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Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 15, 1842

Page

2

Rioters in Staffordshire face trial over burning and theft

Fragmented testimony from Shelton Hanley and Stoke-upon-Trent recaps mob violence during August protests. Witnesses describe meetings led by Linney and Cooper urging resistance, along with assaults on property, with several defendants later convicted or set for transportation.

John Benjamin Lownor Crown-bank Aronian Stafford Wolverhampton Hoe Thomas Scraggs Alexander M.bean George Shaw Shelton Forrester Bell Brunswick-street Hope Chapel Newhall-street Marshall-street Cooper Moe John Holden Ldth Burslem Mary Hall George and Dragon Hanley W. M. Silvester Macclesfield O'Neil Cass Lee Terrorem Populi Justice Tindal Mr. Lee WM. Harding Satourpay Baron Rolfe Ishmael Parry John Jones John Jervis Harding Stoke-upon-Trent Sergeant Talfourd Highgrove Thomas Bott Trent Vale Jarvis Allen Moxpay Charles Tce Richard Croxton John Rathbone Edward Wilkinson John Brunt William Johnson Griffin Staffordshire Walton Croxton Dick Croxton Miss Griffin Jones Jeuhonson Billy Sweep Mary Jones Wilkinson Brun Owen, Deane Simpson Spilsbury Platt John Jackson Samuel Gibson Edward Broaden William Broaden Steele Aarmer Abbey Lawton Jackson William Brovden Gibson Baron Parke Wedresp John Ashley John Johnston John Neale Thomas Rose Potteries Edward Fawkes Rose Phillip Deane Deane Leith Neale Fenton Nevale Mr. Rose Cottrell Ashley Elizabeth Sawyer Johnston Pries Wally Satunvat Samuel Crutchley James Hope Crutchley Meteyard Linney Brockmore Collins Bennett Yeomanry Cavalry Bilston James Smith Himley Brockmore Green Byrne Thomas Beddowes Lon Grenville Thomas Roberts William Corner James Slack Henry Gibson Lord Grenville Roberts Turner Slack Sergeant Ludlow Godson Crown Huddleston Travers W. Whiston Billy John Clift

Rioters Break Door and Attack Mill in London Court Case

Eyewitnesses describe a mob battering a mill door with a seven foot timber battering ram, breaking windows, and hurling stones. Police arrived to end the attack after about thirty minutes, with Kelly and Dolan identified among the mob. The trial covers related Chartist conspiracy cases and Manchester disorder with multiple defendants found guilty or acquitted.

Josiah Lisgrove Kelly Samuel Allen Jackson Dolan Joseph Taylor Charles Christopher Stephens Daniel Lipsett Thomas Shipman Bry Grand Jury Chartist Executive Feargus O'Connor William Hill J. Scholefield Bernard Macartney Peter M‘douall Wilkins O'Connor Hall Kew-street Mr. O’connor Queen's Bench Sessions Mr. O O Connor Baron Alderson William Lee John Sheridan Jane Comey Manchester Alberley Hillyard John Allman Wreakley Street Lee Sheridan Che Clempson and Vaughan Rothwell Winess Corney Thomas Bridges Ellen Kelley

Trials of 117 prisoners in Liverpool riot cases begin

Three judges opened proceedings in Kirkdale prison Ki gao for 117 prisoners listed in the calendar with crimes including riot assault sedition and damage. Individuals such as Feargus O Connor and Rev Scholefield were noted among those not yet arrived. The court heard on August 10 disturbances in Manchester with bread theft and mill demolitions anchored to Sterling and Beckton.

Lord Abinger Wm. Cash Rowland Davies Jere‘emiah M‘cormick Wm. Reed John Platt Manchester Cosgrove Henry Moss Messrs Sterling and Beckton

Envoy Wilton Arrives in Dresden and Nobles Return

A Dresden letter notes Lord Wilton arriving as envoy extraordinary with Secretary Mellish and other dignitaries to invest the Saxon king with the garter insignia. It also reports absentees returning to evade income tax, with the Marquis of Clanricarde and Ely among arrivals, plus nobility and gentry back in town.

Dresden Lord Wilton Mr. Mellish Charles Wellesley Charles Young Pulman England Saxony Order of the Garter Coop Marquis of Clanricarde Ely Ifaterford Robert Peel Archduke of Austria Chatsworth Duke of Devonshire Drayton Windsor Ague Negection Coltiers Clyde Glasgow Police Glasgow Herald Green-park Hyde-park Regent’s-park

Financial distress in Paris markets shakes Café Anglais

Foreign intelligence reports a wave of court decrees in Paris during the first eight days of the month, with sixty sales among traders including the famed Café Anglais. The crisis hits all shops, especially in fashionable districts, while other dispatches note gunpowder mill explosions near Angouleme and a Strasbourg trial involving a gypsy healer.

Paris Café Anglais Angouleme Lo Glandier A M. Bonnel Larborie Vigeois Sisters of Charity Leavin Paris Algiers Civi Hospital Sondrry Hinouy Jeannette Satan Schouller Wis Galignani National

Metropolis Cathedral Reopens After Clearing Itself

The St. Marys cathedral, closed since July, reopens for divine service. The interior has been cleansed from carbonic dust. choirs and monuments restored to view. Center and aisle accessible during service hours with warnings against vandalism.

Reorewine Sr. Puta Leadenhall Poultry Market Corporation of City of London Pont Lonpox Fisher Port of London Thames Downs Poor Law Commission St. Luke Chelsea Somerset-house Chelsea Board of Guardians Somerset- House Twiseltan Morning Herald Board of Guardians Warning Herald New Zealand Company Joseph Somes H. A. Aglionby Isaac Goldsmid Bart Sir Arthur Farquhar Charles Buller M.P Ross Donelly Mangles Eay Nairme Australia New Zealand Her Royal Free Hospitan Gre- Ville-Street Greville Street R. ¢. Packman Home Department Robert Grosvenor Gray’s Inn Road City Light Horse Lord Onslow Lord Southampton Lord Sherborne Mr. Dickie Jer. Olive Clarence Raitway George and Vulture Tavern Cornhill Henry Blanshard Durham Public Works Joan Commissioners

Spain and Portugal News From Madrid to Lisbon

Reports from Madrid describe attempts to counter a rumor of reviving the 1812 constitution and a crackdown on the National Guard with troops deployed to Jeela. Paris letters discuss 40 million reals loan offers from Rothschild and others, while Lisbon reviews government finance, a looming permanent loan, and rising assassinations. Servia’s turmoil ends with Mitschitsch captured and killed. Turkish intervention and Russian visa concerns loom as Belgrade’s fate shifts.

Spain Madrid Salt-Worka Jeela National Guard Bergara Valencia Paris M. Salamanca M. Weisswiller House of Rothschild London Rtothschild Brothers

Scotland-born thief dodges law under new treaty

Nathan M Kingey recently landed in this city from Scotland and was jailed by officer Swete on charges of obtaining over a thousand dollars in goods from Charles Bryson and Thomas Laurie under false pretences. He allegedly fled with watches chains and paints after issuing promissory notes. The Glasgow Chronicle notes the case ties to a broader plot involving William Menzie jun and his father, who fled to Liverpool and then America under assumed names.

United States America Nathan M‘kingey Scotland Swete Terra Firraa Charles Bryson Thomas Laurie New York Herald Glasgow Nathan M‘ixingey Anderston William M‘kenzie, Jon, and

English march on Pekin and China missionaries reach coast

From Macao dated 19 April the English advance on Pekin with 18,000 troops, 40 ships, 70 transports and 20 steamboats. French missionaries Dagnin and Privas reach interior China after arriving on the coast aboard L Erigone. Lady Sale notes prisoners at Lughman writing of clothes from Jellalabad and living twelve in one room with Mrs Sturt.

Univers Paris Macao Pekin Dagnin Privas China L'Erigone Inprax

Fatal assault and rape near Charlesworth Derbyshire

A coroner's inquest heard that Samuel Shaw a 42 year old shoemaker and his wife were accosted by James Ord near Hurst Clough toll bar after leaving a public house. Ord feloniously assaulted Shaw with a stone knocking him senseless then attacked and violated his wife before dragging them both into a field. Shaw later died from his injuries.

Charleswortte Dersysarne James Ord Hurst Clough Ford

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