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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 10, 1841
Page
4
Sporting intelligence covers Tattersalls meetings with Cesarewitch bets and Attila vs Wiseacre pricing, Woolwich Garrison Races results, and a High Court action over adultery where Sir W Follett prosecutes for pecuniary damages. Damages awarded £1000.
A busy London theatre round up detailing Covent Garden’s new pieces and castings including Die Hexen Am Rhein, Rudolph of Hapsburgh, and Old Maids with Mathews and Vandenhoff. Adelphi opens with a novelty drama amid noted scenic water effects and witch choruses. Mentions of Miss Terry, Mrs Grattan, and other performers, plus updates on Sheridan Knowles projects, Miss Austin at La Scala, Henry Betty’s retirement, Musard directing at Paris, and ongoing English opera novelties as crowds fill houses.
A private Lord Mayor hosted a select dinner at the Mansion House for Her Majesty's Ministers and royal family supporters. About sixty attendees included cabinet members, aldermen, and intimate friends, with toasts to the Queen, royal family, Peel, the Lord Mayor, Army and Navy, and Wellington. The event drew cheers as ministers thanked the city of London for its support and praised naval prowess amid Syria coast actions.
In London the death of TuE LATE W Hankson QC creates vacancies for counsel to the treasury and war office and attorney general to the duchy of Cornwall. A separate inquest at London Hospital into the sugar-baker accident death of John Godliff Hine, aged 48, reported an accidental fall from a basket in a sugar warehouse. A second inquest into the costermonger assault on policeman James Carroll, who died from injuries, adjourned after prior refusals to allow certain witnesses to testify, with further evidence and a coroner’s investigation proceeding.
The 13th annual Blackfriars wager featured five watermen at Blackfriars bridge with crews named Ware Gill Matthews Ware and Ware. Yellow won the first heat then green and blue. in the grand heat yellow led, followed by green and blue. Also reported: Earl of Rosslyn begins as royal buckhounds master, hunting at Satter near Ascot Heath with a deer moved to Englemere Pond before capture. Regular hunting to start the first week in November. A groom named Isaac Beeton married last Tuesday, found dead in bed with his bride next morning.
Canterbury residents faced a bank crisis as Halford and Company suspended payments causing public alarm and feared liabilities near £100,000 while Hammond and Co. reassured cash credit remains sound. A fortunate discovery of ten £5 Bank of England notes in a boot lining sparked local celebrations amid ongoing distress. The report also notes the death of Hon. Dr. Forester prebendary of Worcester and uncle to Lord Forester.
The mail reports British actions during the Canton assault and related events across India, Afghanistan, and Beloochistan. It details Captain Elliot's conduct, the May Canton movements, battles with forts and junks, and the surrender terms including 6 to 8 million dollars. It notes casualties, leadership deaths, and forthcoming expeditions, with broader imperial maneuvers in Asia.
Major General Sir Hugh Gough records the Canton operation from May 23 to 27, detailing two attacking columns seizing northern forts, the city walls, and a later withdrawal after a Chinese counter-assembly. He praises British and native troops, notes near-fatal exertion, a flag of truce, and the subsequent evacuation arrangements with Captain Elliot and Kwango-foo.
Narrative of operations near Canton detailing Chinese militia dispersal by Captain Moore with a mandarin, troop movements, and the ensuing British withdrawal. It covers ransom payments, troop redeployments, naval actions by the Modeste, Alligator, and other vessels, and a proclamation urging Canton residents to return to peace after imperial envoy departure. Includes casualty tallies and official signings.
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