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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 17, 1846
Page
6
The text outlines the congressional process over a notice to Britain to abrogate a convention dated 6 August 1827. It details committee appointments, reconciliations between the two houses, and the President's assent signaling the notice to quit. It also covers reactions, projections, and related international developments including British interests and Mexican-US tensions.
Distinctive old English court notes discuss a long ejectment case where a husband sues his wife for possession of their house. Lord Denman holds the wife estopped by consent and that a wife may not be a trespasser, with John Dug named on record. Other bankr uptcy and insolvent debtor matters follow, including a Royal Exchange design bankruptcy challenge and a vesting order dispute.
The Canadian Parliament considers abolishing the 33 per quarter duty on American wheat imports to ease internal carrying trade. The change aims to shift from New York Erie Canal routes to Canadian canals, allowing grain transit to ocean via Canada from Cleveland and Chicago without breaking bulk. If successful, a flour duty on American wheat may follow.
Louisa Turner, repeatedly jailed for breaking Mr Prentice shop windows, was brought before Alderman Wood on charge of entering and smashing a large counter glass. She had just left prison for three weeks and attempted to strangle herself on route to the station, then was remanded for bail.
The Central Criminal Court in Noxpay resumed sittings as 250 prisoners awaited trial, expected to rise beyond 300. The Recorder warned of increasing violence with numerous cases of cutting and wounding, rape, robbery, and even murder, reflecting deteriorating societal conditions among the lower orders.
In Runcorn a couple, Joseph and Mary Pimlett, are implicated in murdering two of their children and attempting to poison a third with arsenic. The case centers on death-by-arsenic evidence, postmortem findings, and a murder verdict against the mother, with trial set for the Chester Assizes.
The drama and operatic spectacle at the theatre drew a brilliant audience for Verdi's Lombardi alla prima Craciata with lavish scenery and top performers. Grisi and Grisi's company featured strong performances though some voices showed strain, while Maran and Fornagarri delivered notable acting. The magazine also notes the gala of The Colonel's Belie and previews a jardin display at the gardens with a Naples Bay illusion and a volcanic eruption demonstration led by Mr Southby, alongside later reports on Donizetti's declining health and various concerts by prominent artists.
A Westminster court hears testimony on the brutal assault and window fall involving William Luis alias Witham Manfield. Witnesses describe violence with a poker, cries of murder, and the injured woman’s unstable condition. An inquest in Lambeth reports a fourteen year old’s death by hanging, ruled as self-inflicted or accidental during a death-therapy experiment.
Commissioners of the Customs have caused notices from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to be pasted at revenue posts across the United Kingdom detailing lights to be established. Floating lights at South America Oronoco, Lite Belt, fixed light at Rakeness Point Alsen Island, with directions to post in customs houses for masters of vessels and all concerned.
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