Liverpool's Concerts Invite Working Class Attendance and Reform
A 1840s Liverpool report notes Saturday evening concerts with top vocalists drawing about 1,200 in attendance, plus 450 weekly lectures. It highlights working men and families as regulars, compares beer-hall concerts, and discusses expanding popular penny waxwork exhibitions with harsh moral caricatures.
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Liverpool
Caine
Braham
Sims Reeves
Parry
Russell
T. Curtis
W. Rathbone
the Chronicle
Baker-street
John Gleeson Wilson
Henrichson
Manning
Reid
Mirfield
Greenland
Bishop and Williams
Barkers
Guy Faux
Wellington
Newgate
Jane
Shore
London
Cheapside
Lierpool
Tax Country Courts Extension Act Advances in Force
An August 14 enactment extends to 50 pounds and became effective earlier than October, leaving debt actions over 20 pounds already pending in Southwark County Court. Nearby Little Falls New York a woman gave birth to five boys last week and both mother and babies are healthy.
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Southwark County Court
Little Falls
N. Y
Suppression of Doncaster Races Stirring Guildhall Meeting
A large Doncaster assembly of 1500 to 2000 people met at the Guildhall to oppose races including Doncaster events. The chair was boycotted, disruption followed, and Mr. Robert Milner took the chair after Mr. Baxter resigned amid jeers. The motion to adjourn for twelve months passed by quiet assent as Alford and allies faced hostile reception. Stones were thrown at Baxter’s house as the anti race group left.
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Doncaster
Guildhall
C. R. Alford
Christchurch
R. Baxter
Great Northern Railway
Charles Buckley
Baxter
Buckley
Robert Milner
Milner
Halliday
Alford
Southampton Mayor Richard Andrews A Self-made Man Of The Town
A Daily News sketch portrays Richard Andrews of Southampton as a self taught, hard working carriage dealer who rose from village blacksmith to major employer and civic figure. The article notes his hospitality, political influence as a Liberal aligned with Bright and Hume, and expectations of upcoming mayoral re election and possible Parliament representation.
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Andrews
Southampton
London
Daily News
Richard Andrews
South Hants
School of
Bright and Hume
Attacks on Marshal Haynau at London Brewery
Three foreigners visiting Barclay’s brewery led to a mob action against Marshal Haynau the Austrian commander. Workers pelted him, tore his clothes, and grabbed his beard before police protected him at the George pub and hauled him away to Somerset House.
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Messrs
Leng
Bankside
George Public-House
Somerset House
Barclay
Daily News of
Marshal Haynau
Southwark
Messrs. Barclay
Haynau
London
England
George
Mr. Benfield
Morley’s
Nottingham shed fire at Midland Railway station
A shed at the Midland Railway station in Nottingham burned on Friday morning. The blaze started in stacked cotton and spread to timber and stored beans, destroying about 1000 pounds worth of property.
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Finn
Midland
Nottingham
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