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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 04, 1842
Page
4
The document details long-standing electoral corruption in Southampton from 1809 onward, alleging vote buying, intimidation, and personation. It describes past elections, costs, and petitions, naming figures like Atherley Hoy and John Wren, and asks Parliament for a further indemnified inquiry and suspension of the writ for a fresh Southampton election. Also notes related income tax and other parliamentary business.
A mixed collage of subscriber notes and letters touches on topics from indexing and postal gratis to public executions and army lists. It includes remarks from Renee Bowman Weymouth, J. Titchborne, and others, plus a note acknowledging omitted content about the attempted assassination of the Queen.
A reprint explaining how to compute sunrise and sunset for any location in Great Britain and Ireland using latitude adjustments, plus high water times at major ports with listed offsets from London Dock Gates. Contains guidance on other calendar information and directs to Notices to Correspondents.
A lengthy editorial condemns the 1840 assassination attempt on Queen Victoria as cowardly and treasonous. It praises the Queen’s character, links the crime to political frustrations of the era, and questions the narrative and policing surrounding the incident while criticizing Morning Post coverage and public reaction. The piece stresses the Crown’s limits under a system driven by ministers and highlights ongoing class tensions and calls for reform.
The article discusses an attempted assassination with no clear motive or corroborated clues. It notes the suspect's respectable connections and potential recklessness in recent business ventures, warning that public attention could drive sensational beliefs and threaten the Queen’s safety, with law to handle the case.
A fragmentary report describes the Address of the Lords and Commons to the Queen after the levee. It notes the crowd’s struggle to access the Presence Chamber, the Queen’s clear delivery, and her expressed confidence Providence will protect her after an assassination attempt. The piece laments rising madness and notes chaotic, unclear phrasing around theAddress.
The week’s public business moved slowly as Monday’s session was disrupted by news of an attempted attack on the Queen, and Thursday saw only a handful present. Highlights include Sharman Crawford’s resolution with a large majority, the Income Tax Bill passing the third reading amid a thin crowd, and Bribery cases at Southampton and Bridport. A notable moment came with the rejection of extending Metropolitan Police Act restrictions to county towns, praised by Sir James Graham as sensible. The piece notes a consolidating Tory majority and calls the Church and Farmers background players as reform stalls.
The Commons debates a new writ for Southampton amid bribery disclosures since the last election. Mr Mackinnon leads a bid to summon a committee, but Tory quarrels, Wren’s testimony, and Peel’s stance derail progress, leaving plans for a committee of inquiry in doubt.
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