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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 27, 1845
Page
2
London press digest reports on currency fluctuations with the Three and Five per Cent rates, Basque tax discontent, and Madrid political figures. Switzer land and Turkey are highlighted with military and diplomatic moves, while West Indies trade and local disasters are recounted in brisk items.
The metropolis reports plans for a new church for seafarers near the London and St Katharine docks. The First Lord of the Admiralty will chair the meeting in the City and the Bishop of London will move the first resolution. The church will be free fittings. A gas explosion occurred at Avery and Moor in Tottenham Court Road as a shopman lit a burner in the window.
Early Saturday a violent burglary at Cleveland Street Birmingham aimed at elderly Mrs Askew. Thieves entered via window after cutting glass, struck her, searched the house, and fled. She is hospitalized with serious injuries. fifty sovereigns were found hidden in her bed.
The weekly Repeal Association gathering at Conciliation Hall drew many members including Mr. O'Connell and other MPs. The second report from the Parliamentary Committee urged a heavy absentee tax of at least 10 percent on incomes over £200, with funds to aid local districts. O'Connell praised Sir James Graham and Peel’s conciliatory stance while denouncing Protestant ascendancy and English bigotry. He asserted Ireland's cause gains and warned against false hopes of rights without a Parliament in College Green. The meeting adjourned with calls for Peel to double the rent.
A sprawling nineteenth century melodrama set at Eden Castle follows Lord and Lady Askham, their hypocritical circle, and the doomed marriage of Evelyn Askham to Philip. Secrets, letters, and a crumbling estate drive jealousy, estrangement, and a tragic end as a betrayed wife nears death and a broken clan faces ruin.
A stream of petitions urged against increasing the Maynooth grant while Roden pressed for a committee to probe Maynooth teaching. Lords debated prudence, finances, and possible exposure of improper doctrines, with Peel signaling resolution to advance the grant on Wednesday if permitted by the House.
The condemned woman maintained her innocence to the end while inmates and officials prepared for the execution at eleven o'clock. She discussed disposing of clothes to prisoners, attended chapel, took the sacrament, and died on the scaffold as crowds gathered outside. The body was buried within the prison precincts.
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