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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 02, 1839
Page
4
Lord Wrazacuirre moved for returns of all memorials addressed to the lord lieutenant of Ireland in 1836 1837 1838 and 1886 for commutation of sentences in Ireland. The house then adjourned.
The House of Commons faced a lively session with Shaw Taylor seated as speaker. New members took oaths, writs for Ludlow and Edinburgh issued, and private bills advanced amid City Police and Jamaica debates.
The House records petitions supporting a penny postage rate as the Bristol and Gloucester Railway Bill passes a second reading by 44 to 33 after a six month delay proposal. Lord Winchilsea questions policy direction, while Lord Mexbourne defends resuming government with unchanged reform principles and warns of threats to social order.
In a tense session, speakers argue for necessary reforms to avert unrest and protect the throne. They criticize party maneuvering, condemn alleged slanders about the queen, and urge wise leadership to prevent violent backlash and preserve constitutional stability.
Several bills moved forward with Napier and Lardner divorce acts. Brighton Gas bill cleared third reading amid debate. Hansard case prompts select committee to review counsel arguments and judge’s ruling with a list of committee members named. House then adjourned after other orders.
The fragment lists daily notes for June with high water times and notable historical events. Entries include the law of wager of battle abolition, deaths of Weber and Lord Anson, the Battle of Bunker Hill, Tom Paine, and celestial events like planetary rises and sets. The schedule mentions specific mornings and afternoons with hours after and events tied to dates in June.
Letters discuss illegal arrest in Barratt v. Price and Pearson v. Yewens, detainers in other actions, and sheriff liability. Notes cover solicitor costs, insolvency payments, burgess qualification, fraud on assignees, and remedies for tenants and guardians.
A long list of medical tinctures pills and dosing for various readers. Includes patient notes from Dundee Newcastle Painswick and Marlebone with guidance on diet bathing and exercise. Botanical guidance covers greenhouse care strawberry watering rose pests and plant propagation.
The Weekly Chronicle announces immediate orders through News Agents and Booksellers for the National Gallery work. It urges subscribers to secure copies now due to the impracticality of arranging casual sales and asks those who do not wish to possess the item to inform their agents promptly.
Trade notice announces first of July delivery of no more than two hundred thousand portraits of the Duke of Wellington as No 1 in the National Gallery. Monthly part includes two portraits and two memoirs, wrappered, priced 2s 6d, with wrappers supplied separately for trade. Orders to London agents mean same number of papers with next weeks memoir.
The Sunday editorial celebrates Rowland Hill's penny postal plan as government policy, praising Warburton and supporters for forcing the reform. It notes the plan will be applied with no major changes, official franks excluded, with details to Parliament via the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the coming financial statement and changes taking months to implement.
The piece endorses Mr Macaulay as the preferred successor to Mr Abercrombie for Edinburgh’s representation. It praises his Reform Bill service, calls him a giant in mind, and argues any recent political estrangement stems from distance from English politics rather than a shift from bold Reform views.
In Edinburgh the editorial urges voters to weigh Macaulay's stance against 1833 standards and to demand a clear decision on his loyalties. It praises Abercrombie's integrity and warns that Edinburgh risks diminished influence if two official figures sit in Parliament.
A London debate centers on the Second Reading of the City Police Bill. Mr Hawes denounces the measure as contrary to recent Police Committee recommendations. Sir Robert Peel supports a compromise and a separate City Police jurisdiction with a fair Select Committee. Hawes seeks guarantees and broader Radical backing.
Mr Labouchere proposes a Jamaica government bill that aims to balance ministerial plans and Peel's approach. It offers a locum penitenti but allows colonies to refuse. The piece notes colonial ordinances work well aside from Jamaica where old system features persist. It cites Peel's willingness to intervene and the party dispute over the last Jamaica bill vote, lamenting party spirit harming colonial interests.
A pointed critique denounces national education as dominated by church authority. Dissenters oppose the government plan arguing for free judgment and tolerance. Catholics resist new restrictions while calling for a system that grants nationality and proper schooling. The piece notes a lack of consensus beyond mutual accusations.
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