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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 17, 1840
Page
3
A detailed report of Monday to Thursday sessions in both houses. Lords discuss the Administration of Justice Bill and Thames Tunnel matters. Commons address taxation, writs for Ludlow and Armagh, and opium trade concerns with China. petitions and electoral issues dominate midweek.
Don Combe moved the discharge of Stockdale and Howard. Wagnerron supported it citing new act limits repeating offences. Lazouchenr agreed. Waxtey sought leave to bring in a bill to prevent inoculation and regulate vaccination. House adjourned after ten. Friday sessions focused on petitions regarding the poor law commissioners in Ireland.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer outlines a budget plan to cover a 2.7 million shortfall with higher duties on customs and excise, a 10 percent levy on assessed taxes, and a 4d gallon rise on spirits, while proposing post office and carriage tax adjustments amid broad debate.
The resolution was carried and the report set for Tuesday with Friday for discussion. Colonel SistoRr announced opposition to all resolutions. After resuming, remaining orders were disposed of and the house adjourned at a quarter to one until Monday.
The issue notes heavy coverage of the murder proceedings of Lord William Russell and the recapture of the criminal Gould. Space is reduced this week with Literary Chronicle Notices to Correspondents and the Curious column omitted, to resume next week.
The Weekly Chronicle decries the Ludlow borough election turmoil as a moral scandal with Treating bribery cited, Lord Darlington’s motion for a new Writ, and parliamentary tactics. It notes calls for open sale adverts, risks to reform, and the release of Stockdale and his attorney from Newgate without division.
The Morning Herald blames the Duke of Wellington for moving the Previous Question on Lord Stanhope's Opium Resolutions. It argues China’s laws on Opium were ignored, cites Canton officials profiting from trade, and condemns actions against English merchants and Macao civilians while noting Peel and Gladstone maneuver in Parliament ahead of the 28th vote.
The piece notes pledges by Lord John Russell and Sir Robert Peel to introduce and support a bill to curb corrupt practices revealed in the Ludlow Cambridge inquiries. It doubts practical success due to legislative difficulties while acknowledging some useful provisions such as witness indemnity and compelled questioning, including prohibition of treating.
The article recalls Sir Charles Wetherell’s long aside in the Lords from 5 to 8 30 pm arguing against Catholic rights, with Dublin Corporation counsel present. It notes the Lords’ dull reception and hints at political fallout including Lord Stanley’s disfranchising bill and uncertain Monday vote amid Semi-Conservative Whig tensions.
The Financial Statement outlines a £2.7 million deficit and proposes a 5 percent general tax rise with a 10 percent increase on assessed taxes to balance the books. It would avoid new taxes, except for a 4d per gallon spirits duty and a window tax review, with a £850,000 credit to cover interim demands. The plan draws Conservative support but faces Sussex objections over fairness between real and personal property.
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