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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 23, 1839
Page
5
A landowner adds a generous donation to fund a school for his Catholic tenants and nearby poor who cannot attend endowed schools, aiming to ease landlord tenant tensions and sectarian divides across his estates.
Her Majesty and royal party attended La Gitana in a full house with the Duchess of Kent and other nobles. A new Lessee for Drury Lane is expected with Mr Blake as manager and rent set at £3000. Henry the Fifth remains open at Covent Garden for six weeks. The Morning Post details Mori’s death from brain disease and left hand weakness, noting his genius, misfortune, and irreproducible influence, with a final medical causation of brain decline.
Betting and results from Goodwood Cup and St Leger futures with prices on Harkaway Deception Richard Roe Gatewood and others. Hippodrome races include Waterloo Plate Olympic Stakes and Notting Barnes Stakes results. Cambridge silver sculls final featured Vincent vs Antrobus. extra Cheltenham notes and four oared boat match on the Thames.
Letters from Sydney describe the cold blooded killing of an Indigenous group by twelve to thirteen settlers. Seven men were executed. others faced trial as investigators traced a brutal massacre 50 miles from the nearest police station. The incident led to public outcry and calls for accountability.
An inquest at East Tilbury into the May 16 collision on the Thames found the Grati tude cutter sunk and Marcus Bock drowned after the Castor French steamship struck her. The verdict was accidental death with a 500 pound verdict against the Castor's owners.
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Austria with Prince Metternich departed Vienna on the 5th to attend the opening of the Hungarian diet at Presburg. Rumor suggests Vera Cruz customs house burned with up to £60,000 of property destroyed, with a French firm among the hardest hit.
A man described as insane attempted to enter the Queen's Palace through a terrace door in the north wing. Police and military stopped him. Thomas Bush, about forty, was found sane by surgeons though prone to temper, sentenced to three months for entering royal gardens with unlawful intent. The Bloomsbury Case notes jockey club signatures aiming to change racing laws to remove pedigree bets.
The bill tightens controls on fairs and public venues, restricting hours, authorizing police to shut down booths, seize gaming equipment, and detain managers. It imposes penalties up to £10 for unlawful openings, £20 for unlicensed theatres, and £5 to £100 for various nuisances and unlawful public conduct.
The death of a distinguished musician Mr Mort occurred Thursday night after a brief illness. He was about 50, a widower with several children, his high earnings expected to support them. Also reported is Mr Hampton’s Cre Morne balloon ascent from Chelsea, ascending after delays and landing safely at Stamford Bridge with minor contact a wall.
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