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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 03, 1847
Page
3
In a heated parliamentary session, Lords and MPs clash over relocating a Wellington statue. Members press the Duke of Wellington’s views, while public sentiment favors keeping the statue in place amid concerns of cost and public feeling. The debate touches on urban policy and future commemorations.
Inquiries reveal fever linked to Irish immigrants in Manchester lodging houses is rising. Eight police sanitary officers fight spread with whitewashing and chlorinated disinfectants while on duty. Several cases show illness inside workhouses and the street, amid overcrowding fears and delays for medical care.
A reader laments crowding and disorder at Westminster Hall and Her Majesty's Theatre. He cites blocked approaches, a disorderly room, chaotic pit admissions, uncomfortable seats, and calls for reforms to improve safety and comfort for visitors and patrons.
A man who boarded at Wolverton station with a third class ticket to Birmingham was captured at Blisworth after a swift police inquiry linked him to a neighbour hood robbery. Stolen goods were found in his luggage and he was jailed in Aylesbury that evening. An earlier case report notes a six o'clock suicide attempt by Mrs Moseley in Camden Town, rescued and hospitalized, with mystery surrounding motive. A Woolwich pardon frees William Bowers, wrongfully convicted of highway robbery in 1848 after new evidence proved innocence. Archdeacon’s inquiry over ivy on church walls argues it preserves dry walls and binds stones, citing castles and abbeys as examples.
A rapid fire engulfed the Union square carpenters workshops of Messrs Walker and Soper, spreading from the lower loft to the timber yard. Fire crews from the Brigade and West of England fought the blaze until 6:30, gutting the building and destroying tools and stock worth significant sums including a £2000 contract. Eleven workmen lost their tools. foreman injured.
The fragment covers sunrise and sunset calculations by latitude, the high water times at Beamore and Packet stations with many tidal offsets, and a religious calendar section. It lists saints days, liturgical lessons, and notes on the year’s length, moon phase, and twilight. It ends with a critique of governance and poor relief policy.
The Weekly Chronicle reports four Liberal nominations and satirizes Coroner Payne who pledges weekly access to constituents. Tory papers boast of two seats, while Liberals are accused of greed. The piece ends with a sharp warning to Liberal electors across boroughs and counties.
A critical notice attacks the Wellington statue at Hyde Park Gate as a monstrous art abortion that spoils the landscape. It mocks the Duke of Wellington for demanding two trophies, questions the motives of Wakley Hume Mesara and Newdegate, and ridicules claims of public support while condemning monopolists and inflated reforms.
A correspondent defends strict guardianship in workhouses against Mr. Borthwick’s amendment. The letter argues benevolence without discretion harms ratepayers and paupers, urging guardians to discriminate between the worthy and the idle to protect the aged and deserving poor. It questions how new rules would handle admission, separation of families, and common living spaces.
A long letter from Frederick Douglass published in The Times recounts his April exclusion from the Cambria saloon on voyage from Liverpool to Boston. He argues color bias drove the decision, defends British conduct, and criticizes American slaveholders, urging continued support for Cunard and anti slavery unity. The piece includes a responsive note from Liverpool agents disputing his account.
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