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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Mar 05, 1837

Page

2

Parliament Hearings Highlight Poor Law Inquiry Debates

In the House of Commons and Lords, petitions against church rates prompt protests. Debates on the Poor Laws reveal support for centralized relief, calls for inquiry into the system, and objections to workhouse coercion. Irish education system faces sharp scrutiny from bishops and MPs amid broader education committee discussions.

House OF Lords Monpay Lord Coaarendon Duke of Chevenant House OF Commons Staxtry Anglesey Arnnsson County Down Scarborough Harbour Serjeant Jackson Ipouse Morning Chronicle Gentileman Dr. Lerroy Spring Rics J. Hoswouse Hose Jamaica Huse Wibbs BrowwEnton Cairps Berkshire J. Russell Alstox Robinson C. Buller Major Bravereux S. Waancey R. Peer Hugane Rorsack James Graham Excieatien R. Paumer G. F. Youxa Wakley Walter A. Trevoer Winliams Turspay Earl of Shaftesbury Duke of Wellington Lyndhurst London Lord Braveham Birmingham Lord Melbourne Earl of Ripon Ecclesiastical Commissioners Ireland Lord Wicxlow Exeter Dublin Robertson Br. Robertson Queen Street O'Connell Dustin Board of Education Board’ of “Education Whately Srace National School Lord Plunket Lord Longford Texnysen D’exxcour Lageveners Royal Mint Fox Mauex Millbank Penitentiary Newgate, &c

Dorchester Labourers correspondence with Lord Russell

Dorchester Labourers letters reveal a request by Hartwell to Lord John Russell for information on free pardons and homeward passage for prisoners believed to be in Australia. The response from Whitehall and subsequent letters prompted criticism of Whig policy and promises of action by the Dorchester Central Committee to pressure authorities.

Loan J. RusseLl R. Hartwell E. LovenEss Dorchester Central Committee Sydney Hartwell John Russell Dorchester R. Hartwein Lord J. Russell Whitehall J. Russell J. M. Paruiiis Mr. R. Hartwell Long-acre E. Loveless Lord John Russell London Elizabeth Loveless Australia Dorchester Committee Warburton Muir R. HarTweut

New Poor Laws Meeting at Crown and Anchor in London

A Monday assembly at the Crown and Anchor Tavern petitions repeal of the Poor Law Amendment Act. Earl of Stanhope presided after a lengthy delay, with speakers denouncing the act as inhumane. Resolutions condemn the act for empowering commissioners, punishing poverty, and lowering wages, amid calls for a parliamentary inquiry.

Crown and Anchor Tavern Earl of Stanhope S. Whailey M.P D. W. Harvey Wade Murphy Saul Aldersgate Parish Gough Shoreditch Parish Whalley Bell London Westminster Southwark Middlesex Surrey Waterloo City of London Bank Bank To the General Postoffice ; A New Street From the General Post-office Newgate Street Skinner-street Holborn-hill St. Paul’s Cathedral Blackfriars-bridge County of Farringdon Street Sessions-house Clerkenwell Westminster Abbey Pimlico Oxford-street Plumtree Middle-row Holborn County St. George’s Church Blackfriarsbridge Waterloo Bridge Westminster-bridge Lambeth

CAPTURE OF THE VIXEN AND FABRICATIONS OF RUSSIA

The Russian Cabinet seeks to portray impartiality over Circassia by pressuring the Ottoman Porte to halt commerce with the Caucasus coast. A Trebizond decree bans Turkish trade with the region under pretext of blocking arms and plague, though the motive appears geopolitical.

France Europe Circassia Caucasus Trebisend Ottoman Empire Russia Petersburgh Courrier Francais Belgium Mavre Seine Narites St. Etienne Bourdeaux Nantes Metz Rouen Havre Paris Champion Porto Don Pedro Saget M. Guillotine

Destructive storm hits towns and Bath fire devastates home

Reports from Ayw.-At Kilmarnock widespread storm damage includes shattered windows roofs torn lead and slate loss uprooted trees and a displaced relief church spire. Elsewhere a Bath fire destroyed the Fournier house after curtains ignited from a bed grate. Multiple local cases follow including a Bath pauper’s 21 day sentence and a fire safety scare at Cupar academy.

Kilmarnock Tankard Hall Fairley Templeton Cockhill Fairlie Bath R. Cockburn Archdeacon Moysey Union House of Correction Cupar Edinvburgh Drary Dr. Jackson St. Andrew’s University of St. Andrew’s Eghawis Madame Zenobia Egham Landanum Bedfont North Devon Catherine Wheel Gloucester London Richard Charles Claremont Smyth Parker Lord Boringdon Bow-street William Mann Mann Kialifax Pickles Laith Keighley Christopher Musgrove H. Stowell Leeds Stowell Liverpool Richard Swallow Manchester Wm. S. Rutter

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