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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 27, 1842
Page
5
The readable fragments hint at a historical scene with land, hills, plain and road mentions. Names and dates are obscured, but references imply a ruler or lord and a discussion of ties or orders. The text remains garbled and cannot confirm specifics beyond general geographic and governance terms.
Fragmentary text notes the French authorities receiving civility while a vicar chief issues a proclamation none understand. It mentions insurgents' success and the Gaz ejection as alarming, and questions how the matter will end. The writer speculates on wiser leadership and future developments.
A garbled Gloucestershire inquest note discusses Mop Jaw as a bond in which young women cannot quit a Northleach arrangement for twelve months. It recounts Mary Morgan’s conviction for leaving her master and lingering in a bedchamber route, with critical commentary on moral policing and House of Queen's Bench implications.
The Skibbereen inquest into the deadly clash with police lasted days and yielded verdicts of justifiable homicide for Michael M Donnell and manslaughter for eight rear-guard officers. The report blames Mr Aylmer, Lord Carbery’s agent, for inciting the violence amid an unarmed crowd, describing the event as a massacre.
A Manchester gathering of merchants manufacturers and capitalists urged repeal of coin and provision laws and removal of trade restrictions. The Anti-Corn-law League led the meeting attended by Cobden Brotherton Kershaw and others with subscriptions announced nearing £4000.
A notice at Covent Garden reports Miss Adelaide Kemble’s sudden illness prevents her from performing, prompting the theatre’s closure for the evening. Physicians certify her incapacity, awaiting manager’s schedule update as the company convenes to discuss consequences. Also covered are Hanover Square Rooms concerts, Drury Lane happenings, and M. Mainzer’s singing class progress.
Sporting intelligence from Tattersalls notes Derby runners with bets placed on Murat Winesour Mahemet and Aristides among others. Odds lists show heavy wagering on Brocard colt Mahomet and Fox with several offerings after initial backing, including Jamal and Napier in various Paris and Ascot venues.
A circulated report claims Aristides ran away with his lad and fell, but accuracy uncertain. Jamal’s master changes denied. A draft from Earl of Harrington’s stud sold at Tattersall’s, led by Col. Hon. Henry Stanhope, with roan gelding at 150 guineas. A bay hunter draft, tied to the Duke of Grafton, fetched moderate prices. A Falked match horse race, Lord William versus Black Bess, won by Lawrence in four hours ten minutes. Berkeley’s deer wager fixed for Charborough park on the 29th, with park access rules. A fox chase in South Audley Street ends with the fox captured by a sailor.
A London theatre shock as Covent Garden loses Mr. Kemble from management during The Tempest performance. Mr. Bunn named future lessee. Miss Adelaide Kemble offers to continue, even perform gratis if needed, to keep the house open. Provisional terms seek gradual salary reductions and delayed full pay until Christmas.
In Cambridge on a Friday evening at Christ College a nephew of Rev. Edmund Mortlock burst into his rooms with a pistol, firing at Mortlock and Mr. Mitchell of the Eagle hotel. Mortlock narrowly survived a second shot as a struggle ensued, the assailant fleeing via a rear window. He was seized later near Baltsbite after firing at others, and magistrates at the town goal heard a full deposition. The prisoner admitted some facts but disputed others, claiming distress and poverty drove him to violence. Mortlock expressed relief at the escape and the case was ordered for Lent assizes.
The Manchester Guardian reports a general wage cut in Gainsboro area from 12s to 10s weekly, with some places paying 8s. The Welshman notes many employers reducing staff, with 200 to 300 servants previously employed being unhired due to hard times as farmers trim establishments.
The Caledonian Mercury reports Misa Jane Walker, one of the scaffold fall victims during the monarch's Edinburgh visit, died Friday after sustaining a compound fracture of the ankle. Surgeons avoided amputation, preserving the limb, and she was moved from the Royal Infirmary to her sister’s home in India Street two weeks prior, but later mortification set in and she died.
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