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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 20, 1847
Page
5
At a Bath gathering the Liberal Party unanimously selected Willie Pinney, MP for Lyme, as the candidate. The piece urges prompt action and decisiveness to confront a strong opponent, noting Pinney’s Reform work and parliamentary experience. Pinney’s address is listed in another column.
A Dublin or London era discourse denounces political economy that tolerates famine and argues for a permanent Poor Law remedy. It condemns landholding practices and subletting, urges state relief for the Irish poor, and calls for reform of rents and agricultural policy amid wartime hardship and political debate. The piece also notes winter frost and crop concerns in Lancashire and Cheshire, with agricultural shifts and potato substitutes under consideration.
In Leeds a massive audience of about ten thousand gathered at Coloured Cloth Hall Yard for the third public meeting on Government Education. The motion condemned the government plan as unconstitutional and urged support for education while preserving public liberty, contrasting it with dissenting views and arguing for or against state aid.
The Derby circuit heard the trial of Thomas Cross charged with the murder of his wife on February 24. Witnesses testified to screams from Cross’s house, blood on Mrs Cross, and tension in the family. Medical opinions suggested insanity. the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty by reason of insanity and the prisoner was remanded.
LATEST INTELLIGENCE reports an accord between the Bank of France and Russia. A convention, signed March 16, allows Russia to purchase French rentes at market price, with fifty million francs in cash to be placed at Saint Petersburg. The move triggers immediate market reactions and broader financial implications.
Thomas Brookes, pale and gaunt, faced the bar on a charge of willful murder of William Gobaert, an umbrella maker of Hare alley, Shoreditch. Witnesses say Brookes threatened the victim, fired a gun from behind a doorway, and killed him as police remanded the case until Tuesday for further action.
An inquest into the Oaks pit explosion continued with Sir William Barker and a jury examining witnesses on candle use and ventilation. Testimony questioned whether improper candle placement or pit design caused the calamity. further adjournment was ordered.
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