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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jul 02, 1843

Page

7

Royal Request Details from 1840 Niger Expedition

Documents show Captain Tucker's 1840 despatch from Fernando Po describing King Denny of the Gaboon River accepting gifts from the Queen of England. The king asks for a lavish wardrobe and chairs and indicates a wish for trade, while Lord John Russell supposedly agreed to cover his “nakedness” with gifts if he abolishes the slave trade.

Niger Peteeee Tucker Fernando Po Admiralty King Denny Gaboon River Manly England Denny King Denny Town John Russell

Royal Pensioners two kings visit on quarter day

Two foreign kings visited London on a Saturday that coincided with quarter day. Both receive large English pensions, and their trip is connected to this financial arrangement, as reflected in the Punch cartoon commentary.

Royal Pensioners London England Punch

Silk portraits of nobility in silk weave exhibit

A silk portrait of the Duchess of Kent was presented by a committee of silk weavers to promote British silk manufacture. A similar black and white silk portrait of the Duke of Wellington is finished and awaiting presentation, framed with royal insignia. A portrait of the Queen Dowager is in progress for eventual submission to her Majesty.

Duke OF Wellington Duchess of Kent

Important Notice for Suitors in Chancery

An official notice posted in the Chancery court outlines the way out for suitors long wandering in the court. The item, quoted as The way out, appears to urge timely action and resolution of pending matters.

Chancery

Census tale and Hungarian garden notes in one issue

A Louisville census report describes a man 56 with 38 children from three marriages and a wife in a state of expectancy. The piece then details a Hungary garden at Pest near Godolo praised for its beauty and a notable dairy with Swiss cows and a distinctive cross-shaped layout.

Malthusians Louisville Kentuckian Hungary Godolo Pest England Grassalkovich Godelo Poget Transylvania

Extraordinary Child Lifts 22Lb Weight in Llanwinio Parish

In Llanwinio a remarkably strong 18 month old named Sampson reportedly lifted a 22 pound weight with ease. The item lists other items including Shakespeare autographs offered by Punch with a bid as low as £145. A jury trial at Red Lion Square proceeds with a partial jury and a case Hodson v Ridley heard in the same session. A Jamaica bound ship carries three thousand weight of Sea Island seed cotton from St Andrew parish as the island eyes potential profits and renewed cultivation.

Llanwinio Sampson Sheriff's Court Red Lion Square Kennedy Mountain Thomas Lucas Hodson Ridley Jamaica Sea Island Aranjuez Pen St. Andrew Ourgues Liverpool Albion

Gooseberry Fool and A Strange June Weather Tale

A 1791June sketch reports a sudden weather shift from 75 to 25 degrees within days, frost covering Kent and Surrey hills, ice thick as a shilling. It mixes with verses praising gooseberry fool, describing Julylike warmth and a chorus extolling the dish amid rustic humor.

Kent Surrey

Repeal agitation spreads through New York meetings

The Irish repeal movement gains momentum in New York with four major meetings led by ex governor Seward urging peaceful, constitutional action. Funds collected reach about 1,070 dollars with further totals anticipated across Atlantic cities, while speakers warn of possible war with England and push for American influence in aiding Ireland.

New York Seward Ireland Owever John Doyle Webb Congress Canada M‘carron France Scotland J. A. Barber Sons of Erin Free America Old Ireland Stokes England John Griffin Duke of Wellington Robert Peel United States Tyler The Mercury Philadelphia Repeal Association Oregon Senate Daniel O'Connell O'Connell John Hancock Porter Pennsylvania Brisbane Great Britain Chronicle

Universal SurreacE meeting and Cobden rally at Maidstone

Report of two public meetings in England with prominent figures. The Complete Suffrage Association tea at White Conduit House honored with thanks to Sharman Crawford. A Kentish farmers gathering on Penenden heath featured Cobden, Villiers, and impassioned calls to repeal the corn laws.

Universal Surreace Complete Suffrage Association White Conduit House Pentonville Joseph Sturge Hindley M.P Sharman Crawford Bowring Crawford Cobden Pevenden Htath Thomas White Galding Obden Capt. Atcherly J. Osborn Maldon C. P. Villiers Col. Thompson Beacon Ahnera George Swainson Osburn Villiers Oxrorp Everett Nox-Piacers P. Wynter V.C Edward Everett United States Court of Great Britain Convocation University of Oxford Church of Christ Oxford Herald Paul Parnell St. John’s College Messrs. Marshall Brasenose James Collins Baliol College Council of Scotland Free Presbyterians of Scotland Exeter Hall Marquis of Breadalbane Mr. Grey Cunningham Beecham Free Church of Scotland Bunting Fox Maule

Commissions signed by lord lieutenant for Hertford and others

The London gazette records commissions appointing deputy lieutenants and officers across Hertford Stafford Wilt Oxford Edinburgh and Clackmannan areas including Sir James Flower William Woodhouse the Hon Richard Cavendish Viscount Lewisham and Edward Wright among others with promotions captains majors cornets adjutants surgeons and chaplains, plus related court and insolvency notices and bankruptcies.

Hertford James, Flower, Bart William Herbert Woodhouse Stafford Richard Cavendish King’s Own Regiment of Staffordshire William Walter Legge Viscount Lewisham County of Wilts Royal Regular Militia Frederick Henry Paul Methuen Kinnier Ui Oxford Oren Oxfordshire Edward, Wright Cornet Whippy Archer Robert Tawney Henry Tawney Edinburgh North Mid Msmorandum Dorset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry Dorset Regiment of Yeomanry Desigeen Samart Dane J. Chappell Sheffield J. Harris Newark upon-Trent F. Herring Terrington St. Clement E. Lowe Gopsall J. Charlton Cecilcourt St. Martin's-lane T. Johnson Chichester-place Gray's-inn-road General Smith J. Dixon Hampstead-road S. Cawley Warrington J. Tyson J. Walkden Blackburn J. Stott Rochdale H. Bake Manchester J. Franks J. Buist Hercules Buildings Lambeth T. Walker East Retford Nottinghamshire J. Will J. W. Walmsley Iama Llanelly Carmarthenshire Chancery-lane W. Faulconbridge Warner-street Kent-road H. Leahy Philadelphia-terrace T. Bimmack Wolverhampton G. C. Smith Baurgh Yorkshire B. Beaumont Batley J. Howard Newport Monmouthshire A. Benjamin Leman-street Goodman's-fields J. Garside Almenbury J. J. Dransfield Cradley Worcestershire J. Dow Romford Baker P. Gwyn Neath Glamorganshire E. Carr Norwich Ublican S. Dewhurst Lancaster Sawyer J.C Pooley Peldon Isex W. Mann Birstal G. Blacking Exeter E. de Neuville R. Naylor York C. Hawksley T. Smith Keighley H. Cockbury Gillingham Kent J. Dangerfield Bridge-row Pimlico J.H. Powell Greenwich W. Smith Carey-street Lincoln's Inn Fields J. Wright Bradford Gracechurch-street W. Burton Cambridge Draper E. Adams Blenheim-street New Bond-street J. Lock Northampton Robins and Williams London-wall W. C. Knight Great Suffolk Southwark F. Lock Three-crown Endergon Ryton Durham Wood Merchant G. Walit Liverpool Banker H. Johnstone Sheeld W. Peate Shrewsbury R. R. Walker Warehouseman G. Lee Leeds Woolstapler J. Whitfield Tooleystreet J. Morgan Woodside Cheshire Calcutta W. Y. Norton Bloxwish J. Grist New Brentford J. P. Starling Blakeney Norfolk W. Southam Walsall R. Burgess Tunstall R. Taylor W. and J. Shawcross S. J. Gausgen Moor Rockport C. J Aly C. Honey Little A. Fraser Trellek Terrace Hanover-square W. Aslett Stirk, Greenwood, and Co Halifax Merry, Brothers, and Cleaver Ripley Derbyshire J. Linton and Co Selby Cochran and Son High-Street Shadwell Babb Vera Bideford Devonshire Hackett and Taylor Orkshire Hartley and Barker Edgware-road J. Buckley and Co M. Jegan UPI Thames-street Hillier May Marloroug Old Change City Shaw and Hodges Kingsgate-street Holborn W. Clayton and Co Watling Street Ware and Willson Brighton R. Walker Ilmington Warwickshire Sharp, Roberts, and Co Vassey and Nelson King's Lynn van Bever Renault Old Bondstreet Ladies’ Shoes Boulton and Phillips Hanley Stoke upon-Trent Mercers Lewis and Watts Atherstone Petrie and Bent Richescourt Lime-street Swift and Co Audnam Yoter and Carpenter St. Thomas the Apostle Fox and Parkin J. W. Tanners Sheffrel Walmsley W. Cooper Light Dragoons Earl Cathcart K.T Sth Regiment of Light Dragoons Edward Seager Alfred Haffenden Rowles Lord Alan Spencer Churchill Haffenden 10Th Regiment of Light Dragoons Henry Beauchamp Lygon Marquis of London Ohn Stewart Wood Havelock 17Th Foot Eric Mackay Clarke Catain Archase Erskine Rowland Bentinck Coda Purchase Clarke John Bourke Purc Codd 29Th Foot Charles Cyril Taylor Canada Robert Grcy Douglas 47Th Foot Claremont Skrine 78Th Foot Austen 57Th Foot John Potter Barlow 10Th Foot David Morrow Potter 60Th Foot Charles Robert Benes M.D Haugh Fraser Foot Hardress de Luttrell Saunderson Osborn Hardresse Robert Holmes Saunderson John Wentworth Austen Shrine 82D Foot Charles Graves 3D West India Regiment Forster 2D Foot James George Hay Atherley 94Th Foot Lawrence Desborough 8D Foot Kelly Fs Foot Edmonda Robert Richardson Sall 18Th Light Dragoons 1St West India Regiment Edward Lewis Knight Balantine Francis Ellis Knight Robert Matthew Forster Graves Cape Mounted Riflemen Robert Marshall Allan Minto Hasritan Starr James Clephane Minto Boyes Enst Queade William Henry Ostheyren Johan Fredrik Christian Pembroke Castlemartin Edward Leach Mansel Wairratt Charles Morton Ricketts Chamberlain Worcester Edward Smith Doncaster Charles Frederick Sparrow High Court of Chancery Great Britain Henry Breex Next Grocers’ Company Rocers'hall Falbourn Cambridgeshire Sudbury Trinity Chapel Suffolk Woodchester Baptist Chapel Gloucestershire Carnarvon Moriah Calvinistic Chail W. Allen South Shields Drapers J. Coats St. John-street Middlesex E. Messum Portsea Southampton Brewer E. Turner J. Ogden Iron Founders T. Mason Stowford Mills Harford Devon T. T. Squier Dorchester Carriers E. F. Smith R. M. Bryant Bristol Carpenters N. Fraley J. E. Merchant Linen-Draers J. Crallan Sunderland G. Pallister J. M. B. Newrick Peers W. Ledbury Hagley Uly J.S. Walton Northallerton Money Scrivener T. Lloyd Market Deeping Cer E. Robinson G. F. Cobham W. B. Wright Peckham E. V. Austin Rotherhithe Apothecary Gartley Golden Lane St. Luke's Victualler A. Hay Great Queen Lincolnshire Berryman and Cox Penzance Moseley and Dobbs Latchford Langton and Jones Chesterfield Smith and Knowles Hepburn and Co Lisle-street Leicester Square J. Heburn Cadney and Botting George Street Portman Square Airymen Smith, Payne, and Smit Lombard-street Nottingham A. Smith Magniac Jardine, and Co Earbardotcot O. Smith Taylor and Potter Philpot-lane London Joel and Marks Acorn-street Bishopsgate W. Edwards and Co Llangellen Denbighshire Reynolds and Lee Garratt Surrey Hammer-street Stephenson and Gaye George-street Bryanstone-square

Royal drawing room and navy uniform changes announced

Notice warns of a drawing room at St James's Palace on July 6 for Her Majesty's birthday and details new dress uniform patterns for Royal Navy officers. Uniform rules specify coats hats epaulettes and lace, with a deadline of June 30 1844 to abandon older patterns.

St. James's Palace Her Majesty Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty Royal Navy Srpnsy Henpeerr War-Orrier Regiment of Life Guards Charles William Marquis of

Marriages and Deaths from Hanover Square and Beyond

Marriage notices include H Master Feilden to Caroline Mosley at Hanover Square and John Hamilton White to Alicia Daly with the Earl of Bantry relation. A notable Westminster wedding of Hon William Cowper MP and Miss Gurney is described with a large guest list and after ceremony breakfast. Deaths span Chester Street to Paris and Boulogne, noting Anna Lambton and other widows, a 100-year-old Dingwall man, and a remarkable Paris prison tale of the old Frenchman with the white beard.

Hanover-square Robert Liston Constantinople William Cowper Hertford Earl Cowper Viscountess Palmerston Miss Gurney Daniel Gurney Lynn Earl of Iroll St. James's Church Westminster Somerville Hay Viscount Viscountess Palmerston Countess of Erroll Margaret Hay Ashley Melbourne Jocelyn Agnes Hay Wemyss Miss Ashley Miss Ffolks Hudson Gurney St James's Square Earl Countess Cowper Fordwick Isabella Wemyss Campden Sydney Elphinstone George Lamb Huskinson Beauvale Norreys Robert Grosvenor Norwich Stanley Miss Stanley Brockett-hall, Herts Chester-street Grosvenor-place Anna Hedworth Lambton Studland Dorset Edward G. Bankes Ballyconry Catherine Lord Clarina John Stack Windsor Wm. Fairbridge Express St. Cross Pickering Rotherfield Mary John Dulock Tunbridge Wells R. Miles Paris John Carrol Sir Parker Carrol Port Royal Jamaica Poole Gubbins R.N H.M.S. Scylla Dingwall Scotland John Mackenzie Thatcher Mount Pleasant Newburgh Alex. Bethune Marlow Lady Robinson W. H. Robinson Boulogne Edmund Edmund Lenthal Swifte Her Majesty Coblentz Convent of the Carmelites 20Th Regiment Antonio Alivera Aosta Piedmont

Patent Self Adjusting German Truss Recommended

The faculty endorses the patent self adjusting German truss for cure and relief of hernia. Leading professionals favor a truss that resists effectively without excess pressure and omits straps springs or pads. J Egg and Co. offer to secure any reducible rupture under their care from their manufactory at No 1 Piccadilly.

J. Egg and CO Piccadilly

Relief from torment by Lefay's Grande Pommade advertised

An advertisement touts Lefay's Grande Pommade as a rapid relief for Tic Douloureux gout and nerve pains after one application. It claims restoration from paralysis and rheumatism through rubbing, and lists prices for cases and post office orders. It also promotes related medical works and other tonics sold by multiple London and Birmingham vendors.

Lefay Louis Mutron Samuel Lamert Bedford-street Bedford-suare London Falkner-square Manchester University of Edinburgh London Hospital Medical Society Apothecaries' Hall Fargate Heffield Davey Broad-street Bristol Manchester Chronicle la Mert Wakefield Journal Bolton La'Mert Stockport La’Mert Bedford-streat Bedford-square Faulkner-street Jean Lefay J.tirling Whitechael N.B United Kingdom R.and L. Perry Strange Paternoster Row Field Quadrant Regent-street Purkis Compton-street Soho Philips Oxford-street Jackson and Co New Bond-street J. Gordon Leadenhall Street Cattermole Ratcliffe-highway Strand Blackshare-road Dredge Whitechapel High-street Guest Bull-street Birmingham Heaton and Buckton Briggate Leeds Perry Messrs Messrs. Perry Berners-Street Great Charles-street Easy-row Messrs. Poy N. B C. J. Lucas & Co Newman-street Oxford Street Brittain Paternester-row Gordon Leadenhall-street G. Mansell King-street Southwark C. Westerton Parkside Knightsbridge A. Phillips Huett High Holborn J. Buckton Briggate J. Noble Picaker Since Hull T. Lawler Courier-office St Ann's-square H. Whitmore Market Street W. Howell Dale-street Liverpool J. Howell Waterloo Place Church Street W. Wood High-street J. Fry Lucas Bell Messrs. Lucas and Co J. J. Cunris Messrs. Curtis Old England Essex and Herts Mercury Curtis Curtiss Messrs. Curtis and Company Frith-street Soho Square

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