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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 19, 1845
Page
3
A critical notice of Mrs Trollope’s The Atrascrive Max, praising her wit while faulting her warmth toward youth and heroines. The piece questions her social reach and highlights scenes of Lucy Dalton and Theodore Vidal, noting melodrama and moral tones amid sharp social caricature.
The prominent American jurist Judge Joseph Story died in Boston at sixty six. Celebrated worldwide for his Commentaries on the Constitution and Civil Law, he served 34 years on the U S Supreme Court and taught at Harvard. His death triggers national mourning and admiration for a life of towering legal skill and public service.
The Fine Arts Commission reports on statue placements for the new Houses of Parliament. It recommends sixteen insulated marble statues in St Stephen's Hall and porch, selects Marlborough, Nelson, Leiden, Hampden, Lord Falkland, and Lord Clarendon for display, and assigns Calder Marshall, John Bell, and John Henry Foley to sculpt Hampden, Falkland, and Clarendon with 2000 pounds allotted per work.
Obituary of John Jackson, famed pugilist and healer of the ring, is examined to spotlight George IV as "the first gentleman in Europe." The piece chronicles Jackson's London origins, ring debut in 1788 before the Prince of Wales, royal patronage, royal exhibitions for foreign guests, coronation guard duties, and his later role as trainer and host in elite circles, ending with praise for his character and influence.
A special court at New Zealand House chaired by Mr. Aglonby MP outlines steps to renew colonization aims. It details government negotiations, land titles, municipal governance, and a potential loan of up to £100,000 with conditions for securing land and repaying through Crown mortgage. The report covers progress in Wairarapa and New Edinburgh, plus ongoing surveys and defense preparations.
An elderly man, George Rotten of Vauxhall Bridge Road, died when a small pleasure craft overturned after a collision with a loaded barge near the Red House Tavern Battersea. Eight companions fled to shore. one survivor clung to the barge, but Rotten was not recovered by nightfall. An inquest into another death followed at the Barley Mow in Grosvenor Square.
The Bank of England rotunda saw October dividend payments on several annuities including 358 per cent, reduced 3 per cent, long terms and terms of years. A young woman Jane Wahiebeld was seriously injured when struck by an omnibus wheel passing her arm while near New Street and Gough Square. she was treated at a nearby surgeon and the vehicle halted with its number recorded.
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