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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jun 26, 1842

Page

2

Paris Elections Dominate Foreign Intelligence Notes

Paris papers focus on upcoming elections with Guizot likely to gain a larger majority. Lafitte Shiningel shifts to Nantes seeking pacific rhetoric. Le Temps verdicts altered on a 102000f fine. court ruling reduces to 20000f while suppressive clause stays reversed. Reports from Algiers and Marseille mention Hadjo movements and the India mail route delay. Spain details Madrid cabinet changes, Barcelona disturbances, and rising Carlist activity. Italy reports a shocking child murder by Don Dominico Abbo, awaiting inquisitorial punishment. Turkey Egypt notes cover Sarim Bey talks, Pontois expeditions, and a British note on customs duties in Egypt. Public meetings in London address Bathing Infirmary funds and the Accident Relief Society.

Paris M. Guizot Lafitte Shinigelf Nantes Quotidienne Court of Correctional Police le Temps Cour Royale M. Sylvestre de Chanteloup Monda Algiers Beni Sala Beni Messaoud Beni Menad Souuis Chenoua Chelif India Marseilles Suez Lyons Chamber of Commerce of

Reinforcements for China and India mobilized

An April dispatch from Sanger reports insurrection near Saugor with 40 miles to quell it. Five companies plus irregular cavalry and two nine pounders sent out. several wounded and one horse killed. Troops to reinforce Saugor and prevent plunder as rains approach. Orestes and Hindostan sail with detachments to Hong Kong, carrying 416 men and 12 officers plus 228 men and seven officers for Orestes and 188 men and five officers for Hindostan. Further drafts arranged for Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, with 561, 336, and 536 men respectively from multiple regiments, ships awaiting tonnage and officer selection.

India 50Th Native Infantry Sanger Cawnpore Saugor Rolfe 3D Native Infantry China Hong Kong Chatham 18Th Foot Bloomfield Ward and Brotherton 26Th Foot Lovett Bredin 49Th Regiment Hubert Blackall Osig Thomson Best Edwards Lloyd and Hickson Orestes Hindostan Bengal 3D Light Dragoons 16Th Lancers Madras Bombay 14Th Light Dragoons

Metropolis Festival at London Tavern Aids Asylum Fund

The anniversary festival at London tavern Bishopsgate Street gathered shipping and business leaders for the Mentwant Stamen's Onpoan Asylum fund. Alderman Thompson MP chaired with Joseph Somes and Admiral Nelson among the attendees. Subscriptions neared £600 as toasts and songs followed.

Mentwant Stamen's Onpoan Asylum London Tavern Bishopsgate-street Alderman ‘Thompson M.P Joseph Somes Thomas Ward Admiral Young H.nelson R.N Sémes Roval Nivad J. C. White Thomas Troubridge Skipsy Young Téad Murray Whish Marah Ridéout Forbes Leigh Robinson Richard Dodson Charles Ogle, Bart Hope Sophoclea Phillips Andrea Terence Phigenie Racine African ‘Civilisation Society African Civilisation Society Exeter Hall Lord‘Ashley

Suffrage Union notes and Brighton starvation inquiry

The Provincial page reports a Birmingham meeting of the Complete Suffrage Union with officers and new unpaid lecturers for the west of England. It also covers a Brighton inquest into the emaciated six year old Shoesmith’s death linked to Ringmer Union diet, plus Halstead property inquiry and Hull prison escape involving seven inmates and subsequent captures.

Birmingham Torsday Complete Suffrage Union Joseph Sturge Bramley Andree Bridgton Glasgow Alnwick Knightsbridge Worcester Bradford Sheffield Yeovil Doncaster Milborneport H. Solly C. Clarke West of England Southampton Brighton Shoesmith Sussex Ringmer Challey Union Blencowe George Shoesmith Challey Halstead R. Bartlett Phelifs Essex Shire-hall Taylor Kaan Not Tessien Hull Tirnkeys Edward's Cave

Frances M Eaton Poem To Lord Morpeth In Lyrical Verse

Literary Chronicle reviews Frances M Eaton's Josemine and Other Terms from Whittaker and Co. The selection includes To Lord Morpeth praising Erin and urging support for Ireland. The piece highlights Moor e’s Remonstrance and praises lyric rhythm and gentle spirit amid political sentiment.

Josemine Frances M. Eaton London Whittaker and Co Lord Morpeth Erin Ene i England Treland Ireland Moore John Russell

Death of Frederick Yates Adelphi Manager Ends Era

Frederick Henry Yates longtime Adelphi manager dies at Euston Square after a Dublin voyage. Born 1797, he rose from Covent Garden Iago to power at the Adelphi, partnering with Mathews, facing failures, and innovating with a busy annual program. His death ends an era of bold management and reshapes minor theatre control.

Yates London Adelphi Euston Square Birmingham Frederick Henry Yates Temple-bar John Reeve Winchmore-house Academy Charterhouse Rowland Stephenson Commissariat Department Mathews Waterloo France Edinburgh Murray Octavian Ruskin X&c Covent-garden Iago Falstaff Quozening Beazley Dick Mutable Covent Garden Bath Vauxhall Gardens Fohenrhel Daniel Terry Adelphi Theatre Wrench T. P. Cooke Wilkinson Fitzwilliam Hughes F. Branton Countess Craven John Branton Exeter Plymouth Weymouth Victorine Paris Charles Mathews Madame Vestris Bann Drury Dornier Buckstone Surrey Mr. Gladstanes Colosseum Regent's Park Braham National Theatres The Mr. Yates Power O. Smith Butler Sinclair Rice Hackett Downe Wild Reeve Keeley Grattan Waylett Skindeep Douglas Jerrold Richard Shylock Flexible Buskin Leporello Finikin Lapoche Moses Mordecai Gibby Rob Roy Bayaderes, &c Robert Macaire Dublin Lord Skindeep Frederick Yates

TowN-cLERK FOR The City of Lonney Election Result

The town clerk election was held on Thursday morning with Merewether 106 votes and Pritchard 80, giving Merewether a majority of 26. W Wordsworth jun appointed stamps distributor for Cumberland and Westmoreland, replacing his retiring father. A proclamation announced the issue of half farthings, expected to curb buyer-exploitation, aiding poorer classes. An attempted duel at Wormwood Scrubbs between Archibald Fingergan and Henry Charles Minter ended with both sides firing once, wounds non fatal, and parties shaking hands after.

Lonney Merewether Pritchard Sergeant Merewether W. Wordsworth Cumberland Westmoreland Globe Honovur Wormwood Scrubs Archibald Fingergan Hampstead Henry Charles Minter Baker-street Portman Square Minter Fingerson House OF Commons Granstoy Captain Warner Na Pienr Capt. Warner R. Pree Ordnance J. Besséxz Warn City of London Gro Grote Bei Jabour Ward Baronet Nottingham Atthampton Belfast House of Wolemen Cerminist Wards Ested Lou Ean Imos

Jubilee dinner promotes Deaf and Dumb Asylum charity

A jubilee gathering at the London Tavern Bishopsgate Street celebrated the Deaf and Dumb Asylum. About 170 gentlemen dined as Mr Henry Kemble presided with Sir Claudius Hunter and others. The chairman praised the institution’s work, noting 17 000 beneficiaries relieved since its founding. An address by C. F. West highlighted progress in speech and reading, as Reverend William Curling defended the managers. The event featured performances by pupils and raised substantial subscriptions toward the charity.

Lord J. Russell Lord Sandon Teignmouth Thomas D. ‘Acland Robert Inglis Worcester J. Russell Rerts Sa Roya Sra MarcaTe Willis’s Canterbury London Earl of Grosvenor W. W. F. Baylay Margate H. Halford Messrs. Guthrie Liston B. Brodie HH. Halford Walham-green Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby Earl and Countess of Ravensworth Williamson Barrington Miss Liddell West Amey N. Gaines Battersea Cathlade Accident Relief Society Hanover Square Earl of Messrs John Labouchere D. W. Wire L.thompson Taylor J. B. Talbot Cholmondele Ceri B. B. Cabbell the Duke of Cleveland Sir Thomas Baring Lord Bexley Lord Beresford Lady Beresford Norwich Fitzroy Somerset Mr. Plumptre Middlesex Alderman Hooper Jeremiah Pilcher Hamilton Paternoster Row Dean Street Soho Square Radcliffe Brrenat Gueex Cavncass Bethnal-green Brasenose College Oxford Kent London Tavern Bishopsgate Street Friends of the Charity Henry Kemble M.P Claudius Hunter Alderman Gibbs Antrobus Pang C. F. West William Curling Watson Messrs. Young Fitzwilliam Atking Cooke

Imperial Parliament debated currency reform and poor laws

Lords and Commons discussed gold coinage depreciation, calling in light sovereigns, and protections for holders, with bankers' letters cited. The Poor Law Commission faced strong criticism. debates covered income tax, bribery, and the ballot, with motions to adjourn and to push reforms.

House OF Commons J. Guanam Robert Peer Joax Russels C. Bunner Buller Mr. Gourzvrn Hawes Goulburn Bantie Beznnal Resext Peet London Bank of England Barnett, Hoeares, and Co Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co Hankey and Co Spooner, Attwood, and Co Stone, Martins, and Co Bosarquet and Co Willis, Percival Locke William Sir Robert Home Berkeley Sir G. Cocksurn Captain Berkeley Lord Exsrinctox Mr. AtTwoop Tugner Sinthorp Poor Law Commission Home Secretary Waktey James Graham Hastings England Somerset House Romerset-house Lord Courtrenay Lawson Ee Peet Wakley Edon Chester Com

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