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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 21, 1842
Page
2
In a heated session the floor vents opposition to differential duties on 260 items, arguing such measures treat colonies as foreigners and harm home consumers. After a loud division, the motion fails 281 to 108, with plans to resume Tariff talks next week and set Army and Navy Estimates for later.
A long column recalls Cooper the porter amid Highbury murder links and shifts in criminal procedure, followed by notices on a condemned man’s execution, fire losses at Incedipany Forge and other properties, an Ontario emigrant ship voyage, a police theft case, and multiple fires including Three Jolly Butchers and St Martin's le Grand.
A collage of letters and notices discusses adultery and alimony limits, insolvency, wills, pledges, and executors duties. It includes guidance on marriage dissolution, bigamy risks, and the role of Parliament, plus reader queries about wages, tax law, and property rights. The section also presents the Weekly Chronicle’s debate on bread tax and a National Anti-Law League call to action with districting and public lectures.
Excerpts reveal parliamentary debates on meat tariffs and Meek's report, with criticisms of ex parte conclusions. Mentions Hamburg meat prices, naval provisions, and potential duty changes. Letters and notices discuss income tax, the Duke of Cleveland’s heirs, and public sentiment around agricultural policy and reform.
A historical method explains calculating sunrise and sunset by latitude adjustments above or below 51 30, adding and subtracting minutes per degree. It also lists high water times for major ports relative to London Docks, with offsets for Bristol Cork Falmouth Hull Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow and Southampton before noting further notices to correspondents.
In this London weekly we assess the session, Peel's government, and Liberal prospects. It argues the government will push most measures, criticizes Tory concessions, and praises reformist moves like Roebuck's motion. It highlights sugar duties, corn laws, and the plight of miners and child labor, urging measured reform.
A newspaper page features a discussion of the Commissioners' findings on child labor practices. It argues for immediate remedies and suggests legislative action to override local prejudices and selfishness, aiming to curb demoralizing habits rooted in ignorance and custom.
The article analyzes the Russian ukase and potential shifts in czarist power, warning of a coming struggle that could redefine Russia’s social order. It also reports improving Anglo American trade signals, tariff reforms, and the folly of the sliding scale, alongside wary comments on Texas-Mexico tensions and the impracticality of Texan invasion routes.
An abridged report recalls the William Brown disaster voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia. Witnesses describe mutliman throwing overboard passengers and wives during a long night in the small boats. Holmes is named as the chief assailant amid survivor accounts, with details of cries, pleas, and the sinking ship as the Crescent rescued seventeen.
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