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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 17, 1844
Page
4
Lords adjourned after a tense session debating religion within the Protestant establishment, Irish discontent, and political reform. Members urged conciliation, questioned penalties on horse racing, and clashed over parliamentary procedure amid Ireland’s unrest and government policy.
In a heated session, speakers defend past principles while condemning a charge of changing political stance. Dublin trial and O Connell are central as plans to govern Ireland by force are denied, with calls for conciliatory measures, church reform, and equal rights for Catholics. The scene features Lord Howick, Sir James Graham, and remarks on juries and governance.
Lord Howick argues for full and equal justice to the people of Ireland amid church establishment clashes. He suggests options from restoring Catholic endowments to education funding or abolishing establishment, warning that enforcing minority will against the majority undermines free government. The speech ends with support for adjournment.
Instructions to find sunrise and sunset times by latitude, with adjustments above 51 30 for sunrise and below 61 for sunset, plus a method for high water at main ports. Lists added times for Bristol Cork Falmouth Aull Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow Southampton and notes these places haveHarbours of inferior note.
The Week notes Quinquagesima Sunday February 18 reports proper lessons Genesis ix Luke i for morning and Genesis xii Galatians i for evening. It records lunar age solar declination sunrise and sunset details, plus weather forecasts Meteo Ephem Zadkiel. Noted are anniversaries and births including Copernicus, Galileo, Cranmer and Bonaparte. It covers days Monday through Sunday with changes in frost thaw wind and mild conditions and Lent begins on Ash Wednesday.
John Wade's prospective essay on the distress in the kingdom appears in the Weekly Chronicle February 24. Part I examines causes such as industrial development, productive power, commercial fluctuations, banking, currency, and credit, while Part II offers legislative, capitalist, and working-class remedies. Also marketed are Irish policy writings, Scalpels Anatomy of the Peerage, and Cotton Twist redivivus. The paper promotes free trade, suffrage, and fiscal reform, with multiple editions and pricing details.
We reluctantly postpone our Answers to Correspondents and Scalpel's Anatomy of the Peers until next week due to the lengthy Trish State Trials, the Foreign Intelligence, and the Ireland Debate in the House of Commons. Drama and Sporting Intelligence will appear on our 7th page.
London editorial notes Lord John Russell's state of Ireland speech, praising its scope and spirit. It contrasts Whig merits with Tory papers, commends Russell for defending O Connell, and echoes Lord Normanby's vigorous Ireland policy while urging equal church reform and ecclesiastical restructuring.
The article reviews the Irish political crisis and government actions. It discusses Sir James Graham's speech and its tone, Clontarf and Hillsborough issues, the Repeal movement, and O Connell's return to the Commons. It notes public reaction, political intrigue, and debates on education, franchise, and Catholic rights, with Lord Howick offering three reform options.
The article defends Sir Charles Napier for risking the army at Meanee against overwhelming odds to defeat the Belcoches and avoid annihilation. It notes the debate over a Vote of Thanks in Parliament, praising Napier’s moral courage and military judgment while criticizing Lord Howick for disrupting unity. It also comments on broader imperial policy and commentators’ views on India governance.
The Oriental Company's steam packet Monitor Captain Lewis docked this morning at half past seven from Gibraltar and landed mails in time for the nine o clock mail train. She left Gibraltar on the fourth, Cadiz on the fifth, Lisbon on the seventh, Oporto the sixth, and Vigo on the ninth. Mr H S Hodgson appointed one of the gentlemen at arms replacing retiring Mr Blewitt. The Bar of Canpreax case Cox is fixed for trial by special jury before the lord chief justice at Guildhall on the twenty sixth inst.
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