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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 26, 1848
Page
3
Lords and Commons clash over the window tax with Lord Duncan urging repeal citing health and sanitary concerns. Critics warn of revenue loss and push for alternatives while ministers defend keeping the tax amid a tight budget.
The Weekly Chronicle reviews the Paris insurrection, noting barricades and a shifting line between king and country. It argues the people demanded reform, condemns ministerial rigidity, and predicts a continuing struggle for broader liberties and constitutional evolution.
The excerpt explains calculating local sunrise and sunset by latitude adjustments relative to six degrees and fifty three degrees, with minute additions or subtractions per degree. It also lists high water times at major ports with adds or subtractions for Bristol York Falmouth AULL Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow Southampton and notes days and liturgical references for the calendar.
A Canton mob slaughtered six Englishmen after they ventured ashore following church. The piece blames English misadventure and Canton authorities, urges stronger protection and a larger naval force, noting prior similar dangers to Englishmen abroad.
The piece argues that public mood at Conciliation Hall fuels ongoing agitation and political opportunism. It discusses Mr Browne and a potential O’Connell consulship, suggesting pension or place incentives shape patriotism, while warning against complacent victory over Irish causes.
A colonial era critique denounces the Window Tax as a denial of health, calling the Chancellor of the Exchequer a foe to light. Lord Duncan earns praise for pushing sanitary reform while Dublin and Treland exemptions highlight inequities. The piece blasts the tax on light as harmful to both people and plants, urging repeal.
The article reviews government actions on national defences, noting no major Army or Navy additions beyond 1,500 Marines and 500 Artillerymen, with Militia mobilization to come. It details a large rise in Stores and a total estimated expenditure of £602,000 for Navy, Army, and Ordinance plus miscellaneous items, then outlines the year’s financial scheme across Customs, Excise, Stamps, and other charges, and ends with a critique of Irish patriots and English placemen, referencing Mr. Dillon Browne and a total duty of £54,637,000.
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