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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 14, 1838
Page
3
A collage of verse and prose sketches on beauty in sorrow and royal dress. It discusses Napoleons full dress uniform and lavish embellishments, plus a desert camel mishap, Saxon month names, a curio on women, and a distant China wall note.
A critical review of Terrewest and Richardson on the new act abolishing debtor imprisonment. It explains three main provisions: halting arrests at start of suits, extending remedies against debtor property, and letting prisoners secure release by assigning property to creditors.
A distressed girl confesses to Rose Maylie that she is the thief’s ally and Oliver’s betrayer. She reveals Monks had schemes to reclaim the boy and profit, and that Fagin, Monks, and others plotted to drive Oliver into crime through a ruthless bargain. Rose offers aid amid grim revelations.
Reports on a comet sighting by J Guaisier at Cambridge Observatory with observations through various telescopes and notes on atmospheric conditions. Also includes an odd Gloucestershire marriage ad spoof and Paris trial of Charlotte Cauchois for murder and a literary excerpt by Lady Caroline Lamb.
City authorities announce sweeping changes at Smithfield Market including removal of the central island pens, new footways and carriageways, separated cattle and sheep areas, improved drainage, and safer, broader passages to reduce mud, crowding, and cattle driving hazards. The work, funded by the common council, is part of a broader modernization of the market system and related facilities.
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