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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 10, 1844
Page
2
A discussion traces the mercantile cycle from overstocked markets to the inevitable reaction of price shifts, credit collapse, and decelerated activity. It notes rising optimism before crashes, the role of banking and private credit, and the need for reform, with the analysis set to continue.
In the Chamber of Deputies M. Guizot defends the ministry’s disavowal of the Tahiti seizure. He recounts events from 1843, the protectorate treaty, English missionaries, and Admiral Dupetit Thouars. Critics condemn the admiral. a government majority survives a censure motion amid regional and international reactions.
Paris papers deny a conspiracy in garrison but confirm misconduct among soldiers. A list found in Bourg led to arrests of men from the 70th and 10th regiments. Those implicated were moved to the condemned regiments in Africa. Marquis of Larochejacquelin is elected for Ploërmel, reseating illegitimist deputies.
A St Petersburg letter published in The Augsburg Gazette reports Russia intends to align with Austria in political matters and potentially recognize Queen Isabella II of Spain. The writer notes Nicholas I’s conservative stance remains, but fears England and France influence in the Peninsula. Spain’s recent events may delay recognition.
United States news from Liverpool papers with New York dispatches on the Oregon question and minister Pakenham diplomacy. Texas tariff changes, English cotton mill plans on 8000 acres near Petersburgh, and current cotton prices. Pacha steamer Pacha arrives from Gibraltar with Malta and Peninsula mails and departure dates via Cadiz.
Lisbon reports that port calls included Oporto and Vigo with dates February 29 to March 1. Among the passengers aboard the Pacha are Senor Olozags, late prime minister of Spain, and General Barrow, late minister from the United States to the court of Lisbon.
The Metropolis reports a Sunday assembly of Société Française de Bienfaisance in Hanover Square Rooms noting 900 subscribers and relief for 1100 distressed French families in London. It covers the Painters Pension Society meeting, Hobhouse Act talk at St Stephen’s Walbrook, and other charity gatherings with detailed financials and attendees.
Reports from Hull describe the Tris running aground near Huttoft and Mumby while the crew, including the captain his wife and infant, perished after a failure to aid. A lone farmer survived the voyage by swimming to the vessel. critics accuse local onlookers and an unused lifeboat and coast apparatus of cruel inaction. Manchester fire devastates several George Street warehouses, destroying calico printers and silk firms with widespread property loss.
In Ireland Discussion centers on Sir Edward Sugden possibly leaving Ireland for the post of Lord Chancellor of England. Lyndhurst’s ill health blocks his hoped-for succession, while the native bar protests an English appointee. Also covered are Irish political and criminal trials, including Dwyer Butler Bryan murder acquittal, Ribbonism prosecutions, and jury composition critiques in Monaghan and Roscommon.
A review of a six tale collection edited by the author of Tremaine with a Beaumont and Fletcher inspired fourth tale. The reviewer praises the vivid literary portraits and scenic descriptions, notes sources from Chaucer to Shakespeare, and highlights a near complete Beaumont and Fletcher revision focusing on Aspatia Amintor and Melantius. The scene unfolds in a royal hall where Aspatia meets Melantius and Amintor’s revealed wrongs lead to a fatal confrontation, followed by Evadne entering in bloodied garb as a dramatic pivot.
A large blaze at Mr. Townsend's warehouse and another at Mr. J Raynham's Offton farm caused extensive damage. Insurance logs list total policies totaling £116,100 across Alliance, Imperial, Atlas and other offices. Firefighters prevented wider injury. crops, stock, and buildings suffered losses. Ipswich engines faced detours and delays amid local misdirection.
The Bank of England the East India Company the Worshipful Company of Mercers and the Worshipful Company of Grocers each subscribed £200 in aid of the Bishop of London’s Association for Visiting and Relieving the Poor at their own dwellings. The fund now exceeds £20,000 and covers more than sixty metropolitan parishes.
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