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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Mar 13, 1842

Page

2

Foreign Intelligence and Spain and America News

The Paris press debates parliamentary speeches on Spain, fearing anti England sentiment. Dutch plans to convert Five Percent stock spark objections. Spain reports France aiding the Carlist conspiracy denied. Beyrout recounts a clash between a British major and an Arab over a pipe, resolved by the pacha. Liverpool letters note Clay's tariff proposals, Calhoun's remarks, and the U.S. political scene. Mexico reports on foreign land rights and religious funding debates. Canada offers no new items.

Paris Spain France England Journal Des Débats Hague M. Rochussen Cers Journal Bybia Brynocr Major Alexandria Giaour Cafir Liverpool Rochester Woodhouse New York Senate Calhoun Clay House of Representatives Committee On Foreign Relations John Quincy ‘Adams Cushing Select Committee On Plan of Finance the Treasury London Pennsylvania United States Mobile Elia Mexico Santa Anna L. Gtero Sanchez Hidalgo Jalisco Zacatecas Canada

Santa Anna hardens stance as Americans held in Mexico

Reports from New Orleans describe Mexico’s harsh treatment of captured Santa Fe expedition members, with chained labor in streets and a large troop buildup. Santa Anna shows defiance, aiming to defend against any US action, while American public opinion calls for swift federal response. Louisiana lawmakers back similar condemnations and a new Bank Bill pushes cash payments resumption amid shifting Texas and national politics.

Mexico Teal, &c New Orleans New York Santa Fe Santa Anna Vera Cruz Santa Anne Louisiana Texas Congress England Lord Ashburton United States London

Metropolis Wreck of the steam frigate City of Edinburgh

Wreck reported of the General Steam Navigation Company's steam frigate City of Edinburgh commanded by Captain J G Hart. Directors learn of the loss at Lombard Street office with no loss of life. The vessel departed Ostend from the Custom-house quay on Tuesday afternoon.

Wreck off Ostend After Bold Harbour Drift

A steamship, loaded with 30 to 40 passengers and cargo, sailed from the Thames but met a westward gale. It reached Ostend, landed passengers, then a hurricane blew in, snapping warps and driving the ship against a pier. The vessel wrecked by morning with cargo and machinery salvaged. authorities planned heavy towing to recover what remained.

River Thames Ostendpier Ostend Hart London Lord Melville Wrec Pantsa St. Manguronse Joan Hopaousi St. Marylebone New-road John Hebhouse Lord Nugent B. Hall Napier M.P Mr. Hume Hume B. Hail Savage Potter Wilson Soden Langhem Carden Christchurch House of Commons Barnes Ventry Parmians Pexstox Society Monnhday Smith Hodson Seamen's Mospriat Society London Agena Bishysgate Street Conpizy Seameni's Hospital Society Society Bate Earl’of ‘Haddington Wy Genes John Periy, Bart G. Seymour Hawker Bowles C.B. Young Ay'Farquhar R. Fitzroy William Gardiner James Meek Hisq Neble Navy William Gage W. Gage Earl Duke of Wellington Harvey Tuckett Cabul Denmark Lord Haddington Lord Bexley Trinity Corporation Merchant B. B. Cabbell B. Brooke Iinery Barish Museum Aylmer Bourke Lambert F.R.S Wiltshire British Museum Mr. Lambert Liangwan Society W. J. Hooker Kewgardens Joseph Banks Solander Menzies Brown James Smith Messrs Blaby and Ellia Thames Police Court Broderip Police-Office Great Scotland-yard R. Ertersy

Provincial Birmingham Lectures and Brighton Bankruptcy Note

In Birmingham the O Connor lecture failed to draw paying patrons while Ducrow’s Wars of Cromwell and Mazepna attracted large crowds. In Brighton a docket against Isaac Newton Wigney MP and Clement Wigney was opened. creditors met to appoint assignees as bank assets stayed with the sheriff amid a £700 plus writ, with liabilities and stoppage details still unclear.

Birmingham Tuhee O'Connor Ducrow Cromwell Mazepna Brighton Vallance and Catt Fergusson

Financial ruin and murders linked across towns

The report details a Glasgow shawl and merino factory collapse with suspicions of large losses and bank liabilities. It notes deposits by Brighton commissioners and a public meeting to appoint assignees. Separate dispatches cover a murder confession in Ireland, the Stamford mystery of a bloodied cudgel, Windsor workhouse abuse, and a Kensington inquiry into a two year old’s death amid destitution and neglect.

Worthing Manon Wigney Brighton I. N. Wigney Glasgow Cochrane and Co Young Masterman and Co J. N. Wigney Court of Requests Clement Wigney Chatham Ireland Robert Murray 89Th Regiment Shaw East Indies 89Th England M‘nare Stamford Welland Mercury Wrewmsok London Windsor Sean Datchet Witdéor Longin Itepbaieete Idasi Hargr Stant den Dee Njehed Dee St. James's Palace St. James’s Palace Robert Peel Bonifaces P.S Winpson Union Kensington Kensington Union Glocester Road Wakley M.P Charles Willis Elizabeth Willis Jessy Willis Oxford Mr. Thompson Madden Brentford Chymists

Irish General Assembly to Meet Over Mixed Marriages

In Belfast on Monday Irish Presbyterian leaders plan to vote on the government bill settling mixed marriages. A Scotland church deputation arrives to attend the assembly while farmers and tenants in Derry face coercive leasing and rent hikes by the Ironmongers Company. A court case records a ribbon plot failure as a Meath prisoner is found guilty of inciting sheep killing.

Dosim Meerine Pressyrerual General Assembly General Assembly Irish Presbyterian Church Belfast Ireland Church of Scotland Cunningham Edinburgh Buchanan Glasgow Irish General Assembly Snonwongers’ Company Loxpex Derry London James I Ulster Beresford Meath Ironmongers Whitechapel Tyish Beresfords Areson Longford Assizes Meath Assizes Carroll James Caffray Keating Barnes James Dobbs Epy Paddy M‘kews Dystix George Wyse Thomas Wyse M.P Waterford Mail Wyse Napoleon Alfred Wyse George Dickson Q.C Simon Newport Eamne

The Viet London Railway Meeting at Abchurch Lane

The twelfth half yearly meeting of the Viet London Railway was held at Abchurch Lane. The secretary reported the line remained similar to prior, suffering damage from the wet season. Negotiations with London and Birmingham and Great Western lines aimed to extend westward to Knights Bridge, but no success yet. Directors to report on creditor arrangements after adjournment of one month.

Viet-London Railway Abchurch Lane Thompson London Birmingham Great Western Knightsbridge

Great Unkissable and Burney Anecdotes in Literary Chronicle

Excerpt from volume II of Literary Chronicle featuring short specimens from the work. Tales recount private life of George III and Queen to be continued next week. Includes amusing interaction at Mrs Thrale's with Miss Burney and remarks on kissing customs and introductions.

Dr. Johnson Mr. Pepys Lord Lyttelton Senate Lytteltonians Shenstone Mr. Cator Pope Lyttelton Mrs. Thrale Mr. Cater Diany Axp Lerreas D’arplay Evelina Cecilia London A. Colburn Great Marlborough-street George the Third Miss Burney Mr. Seward Yearsley

Reluctant Visitor in Berkshire Sparks Lively Banter

In a staged meeting at Mr Crutchley’s Berkshire country house, Mr Seward and his host display mutual dread and irony over the visit. The dialogue wander from duration to plans with Mrs Lyell’s dinner and six shirts as comic misfires, punctuating a broader Anglo‑dramatic exchange. The piece previews Jerrold’s Cakes and Ale volumes, touting their light literature appeal.

Mr. Crutchley Mr. Seward Berkshire Elest Seward Mr.Crutchley Lyells Mr. Cratchley Douglas Jerrold London How Parsons

The Pig Drama and the Manager’s Casuistry

A satirical tale follows Tinfoil the manager and his actor pig as a comic backbiting farce unfolds. The pig’s rise in a touring company ends in embarrassment with moral quibbles over feeding and loyalty. The piece blends biting theater critique with a running moral about principle and practicality.

Insolvent Debtors Court Admonishes Attorneys

In a Insolvent Debtors Court session a debtor claimed his attorney pleaded to an action without consent. The chief commissioner lamented that both sides blame the other and wished to jail attorneys instead of insolvents to curb such defences. The report notes widespread fault in attorney conduct.

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