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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 21, 1844
Page
2
Abstract showing Indian Gross Revenue, charges of collection, net revenue, and debt figures across years 1609-10 to 1841. Includes dividends to India Stock proprietors, interest on debt, and English charges. Lists sugar, molasses, rum, coffee, and cocoa exports to the United Kingdom with yearly totals and destinations.
Paris dispatches report a broad coalition to impeach M Guillot and cabinet over Otaheite and Tahiti recall, with ministers defending policies. News notes taxes, rail bills, and financial market moves as the Chamber of Peers approves the Secret Service Money Bill amid ongoing debates.
A Paris performance of a Napoleon and Schenbrunn piece, once staged hundreds of times, is prohibited by the Censure. The directors claim the Art minster blocks them while the English embassy refers the matter to London. Queen Victoria might authorize a revival if permitted.
From Madrid to Constantinople and beyond, the issue unfolds with Narvaez and Bravo enforcing a stringent press law taxing editors at 1000 seals yearly and 12000 reals as caution money, while fines reach 80000 reals for subversion. reports note the queen’s honors to Roncali and French support for reforms amid Carlist tensions and international diplomacy.
A Crown and Anchor Strand meeting gathered about 300 coal trade figures to oppose a new tax on coals for Thames embankment. Led by MP factions including Mr Masterman and Sir C Napier, the gathering featured MPs and gas company directors as speakers and supporters.
A London meeting condemned embankment changes to river traffic and questioned cost estimates. Speakers argued the river watermen and traders would bear the burden, opposing a coal tax proposed to fund the project. The discussion, led by Mr Masterman, urged petitioning Parliament against the tax and a petition was adopted.
A meeting at the Queen's Head in Bethnal Green debated opposing the Metropolitan Improvement Commission plan to raise coal duties to fund the Thames embankment. Resolutions urged petitioning Parliament against a fivepence per ton tax, arguing it would harm the poor and reduce coal consumption.
A stove fire in Roseman Street Clerkenwell gutted a multi occupancy dwelling early morning. Fire brigades from several stations battled flames, saving all residents but leaving 15 people destitute with no injuries reported. Subscriptions opened at 30 Upper Roseman Street for relief and housing.
In Bristol a bedroom fire at a Royal Hotel room injured Mr Heathcote of Heathcote and Holman solvitors Coleman Street London after he jumped from a window to escape flames. He suffered severe leg injuries and head cuts. Inspector Attwood helped extinguish the blaze and save many guests.
The Sussex under Captain Hammer arrives with details of the Harriett's loss near Strong's Island in the South Seas. Natives ambushed the crew during wood and water gathering, killing most aboard while some escaped in a boat. The vessel burned to the waterline, three other whalers nearby observed the events, but no full motive or light is offered beyond plunder.
A massive blaze at the Blakeley and Thomas feather and bedding manufactory in Bishopsgate Without raged from early afternoon, consuming seven floors of stock and machinery. Firefighters struggled to control the flames, with a missing worker feared burned alive and a large loss anticipated. separate notes report bankruptcy and a government reward for incendiary information.
Mrs. Fawcett, widow of Colonel Fawcett, provides a detailed account of the events surrounding the deadly confrontation with Lieutenant Munro. She details the confrontation in Sloane Street, notes his insults and threats, and explains her husband's responses, the ensuing letters, and the night’s tense sequence ending in tragedy. She defends her husband’s honor, refutes imputations against him, and declares she will remain silent on further discussion.
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