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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 23, 1843
Page
2
A Skibbereen bench hears repeal movement claims with magistrates split. Several applicants are admitted or rejected after cross examination. statements span loyalty, opposition, and evenings at table. Certificates granted or reserved follow intense questioning as chair and panel rule on each case.
Monday meeting discusses weekly rent above £500 and a letter urging £25 for Larkins the servant for defending his master at the France massacre. O'Connell attacks landlord cruelty and the Landlord and Tenant Commission. other items cover adjournment details, defense preparations, and armed measures in Tipperary and surrounding counties.
An old watchmaker challenges a provincial journal on the trade noting many skilled workers idle at most three days weekly and that the China order of silver watches was under 1000 pieces. He adds the Cromwell mace still exists, kept by the Royal Society and placed before the president at meetings.
The Moniteur prints ordonnances naming Dumont minister of public works and Teste to the Court of Cassation, with Teste elevated to peer and Passy also ennobled. Algerian trade laws impose tonnage duties on foreign ships, high tariffs on foreign goods, and ban refined sugars arms and warlike stores from Algeria. Growth in Paris to open session. Narvaez seeks dictatorial power in Spain. Don Carlos unit complex with progresistas and republicans foresee turmoil leading to a potential republic.
Reports from Madrid and Saragossa on December 12 13 indicate growing unrest across Spain. Authorities move to curb disorder forbidding public singing and enforcing arms laws while the military stays alert. French ambassador Count Bresson meets the Queen. BaxcEtona notes Barcelona quiet now but risks of new outbreak as captain-general breaches city conventions.
In Liszon the Duke of Palmella voices regret over not accepting Lord Aberdeen's tariff terms. Deputies study government financial projects, notably No 113 to raise duties on wine salt flax and iron and extend the octroi. Speakers Gavino Vieira de Magalhaes and Jose Estevao oppose, citing taxpayer burden and unfulfilled cost-cutting promises.
The Teviot royal West India mail packet arrived at Southampton at 9:30 am and landed the West India mails for the 11 am London train after taking on 493 tons of coal. It left St Thomas on November 30 with numerous passengers and £3000 in specie. The City of Glasgow and the Sheria also noted arrivals and mail movements amid agricultural and political news from Jamaica and the South American Main.
A young farmer from Tourneurs in Fontenelle near Rheims reportedly dreamt of falling from a tree and breaking his limbs. The next day he recounted the dream and, to test its omen, went out and found a tree similar to the one in his vision.
A Monday meeting of King's College London students presented three elaborately chased silver salvers as a token of esteem for late principal Rev Dr Lonsdale now bishop of Lichfield. The ceremony featured the bishop, clergy, and college associates with heartfelt tributes and a moving farewell.
Debates argue meters understate consumer gains while overcharging, advocating parliamentary regulation and ensuring gas purity. A meeting plans to form a committee to press Sir James Graham and gas firms for reform, with a West End gas supply association in formation led by aristocrats.
A Newport banking collapse struck the island after a bank named Sir R Bassett Roe and Blachford failed to meet debts. In Worcester a poacher attack fractured a watchman’s arm and teeth, while a Cropthorne inn attempt ended unsuccessfully with a thief escaping. Earl Beauchamp’s estate saw a mysterious wine theft with the cash box left intact and key evidence pointing away from staff.
The excerpt analyzes multiple chess continuations with White and Black, evaluating tactical threats and material swings. It discusses attacks on the queen, piece exchanges, potential draws, and strategic plans as the game progresses to late moves including a promotion and a resignation by M. St. Amant.
An elderly man in Tenbury received about £400 from a prior holder at five percent. They buried the funds in a small box in a garden. After some time the man, seeking new investments, dug up the spot and found the box missing, surprising him greatly. In a Portsmouth note, convict labour is being expanded then phased out as dockyard work shifts and medical tests undergo scrutiny. Mainland watchmaking reports brisk trade with orders for 25,000 silver watches for China driving employment.
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