Education as Power for the People and the State
A polemic argues that national education empowers the working classes to gain political influence, restrains aristocratic demagogy, and strengthens public opinion. It cites Spain and France as examples, endorses universal schooling, and urges unity between working and middle classes to secure suffrage and liberty through informed voters.
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Feargus
Terry O'Brien
Mirmdeau
Greenhorns
Epsom
Feargus O'Connor
O'Connell
England
Terry O’brien
Vincent
Spain
France
Paris
India
Kalon
Lord Wynford
Grand Jury of
Lancaster
Burke
Sheriffs of
Bristol
Paley
Outrage at Windsor Castle Window Vandalism
At Windsor Castle, a morning discovery showed a starved centre pane and three to four broken windows facing the Long Walk. Stones were found nearby, guards and Royal Household members questioned, but no witness heard any disturbance despite several sentinels stationed nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor Castle
Her
Russell
Baroness Lehzen
Earl of Surrey
the Household
Boys
45Th Regiment
Royal Household
Fire at Windsor Castle prompts alarm and chimney neglect inquiry
A large fire scare at Windsor Castle after 9 pm caused evacuations and alarm. the blaze traced to a laundry chimney fed by a sheet of paper. The event raised questions about chimney sweeping delays, Morgan the royal sweep, and party obstruction. James Bryan, the Queen’s Scotch suitor, stayed in Windsor observing the royal entries and departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor Castle
Rertu
Lord
Morgan
Earl of Uxbridge
James Bryan
Windsor
St. George’s Chapel
Saxe Coburg
Duchess of Kent
Colnbrock
Fragments of a Field of Battle from Warrtooo June 19
A torn passage recalls a vast battlefield scene with fifty thousand men and horses on a two square mile surface. The earth bears cannon wheel grooves, debris of uniforms, helmets, cuirasses, broken swords, drums and bugles. A lament echoes Majorwell's History of the British Armies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nm Foughten
Maiwell
British Queen Arrives. vast remittances disclosed at noon
The British steamer Queen arrives at noon with 73 shares, 700000 dollars in specie, and remittances totaling 1,000,000 pounds. A New York letter cites Governor Fairfield's orders to Maine land agents to stop timber cutting amid the Aroostook dispute, plus unrest in Canada and Spain. A Philadelphia murder case follows, as a father shoots his daughter over marriage. France, Holland, and other reports from Paris and Madrid add political turbulence, while a London boatman recounts a near-fatal bridge incident and a mysterious assault on the Serpentine.
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Postsmouth
Tursuay
New York
Fairfield
Massachusetts
Aroostook
New Brunswick
Maine
Canada
Thomson
Mexico
Fesent
Horriece Muaper
Davorten
Philadelphia
Fraiterera
Wood
New York Morning Herald
France
Tapis
Thiers
Lille
Paris
Spain
Barros
Blanqui
Chalons
Escape details of Reading Dolgelley convicts revealed
The account by Vickers describes a planned Reading gaol escape that relied on removing a lintel from the cell door and a long, perilous climb over a high wall. The trio fled along a railway, hid in fields, and crossed into Wales where a burglary occurred before further splits and captures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Dolgelly
Vickers
Tilehurst
Friends of Burgess
Ardington
Wantage
Embling
North Wales
Gloucestershire
Staffordshire
Shropshire
Wales
Anglesea
Corwen
Vale of
Llangollen
Farrar
Burgess
Vickera
Usouiatieel
Poole
Fickers
Hia Irons
Fracas on the Creste and Birkenhead Railway
A contractor fled with wages on the Creste Birkenhead project. A new contractor faced a strike by 2000 workers demanding reimbursement for losses. Violence erupted as Irish and English factions clashed. Soldiers and cavalry arrived, 27 ringleaders jailed, seven injured seriously.
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Creste and
Birkenhead
Lutton
Liverpool
Chester
Desperate clash with Irish raiders at Lower Bell Inn
A group of ten to twelve Irish men and women forced entry at Mr Alexander's Lower Bell Inn near Blue Bell Hill. A brutal twenty minute fight left several bruised and one Irishman badly beaten. Alexander and lodgers defended the house then pursued the assailants toward the Rochester road. three ringleaders were captured but allowed to leave after injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander
Mr. Alexander
Bellinn
Inquest Finds Suicide by 18 Year Old at Worsborough Bridge
A coroner and jury at the Red Lion Inn Worsborough Bridge heard that John Perks 18 years old of Wood and Perks glass works died by his own hand near the reservoir bridge after leaving his home Friday. A letter warned of the act and named recipients. The jury returned a verdict of death by temporary insanity. Also reported are two smugglers captured with 75 tubs of SetantS at Chapman's Well and a note on the Devon port Independent.
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Red Lion Inn
Worsborough-bridge
Thomas Badger
John Perks
Perks
Wood and Perks
Glass
Worsborough
Richard
Thomas
É&C
Joan Praxs
Cooper
Worsborough Works
Dudley
Smith
Barnsley
Doncaster Gasette
Gains
Excise
Launceston
Giles
Hayne
Chapman’s-well
Holsworthy
Plymouth
Tutto
Devonport
Two Grecians and wax lamps spark a small debt case
Middlesex County Court before Commissioner Dubois hears Jonathan Sawyer and Peter Baggs on a 25s 6d claim over hired and damaged table lamps and a wax candle stand. The defendant bitterly denies the debt, recounting party mishaps and a refused scrubbing brush gift, with the judge ending the dispute once the plaintiff swears and pays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan Sawyer
Peter Baggs
Cocksine
Dubois
Baggs
Commissioner Dubois
Peter
Mr. Sawyer
West End
Music license renewals and inquests at Westminster courts
The day saw 72 license renewals and 33 new applications for music venues as magistrates considered renewals at the Queen's Bazaar in Oxford Street and other venues. A Bethnal Green memorial urged curbs on music licenses, but the bench rejected further restriction. Inquests followed for multiple cases including a Polish immigrant in London, a Camberwell death, a young woman in Surrey, and a mysterious newborn in Newington churchyard, with juries returning verdicts of temporary insanity or natural death and calls for public reporting to aid justice.
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Queen’s Bazaar
Adolphus
Thomas Hamlet
Oxford Street
George Farrant
Ane
Sadler's Weils Theatre
Richard Hayes
Richard Dizon
Charlotte Jones
Queen’s Theatre
John Perry
Strand
Lionel Benjamin Rayner
Colosseum
Braham
Rose
St. Mary’s Bethnal-green
Bethnal-green
Charles Forbes
Pownall
Royal Union Satoon
High-street
Shoreitch
Bodkin
City of London
Royal Standard
Exeter-hall Hotel
Higgs
Westminster
George Gordonovitch
James Saunders
Exeter Hall Hotel
India
Witness’s
Brussels
Abeset
Robert Buckland
Suffolk-street
Pallmall East
Poland
England
Witness
William Pocock
Stafford-place
Bond-street
James Eddy
Saunders
Helena Comerford
Carttar
Surrey
King’s Head
Meeting-house Lane
Peckham
Joseph Smith
Camberwell
William Everett
Hall
Bath-place
W. Carttar
Coachmakers' Arms
Robert-street
Blackmars-road
Jane Glaas
No. 5
Charles Edward Belwell
Rowland Hill
Roberts
Bridge-street
Blackfriars
Misa Moyes
King and Queen
Newington
Thomas Baldwin
Brooks
Wagstaff
St. Mary, Newington
Beadle
Kineston Sessions and Riot Report in Surre y
Kineston sees William Everest Smith plead guilty to refusing to take constable oath. Riot and looting scenes described as troops stormed a town, then drifted into drunken chaos. Notices on Parliament prorogation and migratory bird movements follow, with weather-driven cautions for farmers.
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Barnard
Strcntan Prosecution
William Everest Smith
Ripley
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Lord Durham
Lalor
Oc Banons
Mr. Russell
Town
Baring
Buckingham Palace
Palace
Home Office
F. Roe
Hig
Tothill Fields Bridewell
London
San Sebastian
Royal Artillery
Royal T
Royal Marine Artillery
Marine Artillery
Convent of St. Vincente
Lower
Arragon
Cabrera
Simpelf
Morella
Cantavieja
Espartero
O'Donnell
Queston
Portugal
Holland
Amsterdam
Frederick
Netherlands
Germany
Berlin
Prussia
Hafouz Pacha
Adrianople
Emir Pacha
Nanick Pacha
Isnik
Nicomedia
Pacha
Ahmet Fethi Pacha
Rechid Pacha
Reis Effendi
Telaverd
Stopford
Benbow
Malta
Lalande
Egypt
Mehemet Ali
Europe
Itoh
Hyde
Knight
Royal Humane Society
Grapnell
Williams
Ware
Kensington
Ihing
Hammersmith
Richard Goodman
Goodman
Foot
Partridge
D Division
Godfrey
Charman
Grenadier Guards
Mredenes
United States
Somnammuris
Negretti
Gusespe
iKiaell
Alston
Renwick
Marshall
Harrop
Ekeeper
Hetton Collier
Tyne Mercury
Middlesex County Court
Mir
Dvsors
Middlesex
Sergeant Adama
Henry Walker
Loughborough
Kineston
Rodrigo
Denmark
Sweden
Arrgarance
Hendford Hill
Yeovil
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