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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 24, 1843
Page
2
Extraordinary proceedings at the Macroom Quarter Sessions on the Irish Arms Bill registry opened with clashes over magistrates powers and political allegiance. Objections to a gun registry for 840 applicants revealed tension between law and republican sentiment, with hearings interrupted by protests and claims of constitutional overreach.
Fragmented transcript shows Downing and others answering whether he is a repealer and acting secretary. Questions about character, oath, and loyalty lead to admissions of involvement with repeal meetings in Skibbereen. Several magistrates consider admitting or rejecting applicants as repeal wardens with contrasting views.
The notice extends letter reception hours from New Year’s Day with increased deadline times at various branches and a penny stamp fee for late posting. Separately, Mary Sealy, niece of a murdered woman, was committed for trial at the next assizes for the aunt’s murder after police found a hidden trap door in the house aiding the investigation.
The Moniteur publishes ordonnances naming M Dumont minister of public works and elevating Teste to the Court of Cassation and to the peerage, with Pasay also made a peer. New trade rules with Algeria impose tonnage duties and raise duties on foreign goods, restricting import of arms and warlike stores. Paris press views these moves as proof of Guizot’s strength while Madrid-Barcelona reports unrest and political plotting across Spain.
In Lisbon the Duke of Palmella voices regret over not sealing Lord Aberdeen’s tariff terms as deputies debate Project D No.113 to raise wine salt flax and iron duties and extend the export tax beyond the capital. Opponents cite burden on the people and demand government cuts first. little notable progress reported.
The Teviot arrived in the river at nine thirty a.m. taking in 493 tons of coal and landing West India mails for the eleven o'clock London train. Passengers included officers, gentlemen, and Mrs Pell with servant. freight in specie valued at £3000. The City of Glasgow reached St Thomas earlier, while the Iberia will carry Peninsular mails.
A young farmer from Tourneurs in Fontenelle near Rheims dreamed of falling from a tree and breaking his limbs. He told the dream to prove it had no predictive value and went out to test it, finding a tree similar to the one in his vision. The incident appears in the Industriel de la Champagne.
A King's College London meeting presented three silver salvers as a tribute to the late principal Rev Dr Lonsdale now Bishop of Lichfield. The event featured thanks from students and a gracious response from the bishop, with references to his five years of service and future prayers for his episcopal duties.
The discussion argued that gas meters can be made to register against consumers and urged parliamentary interference to regulate gas meters and ensure gas purity. The meeting planned to form a committee to press Sir James Graham and the gas companies. An association led by the Marquis of Westminster, the Duke of Cleveland, and the Duke of Buccleuch aimed to supply west London with gas.
A string of incidents unfolds from Llanvihangel Cardiganshire where a deserter swapped clothes with a farmer, leading to arrest and imprisonment. Newport reports a bank collapse impacting many creditors amid a wave of distrust in private banks. Worcester details a brutal poacher clash injuring a gamekeeper and a separate burglary attempt at Cropthorne, where a thief escaped with plate after alarm and a mysterious Earl Beauchamp mansion theft with the cash box found intact.
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