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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 28, 1838
Page
3
A column notes wooden frosted cakes offered to women hosting large parties and mahogany doughnuts amid high prices. The rest is a collage of short anecdotes and quips from various regions, referencing a Glaswegian herring barrel theft, a Jersey court case, wigs in court, and humorous historical vignettes.
A critical notice questions Howitt's standing as a foremost writer. The reviewer cites his popular Saintwork as engaging yet overdependent on known sources and argues his strength lies in homely scenes rather than grand claims. Excerpt highlights The Terror of a Solitary House with vivid urban fear and rural desolation.
A long mixed column recounts Captain M s marriages and a Dutch made suit of bigamy with a Duke of Kent anecdote. It reviews a derivative etymological dictionary and notes on Murphy s Weather Almanack Attila the Hun by Herbert and European reviews.
The article reviews a song titled New Musis Up to the Forest arranged by John Barnett. It praises the melody as simple yet characteristic and well crafted, noting its easy adaptation for both sexes. The piece mentions other musical works received but declines to praise them further.
Louise Ferreol, imprisoned for theft to eight years hard labour, escaped Montpellier Central House through a wall gap after workers left a ladder. She fled to fields near a tent, hid with a gardener, and later encountered a man who feigned help but betrayed her to police. She was recaptured and returned to custody.
A letter to the Weekly Chronicle defends popular rights amid Glasgow trials. It denounces elite contempt for the masses and urges united action to reform Parliament, exposing electoral neglect and calling for accountability of 658 MPs. It promises a future piece on the Poor Laws Amendment Act.
The thaw left Strand Fleet Street and Holborn ankle deep in mud and blocked by ice. Water pipes opened to wash mud into streets as cab traffic slowed and scavengers struggled to clear filth. The Thames saw partial ice break up, boats stuck, and ice floes blocking the Pool and docks, with fatalities among lightermen and coal merchants. The Parks’ snow melted. skating proved impracticable and Hyde Park turned green. Margate reports severe weather with charitable aid distributions for the poor and a meeting to organize relief, amid union restrictions on beer at Christmas.
Dr. Lardner presents a course on steam engine principles. He explains heating and fusion effects, and details how evaporation can generate mechanical power, including calculations of lifting a 15 lb weight to 140 feet. He notes errors in condensation. London’s thieves, beggars, and gamblers are counted in social remarks.
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