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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 23, 1844
Page
4
The session records division over a borough disfranchisement bill and extended exchequer works. Debates on insolvent debtors reform clash as Lords Cottenham and Brougham push rival plans. Sugar duties prompt strong criticism of monopoly and slave-grown sugar, with a long correspondent letter arguing for free-labour imports and criticising Peel era policy.
In debate on clause 188 and amendment 62 Lord Ashley proposed substituting wording to apportion original funds and accretions among contributors rather than costs paid by defendants. The motion to divide failed. the bill advanced from committee. Other bills—Poor Law Amendment, Bank Charter, County Courts—were scheduled, with County Coroners Bill third reading and mileage clause disputed. house adjourned after noon.
The piece presents a stream of legal Q and A items, reader letters, and official notices. It covers maintenance obligations, wills and legacies, insolvency and debt, apprenticeship, post office issues, and a wide mix of court and family matters. Names, places, dates, and statutes appear throughout, with legal reasoning and remedies offered by correspondents.
The guide explains calculating sunrise and sunset times for Great Britain and Ireland using latitude adjustments beyond 51 30 and below 61 80. It also lists high water times at major ports with hour/minute adjustments from London Docks, noting many minor harbours follow suit.
The Weekly Chronicle discusses Peel's handling of the sugar duties and party discipline, criticizing Conservative subservience and predicting a major split. It argues the League erred by acting on a crotchet, not principle, and laments Liberal schism while urging coherent policy toward taxation reform and broader Reform.
The piece argues Peel may dissolve the government within twelve months as Ultra-Protectionists and Ultra-Church men push for swift action. It notes a deep, lasting rift between Peel and his former allies, with party factions clashing over sugar duties and ministerial survival, signaling imminent political realignment.
A heated Commons session on Wednesday saw three divisions over Mr Stafford O Briens Vestry Bill with Conservatives split between Liberals until Ministers kept a slim majority. The plan to move vestry meetings from churches to taverns prompts ridicule and questions about Parliament supporting such a move amid warnings from Mr Hume and Mr Wakley.
A lengthy critique of the Sugar Bill era, detailing inconsistent measures and cabinet secrecy. It condemns the government for its irrational policy on slave grown versus free labor sugar, cites Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Stewart, questions Siam and Manila trade logic, and marks the Australia ship cargo as a stark example of hypocrisy. Time will show if such trickery can endure in a free press and educated public.
There is a power to open letters in the Post Office under suspicion, a move defended as self-preservation but denounced as dangerous and harmful. The piece questions Sir James Graham and Mr. Duncombe's motions, urges disclosure of warrants, and warns that exposure of correspondence damages public trust and could target Chartists and foreigners.
In June rumors of Lord de Grey’s retirement and ministerial changes stir Ireland as Lord Westmoreland and others are discussed. In Parliament Friday, Bevart renews sugar duties debate and forces a division 83 to 65. The Dissenters Chapels Bill sails into committee amid praise for Peel's steady support and the bill's prospects.
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