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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 18, 1844
Page
4
A lengthy debate discusses religious equality in Ireland, condemns the church as a source of mischief, and probes endowment ideas. Lord Stanley rejects broad reform, defends the Protestant establishment, and questions practical measures while urging loyalty and balanced policy.
Abstract of a bill allowing defendants to prove the truth of facts in libel or seditious prosecutions. Notices and trial provisions authorize evidence of truth and falsehood, with jury verdicts. Reports detail four information cases at Eton bench, violent mob attacks, a master baker’s suicide, and the Planstead murder confession by John Bodle after transport sentence.
Johns Wade sees the February Weekly Chronicle issue as the first part of a wider work on national distress. It outlines causes, industrial development, and commercial fluctuations, then presents legislative, capitalist, and worker remedies. Also features Irish policy guides and Cotton Twist reprints with varied editions and subscription details.
The method uses latitude from a guide or map and adjusts sunrise and sunset by per degree time shifts. It also lists high water times at major ports with added or subtracted hours and minutes from the London Dock gate reference for Bristol Cork Falmouth Hull Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow Southampton and others.
We are compelled to delay our Answers to Correspondents and Scalpel’s Anatomy of the Peers until next week. The postponement follows the extended Trish State Trials, Foreign Intelligence, and a major Ireland affairs debate in the House of Commons. Literature, Drama, and Sporting Intelligence will appear on the 7th page.
A London newspaper reviews Lord John Russell’s three hour Irish state speech praising its wide range and urgent tone. The piece contrasts Tory criticisms in papers with the speech’s defense of Mr. O Connell and calls for true religious equality in Ireland, including proposed church property reforms.
The piece surveys Lord Normanby and Lord Howick on Irish affairs, condemns government choices over Catholic rights, and notes Sir James Graham and Mr. O'Connell in a tense Commons week. It highlights revolutions, proclamations at Clontarf, and the political clash over ecclesiastical policy and education grants.
The piece defends Sir Charles Napier for advancing on Hyderabad against heavy odds, arguing his moral courage exceeded mere military skill. It notes Lord Howick’s dissent, Peel and Hardinge defense, and warns Parliament overstepping on India policy while praising Napier’s decisive strike.
In this fragment, a critic cites Lord Auckland for a perceived crime of maintaining the net and keeping Cabal, while Sir James Graham is portrayed as rarely boasting of his pacific China policy as Steamers and Sir Henry Pottinger push events their way.
The Lords defeated Lord Normanby’s motion by 78 to 175 after a lengthy debate marked by sharp exchanges. Proponents praised Fortescue and Monteagle while critics challenged Chancellor and Brougham. In the Commons Bernal delivered a pointed speech, D’Israeli offered theory on government, and Ward, Graham, Stanley, and Attwood featured in replies, with Conolly, Murphy, Buller, and others cited on Irish law and Catholic Oath questions.
Report from Bridgwater dated Friday shows Freeholders and tenant-farmers embracing Free Trade over monopolist pressure. Sheriff error noted as indicating public opinion strength. Somerset Yeomanry praised for steadfast support of the League and Free Trade principles.
The Week notes religious lessons for Quinquagesima Sunday and Lent, with ephemeris data on moon phases, sun declination, and day length. It records historical birthdays and events, weather notes, and saints days from February 18th to 25th, including Shrove Tuesday Ash Wednesday and Bonaparte’s Elba escape.
A letter to the editor warns the Hyde Park gravel excavation in the south western area, covering over an acre and 15 to 20 feet deep, is being filled with night soil refuse. The author, Home of London, February 12 1844, says the stench and altered soil moisture create miasma and urges commissioners of woods and forests to stop the practice and seek safer road repair alternatives.
During a Thursday debate Mr Borthwick sparked dinner hour thinning of the House with only 32 members present at one point. Lambeth MP Hawes raced to warn opposition members and avert a count out as the city of London motion hung in the air amid sparse Irish attendance. Sir James Graham refused magistrates appointment for Sheffield without a new gaol and quarter sessions, and H S Hodgson is named a Gentleman at Arms replacing Blewitt who retires.
Miscellany notes the retirement of Mr. R. V. Richards of the Oxford Circuit. Middlesex Adjourned Sessions report James Cook and Harriet charged with running a common brothel in St. Martin in the Fields. guilty verdict and harsh six month terms with hard labor then recognizances. Also covered are police witness allowances, parish desertions, Charlton on Otmoor unrest, bridge toll plans, Marylebone poor medical officer demand, and various local incidents.
The judge defines conspiracy as acting together to commit an illegal act or to bring about an illegal outcome, rejects treachery and secrecy as required elements, and argues the union act remains the law until repeal. He notes public meetings may be illegal by objective to create fear, and cites Repeal Association methods before adjourning at five.
Saturday sessions open with the lord chief justice apologizing for harsh remarks about Mr Fitzgibbon. He reviews the Repeal Association funds and Mr O Connell's role, condemns monster meetings, and reads from Nation papers as he outlines five conspiracy heads. He directs the jury to acquit if no full proof of conspiracy exists, and to convict if a common illegal design is proven. The foreman notes jury fatigue and asks about tonight’s deliberations.
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