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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Apr 03, 1847

Page

6

Irish Poor Law Debates Clash Over Ireland Aid

Protests and petitions fill the Lords as opposition attacks a sweeping Irish Poor Law reform. Critics warn permanent relief risks ruin to landowners, cultivation, and the United Kingdom, urging cautious, evidence driven action with historical precedents cited from Irish and English experience.

House of Lords Messare Ireland United Kingdom R. Dostrr MonTxsaGte Raprox England House of Commons Poor Law of Nicholls Cornwall Lewis Trisolton Gulsen Clements Lords

Paris and London News on Food Panic and Grecian Tensions

Intelligence briefs from Paris and London address ongoing food shortages and market declines amid rising panic spurred by the potato disease. Greece Turkey and Tunis tensions loom, with talks between Athens and the Porte and warnings of possible naval moves, while domestic notes cover royal charity, zoological garden access, and a Derby race market overview.

Paris Journal Des Débats Dublin Ganterbar France Greece Malta M. Colenti M. Monaurans M. Kalergi Athens England Turkey Arma Tunis Moniteur Grec Mapsip Messrs Orlando M. Maria Herrera Count de Fernandina M. Luis Salamanca Marquis de Villacampo Count de Campo Alange Tiempo M. Salamanca Girona Cbapel Whitehall Chapel Farrant Edom Arnold Chapel Royal George Smart Jeff Christ Church King’s College Joseph Manby Her Majesty's Almonry Archbishop of York Royal Charity God Save the Queen Zooronical Gardens Zoological Society Regents Park Whitson Society Cavetry William Wilson John Street Wilmington Square Clerkenwell Wilson Society For the Suppression of Cruelty Greenwood Church Gresley Derbyshire Church Pit Daniel Batch

Extraordinary Will Case at Oxford Circuit

In the Brayne will dispute at Oxford Circuit Court, testator William Brayne’s December 1644 will is challenged. The case centers on two wills, with the plaintiff seeking property worth about £30,000. Witnesses for the defendants claim the later will is valid, while the plaintiffs allege forgery and improper influence by relatives. The jury returned a verdict for the defendants after a lengthy, dramatic hearing lasting about 25 hours.

Ireland John Russell Park Street Grosvenor Square London Canada W. H. Grecony W. J. O'Coxvett M. Brouard Appellents Agrouch Tribune of Leon Society of Baptists United States Sect of Baptists Tribunal of Laon Suicipe Wakley White Hart West End Northelt Thoross Little Weat End Spinks Muapea Lawpeta Vauxhall Lambeth Thomas Child Carter Pat Surrey Scotland Yard Justice Cresswell Jenifer Bolitho Redruth Merivale Br. Merivale Haoneh George Abe Iprisoner Anne Messenger Aoon Jane Hicks Elizabeth Hicks Therisoner Messenger Anid Witpens Paris Charles Tregoning Union George Herris Redruth Union Jane Polking Hore Samuel Vincent Pryce Mitchell Bmarah Nia Tattersall Euclid Newmarket Sting Planet Dukes Panch Epirote Glentilt Liberator Mr. Martin Newmanxet E. Russell Mr. Gregory Sir C. Monck Lord Orford Lord Stradbroke Mr. Wigram J. Hawley Br. Cuthbert Anson Tom Tullock R. Neville W. Scott Sir Tatton Sykes Gregory Mr. Mostyn Mr. O'Brien Gully B. Green Mostyn Irwin Wilson Skerratt Hill Deasr Lord Eglinton Yao Tromp Bowes Epirotes O'Brien the Liberator Lagat Guily Allortonian Bingham Holmes Pedley the Cossack John Scow Vanish Tom Tulloch Doe Dem Batheer Brayne and Edwards Oxforp Crscurt Saignspurr Serjeant Gaselee Henry Francie Bather J. Bather Shrewsbury St. Chad William Brayne Braater Serjeant Talfourd Mr. Whateley Q.C Mr. Whitmore Plai Sir Fitzroy Kell Sedall Serjeant Allen Ar. Gray Paree Denm Source Bayley Sir F. Kelly John Hayward Brayne Hoe Catharine Edwards Kitty John Bather Oxford Catherine Edwards Rogerson Bather Mosare, Harris and Co Law Stationers Harper Mr. Edwards Renda Richard Clark Teece Mr. Harper Testator Denal Serjeant Talfourd Archdeacon _Bather Edward Bather F. Kelly Sod Gaseleo

The Chesterfield Murder Confession and Execution

Platts and Morley lured Collis to a Chesterfield shop on Sunday afternoon, murdered him, and hid the body in a cesspool. Platts later wrote a letter confessing, then recanted under interrogation before being executed at Derby. The confession details Morley as the principal killer with Platts aiding, culminating in a public execution amid a crowded scene.

Platts Plats Collis Morley Platin Ellen Beresford Westbars Ceaspool Franks Derby County Gaol Geusseuss Heven Jeseua Mr. Hotham R. Hotham Jons Patty Chesterfield Sims Derby Cheaterfield New Inn Betteson Brampton David Britt Frank Hannah Rotherham Atable Wall Limb Collin Joan Prats

Accidental Collapse at Fortbar Limeworks Kills Three

A landslide at Fortbar Limeworks during wheelbarrow unloading caused by falling rock killed three workers named Smart and Johnston and Chambers. A fourth man Wishart died from injuries two days later. Rescue took about two hours amid rubble. The incident is reported in the Fifeshire Journal with grim details.

Kertre Fortbar Barrows Johnston Chambers Dundee Wishart Fifeshire Journal Blair Thomas Preat Strand London

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