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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 23, 1847

Page

5

Public Meeting Challenges Westminster Court Ruling Over Shopkeepers’ Rights

A Westminster public meeting at the Crown and Anchor Strand protests the Westminster County Court ruling in Lord Bury v Clark. Led by Charles Lushington MP, tradesmen push for appeal to the Lord Chancellor and Parliament, urging restoration of a shopkeeper’s control over his house. The gathering adopts four resolutions, including appealing to the Lord Chancellor and forming a fund to reimburse damages. A deputation is named to present a memorial to the Lord Chancellor.

Westminster County Court Westminster Crown and Anchor Strand Lord Bury Clark Charles Lushington Magna Conor Wyld Al.p County Court of Westminster Hed Henley Mr. Bernardi Mr. Wilke Grievancs Cumming N.P J. Wyld Geeson Austria France Caba Lord Minto Romana Bogroven Oy Mary Lenong Borough of Marylebone D. W. Harvey Life Guards United Service Gasette Danixa Baratasy Nottingham County Richard Atkinson Grassthorpe Newark Egmanton Wills John Ashbourne Robert Green Egmonton George Herring Hezekiah Beardsall Retford Taxford Atkinson's W.F. Handley Green Ashbourne Beardsall Nottingham

Mr Marston’s New Play The Heart and the World

A London theatre review condemns Mr Marston’s new play The Heart and the World. Miss Faucit’s Florence and Miss Bennett’s Laura earn praise amid a wary verdict on the plot and verse, with Mr Creswick as Vivian and Mr Green’s aerial ascent noted in a mixed bag of theatre and travel items.

Mr. Marston Haymarket Marston Miss Faucit Wes Vivian Temple George Hallerton Vivian Laura Hillerton Florence Vivien Sir George Siater Walter Ashbrooke Laura Hallerton Coxcomb Laura Sheridan Knowles Julia Bennett Runa Earth Bat Mwain Jovern Miss Bennett Mr. Creswick

Overseers Accounts in City of London Tax Bill Revisions

The revising barrister M Christie examined 113 parish bills from vestry clerks, all attorneys, in a detailed audit of charges. He disallowed many items calling them plain attorney and client costs, sparking debate on legal fees and municipal duties.

London Mr. M'Chinstie M‘christie Conta St. Botolph Aldergate M'Christic Batho Ventry Mr. Batho Mr. M'Christie M‘chinstie M.christie St. Martin, Vintry St. Beast Gracechurch Leonard Eastcheap McHristie Vestry Clerk Mc Christie Vesny Shadwell Middlesex St. Martin, Ongar St. Stephen Coleman Street Mr. M‘christice St. Gabriel Fenchurch M'Christie St. Bride’s Mr Christie Brown 8. Smith

Paris and Spain news amid unrest and Algerian skirmishes

Latest intelligence reports unrest in Spain and Switzerland raising fears of civil war as Austrian and French planners weigh intervention. Kabyle attacks near Gigelly in Algeria fail, while new settlements and stock market shifts appear alongside Neapolitan cabinet reforms and San Marino changes.

Paris Spain Christina Narveez Switzerland Moniteur Algérien Gigelly Faure Algeria Abd el Kader Riff Morocco Deira Kasbat Zelonan Penthiovre Constantine Oued Moya Berda Oued Datdara Orleans Rouen Havre Great Northern Avignon Vierzon Bordeaux Troyes Montereau Dieppe Basle Strasburg Nantes Lyons Lyena Maparo Maria Christina Catalonia Madrid Pallade Naples M. Santangelo Trebla Campofranco Prince de Scordia Interior M. Bianchini Prince Campofranco M. Parici Justice Princa de St. Elia Commeres Agricultors General Delcaretto MM. Ferri Scilia Pistracatella Trebia Sicily Conistini Pignatelli de Serra di Falco Leghorn San Marino Chamber of Representatives Aitinga M. Bonelli Oer Malta Igst Abrahim Pasha England Dover Narioxa Board of Education Board of National Education Murray Ratheeale Rathbkeale Liverpool Birkenhead University of Teniove Frege Ong House Lissongrove Thomas Burch Girdlestone Barch Braidwood Warruxaton Crus Hovsz Fise Whittington Club House Gresham Street King Street Guildhall Watling Street Yapp

Alleged murder at Gravesend in tenement dispute

A grievous inquest in Gravesend follows the death of Mary Anne Powter after a violent quarrel with William Wilson. Eyewitnesss describe fighting, an umbrella strike, and Powter's fatal apoplexy. The coroner and jury rule the cause of death as apoplexy with no conclusive external blow.

Mary Anne Powter Newcourt Wear Street William Wilson Gravesend Elizabeth Rose James Rowe Afernoon Galesses Ettack Fobn Bridie Frances Rose Priscups John Bridle C. J. Carttar John Gladdish Saunders Sargean Tme

Committal of a Medical Man at Huddersfield Bigamy Case

Huddersfield surgeon Jonas Hellawell faces committal on a bigamy charge after testimony details a Scottish marriage to a woman in Glasgow in the 1830s and a second marriage in Huddersfield to Mary Priestly in 1841. The case hinges on irregular Scottish marriage laws and the witness accounts, with bail set at £50 and two sureties at £25 each.

Jonas Hellawell Huddersfield W. W. Battye J. Sutcliffe J. Brook Hellawell Scotland Lord Eldon Galloway Ellen Mackay Hugh Mackay Margaret Hellawell Wellington Street Glasgow Mr. Hellawell Argylle Street John Margaret M. H Ms. H London Mr. H Greenock Thia Tme Mrs. Hellawell Mire John Butters Nichol Hellawell Pala Mtyself Elles Nicholl Afteen Jonas Mra England Barker Tweves Erskine Clough Erakine Institute Bach York Turner Abel Hellawell John Dent

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