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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 31, 1843
Page
3
A Times letter from Mr. Ferrand accuses the Anti Corn Law League of instigating outbreaks in the north and of a member promising to fund assassination attempts on Sir Robert Peel. The Manchester Guardian and others rebut the charge, tracing the tale to a private remark at a Manchester meeting and urging inquiry before a House committee.
Sturge reports a deficient wheat harvest this year with higher prices and import needs before next harvest. The Bank reveals £110,000 unclaimed South Sea Company dividends, with overall unclaimed funds and stock details contrasted against £700,000,000 in stocks and annuities.
A Rochdale meeting ends in clash as William Busfield Ferrand faces chartist opposition led by James Barratt and Thomas Greenwood. Ferrand is jeered and challenged over his political acts and support for Oastler, while Daniel Livesey counters with renewed attack on Ferrand, ending with a staged vote of no confidence. A separate case reports a Roscommon man Edward Armstrong detained for mental distress after declaring plans to shoot the Queen, examined by police and magistrates and remanded.
An adjourned inquest at the Noahs Ark Deptford investigates 18 year old Martha Lowe found dead near the Grand Surrey canal. Evidence links seduction and alleged misconduct with Mr W Stevens and associates as jurors weigh possible perjury and further inquiry.
The Tuz Art Union reports high merit in a selected series of outline designs illustrating British history and English authors. The set, by H C Selous, will be engraved with copies for subscribers and premiums awarded to other works by Paton Tenniel Pickersgill.
A Times reader submits a corrective letter defending Mr Ferrand against a Peel assassination allegation. The writer recounts 1842 events where shopkeepers from the town sought relief from Sir Robert Peel, describing the public meeting at the Carr Exchange Inn and noting the deputation’s unsuccessful London attempt and subsequent appeal to Lord Ripon and Lord Ashley.
The correspondence shows Abel Heywood defending anti union views and reporting a shopkeeper’s refusal to donate to a London deputation fund. Henry Caulfield writes to William Sharman Crawford endorsing federal ideas and proposing a cautious path to reform before parliament.
Dusrix reports extensive defensive works at Dwunrin Castle with nightly sapper guard sleepings amid alarm fears. Edinburgh court weighs whether council must attend city churches while post office money order dispute heads to law courts over payment and proof of debt.
An inquest at the Globe Tottenham Court Road on Freeman, who died of a burst blood vessel, was interrupted by rate payer Masters who claimed the deceased might be alive and urged immediate examination and medical attendance. He insisted the jury had failed to discover life and offered bets on his view.
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