25 Mar 1838
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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 25, 1838
Page
1
A vigorous argument condemns slavery in the West Indies and calls for immediate full emancipation. It contrasts human and planter natures, critiques apprenticeship, and argues for ending the system now rather than delaying to 1840, urging interference by parliament and governor to secure freedom.
Fragmentary OCR text shows mixed words about merchants, Macao, debts, and a proposal with dissatisfaction. No coherent event, names, dates, or places are clearly identifiable.
Lords hear excerpts from correspondence on poor law diet scales in Dudley and London unions. Esra Stanners reads a Sevenoaks counterclaim alleging misstatements about guardians and relief refusals amid distress. Peers discuss abolition of negro apprenticeship and church accommodations as Irish law and public notices proceed.
In a heated session Lords and Commons clash over the Poor Law Amendment Act. Critics Nor Stanhope and Brougham denounce the new system as punitive and inhumane, while supporters defend relief provisions and outdoor aid. Across the aisle, discussions touch on civil rights, crime, and potential reforms.
John Wishart aged about 70 and his wife about 60 died at Pitlessie Fife on Wednesday week eight hours apart. They leaves many descendants. In Yorkshire assizes William Smith pleaded guilty to forging a £60 bill of exchange. His counsel urged retracting the plea but the indictment was challenged as bad. The judge granted the demurrer, and Smith was discharged after already pleading guilty.
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