06 Nov 1842
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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 06, 1842
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text references trades and numbers but lacks coherent events or identifiable entities. No clear people, organizations, places, dates, or outcomes are extractable to form a factual summary card.
In Birmingham, a heated exchange questions Bronterre O Briens ties with Toryism and exposes alleged Chartist duplicity. The piece argues for free markets only after political reform, contending wages follow market demand and urging a strong domestic market to lift labor. It criticizes O Brien and Buckinghams motives while defending Ebenezer Elliott and Sheffield.
Royal visit plans unfold with repairs at the pavilion to be finished by the 8th. Royal progress includes a Walmer castle stop, Brighton stay, and a three week visit window. Court circular notes prorogation dates and a forthcoming marriage, amid rival reports and corrections.
The Isis foundered off Bermuda after a long voyage from Port Royal to Nassau and England. The Medway rescued all aboard except one apprentice who drowned. Repairs at Port Royal began, but a gale and a leaking hull doomed the ship, which sank with spars and wreckage seen afterward.
The Courrier Francais and the Globe note Paris ministry leniency after Pajol’s superseding. A tragic sea collision near Brighton leaves one fisherman dead as Albion returns from Dieppe. Cambridge vice chancellor Whewell elected. Broad Street alderman chosen. fire at Eastern Counties Railway stables destroys premises and horse.
A fire at Pooley’s cotton mills in Ancoats Manchester last night destroyed No. 3 Mill and damaged the fire-proof wing. Eight bodies recovered, with a ninth believed dead, including several youths aged 14 to 19. Names of dead include William Ridgway and John Snape among others. an inquest is underway. Fire engines Niagara and Vesta battled the blaze. damage estimated over ten thousand pounds with stock and buildings insured for likely full coverage.
Reports list a three o'clock meeting at the foreign office attended by Sir R Peel the Duke of Buccleuch Lord Stanley and most cabinet ministers. The item then shifts to a digest of society meetings lectures and a private funeral of Allan Cunningham with a large Pimlico turnout.
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