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Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 22, 1842

Page

2

Paris Journals Raise Tense Fears Over British Links

Fore ign intelligence notes share Paris papers on Sunday and Monday. Debates in the Chamber center on the right of search and Guizot as British‑leaning. press prosecutions target Le Temps s editors with heavy fines and suppression. Plots to suppress the press intensify as advocates warn of war between England and America. The piece cites Bacourt, Cass, and a pending December 20 treaty, plus deaths of Count de Las Casas and a murder case in Vaucluse.

Paris General Cass la Presse le Naationel M. Guigot Marquis de Boissy France England M.guizot M. Guizot M. de Boissy MM. de Buissy America Tyler Washington M. Bacourt Great Western le Temps National Court of Correctional Police AIM Raymond Coste Conil Journal Des Débats Chamber of Peers Count de Las Casas Napoleon St. Helena Passy Court of Assize the Vaucluse Louis Montjalard Montjalard Eugénie Saignon M. de Ponson Austrel Vaucluse Eugenie Louis Baugenie Gazette de Tribunaux

Arrival of the Britannia and French railway tragedy report

United States steamer Britannia arrives ten days after Halifax with full mail. Paris railway disaster at Versailles Meudon includes Admiral Dumont Durville family deaths, many survivors, and harrowing rescue scenes. relief efforts and church masses underway across France.

United States Britannia Halifax

Barcelona Cotton Spinners Mark Association Anniversary

The Barcelona cotton-spinners celebrated the second anniversary of their foundation on the 9th with a parade of about 6,000 workers. The procession moved through the streets in orderly fashion and the community observed the event without incident. The Constitutionnel notes all wore clothes of Spanish manufacture.

Barcelona

Diplomacy and Greece Earthquakes Reported Abroad

The Augsburg Gazette notes Britain seeks reciprocal commercial terms with Naples and Sicily while the king resists new demands. Athens dispatches describe a series of powerful earthquakes in the Peloponnesus with many buildings damaged, towers fallen, and casualties reported as red rain is observed in Tripolitz.

England Great Britain Augsburg Gazette Palermo Prince Commitini Forscinato M. Spinelli Athens Peloponnesus Sparta Eurotas Menelas Drouchas Magoules Mista St Sparta Hellenic College Areopolis Cetylus Maina Androusa Patras Courrier Grec Tripolitz

Metropolis Hailed Aid Societies Annual Meeting Mix

The fifth annual Metropolis meeting at Exeter Hall covered the AppriGcines Protection Society's global aborigine concerns, Peace Society efforts, temperance progress under Lord Teignmouth, and various philanthropic group reports. Speakers urged continued fundraising amid shifting public support and policy debates.

AppriGcines Protection Society Exeter Hall Hodgkins Atkinson Australia South Seas New Zealand North South America Western South Africa British India Archipelago Indian Ocean America Africa Asia Lapland Garnier Bennett Hurst T Hanks Peace Society Friends’ Meeting Houndsditch Lee Joseph Brotherton Hardy England Sealand China M. Rigaud Paris Christian Moral Society Marquis de la Rochencourt de Lioncour Comptesse de Sellon Hargreaves George Pilkington Lieut. Hanry Barnett George Thompson Mr. Moffatt J. T. Price I. J. Gurney Aldine Chambers Lord Teignmouth Temperance Chichester Sodor and Man Chevalier Bunsen E. Parry Norwich Ireland Druikards D. Ruel Puanmacevticcal SocieTy Druggists’ Association Jon Bell Oxford-street Society Home Missionary Society Home Missionary Noviety Hill South London Fionicvuttursat Society Horus Tavern Kennington Common Venables Atlee Curtis Catleagh Gaines Bnet Buckingham Peck Wright Drury Lane Myers Feather's Court Pook Blue Coat School Rowan Maternity Cassity London Lord Ashley Duke of Sussex Duke of Cambridge Duchess of Kert Duchess of Gloucester London Tavern John Hell C2 Ellis F. H. Ramsbottam D. Lewis Philanthropic Society ST. George’s Fields Bishopsgate Street Duke of Richmond H. Goubvurn C. Clarke Kurt Warburton Croly Claudius Harter Kemble M.P Anderton Majer He Loyd Chile Bank of England H. Kemble Goulburn J. Labouchere Marquis of Bristol Baron Gonwy Lord Grosvenor John Curtis D. Rice Alderman Lucas Hubbs Greexwich Frontine Pier Greenwich Guildhall C. Philips Clarkson Watermen’s Steam-packet Company Newbon Chambers Carttar Bristow Flating County of Kent St. Martin-in the-Fields Artichoke Tavern Blackwall Leader de Lacy Evans Bainbridge Pouncy Simpson Gahagan Bateman Austin, Morgan Brckixe Ham Temperance Association United Kingdom Total Abstinence Life Association Metropolitan Temperance Association Great Britain Great Britain and Ireland Montpelier Walworth Eastlane Society of Chimney Sweepens Yorkshire Stirge New-road Captain South St. George the Martyr Queen-square W. Short Yorkshire Stingo Cronin

Brighton Chancery Distress Warrants Foiled in Bench Row

Major Allen refused to sign about forty distress warrants for church rates. He argued magistrate Wigney, now bankrupt, was disqualified, leaving those who resisted rate payments free to avoid court action as the two magistrates who issued warrants must sign them.

Brighton Wigney

Extraordinary eight foot young boa constrictor at Willgrove

A six foot four inch boa constrictor, believed to be from a travelling wild beast exhibition near Carnfield, was killed in Willgrove. The reptile escaped its cage, crawled through an open window, and was later found dead after a gun was fired. The owner described the escape route and noted the animal’s appetite for lambs. A farmer reported seeing a dark object in a hedge, prompting fear and later quips about his drinking.

Admiral Dumont Durville Paris Mont Parnasse St. Sulpice Meudon Versailles M. Brioche Nantes M. Sicard Thibeautoché Nimes Hector Guerpin Galignani George Beauvais Melun Orleans Chamber of Peers Prince of Moskowa Versailles and Meudon Mamburg Hampunre Hamburg Brandt Casse Denmark Senate Prussia Magdeburg Berlin Oldenburg Mecklenburg Hanover Hodges Oblentz Gazelle du Rhin Bank of Warburg P.S Prussian Marine Society Bremen Jungfernstieg Alster Ulster St. Peter's Dumbor Prince Albert London Iaverrool Holyhead Britannia Sleyne Cneshire Boston Halifax New York Philadelphia Washington J. R. Brackett Caledonia Suich Medway Havannah Nassau Savannah Charleston Sne Britannna St. James Cambridge Echo Liverpool Utica Havre Mexico Great Britain England Puivapevonia Great Western America Europe Ohio Biddle United States Bank Court of General Sessions Pennsylvania Philadelphia Public Ledger Bicknell Pennsylvania Inquirer Liberty New York Express New Providence N.P Admiralty Court United States Her Matamony Murper la Grange Tenn David Jarnegan Jareegan J. F. Simmons Maureens Arkansag Helena Ark.) Shield Thhe UK Morehead Robert Lyons Pine Bluffs William Macdaniels Gross Samuel Gillespie Hogriote Morven St. Louis Burlington Iowa J. P. Bradstreet W. Ross Colt Hamblin Goodrich Olo Warsaw Estes Owentown Kentucky Halsey Coon Norwich Piere Ty Croydon Han Ferm Croston Ps Land and Currie O'Moore Thesesstins Southampton Mies l Phos House of TPS Peta Ie Binhck Wurdesity PN Et Willgrove Kent Wallas Dereul Mbp Ly Ae Willerove Baste Ubarin James Atreb Meloni Lee Beheld Mr.ius Grange iFrom Willgrove Carnfield Willgrose Neulin

Desperate clash with police in Kiluenney area Ireland

An account from Cork describes a night clash near Kiluenney in the Kilkenny area where twelve armed men attacked three policemen. Two constables were badly injured, one with a skull fracture, another knocked down. the assailants fled toward the barracks as locals aided the police. The incident caused a regional alarm with authorities pursuing suspects.

Cork Tipperary Kiluenney Miteheish 1 Rebfnsen Haginery Tan Ener de Ruste Bourke Sab Miron Breve CownTay Nenas Posteattion Richard Uniack Baily Ballindclough Gaynor Richard A. Bay Ballinaclough Nemaigh Nolice Rockite Jobo Cunningham Castle Street Noomof Cunningham Mara Yver Rau

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