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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Aug 22, 1847

Page

4

Election News From The New Parliament And Northumberland

Reported outcomes show two Protectionist MPs elected in Taunton with Moody 3615 and Hud 3326 while Bouverie 2755 and Escott 2595 trailed. Debate covers Northumberland County and Warwickshire cross influences, with letters from Duncombe and Roebuck testimonial plans amid Irish election correspondence and protests over Cornelius O'Brien threats.

T. S. Dunxcomss Eng Doncombe Leeds Mercury Spring Gardens Yorkshire Thomas S. Duncombe E. Baines Roesoce Roebuck Bath Bath Journal County of Creagh Blake Foster Ardrahan Cornelius O'Brien Ennis Dublin Cornelia O’brien Clare Lucius O'Brien O'Brien Cornelius O’brien Ar. O'Brien Vn Enais Prerse Cugacy Piaris Cr Sens All Ireland Mr. O'Brien

Murder of the Duchess of Praslin in Paris reported

Our Paris letter describes the Duchess of Praslin found fatally wounded in her hotel on the Champs Élysées. The Duke of Praslin was questioned and arrested amid rival theories of vengeance and a suspected liaison with the English governess.

Paris Duchess of Praslin Mershal Sebastian Faubourg 8 Honoré Embssdy Ducheus Paria Champs Elysées de Roi Huwan Trporte Corouné Praslia Plombierrs Department Duke of Marais Thither Procureur du Roi Duchees France Court of Peers Gardien Champ Elysées M. Teste Moniteur Parisien Thorsday Ducchess MM. Orfila Pasquier Gazette Des Tribunaux Choiseul-Prastin Femme de Chambre Dauchess Procureur General M. Brousesis M. Leganideo M. Orfila M. Pasquier M. Bois de Leary M. Tardien Democratic Pacifique Ttis Luxembourg

Insolvent creditors and old English amusements debated

Readers discuss debt law and courts while lamenting fairs and pastimes. A letter writer supports Insolvent Court access. others debate trustee costs, legal remedies, and education versus bodily amusements. The column also covers baths lodging, architectural notes, and public notices about standards and nuisances.

B. C N.C Wwe Home Department Court of Chancery Life Guards Waterloo L. B Winthrop George Street New Oxford Street Hulborn Labourers’ Friend Society Edinburgh London Jonmoot Hsatza Weekly Chronicle Bristol Gazett Monmouth Bristol Gazette Hereford Times Hesgerorp Trues Times Office Hereford Imlico Buckingham Palace Br Blore Benett Ux Nationa Garteny Vernon Witherington Rippingill Inakipp Joshua Reynolds Sir Thomas Lawrence Hogarths Wilkies Wilons Europe Royal Academy Whitehall

Timekeeping and maritime notes from a British periodical

This fragment outlines methods to adjust sunrise and sunset times by latitude and distance from 51 80, with rules for calculating high water at major ports, and cites specific hourly offsets for varied harbours. It also notes Sunday liturgy dates, solar year length, and brief moral commentary on dueling and class ethics.

Great Britain and Ireland Beaporte London Dochates Bristol Ora Cove Falmouth Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyheed Harbour Liverpool Port Glasgow Southampton

Liberals Lead in Returns with Minorities Stirring

The Weekly Chronicle notes Liberals at 322 after three pending seats, with 247 Protections and 86 Peelites, plus one Nondescript. It cites Urquhart, Palmer, and Lord Brackley as shifting loyalties, while Morning Herald estimates a Conservative majority by fusing Peelers with Conservatives. Standards doubts Parliament’s stability but hopes ministers gain working support and timely dissolution clarifies party lines.

Protec Peelites Lord Seaham Uirals Pedera Urquhart Roundell Palmer Lord Brackley Morning Herald Peelers Baronet Tamworth

Peel’s Tamworth Speech Spurs Civil and Religious Liberty Debate

Sir Robert Peel attends the Tamworth Bible Society Anniversary and delivery of a lengthy speech praising circulating scriptures among the people. The Times calls it a Tamworth Manifesto, noting Peel’s aim to butter the toast on both sides and energize support for civil and religious liberty amid mixed public reaction.

Robert Peel Tamworth Bibie Society Tamworth Country Parsons Baronet Sir Robert Peel The Times

Trial and Death Sentence Report on Lieutenant Munro

The piece discusses Lieutenant Munro being tried and convicted of murder in the Camden Town duel with Colonel Fawcett, a death sentence recorded but likely commuted via pardon. It argues the proceedings reveal duelling as a trivial offense with a lenient outcome, noting probable restoration or pardon for Munro and criticizing the mockery of law and governance in such cases.

Guxtam Monro Fawcett Camden Town Munro Nuoro Central Criminal Court Mupro

Irish election row mocks clergy and hangman boasts

A polemic reports on Irish parliamentary contests where a priest allegedly mocks Catholic rites for political gain and a candidate boasts of fifty ancestors hanged for countrymen. Archdeacon Laffan’s caustic speech attacking peers and Tory supporters in Tipperary stirs jeers, echoing a broader farce in Irish politics.

Limerick Costelloe Marroe Ireland Jesse London Charles Anne V.G Trisd England Kilkenny Butler Boza Parish Archdeacon Luffan Scully Tipperary County

Archdeacon and Collett clash in Tippeary rally

A crowded political gathering in Tippeary features the Archdeacon denouncing opponent Collett with fiery rhetoric. Exchanges include references to Lincoln, O Connell, and repeal, with Francis Scully proposed as a candidate amid cheers and sharp jibes about English policy and Irish rights.

Collett Suirdale Abell Tony Tipperary Mr. Collett John Grouns Gromning America Consient England Berg Lincoln Sibbin Sau Vetera Middlethird Kpowiez Cheera Francis Scully Lond James Scully Burke Lia Caes Burkes O'Connell Daniel O'Connell Lind Hess Collett Cat Tipperay Yould Ireland Erin Tam Joseph Yorke Mons Theo Johnny Russell Nick

Railway Traffic Returns List Week's Receipts and Variations

The record compiles railway traffic returns for the week ending with date markers and compares them to the same week last year. It lists numerous lines and companies including Eastern, Great Western, London and Birmingham, North British, York and North Midland, and others, noting receipts and declines across regions from Glasgow to Dover and Newcastle to Brighton.

Arbroath Forfar Dublin & Drogheda Durham Sunderland Eastern Glasgow Paisley Ayr Great Western Ass Chester & Birkenhead Fe Hingsmuan Dundee & Arbroath Eastern Counties Edinburgh Eastern Union Greenock Gravesend Rochester Hartlepool Dock and Rail London Birmingham Igta Eidaieke Blackwall Brighton Croydon Gree Macheatz Bevis Pitern Anc Ester, Bolton, & Bone Manchester Leeds Gues Sheffield Teveeeee Midland Bristol Mingham Pangnassacsey Newcastle Darlington Norfolk Autton & Wyre Visvessreere South Devo Pacer Dover Greenwich Taff Vale Olster York & North Midland Belby York and Nowenade Ores Alia

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