Prices in iron trade hold firm amid union tensions
The iron masters meeting at Wolverhampton rejected a plan to cut bar iron prices by 10s per ton. Prices stay steady: bar iron £5 10s to £6, pigs £2 15s to £3 5s, hoops £6 10s, sheets up to £7 10s. Workers join Northern Union for higher wages, while masters previously raised pay by 6d daily. In Staffordshire, non unionists faced pit refusals, three ringleaders jailed, with possible legal challenge. News from Calcutta reports pilot establishment failures with underqualified pilots. Rail receipts show large year over year gains. capital in railways rises to £52m. Manchester trade paints a mixed picture with cloths steady, velvet brisk, and cotton markets volatile amid crop news and exports.
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Customs officer faces complaints over light gold coins
An officer in charge of salaries received a large sum in bank notes and had them exchanged at a bank. Since distributing the gold, many coins proved light, causing widespread complaints from landlords and tradesmen. Some coins were old or underweight, risking injustice to those who cannot bear losses.
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Weekly Chronicle Editions Clarify Publication Times Prices
The notice explains separate Town and Country and Town Editions of the Weekly Chronicle with distinct post times and marks to avoid substitutions. It lists advance subscription rates and urges subscribers to order via post or agencies, plus readers’ letters and guidance on price and stock questions.
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Notable 19th Century Tax Grievances and Letters to the Editor
A collector’s tax disputes and public pleas fill a 1843 1844 correspondence page. Readers vent about income tax, rents, and stamps while editors answer with legal advice and civic critique. Names include Punch Portsmouth Dublin and various correspondents.
Trial at Salisbury sessions and Wakefield naval career
A Salisbury sessions trial leads to imprisonment of an old schoolmate. Obituary notes Captain Arthur Wakefield R N dies at 43, recounting his naval service from youth to command in New Zealand Company affairs. Comments from New Zealand Gazette salute his energy and moral worth. A Middlesex deputy coroner letter dispute follows, with publishers reporting on the clash over inquest reporting profits. Local meeting in Covent Garden approves street improvements plan by architect T D Paine, with a deputation to seek Duke of Bedford's support.
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Almanac notes for Great Britain and Ireland Jan 14 1844 to Jan 21 1814
A calendar excerpt detailing sunrise and sunset calculations by latitude, plus high water times at London Dock gates with additive corrections for Bristol Cork Falmouth Aull Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow and Southampton. Also includes weekly religious lessons moon age weather ephemera and notable dates such as Cambridge Lent Term and birthdays of Franklin Copernicus Watt.
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Whig Pamphlet Critique and Reform Outlook
The Weekly Chronicle reviews a New Whig pamphlet arguing for deeper reform and free trade, lauding Tory concessions yet warning Peel’s government faces opposition from both sides. It urges Honest Reform of social laws, fair taxation, and protectional changes, citing Ireland and the Lords as key fronts.
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How to Strike a Special Jury Across the Water
The piece attacks Irish Attorney General Thomas Cusack Smith for clinging to old sectarian notions. It argues Catholics now have political rights and cites Lord Eliot’s circular on equal rights and the need to forget religious distinctions. It condemns attempts to revive sectarian law as harmful to peace.
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The Agriculturists and the Premier Debate
The Essex Lincolnshire and Bucks gatherings propel a broader movement across Kent and Sussex. Critics taun t the rhetoric as trash, while landlords fund the effort to pressure Sir Robert Peel. The plan, seen as tenant led yet controlled by landowners, aims to delay Parliament and gain time.
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Probable Abandonment in State Trials Exposed
The piece details a scandal over Catholic exclusion from the Special Jury List and a flawed jury panel. It alleges Recorder Shaw’s Dublin links, missing slips of 63 names, and calls for a full reveal of the guilty party, blaming the Recorder, High Sheriff, and government. It warns of justice slipping and demands accountability.
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