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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 13, 1838
Page
3
A period piece recounts Bunyan discussing the meaning of Paul to Timothy and a bishop’s request. It covers sleep in snow after a shipwreck, then a collage of witty definitions, artifice costs, and notes on Irving, Maccaroni, and antique curiosities.
The piece urges rapid, coordinated reform of England's debt laws, detailing a plan for five prison committees, central coordination in Lambeth, widespread petitions, and newspaper campaigns. It condemns bailiffs, pettifogging attorneys, and oppressive procedures while highlighting the social damage of debtor imprisonment.
Major Martin, leading a dash through Carlist lines, takes command when the Colonel hesitates, slashing and driving forward with cavalry and infantry to break through. The narrative shifts to a review of Cagliostro and a long literary critique of works on magnetism, Parisian manners, and legal reform, ending with recommendations for several periodicals and moral tracts.
At a recent governors meeting, Mr Tarbat, previously expelled, returned and caused a disruption over the election of two masters. The court debated his status, debated expulsion by force, and adjournment tactics, with votes disputed and the president withholding Tarbat’s ballot. The scene ended with Tarbat submitting votes after a consent旨.
Import restrictions on CaIina opium show a three taels three males and eight candarum duty per pica plus future Hoppo fees. Trade to be Hong merchant operated by barter for goods and silver purchases. penalties include destruction of opium and confiscation of silver. Also noted is a smuggling motive and a Hall church incident where a bride slept during the wedding service.
A reader condemns debtors’ imprisonment as a Christian nation suffers “legal murder” by costly, inescapable prisons. He cites a Band-street banker’s five-year ruin and £50,009 misappropriation, notes insolvency courts as possible relief, and laments 30,000 lawyers and rising bailiff fees. He praises the humane Whitechapel prison governor and urges action against debt bondage.
In this 1830s creditor schedule the debtor lists two creditors. Mr William Horne of King George on Horseback Nottingham and Mr Swindell of Lelesha Nottingham are noted with names and addresses. The document details a debt history from 1836, partial payments of 1 pound and 5 shillings, later £1 3s, and a total claimed balance of £6 183.10d for costs. The debtor states he has paid more than the original debt and is now in gaol for costs, while asserting a remaining balance due to him of £1 17s 10d from the creditor. The overall debts and schedule total £8 12s 0d.
Joseph Stanmore William Lloyd and Timothy Hughes three well dressed men linked to the swell mob were brought before magistrates at Union Hall for attempting to pick pockets during a fete at the Surrey Zoological Gardens. Police testified the trio worked with a dozen others to rub down dresses and lift pockets during the Mount Vesuvius display. Stanmore Lloyd and Hughes gave shifting accounts. Stanmore claimed to be a tailor with six months work, Lloyd as a broker, and Hughes as a tailor. Lloyd and Hughes were committed to Brixton Gaol for three months. Stanmore was discharged for insufficient evidence though likely present for the same purpose. A separate obituary note on Mrs Jaffray described her trial for murder by arsenic in Glasgow and reflection on the verdict.
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