14 Oct 1838
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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 14, 1838
Page
1
The piece condemns a Tower Hamlets petition advocating a Millennium style abolition of private property. It argues property secures civilization and warns that abolishing private rights would erode incentives and lead to uniform living, endless commissions, and social chaos. It cites Jack Cade echoes and warns against future adherents.
The piece outlines a proposed circular society where no one's income exceeds fifty times the poorest. It mentions a court of inquiry to seize excess incomes for a Millennium Fund, and notes the era’s Poor Law enforcement and a London press report on Louis Philippe’s health. It closes with praise for a Waterloo battle model displayed in Piccadilly and the cost and reception of the work.
An Arragon dispatch from Oct 3 reports General Pardinal's defeat by General Cabrera on the Caspe Maella road. The garrisoned fortress area shows panic with the military governor's residence besieged. Casualties exceed 200 and prisoners 300 to 400. Pardinas led five infantry battalions and two cavalry squadrons, Cabrera matched with a similar force.
The 1838 report details the Carlist General Jose Maria Fuén Mayer facing a gazotte execution in Madrid after a conspiracy charge. He letters his wife and brothers from prison, shows calm dignity, and urges forgiveness, while the sentence is carried out by a standard Madrid method with a hood and chair, leaving the body displayed for hours.
A Hanoverian Sun correspondent argues a sovereign cannot ascend in blindness while Ernest shows a contrary example. The piece attacks public propriety, the people’s wishes, and the king’s interests, claiming continual blindness to signs and even to the wall.
A Manchester paper correspondent recounts a Windsor visit. He attends St George's Chapel service, critiques the sermon, admires Queen Victoria in public, notes her plain dress, and describes her Windsor Garden appearance and riding. He warns of court gossip and defends the Queen's upbringing and virtue.
There is a week long interruption to the Humberstone road embankment as the Humberstone turnpike bridge remains unfinished prohibiting wagons from crossing. Excavators and labourers are idle but expected to return next week. Iron ribs across the road are proving difficult to fix and take time. Half of the new London road bridge is now passable while the remaining road section will be broken up to finish it.
Inquest at the Black Horse Deptford into the death of Mary Simpson aged about 22 found drowned in the canal after a Friday night out with a coachman and an omnibus conductor. Evidence showed Smith and Lullam failed to prevent the suicide while Anderson warned of impropriety. verdict is death by own action while temporarily deranged with police exonerated.
Four years in progress the colossal thirty foot statue will stand at Benraigie summit within the next fortnight. The sculptors have a house at Danrobin provided by the late duke’s widow and a head cast is displayed in the castle summer-house.
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