Male Emigration Exposed by Emigration Committee Report
A sensational letter from ship passengers alleges harsh treatment of female emigrants on the Bussorah Merchant and Layton voyages. It details scant food, confinement, forced collection of women of varying character, and alleged sexual impropriety among crew. Corroborating letters from England and New South Wales speak of cruel conditions, with deaths and births aboard and a demand for inquiry into the Emigration Committee’s agents.
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Times
Australia
Marshall
Emigration Committee
Liverpool
Hackney
Paramatta
New South Wales
England
Emmeline
Bussorah
Layton
Taylor
Crawford
Jayson
Emigrant Ships and Rights for Female Passengers
The piece argues Parliament should extend protections for female emigrants to Australia mirroring North America regulations. It cites past acts, criticizes the lack of oversight after 1820s repeals, and warns of licentious conduct and destitution on arrival. It references Rev. Carmichael and Layton victims, urging checks before the next session.
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North America
George IV
Australia
North American
England
Colonial Office
Layton
Carmichael
Rogland
Great Britain
Bethnal Green Overseer Help In Bethnal Green Case
Surgeon John Birtwhistle defends overseer Christie in the Martha Clements stabbing case, stating Christie gave pecuniary relief and urged workhouse aid. He notes the patient’s condition has improved and criticizes the police report as misleading to the public.
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Bethnalgreen
Martha Clements
Ats
Christie
Odige
John Birtwhistle
Mile-end-road
Military Torture Letter From A Discharged Soldier
A former British Army private recounts brutal corporal punishment endured at age 17 in the 53rd Regiment. He describes 300 lashes, severe blood loss, and lasting scars, expressing deep anger toward commanding officers and calling for reform to protect soldiers from such treatment. He closes by thanking the editor for standing as a soldier's friend.
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Morning Advertiser
Hutcheson
Chatham Lines
Extraordinary. Liberal Scotcn Solicitor-General display
The piece recalls a Scotsman quotation praising the benevolence of opponents and recounts a London observer noting the Solicitor-General Cockburn hosting schoolboys at his Bonalley estate and inviting them to bathe in his pond. The Geneva letter reports fear of cholera near Savoy frontier amid uncertain naming of symptoms.
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Scotcn
Scotsman
George Heriot’s Hospital
Bonalley
Cockburn
Glasgow Courier
Cuavera
Geneva
Clancy
Soral
Savoy
Armi du Peuple
Montreal
Haying
T. Saumur
Joseph Plout
St Martins
French Port Bugia Evacuated as Garrison Reassigned
Foreign intelligence reports French troops plan to evacuate Bugia. The small garrison will be divided between Bona Oran and Algiers. Madrid letter notes July 17 funeral at St Francis with high officials. Chamber debates fiscal plan and army strength while reports praise royal troops and warn of potential civil unrest. Marmont to depart for Egypt with Sultan's honors and notes of tremor in Constantinople. Unrest in Syria, Turkish finances strained, and large armament activity continue across empires.
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Bugia
Bona
Oran
Algiers
Courrier Francais
Madrid
St. Francis
Martinez de la Rosa
Sioscoso
Toren
Bellido
Committee of Finance
Toreno
Uriarte
Miot
Count Toreno
Aguado
Trimeter
Estefani
Chamber of Procuradores
M. Martinez de la Rosa
Merino
Ceuta
Portugal
Burgos
Saragossa
France
Louis Philippe
Saarsfield
Rodil
Quesada
Orbacieta
Oviedo
Toledo
Chamber of Proceres
Constantinople
Marshal Marmont
Russia
Chosrew Pacha
Capudan Pacha
Egypt
Brussa
Smyrna
Syria
Ibrahim
Mehemed Ali
Porte
Samos
Carlovari
Pyrgos
Ito
Maratocambo
Logothete
Lathana
Slamato
Vienna
Berlin
Germany
Riga
Courland
Paltarn
Stubbensee
Operative Builders At Islington Public Meeting
A parish meeting of St Marys Islington formed a tradesmen committee to aid operative builders in their dispute with employers. Deputation members Welch Barnes and Townley met London brewers who declined direct aid citing union membership. Combe and Delageth were defended against interference accusations and funds were collected to support workers as they resist employer action.
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St. Mary’s
Islington
Messrs
Welch
Barnes
Townley
London
Fea
Uec
Messrs. Combe and Delageth
Combe
John Webb
William B. Cs
Richard Towndly
Hops Market Report from Maidstone Notes Growth and Prices
From Our Own Correspondent Ava Maidstone reports hops advancing in growth showing improvement as cold weather gave way to clearer conditions. Finest hops at Penn's Court Loose expected to be in demand next week. Duty set at 145,000 with dull market activity and slight price drops in old hops. Rent bags and pockets sold mainly around 61 to 71. Corn trade remains dull with ample supply and a tendency toward lower prices.
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Penn’s Court
Market Grain Prices at Wolverhampton on This Day
Grain supplies are uneven with Wheat down 4d per 72 lbs. Old malting Barley sells more readily and Beans are inquired for. Oats fall, Peas unchanged. Flour down 6d per 56 lbs. Old Wheat 4d lower to 73, new 6s to 6s 8d. Barley 5s to 5s 6d per 38 quarts. Malt 6s 6d to 7s per bushel. Grinding Barley 3s 3d to 3s 9d per 4 l 9 lbs. Oats 15s to 16s 3d. Beans 16s 3d to 16s 6d. Peas 16s 3d to 16s 6d per 196 lbs. Fine Flour 31s 0d and second ditto 27s 5d per 224 lbs.
Open Birmingham market reports firm prices amid rain
Birmingham market notes an unusually wet day with even trading. Old Wheat ranges 5s 0d to 6s 0d per 62lb, new 5s to 5s 6d. Irish Wheat quiet. Old malting Barley 34s to 35s per quarter. grinding 33s 4d to 36d per 49lbs. Late 23s 9d to 33s 6d per 39lbs. Beans and Peas 15s to 16s per 196lbs. Flour 38s to 43s 6d per 280lbs. Tares 8s to 9s. Supplies generally less abundant than recently.
Public Rights Take Re possession of Chelsea Lammas Lands
A Chelsea parish mob in St Luke's convened at the vestry and forcibly re entered the Lammas lands known as the Lotts at the river Thames western edge. They claim ancient rights interrupted by the Kensington Canal Company since 1826 and celebrate with beer and cannon salute at a local stadium.
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Chelsea
St. Luke's
Beadle
Lotts
Baron de Berenger
Faulkner
Kensington Canal Company
Thames
Rogers
St. Margaret’s
Westminster
Richmond-terrace
Whitehall-place
Bower
Vestry Selections and Greenwich Rowing Match Report
Opening of St Andrew Parish vestry confirms election of five householders to join the vestry, with Mr Tite in the chair and Mr Pontifex reading minutes. Also recounted is a Greenwich Amateur Regatta heat between Mearson Howe and Sanderson Willcox, won by Sanderson Willcox crews with celebratory supper at the Mitre.
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St. Andrew
Hotporn
London
Tite
Pontifex
Churchwarden
Gill
Fearon
Edmund Pontifex
Grayshaw
Woollett
Emmett
Greenwich
Buackwalt
Frye
Greenwich Gazette
Howe
Messrs
Sanderson
Willcox
Royal Hospital
Eclipse
Blackwall
Mearson
Folley-house
Mitre
Weekly Police Notice and Edinburgh Magazine Contents
An 1830s style notice listing a second letter from Mr Corbet on the Poor Laws and a working classes address, plus a Caricature by Seymour. It advertises Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine No CCXXVI for September with literary pieces, the New Statistical Account of Scotland Part II, and theatre at the Theatre Royal Lyceum and English Opera House including Mountain Sylph and The Dead Guest. It notes concert details, actors, and timings, along with an advertisement about high water at Lungon Bridge tomorrow morning and a note about issuance times.
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Ruette
Corbet
Radnor
Seymour
London
Cleave
Shoe-lane
Fleet-street
Lackwood
Edinburgh
John Bull
Edmund Burke
Nicholas
Siddons
Thomas Campbell
Greece
Hamilton Browne
Edmund Spenser
William Blackwood
T. Cadell
Strand
Syc
Peebleshire
Lanarkshire
Scotland
Selkirk
Forfar
Dumfries
Willian
Blackwood
Thomas Cadell
Densew Theatre Royal
Lyceum
English Opera House
John Barnett
Donald
Wilson
Christie
Keeley
Hela
H. Phillips
Eolia
E. Romer
Alexander Lee
Captain Waldrich
Mr. Wilson
Count Joyeuse
Mr. Wrench
Herr Wittenhoff
Williams
5Enodder
O. Smith
John Marovsky
J. Reeve
Frederica Wittenhoff
Holbeach
Lungon Bridge
Paris Papers of Wednesday Foretell Quiet Spanish Crisis
The True Sun reports on Paris dispatches that mock the government’s cryptic bulletins. It notes Louis Philippe’s cold, calculating stance, details movements of Carlists near Elisondo and Emguy, and mentions Madrid rumors of a dissolved ministry and possible reform. Also discusses German pressures, liberalism, and a shaky financial scene in London and Berlin.
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Paris
France
Louis
Priciipre
Don Caros
Donna
Maria
Elisondo
Ropu
Emguy
Aldules
Erro
Lacar Recuy
St. Pied de Port
Bayonne
Robi
Prezent
Roncesyaax
Madrid
Cortes
Torreno Alope
Martinez de LA Rosa
Paria
Moniteur
Spain
Navarre
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Smale
the True Sun
Foreign Intelligence
Operative Builders
Maidstone, Ava
Wolverhampton
Ave
Birmingham, Ave
Country Markets
Andover
Csee Steee
Basingstoke
Bridgewater
Cirencester
Cumberland
E. Westmorland
Lancashire
Cheshire
Durham
En Brigg
Yorkshire
Long Sutton
Huntingdon
Oakham
East Retfordess Newark
Aly
Blandford
Eecesef Ld
AZ Os Oy Devizes
Jaz
Chard
Eee
Horncastle
Spilaby
Grimsby Caistor
Lynn
Stamfor
Boston Oesvenee
Spalding Seaneoecess
Sleaford
Uppingham
India
Esas
Nevnvssensees Sper
Dass
Brazinone Oe
Itto Regency
C. Aif
Esccsa
Scorecsceseeccensacane
Es Cemenaanan
Espagne
Naples
Anglo Mexican Mining Co
Alliance Fire Insurance Company
Oes Bolanos Mining Company
General Steam Navigation Company
al Real del Monte Mining Company
Oes United, Mexican Min. Co
Holland
Secaee
Halifax
Brazil
Jamaica
Buenos
Leeward Island
Carthagens van
Lisbon
Hublios
Malta
Flanders
Mexico
Eee Prance
Sweden
Ene
Waterford
Guernsey
Jersey
Paousay Evesia
Bank of
Ibis
Bank of England
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