Masters and operatives in Marylebone urge union support
A Marylebone public meeting at Chapel Street Academy protests master builders' anti union declarations. Speakers condemn coercion of workers to renounce unions, urge residents to aid displaced operatives, defend free labour, and back the unions as the safeguard of wages and social order.
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Marylebone
Chapel- Street Academy
Burne-street
Edgware Road
Harewood
Savage
Metropolis
S. Whal Jey
Clay
Tower Hamlets
London
England
Austen
Webb
Sir S. Whalley
Combe and Co
Mr. W
Blackstone
Smith
Porter
Mr. Porter
Sprackland
Workmen Rally to End Slavery Allegiance
The meeting urged workers to reject servitude and unite with the middle class to oppose oppressive builders. A resolution proposed aiding workmen against an “unnatural conspiracy” and urged parish subscriptions and a committee to enforce the plan. The resolution was carried, and a committee was appointed to implement the regulations.
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Mr. Hall
Westminster parishes committee boosts Union funds with donations
At Prince's Head Westminster a meeting of inhabitants from St Margaret and St John parishes approved renewed appeals for funds. Mr Wood donated 101 in a letter, Mr Hammond 61, and plans were announced to require Unionist trade purchases and add a penny per item to boxes to aid the funds. The Builders Union resolved to pay non members the same 12s weekly as if they belonged.
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St. Margaret and
St. John
Westminster
Prince’s Head
Prince’s-street
Butler
Elliot
Catmingter
Hammond
Baker
Fox
Carpenters’ Arme
Pimlico
Builders’ Union
The Builders' Strike and a Letter to the Editor
An architect writes to The True Sun arguing that smoldering conflict between master builders and workers arose from hostile master conduct and a self-serving committee. He condemns the signing of a declaration to quit unions, warns of wage cuts, urges Masters to disavow the committee, and pleads for conciliation to avert social and economic damage.
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THE
True Sun
Ialue
Strike of Scottish operative builders shakes Glasgow economy
The Glasgow Liberator reports on the strike of master builders in London prompting operative builders in the metropolis to withdraw tools, with 10,000 workers affected. The piece notes sympathy from middle classes and shopkeepers, subscriptions in the countryside, and a Mechanics Hall meeting planned to coordinate support for the operatives and resilience of trade amid upheaval.
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Boards of Trade
London
United
Mechanics’hall
Glasgow
Rothschild One Change Four O Clock Afternoon
A sensational Newfoundlander skews a portrait of Rothschild on Change day. The piece derides the financier as a money monger worth about fifteen million, surrounded by wary onlookers and odd rituals, arguing wealth profits from labor without contributing to society and condemning the era’s capitalism.
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Rothschild
Jook
Manchester
Stock Exchange
East India House Drug Trade Sale Adjourned Briefly
A sale of East India produce primarily medicines at East India House was adjourned after discussions between the Drug Trade Committee and the East India Merchants Committee. Chairman J H Palmer stated disagreements over warehousing rents and charges necessitated more time to reach a final plan that would affect London’s trade and consignors. The sale was adjourned for further consideration.
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East India
East India House
J. H. Palmer, Esq
Committee of the Drug Trade
Committee of
East India Merchants
London
Mincing-lane
Mr. Palmer
East India Committee
Indictable Misdemeanour For Forcing Chimney Apprentices
A Chimney Sweepers' Act declares it an indictable misdemeanor to compel any apprentice or other person to ascend a chimney flue for extinguishement. The Bradford Observer highlights a separate notice praising Homer Stansfeld of Stansfeld Brothers Leeds for repaying part of debts from the old 1625 bankruptcy and his intent to continue payments to creditors.
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Homer Stansfeld
Messrs
Stansfeld and Brothers
Leeds
Stansfeld
Briggs
Hamer Stansfeld
Stansfeld Brothers
Stansfeld, Briggs, and Stansfeld
Bradford
Slave Population In British Guiana Moves Toward Freedom
Reports from British Guiana dated July indicate apprenticeships are used to transition slaves toward eventual freedom. Planters report better efficiency as workers learn the new system, with a scheme allowing six days of work weekly and compensation for idleness. Antigua confirms an act ending apprenticeship from August 1834, granting slaves parish relief and protections until August 1835.
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British Guiana
Berbice
Antigua
Discontinuation of The Man by Clerkenwell Prisoner
An 1834 notice from a jailed advocate of press freedom announces the end of The Man. He cites treachery and incarceration, vows to persevere against oppression, praises supporters, and pledges continued opposition to despotism while awaiting a return to public service.
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Clerkenwell Bastille
Liberty
Owledge
Paris Louis M and conflicting parish dinners in Covent Garden
The parish of Saint Paul Covent Garden faces a schism over uniting the parochial schools dinner with the Duke of Bedford tenants annual feast. Residents oppose a double feast arguing venison rights and costs.
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Paris
Louis M
Saint Paul
Covent-garden
Duke of Bedford
Brady
St. Martin's Court
London
Southampton
Apollo
Havre du Grace
Havre
Portsmouth
Camilla
Greenwich
Sir Joseph Yorke
Holland
Prince of Orange’s
Duke de Chartres
Sir Joseph
Monsieur
Angleterre
Alors
Monseigneur
Hannah More
Escart
William Archibald Allen
Old Bailey
Shoreditch
Allen
Sydney
Macquarrie Harbour
Madame Cintit Damoreau
Tribunal of Premiere Instance
Messrs. Dupin
Delingle
M. Nouguier
M. Damoreau
Ncfional
Mountain Sylph and Dead Dues at EW Theatre Royal
An evening program features A New Grand Opera The Mountain Sylph with an original overture by John Barnett and cast including Eolia Romer Hela and Keeley. It is followed by The Dead Dues for the Seton Prophecy with music by Alexander Lee. Doors at seven thirty, show at eight. Also at RRO14L Kent Theatre Kensington Mr Butler in The Wonder A Woman Keeps a Secret with a ballet and Simpson and Co. A new Marie Antoinette drama next Monday.
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EW Theatre Royal
Lyceum
English Opera House
John Barnett
Donald
Wilson
Christie
Keeley
Hela
H. Phillips
Eolia
Misa E. Romer
Seton Prophecy
Alexander Lee
Captain Waldrich
Mr. Ilson
Count Soyeuse
Wrench
Herr Wittenhoff
Mr. Williams
Spectrenodder
C. Smith
John Marovsky
J. Reeve
Frederica Wittenhoff
Miss Lee
Christine
Miss Novello
Winifred
Kent Theatre
Highstreet
Kensington
Mr. Butler
Theatre Royal Covent Garden
Don Felix
Violante
Cramer
Simpson and CO
Simpson
S. Bennett
Marie Antoinette
Royalty
Addressing Correspondents And Meeting Reports
The letter defends reporter accuracy amid crowded platform chaos and notes a misstatement about wage cuts by Grissell and Peto. It also mentions a London Bridge high water warning for tomorrow and a time notice about the True Sex publication starting yesterday.
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London Bridge
Paris Papers Weigh In On Spanish War Forces
The Paris press reports conflicting signals from the Spanish war theater dated the 21st. Zumalacarregui leads insurgents toward Thiebas and Avez while Lorenzo advances on Estevan. Cantos’ headquarters are at Estevan. Insurgents show weak footing, with six battalions at about 3,000 troops, and a fake promise of 15,000 Swiss mercenaries is used to stir locals.
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Paris
Spain
Moniteur
Zumalacarreguy
Thiebas
Avez
Lorenzo
Ropit
Estevan
Don Cantos
Biscay
France
Bayonne
Basque Mountains
Reform prospects in Spain and unsigned government zeal
The article discusses Spain's public discontent with the Ministry of War and ongoing reform efforts. It notes a three thousand man reinforcement to the army of the Pyrenees, calls for ministerial accountability in supplying Repit, and criticizes Moscoso's cabinet rhetoric. It highlights growing secret societies and a determined Cortes, with Brussels and German papers offering limited new intelligence. It ends by noting Bavarian fashion advice for female servants and incoming Quebec and Montreal papers.
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Memorial Des Pyrenees
Pau
Cortes
Interior
Moscoso
Brussels
London
M. de Tatteyranp
Paris
Allgemeine Zeitung
Naples
Holy Alliance
Munich
Lord Broucham and the Chancellor’s Charade
In earlier months the writer argued against worship of the Lord High Chancellor Broucham, challenging motives and reformal pretensions. The piece contends the chancellor’s magnanimity and patriotism were self serving, a hoax masking political gain.
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Lord Broucham
Bacon
Broucuam
Torgiam
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