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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 06, 1838

Page

5

Queen and royal family attend services and exhibitions

The Queen and the Queen Dowager attend chapel service at St James's and visit the Royal Academy at Trafalgar Square. Reports note charity support for Islington fire survivors, travels across Dublin and Phoenix Park, and upcoming receptions. Various royal court movements, promotions, and international notices follow, including diplomacy and culture updates.

Royal St. James’s Sleath Royal Academy Trafalgar-square Martin ‘Archer Shee Marlbrough House Charles, Clarke Dr. Davies Islington Duke of Devonshire Viceregal Lodge Phoenix Park Dublin Castle Lord Holland Duchy of Lancaster Scipio Clint Iqbal-ud-Doula Burlington India King of Oude Bedford Oade William Duke of Northumberland Durham Asylum For the Newcastle Northumberland Earl of Eldon House of Lords Earl Constitutionnel Nicholas Nickleby Wilberforce England Scotland Ireland Memorial Bordelais Don Francisco de Paulo Pau Madrid Hej John Stewart Stirling Reginald Seton Macdonald Duchess of Tower of London the Times Lehzen Lord Melbourne Military College Backwater John Hobhouse Nottingham Ewart Murray Bloxham Oxfordshire Espartero Burgos Earl of Essex Belgrave Square Duke of Beaufort Newmarket Arlington Street Aberdeen Lerwick Shetland Isles Compiegne Luneville St. Omer Babington Macaulay Baines Leeds Macaulay Malton Shrewsbury Birmingham Home Douglas Blair Robinson Charles the Fifth Bruntsfield Links Edinburgh Switzerland Upper Rhine Friburg Paris Carlsruhe Zurich Soaning-hill Old London Road Woodley Earley Bob’s Mount Brighton Royal Exchange Sweeting Freeman’s Court Cornhill Glasgow Lord Brougham London Cemetery Highgate Southampton Mexico Republic Columbia Galveston Bay Maidstone Seaton Scottish Corporation Duchess-Countess of Sutherland Carrick-on-Suir Meee Severn Lecester

Theatricals and Musical Critiques From London Theatres

The review covers Romeo and Juliet with Mrs Faucit and Mr Anderson, Pat and the Potatoes with Mick Mulligan, and The Tobit's Dog burletta. It notes performances by Lablache, Grisi, and new musical talents at Argyll Rooms and Hanover Square Rooms, plus a Hereford Gloucester Worcester choir festival and a young pianist prospect Isabella Prescott.

Covert Garpin Mr. Anderson Miss H. Faucit Miss Faucit Juliet Friar Lawrence Macready Adelphis Pat Power Afick Mulligan Japan Moon Eye O. Smith Twankt Yates Mick Merton Lord Rochester Charles the Second Tobit Paul Leman Rede Hogarth Bede Bedlam Manders Sam Slap Lablache Gloucester Grisi Neate Hanoversquare SocreTa Armonica Mozart Lobe Caremoli Argyll Rooms Isabella Prescott Warde Mochelles Prescott Duke of Sussex Alfred Shaw Leipsic

Confession Ties Easton Robbery and Murder Suspects

A suspect captured near Peterborough confesses involvement with John Archer and Richard Woodward of Easton in the Easton murder. The trio hatched a plan to rob the deceased, but after a failed entry they killed her to prevent testimony. Archer denies guilt while Stansor and Woodward corroborate the confession. All three were committed to Northampton gaol for the next assizes.

Peterborough John Archer Richard Woodward Easton Woodward Stansor Archer Mitchell Thompsons Northampton

Rumors of War Bills and Luxemburg Cession Stir Europe

The Chamber of Peers debates a minister of war bill to fund rapid troop deployment to the frontier. Reports favor aid to 5,000 troops, while Luxemburg and Limburg react to cession protests with authorities considering an address to the king.

Chamber of Peers Napoleon Luxembure Brussels Duchy of Luxemburg Strassen Luxemburg Eltelbruck Mersel Larochette Limburg Prince Royal Hawes Lambeth Home Secretary Hyde Park George the Fourth Cloyne Hingston Desmond Tallow British and Foreign Bible Society Exeter Hall Walter Hancock Stratford Hancock Steam Carriage and Waggon Company Cheapside Leadenhall- Street Oldham Great Western RaiLway Maidzakeai

Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt

A London newspaper laments the practice of imprisoning debtors, arguing it harms families and fails human justice. It calls for ending arrest for debt, noting parallels with slavery debates and urging swift parliamentary action to relieve the oppressed in the United Kingdom.

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England Briefs on Weavers Inquiry and Court Trials

Mr Muggridge completed witness hearings in Bolton with 13 examined, mostly operatives, blaming corn laws for distress. At the Common Pleas in London five trials opened. four verdicts for plaintiffs as attorneys were absent. Chester port shows trade revival with sixteen ships at the wharfs. Ann Wycherley’s execution for infanticide postponed to May 6. reprieve for Hannah Heath, while Asa Wycherley remains for Saturday. A servant fire risk alert notes penalties under act 14 Geo III cap 78 sec 9 for negligence. Rumor claims coronation peer title Baron Retrenchard for the chancellor.

Muggridge Bolton Justice Vaughan Common Pleas Court Guildhall London Attornees Great Western Railways Company Chester Wales Ireland Dee Ann Wycherley Stafford Hannah Heath Baddeley Green Asa Wycherley

News From Paris Burgos and London Courts Aboard

Reports from Paris note Marliani bearing Spain’s ultimatum on the Aguado loan. In Burgos Espartero defeats Count Negri as Carlists lose artillery and officers. London items include royal trips to Berlin and coronation preparations, court actions, and a wave of distress cases with women and children in need.

Moraine Marliani Bayonne Paris Madrid Aguado St. Sebastian Espartero Count Negri Burgos Meteor Santander Don Francisco de Paula France Toulouse Tours Hamburg Hanover Berlin England Buccleuch Sutherland Cleveland Salisbury Westminster Jervis London Tower Court of Bankfurtcy Warwick Claggett Royan Military Coapen Lord Hill Household Cavalry Foot Guard John Davis T Division Albany-street Albany Street University College Hospital Margaret Morris Shropshire Emma Green Salisbury-street Edgware-road Strand Charing-cross Hospital Poorttaw Bi Caroline Alvin Bishopsgate-street Compter St. George’s Ccarcely Abe Marylesone Covent Louisa Williams Richaron Hyde Park Station House Lymington Oxford Street Bayswater Hatton-Garden Giarmar Ashley Islington Whittaker Lincoln’s Inn Ellis Cain Worship Street Alan Goddard Ill Fane Swan-passage Pearson Broughton Piliam Day Theyes

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