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Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 09, 1841

Page

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Hong Kong handover and British rule proclaimed after Chusan

On board the Wellesley the proclamation declares the island of Hong Kong ceded to Britain and placed under the chief superintendent of the trade for the time being. It preserves Chinese law for natives and British subjects while security and protection under British law are guaranteed pending Her Majesty's further pleasure. Also lists casualties from the Chuenpee assault and details of fortifications and guns, with a note on fleet movements and the ongoing China conflict.

Tinian Chatonour Madagascar C. Elliot Kheshen Hong Kong Bengal Col. Burrell Chusan Exerc Eether Aries Canton Register Charles Elliot Royal Navy China United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Frong Kong Wellesley Bong Kong Bay Queen Cartes Elliot Chuenpee White Royal Marines M‘pherson 8Th Fadralight Cavalry Arthur Vyner R.N H.M.S Royal ‘Irish Madras Calliope Samarang Bowers Jacinth Ty-cock-taw Junks Ty'cock-taw

Metropolis Banquet at Roxat Academy a Grand Status Soiree

A grand banquet at Roxat Academy drew a host of dignitaries led by the lord president of the council and senior ministers. Toasts honored Queen, Prince Albert, and the Army and Navy as speakers praised arts and national defense amid a lively royal audience.

Roxat Academy Council Treasury Admiralty the Common Pleas Exchequer Master of the Rolls London Bank of England College of Surgeons Master of the Burghersh Prudhoe Stanley Brougham Wharncliffe Colborne Alford Morpeth L. de Rothschild R. Peel C. W. Wynn H. Labouchere J. W. Croker R. H. Inglis Willoughby Gordon J. Swinburne G. Phillips T. D. Acland P. H. Howard G. Knott J. H. Hippessey Baring Wall H. Hallam J. A. Green Prince Albert Princess Royal Duke of Sussex Royal Academy Duke of Wellington Marquis of Lansdowne France E. Gipgon Wakefield Clarendon Hotel New Zealand Edward Gibbon Wakefield Canada Viscount Ingestre M.P Lord Petre Mr. Aglionby Bi.p Alderman Thompson Alderman Copeland Mr. Hutt Wakefield Viscount Howick Lord Eliot Lord Fitzallan Sir Hussey Vivian R. L. Sheil Charles Buller Ward M.P. Haxsom Hansom Webber Brook-street Grosvenor-square Usford-street Broo-street Mr. Webber Oxford-street Holborn Farringdon- Street Fleet-street Charing.cross St. James's-park Grosvenor-place Piccadilly St. James's-street Pall-mall Waterloo Place Bazaar Tavern King-street Deatyn President Haratson McErrine United States Thomas Aspinall William Henry Harrison G. H. Bowers James Yate Madeley Shropshire George Birkett Greenlanes Stoke-Newington R. S. Donnall Falmouth Geo. Birkett M. Teevan Kennington J. Hayward R.S. Donnall J. A. Spargo R. C. Golding Materia Medica

Thunder Storm In Andover Area Causes Floods And Damage

A severe thunder storm swept through Andover and surrounding areas on Wednesday, after an unseasonably cold spell. Lightning struck the Hull farm at Gollards, burning two barns and stock. crops suffered near Chute. Tidworth conservatories damaged. widespread rain caused floods and agricultural losses. other towns report stormy, hot weather and minor incidents.

Andover Hull Amport T. A. Smith Tidworth Chute F. Dyson Brightomn Martin President Rapid Brighton

Bread tax repeal and local meetings in Whitbury

In Whitbury the mayor refused to call a public meeting on corn laws after a requisition signed by locals. W Matravers provided loan of his factors for the purpose, and over 500 residents gathered in the evening. Resolutions were moved against the corn laws and a petition circulated for signature.

London Freemasons’ Tavern Great Queen-Street Thomas Amyott Esq F R.S Society Egerton Thomas Egerton Baron Ellesmere Viscount Brackley Lord Francis Egerton M.P John Payne Collier F.R.S Josceline de Brakeland St. Edmondsbury J. G. Rokewode William Rishanger Simon de Montfort J. O. Halliwell Francis Egerton Horrticultural Society Regent-street Charles Lemon, Bart Earl of Macclesfield Countess of Haddington Ware R. L. Meyrick Anglesea Philip Grey Egerton Edmund Antrobus Wells Reading Lawrence Canary Islands Upright Ridge Morden Baggs Robert Barchard S. Lawrence Mr. Errington Green Edmund Antrobus, Bart Brocklehurst George Rose C. Hindley Plumptre Madras Australia van Diemen’s Land Cape of Good Hope Antigua St. Vincent’s Demerara Jamaica New Zealand Albany Kaffer Bechuana District Sierra Leone Ireland India Feegee Islands Gold Coast West Indies British North America St. Gronex S-In Watney-street Commercial Road Quekett Cannon-street Westmoreland Society London Tavern Anderton Fleetstreet Neighbour Cannon Street T. S. Duncombe B. B. Cabbell Fox Maule Ontyopepic Institutrox Albion Tavern Aldersgate-street Earl of Eldon Sergeant Adams Alexander Roers Henry Plumtre Gibbs George Thomas Nicholson Cornelius Lee Wilson William Simpson Potter Edmund Woodthorpe Oldham Surrey Middlesex Essex Kent Peter Laurie Aldermen Copeland House of Com Cattall Iction T. Wood P. Laurie Humphry Copeland Thomas Wood Matthew Wood Bethlem Uison Sireter Laurie Newgate M. Wood Alderman Copeland Gaal Commons Hunter Cururca Missionary. Society Exeter-hall Earl of Chichester Viscount Sandon Lord Glenelg Winchester Chester G. Rose Lanterbury Malta Niger E. Bickersteth Marquis of Cholmondeley Metropolitan Anti-Corn-Law Association England Britain Francis Prace Stovey Smith Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Co Threadneedle-street Temperance Society British and Foreign Society For the Suppression Exeter Hall Earl Stanhope Scotland Father Mathew Friends of the Cause J. S. Buckingham Scots Fusilier Guards Phillips Phillips, Residing At No King Street Goldensquare Becton Nour Whitbury W. Matravers

Temperance Mission in Ireland and Reform Talks

In Ireland a famed temperance reformer Saint Father Mathew travels from Killarney to Killorglin delivering pledges to thousands. He is welcomed by crowds, knelt to accept pledges, and continues on to visit churches and towns, with the Rev. Owen O Sullivan assisting. Separately a Repeal Association letter from Daniel O Connell denounces Toryism and calls for repeal as Ireland’s path to reform.

Proeressor Farner Mathew Killarney Poesia Longs Cronin Afl Renins Temperance Rossh Seree Finn Car Owen O'Sullivan Larney W. Browne Mathew Father Mathew William Browns Ote Mather Father Mathws Vishop Morley Alor Zentlemar Churchtown Sir Atti Repeat Association Gilead Irland Ireland England House of Lords Kilai Shannon Stanley Relmolt Irelann Sinan Crasford Ross Rosstrevor Viland Wr. Roebuck Marshall Land Scotland Daniel O'Connell Henryst RuthWig George’s Eulyy Skye Anu Gregg Nuis Gregg Becaus Kelly Duffy Dublin Mary Ann M‘ikenkey Monaghan Horristix Murpen Mitchels-town Heart Aici

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