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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 23, 1845
Page
5
A long fragment lists 240 names of voters tied to a parliamentary inquiry. The document references a charge against a Liberal MP and a Tory government proceeding, with numerous titled figures and peers named in what appears to be a procedural or political dispute.
A father stands committal for murder after arsenic kills his child Ellen Jennings at Thatcham. A coroner's inquest linked the poison to the father, who denied the charge though servant testimony and medical findings supported foul play. The trial is set for the assizes in Ipswich.
The public history and personal life of Sir Fowell Buxton of Earl's Colne Essex are outlined. Born 1786 at Greenwich school, he studied under Dr Burney, married Miss Gurney in 1807, and entered Parliament in 1813 representing Weymouth. He championed prison reform anti-slavery and widow burning abolition, but his later Niger expedition and leadership in philanthropy drew mixed views. He died at North Repps Hall Norfolk on May 19, at age 39.
A Lambeth inquest examined the death of Mr Laman Blanchard a noted contributor to metropolitan periodicals. The verdict found death by self destruction while labouring under temporary insanity due to his wife’s insanity and his despondent state since her illness. The report notes his four grieving children and the earlier family distress.
A reader denounces Sir Robert Peel's financial plan as a flawed free trade budget, arguing it raises revenue through taxation on the many to bribe few, condemning income tax as unfair to tradesmen, farmers, and the poor, while criticizing sugar, glass, and cotton cloth concessions as ill conceived and retrograde. The letter calls for revision of policy toward genuine free trade and broader relief for home industry.
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