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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 08, 1842

Page

2

Birth of Count de Eu and Paris funerals in brief

Reports from Neuilly detail the birth of a prince titled Count de Eu to the Duc de Nemours. King and royal family convened. Humann’s interment marked a pomp-filled funeral. Marshal Soult fainted from heat at Madeleine. Parliament passed the Paris Bayonne railroad bill. Montspensier stationed at Vincennes. Spain-France tension noted with a suggested royal alliance and British-backed plans for Don Carlos’s heir.

Nemours Tuileries Neuilly Count de EU France Chamber of Peers Paris Duc de Nemours Humann M. Humann Marshal Soult The Madeleine Chamber of Deputies Bayonne Tours Poictiers Argouleme Bordeaux M. ‘Teste Duke de Montspensier Vincennes Algeria Malta Gibraltar Algiers Accoucuement Herre Nemouns

Prussia falls silent as Nicholas praised by Berlin regiment

The Stabian Mercury from Berlin reports a Brandenburg dinner for the 25th anniversary of Emperor Nicholas's appointment to colonel of a Prussian cuirassier regiment. The king lauded Prussia's debt to Russia, calling the Russian emperor his friend and Prussia’s true ally and benefactor.

Stabian Mercury Berlin Brandenburg Cuirassiers Nicholas Prussia Russia

Wesleyan Missionary Society Annual Meeting in Exeter Hall

The Wesleyan Missionary Society held its annual gathering in Exeter Hall with many ladies present and preachers on the platform. Col Connolly M P chaired in place of Mr Littum who was unable to attend. Rev Jabez Bunting read the year’s report showing receipts of the past year.

Connolly M.P Jaben “Bunting

Financial report from multiple societies and missions in Camden

A detailed financial roundup spans the Great Britain and Ireland mission receipts, including a total year income around £101,688 and notable items like parliamentary grants and juvenile Christmas donations. Reports cover CamMoDEN, Percy, and Honricuttanal societies with investments, memberships, and flourishing balances, plus Church Missionary Society proceedings, and other trustees’ meetings highlighting deficits, donations, and expanding activities.

Fong Great Britain Areland Ireland Cammoden Society Freemasons Tavern Francis Egerton M.P Lord Braybrooke Amyott F.R.S Thoms Percy Society Royal Society of Literature St. Martin’s Place Peter Cunningham Frederick Madden William J. Thoms Charles Mackay G. P. R. James J. O. Halliwell Honricuttanal Society Regentstreet Oswald Mosley, Bart Chiswick Regent Street Duke of Devonshire Earl of Ilchester W. J. Hooker R. W. Barchard E. W. Pendarves Bentham Forster All Souls Langham-place St. Marylebone George Chandler D.C.L Charles-street Middlesex Hospital Lord Teignmouth Lord Radstock Spry W. Dudsworth H. T. Hope Cavgee Missiovary Society Church Missionary Society Exeter Hall Earl of Chichester Ripon Chester Norwich Church of England Great Missionary Society India Africa New Zealand J. Cumming British and Foreign Brste Society Exeter Ball Lord Bexley Earl of Harrowby Marquis of Cholmondeley Lord Glenelg Lord Sandon Chichester Peterborough Winchester T. D. Acland Salisbury Onruan Asylum Duke of Wellington Lowdon City Mission London City Mission E. N. Buxton Plumptre Robert Peel Robert Ainslie Holy Tuuxspay Loxpon John Easthope J. Easthope

London Meeting on Bankruptcy Law Reform and Polish Refugees

A London Guildhall meeting of merchants bankers and traders debated the Bankruptcy Court Bill noting delays since 1839 1841 with calls to appoint a committee to monitor progress. Separately the Polish Friends of Poland marked the 1794 anniversary with reports on refugees and a membrane to King Prussia.

Fire damages Penitentiary workshops and honors at Cairo gifts

A prison blaze at a Penitentiary damaged workshops where lime and iron warmed by rain caused the outbreak. Lord Campbell announced a donation of Cairo printed works from Lord Brougham to University College, while a National Convention chartist procession faced entry issues with a massive petition to Parliament. A Colchester fire destroyed several houses near the Corn Exchange, and the Sussex Susser Advertiser office burned, with support from rivals aiding publication.

James Graham House of Commons Prince Este of Cambridge James Lord Colborne Vansittart Neale Nugent W. Ross Colborne Nihil T. Lewis University CoLnese Cairo Faculty of Medicine University College Lord Campbell Lord Brougham Mehemet Ali Bashaw Egypt H. Brove Ham Grafton-street Nationa Birmingham Joseph Sturge Mr. O'Brien Northern Star Mr. O'Connor Mr. O’brien Mr. O’connor Mr. O'Conner Waterloo Road Bermondsey Deptford Croydon Bethnalgreen Shoreditch Finsbury Marylebone Somerstown Pan, Gras Lincoln’s Inn-Fields Little Queen-street Holborn Tottenham Court Road New-road Largham Place Regent-street Parliament Street Palace Yard May Grinsell Montrose J. Hume White Conduit House M‘douall Eech Ins

Witney Bankruptcy Examination at Provincial Town Hall

The adjourned bankruptcy examination at Brightow Witney drew a crowd of creditors in the town hall. Barrister Creasy and solicitor Bennett clashed over weekly allowances, while Commissioner Merrifield warned debtors that postmarriage funds may revert to the assignees. Wigney admitted bonds and unsure funds from Wakefield bequest, and the court noted all property had been surrendered except legally settled assets.

Brightow Witney James Upperton Turner Creasy Bennett Merrifield Isaac Newton Wigney Wakefield Capt. Gossett Mr. James Mr. Wigney

Murder at Beaver Court Ends in Fatal Blows

In Purdon street area Dublin a man named Michael Connolly killed his wife with a metal smoothing iron and a brutal kick to the throat. He was arrested with two witnesses and remanded as coroner's inquest proceeds. A separate Exchequer case involved a 90-year-old widow jailed for debt seeking relief. An accident in Aungier Street killed a Hussars soldier delivering despatches.

Barparodts Purdon Street Dusurn Mecklenburgh Street Michael Connolly Beavercourt Connally Sackville-place Henry-street Tae Wipow Watsa Court of Exchequer Baron Lefroy Wicklowgel Marshalsea Cunure Wicklow Freeman's Journal Archdeacon Stopford 10Th Royal Hussars Aungier Street Digges-street

Atheism Objection Halts Kinross Assault Trial

At Stirling Circuit Court of Justiciary last week James Henry pleaded not guilty to assaulting James Smart and William Simpson, a criminal officer. The defense argued Simpson’s atheism tainted his testimony. witnesses testified Simpson denied a Divine being. The court ruled Simpson’s evidence could not be received, Henry then pleaded guilty to the assault on Smart and was jailed for one month. Meanwhile a large Finnieston cotton mill fire destroyed a four story structure, about 100 feet by 45, with losses estimated at 10,000 to 12,000 pounds, leaving around 100 workers unemployed.

Independent Susquehana Washington Irving Madrid Spain Lord Ashburton Washington Warspite Texas Borderers Hogan Longport New York M‘leod New York Evening Post Justice Buchan John S. Hogan Andros Durfee Toronto Old England Canada Gore Monroe William Lyon Mackenzie General Theiler Detroit Buchan E. B. Wheeler General Theller J. W. Gilbert Graham H. Chapin Senate Head Maine United States Senate Mexico Clarion Ericcson New Orleans Coral Reef Cuba England France Havre Treasury Ea Eee Humphreys London Guildhall George Lyall Wryghte Lord Broongham House of Lords Crawford Lord Cottenham George Glyn Dillon Nicholson J. Russell Wynn Ellis Latgrany Association the Friends OF Poland London Literary Association Sussex Chambers Duke-street St. James's Dudley Coutts Stuart Association Duke of Sussex Prussia Grand Duchy of Posen Russia Thomas Campbell Leicester Stanhope Charles Fitzroy Abel Smith Dudley Swart Lach Szyrma Duke and Duchess of Sutherland City of London Deputy Peacock Beaumont Lord Dudley Stuart Cheapside Mesara W. Hutchinson Spillers Broad Street Messrs. ‘Millar and Co Messrs. Hutchinson Bank of England R. Clege T. W. Hutchinson and Co Messrs. Millars Jemmy Messrs. Millar and Co Salinetti Sisters of Mercy Hickman’s Folly Bermondsey Griffiths Messrs. Fisk Browman P. Butler Harra Miss Baxter Miss Kellett Miss Agnew Andrew Agnew Bart Barbara Eyre Earl of Newburgh Mary Clara MiLbank Westminster Braidwood Stirling Simpson Simart Kinross Glrascow Finnieston Finnieston Spinning Company Glasgow

National Convex... Restitsution Passed At Convention

At Thursday's meeting the convention passed a resolution calling on Mr Roebuck to retract the language used in Parliament on Tuesday evening. Pitkeathly and Muir were appointed to wait on him. In Barns, £100 in bank notes were found in All Saints chapel vestry after Sunday service and used as intended by the donor. The Gloucester notes report large foreign wheat consignments filling warehouses as Sturge & Co add rooms in Gloucester and Bristol to accommodate cargoes.

Nationan Roebuck House of Commons Messrs Pitkeathly Muir Rocvbuck Barn All Saints Bath Gloucester Bristol Sturge Gloumyster Gloucester Journal

Literary Chronicle Tus Exvinons oF Lennon No 1

John Fisher Murray introduces the first number of a new publication in London. The issue blends rural sketches and literary essays, from Chelsea to Sion House, praising country life and offering witty, concise notes on contemporary writers. The piece previews future numbers with lively commentary and selections from various essays and magazines.

Lennon John Fisher Murray London William Blackwood and Co Westwad Banks Whams Chelsea Battersea Putney Roehampton Fulham Hamersmuntty Airswick Mortlake Sion House

Female Arithmetician Ponders Carriage Versus Omnibus

A domestic scene unfolds as a anxious wife calculates costs of carriage versus keeping the omnibus. The husband weighs yearly expenses, eight pounds for the omnibus or a carriage with horses at around a hundred, to see if eight percent savings is achievable. The piece then shifts to a declaratory poem about gratitude and disliking ingratitude in life.

Edward Rensinguin Bng

Predestination and Dr Parr in a Punchy Exchange

A scholar quotes Dr Parr on predestination faulting the doctrine as imputing divine justice without mercy and justice. An anecdote follows where Parr argues with an auditor who mocks the argument noting his girl refuses the impression you want to give it, prompting a sharp retort about the mind’s leaden hardness.

Parr Rand Hanmer

Phineas Quiddy and the Lady Cheshire Courtship

Honoria asks Quiddy about Lady Cheshire as flirtatious talk and social maneuvering unfold. Quiddy boasts of wealth and freedom, while Mrs Fleecer and Honoria probe motives, marriage plans, and the limits of love versus money amid light saucy dialogue and quips. The scene centers on social satire and class satire in a drawing room exchange.

Phineas Quiddy Cheshire Honoria Mr Quiddy Quiddy Mr. Quiddy Mrs. Fleecer Houchaj le Warrying Pluto Araesus Sanders Cow Lane Shoreditch Janet Gr Marin England Hume Sant Honoria Urea

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