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Newspaper

Constitutionalist

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Apr 05, 1840

Page

3

Conflicted Corn Laws Debate Dominates Parliament

A flood of petitions prevails in Lords and Commons over corn laws with leaders urging revision. MPs discuss China policy, Clergy Reserves in Canada, and Ireland workhouses as debates extend into late hours with major divisions on beer bill and Irish voter registration.

Parliament House OF Lords Duke of Buckingham Duke of Richmond Earl of Clarendon Liverpool Lord Mezovene Lord Aberdeen Commons J. Russell Exeter Canada House OF Commons Monpar Manon Buissert Helstone Heathcore Villiers Pryme Hume Pembroke China J. Graway J. Ruasery Miles Mires R. Peet Church of Scotland J. Russey General Assembly of Scotland General Assembly Goulburn Excasquer J. Russzui Sheriff Evans Pakincton Cultate Upper Canada J. Russet Howard Stockdale Admiralty Ord J. Russell Lord Seaton Ireland County Constabulary Tuxspay Lord Melbourne Scotland Earl of Aberdeen Lord Duncannon Peregrine Maitland Huskisson Bathurst Church of England Tuurspar Monm24glz Repeapath Tuunsday Chester Crewe Grand Junction Paxmcton Prymer J. Russeit Ar. CoLquioun J. Russert Everal Mr. Pakington Lord Stanley Lord Morrett Sibthorp

Whig pamphleteer Wade ridiculed in sharp editor's critique

A staunch critic assails John Wade's pamphlet Glances at the Times and Reform Government, calling it a poor Whig fabrication. The author mocks Wade's axioms, contrasts despotism and tyranny, and accuses the piece of misrepresenting political liberty while denouncing Whig leadership and ministerial conduct.

Pall Mall House of Commons John Wade Great Britain Times Wade Dr. Wade Jack Wade Jack Himperer England Waders Lord John Russell Stroud Downing-street Balderdash Prussia Milton Reform Ministries William Lovett

Taxed Salt and Taxes Provoke Birmingham Letter

A Birmingham correspondent laments rising taxes and royal pensions funded by the people. He denounces the House of Commons for supporting a 21 000 pound transfer to Hanover and calls for a new constitutional order. The writer boasts strength, defies aristocrats, and urges unity among workers against misrule.

House of Commons Hanover England Zooks Waterford

Critique of Universal Suffrage and Republic Claims

Axcuisatp Dashwoop denounces a Whig writer for conflating Republic with Universal Suffrage and mocks Dowing-street’s anti suffrage stance. He compares petition efforts to a flock of sheep and ridicules the notion England’s people demand universal suffrage. He closes with steadfast insistence on his view.

Blockhead Dowing-street England Dogs Bay Jack Wade

Labour and the value of toil in a mid Victorian mind

A March 25 1840 speech laments that labouring people lack independent judgment and are swayed by countless factions and “mock friends” amid debates on work. It argues labor shapes food and life, denounces idle classes, and questions the utility of landowners clergy lawyers and beggars, asserting true labour sustains society.

Man Earth England Scotland

Glutton and Servants Chorus on Labor and Wealth

A speaker denounces gluttony and idle elites as locusts and drones. He argues the rich live off the labor of the poor while workers toil to feed and clothe themselves. The letter condemns tyranny and oppression at home and abroad, urging the reader to reject the mighty and great. Yours truly.

Royal Drawing Room and Dukedom Grants in London Gazette

In the London Gazette March 31 notice the Queen schedules a Drawing Room at St James's Palace on April 9 and grants a duchy to Cecilia Letitia Underwood, creating the Duchess of Inverness. James Norton Smith appointed to the Corps of Gentlemen at Arms. Morice-square Chapel in Stoke Damerel, Devonshire, registered for marriages.

House OF Commons Tugspay Govisurn East India Company India Hants Naples Lanovuchere Foreign Department Houe Austria LaBouchère Secretary of State For Foreign Affairs Hume E. KnaTcasaxy Bridport Wolverhampton Mr. Villiers J. Hosnovse London Mr. Crawford Perceval Hanover St. James’s Palace Arma Howard Stockdale Howard PaKincon St. James's Palace Whitehall Masgeu United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Cecilia Letitia Underwood Arthur Saunders Earl Magea Lord Fuley James Norton Smith Corps of Gentlemen At Arms Smith Gazette

Partnerships dissolved and insolvencies listed in trades

A long notice lists numerous partnerships dissolved across cities including Manchester London Nottingham Cambridge Derby and Bristol with many trades shown. Insolvencies and bankruptcies follow with dates March 30 to May 12 and place names such as Leamington Priors Abergavenny Leominster Leeds Manchester and Liverpool. Dividends certificates and Scotch sequestrations are noted with dates and locations in the same period.

J. S. Darwell C. Myatt Manchester W. Learmonth and Co London R. Widdowson Nottingham W. Turner Cambridge I. Bancroft J. Woodward Derby J. Meatyard W. Corp Milford Wiltshire W. W. Alderson Ferryhill Durham J. Webster J. Wetton D. Smith W. Huskisson T. Toney Birmingham Mercers D.smith J. and A. Busgine Jey J. Hancock Bristol J. Robinson and Co Wolviston W. Dixon B. M. da Costa H. de Castro Brook and Hanson Huddersfield W. Hayler T. Gover Chatham Wilson Ann Rebecca Hickman Abergavenny Monmouthshire Victualler Francis Collins Leominster Herefordshire Scrivener John Pincinton High-street Southwark Bankrupts’ Court Tarquand Samugu Caappely Lawrence Jane Butcher Groom Abchurch-lane Gate- Fith Richards and Thomas Mainwaring, Bridge-road Lambeth Clerk New Broad-street Court Rosger Youne Scarborough Yorkshire Talbot Inn Samuzlwhite Leeds Court House John Smith Commissioners’ Rooms Joan Walcry Barton Horatio Barton Horatio Nelson Barton Commissioners James Barton Commissioners’-rooms James Wilson Toxteth-park Lancashire Clarendon-rooms Liverpool William Batss Wittiam Parampton Court-house H. Humphries St. Bennett’s Hill P. and P. Pan Silver-street Golden-square J. Stevens Brighton Carpenter W. Spence Dewsbury J. Moore Brighthelmston Sussex Lincoln’s-inn-new-square M. Jackson Sheffield W. Thiance King’s Lynn Norfolk C. J. W. Wharton J. N. M’envoy J. Wilson Heaton Norris J. Sutcliffe Bradford R. Leake Prestwich-clough J. A. Ewan Preston R. Musgrove A. Pink Somersetplace Little Chelsea J. Wilton Hythe Hampshire G. Lansly Ludgershall W. Jones Newport Seaton’s Arbroath Stott and

Attack Upon the Woman Jarvis in Clerkenwell Mob

A Tuesday afternoon scene follows Mrs. Jarvis and her mother as a huge crowd attacks them near Hattonwall and Little Warner street. Police escort, stones and mud fly, violence concentrates on Mrs. Jarvis, and she and her mother are sheltered at the station before being sent home amid continued tumult. Also noted: four Virginia weddings yield a combined height of twenty five feet, hinting at giant grooms and brides.

Jarvis Reynoldson Warner-street Coldbath Square Rosamon-street Inspector Penny G Division Mrs. Jarvis Crawford Passage Coppicerow Clerkenwell Exmouth Street Parry Matthews Country Virginia

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