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Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 25, 1844

Page

6

Fi ve oof cabinet notes reveal petitions and scolding ruler remarks

The marginal notes of Frederick the Great’s cabinet forum reveal petitions from Simon mer, merchants, barons, and Countess Para ja among others. The ruler dismisses many requests, mocks plans to fund battles, and vows strict discipline against debt and debauchery including anti Jewish phrasing.

Frederick IRP

Pious Scot seeks sales or travel post in Manchester ad

An eminently pious Scottish youth advertises for work as a statat clerk, manager, salesman, or traveller in April. He claims evangelical principles, health, and helpful character, offering references from ministers, with flexibility on town or country posting and salary potential in a liberal church or dissenting family.

Manchester Scotland Ts Messiah

France and Spain react to Texas annexation and British policy

Paris papers stir over U S Texas annexation and entente with Washington as France weighs chances against Britain. Madrid letters offer little new while Dutch envoy to Japan is reported. London notes threats against Sir Robert Peel amid Irish tensions and a Dublin murder inquiry.

France Spain Paris Madrid United States Texas Canada Great Britain M. Guizot Washington Handelsblad Japan Paussia Zollverein Portugal Berlin Customs Union Law Robert Peel House of Commons Sir Robert St. Schuld Sch Dustin Ture Pennefather Castle Dublin Bed of Justice Tipperary 7Limerick Chronicle Limerick Wm. Toole Milton Street Stevens A Division Lord Eliot Ireland Whitehall Gardens William Toore London East India Docks West India Docks William Toort WM. Toone Jardine Alderman Farley F. Shaw R. Peel Tothillfields Murper Essex Standard Colchester Palstead East Indies Joshua Rowley, Bart Stoke-by-Nayland Dear Fusiliers William Towns Polstead Hintlesham Wood James Hills Colonel Dear Joshua Rowley Charles Rowley East Bergholt Chalker Pewich Ipswich Green

Protection of Young Females Petition to Lords in 1844

A petition presented to the House of Lords by the Bishop of Exeter and reform groups urges strong legislation to protect young women from prostitution in London and other towns. It cites 8000 to 10000 women in London, corrupt brothels, and foreign-operated houses, calling for criminalization of brothel keepers and procurers and strict suppression of seduction and trade in prostitution.

House of Lords Exeter United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland London Tait Edinburgh Society For the Protection of Emma Stone West End Charing Cross Marlborough Street Paris Boulogne Tichfield-street Slough Windsor Great Western Railway Tichfield Street Eton Stough Wardlaw Hell Paley

Confession of Mrs. Dorey in a London fraud case

Georgiana Dorey recounts her role in a bank fraud scheme linked to Eliza Burchard and other suspects. She describes disguises, forged wills, Bank of England actions, and payments to Fletcher and Barber, ending with her marriage and ongoing fear of prosecution.

Barber and Fletcher Stewart Dean Street Eliza Burchard Westminster Fletcher Bank of England Eliza Burkhard William Saunders London Great Russell-street Bloomsbury Court of Chancery Barber Mr. Barber Bristol London Bridge London and Westminster Bank The Bridge Mrs. Cole St. Paul's Churchyard Jane Blake Mr. Sanders Mr. Fletcher Miss Hungerford Market Mary Hunt Mr. Saunders Francis-street Miss Slack Mr. Dorey Forrester Georgiana Dorey Giltspur-street Prison P.S Susannah Comba

Market News Across Towns Sees Varied Trade Dairies

Reports from Halifax Liverpool Manchester Leeds Huddersfield and Rochdale note a general dull to steady trading week. Wool and linen trades show steady warehouses and low stocks with broad stripes in demand. Buyers remain cautious as prices largely hold with modest activity and prospects of steady autumn trade.

Halifax Liverpool Manchester Leeds Huddersfield Rochdale

Fifth anniversary meeting of the British and Foreign Anti Slavery Society

At Exeter Hall the fifth anniversary of the British and Foreign Anti Slavery Society was held with S Gurney in the chair. Thomas Clarkson’s letter was read, O Connell arrived amid cheers and hisses, and the Bishop of Norwich praised India’s abolition while noting slavery persisted in Hong Kong and other ports. The debate covered fiscal regulations versus moral action, and speeches by Thompson Anstey Burnett Kelley Stephens and Bright followed, concluding with a collection for the society.

British and Foreign Anti- Slavery Society Exeter Hall S. Gurney Lord Brougham Privy Council Sturge Thomas Clarkson England America O'Connell Norwich Spain Portugal Brazils India Hong Kong Gibraltar Persian Gulf Mediterranean Sea West India Pedro de Zulueta Old Bailey George Stepney J. Kennedy Aberdeen G. Thompson Hear Europe Java Cuba Cochin Sumatra Manilla Brazil Friends of Emancipation G. W. Anstey Devises Thompson J. Burnett Cambberwell H. Kelley Knox College United States George Stephens Mr. Harrison Wilberforer Macaulay Fowel Buxton Mr. Thompson O’connell O'Neal Bright

Abolition Debate Over Slavery Duties Splits Anti Slavery Meeting

In a heated Anti Slavery Society gathering, Mr Bright argues the committee’s principle is not essential to abolition and warns against aligning with government power. The chairman counters that differential duties on slave labour sugars threaten enslaved lives, as the meeting ends with Thompson’s amendment carried amid uproar.

Robert Peel Mr. O'Connell Mr. Bright Anti- Slavery Committee Anti Slavery Party Brazil Scoble Bright Cuba Africa Messrs Thompson Mr. Thompson

EL SPINER Tenth Thousand Essay on Generative Debility

An early 19th century advertisement for Samuel La’Mert’s sealed pamphlet on disorders of the generative system, its alleged links to nervous debility and marriage, with details on price, post options, and listed London and provincial booksellers. It promotes confidential consultation and emphasizes secrecy.

Samuel La’mert Bedford-Street Bedford-Square London University of Edinburgh London Hospital Medical Society Manchester Newton Church-street Liverpool Watts Snowhill Birmingham Baraclough Fargate Sheffield Davey Broadstreet Bristol D. France and Co Butcher Bank Newcastle-on-eTyne Paton and Love Nelson-street Glasgow Manchester Chronicle

Health pamphlet on male vitality warns of youthful excess

A London publisher advertises a health treatise by C J Lucas and Co about the causes and restoration of premature decline from indulgence and infection. It promotes private consultation at No 60 Newman Street and lists multiple booksellers across Britain and Ireland.

C. J. Lucas and Co London Newman-street Oxford-street Brittain Paternoster-row J. Gordon Leadenwall-street G. Maunsell King-street H. Robinson Greenside-street Edinburgh T. Price Dame-street Dublin New Bell’s Weekly Messrs. Lucas and Co Newman:street

Manhood by Curtis and Company Published in Sealed Envelope

A tenth edition of Manhood by I Lt Curtis and Company offers guidance on the effects of excessive indulgence and solitary habits with restoration directions. It includes testimonials from Old England and magnet praising the work and lists London and provincial booksellers and contact details for consultations in Soho Square.

I. Lt. Curtis and Company Consulting Surgeons London Burgess Medical Bookseller Coventry-street Haymarket Sanway Oxford-street Barth Brydges-street Strand Mann Cornhill Strange Paternoster-row Guest Bull-street Birmingham Sawler St. Ann’s-square Manchester Messrs. Curtis Old England Essex and Herts Mercury Messrs. Curtiy Age Argus Messrs. Curtis and Company Faith Street Soho Square

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