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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jun 20, 1841

Page

5

Extraordinary Paris and European Market Items Reported

A wide miscellany from Paris notes Rothschilds loan for Austria at a large sum and market impact, with French loan expectations pushed to September. Galician and Turkish frontier items, Greek unrest, and Mehemet Ali taxes appear amid Madrid politics, Marylebone and Irish peers votes, and public notices. Also reported are a Glasgow failure, Crediton fire, and curious anecdotes from America and Europe about language and manners.

Paris Rothschild M.humann Duke de Nemours Marseilles Turkey Packa of Nissa Constantinople Porte Mehemet Ali Shekibidendi Mehemet Marylebare William Villiers Sankey Marylebone House of Lords Earl of Stair Lord Trimlestown Earl of Fox Maule Perthshire Fautr Berwick Maidstone Bridgwater Stafford Sudbury Carnegie Lord St. Vincent Holmes London House of Commons William Holmes Young and Craig Bighouse Sutherland Fainure Glasgow Grant and Co Edinburgh Tub William Brown Harris William Brown Cape Breton Caledonia St. Pierre Malta Acre J. Holland Kingston Inglis Royal George Hero Post.Orrick Moxex Capers Americay Ficunn Spesch Epping H. J. Conyers England Eppingplace Mr. Conyers Parsons Constable M.P G. Palmer R. Peel Lady Holland Lord Melbourne John Russell Heathcotes Grenelle Crediton Baespeei Nea Norwich Union Sun Af America Earl of Roden Trish Ann Sullivan Church-street St. Giles’s Middlesex Hospital Journal de ‘Aveyron Saint Come Ava Ani la Ieee

Hampton and Moulsey Hurst Races Featured Prestige

The Hampton and Moulsey Hurst meeting opened amid favorable weather with a rich Gold Cup handicap attracting sixty-two nobles and gentlemen. Notables including Prince George of Cambridge attended as heats and stakes produced close finishes, praising ground arrangements and crowd management. The week continued with Albert and Lord Eglinton cups drawing large attendance, while Newton Races and a Marylebone versus Sussex match closed the page with notable performances.

Epsom Ascot Moulsey Hurst Royal Prince George of Cambridge Lords Chesterfield Rosslyn Adolphus Fitzclarence W. Lennox Maidstone G. Bentinck Macdonald Somerton Southampton Andover Paget E. Russell Baron Austen C. Kent W. W. Wynn Gilbert Heathcote G. Seymour A Villiers H. Rous G. Fitzroy H. Pitt Paulett J. Macdonald Wyndham Greville Payne Gregory Shelley Maddocks Magennis Williams Phillimore Brand Pettat Gardner Knox Household Troops Booth Isabella Sly Goodman Bedford Scott Windsor Surrey Middlesex Perseus Coleman Carlos Stirling Pocket Viper Agst Welfare Fitzroy Mungo-Parks Welfare Mr.s. Scott Abel Butler Mr. Jenkins Kate Kearney

Surrey and Haymarket Theatres in London Opera Season

Reports detail Royal visit by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to the Surrey Theatre for Meyerbeer’s Robert le diable and Adam’s La Reine don Jour renamed Queen for a Day. Praises perf and performers Miss Romer and Messrs Wilson and Leffler. notes on stage direction, orchestra, and staging. Also reviews Belford Castle note, Astley’s Theatre relief benefit, and Philharmonic Society season with Moscheles and Liszt performances and Taglioni’s London arrival.

J. T. Haines Surrey Theatre Paris Surrey Haymarket Surréy Miss Romer Messrs Wilson Leffler G. Stansbury Romer Furioso Tekeli HaxyMarket Theatre Weekly Chronicle London Belford Castle Haymarket Theatre Scotland Maywood Mr. Muckle Chevalier Murray Belford England Morning Chronicle Astrey’s Tfaeatre Hall Astley Messrs. Ducrow West Philharmonic Society Beethoven Haydn Salomon Freischutz Winter Vieuxtemps Sturm Madame Dorus Gras Malle Loewe Phillips Hanoversquare Rooms Bruce Wyatt W. H. Seguin Hummel Corelli Lindley Howell de Bernot Mr. Holmes Mademoisella Bertucat Messrs. Carte and Richardson Handel Verdure Mozart Drurus Gras Woodyat Tambarini Parry Tacironi Mademoiselle Taglioni Milan Vienna Venice

Great Marylebone Sussex match at Lord's ends in Marylebone win

Lord's hosted a two day match between six Marylebone club gentlemen and five professionals against six county gentlemen of Sussex. Marylebone won by three wickets. Notable players included Lowther Liddell Whittaker Cobbett and Box for Marylebone and Taylor Mason Barton Burnett Smith Haslett for Sussex. Early betting favored Marylebone two to one. Sussex scored 48 in first innings and 93 in their second. Cobbett’s bowling drew praise as a slow bowler unparalled in the era.

Hampton Moulsey Hurst Esher Royal Prince George of Cambridge Chesterfield Rosslyn Adolphus Fitzclarence W. Lennox Maidistone G. Bentinck Macdonald Somerton Southampton Andover Prudhoe Tenterden Paget E. Russell C. Baron Austen F. Collier C. Kent W. W. Wynne G. Heathcote Gardner Jemmy Nat Goodman Belgrade Crouch Ben Brace Shackle Sherrard Cantle Colonel Colt Ben Home Wright Folly J. Sandiland Easingwold Balchin Hornby Revoke Stirling Comptroller Shelley C. J. Taylor G. Barton Smith,Esq Leavey Millyard Box Hawkins Marylebone Cobbett Capt. Liddell Sewell Sussex C. G. Taylor Maryle-Bone Lord’s Marylebone Club Colonel Lowther Liddell C. J. Whittaker Ri. Kynaston F. Thackeray T. M. Wythe Cobbett, Bayley Wenman Hillyar Mason E. Burnett A. Smith Haslett Lilliwhite Dean F. ‘Thackeray Hillyer Capital Bbett

Wreck search and naval tempo in the North Seas

Naval intelligence reports Comet Meteor and Shearwater sent north to seek the Fairy wreck after the September hurricane. Edinburgh 74 guns to be paid off at Sheerness. Trafalgar preparation at Woolwich with eighty riggers and seamen, ships launched and docked for coppering. Also notes Espoir voyage, railway and stage carriage duties, and a near miss involving Major Cruikshank and Mr Wilkie on Holy Island sands.

Cuataam Comet Meteor Shearwater North Seas Fairy Edinburgh Sheerness Woolwich Trafalgar Portsmouth Scout Chatham Lisbon Espoir Paulson Western Isles House of Commons Great Britain Major Cruikshank Wilkie Lady Thorn Holy Island Newcastle

Woolwich bombardier dies after fatal gun wound in barracks

In Woolwich a gunner named M Garrettey fatally wounded bombardier John Grace during a drunk quarrel in the royal artillery barracks. Grace, 30, died after the assault and a swinging jury found Garrettey guilty of wilful murder. Grace’s family mourns as the garrison reels from the tragedy.

Woolwich Shepherd Gormer Royal Artiery The Royal Artillery Chesney Malta Mediterranean Royal Arsenal Thas M’garrettey Great Arch John Grace Grace Sal Aed Ordnance Hospital J. Webb Jol M’garretter Molesworth Morrice Wheeler Garetey C. J. Carttar James M'Garrettey Lord Bloomfield Thomas John Webb John Connolly Willliam Copeland 6Th Battalion Richard Herring John Sommerville Little Porterfield Bombardier Grace M'Garretty

Free Trade and the Champion of Cheap Bread

A political discourse condemns wealth inequality and calls out the rich for shaping policy to crush poor workers. The author argues against wage suppression under free trade, rebuts the claim that cheap bread lowers wages, and highlights how shipowners and factory towns benefit from bonded imports, while workers suffer. The piece defends equal justice and frames business elites as responsible for crime by policy.

Plenty to do and Free Trade linked to wages in 1841 letter

In a June 18 1841 London letter the writer argues that cheap bread and high wages are interdependent. He asserts that wage levels rise with demand driven by naval and mercantile needs and that food prices do not dictate wages. The piece defends free trade and links bread prices to employment, urging further study of protection versus free trade effects. He concludes by setting up a future discussion on farming interests and protection.

Thomas Ross Irongate-stairs Tower Wallar Beale's Wharf Tooley Street Dublin St. Katharine’s Ross Battle Bridge Horslydown Nile Greenwich Gem Gravesend London Hospital Mr. Baker Thomas Connor Michael Murphy Jeremiah Hogarty Jeremiah Hogarty, of No. 9 Queen-street Ratcliffe-cross Ratcliffe Cross Power Murphy Peter Buchanan Hatt Daniel Shan Nenagh -Gaol Catherine Ryan Hall Cortex Twist George the Fourth Central Criminal Court Robert Pierre Admiralty Sheffield Birmingham Manchester Thompson Short Wright London

Queen's Drawing-room Attended by Royal Family at St James's

The second drawing-room at St James's Palace drew a large, formal crowd with Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and suite in attendance. Buckingham Palace carriages conveyed the royal party amid cheers as foreign ambassadors and others arrived in full state. The report also notes royal and diplomatic movements, health updates, and charitable gifts from notable figures.

St.James’s Palace Prince Albert Buckingham Palace Henry Graves Byll Hayter John Jurrrex Lord Jeffrey Earl. Granville Duke of Devonshire Marquess of Westminster Eatonhall Cheshire University Coolleve W. H. Walshe Carswell Das Royvat Manrntace Antwerp Holland Prince de Joinville Sophia St. Petersburgh Lyme-hall Thomas Legh Stockport Hanover Prince George of Cumberland York Duke of Northumberland Bishop of Chester Madras Ics Paris Taz

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