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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 19, 1840
Page
5
The House adjourned till Saturday after a debate on sheriffs conduct. Sheriffs were ordered to attend again on Monday as Lord John Russell plans next steps regarding officers amid perplexing circumstances.
Fragmented OCR piece catalogs linguistic quarrels over capel ocracy and kapelos from ancient texts, then shifts to obituary notes, accidents, and political squabbles. It reports Lord Abinger’s carriage incident, Dowager Hastings death, and assorted 1840s European and British items with terse, period-tinged summaries.
The report outlines reform candidates Muntz Burge and Allen in Birmingham with Sturge favored in absence of a Tory challenge. Southwark sees Walter and Wood as Tory and reform contenders, while other seats shift as vacancies arise and market money tensions loom.
Covent Garden hosts Mr Moore in Hamlet with mixed verdicts as the Edinburgh Dublin actor earns cautious praise and a promising start. Haymarket closes the season with Mr Webster’s farewell address and plans for 16 March openings by Macready Power and Charles Kean, plus new tragedy Mary Stuart at Drury Lane and awaiting Grisi Mario Lablache return.
The Monmouth special commission closed abruptly after a long session. Several prisoners traversed to the next assizes while others were sentenced for riot and conspiracy. Sentences included terms from four months to one year with hard labor. The court praised crown clemency and adjourned as the proceedings ended. American sympathy note follows.
The Siddons carries Boston and Canada dispatches while Congress debates ballot voting and the President notes widespread distress from fire and disease. It praises pacific policy, discusses boundary talks with Britain, Mexican claims, and Texas relations, then details treasury operations and the push for debt reform and self government.
Reports from Fatmodu, Devonport, and Sydney detail packet arrivals, departures, and cargoes including the Pigeon with 230,000 dollars freight. the Inconstant sailings. and La Gloire heading to Havanna. Distant updates cover Dumfries burghs elections, Hobart Town prices, and an inquest into a newborn’s death at a Marylebone workhouse.
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