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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 02, 1842
Page
4
A historical survey of the Clanricarde lineage and related Dublin and London peerages. It traces the family from early medieval connections through the FitzGerald and De Burgh lines to the present Marquis of Clanricarde, detailing marriages, titles, political roles, and residences. It covers William and Richard de Burghs, the Plantagenets, and the modern era including Ulick John De Burgh and his relations.
The Bishop of Lichfield's illness has taken a favourable turn and he is out of danger. The Bishop of Hereford led the ordination at St George's Hanover Square. Palm Sunday collections, guided by the Bishop of London's pastoral letter, total £6,400 as of March 28 with over 200 places yet to report. Portman Chapel received a diamond brooch valued at about £150 donated anonymously, invoking Exodus 35 21 22. Such offerings hope to fund endowment of a bishopric in other British colonies.
A long notice column collects questions and answers on property, partnerships, wills, debts, custody, and legal remedies. It cites cases and references like R. v. Hampton and discusses life interests, trespass, compounding of felonies, and duties of tenants and partners with practical guidance. The Week lists weather and calendar notes for April 1841 including tides, fairs, taxes, and religious lessons.
The National Anti Corn Law League urges voters to oppose an income tax tied to tariff reform. It argues the tax preserves the corn monopoly, harms Manchester Leeds Birmingham and Glasgow industries, and demands representatives withhold supplies until reform. It cites Peel’s tariff measures, calls for petitions, and warns of a spreading burden on income.
Readers discuss Locke Hamel emigration and Peel income tax. Letters cite New Zealand Company, directors, duties of excise, and wealth inequality. Debates cover income, property taxes, and parliamentary plans with requests for readers' opinions and public notices.
A boy in Indians was arrested for robbing the mail and, while jailed, faced a sheriff who leveled a pistol at his head demanding a confession under threat of instant death. The boy surrendered the money hidden in his cap, but afterward suffered epilepsy likely to be permanent.
The calendar provides sunrise and sunset timing guidance by latitude with adjustments for each degree from 51 30, plus high water times at major ports with additive or subtractive shifts. It lists major port times including London Dock, Bristol, York Cove, Falmouth, Hull, Milford Haven, Brighton, Cowes, Dover, Dublin, Holyhead, Liverpool, Port Glasgow, and Southampton, and notes additional harbours of lesser note.
The Weekly Chronicle reviews the political scene in London as Parliament resumes with no shift in party lines or major policy. It argues the income tax is unpopular but tolerable as part of a tariff bargain, criticizes Conservative willingness to bend for office, and notes Liberal support for tariff reform while farming districts threaten opposition. The piece also attacks Peel's proposed coal export duty, claiming it harms English coal trade to Holland and Liege, risks revenue, and shifts export from Sunderland to foreign markets.
In a lighthearted lament, the piece complains of lackluster news during Easter, jokes about a sacred week to halt printing, and laments readers' focus on money matters over journalism. It quips about Royal births and future progeny, suggesting wage and tax ideas, with satire of political and social commentary.
Court officers living in Westminster Hall must pay poor and police rates. Magistrates rejected an appeal by St Margaret’s overseers and ordered rate collection. Mr Pemberton, solicitor to the woods and forests, attended for appellants and asked for notice before any distress warrant.
The continued Liverpool abduction hearing unfolds with testimony from cleric and witnesses about a marriage plot tied to Rogerson and Miss Crellin. Witnesses describe Gretna green schemes, church procedures, and alleged pressure while guards remand suspects amid tense court scenes.
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