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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 18, 1842
Page
6
The jury finds Catherine Sheehan died of a gunshot during unrest in Ennis on June 6. Police on duty faced little provocation and fired on protesters against orders. Dragoons patrolled streets as 38 officers were jailed. government inquiry to begin at ten tomorrow.
Ledger reports a Liverpool dispute over Miss Crellin’s alleged forced marriage to M Gill and a banker’s funds. The case involves interpleader considerations about £609, Gretna Green marriage claims, and a pending assizes trial. Courts enlarge the rule and order funds to be brought into court while continuing proceedings.
Wednesday was fixed for airing an audit of the bankrupts Chambers and Chambers Boxp statet Barrens with a fiat issued nearly eighteen years ago. Creditors Denen and Lee attended with solicitor Mr Hamilton to ensure accounts are fair and open to creditors and the public. The audit had been adjourned to allow creditors to attend, and Artis’s solicitor to state approval or disapproval. None of the creditors or Artis’s solicitor were in attendance.
In a detailed hearing the committee reported assets realised total £170,000 against debts of about £200,000 with only £8,800 new claim. Compromises with Waters and Chambers await creditor opinions, and dividends, though not trifling, are expected after settlements. Court adjourned for further action.
The 92d session began with a crowded docket including a grave treason charge against John Francis under the 25th Edward III. The recorder explained the law and the need for overt acts, warnings to jurors about loaded pistols, and the historical context of indictments for attempting to take the sovereign s life. Several minor cases followed in the same court, with a note on public safety and jury duties.
The trial recounts a brutal assault in which a house inmate coerced a young girl, with testimony detailing shrieks, distress, and corroboration from Mrs Ball. The judge declares the crime severe and sentences the prisoner to transportation for life, noting the act as a grave violation of female modesty. The report lists further cases and a calendar tally including larceny and embezzlement.
A clothes dealer named John Belasco faced charges for persuading a boy aged twelve to steal from his father to aid Belasco's impoverished family. The boy admitted a pattern of thefts to relieve distress, with the lord mayor ordering committal for trial. Additional items describe a Hampstead Heath duel risk case, a Marylebone public disturbance, a brutal assault on Baron Osten by Mr Pridham, juvenile docket on clappers, and a Clerkenwell knife incident with a maniacal assailant.
William Harmer an 18 year old described as a dissolute character was charged by his grieving mother Ann Harmer with stealing a gown piece a boy's suit and other items. He admitted past thefts from his parents and from his late father once dead, and was traced to a St Giles's lodging where he was arrested. He pleaded for mercy and to regain his character.
At Lambeth Street Nicholas Foster a journeyman painter faced a charge of cutting his wife’s throat after a disturbance at Back's Buildings Rosemary Lane. Police reports describe a bloodied scene with a razor shown and the wife treated at London Hospital. Foster denied the act and claimed his wife’s alleged injuries arose from a struggle over a knife during a quarrel. The magistrate remanded him until the wife could testify. In a separate Essex matter a man sought Mr Henry’s advice over a 20 shilling loss from a Joseph Ady fraud, with legal questions about false pretences and possible actions.
A reflective verse piece extols the hush of twilight and faith's prompts, then shifts to brief antiquarian and anecdotal notes. It recounts a misfired political essay tied to the North Briton, a stage death quip, and quaker horse warranty lore, followed by temperance and Swiftian wit snippets and a sparrow tale.
Private theatricals entertained Montreal society with Mr. Charles Dickens as stage manager and lead, alongside his wife. Sir Charles Bagot attended with his suite as boxes and pit filled with fashion. The program included Rowland for an Oliver, Past Two o Clock in the Morning, and Deaf a Post with Dickens in disguise, eliciting loud applause.
In a Punch item amid heat talk about sweating sovereigns, Sir Peter Laurie is said to have placed all his ready cash in an ice-house to keep gold from perspiring. The piece notes bets of a cool thousand meaning pounds not sweated, tying weather to humorous financial antics.
The Courrier de la Gironde reports a man who got a pip stuck in a decayed tooth about eighteen months ago. After pain and failed extractions, the pip pushed into the gum and caused no pain. Six weeks ago a swelling formed and an abscess appeared, with germination of the pip observed in the mouth. The man’s habit of keeping cotton wool in his teeth is thought to have hastened the vegetation.
Orkney sheriff-substitute Mr Shirreff riding a drosky to Kirkwall from Rendall with his son on a Shetland pony was startled by a dog attack. The pony Trip sprang to defend the boy, gripping the dog by the neck and forcing it away. The sheriff praised Trip as docile and devoted to the family, saying he wouldn t part with the animal.
A lyrical meditation on heavenly realms and the retreat of earthbound time. The speaker longs for sapphire walls and silver rain to reveal heaven’s glory, then speaks of the coming death of time and a call to return to eternal life beyond the sky.
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