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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 15, 1838
Page
4
The excerpt lists daily notes for July including Saturn and Jupiter set times, high tides, and historical references such as the death of Petrarch in 1374 and the 1588 Spanish Armada entry into the Channel. It also mentions Margaret martyred at Antioch in 271 and a long daylight duration on July 21.
Legal letters discuss whether directing a writ to a specific officer makes him a plaintiff’s special bailiff. Judges compare Ford v Leche and Balson v Meggett, deny liability shift, and refuse the rule. The column also includes a mix of reader queries on leases, nuisance, wills, and parental authority with brief judicial-style replies.
A reader correspondence column discusses cautions over arsenic in candle manufacture and advises on home treatments for asthma epilepsy and baldness. It covers various purgatives tonics and salves, plus garden notes on asters and winter care for dahlias and ranunculuses.
A long letter from L. G. A. Paris urges action against harsh debt arrest laws and calls for coordinated press effort. The piece questions where powerful papers stand, critiques other periodicals, and appeals to public duty to spotlight prison misery and liberty concerns.
The Proprietors announce an autumn offer a superb steel engraving portrait of Her Majesty in robes of state by H. B. Hall from Eugenio Latilla. Each six months standing subscriber will receive it. Specimen plates and subscriber name books are being delivered to agents of the Weekly Chronicle across the Empire.
A briefing on the Tuesday discussion of the New Beer Bill showing Tory and rural liberal opposition, clergy and magistracy concern, and calls for temperance education over legislative restraints. The piece notes police data supporting beer independence, praises Spring Rice's stance, and predicts possible future law changes. It urges public focus on education and justice improvements rather than curtailing working class enjoyment.
The article corrects a previous issue noting Mr. Hawes was omitted from discussion and explains his silence was not due to indifference. It also apologizes for a misprint misrepresenting Mr. O Connell and mocks the word play about frieze versus furze and cites a poetical aside about printer devils.
The article laments Lord Melbourne will resist change to corn laws, urging towns to agitate. It notes Reform Bill supporters cheer his stance while Prussia and continental market pressures push for policy shifts, warning action this autumn.
The piece urges gradual economic change to avoid a sudden, hurricane like push on Lord Melbourne. It warns against precipitated concessions, stressing interconnected interests and the need for calm preparation before Parliament reconvenes.
The article laments Hanover’s prorogation by King Ernest after abolishing the 1833 constitution and rejecting a proposed substitute. It predicts rule by simple despotism, notes Prussian bayonets could intervene, and opines on political stability and potential support for the exiled monarchs in Britain.
A parliamentary row over the law of nations and neutrality raises questions about the government. Lord Minto’s remarks provoke disavowals from Melbourne and Wellington, a Tory mutiny, and a looming political shakeup as Conservatives press to seize advantage in the evolving crisis.
Dispatches note 300,000 Chinese converted to Christianity by Greek church missionaries and a relaxation of Christian persecution in the Celestial empire. Other items describe Cortes sessions, Mendizabal’s travel, Circassian victories, and militia reforms in Britain.
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