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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 25, 1843
Page
4
The piece mocks French habits and statisticians while praising Mr Grant's observations. It reviews an 1844 almanack and critiques a training report for pauper children, arguing dancing could be used in workhouse education and suggesting testing methods for dancing and child fitness.
A Dorsetshire society recounts a scene of distress among farm laborers, detailing cruel and dilapidated cottages, meager wages, and widespread hunger. It cites Cobden’s Dorsetshire inquiry, calls for reform, and urges parishes and landowners to address misery through housing, wages, and oversight.
A list credits Sir Robert Peel with a sweeping machinery for income tax, Lady Sale for Britannia metal refinement, Drs Newman and Pusey for heating methods in churches, Lord Brougham for rotatory motion to generate power, the Chancellor of the Exchequer for extending screw use, Poor Law Commissioners for curbing pauperism and improved grinding, and Daniel O Connell for Ireland drainage.
Keswick residents form a committee to place a white marble tablet with a medallion likeness of the late poet laureate inside Crosthwaite Church. The memorial aims to honor his memory where he spent much of his life and where his remains lie.
A compact scan of notices and briefs describes the Earl Grey administration anniversary and a letter about Lieutenant Munro en route to face trial for a duel. Additional items note a solitary turnpike house in Aldrington, sea encroachment at Adur, rail freight cuts by Aire and Calder, an egg trader’s £20,000 annual turnover, guano adulteration risks, a new Carmarthen butcher, and London and Brighton Railway receipts for mid November.
A collection of reader letters on deeds and dower, insolvency cautions, safe choices for leases, statute of limitations, and remarks on annuities. Opinions on King Leopold and Belgian finances, payment of interest, and property bequests. Reader notes critique public institutions, timekeeping at St James church, and political debates with references to Queen Caroline, Duke of Wellington, and Peel era issues.
Instructions detail adjusting sunrise and sunset times by latitude differences from 51 deg 80 min, with 6 minute shifts for each degree, plus proportional changes. It then lists high water times at major ports relative to London Dock gates, giving specific hour and minute adjustments for Bristol Cork Falmouth Hull Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow and Southampton.
The speaker argues against a Fixed Duty, urging a perfectly free trade in corn as the backbone for universal free trade. Emphasizes sweeping away financial anomalies with bold reform, aligning practice with comprehensive theory and envisioning long standing support by contemporary voices beyond Peel’s constraints.
A London editorial scrutinizes the Times and Sir Robert Peel over corn law shifts and the rise of the Anti-Corn-Law League. It argues the Times helped form the Sliding Scale policy, laments delayed recognition, and warns of ongoing political maneuvering amid Spain’s volatile Cortes crisis and Narvaez’s Madrid government.
The snippet records church calendar data for Sunday November 26 and Sunday December 8, noting proper lessons for morning and evening, lunar phases, solar declination, day length, and daily weather ephemera from meteorological sources. It shows astronomical timings and forecasts across several days with brief weather annotations.
The article debates the possible Crown leaning from Irish Judges on the Plea in Abatement by Mr OConnell and allies. It foresees Traversers pleading immediately, a trial in the after sittings, and potential use of a Writ of Error to the House of Lords if a verdict is guilty.
The piece chronicles Horner's confrontation with Irish Grand Jury practices in 1816, detailing how juries relied on depositions without witness testimony in most cases except rape, and Peel's reluctant consent to a reform bill. It notes Irish judges resisted change, Lord Plunkett sided with tradition, while Horner pressed on to protect innocence and uphold legal authority. The outcome hinges on Westminster hall opinion and the ultimate judicial decision.
Paris dispatch notes uncertainty over Queen Christina's Madrid trip. Count Bresson is to confirm safe return for access to her children. Reports also cover Bonffé leaving Gymnase for Varietés with a 100,000-franc penalty, theatre pay scales, and various political and social notes from London and Paris news.
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