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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 09, 1842
Page
5
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Crowded Marylebone court hears cross-examination of Alice Lowe accused of robbing Lord Frankfort at his Hyde Park residence of assorted jewellery. Evidence spans pledged items including a Dresden snuffbox and a toothpick case, with Lord Frankfort admitting ownership of most pieces and denying authorization of their disposal. The prisoner collapses briefly. proceedings adjourned for remand to next Saturday.
City authorities determined to erect iron railings to prevent public distress by suicidal falls from a feared height. Workmen are employed in the erection process to ensure safety and reduce danger to passersby and residents.
Derby reports a brutal burglary at the Stanley home of Miss Martha and Miss Sarah Goddard. Two armed men beat the sisters. Martha died from head wounds, Sarah survived badly injured. Suspects Keeling and Green remanded. inquest returns willful murder verdict. Rewards offered. Bonsall and Bland captured, Starbuck alias Holmes escaped. Sarah Goddard identifies Bonsall.
Post office and railway directors finalize new plan to carry both day and night mails by rail plus mail carts to towns not adjacent to lines. New system starts this week and will improve delivery routes and timings nationwide.
Last night at Covent Garden Theatre the new farce Cousin Lambkin drew hearty laughter. The plot follows two men impersonating each other causing misunderstandings among Mrs Bantam, the Captain, the Squire Mulberry, and Dr Lionel Lambkin with Rose, ending as the true identities are revealed and all couples are resolved.
Wednesday night crowd fills the Duurny bane for Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles Mathews in a French school vaudeville. The new piece features intrigue and gallantry with a masked ball setup, strong performances by Vestris, Mathews, Hudsin, and Compton, and a complex plot of disguises and infidelity resolved by Mademoiselle Duval. Earlier, The Rivals offers Lambert and Mathews, while Covent Garden presents Mrs Alfred Shaw, Miss Kemble, and Semiramide with a standout ghost scene. The Olympic Theatre debuts Pelham adapted drama. Mesrs Fitzjames, Arden, Lavinia Melville, Lebatt star amid lavish scenery and songs. Surrey Theatre reports crowded audiences under new management, signaling ongoing success.
A historical survey of the De Grey Grantham and allied families. It traces the line of the Earl of Grey and Baron Grantham from 18th century origins, detailing succession, marriages, titles, seats, and political roles, with notes on the Peel era and connections to Enniskillen and Hardwicke.
Examinations and commitments on charges of sedition and conspiracy proceed at Manchester New Bailey. Prisoners include Rev James Schofield, W Schofield, James Leach, W Harney, and others amid delegate meeting allegations, with bail set and sureties required for release ahead of assize.
The piece features the stage manager role change and adds Mrs Henner and T P Cooke as new company members. Blanche Herriot and Grace Gray headline lengthy reviews at Victoria Theatre with praise for Mrs Honner and Mr Cooke, while other works at the same houses draw attention to Donzella's Oath and a French vaudeville. An upcoming Hamlet by Mr and Mrs Charles Kean is announced, and Highland pipers plan a major London opera house tour with patrons assured of comfort and support for performers.
Sporting intelligence notes Tattersalls entries for Cesarewitch bets with few new names. Derby and Oaks odds show heavy backing for Scott’s lot Napier and Parthian. Thursday’s betting centers on Bellissima Portrait Heslington with closing odds and multiple taken bets across the field.
The Newmarket card features 13 races and three stakes plus five plates and six sweepstakes unfinished. On day one, a handicap sweepstakes and four matches with plates are set, highlighting LOO sous stakes and ducal contenders. The Cesarewitch and Clearwell stakes loom next day with Bellissima and Tripoli among top fancies. Muley Moloch and Blue Bonnet top guesses in longer distances. An amateur prize fight at Gravesend ends with Burke defeated after 110 rounds in two hours.
Thomas Pitts William Woodroffe Thomas Storah John Bryerly George Welby George Johnson and George Southam charged with seditious conspiracy at Ashton. Witnesses described August meetings, coal mine turnouts, and calls to march on mills. Judge court committed six defendants for trial with bail set, Southam highest bond, others with smaller sureties.
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