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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 17, 1841
Page
5
News from FalwoutH dated January 14 reports the French blockade of Buenos Ayres lifted on November 24 following a treaty considered favorable to Buenos Ayreans. Captain Chudleigh says British and other ships gathered at Monte Video moved up the Rio Plata seeking work.
Paris reports two major items: France and the Argentine Republic have concluded peace, with a naval despatch noting the treaty will be sent to Paris. Also the Porte revokes Mehemet Ali’s déchéance and grants hereditary pachalic, with Vienna and Paris dispatches tracking the shift amid European power negotiations.
The Adelphi presents a comic burletta Deeds of Dreadful Note after the Tower of London horrors. Mr Fright and Mrs Fright face a miedo of a wax-victim while Mr Stuffem and Tremor entangle in mistaken murder suspicions. Laughter and a sharp epilogue close the night. Vicronta theatre adds a domestic melodrama outline with treasure wrecks and smugglers.
Betting brisk on Rosalie colt and others with high stakes backed at Tattersalls. Knight of the Whistle and Marshal Soult draw strong support while numerous runners show large sums against favorites. Newmarket Doncaster Liverpool and Chester nominations signal healthy entries, Trade Cups and Dee Stakes drawing 58 and 110 entries respectively.
The Hyde Park Derby at the Hippodrome receives extra funding beyond subscriptions not meeting the 20 target. Additions include two races with 50 and 100 sovereigns, plus 100 more to each of the two handicap events, reaching 300 per horse. Propriety aims to boost attendance and elevate Hippo drome racing with larger stakes. Admission prices are set for pedestrians 2s 6d, horsemen 5s, two-wheeled carriages 7s 6d, four-wheeled 10s. The Produce Stakes of 1845 will award one thousand sovereigns per class, with half of net gate receipts returned in stakes. The grand Munster steeplechase is planned near Mallow on March 8.
A broad report covers a £20,000 fraud by wine merchants tied to Liverpool, with accomplices bankrupt locally. It notes Napier’s supporters, a Freemasons ball aiding aged Freemasons, a suspected child death linked to funeral funds, and France where Desmares faces the death penalty after a bite-based murder conviction. It also mentions a 12-year-old incendiarist in Seine Inferieure to House of Correction.
The diver Samuel Scott died after hanging from a rope during a perilous act at Waterloo Bridge. Crowds of 8000 to 10000 watched as he was cut down and rushed to Charing Cross hospital where life was declared extinct. Scott, born in Philadelphia, had toured the U S and Canada performing daring leaps, including a claimed 595 foot jump at Niagara.
A Westminster inquest probes the death of Samuel Gilbert Scott known as Sam Scott, the American diver, amid crowds at Charing-cross hospital. Police describe Scott’s daring bridge scaffold act on Waterloo Bridge with a noose and rope suspension, drawing thousands as witnesses.
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