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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 18, 1844
Page
2
The Paris and Madrid fronts show a widening energy in European politics as Spain faces insurrection and government reprisals. Reports detail Narvaez’s crackdown, disarmament orders, and executions in Alicante Murcia and Valencia, while Paris frays over Guizot’s cabinet and Queen Christina’s Madrid plans.
Lisbon correspondent reports the 6th day government declared insurrection, charter guarantees suspended, press liberty curtailed, Cortes prorogued, 2000 contos loan authorized for order. Arrests made, leaders targeted, Cabral’s fate speculated. Insurrection began with the 4th dragoons at Torres Novas. In Sweden King’s illness updates. regency to Crown Prince until March 1. bulletins note leg pain, eruption, swelling, gradual improvement, hindering government duties.
Express packet Lieutenant Herrick brings Brazils men with Pernambuco 14 Bahia 20 Rio Janeiro 21 December dates. Freight about £20000. General Rivera issues spirited addresses and marches his army toward Monte Video to relieve the city. Collision with Oribe expected soon, with decisive action likely.
Dispatches recount the Avon’s perilous Gulf voyage from January in a north wind storm that forced fuel from ship cabins. Captain Strutt and crew endured 35 days at sea with heavy seas, Bermuda reports clear health, and transfers of inter-colonial mails to the Avon at Bermuda. The article notes significant cargo and banking consignments, cochineal, gum copal, and mining company funds, with Grenada papers up to January 6.
An inquest at Lambeth workhouse investigated the death of Edmund Lan worn a 17 month old infant allegedly flogged at Norwood infant school. Witnesses contradicted accusations of abuse and the jury found a natural death while urging inquiry into a rod's presence in the ward and no infant chastisement. Also reports a deranged woman seized in St James's Park and a newborn found dead beside Belgrave Square with post mortem to follow.
In Bolton a keeper Matthew Ferguson was found fatally mauled in the male leopard’s den after entering the cage with a whip to teach the animals tricks. The inquest returned an accidental death verdict as witnesses noted prior discipline warnings and unusual access.
In the Lords on Monday Lord Ripon lauded Sir Charles Napier for Scinde’s conquest and voted thanks to Napier and his army. In the Commons notices of motion covered protective duties, Irish reform, and Roman Catholic clergy questions. Debates touched state of Ireland, governance criticisms, and calls for inquiries into magistracy, franchise reforms, and Catholic eligibility. The Factory Bill progressed. the Bank of England metro bill and public notices were discussed amid party tensions.
A large public meeting at the Literary Institution Portman Square, chaired by Benjamin Bond Cabbell, forms a Temperance Hall and Mechanics Institute for Marylebone and Paddington. £240 has been subscribed. building on the former malt house site on Great Carlisle Street is planned for long-term use.
Members argue over Irish grievances and the push for equal rights for Catholics, with calls to end religious preference and align treatment across faiths. Lords defend measures, discuss land tenure, franchise changes, education funding, and church supremacy while planning further inquiries and anticipated proceedings.
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