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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Sep 10, 1843

Page

7

Teetotaller riot over pledges ends in committal

In a Middlesex session, a crowd attacked a teetotaller couple after a pledge dispute. Witnesses described publicans accused, violent shouts, and police rescue. Hayes faced bail while Cokely and Harrigan stood to court. Separate cases saw a constable severely wounded by Cotter and Campbell, and indecent assault charged against a well dressed man in Hammersmith.

Mr. Broderip Watts Mathew Brederip James Weston Broderip Inspector Watts Ball Hayes Cokely Harrigan Middlesex Timothy Cotter Mary Campbell Reuben Webb K Division Webb Harrow Highstreet Poplar Black Boy Alley Francis Cotter Campbell Abbott William Peatling Reuben Martin Keeley May

A Teetotaler in Westminster Court of Requests

A court scene shows a gaunt defendant who pledges abstinence from alcohol while facing a 14s 8d beer debt to Abraham Sanderson of the Red Lion. The commissioner orders payment within four weeks, but the defendant vows prison over breaking his Father Mathew inspired vow, leaving witnesses astonished.

Joseph Andrews Abraham Sanderson Red Lion Westminster Mr. Andrews Father Mathew

Galway miscreant Lynch faces magistrate in odd Galway tale

A Galway man named Michael Lynch appears before a magistrate after a spree that included boxing with a boy and clashes with constables. Witnesses describe him as a calm, blunt speaker with a humorous head for mischief. He insists he came from Galway and jokes about his past, while police display bumps on their heads from earlier skirmishes. The bench fines him lightly and allows him to depart.

Vineyard Dirk Hatteraik Mr. Lynch Michael Lynch Galway Donnybrook Loughrea Lynch Murdher Trish Higgins Mick Lynch Natch

Tragic Lambeth Suicide and Arson Suspect

In Lambeth at No 43 Oakley Street Margaret Price a newly released mother killed herself after a period of despair linked to her child’s death and poverty. An inquest found temporary insanity. Meanwhile a nine year old girl in Boulogne showed monomania for arson, and a Risely man faced trial for petty theft with bail granted.

Suicipe Margaret Price Oakley Street Lambeth Messrs Maudeslay Boutilier Boulogne Simon Fowler Risely Bedford Sterling C. Croot Riseley Herts Reformer

Ministerial Faineans Do Nothing at German Court Parody

A column ribbing the active government mocks ministers for inaction. It lists Peel, Stanley, Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor, Bod en, and others, all pledging to do nothing while Parliament questions their efforts. The piece concludes with Lord Brougham’s unanswered questions and a lament for wasted effort.

Prince de Ligne Robert Peel Tain Lord Stanley Lord Aberdeen Foreign Office Haddington Ripon Lord Boden Ben O'Israeli O'Connell Edward Sugden Exchequer Emerson Tennent Edward Knatchbull Kent Rus Gertain Lord Brougham

Scottish Benefices and Military Promotions in The Gazette

Notifications of church promotions in Scotland with incumbents ceased and new presences, plus War Office appointments across regiments including Life Guards and Dragoon Guards, barracks, and staff: promotions by purchase, transfers, and unattachments, with insolvency and bankruptcy notices, dividends, certificates, partnerships dissolved, and sequestations in Scotland and England.

The Dance of Justice and Oddities in Cork Ball

An Irish police inspector gala ruse foils swindling by a London mobster at a Cork ball. A lady in the crowd pilfered a gentleman’s purse, but the officer quietly arranged a promenade and handed her off to a fellow constable. Also notes medical reports on Lord Londonderry, Brougham, and Ferrand. Atmospheric phenomena describe a rare heat wave and striking sunset cloud forms over the city. Quaker MPs in Parliament traced to J Pease and William Aldam with Aldam’s Cambridge honor and U S tour plan.

Cork London Lord Brougham Ferrand M.P Kissengen Stafford Lord Londonderry Liverpool Durham House of Commons J. Pease South William Aldam Leeds Pease Aldam Cambridge America United States Canada

Claims and Objections in the Court of Requests

The notice outlines claims and objections by literary figure Lord Lennox and Lord Brougham, plus a government claim for the country. It mentions a washing charge of one shilling and ninepence, and notes Jenkins’s objection quashed at Castle Street Court of Requests with a later compromise regarding Oxsedtencoby.

Wm. Lennox Lord Brougham Osysecrep Oxsedtencoby Jenkins Castlestreet Punch

Affectionate Goose Impresses Newton Stewart

A gander named Toby in Newton Stewart has fallen for a stocking weaver, a metal-fascinated love shown by daily antics. He leaves his roost each morning, shadows the worker, and even accompanies fishing trips, a charming example of interspecies affection reported by the Dumfries paper.

Newton Stewart Toby

The Aggressor Fish and the Fly Fishing Tale

A first person angler defends his right to fish on a river claiming ownership of the stream. He describes casting a fly and battling a larger fish that he labels an aggressor, justifying striking the fish to end its attack. The anecdote ends with the fish slain and its belly described as distended with flies.

Andromeda

The Queen in France and a Cheshire Cheese Quest

A Punch humorous piece describes a French agent seeking Cheshire cheese and London porter for Louis Philippe. Misunderstandings abound as the agent, unable to procure terms in English, asks for stout and assorted cheese, finally shipping the requested items aboard the Dart steamer under Captain Cheeseman.

France London Louis-Philippe Cheshire Robuate de Londres London Stout Whitbread Thomas Fromage Fort Bill Dart Cheeseman Punch

The Cotton Market News and Trade Chorus

The excerpt discusses cotton markets and India’s probable price impacts, noting a sixpence rise in forty-inch shirting last fortnight. It portrays a cautiously hopeful trade climate, with general health in demand, fabric prices, and hosiery production. It includes staged musical commentary on gloves socks and wages shaping.

India

Royal notices and assorted maritime crimes in 1843 1848 era

The report compiles a string of 19th century items including the presentation of Reverend Robert Fairweather to Nigg parish in Aberdeen presbytery, personnel changes in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, sugar price data, insolvency declarations, bankruptcies, partnerships dissolved, economic notes from Manchester and Leeds cloth trades, a South Sea voyage return by Captain Sir John Ross, post office regulations in the Rourat Districts, a coiners’ seizure and a tea counterfeit operation, a Grays Essex fatal accident, Victor Hugo related tragedy at Havre with his wife, and brutal Spanish military executions in Madrid area, all framed as contemporaneous notices and market/official updates.

Waitenany Robert Fairweather Nigg Aberdeen George Hopton Hyde Whitty John Noble Arbuthnot Freese Hyde Edward James Paterson Freese Great Britain Henry Brexyett Grocers’ Company Grocers'hall R. J. White Stockport Cheshire B. Byrne Manchester Manchester-square A. Levy Winchester-street London-wall M. A. Fitzroy Upper George Bryanstone-square R. Holt Rochdale Lancashire J. Bidwell Norwich T. Home Great Haseley Oxfordshire R. Dawson Whitfield Derbyshire A. Dlingworth Dewsbury-moor Yorkshire H. Osborne Bildestone Suffolk J. Chapman Cullum-street Liscard Wesleyan Old Elvet Durham Bankrupilcy R. Richardson Wapping J. G. Forster Aldgate High-street A. Leslie and W. Smith St. Dunstan’s-hill L. and W. Fever Fenchurch.-street R. Murphy Raper H. Shuttleworth Market Harborough Leicestershire F. and G. Szarka New Bond Street Davies and Edwards Westminster Road E. Cock Plymouth H. Adams Totnes Devonshire B. Musgrave Leeds J. Watts Holborn Victualler J. Barwise Pall-mall W. Aelett Bitterne Southampton Grocer J. Farren Nineelms Surrey S. Chew Clipston Northamptonshire J. Webber Wood Street Cheapside Boston T. Sanderson J. Breasley J. P. Davis Bromley Kent G. Leeson Birmingham R. Gregson Liverpool E. F. Smith Old Market Street Bristol Carpenter and Builder Marriott and Seymour Britannia Brewery Worcester Hodgson, Davies, and Co Philpot Lane Billin and Curry Helston Cornwall Cawkwell and Dodson Mill Lane Tooley Street Campbell and Hodges Port St. Mary Spain Coote and Co Austin Friars H. C. Hashbee C. Robinson and Co Bath C. Robinson Douglas and Martin South Sea Sir John Ross South Seas Admiralty Portsmouth Three Kingdoms Penny No. 3 Redman Fink Jocosely Her Majesty's Officers of Excise Anchor Yard Old-street St. Luke’s Messrs. Spurgin and Rowlandson Anderson Gravesend Mr. Anderson Chatham Races Metancholy Dears DavanTer Victor Hveo Journal du Havre France Tivers M. Pierre Vacquerie Havre Villequier Seine Caudebeck M. C. Vacquerie M. Victor Hugo Derosan M.C. Vacquerie Victor Hugo Paris la Rochelle Montjuich Senor Angles Narvaez Toledo Guernica Madrid San Francisco

REMOVED FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LONDON. 18th Edition medical ads

Advertises medical works by Perry and Co on sexual health, venereal disease and restoration. Lists prices 2s 6d to 3s 6d and bulk four bottle deals. Claims cures for nervous debility, impotence, barrenness, indigestion, and venereal disorders. Outlines consultation hours at 19 Berners Street London and multiple selling locations in Birmingham and London.

Birmingham London R.and L. Perry Strange Paternoster-row Field Quadrant Regent Street Philips Oxford-street J. Gordon Leadenhall-street Guest Bull-street Perry Messrs. Perry Berners-Street

Lamert on Debility and Disorder From Excess

An early medical pamphlet by Samuel Lamert promotes a sealed edition on illnesses from excess and solitary habits. It cites treatment of nervous debility, gonorrhea, syphilis, indigestion, and related conditions, with remarks on marriage and reproductive health, offering consultation at Bedford Street London for a fee and strict secrecy.

Samuel La’mert Birmingham Barraclough Fargate Sheffield Davey Broad-street Bristol Manchester Chronicle la Mert Bedford-street Bedford-square London

Manly Health by Lucas and Co. A Victorian guidebook

A promotional notice for AnLY HEALTH by C J Lucas & Co London offering a comprehensive work on sexual debility, premature decline, and restoration. It details the book’s aims, audiences, and the authors’ professional credentials, with subscription-like guidance and fees, and lists multiple booksellers across the United Kingdom.

Manhood. Causes and cure of premature decline in society

Sealed envelope edition offering guidance on restoring health from excess, solitary habits, or infection. By J E Curtis and Company, London, with eleventh edition praise from multiple papers. Notes on public sales, press opinions, and consultation secrecy at No.7 Frith Street Soho Square.

J. E. Curtis and Company Consulting Surgeons London Burgess Medical Bookseller Coventry-street Haymarket Berth Brydgee Street Strand Mann Cornhill Strange Paternoster-row Guest Bull-street Birmingham Sawler St. Ann's Square Manchester Philip South Castle-street Liverpool Messrs. Curtis Old England Essex Herts Mercury Messrs Curtiss Cook Messrs. Curtis and Company Frith-street Soho-square

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