The Chandos and the Fifty Pound Tenantry Trap
The Chronicle reflects on Reformers failing in the fifty pound tenantry clause and its impact. It cites Lord Chandos, Western, Howes, Bennet, Huace, and At Tuc, arguing the measure gave landlords power over tenants votes. It notes reformers’ missteps, intentioned but harmful, and the bill’s limited effect due to added provisions.
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Chronicle
Lord Chandos
Lord Western
Howes
Benett
Huace
Tuogp
Hume
Hume Defends 50s Tenantry Clause in Reform Debate
Joseph Hume argues for extending suffrage to tenants and freeholders, says the 50-pound tenantry clause was a necessity to counter Tory influence, calls for ballot and universal suffrage, criticizes Whigs for not expanding reform, and asserts representation should match taxation. He cites Middlesex voting shifts and warns against party-patronized officials, urging integrity and broader suffrage.
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Hume
John Russell
Middlesex
Mr Owen Lectures in Paris Stir Public Interest
Paris Aug 8 Mr Owen of New La Nark held a lecture at the Hotel de Ville but lacked prefect permission, causing a long wait. A translator rendered English into French while attendees debated his labor system, leading to interruptions and the speaker exiting amid rising tensions. The Athenee Royal refused further use, police stayed aloof, and reverberations suggested limited practical impact of his ideas.
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Paris
Owen
New Lanark
Hotel de Ville
Great Britain
the Athenee Royal
Mr. Owen
The
Athenee
France
Europe
Russia
Don Quixote
Globe
Madness and social causes in historic European and American stats
A fragment discusses ratios of insanity across Europe and the United States, noting figures like 1 to 1,000 in some regions and 2625 in the U S. It argues madness correlates with civilization, commerce, cheap spirits, and social upheaval, citing Brigham and linking crime and political excitement to insanity.
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Europe
United States
Brigham
The Queen and Her Court Etiquette at Buckingham Palace
An 18 year old queen ascends to England's throne and modern etiquette reforms emerge. The piece contrasts new British court rules with older French customs, noting separate dining arrangements for foreign princes, ambassadors, peers, and officials at the royal residence.
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England
St. James’s
Duke of
Sussex
Louis the Fourteenth
Buckingham Palace
Illegal Measures and Murder Confession Report
A note on standards for weights and measures imposes a 40s penalty per sale for using Winchester bushels local measures and abolishes heaped measures and other provincial terms. A Buckland hill murder from 14 years ago is tied to a confession by a man now in custody, with two accomplices sought. The Courser reports a tale on gradual reform via Boerne, contrasting old customs with modern ideas through a parable of a dog.
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Buckland Hill
South Petherton
Trump
Act for the amendment of the law on wills explained
The article details the Act of 1 Victoria chap 26 passed July 3 to reform will formalities. It standardizes execution for real and personal property, bans nuncupative wills, requires writing and two witnesses, modernizes minor and married woman provisions, and limits verbal wills to military or seafaring persons. It also covers witnesses, revocation by marriage, alterations, and retroactivity. Additionally, it notes exclusions for pre-1838 wills and Scotland.
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Victoris
Scotland
Insolvent Irish vicar faces five months jail in court
At the Insolvent Debtors Court Rev. Patrick Matthias Cumming, vicar of Magherecloone, Monaghan, faced creditors including Thomas and Williams. The judge found debts incurred without reasonable means to pay and sentenced the insolvent to five months imprisonment from the filing date, with several creditors seeking schedule alterations. The case涉及 tax and tithe disputes, and the vicar's income had fallen due to Ireland’s unrest.
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Patrick Matthias Cumming
Woodroffe
Thomas
L. P. Thomas
Williams
Hastings
Cooke
Magherecloone
Monaghan
Ireland
Bath
Southampton
T. P. Thomas
London
Clogher
Commissioner Bowen
Granville Whaling Ship Founders with All Hands Lost
The Tur Serr Freres whaleship from Granville founder at sea en route to Newfoundland. More than 100 people were aboard and all have perished.
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Granville
Newfoundland
Old book bindings and the rise of printed luxury
The piece surveys sixteenth century book bindings showing wealth and care from print era origins. It notes folio and quarto sizes, covered covers, metal clasps, brass bosses, and chain shelves to deter theft, with examples from Bodleian Wood's MS and Archbishop Parker's Psalms.
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Terence
Milan
Caxton
John Koelhof
Cologne
Scaliger
Berencia Codronia de la Scala
Mgr
Hansard
Wood
Bodleian
Oxford
Barker
Whitgift
Croydon
Surrey
Abraham Hartwell
Lambeth Palace
Parker
Richard de Bury
Trinity College
Henry IV
Henry VIII
Humphrey
Leland
Wressii Castle
Yorkshire
Arnet
Clarifying Duke of Clarence Origin and Local Ordination
An article traces the title Duke of Clarence to Clarenza in Venice rather than Clare Suffolk or Munster and notes Lionel, son of Edward III, as the first bearer. It also reports the ordination of Rev. David Evans to Slack Lane church in Keighley with ministers Saunders Scott Crook and Foster assisting.
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Doxepom
Clarence
Heylin
Duke of Clarence
Clare
Suffolk
de Clare
Munster
Clarenza
Chiarenza
Morea
Hainault
England
Lionel
Edward III
Philippa of
Kerianey
David Evans
Horton College
Slacklane
Keighley
Messrs. Saunders
Haworth
Scott
Shipley
Crook
Hebden-bridge
Foster
Farsley
Leeds Mercury
Letters on Communion Boundaries by John Howe
A dense reflection on Christian unity arguing against new boundaries in communion. It cites Romans and emphasizes that all Christ has received must be received by believers, warning that redefining church rules harms Christ’s kingdom and the church’s integrity.
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Christ
John Howe
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the Chandos
Claube
MR. Hume
Morning Chronicle
Bryanston-square
Joseph Hume
Robert Owen
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