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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jul 03, 1842

Page

2

Paris imposes heavy duties on British linens

Royal ordinance raises import duties on British linens to as high as 35 percent, provoking market jitters and a cautious response from the Bank of France. The move marks a delay in similar measures against Belgium amid pending trade negotiations. Paris papers weigh implications for imperial relations and French finance.

Jnance Seiteens &Eycade Great Britain England Belgium Council-General Bank of France Aad d’Appony Paris

Levan t news cites five powers vow Syria rule by Christian prince

Italtu Times notes five great powers intend to restore Christian rule in Syria. Despatches from Malta deny a clash between Canning and Bourqueney. Reports mention Sami Bey mission to settle Egyptian tribute, with Niger and China dispatches also covered.

Fureey Egypt Syria Levant Constantinople Smyrna Alexandria Italtu Times Selim Bey Omar Pasha Sami Bey Malta Sir Stratford Canning M. de Bourqueney Vesuvius Marseilles

Mysterious Circumstance at Thames Street Warehouses

Police discover a blood pool and hair near upper Thames street after a man is found beneath a keel upright boat on Paul's wharf. The injured man, with a severe head wound and coagulated blood, is dragged from under the boat and rushed to safety as officers investigate the scene.

Gaylor Upper Thames Street Rownsyn Drew Tyler Paul's Wharf Burgess

Violent blow on skull prompts hospital care and witness harrowing tale

A man injured by a hard blow to the head was rushed to St Bartholomew's where the house surgeon warned life would have been lost had delay continued. A fragment of a pass bearing the name James Frith aged 32 from London appears in a bundled rag found on a boat. The patient remained incoherent with limited recovery by evening.

Madrid Harrists Sussex Tagus Lisbon St. Bartholomew's Hospital Gaylor James Frith City of London Union Marlborough House Peckham Gayler MemordsTan Aniti-Corn-Law Association Ov DepuTites West Strand Palace-yard Cobden M.P Francis Place Thompson Messra. Lyon Camberwell Patrie Wells Eli Radley Tottenham Burford Stratford Austin St. Martin In the Fields Shawe St. Luke’s Stack Kentishtown Aulton Kentish Town Wheeler Sen Jun Smith St. Pancras P. A. Taylor William ‘Taylor Croydon Aiken Mitcham Walker Alder Murray Gibson Dbethnal Green Bacon South Morse Boater Whitechapel Gaghan St. Ann's Soho Porter Cox Erwall Bowring Little Jacob Shoreditch Nicholls St. Anne's Beasell and Howell Ditto Harrison Paddington Horsepool Toms Bethnal-green Palmer Colonel Thompson Stock Taylor 4. R. Shaw Southmorse Hamer Stansfield Leeds Rawson Manchester Ashdown Parliament London Blackwall Raiway London Tavern Wm. Routh Sergeant Jazelee Blackwall Gravesend Brunswick Wharf Levy Wilson David Salomons Crawshay Bethlem Hospital Oxford Simmons Upper Seymour Street Huston Square Mr. Simmons Seymour Street St. Pancras Church University-college Hospital Jamaica Tln Colony of St. James’s Street Lord St. Vincent St. Chales Metcalf Sir Alexander Grant Isaac Lyon Goldsmid Colonel Rose Wyndham Dalling Spalding MacNaghten Mr. Lewis House of Assembly Messrs. Burge Bernall Archdeckre T. F. Hill M. T. Wolf Burge Sir Charles Metcalf Lord John Russell Charles Metcalf Marquess of Normandy Alexander Grant Earl of Elgin Asqueak British and Foreign ScHool Society Boroucu Roan Royal Duke of Sussex John Russell Marquess of Lansdowne Lord Howick Lord Monteagle Robert Grosvenor Lord Ebrington Lord Kinnaird Thomas Troubridge Culling Eardley Smith Vernon Smith W. Cowper Charles Hindley E. Pendarves J. Parker Thomas Tancred, Esq Joseph Brotherton Henry Weymouth Alers Hankey Dr. Reid Whitworth Russell O'Neill Prussia Elizabeth Gower Kinnaird Mary Wood Hindley Pendarves Duke of Sutherland Earl of Burlington Earl of Clarendon Earl of Radnor Lord Western Lord Bexley Norwich Hampden Lushington John Boileau Thomas Wilde G. H. Larpent Tyrwhitt Chaucer England Staffordshire Johnson Pigman John Smith Thomas Jones Knight's Quarterly Magazine Thomas Williams Adam Green Kent Zall Gritia Deggy-Hall Feathertoe Bumper Bubbles Pierce Eye

Notable Society Meeting and School Exhibition

A gathering of titled figures and M.P.s praised a new Normal school building. Exhibits from Borough-road and other schools impressed with writing and drawing, including pieces from Brighton and Hitchin. Donations from prominent patrons supported the project as Lord John Russell spoke. A separate anniversary dinner for the Licensed Victuallers' School raised substantial funds and highlighted community support. A planned Whitechapel Whitechapel Street change and a drowning incident near Blackfriars Bridge were noted.

B. Hall George Phillips J. Lubbock E. Bouverie E. Strutt M.P C. Glynn Mr. Grote G. Knight Rundle Dundas Ainsworth Stewart Marjoribanks Hitchin Gloucester Horsferry Road London John Brussell John Russell Lord Howick Charles Hindley Crossley Marquis of Lansdowne Lord Monteagle G. W. Alexander John Allcard Lord John Russell Edward Thomas, Esq Lictnsep Victuallers’ ScHool Highbury Tavern Victuallers’ School Robert Hanbury Byng Rous House of Commons Standard Capt Witecuaren London Docks Whitechapel Npitalfields Church Batavic Charles Brown

Jubilee of the Jupiter or Baptist Missionary Society

The Bristol jubilee marks 50 years of the Jupiter or Baptist Missionary Society. In Counterslip chapel Robert Leonard chairs a meeting where funds were pledged and a £500 outfit donation for a Jamaica to Africa mission is reported as won by donor generosity. A public breakfast followed at King Street chapel with totals reaching about £1,400.

America Columbia Liverpool Halifax Boston George Washington Charles Dickens New York Great Western Bristol Tannirr House Whig Party Washington Messrs. Lawrence Mills Kent Kinnicut Otis Kavanagh Grattan H. B. Majesty Maine United States France England United Kingdom Jupiter Baprist Missionary Society Counterslip Chapel Robert Leonard Joseph Russell Melksham Jubilee Society Wm. Knibb Africa East Knibb R. B. Sherring Ashley-place King Street Chapel R. Leonard Beeter Mark Knight St. David's Hill Knight William Portland Trump Guildhall Leeds Burchar Bradford Joseph Bailey Spring-row Manningham Bailey Mr. Bailey Harrowgate Leicester Archdeacon Lane William Vann Wigston Rochingham Northampionshire Arthur de Capell Brooke Cottingham Arthur

Irish Government Footnote on Aims for Reconciliation

Report from the Evening Packet suggests a bid to patch quarrels in the Irish government. Earl De Grey plans a hurried Germany visit for rheumatic gout relief after Lord Eliot returns from Parliament. Lady Mary Viner and her children may visit during his absence.

Dublin Evening Mail Daily Evening Packet Arties Derantene Lexn de Guey Iit Lord de Grey Germany Countess de Grey North Battle of the Boyne Duniin Ennim Ennis Assizes Clare Cruise Smyth Sipendiary Magistrat de Ruvynes Evening Mail Lucas de Buvynes Dublin Castle BE. Lucas J. Cruise Smyth, Esq R.M Linevich J. N. Russell Corcoran Fermoy Jong Bridewell Cork Lord Eliot Ireland Earl de Grey

Strathbogie Case Rules on Expenses in Reduction

In the Scotland case of Strath hogie the minority seeks to overturn a suspension and interdict decree. The court held the majority presbytery entitled to the expenses, including outer and inner house costs, with Lord Medwyn and others concurring. The decision outlines disposition of costs and notes the lord justice clerk’s retirement.

StTratHpode Strathhogie General Assembly Lord Cockburn Lord Medwyn Lord Moncrieff Lord Meadowbank Scotsman Tweed Bank First Divideyp Tweed Banking Company Mesers William Smith Batson John Wilson John Langhorn Saving’s Bank of Berwick Berwick Warder Savings’ Bank Dunbar Eugene Ernest Augustus Whelps Prince of Duke of York Ireland George the Fourth Caledonien Mer Haisine Darvel Wilson Kilmarnock Ayr Joppa Sea Joppa Fisherrow Portobellow Caledonian Mercury Cooke Glascow Barlow West of England

Surnames and their curious origins in English history

A literary notice discusses the origins and forms of surnames from Anglo-Saxon to modern times, with examples like Macdonalis Fitz-Hamon and biblical roots. It highlights differences between patronymic and hereditary names, notes regional practices, and includes anecdotes about nicknames and soubriquets in mining communities.

Scotland Mac Macdonalis Macartys Tavanin Donald Arthur Granison O Hara O'Neale Fitz Fitz-Hamon Fitzgilbert Russia Dearing Alheling Ceonred Ceolwalding Ceolwald Cuthing Cuth Cuthwining Ceonred Ceolwald Ceolwalisonne Cuth Cuthwin William of Malmesbury Edgar Edgaring Edmound Edmunding Short Mr. Strong Week Mr. Bright Blackman Lillywhite Friend Miss Pretty England Alph Wolf Biddulph Wolfkiller Ethelswolf Alwwin Alfred Aldred Bede Botolph Bulescarles Cuthbert Edmund Edward Frederick Goddard Godwin Fersteg Cama Cami Renard Osbern

Night in the Dragoons A Few Lessons for a Green Recruit

A banquet scene with the 16th light dragoons hosting a recently recruited cornet named Martin Day. Rock lectures the novice on outfitting and the futility of excessive gear before London parties and gatehouse guards reveal quirks of military life and social awkwardness.

Cornet Martin Day Thesis 16Th Light Dragoons Rock Solomon Young Johnson Tyro London New Gate de Burgh Rob Newgate Pennycatcher Hampden Smith

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