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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 17, 1839
Page
7
A wide miscellany covers poetry on love and death, reflections on human life, ancient glassmaking, wire gauze advances, and Britain's mineral output. It notes poets Leigh Hunt and others, with discussions on post office reform and the cost of postage, plus musings on language evolution and signatures in newspapers.
A committee endorses a uniform 1d per half-ounce inland rate with 1d increases for each extra half-ounce and a temporary 2d rate for inland letters under 15 miles. It also urges abolishing parliamentary franking, limiting official franking, and negotiating treaties for advance payment with foreign states including the United States.
The article traces early views on hurricanes as whirlwinds and follows Col. Capper and W C Redfield who argued storms move as revolving masses with progressive drift. It cites the 1830 hurricane from St Thomas to Nova Scotia, the wind directions, storm width, duration, and explains barometer drops via centrifugal effects and upper-air cooling.
A correspondence trail from 1839 details the Lord Mayor of London and the Marquis of Londonderry disputing coal trade monopolies. The letters claim high costs, by law regulations, and propose cheaper coal delivery to London consumers, naming coalfirms and ports, with calls to break the monopoly.
In 1888 Mr Thompson answers a question on wages and voyages, noting cut wages per year are possible now but a future system could yield twelve voyages at seven shillings per ton. He cites coal merchant costs in London at five shillings per ton with a sale price of sixpence to sixpence halfpenny, and confirms profit is present in expenses and revenue.
Expresses outrage at 1830s coal market controls augmenting prices from 14s per ton to 21s 3d within four years. Accuses regulators of stifling best coals and padding slack as unfairly profiting merchants, urging public scrutiny of the coal monopoly and urging countermeasures.
Extract discusses plans for a royal park at the east end of London to serve Whitechapel residents, urging equitable public recreation funding. It also comments on London’s Sabbath observance, praising religious liberty, toleration, and the prominence of churches and clergy in civic life.
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