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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Sep 12, 1841

Page

3

Anti Corn Law Movements And Reform Meeting Report

A detailed account of a Tuesday evening gathering at the Beehive tavern where Major Revell chaired a meeting forming the St Pancras Anti Corn Law Association. Speeches attacked corn duties, urged tax reform on food, and called for broader union to repeal corn laws amid widespread distress and wage declines.

Te Panave Major Revell Earned Beson Fe Sown St Pancras Anti-Corn Law Association Sidney Smith Pnenee Ft Eforts Cardo Smith Chapman Ce Blic Sania Pathe Stervadion Beomas Fieldey Irty Wornerster Wesleyan Association Park-street Ee Rete Angel-street Bedford Mr. Crowe Baptist John Harris Ashbourne Derbyshire Countess of Huntingdon Bridport Harris Redford Manchester Anch Wen Ae Hoor Pest Haring Crowe Baptist Noel T. Mann J. W. Massie United Kingdom Minh Concert Whitehall Pba Vaughan Holland-terrace Notting-hill Kenton

Excursions in Normandy review in Sociable Society note

The Literary Chronicle reviews Frederic Shobert’s two volume Excursions in Normandy praising its insight into Havre Rouen and provincial commerce. It highlights the author’s unprejudiced travel, German and English parallels, and statistical rigor. A Sociable Society excerpt critiques Havre salons where men and women separate, hindering social interaction.

Normandy Frederic Shobert London Henry Colburn France Havre Rouen

A Singular Custom of Bakers Feasts and Street Dances

An observer recalls a late night ring of dancers in St Francois near the Bassin du Roi, celebrating a baker’s saint with coarsely witty songs and communal dancing. The revels, shared by locals and strangers, echo pagan roots and a loss of distinctive folk customs as modern life encroaches.

Bassin du Roi St. François Quai Des Casernes Quai de Marimotte Rue Royale Ingouville

Marriage Customs and the Normans describe a businesslike wedding

The piece explains Norman marriage precursors where contracts are negotiated like trades, dowry values dominate, and property may revert to families on death. It notes costly disputes, lawsuits, and a ritual garter untying with festive scenes, plus the vigilance of garcons and dames d'honneur in wedding day proprieties.

Normandy Paris Garcons Dames D'Honneur France

Art Destruction in Mologue and Theater Fire in St Petersburg

In Mologue unknown vandals damaged several artworks including a Emde painting and a Dusseldorf landscape, while a small statue was broken. In St Petersburg a theater fire caused by a staged alarm killed and injured many as the crowd flooded exits. a man who saved lives was later honored by the emperor with a pension of £80 for life.

Whitehall Cromwell Epure Milton Andrew Marvel Walter Dryden Charles England Rafaelle Evelyn Hampton-court Major Butler Jesus Christ Worcester Dunbar Richard Cromwell Somerset-house Charles II London Duchess of Portsmouth Her Majesty Versailles St. Germains Japan Brasenas, &c Chapel-Royal Charles I Henry Purcell Portsmouth Cleveland Mazarine James Huddlestone Nelly Gwynne Catherine Sedley Walpole Thehall Hberne Mary d'Este Gibbons Verrin William Westminster Mologue Augustus von Emde Cassel Dusseldorf Burnine St. Perenspuaer St. Petersburg Post Amt . Gazette

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT NOTES ON MONDAY DEBATES AND BILLS

The report details a lively Monday session in the Lords with new administration members, shifting benches, and the Administration of Justice Bill debated. Amendments on vice-chancellor appointments, acute discussion on Irish barristers, and motions to omit certain clauses mark the day as procedural and contentious.

Duke of Waellington Raeliffe Earl of Haddington Viscount Melbourne Marquess of Lansdowne Lord Cottenham Lord Campbell Earl of Belfast Lord Lyndhurst Lord Broucham 19Th Sec Lord Correia Court of Chancery Equity Court of Exchequer Lord Campsext England Ireland Chance Tor Lord Brovena Earl of Wicx Low Lord Campson Lord Correnuam House of Commons Lord Brovenam Court of Queen's Bench Court of Exchequer Earl OF Scarborough Earl of Wicklow Home Department Duke of Welmeton Mediterranean Earl of Rapxor George III Canternuny Administration OF Justice Lord Corres Ham Lord Campsett Lord Brovetan Lord Cuancettor Lord Campset Derry Lord Waarncutrre Corporation OF Dublin Earl of Gueneall Corporation of Dublin Duke of Wettignton House of Lords Churchwardens Duke of Wellington Lord Wharncliffe Lord Scarborough Lords House Daniel O'Connell Merrion Square Meath Cork Lord Asuzzy T. Feemanree Tamworth Robert Peel, Bart Tre Cambridge University Henry Auteurs la Fer Lancashire Lord Stanley Dorchester James Graobim Kent Edward Koatebbull

Times breach of privilege sparks heated House debate

A lengthy debate centers on the Times newspaper for publishing an anonymous slander against an MP. Rozyns accuses the paper of grossly abusing press freedoms, calls for accountability, and proposes either named authors or a legal remedy. He urges constituencies to weigh the matter and hints at extreme measures if attacked again.

Viscount Palmerston Macaulay Thomas Fremantle Pearce Clerk Perceval Wakley Lord Sandon Sergeant Jackson Sir R. Bateson Colonel Verner Litton Mr. Hawes Humphery G. Larpent Bowring Mr. Roebuck Cresswell Dundas Hawes Wm. Blackstone Birmingham Pubrotere Hurr Cork Sudbury Athlone Gloucester Southampton Kinsale Dublin Nottingham Elgin Kerry Tipperary Lichfield Blackburn Dudley Rochester Newport Isle of Wight Bewdley Wigtonshire Wakefield Flint Cardigan Reading Louth Launceston Sir Henry Ottinghamshire Lord Lincoln Baron Lowther Whitehaven Cardiff John Far East Cornwall Tid Nicholl Lord Eliot Reland Bury St. Edmund's Marlborough Earl Jermyn Ernest Bruce Newark Mr. Gladstone Board of Trade Uint Huntingdon Sir Majes Shire of Bute Sir Willi Wenlock Frederick Pollock City of Exeter Willailliam Follett Am Rae Scotland J. i Hi Ames Milnes Gaskell Ford Narlborough Gordon Admiralty I Peel Chippenham George Boldero Lisburn Meynell Willliam E Tyrone Henry Thomas Lowry Corry Jonathan Henry Beidport H. Warburton North Riding Yorkshire W. Duncombe Faversham Bradford Sunderland Ponsonsy Sir George Priv Co Lister W. Thompson Her Majesty's & New Anson Poynings Sussex Ilege TIMES Roznncs J. Johnson Ag &N Home Department Ose Twerese House of Commons Bath Lawson Australia Gene Tson South Hon Walter R. H. Inerts Rogsucx R. H. Ixerrs Ayl Peuibae Roxsack Oxford R. Ines Mr. Rorsack Sreakyr Mr. Rorsucx Bar Straker Sreaker RozBuck

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