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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 04, 1842
Page
4
Reports detail mob violence near Glossop Ashton-under-Lyne Staleybridge with attacks on Messrs Cooper and Shipley mills. Armed specials and military aid repelled rioters. four wounded, one Chartist leader James Pilling arrested, chartist agitation fading in Worcester and Birmingham areas.
Reports from Saltcoats Kilbirnie and Quarrelton note continued coal output with no price rise at the depot. Montrose sees political agitation and a ten percent wage cut across weavers and dressers, with magistrates arming constables and militia in readiness to preserve order amid charter agitation.
The notice explains the publication of lists for those objected to and claiming registration, to be posted on church and chapel doors for ten days before September 15. It notes no personal service in cities, and that objected individuals must appear before the revising barrister between September 11 and October 24 to prove qualifications.
The letter column discusses void marriage rulings by ecclesiastical courts and potential appeals to the Privy Council. It also covers life estates in William B.'s line, watch recovery, licence taxation for single women, imprisonments for debt, and a range of reader questions on stamps, grammar, loan societies, and naval passage inquiries.
Instructions describe calculating sunrise and sunset by latitude adjustments and adding minutes per degree, plus tabulated high water times for major ports from London Dock Gate. Mentions Bristol Cork Falmouth Hull Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow Southampton and other harbours with emphasis on calendar information.
The Weekly Chronicle laments clouds and fog delaying Queen Victoria's Scottish tour and notes Ipswich crowds cheering the Royal flotilla. It praises modest royal arrangements, warns against muzzling dissent, and calls for returning to ancient maxims and lawful public meetings despite recent unrest.
A discussion on public meetings in England, defending free expression while condemning sedition, noting how authorities and mobs suppress gatherings. It argues that democratic principles advance through free discourse, yet distortions by Chartists and officials threaten order and liberty. The piece references Joseph Sturge and Chartist tensions in Birmingham and Stafford.
A report covers Her Majesty's rumored wish to visit Sir Walter Scott sites and details a vivid Hanwell Lunatic Asylum male patients' evening of bowls, music, and supper before a rain interruption. It also covers a Westminster inquest into Mary Ann Trimpell's death, suggesting foul play and a post mortem finding of a broken neck from a suspected assault at a common brothel involving a Scots Fusilier Guards soldier.
The piece argues Peel's Corn Law failed to stabilize prices or prevent shocks. Speculation in spring, high import duties, and favorable weather combined to ruin creditors and farmers, leaving the economy exposed. It warns of a wage and trade downturn, with Wheat prices likely to fall and imports hindered.
A Derbyshire narrative details unrest in Glossop linked to Chartist and O Connorite violence. Factories owned by Cooper and Shipley reopened without committee consent, triggering attacks on owners who protected workers. Two men injured and a mob leader arrested for trial at Derby Gaol, while Shipley’s workers stand with him.
Detachments from Ashton and nearby hamlets form a mob of five to six hundred, attack Mr Shipley’s Brookfield Mill, break windows, and clash with Special Constables and 58th infantry. A pistol shot wounds an attacker. James Pilling, a Chartist orator, is arrested for involvement. The incident highlights class tension and calls for legal action against ringleaders.
The Overland Mail argues that British policy and indecision have left Pollock’s army weakened and unable to strike Kabul or Pekin effectively. Akbar Khan gains control of Bala Hissar, while China faces delays before any decisive action, risking humiliation and failed peace attempts.
In the Manufacturing Districts unrest persists as mills reopen slowly while many operatives remain unemployed. Violent plunder appears at night in Stockport and nearby towns, with Chartist leaders blamed for coercive strike tactics. Glossop and Glossop related figures surface as case studies in a growing working class dispute over wage terms.
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