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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 10, 1843
Page
2
A long dispatch outlines British triumphs in Scinde with Napier praised, Ameers captured and confined, and discussions on governing the conquered territory. It also covers related signals from Lahore and Cabul, Sirdar Dost Mahomed, and rising tension in other Indian regions with mentions of Khytul and Jeypore uprisings and British military responses.
Calcutta society follows steamship talk on Suez routes while Bombay debates independence from Bombay presidency. A Calcutta magistrate loses his post after a public dispute. Funeral arrangements for Sir William M’Naghten proceed privately. Delhi ambassador George Thompson to England with a prince. A large iron bell from Ningpo arrives for the cathedral, sparking debate over the bishop’s acceptance. Bombay funds for a Colabah church near £900, plus a proposed obelisk monument. A Surat fire destroys about 500 houses, estimated £3,000 loss. Hormanjee baptised by a Scottish missionary. China news reports Eleppo’s death delaying treaty talks, Ke-Ying named as successor. Canton remains unsettled with fears of further disorder. Morrison, Thom, and Captain Balfour departed Canton upon news. The government’s stance on Canton’s disturbances remains cautious and firm.
The piece reports on budget cuts and expense reductions in the French chamber, including limits on rail projects and clergy grants, plus debates on American style budgets and Ireland. It covers Spanish unrest with Prim’s rebellion, Catalonian tensions, and conservative reactions, with dispatches from Paris, Barcelona, and Lisbon. Also notes Ottoman and Tunisian antislavery moves and Penang Siamese invasion rumors.
The half yearly meeting of The Metropolis Bank directors at Moorgate Street chair Mr Brownrigg MP reported undivided profits up to October and a further half year total. A shallow half year dividend was promised. A motion to allow bank shares to stand in multiple names passed. Citizens discussed forming a southern park and reclaiming wall space from Marshalsea prison for open recreation.
A Bath-bound woman, Eliza Palmer, was found insensible beside a wall near Locksbrook with her child. she alleges a man in a horse cart lured her and fed her a yellowish drink, causing loss of memory until discovery. The report also notes disorder at a Liverpool chartist lecture, rising insurance rates, a mock public execution, and a Manchester military court martial report.
A tangled account details a Dublin meeting where Irish leaders push revocation of union terms and oppose London constraints. The narrative references opposition, calls for prudence, and the broad stance of party speakers amid a charged atmosphere in London and Dublin.
Bailey denied making the attributed remark and the court was cleared though the verdict remains undisclosed. The court martial pursues seven Jah regiment soldiers on the barge for participation in the same outrages.
An alarming riot broke out Thursday in Perth between troops of the 68th Regiment and the local police and residents. After mobs assaulted soldiers, magistrates and the town clerk, eight rioters were captured and punished with fines or jail. In retaliation the picket organized a larger mob attacking workers and shops, with widespread alarm until soldiers dispersed them and thirteen rioting soldiers were captured.
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