Working Man's Monument to Sir Robert Peel Meeting
A crowded Wednesday meeting at the Crown and Anchor Whittington Club promotes a Working Man's Monument to Sir Robert Peel. Parliament figures like Cobden Bright and Brown speak while debate turns to funding, education for the canaille, and opposition led by Bronterre O'Brien amid riotous interruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown and Anchor Tavern
Whittington Club
Robert Peel
Hume
Cobden
Bright
W. Brown
Wyld
George Thompson
House of Commons
Salmon
Osborne
Canaille
United Kingdom
Bronterre O'Brien
Statesman
Manchester
Sir Robert Peel
O’brien
O'Brien
Alderman Copeland
James Duke
Charles Lushington
Lind mariner of Stockholm marries Miss Mary Gee
John Lind a Stockholm mariner and brother of Jenny Lind marries Miss Mary Gee of Pillgwenlly in the register office. He and his brothers work for bread and he praises his sister who supported their parents since age sixteen. Jenny Lind gifted pocket money during the visit. A separate note reports a 30 name list raising £4500 with £15000 expected from a general subscription begun recently.
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Jayxy Lixn
John Lind
Mariner
Stockholm
Hans Lind
Jenny Lind
Mary Gee
Pillgwenlly
John
Liverpool
Jenny
Bridgewater Times
Poe
Expulsion of Jesuits in New Grenada and Notable Short Reads
Reports from various papers note the expulsion of Jesuits from New Grenada after a decade of influence. The Hutchinsons repay a benefactor who aided their early career, enabling them to prosper. Lawrence Courier highlights a simple pegging machine by Joel Robinson. Beech er travels to Europe for health reasons. Philadelphia faces a major fire with heavy losses and relief funds. Wheat production and prices rise with signals of a bumper harvest. An aeronaut named Foggart tours Lowell in a balloon. Barnum's Museum showcases temperance drama and curiosities amid various entertainments. Niagara rocks gradual shift supports the theory of the Cataract’s movement.
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Republic of
New Grenada
New York
New York Express
SuHoz Pracina
Lawrence Courier
Joel Robinson
Mit
Henry Warp Beecher
Brooklyn
Europe
New World
Tur Puitap Elphia
Philadelphia
Loutaville Journal
Michigan
Ohio
St. Louie
Foggart
Lowell
Barnum's Museum
Niagara
Lewistown
Lakerie
Birmingham Town Council weighs Aston Park recreation plan
At a Birmingham Town Council meeting the mayor proposed purchasing Aston Park estate for recreation. The site at the town’s north eastern edge includes Aston Hall and about 876 acres, with an estimated £120000 price. Debt restrictions limit action, but a committee was set to negotiate with vendors and seek more time from Parliament. Also noted sale of Gunston Burn Abbey ruins and a new residence, rumoured Catholic buyers for a college or cathedral. A Peel monument fund has reached £1041 9s 6d.
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Birmingham
Town Council of
Aston Park
James Watt
Aston Hall
GunsTon Burny Abbey
Legal and crime docket from Victorian assizes and sessions
In the Vice-Chancellor's Court Mr. Bacon and Mr. Renshaw moved to restrain Bohn and Routledge from publishing Irving works with an undertaking to account until trial. Other items note Matilda Cooper and two gipsies jailed for two years for fraud and theft, Mrs Cobbett denied authority to plead, a Newport murder verdict and death sentences, Galway convent dispute over prepaid admission funds, an assault on M P Somers, and a Bird murder case recap.
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Routledge
Matilda Cooper
Warwick
Sarah Strange
Jeaffreson
Leamington
Cobbett
Hudson
Guildford Assizes
Court of Chancery
Justice Erle
Jane Lewis
Newport
Edwards
Cork
Wales
London
Murphy
English
Meredith
Gloucester
William James
Marlborough-street
Lord John Russell
Sisters of Merney
Galway
Conven of Mercy
M‘donnell
Somers
Middlesex Sessions
C. Bentley
J. P. Somers
Exeter Assizes
Robert Courtice Bird
Sarah Bird
Justice Talfourd
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R. Peel My Sreps
R. Peel
Police, Assize, &c
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