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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Sep 12, 1846

Page

5

Gathering at Coleshill Honors C N Newdegate in Protection Dinner

A Protectionist grand county dinner at Coleshill near the Swan Inn honored C N Newdegate MP. Sir E C Hartopp presided as Newdegate lauded consistency, attacked free trade and sugar duties, and urged mobilization to defend native industry amid shifting wheat prices and agri tensions. Lord George Bentinck praised Newdegate’s work while urging continued protection and registration watchfulness.

C. N. Newdegate C.N. Newdegate Warwickshire Swan Inn Coleshill E. C. Hartopp Mr. Newdegate Anti Corn Law League Robert Peet Prussia Robert Peel Sheffield Macbeth Cobden Bordéaux League Lord Stanley H. Robins George Bentinck England Jobo o’Groata Atlantic America France Sis Lord Morpeth Wolds Yorkshire Humber Lord G. Bentinck Lord Brougham Brougham Coventry Nuneaton Birmingham Uncle Sam Brother Jonathan Sir Robert Peel Memkers Spooner Birmingham Advertiser

Overland Mail reports on India and regional unrest

Arrival from Bombay dated August 5 details Sir George Arthur’s resignation as governor of the Bombay presidency. Acting governor Lestack Reid named. cholera, plague of crimes, and Sikh tensions noted. British forces, rail and naval updates, and commercial intelligence span Calcutta to Mauritius with weather, bank, and market notes.

India Bombay Suez Sir George Arthur Presidency Ilbearth St !Ength Lestack Ghouinb Singh Moultan Labure Paplaub Scinde Moulin Kurrachee Hydrabad Charles Napier John Napier H. M. 62 Regiment Talen A. D. Campbell 17Th Regiment Native Infantry Sukkur Cape of Good Hops England Simla North Western Indi Punjaub Ceylon Jailundur Doab Poulloor Deccan Fraser Calcutta Poona T. M.mahon Hastings Oriental Bank London Mauritius W. Gomm Meer Sahdar Catcutta Bonsay Chamber of Commerce Stoamer Acbar Madras China Bank of Bombay Bank of England

Velasquez purchase for National Gallery sparks debate

Paragraphs discuss Joseph Ady filing unpaid letters about railway deed subscribers and a major art find. It highlights Mr. Farrer’s acquisition of a large Velasquez painting once in Spain’s royal collection, its exhibition plans at the National Gallery, and praise from Mr. Eastlake. The piece notes the painting’s dramatic Prado scene with Philip IV and Velasquez’s stylistic mastery, plus context on related works and past missed opportunities.

Joseph Ady Bishopsgate-street Joshh Ady York-street Charlotte-street Whitechapel Globe National GalLery Farrer Wardour Street Velasquez Spain Ferdinand VII Lord Cowley Philip IV Olivarez Prado Quevedo Philip V Prince of the Asturias Holland Royal Gallery Ribiera Eastlake Rogers Shutte Butish Museum Gallery of Antiquities Shakspeare Jupiter Ammon Joseph Banke Eigin Lucae Pericles Phidias Minerva Thomas Lawrence England Britain Domitian Hadrian Carpenters South Seas Natural History Fata Richard Shannon John Brown Holland-street Westminster Brown Westminster Hospital Shannon Lewes Axp Hastines Lewes Polegate Thomas Aikcoll William Woodbama Udimore John Austen Brede, &c Sidney Guildhall National Benefit Society Farringdon Street Alderman Sidney Court of Directors Piddington J. Holt Bicester Wooton House Duke of Buckingham Holt

MURDER OF BRITISH OFFICER ON RIVER PLATE ATALAYA STANDOFF

Deposition accounts from Alexander Dewar and Racer's crew detail Wardlaw's landing near Atalaya to seek a flag of truce, the ensuing exchange of fire with Spanish soldiers, the grounding of the Racer, Wardlaw's surrender and capture, and reports that he was stabbed to death after being seized by the commandant. Wardlaw had long served in the River Plate region and was well regarded by locals.

River Plate Wardlaw O8er Atalayas Alexander James Dewar Atalaya Mr. Wardlaw Paris Quarrier Francais Zebre Bazoche Bourbon Madagascar Courrier Diego Suarez Moniteur Toulonnais Iat Prince de Joinville Toulon Brent England Mediterranean Constitutionel Berlin Duke of Abrantes Prussia Zollverein Duke of Abranten France Duke d Maparo Spain Heraldo Bulwer San Sebastian Madrid Ebro Carthagens Civita Vecchia Rome Nuremberg Count de Montemolin Count Trapani Australia Perth Port Philip Western Australia Clarke J. Hutt Sydney Herald New Zealand Auckland Heki Port Nicholson Bay of Islands Osprey Sta. Lawrence Jewry St. Mary Magdalen Milk Street A. Burgh Richard Shatte Bruce Bamford Webster Shutte St. Paul's Getleman Llansdaff

Commission of Lunacy on Mrs Cumming at Horns Tavern

The Commission resumes inquiry into the mind of Mrs Catherine Cumming fortune holder of £30 000. witnesses recount her severe temper, alleged infidelity charges, and strange household habits. Medical experts testify to unsound mind and the hearing adjourns for Paris witnesses.

Catherine Cumming Horns Tavero Kennington Commissioner Barlow Dangerfield Petersdorff Parry Robinson Cumming Juna Wilson Belgrave Terrace Tuce Hooper Witneay Cooper Captain Cumming Mrs. Cumming Maida Vale Manchester Street York House Battersea Gun General Lygon Ince Alexander Morrison

Rochester smugglers convicted for rum six bottles seized

John Thacker and George M Mallard, both charged at Rochester Guildhall, were found guilty of smuggling six patrons of rum. Officers Serjeant and Bill pursued after observing a boat from Sheerness, finding five stone bottles and three glass bottles of rum aboard. Thacker broke bottles to avoid loss. Mallard helped destroy remaining. Each man convicted to a £100 penalty. Thacker claimed a prior smuggling conviction and time served on a man of war.

Bill Thacker M‘mallard

Murder and Inquest at Chesterfield Shambles

A crowded inquest at Hasland near Chesterfield probes the December 7 death of George Collis. Witnesses describe a brutal murder in Platts shop with a silver watch, a purse and a pink handkerchief tied to a key, while prisoner Jobo Platt's alleged involvement unfolds through testimonies of family, shopkeepers, and a pawn broker. Police notes and a later message from Dover conclude the report.

Mutton Inn Hasland Chesterfield Mary Makes Brampton William Mawkee George Collis Sharpe Witz Platte Thomas Harvey Tam Shambles Briddon Pistt Platts Thomas Bellamy Platt Terry Terry's Jack Almos Elizabeth Harvey Thamas Harvey Bellamy’s Platis Father Frank Bellamy James Radford Apeak George Colliz Wilcockson Lackey Mansfield Tom Waterhouse Sharp John Holbrook Thomas Thompson Collis Mawkes Charles Wilcox Knight Sheffield Caroline Radmaule T Purchase Henry Knight

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