01 Mar 1846
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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 01, 1846
Page
1
A letter to the editor critiques Disraeli and Ferrand as the remaining Pillars of Protection, satirizing their political stances and rhetoric. The piece weighs Disraeli’s poetic imagination against Ferrand’s alleged factual distortions, mocks party alliances, and predicts Monopoly’s collapse while urging honest readers to withdraw from the looming risk.
London February 27 1845 The Times reports Sir Robert Peel’s health remains robust despite fatigue from recent gout and he has not required medical treatment for weeks. A separate note from Capt Gordon M P Aberdeenshire announces support for protection of native industry and resigns his Admiralty Board post to keep free on Corn Laws positions.
In a Saturday session at Central Criminal Court, 20 year old Thomas William Wicks was found guilty of murder in the case of James Bostock. Witness testimony and a confession traced to Bow Street indicate a motive of revenge. Judge Parke and Justice Maule delivered a death sentence, with remarks on insanity as a possible defence.
A Liverpool area tragedy reports a widow Mrs Gilton and four of her children dying after unknowingly ingesting arsenic in West Derby. Inquest details link poison exposure to arsenic used in local color works and a nearby well. witnesses describe a deadly sequence of vomiting and deaths, with surgeons confirming arsenic in stomach and water analyses, prompting an adjournment for investigation.
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