdict noting death from old age accelerated by removal.
A London woman Charlotte Scott was charged with forging Ann Lee alias Brian's name to claim £60 14s 3d from a savings bank at Charing Cross. Clerks testified the signature did not match, and the deceased depositor had died weeks earlier. Several suspects, Mumford Jarvis Lovett and others, were arrested after a sting at the Duke's Head in Norton Folgate. Officers found fragments of notes and gold on them. Remanded until next week for further inquiry.
Joseph Brown, licensed driver, appeared before Mr Maltby charged with furious driving after colliding with a cart on Piccadilly while intoxicated. Two horses were killed or grievously injured, and a man and woman thrown from the cart. The court ordered a £10 penalty, £3 damages, and license revocation to prevent further public danger.
Three well dressed middle aged men named John Muniford Charles Jarvis and Henry Lovell were charged before Mr Bingham with attempting to rob Thomas Wilson master builder at Upminster in Essex between three and four oclock the preceding day.
Morning service declares Thomas Reed Kemp outlaw for neglecting to render in an action brought by Sir W Pilkington and Dame Mary Milbourne Swinnerton. Officials note courthouse and sewers board actions, fines, and a burglary case, plus a theatre accident at Windsor Theatre injuring actor Otway.
A youth named Maplestone, employed by King merchants of this city and crew on the African Queen, fell overboard while lowering a sail in view of his homeland. He died after being blown from the ship and could not be recovered despite efforts. the flag and his monkey jacket hindered his attempts. The incident ends a sad tale of a beloved worker.
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