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Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Aug 26, 1843

Page

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The Queen's Speech and Irish Question in Parliament

A Royal address discussion traces the Queen's speech on Ireland and Wales, O'Connell's tactics, and the government's alleged delays. It critiques pacific remedies, foresees a land tenure reform commission, and notes public reception of the Queen and royal party amid Dublin and Tara Hill tensions.

O'Connell Robert Peel House of Commons O’connell Lord Lyndhurst England Scotland Mr. O'Connell Ireland Lord Howick Lord Morpeth Dublin Lord Devon Tara Hill Wales Rebecca The Nation London Prince Albert Prince Duke of Wellington House of Lords

Court and Fashion In London Welcome Espartero Arrival

Her Majesty held a privy council at Buckingham palace after arriving from Windsor. French princes Joinville and dAumale toured St Pauls and Westminster areas, dined with officials, and prepared for sea departure. Prometheus carried the regent to Woolwich with a large party, while court arrangements and visits to Rumpenheim and Perthshire figures unfolded.

London Buckingham Palace le Prince de Joinville le Duc D’aumale Windsor Prince Great Western Railway Lord Hawarden le Commandant de Hernoux Monsieur de Beaufort St. Paul's Cathedral the Duchess of Gloucester Gloucester House Prince George St. James's Palace Viscount Hawarden Francis Seymour Prince Albert Woolwich Admiralty Sir Francis Collier Prince de Joinville Duke d’Aumale Continent Spain Louis Philippe Windsor Castle Duke Duchess of Cambridge Mary Suite Chateau Rumpenheim Mecklenburg Strelitz Hessee Cassel Duke of Cambridge Prince Alexander King Holland Perth Duke of Leeds Braemar Perthshire Duke of Victory Prometheus Frederick Lowe General Espartero Francis Collier K.C.H Lowe E. Rowley Portsmouth Spithead Havre de Grace Sir F. Collier Sir Francis Hungerford Duchess of Victory Elidia Espartero Lord Bloomfield Royal Arsenal Espartero Waterman Company Hungerford Wharf Mivart General van Halen Perecamps Don Ag. Nogueras Don P. Gomez de la Serna Interior Juan Lacarte Fernando Batarreche Celestino Garcia Cyiseiano Montesimo Juan Mendidagoitia Pedro Falcon Rafael Mendirate Don Ventura Bancalrtezni Miguel Conde de Iberani Blas Osio Francesco Serrano Luciano Marietta Don Bennon Merodiano Duke of Wellington Duque de Cuadad Earl of Aberdeen R. Peel Earl of Clarendon Viscount Mahon Earl of Listowell Lord Campbell Bloomfield Count Godde de Liamourt Col Gurwood F. Huth A. de Ramon Y Carbonall Gen. Miller A. R. Colquhoun Col. Wright M. A. Lopez Vildosola M. A. Heras Mr. Moore Mr. Goldsmith A. Woodford Fead R.N Csilonel C. Fox Duncan Macdougall Owen R.M F. Rasch City of London Peacock Green Court of Common Council England Hanover Royal Gardens Kew Duke of Cumberland

Lord Stowell and the mermaid at the door

The old judge Lord Stowell boasted of manyLondon sights and reportedly paid a shilling to view a new mermaid. The door keeper, not wanting to deceive a loyal customer, refused the money and declared it was only the old sea serpent.

Lorp StowExt Szzinc Lord Stowell London

Progress of Rebecca in South Wales tolls and unrest

August 18 reports Welsh toll gates repeatedly attacked by Rebecca society operatives near Swansea, Pontarlluchar, and Pothy read roads. Gates destroyed, chains used, tolls briefly levied by night, troops arriving after mischief. Officials dispute bail for a gate incident amid wider dole relief debate. Swansza notes copper miners strike and poor-law guidance on relief, with talk of further measures and possible layoffs. A Cornwall turnpike anecdote closes with a shrewd toll keeper remark.

Danmarthen Croas Lield Swansea Road Pothy Swanses Pontarlluchar Rebeccante Llangadock Royal Oak-gate St. Clear’s Road W. Davis Pen-y-garr Swansza Board of Guardians Hewson Savings’ Bank Cornwall Lxeter

The New Birmingham Agitation in Public Meeting Row

In Bramingham a sparsely attended meeting of requisitionists sought to upturn the current administration. Amid factional divides the group proposed a deputation to urge the mayor to call a town meeting, but critics warned the numbers were too small to justify action.

Father Mathew Teetotal Mission In St Giles and Greenwich

Crowds flocked to Father Mathew as he distributed pledges at St Giles’s mews and Greenwich grounds aided by teetotalists. clashes with beer vendors and police halted pledges at times, but thousands attended across Deptford and Milbank fields with protests from malt and hop factions and a later riot in Greenwich police court over a smashed quart pot at a Deptford pub.

Father Mathew St. Giles’s Father Mather Rookery Saint Giles’s Joe Burkitt Joe Hull Poll Moriarty Sisters of Mercy Mathew Chelsea Petre Sophia Col. Dawson Damer Greenwich Apostle Palmer Ireland England London Jerningham Temperance Deptford Wapping Howard Lord Dinorben Lord Effingham Lord Monteagle Arundel Surrey Manners Lady Murray Father Moore Milbank Penitentiary Drury Elizabeth Gleeson Benjamin Dawson High-street Mr. Jeremy Jeremy Dr. Drury Mr. Pyrke Deptford-bridge Pyrke M‘laughlin Office vi Et Armis

Barracks Construction Starts at Newport Monmouthshire

Cavalry and infantry barracks have been commenced at Newport within a ten acre area. The erection is estimated to cost between 40 000 and 50 000 pounds.

Newport Monmouthshire

Extensive Fires in the Metropolis and Tooley Street

A sweeping fire report recounts the Tooley Street disaster at St Olave's, with tower ruin and a costly restoration estimated under £7000. It notes arsenic-laced raisins causing illness near the wreck, the fire brigade’s extinguishment, and insurance totals of £58,500 across several offices.

Toorky Street St. Olave Outley Newman Topping’s Wharf St. Olave’s Churchyard Globe-street Rotherhithe St. Thomas’s Hospital London-bridge Upper Topping’s Wharf Tooley-street Topping’s Messrs. Ward Azores St. Olave’s Stairs Messrs Preston and Co Bloyd St. Olave’s Messrs. Watson Cornhill London Sun Union Phenix Atlas Finz Ferrer Lanu Lanu.—Mr. Weeding Newberry Surrey Weeding Mr. Rose St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Messrs. Comfort and Falconer Bartlett’s Passage Holborn St. Andrew's Law Institution Rose Mecklenburgh Square Cambridge Square Stephenson Wilton Ciata Braidwood

Report on smoke prevention in metropolis urged by committee

The select committee of government presented a report to the House recommending a bill to prohibit smoke from furnaces and steam engines. They cite expert testimony that smoke can be reduced by proper air admission and better combustion, with outlays repaid by fuel savings. They note sanitary benefits and call for action next session. Distressing incident follows as Eliza Goedger, a married woman with young children, leaps from a second floor window at her Pimlico home. She is brought to Westminster Hospital with severe injuries. her husband rushes to her side as her condition remains dire.

MetRopolis House of Commons Lord Francis Egerton Viscount Sandor W. Clay Plumridge Mackinnon Ewart Brotherton Eliza Goedger Westminster Hospital Stafford-place Pimlico Ryde Isle of Wight B 95 H. Thompson Mr. Wilson John Thompson

Mr O Connell Proposes Restoring Irish Parliament

Dusaix August 22 Mr O Connell and Mr Steel entered the exchange and received contributions from fifty three ladies who would become Maids of Orleans if needed He denounced a Times leading article accusing intimidation of the priesthood and declared the journalist a liar He read his plan for restoring the Irish parliament and explained the oath of allegiance for Protestant bishops in the Lords and for Ireland in the Commons.

O’connell House of Lords House of Commons O'Connell

Plan for Restored Irish Parliament by Daniel O Connell

The document outlines a plan that asserts loyalty to Queen Victoria, rejects the 1800 union as illegitimate, and calls for restoring a 300-member Irish Parliament. It details seat distribution by county and city, Ballot voting, and perpetual connection to Great Britain under constitutional law, signed by Daniel O Connell as committee chairman.

Queen Victoria Ireland Peers of Irish House of Lords Turnphy Irish House of Commons Laurin Carlow Tipperary Cork Firthly Dublin Liffey University of Dublin Limerick Belfast Galway Waterford Kilkenny England Great Britain Daniel O'Connell

ReveaL Demonstration at Roscommon Meeting

Sunday demonstration drew upwards of 500000 people in a large field near the town. O'Connell spoke about fighting and urged action if attacked, with the crowd cheering. He translated a chant into English and mocked Peel and Wellington. He planned to propose abolishing the catholic oath and promised a petition to end it.

RoscomMon O’connell Peel Wellington Ireland O'Connell

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