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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 24, 1846
Page
2
A lively speech decried Corn Laws and landholder riches, praising Free Trade and Irish-English unity. The speaker mocked aristocrats, urged repeal, and warned the ruling class with taunts about diamonds and mutton, ending amid applause and a party-line division vote.
Paris journals debate the Chamber of Peers address amid Algeria reports. Abd el-Kader's forces threaten Algiers as Bugeaud’s troops suffer shortages. Paris stocks close lower and debates in the Chamber of Deputies continue. Spain’s Cortes face a stormy session over press regulation and insurrection rumors amid Catalonia unrest.
The meeting notes show the Irish Repeal Association reporting growth in subscribers and assets, with funds boosted by excursions and a Crown Ball. Remarks cover militia history, London Dock Company finances, and a fire inquiry at Drury Lane, while Daniel O Connell jun. is tipped for Dundalk. The Barnet pace of sessions and a court case against an Irish West Coast Railway official conclude the digest.
A long tract argues for transferring land to real owners rather than nominal landlords, urging clear titles and debt relief to unleash employment and industry. It urges strict, even coercive measures to reduce crime, strengthen police and magistracy, and promote an educated, industrious middle class while condemning subletting and ineffective landlord practices.
In Clerkenwell the police renewed the venders hunt for fruit crumpets and shellfish. Baskets were seized and taken to the station then returned the next morning after the owners claimed them. Some vendors argued they should be charged if guilty and not punished if innocent. The station housed an unusual stack of goods overnight. The Lonpoon Corrice and Batinalousk Kyevens association held a meeting at Andersons Hotel Fleet Street to hear the committee report for the past six months led by president Bir. Biamore.
A deputation from London attends a Birmingham Town Hall assembly opposing church and state union as anti freedoms. An erratum corrects details about Frost, Williams, and Jones while noting Birmingham convicts Howell, Roberts and Jones were transported for a different offence. In Gloucestershire a man tries to seal letters with a weighted silk bag, a postal trick foiled by clerks revealing the device and likely losses.
The Queen's Letter appoints Mr. Greene as Attorney General and he departs for Mullingar to handle crown prosecutions at special commissions. Solicitor General vacancy persists with Mr. Brewster rumored to press for the post. In Dublin, Mr. Blackburne plans to sit Thursday on Nisi Prius as Chief Justice. Rumors mention Sir Edward Sugden and Sir Robert Peel in potential English high offices. A tiny Madrid-born man, Von Francisca, 42, 29 inches tall, arrives in Cork from Cadiz aboard the brig Ramp to exhibit briefly before heading to London.
Frederic Edward William Burrell aged 38 ex captain of the 2 6th Foot is found to have killed himself following six months of losses in railway speculation. At a Coroner's inquest held at the Cricketer's Tavern witnesses describe a pistol shot in his bedroom and his death shortly after. The jury returns a verdict of death by suicide while temporarily insane. A charity fund note follows for Mrs Fitzgerald wife of Samuel Quennel, with subscriptions aimed at raising about 200 pounds.
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