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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 07, 1843
Page
3
Electors in Aldersgate Bishopsgate and Farringdon without gather to back James Pattison for the city seat amid the death of Sir Matthew Wood. Speakers urge free trade and liberal principles, fault Peel measures, and vow united committee action.
In Hampstead, A L Saul urged supporting free trade candidate Pattison at the city election to fill the late Alderman Sir Matthew Wood’s vacancy. He argued Pattison would oppose food supply restrictions and favor open trade, urging franchise holders to back him to rescue London from “monopoliats.” The gathering adjourned after enthusiastic cheers.
A long noted letter page discusses London libraries insolvency rates the Abbey door access and various reader inquiries. It includes a summary of City of London elections from 1830s through 1840s with vote totals for Grote Wood Crawford Pattison Lyall and others. It also mentions the Stoddart Conolly inquiry and Dr Wolff’s mission.
A reader argues that Westminster Review extracts mislead about the London Corporation reforms. He defends livery, charity funds, and ward beadle duties, warns against misrepresentation, and urges truth to drive reform. A second letter laments Duke of York column steps as play area for children, proposing crackdown or penalties.
Instructions describe calculating sunrise and sunset by latitude deviations from 51 deg 80 min, and adjusting London Dock high water times by specific offsets for ports like Bristol Orkney Falmouth Hull Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow and Southampton, noting many minor harbours follow.
The Week entry lists liturgical lessons for Sunday and Monday, moon phase and sun declination, day length, and civil times. It records weather notes by Legh, Meteo, and Zadkiel, with forecasts of fair and cloudy periods and rain, plus dates from October 9 to 16 including Saint Denis and Old Michaelmas Day observations.
The Weekly Chronicle attacks Mr. Thomas Baring and Mr. Pattison, urging London electors to demand clear opinions and accountable votes over Corn Laws and protection. It mocks Baring’s vagueness, praises Pattison’s consistency, and condemns elusiveness in public stance amid a shifting political scene. The second report recaps Dr Sleigh and the Duke of Buckingham touring manufacturing districts, critiquing their socialistic rhetoric and urging practical demonstration of wage theories by Buckinghamshire estates.
The article argues for the Liberal candidate, challenging Mr. Baring as insincere and a literary conjuror. It notes Pattison’s past Tory stance on Corn Law issues and frames the City of London contest as a battle between Monopolies and Free Trade, with the fate of imperial influence at stake.
The piece contrasts Cobden’s clear, decisive stance with Peel’s cautious, decorous tone at Lichfield and Covent Garden meetings. It criticizes Attwood’s education efforts and reform motives, labeling him a misguided yet sincere promoter of papers currency and national happiness, while arguing the reforms lack practical benefit.
The report notes Sir Robert Peel's cautious stance on public decorum and policy, comparing his guarded rhetoric to a threefold choice of options. It highlights his refusal to adopt the naked course, his views on leases for tenants, and the Times’ interpretation of his indecision as constitutional.
A crowded Chobham market-room saw opponents disrupt Sidney Smiths lecture on corn laws after an attempt to bar attendance by local monopolists. An unruly attorney resisted expulsion, but the crowd prevailed and the meeting ended with cheers for the SUERTE aY League.
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