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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 17, 1839
Page
4
Debates cover petitions for repeal from Ossett Portsmouth Newcastle and more with figures urging repeal and opposing sides. Government signals plan on hearing counsel and handling education, with committees on metropolitan improvements and justice in Scotland.
Debate on a proposed plan to appoint six members from both sides and two qualified assessors for disputed elections. The proposal aims to prevent party influence through an oath bound tribunal. Opposed by Peel and Russell, the motion failed 177 to 63. Also noted: bill to amend jurisdiction of the house in disputed elections and factory labor regulations. Adjourned.
The fragment lists daily notes for February with liturgical references and events. It records high water times, lunar phases, and notable historical dates such as Michael Angelo's death in 1963, Colonel Despard executed for treason, Sir Joshua Reynolds death in 1792, and the Cat Street conspiracy in 1820.
Readers submit legal and medical questions and receive cautious guidance. Respondents discuss wills arbitration bonds debts household status and remedies while medical editors prescribe remedies and diet plans with caution. The exchange blends law advice social norms and domestic health tips from diverse correspondents.
A long compendium of medical prescriptions including tonics and diaphoretics with notes on dosing, preparation, and cautions. It also details jasmine cultivation in India and Europe, propagation by cuttings, pruning timing, and flowering habits, plus weekly operations for gardeners and notes on related plants and local curiosities.
The week in Parliament centers on education reform. Lord John Russell explains government plans to improve the system without sectarian conflict, while Lord Durham rebukes Sir Robert Inglis for partisan attacks and defends orderly debate on the colonial empire.
Opinion notes Lord Glenelg’s dismissal as Colonial Secretary and critiques of his tenure. The piece denounces vacillation and incompetence, questions Tory reactions, and contrasts parliamentary attitudes. Also reports Canadian affairs from New York Inquirer with promised executions and frontier tension.
A critical piece rails against Sir Robert Inglis and the push for state tied religious instruction in schooling. It condemns mixing church and education, warns of ill effects on national peace, and supports government plans for a Board of unpaid education commissioners and a Normal School while decrying scant funding for National Education. The article urges Liberal MPs to demand impartial inquiry and criticizes Corn Laws supporters and petitions from parochial critics.
The Farmers Friends are rebuked for seeking to petition in the Lords and Commons to support the present Corn Laws. The piece argues reasons reveal unreasonableness and urges agriculturists to rely on numbers and circumstance rather than argument. Lord Western is named as promoter of the scheme.
A critical look at Mr George William Wood who seconded the Address amid Manchester and Kendal constituencies. The piece argues he betrayed constituents for government alignment, noting Manchester Chamber of Commerce and Kendal's public admonition. It critiques his independence and hints at Free Trade lessons from the Chamber.
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