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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 06, 1842
Page
4
A garbled text fragment references arguments about civil rights, speech, and Parliament with scattered names and terms. The lines hint at discussions of Kennedy War and dress code, but the meaning is unclear and many words are missing or corrupted.
A sprawling column notes a vacant Ann housekeeper position at the Old Bailey with four candidates from the common council, plus random items from sermons to shipboard fantasies and inquests. It records theft at the Treasury, a Whitechapel fire, and various brief municipal and criminal notices amid a cluttered era miscellany.
A mixed London bill reports The Turf at Covent Garden a two act comedy featuring Captain Flathooker and Bruce Siney with Clovis Culpepper and a derided Derby scheme. Cimarosa's Il Matrimonio Segreto presented the following night, with Adelaide Kemble and Miss Rainforth in key roles, to mixed reception and strong crowds.
The Guildhall committee met with wide attendance and praised Mrs Alfred Shaw and Miss Rainforth for offering their talents for a grand concert. Lord Dudley Stuart spoke of numerous ticket applications, enhanced refreshments, and a superior patron lineup, with ticket prices unchanged. Cambridge installation profits from Addenbrooke's hospital surplus reached about £200 after a large turnout. An advertisement promotes the Union Advocate, a new monthly paper, priced at two pence, with office and agent details.
Derby odds moved at Newmarket with Napier and Cotherstone rising as favorites. The report lists fluctuating prices on Densy Sir G Heathcote A British Yeoman Murat Philip Winespur Aristides Amorino Siricol Oxygen Dumpling and more, plus Oaks and Thursday bets. At Newmarket Houghton meeting a busy finish features ten matches and close finishes, with Celia Canton Drought? and multiple sprints. The Queen's Beagles pack is described in Windsor with 133 couples and named hounds. Prince Albert harriers run at Frogmore, with a brisk fox chase and a Brighton hunt ending with a fox near Devil's Dyke. Additional notes cover the Essex Union Fox Hounds, a late Duke of Beaufort sale at Tattersall’s, and a Grantley Berkeley deer-hunting wager at Charborough Park. A pedestrian six-mile match in Wandsworth Road sees East defeat Pink in 55 minutes. A Bunny steeplechase reports Creeper beating Harrowboy. A large ringers peal records treble major bells at Ashton-under-Lyne. Continuous hunting action includes hare chasing near Newmarket and Southease. A Dublin street fight ends with arrests for two young men.
The London and Brighton Railway company prepared plans and estimates to seek a parliamentary act in the next session. The proposed branch from Croydon to Vauxhall would form a West End terminus for the railway.
Robert Williamson, a Chelsea hospital pensioner, is charged with feloniously assaulting his wife Sarah Williamson by striking her on the head with a poker, placing her life in imminent danger. At Chelsea court the magistrate adjourned to St George’s hospital where Sarah lay in a highly dangerous state. she testified she had been repeatedly beaten by Williamson, who may have caused her death, and described the attack and her injuries in detail. Williamson, 63, smiled through the proceedings as witnesses testified that the couple argued while intoxicated. he was remanded until Wednesday.
Inquests at St George's hospital and Duke of Ormond address two accidental deaths from wearing apparel ignition. Elizabeth Cheese died after burns and heart disease following a candle incident on August 22. Mary Ann Garlick, four, died from burns after her clothes caught fire reaching a toy near a mantel. An exhumation at Oxford Street revealed decayed skulls likely from old burial grounds. Aniah Robinson, 19, died after slipping into a hot copper at a Croydon washing establishment. verdict inquest returned accidental death.
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