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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 27, 1844
Page
5
A rambling 19th century polemic laments upcoming parliamentary action in London. The author compares Peel’s stance to past episodes, warns of treachery and manipulation by agitators, and questions whether Peel will finally speak out while predicting broader political collapse.
In a Queen's Bench session, Mr Thesiger moves to set aside a verdict in Kir Planche v Hooper over a dramatic work The White Cat, challenging venue and introducing arrest of judgment as a remedy. Other cases include Dulken false imprisonment and local court actions on estate and nuisance offenses with juries delivering verdicts and various sentences.
A 28 year old William Kilburn, repeatedly described as insane, was taken to St Martin's workhouse for examination after a magistrate ordered confinement. His father, a publican, sought safe asylum as Kilburn had long suffered mental illness, including prior lunatic confinement, with escalating care measures and possible transfer to Hanwell or Bethlehem hospitals.
A Globe report describes a mysterious chemical compound enabling highly regulated explosions at precise times. The device could be fired from musket, cannon, or bomb, with globular projectiles able to split trees at close range yet harmless in transit. The Board of Ordnance funds tests at Woolwich to test impregnable structures. The inventor’s identity is kept confidential.
Aberdeen reports to London on the London conference among France Russia and Britain over Greece. The text outlines principles for a constitutional government in Greece, the role of the king, two chambers, electoral rights tied to property, and cautions against foreign interference while preserving Greek independence under a balanced European influence.
Mr O Conn or testifies as a key witness, describing a scene near No 22 Orchard Street where police restrained a wounded man who cried out repeaters. He claims officers struck the prisoner with truncheons while the crowd pressed in, noting the prisoner wore adhesive plaster on his head. Bail was set for the prisoner to appear at sessions if pursued by police commissioners.
Joseph Lawrence, shopman at Ravensor pawnbrokers Brompton, examined for alleged capital offence against Harriet Elize Stubbs aged ten. Prosecution says he touched the girl over her dress and assaulted her after demanding more money. Surgeon confirms injuries. Bail arranged for appearance at Central Criminal Court. witnesses bound over.
At St Pancras, Mary Haycock, a mother of two, faced a desertion charge for not supporting her illegitimate children. The court, after examining evidence and hearing emotional testimony, discharged her, ordering the children returned to the Westminster workhouse and noting her legal duty to support them.
James Lupton, a middle aged passenger, was charged with outrageous conduct on a Northern and Eastern railway train. He flourished a stick, threatened passengers, and attacked others injuring several. he claimed to be Kilrush the Painter. He apologized and a reduced penalty was imposed. he paid the fine and was discharged. George Gifford, keeper of a Tooley Street house of ill fame, was committed for trial for stabbing Henry Howard in the back after previous ill health testimony.
Edmund Langley, a petty chandler, and Alfred Amsden, a shoemaker living in Langley Broom, faced Eton magistrates on arson charges. Neighbors saw a bright flame on Sunday morning, with multiple fires inside their house. They were arrested at Slough’s Black Boy after attempting to flee by train with goods from the home. Langley and Amsden were committed to Aylesbury gaol for assize trials.
In Rochester’s county police office three magistrates examined a case of felony against a young fashionable London woman charged with stealing a silver watch gold chain seal and five gold studs from Lieutenant William D Oyley Aplin of the 22d regiment. The prisoner Mary Ann Walton 20 years old wife of a private soldier of the 96th regiment Sydney NSW was committed for Maidstone assizes after pawnbroker testimony. Angelina Skey 17 testified of the watch incident at Chatham barracks with the prisoner. Lieutenant Aplin protested an officer’s levity provoking court indignation. The accused and witnesses described boarding arrangements and meals at the officers quarters. The court bound over all parties to appear.
A 23 year old Mary Thompson died suddenly while leaving the Pease and Co factory in Darlington after long hours from six in the morning to nine at night. She collapsed, uttered a hysterical laugh, groaned, and died shortly after being carried to a bystander. The Newcastle Journal mentions the event as a striking health consequence of extended work.
An extract from Tangiers describes Jews in Barbary coastal commerce supplying Gibraltar with bul locks fowls and eggs in exchange for English goods, often evading customs duties through Moors. The report links wine trade declines in Oporto with rising emigration and hardship in Portugal, and notes Madeira wine duty gains and calls for a British-Portuguese commercial treaty. It cites ecclesiastical incumbents and nonresident clerics figures and ends with social notes on the London Christainity among the Jews society anniversary and a charity session in Bethnal Green.
The Baron Deschapelles appeared before the Correctional police in the Faubourg du Temple on a charge of possessing a small quantity of snuff and about twenty cigars of foreign manufacture. He claimed the seized goods were leftovers from 40 pounds imported from England with duties paid. The Regie wrappers were on the items, but he discarded them, noting annual expenditures of about 1,500 on snuff and cigars. the court dismissed the case.
A compact snapshot from a late 19th century page weaving verse and brief notes. It covers pastoral musings, a Russia Jews note, counts of game killed, a tall Essex youth, a punning opinion scene, a mock sonnet, and oddities including remarkable longevity and diet advice. It also includes filth disease cautions, poor relief figures, a fly trap quip, vaccination note, and a lawyer joke.
Poem about a lone stranger buried abroad and a mother's sorrow. It contrasts distant death with absent family grief and imagines a hopeful afterlife when death and time cease to triumph. One friend watches from the sky as the body rests in a lonely grave.
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