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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 24, 1848
Page
3
Norfolk coroner Mr Press resumes the inquest into the Rush case at the King’s Head Inn. The jury hears about forged documents, anonymous letters, and a key finding that James Blomfield Bush wilfully murdered Isaac Jermy and Isaac Jermy Jermy. Emily Sandford testifies of Rush’s nocturnal movements and threats.
Rush, during a Bridewell examination, pressed Savory on how a booth could be removed from the back kitchen unseen, noting the two rooms are distant and separated by a strong wall. A door between Rush’s area and Savory’s bedroom may permit prior communication before police questioned him. Emily Sandford’s plight draws county sympathy as the accused awaits further inquiries and guards at Norwich Castle.
The Stanfield Hall vicinity saw renewed excitement as Rush the supposed assassin was brought from Norwich Castle for examination before Sir John Boileau and Rev. Edward Postle. The injured maid Eliza Chestney testified in detail about the disguise and the shooter, supporting that the prisoner wore a wig found at Potash Farm. Police continue a rigorous search for firearms as Mrs. Jermy and Eliza Chestney improve under medical care.
A long compendium of short legal notices and editorials offering guidance on duties and rights. Subjects include debt, guardianship, service, property, wills, marriages, and public charges with references to courts, officials, and customary practices.
Medieval notes on locating sunrise and sunset by latitude plus a table of high water adjustments for principal ports. It explains subtracting or adding minutes per degree above or below thresholds and lists port-specific time differences for Bristol, Dover, Dublin, Liverpool, and others, followed by editorial observations on contemporary newspapers.
In December 1848 the Weekly Chronicle reports on India and China tensions. It notes that the Peshawar situation remains loyal with skirmishes against Modraj, Whish’s troops growing to about 10,000 with allies Edwardes and Cortland, and a large future force assembling at Roree. It predicts potential action by November 17 and cautions against alarm. In Hong Kong a clash aboard a ship led to violence with Chinese and English, resulting in casualties and calls for caution and stricter measures, while urging Buckingham to pursue peaceful mediation.
The piece surveys Europe’s drift toward liberty, noting Austria’s easing of old aristocratic strictures and Prussia’s surprising constitutional grant. It critiques London’s Morning Papers for propping Tory power, mocks Liberal street credibility, and questions foreign reportage amid a changing continental scene.
The piece defends measured relief for Ireland, rejects indiscriminate landlord targeting, and supports a tempered Poor Law reform. It reports a Dublin meeting of guardians urging immediate amendments to tax areas, one speaker noting injustices where diligent proprietors pay while others avoid duty, and calls for a just and equitable Poor Law aligned with helping the destitute without harming capital.
Mr Cobden writes on Budget reform adopted by Mr Gladstone and the Liverpool reformers. He proposes removing taxes amounting to 11 million pounds and balancing with equivalent spending cuts to 1835 levels. He argues armaments costs and naval needs justify larger expenditure than France, urging caution on colonies. He notes England’s army and navy costs reflect feeding and protecting troops, and questions scaling down without colonial adjustments.
The article describes blue frocked Street Orderlies patrolling Piccadilly under Mr. Cochranes, twenty four four dozen employed from the Philanthropic Soup Kitchen at about 12s each. It contrasts the orderlies with old scavengers, noting cost, labor, and the potential impact on unemployment and workhouses.
The Thursday St Thomas day elections filled many seats across wards with incumbents re elected in Aldgate Bessishaw Billingsgate Bread street Bridge Broad street Coleman street Cornhill Cripplegate Without Farringdon Within Langbourn Lime street Walbrook. Contested wards showed activity in Cordwainers Cripplegate Within Farringdon Without Port Soken with candidates aiming to replace retiring members and protests over polls and resignations.
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