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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 29, 1838
Page
5
A long miscellany reports the Queen at theatres Falstaff and I Puritani with royal presence, plans to visit Brighton after August 17, ministerial moves and court appointments, the East India Slave Bill debut, and various societal tidbits from theatre marriages to duels and railway gates.
Miss Taylor and Mr. Macready debut as Dame Kitely and jealous husband in Ben Jonson's Every Man in His Humour at Harmanxet. The cast's strength highlighted Kitely and Bridget, with others praised for sustaining their roles as the piece elicited mixed applause. The column also notes new operas at King's Theatre and upcoming festivals and new music by Sawyer and Glover, with commentary on performances and artists.
In the House of Commons Sir John Hobhouse quoted despatches from Lieutenant Lynch announcing the Euphrates steamer's ascent from Busserah to Hit about 500 miles in 120 hours with no Arab opposition. Lynch planned further progress toward Beles, aiming to reach near Aleppo’s commercial area and complete the river navigation goal. The steamer towed a launched sloop of war with a twelve pound carronade yet made four to five miles an hour against a rapid current.
A London 1838 commentary laments Lord Ashley's motion defeat by “miscalled representatives,” blasting ministers for luxury and misrule. It warns the nation to remove these “doomed ones” and emphasizes the suffering of the poor and debtors while accusing the court of arrogance and waste.
A Norwich magistrates hearing recounts Mary Maxey accusing her husband James Maxey a shoeing smith of dying on Sunday. George Perowne a veterinary surgeon at All Saints refused his burial as a pauper, arranged a coffin, then kept the corpse on premises, mangled it, and resisted interment until legal action compelled proper burial amid accusations of fraud and intoxication. A Deptford fire at M Gordon's timber yards destroys extensive buildings including warehouses and iron steam vessel premises with firefighting efforts and insurance estimates.
French tariffs expand Boulogne port to woollen yarns and restrict cross frontier movement to France including horses and clothing. Madrid orders banishment of Hablar’s writers Misley and Prato amid rumors of an insurrection while Norris Castle hosts royal excursions. Newgate market moves to Farringdon. broad parliamentary voter notices and multiple London court reports detail robberies, assaults, and a noted wife-beating case culminating in remand.
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