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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 06, 1836
Page
5
In the present month the kitchen garden should be stocked with potatoes carrots and parsnips. Michaelmas cauliflowers and Cape broccoli need frost protection and may be kept for Christmas in a frame. Full grown celery spinach onions and asparagus beds should be earth up and dressed. sea kale cardoons and seeded plants require winter care. The author promises further notes next week and urges soil preparation for spring and summer crops.
Readers discuss theatre pricing, production quality, and the ethics of law and divorce satire. Contributors praise Covent Garden comparisons, condemn spoof advertisements, and critique public attitudes toward money and merit amid arts coverage.
A spirited and harsh broadside denounces brutal boxing and applauds a shift away from prizefights. The piece rails against Sir John Hobhouse and other Whigs, condemns a self-styled Ashbridge clerk, and mocks an “Inquirer” and a carrot vendor. It notes various readers’ grievances and teases upcoming items.
Notice announces an unprecedented supplement with an engraving of the Houses of Parliament the Almanack and twenty comic cuts from Heath and Life. Newsmen must place orders at the office by the Wednesday before publication for early impressions. Newspaper and comic almanack may be sold separately.
London commentary notes the Spanish Cortes convening to revise the Constitution of 1812. The Queen Regent’s speech hints at concerns over royal power and a potential second chamber. The article argues a wise written constitution would spur European liberty and praises England as best prepared to follow such an example.
A coroner's inquest returns a unanimous verdict of wilful murder against unknowns for Hogan and disparate verdicts for Fogarty. Catholics and Protestants split on the cause while Tory papers call for blood. The Irish Church is charged with oppressive exactions and costly governance.
A violent critique targets the Irish Establishment and tithes, denouncing aristocracy and calling for repeal of taxes on knowledge and bread. The piece discusses Lord Brougham, OConnell, and potential rebellion, noting unrest in France and questioning Louis Philippe’s regime.
The piece discusses Mr Heald a Tory candidate for Sheffield with Wesleyan church politics. It then vividely describes life at Dublin Marshalsea where a process server is mistreated, humiliated, and finally examined by the Chancellor amid a gleeful mob.
Inquest details expose alleged missteps by an Ordnance magistrate during deliberations. A warrant was issued for Philip Ryan's arrest for the willful murder of Fogarty after Ryan fired on him near Dunkerrin. Police testimony clashes over crowd size, stones, and who led the violence.
A miscellany of 19th century notes including the King of Helland’s address to the States-General and conciliated reply, Bavaria inviting M Thiers to Munich, Duke of Newcastle buying Crown Lands near Newark, Duke of Nemours departing Toulon for Algiers, and various royal, military, and social tidbits across Europe.
Philip Ryan was arrested under a warrant issued by magistrate Richardson of Tipperary and King's County at Nenagh and was safely confined in Tullamore jail.
Analysis of foreign grain and flour prices shows Paris bread and flour cheaper than London. It lists Paris prices for white wheaten bread and flour, compares with London quotations, and notes regional French variations and final buying power with fixed sums.
The piece condemns Westminster gaming dens operating day and night including Sundays in the Quadrant and Regent Street. It notes Bulwer’s drama licensing bringing 300 guineas plus copyright fees under a new act, with examples of £100 paid for copyright and a heavy snowstorm and lightning near London on Saturday night.
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