Reveries on relics of youth mislaid and a French lesson book
A reflective essay on cherished keepsakes and memory’s ache, comparing faded tokens to life’s unfulfilled promises. It then reviews M. Mariot de Beauvoisin’s Four Mostua French primers, praising a silver sheet method that reveals translations, easing early lessons for children. The piece concludes with Cronin’s asthma and consumption lecture, detailing his debunking of tubercular theories and a novel suction-based relief technique amid audience acclaim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Shylock
Ducats
Leah
Sweer
M. Mariot de Beauvoisin
London
Revenue Abstract for Great Britain to October 10 1842
Abstract of the net produce of the revenue of Great Britain for the years and quarters ended October 10 1842, detailing increases and decreases. Includes figures by period and compares with prior years to show financial performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Correspondence on tenancy and legal queries in 19th century notices
A compilation of legal correspondence discusses landlord rights to detain and seize goods for rent, how codicils may affect legacies, tenant covenants to pay rates, and tax obligations. Additional entries cover minor liability, postal charges, hunting and trespass, tobacco and excise rules, interest on debts, and duties of riders and drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F
J. W
W. B.S
Bristol
Fon
Ant. C. U
W. W
Swansea
Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity weather notes and reader letters
The Weekly Chronicle segment records liturgical notes for Sundays after Trinity, with moon and sun data and weather shorthand. It includes reader letters about Windsor chapel access, a correction on Leeds strike costs, inquiries about Lord Frankfurt De Montmorency, Windsor gate keepers, and various editorial notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
Legh
Meteo
Ephem
St. Ethelred
E.N.M
St. Luke's Day
Battle of Navarino
Finnay
Trafalgar
Eln
Saterpay
E.nom
Eplem
Reventes Sr Sr
Geouce
Weekly Chronicle
Wisdsur
Duchess de Naja
Jesar
Jessef
Jesse
Jude
Derorm Club
Anrein Staw
Lei
Liverpool
Rochdale
Peg Postunus
Miss Pustansias
Lev
Blackheath
London
William the Fourth
Royal Aeademy of Music
Italy
Shaw
Mary
Tours
Vieuiras
Cost
Sruikrs
Leeds Mechanics
Bradford
Ben- Jasin Woon
Thornton-street
Thornton-road
Frankfort de Montmorency
Frankfort
Galmayn
Aillenny
Morrix
Qood
de Montmorency
Mount Morris
W.C. Sr. Grange
Winnson
St. George's Chapel
Windsor
Afra
Trolloppe
St. Mary-le-Strand
Holywell-street
A. B
A. J
Buckingham
Duke of Marlborough
KK. K. K
Gloucestershire
Buckinghamshire
Time of Sunrise and Sunset and High Water Rules
To find sunrise and sunset for any place in Great Britain and Ireland use latitude from guides. For latitudes above 61 30 substract from sunrise and add 6 minutes to sunset. for latitudes below 51 80 subtract from sunrise and add 5 minutes to sunset. For high water at ports, adjust London Dock time by specific hours and minutes per port listed, incl Bristol 6h10m and Cork 2h24m, Dover 2h56m, Holyhead 4h82m, Southampton 3h26m, among others. These notes guide calendar inquiries and related notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain and Ireland
London Dock
Bristol
Cork
Cove
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Southampton
Chartist Conspiracy Trial and Labour Backlash Debate
The article argues that wages fall as corn rises and the harvest offers no relief to unemployed workers. It condemns Lord Abinger and the legal system for harsh measures against Chartist leaders, noting arrests and trials at Stafford, Liverpool, and Chester. It links public opinion to the Staffordshire riots and details charges of conspiracy tied to the Manchester Meeting, naming Feargus O'Connor and others amid hostile press portrayals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Abinger
Lancashire
Special Commission
Staffordshire
Stafford
Tindall
Liverpool
Chester
Cooper
Messie
Feargus O'Connor
Hill
Scholefield
Leach
Campbell
Harney
Grand Jury
Manchester
Griffin
Arthur
Carlisle
Mantle
Evening Star
The
Statesman
O'Brien
Mr. O'Connor
Leening Star
O'Connor
Sturgeites
Waghorn Exit and Afghan Policy Critique in Press
The article argues Lord Ennoborough benefited from persuasive allies but questions Cabinet interference over recrossing the Indus. It ponders Waghorn’s role and whether a late government move avoided a disastrous outcome, fearing loss of public trust in a high official’s capability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Enenborough
Waghorn
Affghanistan
Indus
Newspapers Stamps Return for Weekly Sales April June 1842
A government notice lists the number of newspaper stamps issued at one penny to weekly newspapers for the months April May and June 1842 with the weekly average sale of each. The tally names publishers and quantities and states the stamping authority and compliance period.
Spies and Special Commissions in Lord Abinger’s Law
The piece denounces Lord Abinger's interpretation of the law as a broad net trapping Chartist-era dissent. It condemns the use of conspiracy and sedition charges against meetings and writings, argues the law overreaches, and warns of threats to liberty as middle class juries yield to panic. It notes tensions over wages, corn prices, and the Anti Corn Law League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell
Lord Abinger
Fry
Nicholas Tindall
Baron Alderson
Justice Cresswell
Jamies
Crown
Lord Abinger Harps
James Graham
Liverpool
Scylla
Charybdis
Anti-Corn Law League
SOMNAMBULISM AND GIPSIES OF THE NEW FOREST
A Bradford Herald note describes a sleeping woman who cut her hair with scissors and slept again unaware of her act. The article then cites a New York ad on heraldry books with long pedigrees, and a Globe piece on gipsies in the New Forest, detailing their seasonal activity, trade in ponies, forest court at Lyndhurst, and the farmers’ cautious view of these travellers who live nearby and are seen as both watchful and misunderstood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford Herald
New York
Jonathan
Old Bailey
United States
Gipsies
New Forest
Royal Domain
Lyndhurst
Commissioners of Woods and Forests
Economic gloom as Leeds and Sheffield feel wage decline
The period’s revenue shows steep decline in excise and stamps, signaling reduced productive power amid factory distress. Reports from Leeds and Sheffield describe severe trade contraction, lack of orders, and rising destitution among laborers, with aid inadequate to meet needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds
Sheffield
Montgomery
Shefherd
Ellenborough paper war debate over India governance
The Ellenborough paper discusses the Afghanistan evacuation, Lord Ellenborough's conduct, and parliamentary scrutiny. It contrasts government praise with alleged missteps, noting a shift in Tory press tone and signaling looming public reckoning. The article also rails at Cobden and the Tory press for anti Corn-Law agitation and calls for a united policy to revive agriculture and national industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Overland Mail
England
Afghanistan
East
Cabal
Weekly Chronicle
Fane
Cabul
Lord Ellenborough
Affghanistan
Pollock
Great Britain
Orning Post
Robert Peel
Cheshire
Stockport
Peel
Cobden
House of Commons
United States
the Times
Anti-Corn-Law League
Mr. Cobden
Times
Grege
Ireland
German Commercial League
Gladstone
Trial of the prisoners for destruction of Rev Aidken's house
The trial before Chief Justice Tindal resumed with Eliza Simpson and 14 co defendants charged over the arson at Hanley. Witnesses tied Ellis to the night fire while alibi claims and mob rhetoric were reviewed. Verdicts followed with multiple guilty findings and several not guilty, Ellis weeping as the court adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Scarratt
Ellis
Crownbank
Bristol
Nottingham
George Scarrett
Burslem
Joseph Keeling
Colclough
Lee
Rose
Lees
Murray
Allen
Brooks
Jing
Ann Rogers
Henley
George Roberts
Goodwin
Arraigna
Elijah Simpson
Thos. Owen
Thomas Murray
George Kelsall
Philip Deane
Wm. Spode
Henry Howard
Wm. Ellis
A. Wood
Elijah Clay
John Cancliff
Joseph Green
Richard Crofton
John Rathbone
Wm. Turner
Thomas Roberts
Prisoners Guilty in Destruction of Dr Vale’s House
In Treaspar court the twenty six defendants were brought for sentence after verdicts of guilty for destroying Dr Vale’s house. The chief justice outlined distinctions among participants before imposing transports and imprisonments ranging from two months to twenty one years with hard labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Vale
TrEespar
John Harris
Richard Wright
George Colclough
John Williams
Joseph Whitson
Cotton
William Cartledge
Jervase Phillips
Wagstaff
Joseph Saunders
Whitehouse
Gilbert
Banks
Smith
Shaw
William Bradbury
Owen
John Powell
Dimmock
Hurst
Millington
Eaton
Eage
James Hurst
Justice Parke
The Two's Again Peel and Poison
A satire on Sir Robert Peel and dining scandal, attacking the Premier’s cooks and the season’s unhealthiness. The writer cites Peel’s dinners at Drayton Manor, warning of inquest risks and mocking Tory papers, while noting foreign dignitaries and aristocrats fleeing to avoid poisoned reputations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peel
Pickford
Hrammer
Weekly Chronicle
Robert Peel
Wakley
Drayton Manor
Brussels
Drayton
Esterhazy
Monsieur Guizot
Conyers
Ss Ierae
Trial of Thomas Cooper Charges Over Attack on Parker House
Leicester chartist Thomas Cooper and twelve others stood charged over the August 15 attack and destruction of Mr Parker’s house in Stoke upon Trent. The defense sought a separate trial for Cooper, while witnesses described meetings at Crown Bank Hanley and Crown, with Cooper allegedly addressing lines about labor disruption and arson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cooper
Leicester
Parker
Stoke upon-Trent
Cooper
Lee
Yardley
Potteries
Crown-bank
Hanley
Crown
Forrester
Mary Trevis
P. Wilding
William Palmer
Royal Oak
John Benjamin Lewis
Crownbank
Boston
South Stafford
Wolverhampton
Crown Bank
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Cronin
Ugh
Isihima
W. Gering
Hungerford
Fant
St. Martin's Tanee
Forsyth
West Strand
Ee Seeliese Svowbas
Ssessar
Ely
Oleel
Bell
Lon
Examiner Britannia
Ae Spectator
John Bull
National Advertiser
Atlas New Weekly Mess
Eas
Observer Argus
British Queen
the Weekly Chronicle
Ellenborough
Pro-Corn Law
Parliament
Mr. Cabden
Manafac
Special Commissions
Ray Lee
Ste
Trent House
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