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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 04, 1847
Page
3
The Lords and Commons clash over whether the Wellington statue on the arch should stay or be moved, amid public sentiment and royal approval. Lords voices urge restraint while MPs warn against costly removal, with broader debates on urban governance and memorials continuing.
The House debated burial clause removals as to churchyards with divisions on the 18th clause excluding London. The Breaxex left the chair and committees proceeded with clauses up to 16, ministers winning most divisions. The Earl of Starrxsiver sat on the Woolsack, with five peers present, to pass the Militia Ballots Suspension and Corn Importation bills through committee.
A long scanner of times and tides for Great Britain and Ireland with sunrise and sunset adjustments by latitude, high-water timings for major stations, and a weekly note on saints days and academic term endings. The piece also argues against relaxing poor relief rules and pleads for humane guardianship.
The Weekly Chronicle mocks four Liberal nominees and Mr Coroner Payne for promises to be accessible and omnipresent. It scorns Liberal greed and Tory complacency, urging voters to distrust excessive promises and urging unity against overreach. The piece ends by praising Liberal electors and warning others.
A heated critique condemns the Duke of Wellington for seeking to remove a handsome arch at Hyde Park Gate and to replace it with a pedestal for a Juggernaut like Hindoo idolatry. The piece mocks the Duke for promises of trophies and cites Hume Wakley and Newdegate opposing the statue’s removal amid political denials. It contrasts public opinion with elite tastes and laments monopolist rhetoric during price rises.
A correspondent argues the Poor Law Bill as drafted by Mr. Borthwick will demoralize paupers and harm the deserving aged. He warns guardians must screen applicants to separate the virtuous from the dissolute, and questions whether separate cottages or shared rooms would follow the proposed changes.
Frederick Douglass writes from Britain defending his exclusion from the Cambria saloon in April, clarifying he travelled steerage due to color and recounting an American incident. He commends British press support and argues prejudice against color wanes, urging Cunard to uphold justice. He challenges claims about prior arrangements with the captain and agents, stating he faced threats from slaveholding passengers.
A fragmentary 1847 message from Farperton Doverass expressing gratitude and respect, noting a color related exclusion and a refusal to trespass, dated June 16 1847, Liverpool saloon context and a brief sign off by Lyon Man United States Chung.
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