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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 19, 1843
Page
4
A Victorian critique argues that delayed concessions to reform provoke popular fury and embolden the Anti corn Law League. It notes the League’s rise from protests by manufacturers and merchants, warns of future dangers, and calls for timely policy to avoid catastrophe.
The Glasgow Courier notes the lord rector election at Glasgow University sparked by student dissents over Fox Maule. It details a low turnout, factional support from liberal and free church camps, and a predicted two year tenure with Maule’s unlikely removal before term's end. It contrasts Edinburgh’s vote for Mr Black as chief magistrate with Sir James Forrest’s second term amid controversy.
A Windsor letter to the editor discusses a proposed drainage survey for castles and towns, criticizing Board of Ordnance control and citing Ireland’s ordnance survey costs. The page includes multiple reader Q&As on partnership, insolvency, marriage legality, income tax, tenancy notices, and estate questions with brief responses.
The House of Lords re assembled pro forma as prorogation by commission was read. Lord Chancellor and lords Aberdeen Wharncliffe with officials robe and hear the royal commission to prorogue parliament to December next. Large attendance including many ladies observed the ceremony.
Letters from Odessa dated the 12th ultimo report a bloody clash between Circassians and Russians on the Uraxa riverbanks. Circassians attacked with courage but retreated against superior forces. many killed or wounded on both sides. Emperor Nicholas rewarded officers and men. Russian desertions remain high. Corrar or Conservancy: Kent court case closes with acquittals as no prosecution appeared. Barriers and chains obstructing Greenwich navigation were challenged. no judgment to abate the Waterman’s Pier.
Provides method to compute sunrise and sunset by latitude adjustments around 51 degrees 80 minutes and adds or subtracts minutes per degree. Also lists hour offsets for high water at major ports relative to London Dock gates, including Bristol Cork Falmouth Hull Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow and Southampton.
The Week lists liturgical readings for Sunday November 19 and Sunday November 26, with ephemeris data: year counts, moon age, sun declination, day length, and sunrise and twilight times. Weather forecasts note Legh and Meteo Ephem. conditions, with Zadkiel forecasts and occasional frost or foggy air. fairs at Boston and Guildford noted for cattle and horses.
The piece argues that late elections reflect a steady balance of parties but rising moral influence favoring reform. It credits the League as a catalyst in London Kendal and Salisbury, praising free trade as decisive, and predicts electoral morality rises from below with reform spreading from voters to Parliament.
A critical editorial decries Ireland and Wales public prosecutions, lampooning Attorney General T. B. Cusack Smith for incompetence, temper, and poor judgment. It argues government missteps reflect wider national changes, notes Home Office pressure, and questions the policy and timing of prosecutions amid political strain.
The author urges reform begin at home and insists the public demand honest governance. It praises Carlyle and Cobden, condemns cant and class monopolies, and calls Lord John Russell to join the reform movement to avoid losing influence and aiding Peel.
The piece mocks the legal maneuvering in the O Connell indictment case. It questions whether the Plea of Abatement will succeed, notes possible delays if witnesses were sworn improperly, and suggests Sir Robert Peel may retreat due to a perceived Crown misstep.
Thirteen thousand pounds raised in one hour by twenty or thirty leading individuals for a lawful object shows strong backing for reform. The piece critiques England’s inertia and the Corn Laws, notes Huskisson and Cobden shifts, and praises the League as evangelists of economic truth. It criticizes Mr. Smith and Irish judges for legal positions and lampoons press coverage, calling the case a blunder-filled legal tableau.
In Birmingham the writers mock the city’s obsession with the greatest happiness principle and Mr Muntz’s fixation on the relative value of wheat and silver. They claim the Birmingham atmosphere distorts understanding and renders ordinary topics incomprehensible to outsiders.
The piece savages Mr. Thomas Attwood and his proposed National Union, arguing the plan is vague, ill defined, and impossible to enforce. It insults the notion of ministerial responsibility, warns against despotism, and labels the scheme as smoke and moonshine with no practical path to happiness.
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