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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Sep 18, 1841

Page

6

Great Public Meeting in Manchester on Trade with America

A crowded Corn Exchange gathering in Manchester heard James Curtis of Ohio explain America's capacity to supply England with grain in exchange for British manufactured goods. Richard Cobden chaired, with speakers including John Brooks and W Rawson. Curtis argued vast western wheat production, ample markets, and the need to abolish the Corn Laws to enable free exchange. The audience voiced strong support for free trade and rejected protectionist policy.

Manchester Corn Exchange James Curtis Enq Ohio United States America England Richard Cobden Mr. Cobden Mr. Curtis John Brooks W. Rawson A. Nadal Anti-Corn Law League Rawson Cobden Curtis North America Providence Great Britain India Russia Barbary Rome Atlantic British Islands Alleghany Mountains Atlantic Ocean Mississippi River Pacific Michigan Wales Illinois Ireland Scotland Canada Tom Free States Alderman Brooks Y W. Rawson Huskisson W. Shuttleworth Prentice House of Ommons Argehen Commodore Napier

Hobson's Choice in New Zealand Governor's Remote Seat

A critical review of Captain Hobson and the Auckland seat of government in New Zealand. The piece argues the governor has misgoverned from a desert peninsula, drawing settlers away from Cook Strait colonies, inflating costs, and hindering colonists from appealing to Britain. It condemns the church state alliance and calls Hobson's Choice a fundamental misrule.

New Zealand Cook's Strait Britain Port Nicholson North Island Wellington Cook’s England Nelson Taland New Zealand Company New Plymouth Hobson Auckland Columbus America Church of England Captain Hobson Archbishop of Canterbury Colonial Office

Accidental Death At North Union Railway Inquiry

A coroner's inquest at the Railway hotel Euxton examined the death of Rev. Robert Ivy after a Buxton line collision involving a engine train and several coaches. Testimony described a fatal smash, mangled foot injuries, a grey horse foundering on the rails, and a coach wreck. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death.

Euxton Robert Ivy Richard Palmer Preston Giles Hoyle Stayleybridge Duckersfield Robert Serjeant Buxton Thomas Nixon John Arnold Wigan George Holland James Johnson Pearson Snee Asa Messrs Thomas Pearson Johnson Witness Charles Edward Paton Manchester Hawlingen

Paris to Meet Regiments Delayed by Orders of the Day

From Paris the Moniteur notes an order forbidding the national guards to proceed in a ceremony to meet the 17th regiment of infantry under the Duke D Aumale on its arrival. Reports from Madrid and Lisbon detail government measures, loans, and military plans, including reorganization of the national guard and anti guerrilla efforts in Algarve, with dispatches about Spain and Austrian diplomacy shaping regional affairs.

Paris Gan Moniteur Marshal Part Ght Duke D'Aumale Journal Des Débats France Élgium Prince Ferdinand Saxe Tburg Augustus Mexico Bordeaux Luca Alaman A Oanan St. Petersburgh Transcaucasian Turkey Fussurgh Pacha Tacha Ues Candia Great Britain Austria Porte Syria Corres Constantinople Argovia Hanover Ingg Madrid Andalusia Mercantile Association of Lisbon Oporto Caminha Figuera Lagos St. Ubes Legislative Assembly M. Oliveira Borges National Guard Algarve Italy 7Th Infantry Cagadores Alemtejo Antonio de Mello Jozé de Mello Monte Das Assumados Marquis de Saldanha Vienna Spain Asco da Gama Polson Order of Cavallerie Relagao Supreme Tribunal of Justice London Rilrei

Earl FitzHardinge letter to Morning Herald over charge claim

Earl Fitzhardinge publishes a lengthy letter to the Morning Herald editor dated Sept 5 1841 defending his position in a peerage charge dispute. He argues the accusation could apply to several nobles and notes Clifton proximity and Bristol residence as differentiating factors. The item also lists the departure of Earl Fortescue from Dublin, a New Zealand emigration shipment, and a public sale of a royal property, with vivid ceremony details.

Fitzharpiner Earl Fitzhardinge Morning Herald Junius Clifton Bristol Yam Eant Forrescus Dustin Dublin Castle Royal Prince George of Cambridge Duke of Leinster Pigott Moore Mr. Moore Ponsonby M. O’ferrall Carew O’dwyer Romilly Norman M‘donald Leland Crosthwaite W. Leeson Captain Williams Foot Artillery 12Th Royal Lancers Kingstown Royal Horse Artillery Castle 42Th Royal Lancers Collegegreen 60Th Rifles and Rifle Brigade 10Th Royal Hussars Artillery Hussars Lancers 60Th Rifles Earl Fortescue Merlin Townley Nicholas Fitzsimon John Power Privy Council Dublin Doherty Earl de Grey New Zealand Lloyds London Gravesend Fifeshire Arnold Mary Ann Salk Vauxwarr-Ganpens Messrs Gyo Hughes Leifchild Garraway’s Thomas Fowler

Shocking death at West London union workhouse

The coroner and a large jury examined witnesses at the West London union workhouse in Smithfield after Edward Wilkinson, sixty four, an inmate, died by his own hand. Witnesses described him as quiet and ill in recent days, with a violent scene discovered in the water closet where a knife and blood were found. The jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity.

Payne West London West-street Smithfield Edward Wilkinson Isaac Stephens Glazizr Clarke Palace Court Knowles Q.C Corre Laintiff Chambers Justice Buller Slater College Place Chelsea John Glazier M. Taylor

Death of Earl of Malmesbury and allied notices

Constantinople reports Lord Ponsonby on the eve of rediving Turkey and pays tribute to his services. Deaths announced include James Edward Harris Earl of Malmesbury and the Marchioness of Bute. The column also surveys political discourse, cabinet composition, and brisk cloth market activity with brief market summaries and commentary on Tory unity and discord.

Constantinople Ponsonby Turkey Maumessury Earl de Grey Putney-heath James Edward Harris Earl of Malmesbury Fitzharris Humcourt Southampton Lord Wilts United Kingdom James First Earl of James Howard Viscount Fitzharris M.P Earl of Katharine O’brien Edward O'Brien Isle of Wight Catherine Belt Frances Cole Treasury Earl Wilton House of Commons Viscount Fitzharvis Marchioness of Bute Walmer Beach Maria North Third Earl of Guildford Marchioness Globe Cabinet of Lords Dublin Evening Post

Sailor’s drunken street brawl ends with warning and fine

At the Guildhall a seaman named Adan, recently from Sierra Leone and South Africa, was charged with intoxication and colliding with Kitty Conway a William Street porter in Thames street. A verdict of paying 3s for damages followed after the lord mayor mocked her tale of siren children and the sailor’s tale of a long cruise. The case included insults and a brief dispute over responsibility and punishment.

Mansion House Adan Sierra Leone South Africa Kitty Conway Billingsgate Kitty Siren Childher Dasently Barrin Thames-street Mayer Adams Jack Wapping Sailor Harp Caszt John Green C. Marshall Sir C. Marshall CovEnt- Garden Market Covent-garden Market Jardine Marylebone Thomas Poulton Bedford-place Hampstead-road Mr. Long Red Rover Paddington Road Saint Pancras Marlborough Street Mary Wilson John Murrell Cranbourne Street Leicester Square Mr.Hardwick Mr. Hardwick Westminster Gunpry Gundry Albany Hardwick Halton Garden Hoe West-street Smithfield Hatton-garden Snocxina Depnavity eHannah Terry Sarah Judd Francis Hancock Thornhill-street Islington Judd Gravesend

Prisoners linked to robbery and local court reports

An item describes theft recoveries at a residence with £100 missing, leading to two policeConstables finding all stolen goods at the prisoners. Other reports cover an assault case in Bethnal Green with repeated cruelty, a shoplifting arrest at Westminster Road, and a humorous Borough Court dispute over party pay involving a barber fiddler and Adolphus Thompson, with the latter fined for drunken behavior.

Hancock Newgate Worship Street Henry Sheard Waterlootown Bethnal-green Broughton Weatherall House of Correction Sherman George Turner Samwell Pitfield Street Hoxton Palmer N Division Union Hall Sucrirtine Mary Ann Epps Kingston Westminster Road Borough Court OF Requests Tweedledum Tweedledie Fippiers Adolphus Thompson Barnacles Thompson Camberwell Walworth Shaver

Extensive robbery at Captain Johnson’s Camden town home

Police stations report a major burglary at Captain Johnson of College Place Camden Town. Entry was gained by climbing a wall and forcing a kitchen window, with items including a large silver sugar basin, silver spoons, an antique cameo ring, two fish bait on a gold cross, three Spanish orders, Austrian coins, and other valuables stolen. The theft occurred between one and five o'clock that morning.

Johnson College-place Camden-town Bagges John Smith Tavistock-street Covent- Garden Jardine Bow-streat William John Bankes Thomas Sneetum Bodkin Bankes Gregory Pearce Central Criminal Court Sneezum Broad-street Cheapside Davis England Alliance

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