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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 12, 1842
Page
5
Disjointed OCR notes describe a ship near Caledonia and Petersburgh with damage and loss. Mentions a vessel named Dundee and a crew or persons named William Thomas Cole, with unclear dates and locations including Skerries and Liverpay, and references to financial losses and shares.
Windsor correspondent reports royal progress from Greenwich to Walmer Castle. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert travel with the Prince of Wales and Princess Royal in a multiple carriage escort, cheered by crowds along the route through Canterbury and Rochester to Walmer. Royal salutes fire at the castle. Thunderer ship also fires in welcome. The royal party appears well despite fatigue and is greeted with widespread enthusiasm and decorations across towns and coast.
On October 16 Ashton-under-Lyne bell-ringers achieved a 5088-change treble and tenor major peal in 3 hours 8 minutes. The fifth and sixth bells were alternately wrong and right twelve times. Conducted by James Wood and pressed by James Platt Saddleworth. Also notes Irish farmer hostility to Peel. FRIGHTFUL BURNING OF A CHILD: Sarah Shearman, 12, died from clothes catching fire after being left near a fire. verdict accidental death.
Mr. Macready amid tension withdraws Madame Vestris and Mr. Mathews from Drury Lane bills over pay and casting disputes. The Morning Post notes alleged diminishment of parts for Vestris and criticizes management while predicting a public appeal and possible settlement next Saturday.
Sporting intelligence notes Derby betting with large investments amid a wide spread of prices. Favourites show little change while new contenders surface including A British Yeoman Winesour and Cotherstone. Recorded closing prices show heavy backing across numerous entries and sizeable stakes, with many horses taken and offers on the field.
Count Gustavus Batthyany sued the Earl of Chesterfield and others to cancel a deed from 1841 granting an annuity and life policies tied to Eleanor Suter. Lord Langdale ruled the bill failed on demurrer, noting the plaintiff’s immoral motive and lack of eligible grounds for relief, so the deed is not delivered up.
A Manchester proprietors meeting considers dissolving the Bank of Manchester after presenting a report showing direct liabilities of £3,810,462 18s 1d and net assets of £1,794,214 11s 1d, a deficit of £16,248 7s, with further losses and accusations against directors. The session adjourned to three months, with mixed opinions on accountability and repayment.
A Monday Tattersalls sale by the Earl of Cuestererenn drew noble attendees as the Knight of the Whistle and other mounts sold for sums from 27 to 195 guineas including Barbarina 195 guineas and Cockade 100 guineas. Also noted are inquest reports on Daniel Neale and John Benfield plus oddities and a eel joke.
A London police report recounts a young woman found in Rathbone place Tottenham in night attire claiming she was chased by a wolf in a Blackburn fortress and saved by immense wealth. She is taken to St Pancras workhouse for care while awaiting relatives. A separate case covers imposition via false begging letters with Sullivan and Jones remanded for a week. Also noted is a Calabria issue windstorm causing a wagon and oxen to be lifted briefly and a Preston Chronicle notice about a new school teaching manners available nightly with Sundays off.
The Queen v Thomas Badger and Rev Henry Cartwright concerns rule to show cause why criminal information should not be filed for refusing bail to dissenting preacher A O Neill. Affidavits allege corrupt motive, but judges find no proven corruption, yet grant rule against Badger and Cartwright for improper conduct in bail denial.
In a Queen's Bench session, Moxway et al. vs Curleis involved a promissory note verdict later challenged for insufficient notice. Lord Denman allowed the notice to stand. Turspay Connacur v Wanp concerned an assumpsit on a contract to print from a Duchess of Richmond plate. the court held a writing was required for publication rights and granted judgment for the plaintiff.
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