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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 24, 1841
Page
4
The narrator recounts a Paris gun test pitting English makers Manton Purdey and Moore against French Lepage with a 45 yard paper target, showing English guns superior. A side tale details a Breton sorcier calming a restive horse, yielding a docile steed after an eerie intervention.
The article notes plans to enlarge Westminster Abbey’s choir beyond twelve regular male voices plus boys, aided by organist Mr Turle, hoping for fuller musical effect and higher standards. It also covers the Lonpoy CorreE and Eatine House Kestens' Association meeting at Anderton’s hotel praising financial health, plus reports of a Penryn gunpowder works explosion killing Martin and injuring two, and a Swansea barque Armata bees tale with honeycomb aboard before a gale drove the swarm away.
A long correspondent column lists reader questions on wills, tenure, apprenticeships, debts, and legal remedies. It provides guidance from the paper on matters including tenancy notice, inheritance by residuary legatees, charity and rate appeals, conspiracy and fraud, and bankruptcy rules, with named individuals and places referenced throughout.
A York visitation by Archbishop of York and Dr. Phillimore explored church finances with dean and clergy at odds. Disputes over assessors, secrecy of chapter, and authority led to adjournment while subscriptions for the minster restoration exceed £13,000, with £25,000 still required amid mounting debt and tower concerns.
An 1841 notice announces next week the Weekly Chronicle will expand to eight columns becoming the largest paper in England, priced fourpence halfpenny for two weeks, then fivepence from the second week. Proprieties pledge continued independence and timely, exhaustive reporting for subscribers nationwide.
The treaty between France and Buenos Ayres is hailed as a potential boost for British commerce through freed capital and shipping demand, but civil war between Rosas and Lavalle threatens stability. Mass killings by the Mazorca and scorched villages intensify misery, while France faces criticism for a costly, unjust indemnity and intervention. Domestic headlines note railway line disputes and Sunday delivery clashes, with satirical verses about Sir Andrew Agnew and church officials highlighting broader tensions over Sunday legislation.
The New Zealand Company plans a public dinner for Lord John Russell to honor his colonial leadership and to mark a shift in colonial policy. The piece lauds Russell for securing a charter and advancing lasting sovereignty, praising his willingness to revise initial views and unite parties under a broader Empire-wide reform agenda at the dinner.
The Porte restores Mehemet Ali to Egypt and confirms hereditary rule, guaranteeing the Turkish fleet. Debates in France over fortifications and disarmament are seen as local frictions. The piece urges forgetting past feuds and emphasizes trade interests to prevail over militaristic sentiment.
A bishop of Ermeland is found dead with three hatchet wounds after a robbery attempt at his Fra uenburg residence. housekeeper Rosalie Pfeiffer is gravely wounded and unable to explain events. Rudolph Kuhnapfel, a suspected ex-convict, is arrested with stolen money and valuables recovered. investigators search his house and plan further questioning as the bishop's burial is scheduled for Monday.
An undaunted seaman Harris, 24, recently returned from the West Indies, hurled his shoes at Sir John Hall’s windows on Tower Hill, then stripped and jumped into the Tower ditch. Rescued by dock workers, he recovered and blamed those who saved him, claiming a right to self smothering. His distress stemmed from a ruined engagement and heavy drinking. APPALLING ACCIDENT at Heancastle colliery, Pembrokeshire, where a coal train crushed two lads and injured a third, one brain‑dashed, another skull fractured. an inquest returned accidental death. The survivor’s recovery may be possible with care from Mr. Shaw of Tenby. the widow and children mourn.
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