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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 05, 1843
Page
4
An inquest into a deadly explosion in Wenman Street, Birmingham, found that nine people were injured or killed when fireworks made by Joseph Merrix ignited. The coroner urged tighter controls on manufacturing fireworks in dense urban areas to prevent similar accidents.
A coroner's inquest in Camden town heard that Charles Orpwood aged 38 died after taking prussic acid, which his brother William had procured. William testified he brought the poison and gave it to his brother, who used it to end his life amid nervous illness and irritable health. The jury found death by prussic acid self-ingestion with unclear mental state, and suggested censure for the brother's role in procuring the poison.
The Lebanon Star reports a young man David T. Gerard found hanged near Brre Ball Warren county with a will naming his mother in Indiana. His confession letters reveal a planned death by poison and rope, while a separate note documents the railway opening to Ware and Hertford with an inaugural journey and celebratory dinner at Broxbourne.
In a letter exchange many accusations amid attacks on Sir Robert Peel and press fairness surface. The Times defends its stance while The Standard’s critique prompts reflections on future Liberal government opposition and journalistic integrity. A cryptic note touches on legal duties of windows and a grammar query earns a brief response.
The new Defamation and Libel Act in force Wednesday includes a clause targeting those who publish threaten or offer to prevent printing of material. It punishes offenders with up to three years imprisonment with or without hard labor while preserving existing laws on threatening letters.
Instructions to compute sunrise and sunset times from latitude and a reference meridian using fixed adjustments per degree. Also provides high water times at London Dock gates with added or subtracted offsets for Bristol Cork Falmouth Hull Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow and Southampton noting many harbours beyond the listed ones.
The excerpt lists liturgical readings for the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Sundays after Trinity, with astronomical data on year length moon phase sun declination and daylight. It also records daily weather notes using Legh and Zadkiel ephemera for several dates and events.
A London weekly reviews Blackwood and government coverage of Irish policy. It cites Do nothing versus strong measures, praises Wellington's Dublin action, and argues the Repealers' fate is sealed as Parliament approaches. Verdicts must be hab.
A critical column argues against trial by ministerial influence in Ireland, warning of loyal resistance to Union and urging practical limits to Imperial and Irish parliaments. It surveys Repeal support, O Connell alliances, and the feasibility of two nationalities sharing the same empire.
The piece argues Spain has no stable politics as the Cortes sit with a doubtful majority while the Army keeps order, martial law dominates Seville to Madrid, and battles rage around Zaragoza and Gerona. It claims Narvaez and the press clash, but praises the army as the true constitution amid widespread unrest.
The Duke of Sutherland faces criticism for denying land for Free Church worship in Sutherlandshire, where about 24 000 residents include a substantial Free Church presence. Critics cite his correspondence and recent letters as evidence of petty persecution masking a clash between secular land power and ecclesiastical rights.
A controversial letter argues Mrs. Henderson of Lairy and Father, the Rev. Mr. M Gillivray, faced exile after the Duke of Sutherland provided a cottage at high cost. The piece denounces perceived intolerance and warns of a new fanaticism in power, questioning truth and justice in Sutherlandshire.
The letter argues repudiation harms the Union and mocks the American system. It cites Noah Webster and a forthcoming congressional reply, praising Smith’s harsh critique as essential reading in U S political history.
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