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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 12, 1846
Page
3
The scene shows armored knights and a squire guiding a charger along a slippery ascent. A Castilian lady is carried in a litter as conspirators clash. Donna Inez appeals for protection, denouncing a betrayer while a mysterious knight offers aid and vows to judge the dispute.
Sir F Trench appeals to Lord Lincoln to halt tree clearance around Covent Garden and Trafalgar Square. He laments the felling of ancient elms, notes cost and effort to rebuild, and urges authorization to protect remaining trees with proper permissions and a potential landscaped terrace. He also compares fountains in Paris unfavorably with Trafalgar Square plans and requests official action.
Charles Dickens chaired a dinner marking seven years of the General Theatrical Fund with over 160 attendees including Archdean, Buckstone, Jerrold, Hughes, and Berkeley. Dickens defended the fund, joked about Covent Garden and Drury Lane, praised the performers, and acknowledged Buckstone’s humor amid a £3950 collection for the fund.
A Times reader reports surprise and annoyance that two private letters by Sir F. W. Trench were published without permission. Trench and a subsequent note debate whether the letters were printed as a circular or for circulation, alleging breach of confidence and questioning how the editor obtained them.
An abstract showing the net produce of the revenue of Great Britain for the years ending 5 April 1845 and 5 April 1846 with increases and decreases. It highlights revenue totals, expenditure, and resulting surplus or deficit.
The report covers the Consolidated Fund for quarters ended April 5 in 1845 and 1846 with receipts from Customs Excise and Taxes, and the charge schedule including permanent debt and annuity costs. It also notes the Royal College of Surgeons of England rescinding Hunterian Oration resolutions adopted February 26, with council actions, legal opinions, and reflections on procedural proprieties.
The Lords discuss Austrian actions in Poland, railway speculation and Peel's plan to curb sadistic railway schemes, plus on the Commons side Irish coercion and famine relief measures. Sir Robert Peel urges a major reform to wind down unprofitable railway investments while Irish distress and corn policy dominate the session.
Archbishop of Canterbury issues a form of prayer for thanksgiving over victories of British and West India Company troops near Sutlej. The prayer asks for God’s guidance, mercy, and enduring peace, urging rulers to pursue just, necessary measures and blesses the dominions under the Crown. It concludes with a plea for unity and divine glory through Jesus Christ. In Waterford Mail, a report of a brutal murder at Graguene gover near Ballicamult is noted. Butler, a local farmer, was killed by three men after a fair, with Carrigans suspected. authorities are yet to capture them, following earlier jail release linked to the Mountaincastle affair.
In the Lords Lord Damorars and peers debate delaying railway bills until April 27. In the Commons Lord G Somerset moves to postpone all railway committee work for one week amid costs and witness concerns. The Irish Life Protection bill is held for Friday consideration. Legal education in Ireland prompts a demand for a Dublin law school, but the House adjourns with low attendance.
The list of members present includes Sir James Graham, Mr Poulett Scrope, Sir James Duke, Sir Robert Peel, Mr Moffatt, Mr Trelawny, the Lord Advocate, Mr Smith O'Brien, Mr Warburton, Mr Goulburn, Mr John O'Brien, Colonel Sibber, Lord Sandon, Mr Kelly, Mr Caleb Powell, Mr Hume, Mr Fitzgerald, Mr Borthwick, Sir Charles Douglas, Sir Wm Somerville, Mr M'Donnell, Lord Gao. Bentinck, Mr Cobden, Mr T O'Brien, Colonel Rawdon, Mr Maher, Mr Clayton, and Mr Thornely.
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