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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 26, 1843
Page
4
The piece reports heated exchanges over the Poor Law Amendment Act, criticising workhouse conditions, relief practices, and ministerial policies. It notes banners of rebellion against Elizabethan precedents and the broader clash of moral principle, economy, and public welfare.
Instructional note outlines how to compute sunrise and sunset times from latitude, with adjustments by degree differences from 51 deg 30 min. It also lists high tide offsets for major ports including London, Bristol, Ork Cove, Falmouth, Hull, Milford Haven, Brighton, Cowes, Dover, Dublin, Holyhead, Liverpool, Port Glasgow, and Southampton, and suggests consulting Notices to Correspondents for calendar information.
A reverend vicar, keeper of a key, is cited as representative of burgage teonies by which the late Mr. Satherthwaite showed fondness. The crowd and Treasury Bench erupt in laughter as Mr. Duncombe closes with How do You like that, My Lord? directed at Sir James Graham, leaving his lordship the sole serious face.
A harsh reproach of Lord Stanley’s Colonial Office, condemning Hobson and Head for incompetence and mis management in New Zealand and Trinidad. The piece questions appointments, cites a £50,000 debt, and warns Parliament to curb Crown influence amid questionable picks such as Mason Fancourt and a troubled Cape policy.
A critical letter condemns Mr Roebuck for breaching private talks with Mr Cobden and mocks Sir Robert Peel. It argues the public misjudgment harms the cause and notes Cobden’s reception at the Crown and Wednesday shows public appetite for fair play amid parliamentary theatrics.
The Navy Estimates prompt lengthy discussion in the Committee of Supply with Mr Hume urging deeper reductions and Sir Robert Peel defending measured economies. The debate covers China Ratifications, Mediterranean fleet reductions, and a £832,000 Army Navy Ordnance cut with steps to restore 1838 standards, while the press notes Peel's calm appeal to balance and industry against wider European entanglements.
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