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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 06, 1844
Page
2
The piece reviews ongoing British policy discussions on corn duties and declaratory resolutions, detailing historical import trends from 1760 to 1840 and costs of wheat and flour imports. It also covers French and Spanish financial moves, Italy-related turmoil, and Lisbon reports on Almeida operations, with stock quotes and shipping charges cited.
A Portsmouth gaol inmate, John Smith alias George Baker, about 19, a bricklayer by trade, is linked to multiple burglaries in Portsea, Southampton, and Lewisham. He broke into Byerly’s in Hanover Street, sold items in Southampton, and robbed Mr Maurice Batchelor’s Queen Charlotte at Limnel Street. Police report three burglaries and a sacrilege, with a £200 haul, and an attempted escape from jail. He awaits trial at Winchester or Maidstone after designation of custody.
A correspondent reports that Prussia and the United States signed a commercial treaty via Mr. Wheaton. It reduces duties on tobacco and rice imported from the US and allows German manufactures to enter the United States. Ratification by German states and the US Congress remains uncertain.
A Copenhagen letter dated March 26 reports the sudden death of sculptor Bertel Thorwaldsen at 74 after a day at the theatre. He viewed his statue of Martin Luther shortly before passing. The message notes the artist’s fame and the city’s gloom. It also mentions a March 18 Constantinople dispatch on Western powers and the Porte seeking an amicable settlement and a ministry shift.
The packet ship Virginian, Captain Allen, brings dates to the 11th ultimo from New York. The Sid reports a tariff bill similar to the Clay plan, Calhoun named Secretary of State after the Princeton explosion, and other political notes. Metropolis court, church plans, and textile labor reform actions are detailed along with fires and embankment discussions.
The correspondence notes dull cotton prices in New Orleans and New York, with a burst bubble in short crop speculation causing 250000 dollars loss by a principal actor. It also reports three Catholic bishops consecrated in St Patrick's Cathedral, New York, and widespread business activity despite the financial distress. A Monte Video letter describes plague-like dysentery and scurvy from scarcity of provisions, with many English merchants preparing to depart.
At the Brighton bench Eli Markwick faced trial for a brutal assault on policeman Hoggett outside the Fox public house. The officer, left with a broken hat and abdominal injuries after being struck with a broomstick and knelt upon, required twelve leeches. Markwick, drunk but not believed to be unconscious, was remanded for a week while witnesses disputed his condition.
Ireland meeting in Dublin drew a crowded hall as Sir O Connell arrived to thunderous applause. O Connell thanked supporters in New York and England, urged perseverance and peace, noted a rent of 928 pounds 18 shillings 4 pence, and discussed co operation with Presbyterians on marriage, with adjournment to Friday weeks.
The piece reports April postal changes allowing unpaid letters via France to Austrian dominions Cracow Moldavia Wallachia and parts of Turkey with destination payment options. It cites rising iron prices and industry talks in Glasgow Manchester and Leicestershire noting anticipated wage and toll shifts. It also covers trade deputations to Peel on coal duties and Halifax confectionery sugar duty concerns.
A long excerpt outlines protective clauses of a new factory bill. It covers age verification, employment of children and young persons, hours of work, schooling requirements, and safety measures for machinery including fencing and inspector oversight. The text names conditions for damages, penalties, and enforcement, with emphasis on protecting workers from hazardous processes and ensuring education obligations.
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