Pitiable Prospects and Miserable Retrospects 1839 Review
A 1839 year-end review laments Parliament's inaction on corn laws suffrage and reform while noting increased taxes and centralization. It highlights class discontent, Chartist turbulence, and factional splits among Whigs and Tories, warning of oligarchic domination and a weak government. A Wimbledon shooting incident involving Lord William Paget and Mr. Fiske is reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Lord Auckland
Canada
Friends of National Education
House of Lords
Birmingham
Wales
Duke of Wellington
Robert Peel
Lord Stanley
Mr. Gladstone
Archbishop Laud
Melbournites
Mr. Canning
Lord John Russell
Lansdowne and
Macauley
Messrs
Shiel
Clay
Mr. Warburton
Mr. Grote
Mr. Roebuck
Windsor Castle
Place
Commons
Queen Victoria
Sheridan
Grey
Grenville
Arrain
Howova
Wimbledon Common
Lord William Paget
Thomas Fiske
Captain Baillie
Lancern
Nightingale
Fiske
William
Mr. Fiske
Morning Herald
Brutal murder at Aston near Birmingham reported
A body found in a ditch near the Grand Junction Railway at Aston led to an inquest. Witnesses described a petrified, bloodstained head wound and a bagged corpse found in a ditch, with preliminary evidence pointing to a group of suspects in a nearby Lawley Street dwelling as the investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aston
Grand Junction
Witton
J.W. Whately
Aston Tavern
George Docker
Beer Tha Park Wall
Lower Witton
John Bill
New John Street
Birmingham
Newton-row
Whitton
Liverpool Healey
Brr. Roberts
Mr. Roberts
Robert Dodds
Headborough
Park
Mr. Dodds
Dodds
Short
Mr. Short
William Such
Bill
Catherine Pemberton
Joseph Pemberton
Lawley-street
Whittington
Richard Allayn Stephens
Birmingham Borough
Aston Church-Yard
William Hall
Hall
Coron
Joseph Hodgson
Deine
Collins
Hoe
Hodgson
Aston Church
Coffea
Stephens
Welsh
Dale-end
Moor-street
Thomas ‘Walsh
John Walsh
Ellen Connor
Ann Bench
Thomas Walsh
Peter Coffey
Coffey
Connor
Eo Walab
J.yig
James
Walsh
Con Nor
John Morris
Heneage-street
Mr. Heath
Mary Walsh
Ife
Sarah Heath
Old Walsh
Peter Coffay
Samuel Rawson
Express
Manchester
James Earp
Rand
William Bashfort
Thorbas Walsh
Embry Adams
Aston Park
Lozell’s Lane
David Black
Fiaale-End
Dollman’s
Dale-ends
Stafford Street
Aston-street
High-street
Héll's
Joseph Knight
Black
Edward Brown
Mrs. Walsh
Monay
Satan
Inspector Stephens
Owen Walsh
Peter
Owen
Mr. Stephens
Higbag
Coleshill