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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 16, 1843
Page
2
The Paris cabinet reshuffle and Spanish pronunciamiento mark political upheaval amid rumors of cabinet changes and colonial references. Madrid, Bayonne, and Barcelona reports detail uprisings, proclamations, and a government struggle as Espartero faces mounting opposition and troops shift across key cities.
Ancona letter cited by the Augsburg Gazette says three protecting powers in Athens were told by the London conference to reduce 1,000,000 drachmas in finances and extend to 3,600,000. Greek ministers found the cut impracticable but the powers insisted. King Otto agreed to the reduction. A St Petersburg report notes Prince Dolgorouchi, author of a pamphlet on the Russian nobility, was placed in solitary confinement on arrival in Russia, though his work did not libel.
A note describes a man refused for military service being exiled to Wiatka near Siberia under police surveillance. In Vienna a letter dated July 1 reports Prince Alexander Kara Georgevich reelected sovereign of Servia on the 27th ult, with Baron Gieven and Russian consul Watschenko among spectators.
The Roscoe arrived bringing New York papers dated the nineteenth ultimo and Charleston journals dated the fourteenth ultimo, with the packet ship England reaching Liverpool at an early hour on Monday for the exchange of news.
The half yearly meeting of Royal Humane Society members at No 3 Trafalgar Square awarded silver medals to life savers including the Rev Dr Butler and seamen from the Serpent and Vanguard. Four bronze medals were given to others who assisted George Gilly.
The report on reserve land was adopted after a vote by Captain Owen. A large gathering at White Conduit Tavern celebrated the Sith share of the school with about 2,500 attendees, 850 pounds in subscriptions, and 961 admitted children. At Chiswick gardens the horticultural show drew up to 8,000 visitors, with prize fruit and flowers and a Duke of Devonshire guest privilege. A new St James the Great church at Bethnal Green is near consecration, funded largely by a generous couple, and the Brasennose College gift governs local benefice appointments. A Greenwich county court considered rating disputes over the Erith hotel and pier. An inquest at Limehouse found Miss Jane Clemit’s death a suicide by hanging, and a Thames river incident led to the recovery of a body near Westminster Bridge. A Montpelier gardens lecture criticized suffrage limits and electoral representation, while a Bartholomew’s hospital inquest scrutinized the Middlesex hospital bleeding case involving a cabman, with possible legal follow ups.
The Common Council discussed a report on the chamberlain and city works. Sir William Heygate agreed to reduce chamberlain emoluments to 2500 pounds annually. An amendment on surplus funds was debated and then withdrawn. The clerk of the city works report proposed a city surveyor and an architect. the court kept the office intact and referred duties and salary back to the committee. Newsvendors’ anniversary dinner and public events followed.
Laurence Coogan a sixteen year old convict who stole silver spoons at Maryport escaped from Carlisle county gaol after climbing a rain spout and leads to the court roof. The alarm led to a £20 reward, with officials defending prison vigilance amid the daring feat. In Manchester a large cotton and flour warehouse owned by Nightingale & Co. was destroyed by fire, affecting over 1000 bales of cotton and 300 sacks of flour.
In London the Free Church of Scotland fund has reached about £6000 with £2300 collected in one Belfast meeting. A Scottish representative peer election is slated for Holyrood on the 19th. A violent thunderstorm hit Glasgow causing a deadly lightning strike killing Janet Knox, 22, in Camlachie while her sister survived. The storm also damaged Port Dundas, Calton mill, and a tree. Aberdeen reports confirm fatalities and injuries from similar weather.
A five story warehouse owned by Mr Scott on Zarah Street near the Rochdale canal burned from early morning, cotton and goods valued at £12,000 plus building worth £2,000 to £3,000 destroyed. Fire engines fought flames amid collapsing walls and canal debris. origin unknown though spontaneous combustion of cotton or naptha near bales was suspected. Authorities expect a formal inquiry into warehouse fires as losses spread to insurers including West of England and Imperial.
At the Greyhound public-house Stratford Essex an inquest on James Andrews, 25, concluded he died from hydrophobia after a dog bite five weeks earlier. A cousin testified the cocker dog bit him in a shop. surgeon Mr Compton confirmed hydrophobia as the cause. Jury verdict recorded. Separately steamers brought thousands of passengers to Chelsea, Putney, Kew, Richmond, and Teddington.
The Literary Chronicle reviews Michael J. Quin's two volume travel work on the Rhine and continental routes. It faults his lack of natural perception and vivid scenic description, finding his sketches only passable within familiar, common-place observations. The critic notes Hugo's French travel writing surpasses Quin and promises extracts for readers.
A steam raft on the Seine, likened to Noahs ark, uses two side by side boats with a central platform and open upper deck. It travels between La Bouille and Rouen thrice daily, propelled by a single wheel and steam engine, carrying passengers and livestock with distinct classes and fares, praised for its novelty and antiquated look.
A young French artist draws notice near a paddle-box wearing a combed hat and tasseled coat imitating Raphael. The scene contrasts his self importance with motley passengers and hints at romantic affectations. The article also notes a chapel at Hougoumont burned during battle, saving sacred statues, with Count Robiano refusing offers for the figures.
The narrator describes an English Bible distributor on a bridge with a Highgate youth, handing a French tract questioning curés who ban vulgar tongue Bibles. He argues Catholics did not forbid reading the Bible, citing Latin translations and Douay copies, and notes the church only restrains unauthorised interpretation.
A Victorian account describes cemetery safety measures in Frankfort including a kept flame, bell-topped fingers with wired bells, a watching chamber, and a timing device to detect movement after death. An occasional faint bell sound was attributed to galvanic movement in decomposing hands. no actual rescues reported. A short treatise on life assurance by Frederick Lawrence is praised for clarity and usefulness.
Five miners were badly hurt, one in critical condition, after an explosion Saturday in a coal pit linked to Dundyvan. Reports say one man was so severely injured he was rushed to the infirmary in a dangerous state. The Glasgow Courier notes the severity of the accident and ongoing concern.
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