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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 24, 1841
Page
2
A long European dispatch describes French aims in Spain and Italy, details a Madrid palace assault by insurgents, heroic halberdiers, and Queen Isabella’s safety. It covers basque and Catalan uprisings, O Donnell’s Navarre movements, and Bayonne and Pampeluna sieges with ministerial reactions and military orders.
The Medea brought reports from Beyrout of a violent clash near Diur E] Kammar about six hundred combatants on each side. Seventeen or more killed and many wounded after a feud over partridge shooting sparked a wider fight. Colonel Rose attempted to separate the factions but failed to restore order. Additional dispatches note a Napl eusan defeat at Damascus desert by Bedouins and other global disturbances including Aden and Candia tensions, plus New York trading and Atlantic weather impacts.
The Utica court session opened with Judge Grindley presiding as Attorney General Wils Hall sought to call prosecution witnesses against Alexander McLeod for the Durfee murder. Defense counsel Joshua A Spencer argued for postponement until Monday due to testimony gathered in Canada. A lengthy trial is anticipated, with alibi evidence and Canadian testimony to be weighed. expected duration could reach twelve to fourteen days. The proceedings touch on the Caroline affair and wider Anglo-American tensions, with frontier fallout and calls for decisive action.
The report describes James W. Grogan being overtaken at Clarenceville near Missisquoi Bay in a wagon with four armed soldiers and a driver, then moved to the guard-house and taken to Montreal. He appeared badly wounded, with a captured hideout tone, and authorities discuss his potential surrender to American authorities amid public calls in Burlington.
From New York Herald dated Sept 29 reports a new Mexican uprising with Santa Ana gaining strength. Protests in Guadalajara led by General Paredes seek abolition of a 15 percent duty and a people elected congress. Vera Cruz and Puebla show support for revolution, with Santa Ana advancing to seize Perote castle and secure key routes. Yucatan declares independence reporting a split from Mexico and plans for mutual defense with Texas against blockade. Fleet construction in the region signals escalating tension. Sixty Indians surrender near Port Roses with more expected.
A detailed report on extensive repairs to an ancient church, aiming to restore it to its original Norman and early English style. Interior ornaments are being reharmonized, with the circular tower’s Gorrauthian columns being polished into time period pillars. The church is closed for about a year and a half. completion is anticipated.
The first public meeting under the fiat in bankruptcy against Hobhouse Phillot and Lowther of Bath, bankers, was held at the White Hart. Debts proved exceeded seventy thousand pounds. commissioners and reporters were admitted. future meetings were set to prioritize debts of ten pounds or more.
The Dublin municipal roll revised shows strong Catholic majorities in thirteen of fifteen wards. O'Connell to be sworn in as Dublin's first Catholic mayor in 150 years on November 1. Earl and Countess Derey arrived at Kingstown after a rough passage aboard Medusa. A violent storm yesterday disrupted mail service as the Medina struck the eastern pier while avoiding drifting vessels. Lord Palmerston tours Sligo estates praised for management and tenant welfare. Bishop of Kilmore’s death announced. Belfast plans a new Catholic cathedral in Gothic English style, designed by John T. Rochead, with a 226 foot nave and 200 foot transept.
A late 19th century style report surveys the Scottish judiciary centennial changes including lord justice clerk succession and installation details. It traces 1504 events, appoints, oaths, and chair succession, then sketches agricultural museum plans in Glasgow and notes on Mormon proselytism in Wemyss.
News from Cestleton Derbyshire reports miners hate mera out as agents demand more hours for the same pay with wages only two shillings six pence a day or per week. Miners claim mines are impoverished and cannot yield adequate returns in a strike about pay and hours.
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