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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 22, 1842
Page
7
A lengthy analysis weighs Major Messiter's claim of a massacre against India campaigns. The piece considers official channels, press silence, and the possibilities of misidentification, arguing the disaster story is likely unfounded amid conflicting reports from Bombay, Sukkur, and Jellalabad.
The will and codicils of the late Lord Congleton are proved in the Prerogative Court with Hon. Henry William Parnell as residuary legatee for life and sole executor designated in the second codicil. The will of Dr John Ireland is proved in Juctis Commons detailing generous legacies to Harriet Tuck, Mr Smithman, Mr Taines Turle, and several institutions with total personal property sworn under £7,000.
The article outlines a string of tariffs and duties imposed on English exports by Russia, Portugal, France, Belgium, the United States, and the German League, with potential Brazil talks, signaling a coordinated commercial pressure unseen since Napoleon. It notes domestic effects plus a bankruptcy proceeding for Lord Huntingtower, and references others, including church and civic matters, with local investigations and a market mystery killing at Billingsgate.
The Paris correspondence describes alleged discussions between Britain and France about naval strength and a possible commercial treaty. It notes Admiralty orders limiting ships in commission, debates over the right of search and a potential portal treaty. Reports from Vienna and Belgrade discuss Serbian instability, potential rulers, and consular arrangements. Also includes West India steamer Tay arrival details and local Marylebone vestry plans to erect a monument to Scotch reformers of 1793-4.
Report covers the death of the Marquis Wellesley and expected replacement by the Earl de Grey. It details government moves appointing Serjeant Greene as solicitor-general, Blackburne to the mastership of the rolls, and related judiciary reshuffles including Pennefather’s possible transfer, with notes on Stock becoming prime serjeant and other courtroom changes. Also recounts a burglary murder confession, education inquiries at St Pancras, Bristol bishop confirmations, and Manchester trade gloom amid wage concerns and Cobden’s opposition to Lord Abinger’s charge. Includes Bristol and Staffordshire trial coverage and a detailed account of infanticide case involving William Sheen.
Report on Henry Speare landlord of the Red Lion Nag's Head court Gracechurch street fined for refusing admission to police after loud voices and nine lodgers leaving at dawn. Union Hall crime note: Samuel Stevens assaults Mary Singleton pregnant woman, magistrate orders summary punishment with £5 and three months. Miltion mill pond found body of young woman believed murdered. identified as a stranger, in Milton parish. Kent Herald report dated Thursday.
Fireworks dealer B P W Hart announces supply of squibs wheels crackers Roman candles rockets maroons and all descriptions of fireworks at 31 Oxford Street near Mile End Gate orders to No 1 Whitechapel Road. country orders require remittance.
A Victorian advertisement extols Ppalse's Galvanic Family Pills for indigestion and notes miraculous cures. Also praised are Halse's Scorbutic Drops and Halse's Stomach Cordial for blood purification, scorbutic eruptions, stomach pains, and nervous disorders with prices and London wholesale agents listed.
A rediscovered 1830 will of Old Parr describes health remedies and a gift of preparing a medical decoction. Parr’s Life Pills are marketed worldwide, with claims of miraculous blood rejuvenation and rapid cures for long illnesses, backed by letters and endorsements. Prices listed as 1s per box, with wholesale agents named in London.
A 12th edition medical work priced at 23 6d, mailed sealed free in the UK, or 3s 6d via post-office order. It covers sexual health, gonorrhoea, stricture, mercury effects, and marriage guidance, with observations on restoration and adulterated rhetoric. Perry and Co publish in Birmingham and Leeds with the cordial and purifying pills marketed for venereal debility and related disorders.
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