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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 05, 1840
Page
3
The passage argues the poor law mirrors laissez faire, claiming the poor are starved and only the best fed strike, with wages unequal and tools akin to gambling. It notes dismal conditions, mutinous discontent, and hints at chartist flare while vowing to discuss Carlyle's argument in a future piece.
A long readers Q A feature covers rent payment to executors or superior landlords, equity of redemption in mortgages, holding over for under tenants, and validity of marriage promises. It also edits cases on guarantees, schoolmaster notices, benefit societies, party walls, and professional help recommendations.
The page compiles medical dicta on various ailments with home remedies, prescriptions, and dietary advice from multiple correspondents. It ends with commentary on the January 10 penny post change and praise for Rowland Hill and supporters for postal reform.
The article lauds Mr Rowland Hill's uniform Penny Postage system, noting transparency from Mr Francis Baring and government effort. It details prepayment stamps, envelope and paper options, the move to two pence, and anticipated ease for the public and Bell-men, with general optimism about universal writing.
The Tory press praises Lord Bute for denying Catholics in Cardiff a land purchase for a chapel. The piece condemns Protestant bigotry while noting Bute’s later protection of Catholic residents and questions the universality of Protestant virtue. It laments ingratitude and intolerance across sides and warns against moral blindness in religious zeal.
The Globe reports Lord John Russell plans to abolish the South Australian Commission and the Commissioner General of Emigration. A Land and Emigration Board would regulate waste lands and emigration across British colonies, based on the Colonial Land Committee’s Wakefield theory of colonization. The move aims to expand British markets, employment, and happiness while safeguarding colonial interests and constitutional prerogatives. The editorial endorses the step and previews government plan details, promising to align with Lord Durham’s principles for representative governance.
The passage lauds a Statesman’s honesty and mental power, predicting national benefit from his approach. It urges government perseverance on current policy and Colonization, ties franchise debates to economic changes, and claims decisive action for Labour interests will calm public irritation.
A parliamentary select committee evaluates land sales in the Australian colonies Cape of Good Hope and West Indies. It urges Lord Ripon style auction sales with a central land board in London and emigration funds linked to colony sales to boost settlement and prosperity. The report dates 1st August 1836.
The piece notes limited space for comment on Special Commission proceedings at Monmouth and the Sheffield Meeting. It highlights a key objection about indictments and witness lists being reserved for the Twelve Judges, and signals forthcoming coverage. It also discusses mass discontent, rising lower-class organization, and the need for broad safety valves to prevent societal disruption. It mentions Mr. George Dawson’s stance on Corn Laws and Catholic Disabilities and teases further details in the Southwark Electors report on page six.
The Sun notes the marriage day for the Queen is not set, pending passage of the Prince Albert bill. Other items include appointments in Waterford and Sodor and Man, plus remote foreign and local notices on policing, an umbrella prize, South Sea stock, and corn law activism.
The Globe reports Major Macnamara not retiring from Clare representation. It also notes the week’s export of silver coin to the British West Indies and a series of domestic incidents including the Bank of England death of Miles Stringer and public meetings in Tower Hamlets against leet jury powers.
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