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Weekly Chronicle in London, Middlesex

17 Jun 1838

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Weekly Chronicle

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London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jun 17, 1838

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2

Curious Column on Gallantry and Folly in 17th Century Tales

A miscellany of period notes covers stage coaches in 1672 and their idle influence, Lord Eldon’s remark to Lady Eldon, a quip about a cow medicine, satire on the covetous man, and moral quatrains. It also notes franking abuses, Incledon’s career, and a long epilogue on gallantry.

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John Cresset Charter-house London George Iti Lord Eldon Lady Eldon Mariner West End Incledon Reindeer Worcester Joe Duke of Cumberland Bedford Tacledon Cooke Chalk Farm Hampstead Highgate Chelmsford Maidstone Lewes Surrey Canterbury City Tory Club Mansion House Globe Swan River Freemantle Perth Great Britain Sydney India Boulogne Bowstreet Hackney-Coach Portman-street Oxford-street Camden-town Bank of England Goddard Trafalgar-square Edgeware Road Camden Town Somerset Marshalsea George Bull Royal Grorce Paris Oxford ‘Herald J. Hayse Norton Royal George Pankeing-House Rothschild, Brothers Capt. Criss
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Ghost on the forecastle microdrama aboard a barge

A lieutenant pursues a claimed ghost on the forecastle as sailors claim to see the carpenter Hawkington walking the deck. The captain wakes and, amid disbelief, allows the ghost to walk, later revealing the carpenter was in a trance and later woke to prevent drowning.

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Orward Tim London Birmingham Messrs. Simpkin Marshall Wyld Coghlan Denbigh Hall Wolverton Denbigh Hall Inn Calcraft Hume Denbigh Rugby the Naturalist’s Library Baron Haller Bennett
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Songs and music reviews for Norton Trevelyan Nathan and others

A newspaper notice reviews several songs and poems with their composers Norton Trevelyan Marsh Nathan and others. It praises the words for tenderness and the music for harmony and suitability. The critic predicts general popularity for the pieces and notes classical progression in chords.

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Norton Bellini Bishop Srart George Trevelyan S. H. A. Marsh Susannah Strickland I. Nathan Tovant Montague
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Government appoints same person to multiple judge and recorderships

The text notes that scarce or numerous whig barristers have led the government to assign a single person to two or more recorderships. This mirrors the idea of appointing one common law judge to three courts of Westminster Hall, highlighting consolidation of judicial posts.

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Westminster Hall
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The People s Charter Proposals and Reform Opinions

A disciplined critique of the People s Charter outlines preferred qualifications for voters and MPs, opposes extra parliamentary roles for pensioners and lawyers, and calls for clear disqualifications and uniform clerk pay. It argues for true citizen representation and warns against government influence in elections.

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Commons House of Parliament Commons House of Parliament Navy Army Council of Parliament House of Commons East West Indies Association Wrexig CoRonliue
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Granville Edinburgh Colburn England Greenwich Pensioners Royal Hospital Greenwich Old Hawkington Mr. Hawkington NEW Music the People’s Charter
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