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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 15, 1843
Page
4
A visitor reports on Hanwell Hospital under Dr Conolly, noting reduced self harm due to non restraint and praising the humane management. He cites patient conversations showing improved morale, governance by Drs Begley and Davey, matron Mrs Bowden, steward Mr Wheelend, and chaplain Mr Burt who educates inmates.
The Dublin Evening Mail prints a bishop of Meath denial of public national education opinions, while Monta Swoopswire notes Viscount Clive as sole candidate in the pending election. Reports cover factory prosecutions, a hyena sighting in France, weather damage, inquests, and ongoing debates over the income tax with appeals and public notices across multiple regions.
Readers submit legal and tax questions on income tax liability, tenancy, dower, entailments, and probate. Answers clarify writs, distraint, maintenance, shares of estate, and rights of lodgers, with notes on public notices and gardening guidance for the week.
The article questions the meaning of ministerial and opposition circulars inviting early parliamentary attendance. It analyzes three potential amendments to the Address focusing on Foreign Policy, the Corn Laws, and a vote on the India Governor General. It predicts no immediate amendment on Spain or Syria issues, and argues the Corn Laws will drive party lines, with Peel and Russell unlikely to trigger a split before the new session.
Instructions to compute sunrise and sunset times for Great Britain and Ireland using latitude, with adjustments by degrees above or below 61 30 and 51 30. Also lists high water times for London Docks Bristol Cork Falmouth Hull Milford Haven and others with various hour minute values and notes on additional harbours. directs to Notices to Correspondents for calendar information.
The text critiques a French king’s Spain policy and expresses guarded praise for his and Guizot’s stance. It discusses legitimate interests, historic Franco-Spanish tensions, and the Marquesas and Algiers conquests. It ends urging Louis Philippe to act to secure national blessings and to be remembered as a great benefactor despite blemishes.
The Speech of the King of the French at the opening of the Chambers is broadly satisfactory, noting what it says and withholds. It avoids mention of Monsier Jessops the Barcelona consul whose insurgent notoriety loomed in debate predictions.
The piece mocks Lord Ellenborough’s India conduct and proclamation. It questions a proposed vote of thanks, predicting a lively debate in Parliament over his vanity, the Durbar at Ferozepore, and the restoration of Juggernaut gates, with political fallout for Peel and Tory unity.
The article critiques Mr. O Connell s proposed 1848 Ireland policy framing Repeal of the Union as Ireland s sole remedy. It compares his stance to Feargus O Connors Chartist claims and accuses both sides of begging the question rather than arguing the merits.
The author analyzes Mr. O Connell s proposed domestic legislature, arguing that abolishing tithe rent would merely boost landlords profits unless funds are redirected to public use. It questions tenure fixes, notes risks to capital and farming, and contrasts repeal aims with protectionism. The piece criticizes reforms as impractical and dangerous.
The piece mocks Peter Ainsworth as the Pangloss of the era and critiques his stance on Protection and the Corn Laws. It compares him to Sam Slick’s Adams, questions his constituents' patience, and notes Peel’s circular to supporters about parliament opening on February 2, 1843. It also reports on parliamentary preparations and related European dispatches.
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