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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 15, 1842

Page

4

Court Discharges Prisoners After Conspiracy Case Ends

Magistrate states there is no prosecutor present and releases Bryers and Morgan. He orders police to retain seized property, including a money sum and valuables, until the prosecutor decides next steps. Bryers is publicly denounced for betrayals toward her brother-in-law, while Morgan’s guilt is linked to a broader deception.

Medcalfe Woolley Wovalley Bryers Dork Morgan Trail Edwin

Present from Paris to Mr. Maule and royal mint news

A Paris present to Mr. Maule from Prince Albert is described, with the gift inscribed as from H.R.H. Prince Albert to Fox Maule, MP for Taymouth, dated September 10, 1842. The Royal Mint reports high bullion demand, new coinage delays, and large exports to India and the East India Company amid the Afghanistan war.

Parisce Maute Macgregor George Street Prince Albert Maule Taymouth Castle H.R.H Fox Maule Taymouth Perthshire Advertiser Royal Mint Bank of England Tndia East India Company Beax John Beau Central Criminal Court Millbank Dover W. Bodkin Macdonald Chancery Ob Serer Yung Loxpon Corree HorseKerrers’ Association Auber Fra Diavelo Don Juan Aylesbury Lineunan Wagstaff Park Road Rugent's Park Bugs Suppen Dearu Wakier No. 25 Bay-street Clerkenwell Coppicerow Royal Free Hospital Greville Street Tan River Queston Smithfield Market Greer Walker's Court Berwick-street Soho Slaghter-House Carnaby Street Lisle-street Haymarket Pall-mall Waterloo-place Duke of York St. James's Park Horse Guard Parliament Street Whitehallyard Whitehall Steps Bannister

Extraordinary Bristol bankrupt in drapery trade case

In Bristol, a hosier facing £5000 debts undergoes a dramatic final examination. The bankrupt’s evasive answers, transfers, and alleged losses trigger fierce scrutiny from the assignees and Mr Commissioner Fane, with adjournment for a balance sheet and warnings of perjury and possible transportation.

Conan Fane Union-street Bristol E. James Lawrence Hk. James Fonblanque France Mr. Lawrence James de James Leicester Birmingham Corah Nut Shilito Shefherd Nottingham London Boulogne Paris Gloucestershire James Trotter Trotter Mden-hill Taunton Bank of Boulogne Adolph and Adam England Barclay’s Bank of England Massen Hayve Exeter Corahang Jamies Messrs. James Lloyd'’s

Legal guidance and public letters in a 19th century notice collection

A dense correspondence page presents legal questions on landlord rights, tenancy covenants, and liability for trades, plus letters critiquing public figures, Windsor chapel access, and editorial corrections. The item mixes legal queries, civic notes, weather ephemera, and reader communications with commentary on events and local nuisances.

Threat to fix a lighthouse on the Goodwins causes debate

A newspaper recounts ongoing public debate over a lighthouse project on the Goodwin sands. It also covers a Regent's Park hawker case where Eugene Roche fought park regulations while selling wares. The magistrate defers ruling, warning Roche to attend Monday's session.

Goodwin Sands Glad Eugene Roche Marylebone Regents Park Wm. Meeking Commissioners of Woods and Forests Meeking Rawlinson Regent'spark Regent’s Park Southampton Street Strand Mr. Rawlinson Regen's Park

Calendar for Britain and Ireland October Time Tables

A nineteenth century style calendar explains solar times for Great Britain and Ireland from October 16 to 28. It describes calculating sunrise and sunset by latitude, and gives high water corrections for major ports such as London Dock, Bristol, Ork Cove, Falmouth Harbour, Hull, Milford Haven, Brighton, Cowes, Dover, Dublin, Holyhead, Liverpool, Port Glasgow, and Southampton. The note ends by declaring notable robberies and directs readers to correspondence for further calendar information.

Great Britain Ireland London Bristol Ork Cove Falmouth Hull Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Harbour Liverpool Port Glasgow Southampton

Newspaper Stamps Returns 1842 Weekly Issued Totals

A government record lists the number of newspaper stamps issued at one penny to weekly newspapers. It specifies monthly totals for April May and June 1842 and notes the weekly average sale of stamps per newspaper.

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Spies and Special Commissions in Abinger’s Political Economy

The Weekly Chronicle attacks Lord Abinger and the Liverpool Special Commission, arguing the Law suppresses dissent and criminalizes attending meetings. It condemns juries willing to convict Chartists, notes selective enforcement, and predicts harsh outcomes for leaders like O Connor, Griffin, and O'Brien amid rising political tension.

Lord Abinger

Sleepwalking Woman Scissors Incident Stuns Town

A young woman rose from sleep and cut off all her ginglets with scissors, then returned to bed unaware of her act, having earlier styled her hair unusually. The bizarre episode, reported in Bradford Herald, follows broader notes on heraldry and New Forest gipsies, describing local beliefs and tensions around farmers, poaching and community vigilance.

Bradford Herald New York Jonathan Old Bailey United States New Forest Lyndhurst Commissioners of Woods and Forests

The Revenue and Distress in Leeds and Sheffield

The Accounts of the Quarter Revenue show a bleak view with declines in Income Tax, Corn Duty, Excise, Stamps and Taxes compared with last year. The piece cites stagnation in manufacturing, falling trade, and rising poverty in Leeds and Sheffield, describing a process akin to consumption and a looming winter hardship for laborers and artisans.

Leeds Sheffield

Ellenboroughs war over India policy and Cobden clash

The piece debates Lord Ellenboroughs India conduct and a policy shift amid Afghanistan events. It argues for restraint from party fighting, questions evacuation orders, and notes changing tone of government organs while Cobdens tariff critique triggers anti corn law agitation and calls for unified national policy to boost agriculture and industry.

Cheshire Cobden House of Commons England United States the Times Anti-Corn-Law League Mr. Cobden Lord Abinger Times Gregg Ireland Wom Ing Post German Commercial League Robert Peel Mr. Gladstone

Fragmentary political screed on Lord Ellenborough and Afghan policy

The text argues about the views of great men in association with a certain figure and questions the government’s motives in safeguarding an individual. It notes relief at avoiding disgrace and hints at a supposed order related to crossing the Todus, foiled by cabinet intervention, while criticizing accountability and capacity.

Lord Abinger Liverpool India Overland Mail England Afghanistan Cabal Ifeekly Chronicle Fane Affghanistan Cabul Lord Ellenborough Pollock Great Britain Werning Waghorn Gove

Poisoning at the Dinner Table Headlines Peel Scandal

The article mocks Sir Robert Peel and his guests amid a flurry of allusions to poisoning at the dinner table. It cites the Premier's supposed unhealthiness of the season, references to the Morning Post and Tory papers, and hints at inquests and diplomatic figures linked to Brammner and Brussels.

Robert Peel Wakley Drayton Manor Brussels Peisoner Rayton Prince Esterhazy Peel Monsieur Guizo Drayton Morning Post Conyers

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