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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 29, 1843
Page
4
A historical sketch reviews the Erskine and Capel lineages, detailing Thomas Erskine’s swift rise to baron and chancellor fortunes, and tracing the Capel family from Sir William Capel through the present Earl of Essex and the Burghley lineage. It recounts notable careers, marriages, titles, seats, and a controversial Stamford election involving coercive tactics by the Exeter leadership.
The fragment provides methods to compute sunrise and sunset by latitude, plus high water times for major ports. It lists reference ports with offsets from London Dock gates, and includes a dated weekly weather and liturgical note for Sunday January 29th with moon phase, sun declination, and day length. It mentions Charles I and various religious observances and ephemeris terms.
A letter to the editor argues distress across society is rising and outlines causes such as unequal wealth distribution and poor education. It proposes four remedies including government employment for all, government stores with labour notes, and unified home colonies governed by natural laws to develop physical, mental, and moral faculties. The writer plans further notes on progress from Harmony Hall near Stockbridge, dated January 19, 1913.
A compendium of legal questions with answers on landlord and tenant actions, remedies for rent and ejectment, duties to spouses and dependents, insolvency effects, and ecclesiastical and probate matters. It covers distraining on properties, maintenance obligations, shares of widows, succession between siblings, apprentices, and public notices.
Government postage rules restrict free letters to MPs and petitions. Provisions detail rates for printed votes and proceedings, weight limits, and exceptions, with notes on dead letters and deeds. Also covered are obituaries, traffic returns, temperance fund meeting in Dublin, and political commentary from The Weekly Chronicle on Conservative leadership and Free Trade.
A London newspaper mourns Mr. Drummond who was fatally attacked while examining public duties. It questions motive linking the assassin to Sir Robert Peel’s circle, defends the victim’s public service record, and argues for a calm legal trial by twelve impartial jurors. The piece contemplates insanity versus rationality in the crime and urges no prejudice against the accused.
Sir Rob J Peel and Lord J Russell advertise their weekly paper the Weekly Chronicle published every Saturday morning at 337 Strand London. It promises a large three page issue with six column layout offering extensive weekly history and liberal principled content for politicians families economists and general readers.
The edition notes that Another Edition is issued every Saturday evening with Latest Intelligence and both foreign and domestic news. Subscribers may order it. London readers may receive a Sunday Paper Third Edition in the Metropolis containing Saturday's police and general news up to press time. Sold by all newsmen in town and country.
A commentary on France's debate over the 1831 and 1833 treaties allowing mutual search to suppress the slave trade. It notes the hostile mood in Parliament, the involvement of Guizot, and the shift in opinion after his speech, with pressure from the press and public speakers.
The discussion centers on Guizot's reply to critics of the 1833 treaty, arguing France did not act as England’s dupe and that misgivings stem from a single policy view. He cites official letters urging other powers to join the convention for humanity and stresses that only a few complaints arose over a decade. The debate hinges on a proposed amendment to modify the right of search while preserving treaty execution.
The Times notes the Parker and Shore bank collapse sparks wide alarm in Sheffield. Public opinion credits private misfortune as the sign of broader decay in the town’s trade, fearing liabilities called in while shipments to the United States lag and local merchants face mounting pressure.
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