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Newspaper
Constitutionalist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 30, 1839
Page
2
The first issue proclaims unwavering political resolve and a pledge to judge weekly. It promises to combine instruction with astonishment and to support the Constitutionalist stance, aiming to compare favorably with contemporaries while avoiding trust in professed vows.
A critique argues that the government uses education to centralize power, viewing charity schools and public funds as tools for social control. It cites Edmund Stone on learning, deplores Whig support for enlightenment, and warns against state manipulation of schooling and the ballot, urging citizen self governance.
A foreign writer notes the state has not built roads bridges or canals and education advances despite it. Parliamentary debate questions Poor Law practices including wine in unions and alleged nuisances. General Johnson asserts truth of remarks and offers to name the union Bourne Lincolnshire and the Poor Law Commissioner.
A Hampshire Advertiser report recounts British resolve after the capture of a Mexican by a midshipman aboard HMS Vestal off Vera Cruz. The French Admiral refused to hand over the Mexican. Captain Carter demanded surrender to uphold imperial honor. Commodore Douglas later supported the midshipman’s actions, praising valor and flag dignity.
A Glasgow election meeting shows Sir Oswald and Mr. O Connor contesting the seat left by Lord W Benting. Oswald pledges reform via ballot rights while opposing instant universal suffrage. O Connor speaks in support, with a show of hands favoring O Connor before the final outcome is announced.
A detailed view of the British Queen and Great Western steamships notes their designs, engine power, condensers, and elegance. The Great Western sails 13 days to New York with 500 horsepower engines, while the British Queen features interchangeable condensers and a Gothic engine of about 500 tons with 84 feet length.
In a committee meeting at Thatched-house Tavern the Nelson memorial design ballot concluded with Railton listed as No. 68. The vote tally showed Railton receiving the majority as Sir G Cockburn and Sir P Laurie acted as scrutineers, with Lord Wellington named chairman.
A fragment from a pamphlet argues that aiding the wretched is a foundational axiom of religion and wise legislation. It frames relief for the necessitous as essential to social contract under civil law, citing Paley and references to various cultures to illustrate that poverty is not inherent to nature but a result of societal structure.
A Derby petition presented at the Levee by Sir Francis Burdett urged the Queen to replace current advisers with trusted statesmen. Signed by clergy bankers merchants and professionals, it emphasized loyalty and constitutional principles, warning that new policies threaten the monarchy and public peace and urging protection of the Protestant church.
The paper argues for restoring post horse duties to aid innkeepers and post masters harmed by railways and steam boats. It notes more lines open near London and urges public relief as rail travel disrupts traffic and shelter at stations remains limited, risking small traders tied to horse teams. It also reports unrelated incidents including a death on a Great Western train, contraband timber seized, a Croydon railway offense, an escape from a jail, a royal promenade disruption, and a charitable donation to St Marylebone alms-houses.
Royal Society of Horticulture held the second season exhibition at Stafford House Chiswick despite heavy rain and soaked grounds. Nobility visited, admiring fruit flowers and vegetables with elaborate miniature gardens and gleaming specimens. prize list includes Cambridge Silver Cup to Miss Trail’s gardener, gold medalists, and numerous rose geranium and heath cultivars awarded to Mr. Hunt Mrs. Bruce Mr. Milne and others.
An excerpt from the New Sporting Magazine recounts a chaotic hunting lodges gathering at Cockolorum Lodge. Marmaduke Mulligrubs hosts a country gentleman’s breakfast turned farce with guests, horses, and hounds causing pandemonium as meals collapse and foxhounds surge through the dining room amid clattering cups and errant beasts.
In Guildhall the annual sheriff election named W. Evans of Seager and Evans and J. Wheelton of Newgate Street as sheriffs for the city and county. Johnson and Thompson spoke for the pair, praising duties and charities, as Sir J. Suaw, chamberlain, was reappointed and the Common Hall dissolved.
After sheriffs election the Court of Aldermen discussed duties increased by Central Criminal Court sessions. The sheriff noted unauthorised brokers, licensed status issues, and that many brokers were being struck off lists. A formal inquiry and prosecutions were urged to curb impostors and protect the public.
The Queen attended Sunday divine service at the Chapel Royal St James's with the Queen Dowager and Princess Augusta. Sermon by Hon. Rev. N Greville from St Peter's text. Prayers and lessons led by ministerial clergy. The anthem Praise the Lord O my Soul sung. Sir G Smart organist. A busy social schedule followed with opera attendance and court appointments and audiences at Buckingham Palace and Downing Street.
The article reports Lady Flora Hastings grew worse, shifting to a severe illness described as black jaundice. It notes the Duchess of Kent caring for her without a bedchamber lady in waiting, Drs Chambers and Holland visiting Buckingham Palace, and Lady Sophia Hastings traveling from the south to Cork Street. The Dowager Marchioness was ill and could not travel, while the Marchioness of Hastings and Lady Caroline Turnour arrived after visiting her son the Earl of Rawdon and Moira at Cowes.
The stage house opened for Mr Russell the stage manager in Jerry Sneak and Love-spell at the Surrey. Performers Miss Rumer Collett Templeton Balfe Reynoldson praised. Organ of Order at Hay Market with Primshaw and Prankley misadventures, lively but uneven. French medley by Mrs Fitzwilliam and Pagatini lauded by critics.
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