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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 02, 1838
Page
3
A collage of poems and anecdotes on courage and faith. Verses honor a fearless father, a Boschman lion encounter, and moral reflections from diverse sources including Trajan and a Descartes descendant, interwoven with humorous vignettes and verse on water and virtue.
A lengthy review of Travels in Town praises its wit and authority on British life. It lampoons Downing Street officials, especially Chancellor Spring Rice, detailing deputation interviews, chair shortages, and the minister’s polished polite tactics to avoid explicit promises while pleasing visitors.
Deputation pressed Mr. Spring Rice for clear repeal of an odious impost. He praised taxed glass and displayed two Birmingham plates, claiming higher domestic production would keep foreigners out. They left unresolved on repeal, while he hinted at relief for manufacturers and laughed at their failing agenda.
A letter to Feargus O Connor criticizes the shift toward physical force in radical reform, warns of social ruin, and urges clear stance on moral versus physical power. It attacks Harney, Stephens, and Castlerism while urging prudent, peaceful change and predicts decline of inferior debt courts.
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