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10 Sep 1842
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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 10, 1842
Page
1
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A critical look at Chartist leaders Feargus O Connor and Bronterre O Brien as depicted in the British Statesman and Northern Star. The piece contrasts personal portraits, critiques leadership schisms, and questions the movement's unity and future amid internal strife among Chartist factions and their editors. It cites letters from Richard son and Rigby, and recounts disputes over strategy, violence vs nonviolence, and calls for fair debate within the movement.
A London newspaper column reports on royalty travel plans in Scotland, contested reports of the King of Hanover’s death, Dublin University politics, Lord Ellenborough’s India stance, lavish gifts to Queen Victoria, a Hamburgh fire relief fund total, new Dutch cattle imports to Leadenhall, hop-picking forecasts, a Maidstone crop concern, and a fatal fall at St George's Hospital with an accidental death verdict.
The SatronD Sessions opened at nine with Mr. Foster presiding over the Clifton rioters case. A large crowd of collier inmates and locals faced a jury as defendants including Bramall Fielding Holland Orme and Taylor were tried for riot at Clifton Moss on August 20. The prosecution presented witnesses while defence counsel urged leniency, arguing sedition elsewhere and claiming many defendants were mere meet attendees from distant parishes. The jury found guilty Bramall Fielding Holland Orme and Taylor while acquitting others, and sentencing would follow in later sessions.
Last Monday in York, Lord Chief Justice Denman sentenced about 150 rioters to imprisonment with hard labour for periods from two to eighteen months. Also presented are Orrick factual notes and a monthly UK letters delivery statement showing weekly totals and historic comparisons ending August 21, 1842.
A fearsome double tragedy at a roadside tavern four miles from Llantrissent ends with Mary Evans hanged self and killed her six year old son. Husband William Evans returns from Cummer to find both bodies and a coroner's inquest begins amid broad local shock.
An inquest at the Coburg Arms, Webber-street, Newcut, on William Humphreys aged 96, former ship-rigger, reveals he died by self-inflicted throat wound. He had lived 8 years bedridden, yet his mind remained clear. Verdict: temporary insanity caused by age and infirmity. Also notes police brutality inquiry at Kennington Common with a natural death verdict. A robbery report from Hyde Park surgery details a fake patient stealing rings and jewelry.
Francis Bradley, convicted at Liverpool assizes for poisoning his wife, was hanged at Kirkdale on Saturday noon. Crowds gathered, some in poor taste, as the condemned man endured the last rites with P Wilcock and executioner from York. Bradley declared acceptance of his sentence and gratitude to prison staff, then died after a three foot drop.
Friday morning Prince Albert and the Duke of Buccleuch departed Dalkeith palace to Arthur's Seat then returned. In the afternoon Queen Victoria and the Duchess of Buccleuch rode out amid cheering crowds. Illuminations and beacon fires across Scotland lit the Firth of Forth, with Arthur's Seat beacon and many hills from Linlithgow to Berwickshire signaling loyalty to the sovereign.
A string of grave incidents unfolds in Gravesend and Hyde Park Serpentine. Mrs Margaretta Wells dies after choking on a plum stone as her children witness, a man’s body is found after a self inflicted fall, and a cab driver’s fatal injuries lead to a manslaughter verdict against unknown assailants with scrutiny of accomplices. Further, two young children die after drinking fly water laced with arsenic, prompting an inquest verdict of accidental poisoning.
Friday night lit Edinburgh in royal tribute with three mile line of houses brightened from Castle rock to Prince Street. Crowds surged on the Mound as Nelson’s monument blazed, rockets arced from the castle, and oil and gas lamps lit Canongate Lawnmarket Bank Street and public buildings. Saturday’s royal entry drew vast processions, with destitute children aided at the Night Asylum and orphans showcased before Milton House in a scene of loyalty to Queen Victoria.
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