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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 09, 1841
Page
3
A witness recounts brutal forcing of nourishment in asylums where keepers pin patients, pry open mouths, and shove food down throats amid resistance. Deaths from suffocation or neck injury occur. humane treatment urged. The account condemns such cruelty while acknowledging occasional necessity.
A frayed 19th century extract recounts Irish lore and tall tales from a king with unusual ears to a drummer and harper, weaving legends of druidic advice, hair shaving cruelties, magical collars, and heroic feats, with side anecdotes of monks and warriors and a picaresque glimpse of Irish memory.
A historical sketch credits Clive as a soldier of unmatched courage and decisive influence in India, noting his military prowess and limited political feats, and closes with a satirical Cruikshank fable on Cupid. The piece ends with a notice of the Privy Council education committee appointment including Peel and Goulburn.
Reports from the Friday sittings show Lords swearing in new peers Earl Malmiszung and Earl Larrrienp, petitions against corn laws, and a Commons debate on Poor Law Commission powers, centralization, and public distress. Also mentions Thames navigation plan, naval promotions, and ongoing financial policy discussions.
The House of Lords discussed corn prices noting freight costs. The Poor-law Commission and Population augment bills were read a second time and ordered for committee on Monday. The Exchequer Bills Funding and Appropriation bills were read a first time and set for a second reading Monday. Lords adjourned.
In the House of Commons Saturday, the Exchequer funding bill moved to a third reading with questions on whether the £5,000,000 would be funded in money or exchequer bills. The total subscribed reached £3,644,000, but the breakdown remained uncertain. The government aimed for the least burdensome plan, and the bill then passed. Adjourned until Monday.
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