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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 16, 1847
Page
4
A heated Commons debate centers on funding for Ireland fisheries and railway schemes. Ministers defend committee inquiries and public officer deployments while opponents urge restraint and warn against sham motions. The Lords discuss Ireland relief and temporary vs permanent measures amid political pressure.
The piece lists nautical sunrise sunset calculations by latitude and several high water offsets for British ports. It then shifts to a calendar section noting dates from May 16 to Whit Sunday, church lessons, and the moon’s age. A long modern critique accuses English Catholics of disloyalty and mocks Peel’s alliance with the “Scarlet Whore” while lamenting religious intolerance and political domination.
The Weekly Chronicle critiques two linked Protestant groups the Protestant Association at Exeter Hall led by Plumptre and MNeill and the National Club at Palace Yard under the Duke of Manchester with Earl Winchelsea. It ridicules their leaders and beliefs, notes their wealth and liabilities, and accuses them of intolerance, persecution, and manipulating public opinion through religious agitation.
A colonial era market note argues grain prices rise with scarce currency. It questions a royal order to restrict bread portions, denounces official hypocrisy, and criticizes Peel’s Bill and bank note schemes. It contrasts money scarcity with rising wheat costs and mocks prevailing economic theories.
The Morning Chronicle notes the House of Peers halted their Coventry march with Lord Stanley and expects eventual agreement with the House of Commons on Irish Poor relief. It condemns peers for delaying measures, arguing the popular Estate governs in the long run and urges responsibility over taxing wealth to support the destitute.
A dialogue reveals a Free Trader from the Brougham school insisting on global absolute freedom, while a respondent supports it with a practical wink at wine, woollens, and hardware trade, ending with a casual exchange about liking the wines.
A long excerpt surveys tax ideas on wine and food, government duties, and economic prompts. It cites reactions to proposed measures, impacts on Irish fisheries and Bordeaux wine, and shifts in consumer price expectations. It then shifts to parliamentary notices and local events including Cambridge fire, bankruptcy hearings, and naval appointments.
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