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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 20, 1842
Page
3
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A parish meeting debated shirt making in Superior Kind workshops, questioning wages and whether shipments were for export. Mr Sindall and Mr Roberts discussed security, middlemen, and a push for a committee to gather facts and press action against trade abuse affecting workers.
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An inquest found Wilful murder in the case involving John Jefferies who attacked a girl after a quarrel and fled. Jefferies has been apprehended and committed to custody.
A Dublin summary reports the consecration of Dr Stopford as bishop of Meath and shifts in church positions favoring tractarians, with new deanery and archdeacon appointments. It also notes a mass petition by treland bar, the death of Bishop Sandes of Cashel and Waterford, and critiques of Attorney General Smith’s handling of a libel case, contrasted with his predecessor.
The Ayr colliery strike persists with new threats and limited settlement prospects. Ayrshire yeomanry patrolling pits, while Mr Gordon recruits from a distance as labour resumes. The scene shifts to Whitlette disturbances with trials of Tinsey, M Clung, Jackson and others, sentences for some and acquittals for others.
The United Service Gazette laments chronic poverty among widows and orphans of military leaders. It highlights the sister of Sir Sydney Smith, left destitute after his death and Beaumont Smith's exile, surviving by tending empty houses near Oxford Street. The piece calls for a public pension to relieve her and others, criticizing existing charity and noting meager funds from benevolent bodies.
Review describes Madame D'Arblay's diary narrating royal life after King George III’s recovery, with vivid scenes at watering places, court dinners, dancing with Mary, and humorous token incidents from the Duke of Clarence and others, plus portraits and literary entries on Nimrod and Washington.
A London meeting of the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-Law Association outlines vigorous campaigning. The subcommittee reports on wider public lectures, district sections, and weekly meetings across fourteen areas to spread knowledge of the corn laws and rally support.
At about two o clock Tuesday morning the body of a man was found in the Kingston high road opposite the Ram Inn. Police took the corpse to the station and summoned Mr Kingeford the surgeon. Despite attempts to revive him, the deceased had multiple rib injuries and a broken Eve. The medical examiner concluded the man was run over by a wagon while lying intoxicated in the road. The victim was identified as a hustler who frequented fairs and had been drinking heavily the night before at the Druid’s Head and Coach and Four.
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