Insurrection in Portugal Sparks National Guard Crises
Rebels seize Braga Barca and Oporto districts as cortis suspend habeas corpus. British naval and civilian authorities navigate guard orders while 1,000 troops reinforce Oporto. Proclamations urge loyalty to the 1822 constitution and Queen Maria II as ministers seek emergency powers and press bans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Passon
Algarve
Ison
Oporto
Baron de Leiria
4Th Light Infantry
Barca
Braga
Braganza
Sir W. Gage
Terceira Steamer
Lord of the Isles
Viscount Sa da Bandeira
Jose Passos
Telegraph
Cacadore
Baron d’Almarge
Spain
Marchioness de Saldanha
Pearl
Marquis of Anglesey
Cadiz
Cortes
Minho
Blandford Correspondence Dispute Clarified by Bank Official
In a letter to the Morning Chronicle Sir T A Curtis denies supplying information to the Times that led to a Marlborough family correspondence article. The Blandford heirship and a governor of the Bank of England, Timothy Curtis, are scrutinized as to who possessed or shared the disputed information and the wider public duty.
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Morning Chronicle
Times
Bank of England
T. A. Curtis
Timothy Curtis
Blandford
Lthiist
Marquis of
Cionicle
Defeat of the Tories in Metropolitan Boroughs
The piece argues that reformers swept the metropolitan boroughs in a decisive vote, attacking the Times for claiming widespread Tory influence. It contends bribery and venal votes skewed results in some boroughs and analyzes Greenwich as a crucial yet misrepresented victory, detailing Attwood’s early campaign and the alleged modus operandi of buying votes.
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Metropolitan Boroughs
Times
Temple-bar
London
Westminster
Marylebone
Finsbury
Southwark
The
Standard
Greenwich
Wolverley Attwood
Metropolis
Palmer
House of Commons
G. Murray
Dudley Perceval
Lord
W. Attwood
Woolwich
Deptford
Mr. Attwood
Admiral Napier
Metropolitan
Attwood
Napier
Cicero
Sicily
Rome
Mill Lane
Tanner’s Hill
St. Nicholas
Don Miguel
Hanover
Don Carlos
Spain
Reform Bill Checks Tory Power in Election Warfare
Napier, a novice in electoral fighting, faces venality with little remedy beyond reform. The first reform is gratefully noted, as reformers cannot achieve all goals, yet the Reform Bill curbs Tory misdeeds and limits their capacity for harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napier
Salely
King of Hanover Sparks Tory Repudiation Across Britain
The Chronicle notes rising public indignation at ties to the King of Hanover. It cites Joseph Planta defending himself against calumnies about a Grand Cross, and cites Augsburg Gazette and Berlin papers debating Hanoverian policy and the shift from feudal rule toward representative systems in Germany.
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Hanover
Joseph Planta
Ernest
Planta
William the Fourth
Augsburg Gazette
Germany
Berlin
Frankfort
Russia
Augsburg Journal
Holy Roman Empire
Duke of Cumberland
The American Houses Financial Strain and Bank Intervention
The piece analyzes the 1836 drain on American credit, noting rising commissions and debts of three major houses totaling eleven to twelve million pounds. It argues the crash would have ravaged industry and commerce, but the Bank of England stepped in to support the firms, lowering engagements and preventing ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Bank of England
Edinburgh Review
Planta Defends Guelphic Honor from Tory Unmasking
Joseph Planta writes to Hastings and St Leonard electors denying Tory pamphlet calumnies about his being awarded the Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order. He cites letters from King William IV and Hanoverian ministerial confirmations, calling the honor a royal grant rightly bestowed.
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Joseph Planta
Hastings
ST. Leonard's
William IV
Brighton
Planta
Fairlight
Place
England
Grosvenor-Place
Lithrury
Hanover
Fairlight-Place
William the Fourth
Duke of Cumberland
St. James’s Palace
Victoria
Marine Hotel
Fire aboard sloop James claims four young lives
On Saturday morning the 22nd instant the captain and mate of the Perth sloop James woke to heavy smoke from the forecastle hatch. Four crewmen, James Gow 25 Thomas Gow 19 John Ferrier 16 and John Pope 14, suffocated by vapour from a fire caused by George Story who stuck a candle against the sloop’s side. A coroner's inquest returned a verdict of accidental death and condemned the dangerous practice, urging shipowners to halt it.
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Stockton
James
Perth
James Gow
Thomas Gow
John Ferrier
John Pope
George Story
Baden Chamber Unanimous on Federal Pact to Preserve Hanoverian Constitution
Frankfort correspondent reports the Baden Chamber of Deputies voted unanimously on a motion to instruct the Baden minister at the Diet to uphold the 13th article of the federal pact and the 56th article of the Vienna final act in debates over revoking the Hanoverian constitution. The piece notes the unity of Baden's ministers and outlines the commission appointed by the King of Hanover to examine the constitution, while contrasting Tory Hanoverian defenses with Hanoverian stance on constitutional validity.
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Frankfort
Carlsruhe
Chamber of Deputies of
Baden
M. Itzstein
Vienna
Chamber of
Hanover
Schele
Charles Wedel
Judicial Chancery
Osnabruck
Jacobi
Bothmar
Gottingen
Chronicle
Kingston on Thames minister backs Tory vote in church row
In Kingston upon Thames a parish priest named Rev Gandy declared after a sermon that he would vote for the Tories, despite not voting for twenty years. Parishioners fear pulpit dictation at the polls and react with shock and resentment as political agitation from church leaders grows.
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Kingston upbn-Thames
Gandy
Divine
Surrey
Tdcertzser
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Saturda
Lisbon
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