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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jan 17, 1841

Page

3

Opposition to Staines railway at Kensington area

Reports from a Kensington meeting show alarm at the proposed Staines railway, with a committee formed to oppose it and subscriptions raised to fund proceedings. Letters from Mr. Cresswell and the Count de Pepers were read in protest, and resolutions urged action in Parliament.

Kensington Sr. James's Westminster City of Westminster Bank City of Westminster Bank For Savings Sessions House Guildhall Grand Jury Room H. H. Milman St. Margaret's Poole Roya Awasp Society Duke of Northumberland Gilbert Henderson John Franklin van Diemen’s Land Wakley Angel Tavern High Street St. Giles’s Mary Burke George-street St. Giles’s Workhouse North London Hospital Gower-street Bedford-square

Public Bath meeting ends in uproar over charity versus justice

A Bath public meeting to appeal for a poor relief subscription ended in disorder as labourers shouted for justice not charity. Police protected speakers while the mayor and supporters fled amid hoots and cries.

Ea Bateh Cuanity Merrixc Bath Mesars Trittenham East Magee and Mnei Duard Philp Beckford Messrs English and Co Milsom-street London Hammer Venice Canaleri Doge’s Palace Martin de Vos Cima di Conegliano Breughel Rotenhamer Hondekocter St. Mark’s Palace Canaletti Carthage van der Ulit Bernini Bristol Dundee Annfield Road

Chartist Meeting in Bristol Demands Pardons for Frost

About 1,000 Chartists gathered at the Hall of Science Broadmead Bristol to petition for the immediate pardon of Frost Williams and Jones. The meeting featured speakers including William Morgan Henry Hunt and Felix William Simeon who urged justice and support for the patriots while reviewing Port Arthur letters from Frost at Van Diemen's Land.

Frost van Diemen's Land Bristol Hall of Science Broadmead Jones Williams Daniels William Morgan Watts Wotton-under-Edge Priestcraft Scotland Hastiles Felix William Simeon London Henry Hunt Frost John Frost Port Arthur van Diemen’s Land Mary Norfolk Island England Symond’s Bay Cape of Good Hope China Newport Cape Derwany Hobart Town Falmouth John Franklin House of Commons Eliza United States Wales Monmouth Jolly Frost Mr. Clark Secret Service Simkins Johnson Bristol Repeal Society People’s Charter

Literary Chronicle and New Works Review Digest

A London survey of new books and notices. Priggin's college novel praised for Oxford life, Nuces Parmosopaic explores philosophy of words, Napoleon funeral satire criticized, Titmarsh on Great Britain and Ireland noted, animal tales for children highlighted, British and Foreign Review praised for utility with essays on Hallam and Prussian manufactures.

PreTer Priggins Theodore Hook London Colburn New Monthly Oxford Phil Simpkin and Marshall Edward Johnson Ipswich Locke Horne Napoleon Titmarsh Cunningham Paris Miss Smith Michael Angelo Titmarsh Fraser Darton and Clarke Mr. Draper Richard and John E. Taylor Hallam Europe

Train Collisions and Fatalities Plague Rail Lines

A string of railway accidents is reported across multiple lines. An up mail train collided with detached carriages on the London and Birmingham route, causing injuries. another accident on the Midland Counties line led to multiple contusions and a fatality. A third incident on the Manchester and Leeds line involved a fogbound collision with no injuries, while a Blackwall line worker suffered catastrophic injuries after being hit on the line. A Worship Street magisterial ruling addresses a public-house dispute over room access.

London and Binwincham Midland Counties’ Railway Company Euston Rugby Midland Counties London and Birmingham Birmingham London Mipiano Counties Railway Broughton Astley Leicester Chaddesdon Derby Taylor Pickford and Co Pickford Tyers J. Balguy Manchester and Leeds Wakefield Dewsbury Blackwall Bowles New-road Poplar Worship-street Bingham Charles Glassborow Sayry

Extraordinary and Amusing Disclosures in Lockett Case

Lonp Mayor's Court hears a claim for compensation by tavern owner Mr Lockett against the Bank of England over premises at the north gate of the Royal Exchange. The defense frames the issue as public improvements under acts granting the Bank power to requisition property. The proceedings reveal detailed mock turtle and other soup calculations for profit as testimony, with extensive cross examination and humorous exchanges.

Neilson Gloucester Ashleworth John Jeff Birmingham C. Clutterbuck Hertford Shire Hall Philips Herts Blake Heathcote Bedford Lord Essex Lord Clarendon Phillimore H. G. Ward M.P Tbe Marquis of Salisbury Hertfordshire Russell Lord Dacre Marquis of Salisbury Leeds Leeds Times J. G. Marshall Joseph Hume William Molesworth Bart Daniel O'Connell Collins Leeds Association J. A. Roebuck T. Duncombe Sir George Strickland, Bart W. Sharman Crawford W. Williams Coventry Dr. Bowring Colonel Thompson Ww. Ewart Ireland Scotland England United Kingdom T. Gisborne C. Langdale W. Molesworth George Strickland H. C. Marshall Homer Stansfeld P. A. Taylor Dr. Epps John Gully E. D. Davenport Liwiericeh Munperen Glenstal Matthew Barrington Daniel Griffin Newcastle West Water-Gate Michael Fitzpatrick Thomas P. Vokes Roscréa Croucher Seers Polat Min Bete Me Ryland Randall Fitzro Bullock Bank of England Gurneys W. Follett Corporation of City of London Great Corporation Lockett St. Bartholomew, Exchange Sheppard Recorder W. Follet William Hanmer Lee Garner Newgate Market Benjamin Ming Sir W. Follett Adams Lambeth Butt Mr. Adams Mr. Lockett Goldsmith Furnell

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