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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 13, 1847
Page
4
In a debate on Ireland's misery, Sir Crawford argues landlords and middlemen caused famine conditions. He urges tenant protection, fair rents, and tenure security, linking them to Poor Law reforms and economic relief for Ireland's laboring poor.
A long list of titled and common name figures appears, including Acheson Forrater Lord, M Acland, Fox, Grattan, Barrow, Grosvenor, Berkeley, Ball, and many others spanning peers lords knights physicians and political figures. The fragment seems to catalog a broad roster of MPs peers and related officials with numerous surnames and initials across multiple estates and orders.
A long letter column covers mislaid letters and varied questions from readers. Topics include charity coal distribution, banking cheques, naturalisation and alien law, wills and trusts, debt, Irish relief funding, election law, and a bank report. The tone is advisory with proposed remedies and legal notes, naming numerous individuals and institutions.
Public support events occur annually ending at Easter, with towns like Wimborne and Marlborough joining charitable drives. Reports describe historic hospital ether anesthesia experiments at King's College Hospital, including a marine losing an arm and other surgeons achieving painless operations, amid dramatic anecdotes of behavior.
Guide for calculating sunrise and sunset times by latitude with adjustments per degree from 6 deg 80 min and 61 deg 80 min. Includes high water offsets for major ports and harbors at London Dock Thames and other stations, with many local references and calendar notes.
A critical review argues the Irish Party seeks to shield property from duties while denying relief to able bodied poor. It condemns relieving officers and church rate practices, urges support for outlay to aid famine relief, and critiques parliamentary resolutions and church funding disputes amid a national crisis.
The text discusses Gosling versus Vesey and a long taken case judged by Lord Chief Justice Denman. It argues the decision is decisive for church friends yet not a heavy blow to the Dissenting interest. It asserts parishioners have a duty to repair and maintain the parish church for decent religious celebration, a principle as old as law.
A fragment from a periodical discussing Irish railways and government policy. It critiques postponement of railway schemes, drainage spending, and labour hours while naming various nobles and financiers. An accident on the East Anglia line is noted, with a fireman fatally harmed near Broxbourne. The piece also criticizes newspaper biases and medical advice.
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