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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 27, 1842
Page
4
The piece recounts a roll of British peers with notes on bishops and earls. It details careers, titles, family lines, residences, and political leanings of figures such as the Earls of Chichester and Cholmondeley, Barons Jocelyn and Trench, with references to custody posts, marriages, and mottoes.
A long letter section offers practical legal advice on inheritance, tenants, and wills. Readers ask about co‑heir rights for daughters, notices, executors, and intestate valuation. other entries address taxes, apprenticeship, road questions, and post office fees, with examples and casual opinions from subscribers.
Morning Herald reports strong belief that the post commanding British troops west of the Indus has been offered to Sir Henry Hardinge, but as of Saturday he had not accepted. The House of Commons says Southampton’s vacant seat follows Lord Bruce’s Scottish peerage, pending resolution of the petition on the late return before a writ can be issued.
At a South Dublin union meeting Captain Owlan reported protestant paupers in the establishment numbering nearly 500 faced forced lent porridge equal to Lenian catholic inmates. The motion proposed adding last week’s flesh and broth to Easter Sunday rations. A guardian noted Easter is near and the aggrieved would receive double rations next Sunday as compensation.
An 18th or 19th century calendar guide describes methods to calculate sunrise and sunset times for places in Great Britain and Ireland, using latitude adjustments. It lists high water times for London Dock, Bristol, Ork Cove, Falmouth Harbour, Hull, Milford Haven, and other ports with specified hour and minute differences. It notes the guide covers further information in Notices to Correspondents.
London reporting on Sir Robert Peel's tariff plan, its safeguards, and the Easter recess. The piece cites Mr Hawes and Mr Roebuck on direct taxation, criticizes protections for monopolies, and notes anticipated divisions after Easter between Conservatives and Free Traders.
The piece praises Sir Charles Napier for exposing naval patronage abuses at the Admiralty and urges reforms. It notes debate over appointing a Naval First Lord, praises some Conservative administrators, and hints Napier may renew the fight next year if government stalls on his principles.
The period brought by political caution yields little public comment on foreign affairs. The article notes Peel's strong stance in the House of Commons, Spain's constitutional development under Espartero, and cautious Franco-British actions to curb disturbance. It also covers royal visits, photographic experiments for Prince Albert, Windsor state openings, troop movements to India, and assorted trade and maritime notices.
The article contrasts prosecutions involving looking over the hedge and horse stealing, noting the Webster case failed while Long's case succeeded. It praises Liberal readers for a new era of equitable law and warns Tories that such practices can be punished by law. It praises Sir Frederick Pollock and condemns prosecutorial misconduct on both sides.
Rumors spread among Serr informants that Lord Ripon plans to retire from administration soon, with Lord Buckingham and the Peel circle debating policy shifts. The discussion centers on corn laws, revenue from bread taxes, and whether a protected domestic market can align with humane duties to the poor ahead of a likely Lords debate.
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