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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Aug 06, 1848

Page

4

Patronage in Leicestershire Brings Contention to Parliament

In committee debates, MPs condemn government patronage placing Leicestershire’s county patronage in Leicester borough hands connected to corrupt election agents. Lord Resseve and others press inquiries while other bills progress and the House adjourns amid cross-party remarks on election corruption and public works.

Leicester Gerdner Borough of Gardner Leicestershire Unocraft Packe J. Resseve H. Halford NewneGate Anstey House OF Lords Lord Brovesax Lord Externon Ireland Lord Monteade Lord Ellenborough George Iit Lord Staxby Lord Beacons Lord Eilenborough Lord Staxter Charity Trusts Lonp Rrpxs Oxfoss Lord Stanley House OF Commons Earl of Leicester Morretu Metropolitan Police Lord Dopey Srcant Baronet Home Department Grandr Gary London Liverpool Manchester Ordnance Windsor Castle and Town C. Borrex de Lice Brave North Cheshire Joan Russext Sreanr Worrir W. Smits England Burour Steinorr R. Peru J. Russell S. Wortley Haxzey Derby Great Yarmouth Carlisle BR. Peel

The Battle of Bowlagh Common Rebellion Suppressed

The Weekly Chronicle reports Sub Inspector Trant leading fifty policemen to Bowlagh Common where rebels, numbering over a thousand, were met with fierce resistance. Dozens killed or wounded as officers held a barricaded defense in a nearby statehouse. O'Brien fled behind cabbages amid a brutal firing. The piece lauds Irish constables for quelling the revolt and criticizes conspirators while urging legal action to crush ongoing agitation.

Ireland Ghent Trant Feme O’brien Bowlagh O'Brien M'Cormack E Meagher Doheny Hamlet Yorick Akull Shea Lalor Treland

The State of Europeary Turmoil in 19th Century Conflicts

The article surveys a broad European panorama of tensions from Denmark, Prussia, and the German Diet to Austria, Italy, and the Balkans. It predicts a possible general European war, driven by disputes over nationality, regency, and power, with France and Russia pivotal. It notes lingering unrest in Portugal, Spain, Greece, and Switzerland, now eclipsed by larger continental flames.

Europe Schieswig-Holstein Denmark Norway Sweden Frankfort Baltic Germany Hanover Prussia House of Hapaburgh House of Pruth Moldavia Wallachia Sublime Porte Asia Minor Austria Black Eagle Venice Italy Pope Rome Pio Nino Naples Egeinel Sicily Genoa Bourbon France Sardinia Radetzky Caveignac Napoleon Vendome Charles Albert Anatria Sardinie Dover Bosphorus Ireland Portugal Spain Greece Switzerland

Time rules for tides and sun in Great Britain and Ireland

Instructions to compute local times for animal activity and tides using latitude tables and degrees from sunrise. Includes high water timings at major ports with add/subtract adjustments for various locations. Also lists calendar notes, moon age, day length, and religious lessons for dates in August with specific saints, Bible verses, and events.

Great Britain Ireland Snd London Falmouth Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Fort Glasgow Southampton Svspay Monvar Tozazar We Dxespay Tuusapay Fatay Sarunpay

Irish Policy Debates and a Dublin Parliament Proposal

The Times surveys Irish reform positions from Napier to Young and notes broad division on Emancipation, Union repeal, and Church matters. It argues English and Irish MPs hinder progress, questions Westminster rule, and suggests periodic Irish Parliament sessions in Dublin with a monarch presence to bolster loyalty and reduce Lord Lieutenancy costs.

A. B Petworth Ipswich Tho Withester Thames Street Stock Exchange Edinburgh Scotland England Hammersmith Araault Westminster Lambeth Canterbury St. John’s Wood Horsham Leeds Murat Rugby Armstrong Carlisle London Pimlico Palace Court Stamford A. W Bronti Greenwich County Court C. H Brompton Christy King Street Corporal Fou W. E Bredwood Neaily Dingle Teignmouth Tonbridge F. P Oswestry Wian Hibernia Holborn Jaba Agra Mary Anne Sawbridgworth Praud M. M Pall Mall Ake P.M Southend Queesitor Fitzroy Square Haverfordweat Weekly Chronicle St. Pancras Twat Raza Dean Enwano Brewer Street Somers Fox Young i Verner Dillon Browns Herbert Lord Bernard Ireland John Bell Pat Dublin

Horsman Attacks Church Lease System and Its Abuses

The piece lauds Mr. Horsman for exposing church lease practices, arguing that current land grants to church property create volatile revenues and undervalue lands. It cites the Bishop of Winchester’s defense and notes broader reforms in municipal corporations and charity trusts have improved management and funding for schools and charities.

Horsman Roebuck Afro Christia Urquhart Palmetator Bright Winchester Jones

Church reforms urged to curb clerical wealth and educate people

The article argues for greater equality in clerical incomes and a more equitable distribution of Church resources. It praises Horsman for exposing abuses and asserts the Church must increase revenues for public education and adapt to a growing population without social controversy.

Horaman Church of England Mr. Horsman

The Metropolis Police Grows Military in Tone and Armament

The paper criticizes the shift of the Metropolitan Police toward military style and muskets. It argues such armament risks liberties, notes training and reviews as military, and questions the purpose of serrated cutlasses feared as weapons for oppression or suppressing Chartists. It calls for reversing the arming trend and returning arms to origin.

Williams Sir George Grey Marylebone Court-house Marylebone Clerkenwell Grees Feargas George Grey Home Secretary

Suppress the Slave Trade examined by Lamartine letter

In this piece the author recounts lamartine s defense of press liberty amid threats in paris and critiques various reform proposals to end the slave trade. It also surveys captain denman s plans including piracy designation and coastal patrols, and cites evidence from african coast observers and the niger expedition narratives.

Lixcor Joseph Travis Lincoln Charles Copeman Travia Copemar Kirton Bigborough Copeman Blyborough Justice Maine William Fell Fell Witesses Justice Patteson M. DE Lamartine The Siecle Monateur le Redacteur M. de Girardin Presse de Girardin Hotel of Foreign Affairs Acta Rus Montmartre National Guard Paris National Assembly Lord Palmerston Denman Himerti Dzsraorina Foreign Office Napoleon France M. Hatton Mr. Hutton Badagry Captain Denman West Indies Brazil Captain den Africa Nesr Butterfield Loando Amtriz Yinda Niger Obi Trotter Obi Ona Great Britain

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