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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jul 10, 1841

Page

4

Stout Hoghead Theft Trial In London Theft Case

Reuben Bicknell a printer appeared at the Thames inquest and charged with stealing a hogshead of stout. Witnesses described a river spill, taps, and a Thames police misstep as Caldwell the officer admitted aiding in drinking and broaching the cask before a long magistrate's session ended with discharge for the prisoner and scrutiny of police conduct. An inquest into a Westminster hospital death followed, with questions over surgeon attendance and a porter’s negligence. The panel returned an accidental-death verdict. In a separate incident, the Dowager Countess of Scarborough narrowly escaped injury when a bird-shooting youth fired near her window, with lead from a pistol found at close proximity.

Reuben Bicknell Linquats + SAOning Post Thames Dublin Stout Olne Thomas Grimstone Forestreet Lambeth Fore‘street Charles Caldwell William Fawcett St. Katharine’s Caldwell Bucknell Broderip William Blenkhorne Grimstone Erith Lambeth Stairs Praget Fara Orvicens Westminster Hospital Higgs Red Lion Princes-street Westminster Mary Holland Frances Taylor Queen Ann's Ward William Crow Beadle St. Margaret's A Division of Police Activision Charles Henry Gurstin Barnard Holt Garstin Frost Holt Mr. Garstin Mr. Hult Garstin and Holt White A. White B. Holt Kis May Pipes Marylebone-lane Tedman Shove Bennett George-street Susanne Aid

Questions and Answers on Property and Law Inquiries

A collection of reader queries on marriage rights apprenticeship death wills and notices with brief legal guidance. Topics include validity of marriages Scotland English law rights of widows and orphans notices to quit penalties under weights and measures and voter registration questions.

Rufus Wood Helen England Scotland W. C Doctors' Commons Doctors’ Commons Norwich Yorkshire R. P Thomas Brend R. J Mary Lambeth J. P

The Week and Elections Debates in 19th Century Times

A long weekly column covers Proper lessons for Sunday services, celestial notes, weather forecasts, and a miscellaneous section. It reports on the Printers Pension Society excursion aboard the Star to Herne Bay, reader letters, and political reflections following a general election. It discusses the Tory majority, reform debates, and the inertia of momentum toward Free Trade and Democracy, with critiques of Peel and Parliament.

Printers’ Pension Society Weekly Chronicle Star Nolice London-bridge Herne Bay E. R. Mipparton Board of Guardians Tulius Casar Took J. B Tooke Windsor Helen John Willliams James Jackson

Debt reduction meeting at the treasury with key officials

A Wednesday meeting of the debt reduction commissioners was held at the treasury attended by the chancellor of the exchequer and the governor of the Bank of England. An inquest at the Duke of Gloucester on Charlotte Hughes age 42 and her 12 year old son James concluded with a verdict of natural death amid a family dispute and prior threats.

Treasury Bank of England,&c Higham Baker Duke of Gloucester Seabright-street Bethnal-greenroad Charlotte Hughes James Hughes Harford Louisa Hughes Hughes

Calendar for Britain and Ireland July 11 to 18 sunrise sunset

A dated calendar guide explains sunrise and sunset times for Great Britain and Ireland. It shows how to adjust times by latitude differences and lists high water offsets for major ports such as London Dock, Bristol, Cork, and Liverpool. It notes other harbours and references notices to correspondents for further calendar information.

Great Britain and Ireland Great Britain Ireland London Dock Bristol Cork Cove Falmouth Hull Milford ‘Haven Brighton Colves Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow Southampton

Canada Lord Sydenham Speech and Timber Duties Debate

The Great Western prints Lord Sydenham's Canadian Parliament address praising reform while warning against costly timber duty abolition without mutual gains. It argues Canada should abandon monopoly of the English timber market if needed, notes Canada US politics over Mr. McLeod, and stresses urgency of a settlement amid border tensions.

The Great Western Lord Sydenham United Provinces of Canada Canadas Canada M‘leod America van Buren

Crossing the frontier to avoid sharing fate of Mr. M'Leod

The passage notes the obvious inconvenience of a state of affairs where fifty people on both sides gain livelihoods by trading in neutral waters. They move repeatedly between countries, seeming to belong to both, and seek to cross the frontier without risking further consequences.

M‘leod

Predictions on a New Parliament and the Queen's Speech

The piece imagines a post election Parliament opened by the Queen, with Ministers advising a bold, uncompromising Speech. It discusses the Speakership battle, anticipated government resignations around August 27, and Peel's forthcoming shaky finances. It warns of new taxes if Tories resist—while praising the Import Duties Report as fostering political awakening and potential backlash against monopolies.

Shaw Lefevre North Hants House of Commons Lord Stanley Lord Sandon Robert Peel North Lancashire University of Cambridge Dorchester Launceston Goulburn James Graham Henry Hardinge Mr. Colquhoun Kilmarnock Handley Burke Liberal Party London Liverpool Hull England

Chesterfield Union Tyranny Over Workhouse Women

A London paper reports alleged abuse at the Chesterfield Union Derbyshire where women entering the workhouse are stripped of stays. A room holds the garments ticketed while inmates endure discomfort to shorten stays. The piece questions authority and calls for safeguards against punitive measures.

Chesterfield Union Derbyshire Times Somerset House Chesterfield

Spectator and Friends of Free Trade Debate Divides Liberals

The Spectator argues that Liberals should treat nonallies as opponents under current conditions. It notes an unusually clear party line and asserts that motive matters are unknowable while the division among forces remains pronounced. The piece emphasizes ideological separation over individual intentions.

Split Parties Shift in Free Trade Debate in Britain

A long critique argues Whig landowners move toward Conservatism driven by fears and disloyalty to Liberal aims. It condemns the Spectator for duplicity, urging candor and unity within the Liberal cause to defeat Tory influence, and warns that continued factionalism harms reform efforts and public trust.

Spectator John Russell Lord John London Travers Jones Lloyd Liberal Evans Westminster Liverpool Leeds Hull Hume William Molesworth Aldam Baines Carlton Reform Club

National Debt sinking fund halted amid 1841 deficit report

The National Debt Office announces that no funds will be allocated to the sinking fund from July 7 to October 10, 1841, after the Treasury certified a deficit of £1,851,917 5s 11d for the year ended April 5, 1841. Royal Navy and railway notes follow, including an inquest verdict of manslaughter in Deptford and reports on a fatal launch accident at Rotherham.

Lords Commissioners Her Majesty's Treasury S. HigHnam National Debt Office Royal Polyrecuxic Ublic Sin Cuartes Adam Charles Adam West Indies Halifax Newfoundland Malabar Illustrious Ellice Boxer Peter John Douglas Jamaica Lakes Canada Sandom Philip Durham Robert Stopford Mediterranean Naval and MA Military Gazette Paris and Orleans Stephenson Newcastle Paris Corbeil Galignani Deptford Old King Street Frances Studd Edward Studd Studd Taylor Deptford-pier Elizabeth Dalton King Street Bridget Ives Atkins Adam Uriah Bryant John Nind Central Criminal Court Wm. Young Clarkson Espinnasse Phillips Hackney Road Mr. Clarkson Baron Alderson Josefa Collins Three Tuns Tavern Fetter Lane Payne Joseph Collins John Wright Fleur-de-lis-court Fleet-street

Two infant deaths from suffocation at Lambeth workhouse

In Lambeth a coroner’s inquest followed the smothering deaths of Jane Elizabeth Reeves and another infant at the workhouse. A nurse named Sully aided the children, but the jury found suffocation with no blame attached to her. A separate street robbery in Smithfield involved a gang attacking Mr. James Noble and fleeing with his valuables. Jane Smith, a notorious thief, was captured amid warnings about gangs in Turnmill Street and Cow Cross.

Ik Mae Rotherham James Yates West Riding Ates Tency Cadman Sheffield Sheffiel Is Joseph Buckley Alfred Buckley Samuel Herdcott Joiner Henry Cowder David Conder Wiliam Bradshaw Andrew Dobson Henry Goodell George Nixon William Hall John Patteson John Millito Richard Millito Joseph Earnshaw J Samuel Woolhouse Charles Matthewman Rob Lancaster Samuel Cobb William Blackburn John Parrott John Kent Masborough Wrship George Ramsden George Curtis Willi Freeman Samuel Freeman Richard Shaw John Gretrey William Wood William Grinfelt Alfred Grinfield William Bouler Thomas Dut John Fox Charles Hanby John Jacques Ger. Earnshaw Joseph Furness Thomas Woodyer William Woodyer George Brown James Hayrit Thomas Shaw Charles Robinson Thomas Bybury John Haywood John Gillett John King Father Thomas Badger Henry Newsome George Wilson Chambers Witness Dief Buckley Richard Callis Bear Edwin Cadman Haywood Vsta Afr Yates Chambers Chaurice Bentley Odd Fellows Masbro’ Chapel Stowell Mr. Carter Jolly Gardeners Jane Elizabeth Reeves Sussy Lambeth Martha Suits Scott Matt Sully Duke James Noble Marylebone-lane Smithfield Noble Eliott Statium Jane Smith Turnmill-street Cow-cross

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