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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 28, 1837
Page
4
The entry lists Pripax for June 2 and references Lord George Gordon’s riots with a price of 17¢0. It includes tide times for Saturday June 3 with high water hours and sun events. The notes indicate morning and afternoon high waters and sunrise and sunset times.
The article describes slow spring progress in vegetables due to cold winds and hail, predicting a mild but brief May. It advises sowing peas, beans, carrots, onions, lettuce, and spinach, transplanting seedlings, and trying green curled endive and early broccoli. It also covers pruning apricot, peach, and nectarine trees, managing fruit wall growth, and slug control with lime water for strawberry beds.
A long reader correspondence item discusses rent, refunds, and debt collection rights, plus several letters debating breach of promise and personal letters between suitors. It includes medical remedies with prescriptions and guidance, and notes on agricultural yields and steam engine details.
Readers discuss Alfred and dog cart cruelty, tradesmen listings, and a legal note on Sunday trading. Letters mention the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Robson's London Directory, sinecure origins, Indian soy, pension grants, and postal mail free in New York. Comments cite Hampstead heights and lotteries, with various readers imitating newspaper columns.
The Master General and Board of Ordnance announce a substantial price reduction for existing England Survey Sheets to provide greater public access. Sheets may be obtained at the reduced price via Agent Mr Gardner, 163 Regent Street. Also noted is an advertising shoutout for weekly papers and stamp circulation figures from January to April.
The piece announces the first issue of a Pictorial Gallery section and urges readers to order subscriptions directly from the office as no papers are supplied from elsewhere. It notes weekly continuation at high cost, asks agents to distribute via London newsreaders, and requires payment references for single-paper orders.
Weesly Chronicle reports the Royal illness attributed to various ailments but notes Sir Henry Halford attends the Royal Patient for rupture. It paints a picture of Spanish conflict with General Evans and Conde de Luchana seizing Irun and Fuenterabia, while Don Sebastian presses inland toward Madrid. The article casts doubt on Don Carlos and forecasts possible scene change as forces contend, praising Evans and the Legion for their Peninsula conduct.
A petition against Mr Breadwood’s return for Bridgwater alleges unblushing bribery and questions its validity. The matter is set for June 13 with Breadwood still the sitting MP. The piece condemns the Poor Law provisions and vows continued opposition until those laws are repealed.
The Pantaloon brings word from Lisbon that the Portaueuse ministry resigned on the 11th. No reasons are given, and Queen has sent for Senhor Oliveira, deputy from Madrid, to form a new ministry. No arrangements had transpired by the ship’s departure on May 14.
Sporting intelligence recounts Craven Stakes to Produce Sweepstakes results as Lord Luffield’s Alfred wins, Lord Exeter’s Corban takes Shirley Stakes, and many favorites triumph. Willesden and Zenana claim prizes while Derby and Oaks races feature Phosphorus and J. Holmes winning by neck and two lengths respectively. Lord Exeter shows interest in Willesden as a sale plan looms.
Lord Duncannon reported scrutiny of an execution at Gloucester with forty witnesses, all finding no disgraceful conduct. Duke of Arcamont and others urged decorum in law, while a Commons discussion covered British Marines in Spain, church rates, and reform proposals with party clashes and calls for clear vindication.
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