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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 05, 1846
Page
3
A collage of comic notices and satirical sketches on public taste, witty portrayals of society, and critiques of literature and patronage. It lists quips about poets, critics, and social climbers, with digressions on Carlyle, Hood, and Crowquill, ending with reviews of poetry and periodical engravings.
A lengthy account from The Weekly Chronicle describes a circus scene with masqueraders and a rogue bull tormenting performers, followed by commentary on public figures and a long review of periodicals. The piece shifts to a dramatic travelogue excerpt and ends with a medical lunacy commission involving Mrs Catherine Cumming and her ill-treatment of Captain Cumming, with witness testimonies detailing filth, abuse, and contested property.
The Lords and Commons met for royal assent to numerous bills including Contagious Diseases and Public Works Ireland, with prorogation declared for November 4. The session saw 570 bills pass, amid presence of foreign ministers and notable attendees, ending in a ceremonial speech and the Usher of the Black Rod summoning the Houses.
The Hibernia, returning from America, collided with a small American fishing schooner in fog off the American coast at night. The schooner sank after a starboard bow contact. the captain and five crew members were lost. The Hibernia sustained minor damage to the bar and paddle box, now being repaired.
The Times records cabinet ministers departing on Saturday with Lord Lansdowne on a continental trip and others heading to country residences while Lord J Russell stays at Wimbledon. Edward Strutt MP is named president of a new Railway Board, hailed as a merit-based promotion. Colonial appointments are praised as rewards for public service, raising England’s governance image. A separate report describes a labor dispute at Marlborough Street police office involving Lord William Paget, threats with a knife, and a court of requests path for debt recovery, followed by a pharmaceutical prescription case ending in a verdict for the defendant.
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