16 Oct 1842
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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 16, 1842
Page
1
Readable fragments mention prices and items with scattered figures like 56 58 304 and 33 238 50g. Context unclear. text appears as a disrupted catalog or market list with multiple digits, currencies, and descriptors lacking coherent sentences or identifiers.
A Birmingham correspondent critiques the Complete Suffrage Movement and Mr. Sturge. The letter defends open inquiry while warning against universal suffrage as a dangerous experiment, arguing for gradual reform and cautious progress rather than immediate full franchise.
From Liverpool reports the Acadia arrives after Halifax departure on the 3d. Webster’s Boston speech at Faneuil Hall is judged worthy yet inconclusive on his future in office. Commentary questions party loyalty while praising his character and decrying Yankee tactics. Canada reports continued political hostility and Governor Bagot's plans, with arrivals from the Great Western and a cautious outlook as new steamer schedules unfold.
The Leeds Mercury reports a surge of commercial pressure as foreign tariffs rise on English woollens linens and hardware. It notes Russia Portugal France Belgium the United States and the German League waging tariff wars against Britain. Also covered are the Tollemache bankruptcy hearings and Oxford–style legal appointments amid a day of courtroom activity and imperial dispatches. The Times Herald and Vienna letters provide further overseas updates including Belgrade instability and Servia’s diplomatic options.
Authorities uncovered a plan by Chartists prisoners to seize guards and arms and escape from Stafford gaol amid a fortified siege with double doors and cannon. The governor reported details to the secretary of state as magistrates urged caution. Also noted are plans for a monument to Scottish reformers, forged notes, bankrupts, a suspected murder at Billingsgate, and Staffordshire public sentences for rioters with transports and imprisonments.
Police committee notes a case against Henry Speare landlord of the Red Lion for refusing admission to a police inspector at two am. Nine lodgers seen leaving by five am. Alderman Farebrother fines him only the cost and cautions future conduct. Other cases include theft of umbrellas, detaining a hearth rig, assault on a husband’s wife, and various public order matters.
Dense crowd witnesses a magistrate commit Alice Lowe for trial after depositions are read. Lord Frankfort, living with Lowe at his Hyde Park residence, alleges costly jewellery theft and cash seized at arrest. Lowe defends by saying items were given by him to induce her to live with him.
A Bristol report covers a ruling that the deed of gift from Mr D W Acraman remains invalid and the sale proceeds remain his private estate. It also details confirmations by the lord bishop, demographics of the confirmed, a stormy poor-law court session, and bitter political maneuvering during municipal and parliamentary revision with liberal gains and Tory obstruction. The piece notes Mr Reynolds of the Society of Friends as a related respected figure.
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