Prison Discipline Lecture Sparks Debate in Exeter
Lambeth MP Mr. Caries Pearson lectured on prison discipline at the Royal Subscription Rooms in Exeter, arguing for a farm prison and extended work hours to reform inmates. Opponent Rev. W. C. Osborne challenged cost, applicability to short terms, gender provisions, and practical labor schemes.
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Caries Pearson
Lambeth
Royal Subscription Rooms
Exeter
John Lillisant
Devon
Reading
Daily News
Pearson
W. C. Osborne
C. Pearson
M.P
J. Lillisant
Osborne
J. Osborne
Inquest Blames Railway for Irish Sailor's Death
An inquest at Castleford Castle Hotel returned a verdict that William Sandford died of diarrhea and blamed the York and North Midland Railway Company for delaying medical help and leaving the dying man on a station bench for an hour. The jury sent the verdict to the company's directors. The report also notes a Homeopathic Association meeting led to plans for a London Homeopathic Hospital.
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G. D. Barker
Castle Hotel
Castleford
William Sandford
York and North Midland Railway Company
Church Fenton
Wakerfield Journal
British Hemooratuic Association
Duke of Beaufort
Marquess of Anglesey
Willis
Association
Sampson
Captain Warde
N.a
Augustus Moreton
Thomas Uwins
K.a
Dra
Quin
Chapman
C. Holland
London
The Cholera Return and Medical Debates 1849
The weekly cholera death return for the General Board of Health covers the week ending September 1, 1849. A Balmoral court will order a universal prayer in churches to remove the plague, while the South London Medical Society debate on remedies shows no consensus with varied methods and little certainty.
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General Board of Health
Balmoral
South London Medical Society
Holborn
Giles and St. George
West London Union Aanes
St. George
Southwark
Greenwich
Eaorereenes
Bethnal-green
Eeeeneserteere
Olave’s
Bermondsey
Cccceeseenes
Stepney
Lambeth
Lewisham Hampstead
Ccscccseceevers Ooees
Ceoveaeseone East London Union
Shoreditch
Wcccscoveee
Rotherhithe
Chelsea
St. Martin-in-the Fields
Liverpool
Mee
Taye
Tydfil Rey $E Sande
Catmariis
Ensacen
Eae Aene
Bwansea
Seeecsensae
Plymouth
Portsea
Seevuess
Warrington Senese
Newcastle-under-Lyne
Wees
Tynemont Rese
Lancaster
See
Dewsbury
Cardiff
Ponsiete S
Work
Wean Thedwauwe Tanses
Prescotu
Dover
Aeeere Eeenee
Leeds
Hunslet
Holywell
Eeees
Eeeet Sence Wolverhampton
Eevee Aee
East Stonehouse
Eeseeneane
South Shields
Essase
Halifax
Wessseeeeeee
Es Hull
Seem Ees Eeseanseeuses
Devizes Weeceeseeeseseneesee
Penzance Eneeseae
Seatesons Salford
Eesseeseerseeess
Bolton
Tavistock
Euve Eeenseaees
Burys
Ece
Sheene
Wolstanton
Burslem
Bradford
York
Ease
Zeiwick
Eevnesee
Epton Piesa
Hastings
Bromsgrove
Vee
Burnley
Tee
Weeneenane Pontypool
Aeeeen
Leithe
Hawick
Wilton
Dunholm
Inverness
Aberdeen
St. Andrews
Arbroath Crail
Perth
Fortrose
Kilspindie
London and Vicinity
England and Wales
Scotland
Trade notes show large wheat crop with falling prices
The Economist reports favorable harvest across southern England with a large wheat crop, slow ripening yet good quality. Oats are poor but maize may prove useful for feeding. peas and winter beans show strong yields, while potato shortages push corn use in Ireland. Carlyle letter argues paupers as slaves needing industrial colonels. Joan Duncan, African traveller returning as Consul to Dahomey, arrives on the coast.
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England
Mark-lane
Ireland
Great Britain
Thomas Carlyle
J. C. Symons
the Times
Rhadamanthus
Joan Duncan
Devonport
Kingdom of
Dahomey
Africa
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