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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Apr 04, 1841

Page

4

St Albans Election and Poole Union Motions in Commons

Debates covered St Albans election petition merits with Earl Listowel, plus calls for Poole union relief records and child death details. The Rum Duties amendment passed, the Caroline destruction motion delayed, and Poor Law Amendment Bill clauses debated and amended before adjournment.

Cole Rnvard Brou Derby ST. Albans A. Savrord St. Nat William Earl Listowel Albans Lasovehere House of Lords Goulburn Ont LA Souchere Hume Poole Union Listmore Peter Rickets Rebecca Moore Wir Felden Fox Mauze Newfoundland Pasington Newfoundand Mr. Pakington John Russell Lord Stanley Lord Howick Gladstone George Grey Lord Sandon Sheil Lord Ashley Langdale James Graham Ward Thomas Cochrane Charles Buller Lascelles Ordnance Surveys Sir Hussey Vivian Lord G. Somerset Granville Somerset Joanx Russrut Wann Jens Rossexe Waser Co. &E T. Dusconne Gisnorne B. Woon Board of Guardians SmvtnoRr Pater Thali

Suicide attempt and inquests flood Westminster pages

A nineteen year old governess attempted suicide by diving into the Serpentine but was rescued by two royal horse guards. An inquest into Henry Phillimore's death, caused by a fall and subsequent delirium tremens, returned an accidental death verdict. A fatal accident after a carriage strike left a child dead and injured another. Multiple inquests cover a fire that burned several houses in Berkshire and Kent, with victims including a deaf mother and two daughters. Additional fires in Cambridgeshire, Staffordshire, and Warwickshire caused further fatalities and losses. Market report notes hop plant forward but steady prices with selling pressure growing.

Brompton Royal Horse Guards Fatan Gell Prince’s-head Prince’s Street Westminster Henry Phillimore Fenton's Hotel St. James’s-street Drury-lane Westminster Hospital Higgins Regent Terrace Widcombe Claverton-street Lloyd Bath Higgs Prince’s Head Princes-street Richard Bell Catherine Crimmin Smith’s Rents York-Street Leekhampstead Newbury Berkshire Coulton Eynesford Kent Crockton Hill Ann Samuel Witt Swaffan Prior Cambridgeshire New Mills Staffordshire Messrs. Roachford and Co Grafton Warwickshire Yong West Saint Peter Oldacre Russia Pelargonia Lindley New Gardener's Chronicle Aczicut Turat Marcu Scotland Ireland Norfolk Lincolnshire Leicestershire Northamptonshire Smithfield Newgate Leadenhall Murphy Leigh E. N Gloucester Wepwespay E.N M. Fair John xviii Isaiah Lili Peter i H. Stowkll Bath Prontant Association Chartie Society of Friends Th c Ihe Platiur Rho Succese S. Bartlett H. Stowell Manchester Frost Williams Jones Hugh Stowell Baines Catholic College Shakspeare Miner Liverpool New Orleans Natchitoches Texas Mexico Lord Ebrington Lord Normanby Home Department India Lord Auckland St. Thomas Portsmouth Emanuel Mr. Emanuel Price Weipesday Sackville Hotel Scotsman Glasgow Argus John Parnell Teignmouth Aspen Mon Henry Parnell Globe Innes Ann Connell Twyford James Collins Hhe Central Criminal Court Perry Rio Janeiro Havre Telemaque Antwerp Trieste Crt Lizard Point Falmouth Brunell London Buttail Topsham Buttall Cga Fuller Sun Alliance Marshall Ovingdean Rayale Lovegrove-street Old Kent Road Tuest

Correspondence on Legal Questions and Subscriber Advice

A long page of Q and A on lease terms waivers magistrate actions ejectment and family settlements. Readers seek guidance on tenancy arrears annuities mortgages and guardianship with names of correspondents and various hypothetical cases across property law and social obligations.

H. B Geo. Lambert J. B Alfred TL. W Enquirer J. P Benes Caithness William Vincent W. W. (Hanwell William Kay Fou J. W J.S. L I.S Court of Requests A.B. C W.G. C Toto Piva

April gardening and lunar notes from a 19th century issue

The piece outlines April as a month opening new growth with Venus as tutelar deity, notes the sun’s movement through Taurus, and lists lunar phases. It reports on weather, forecasts, and agricultural guidance, including sowing peas, planting beans, and pruning, with Höss attention to Liebig and soil excretions.

Howard Ia Mercury Venus Zadkies Seville Lyons Euphrates China Portugal Isle of Thanet Stoke Buckinghamshire Liebeg Lieber Decandelle Jerusalem

Time of sunrise and high water pilot notes 1841

The article explains a method to compute sunrise and sunset times by adjusting for latitude relative to 51 deg 51 min and 51 deg 30 min, and lists corrections to high water times for major UK ports compared with London Dock. It also covers ongoing US political questions, transport news from the Britannia steamer, and American legal actions around Mr. M Leod, with UK mood of cautious interest as a stormy season at sea continues.

Great Britain Ireland London Dock Ates Bristol Ork Cove Falmouth Hull Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow Southampton Boston Halifax Ultime M‘leod New York Mr. Fox United States Lockport Mr. Crittenden Albany General Scott Canada Buffalo Washington Lord Palmerston Nolle Drew

Jews Declared Admission Bill Passes in House of Commons

A Wednesday Second Reading debate on the Jews admission to Municipal Offices ended with a 108 to 31 vote in favor. The piece notes Mr Gladstone’s rival stance, Mr Macaulay’s sharp rebuttal, and the broader implications for religious rights across Parliament.

Mr. Gladstone Robert Inglis Macaulay Gladstone Church of England Goulburn Mr. Divett

Election Committees and the Peel bill impact

The St Albans and Canterbury Election Committees have shown that no decision in election matters can be reliably reached under the current law. Peel's bill softens some anomalies, ending the ballot scandal and petting books, yet expense and delay persist as election committees still base outcomes on cost.

Robert Peel St. Albans Canterbury Mr. Austin Smythe Lord Listowel Carlton Club

New House of Commons sketch on Dr Lushington and his constituents

The article recounts a Tuesday debate in the House of Commons over creating separate provisions in Metropolitan Unions to house certain women driven to workhouses. Dr Lushington pleads for attention, defending a plan to separate dissolute from well behaved, aiming to protect distressed women from taunting and maintain order, emphasizing classification over punishment and preserving dignity within workhouse management.

H. B Lushington House of Commons St. Giles Tower Hamlets Robert Peel Mr. Colquhoun

Public correction demanded over Lord Denman misstatements

In a strong editorial stance the paper defends Lord Denman against misrepresentation in press reports about the Waldegrave case. It notes the danger of uncontradicted anonymous criticism and urges a public correction and explanation, criticizing the notion that rich offenders escape penalties. The piece regrets the misapprehension and calls for timely action.

Lord Denman Lord Waldegrave Frederick Pollock

Agricultural intellect measured by publications in 1841

A critique of agricultural journals condemns their prejudice beyond practical farming data. It cites the Quarterly Journal of Agriculture blaming the Poor Law for harvest failures, disputes over emigration, and contrasts with the British Farmers' Magazine. The Bath protest meeting and other era notices follow, with remarks on politics and trials.

Quarterly Journal of Agriculture British Farmers’ Magazine

Trade in Corn and the Vision-Seers Critique

A harsh critique of free trade and the visionaries behind it, deriding a Magazine piece on reducing farm labour through machinery. It attacks John Brereton for a poem defending new Agar farming concepts and mocks Pinkus and supporters as lacking intelligence and practical sense.

Huskisson Happy Land John Brereton Pinkus Boileau Jos Brereton

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