Taylor's burden and a Thames robbery at dockside
A man laments his inability to support his grandchildren while another report details two men Daniel Ross and David Burne charged with stealing twelve sheaths of copper sheath from the William at St Katharine's Dock. They claim to have found it on the road. Constables saw them with bundles. Ballantine sentences them to two months hard labour at Brixton Gaol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Thames
Daniel Ross
Davi Burne
William
St. Katharine’s Dock
Lord Howick Bill Aims to Suppress Gaming Houses
Lord Howick has given notice of a bill to empower magistrates to abate nuisance gaming houses quickly. The measure would define powers to act summarily against gambling dens, avoiding costly indictments and bribery risks, amid Home Office consultations with police chiefs. Gamblers and house keepers fear the act, expecting broad legislative support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Howick
St. James's Street
Pall-mall
Court of Common Council debates city school and Honey Lane site
A Common Council session discussed Carpenter's Charity and the City of London School plan, proposing an act to abolish Honey Lane Market and use the site for a school. The council urged a Parliament petition, with governors duties and fund allocations. other items included police consolidation and Gresham lectures, plus notices on bankruptcies and licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Common Council
City Lands Committee
Carpenter's Charity
City of London Corporation
City of London
George the Fourth
London
Carpenter
House of Lords
Gresham Committee
Gresham
Alderman Wood
Tickner
Figgins
Williams
Deputy Wood
Stacey
Hicks
Dixon
Wilson
Prior
Wire
R. Taylor
Public Meeting in London for Polish Exiles Relief
A large assembly at the Freemasons Tavern debated aid for distressed Polish exiles in Britain. Speakers urged government action, fund subscriptions, and public petition to aid Poles driven from Prussia and Russia, with praise for Polish exile society and condemnation of Nicholas I.
Prosecution of the True Sun sparks Whig controversy
The True Sun faces an ex officio information for sedition over advising tax resistance. Grant Bell and Ager are found guilty while critics brand the action as political vengeance. The piece cites Lord Milton and Earl FitzWilliam, condemning Whig double standards and press censorship. Public subscriptions are urged to cover costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle Journal
Pyrrhus
True Sun
Proprietary
Lord Milton
Foud
Scarlett
Durham Advertiser
Lord Brougham
Edward Lytton Bulwer
Macaulay
Grant
Bell
Ager
Messrs
Earl Fitzwilliam
Wm. Brougham
William Broughem
Southwark
Denounce the Monster Nicholas and Restore Poland
A historical rally with Orator Peter O'Connell urging English citizens to denounce Nicholas I and back Polish independence. He calls for civil excommunication and universal execration, links Polish suffering to European freedom, and endorses a resolution that Poland must be restored as an independent state. Subscriptions are announced, including 16 from the Earl of Darlington and 201 from Mr. Cathar Fergusson.
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Sam Iby
Europe
Great Britain
Poland
England
House of Commons
Leach
Surrey
Perass
Nicholas
Merle
Gladd
New-market
St. Martin’s Lane
Earl Grey
Lummer
Duke of Wellington
Sutherland
Cutlar Fergusson
University of Warsaw
Siberia
O'Connell
Russia
Stanhope
Vienna
Castlereaghs
Metternichs
Jane
Gil Blas
Lord Palmerston
Mr. O'Connell
Earl of Darlington
Cathar Fergusson
Savines bank deposits and naval movement report
A correspondent notes threepence weekly deposits by Company servants must be kept until discharge with no withdrawal. Dissolution prompts many petitions to recover funds, but rejected as mismanaged. Meanwhile HMS Thunderer sails from Plymouth with Dee steamer to Cork to embark Lieut Colonel Parke and Marine Artillery for Malta. Dee to accompany until Thunderer clears Cove. A Home Office circular orders a rapid return of parish fees for baptisms marriages burials in London and related offices, plus totals of rites and officer emoluments for 1893.
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His Majesty
Thunderer
Wise
C.B
Plymouth
Dee
Stanley
Cork
Parke
Marine Artillery
Spike Island
Malta
Lisbon
Cove
Home Office
Barenant
House of Commons
London
Their Majesties Attend Royal Season in Brighton
Their Majesties and the Court leave the Palace and travel to Norfolk Bridge and Rottingdean before returning at five. The Earl and Countess of Erroll depart Brighton for the season on Richmond terrace. A Riding School exercise follows a military dinner party with Cols O Oyley Downman Barnard Wynyard Teesdale and generals Eustace and M Mahon. The Hon Captain Campbell and Mrs Campbell Earl Belfast Lord G and Miss Quin and the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Fes
St. .Janees
Attace
Palace
Norfolk Bridge
Rottingdean
Earl and Countess of Erroll
Richmond Terrace
Diquet
O'Oyley
T. Downman
Barnard
Wynyard
G. Teesdale
Eustace
T. M‘mahon
Maxwell
Capt. Poulett
The Coopers Strike and Wage Advance Debate in London
A letter from a cooper argues against a so called wage advance, claiming current craft labor equals earlier output. He cites barrel production from 1825 to present, asserting 5 barrels now cost less labor than 6 then, and that material changes offset any supposed gain. He and other experienced workers offer to swear to the facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malachi
Coopers of London
Coopers
Corn Exchange dull prices fall at Liverpool market
At the Corn-Exchange this morning a middling trade with a large sample display. Wheat sales showed a full 1d per 70lb drop, finest samples weak, some north Ireland wheat sold at 63.4d by a speculator. Flour trade trifling with sack reductions. Oasis dull with cheaper quotes on finest grade. meal down 3d per load. barley malting weak with 1d decline. Beans and peas little done, price drops noted. Cotton sales 3900 bags, exports and speculation present, no major Manchester changes. Shipping: arrivals from St Peterburgh, Maceio, Messina, plus twelve coastwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Parish Alarm Over Poor Relief Funds And Vestry Row
A London parish faces a cash squeeze as 7000 weekly relief cases strain workhouse funds. Vestry protests target rate collection and magistrate restraint, with MPs and ministers consulting Viscount Althorp. Church rate disputes, arrears, and distress warrants trigger wider public notices alongside turnpike talks and a fatal inquest into suicide by drowning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of King's Bench
M'William
Goodchild
M‘ William
Hatton-garden
The Philosophy of Gloves and Public Debate
A critical review discusses William Hull's gloves work, noting its strong data and moral aims while avoiding speculative policy. It laments trade injury and calls for fair labor division and education reform, referencing Hazlitt Byron and historical glove lore. It closes by contrasting French gloves with home manufacture and urging principled economic reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinll
Nabardashery
Hazlitt
Byron
Hull
Asa
Sancho
W. W
Drury-lane
Ned Courtly
Flavia
Marais
Worcester
Harleian Manuscripte
Mr. Hull
Monasticon Anglicanum
Soula
Charles
Glovers’ Company
Mc Hull
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Finsbury
G. Duckert
Morzand
Ann Co
St. Pancras
Hundred of
Assulton
Gordon Square
SRS. Alexander and Co
Banewiy
Malton
Martineau and Malton
Colonel Ban
MO Siccarupees
Colonebun
Alexander and Co
Calcutta
N. Alexander
Cena
Catherine
Anna Boleyn
Beatrice
Madame de Stael
iHen
Freemasons
Friends of
Home Department
Pest
de Lacy Evans
Society For the Relief of
Dresden
Trieste
Portsmouth
Treasury
Dudley Stuart
Prussia
Atlantic
Harwich
America
Sheil
Alexander
France
L Uok
Barry O’meara
Commons
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Freemasons’ Tavern
Sheweth
Potes
Greenwich Gazette
A Cooper
Liverpool
Manchester
Robert Scurfield
Clough
St. Petersburgh
Marwood
Colley
Maceio
Margaret Highfield
Thorn
Messina
Parish OF
Hutt
M.P
Hill
Burge
Jamaica
Marryat
Granada
Colonial Office
Alcester and Evesham
Harrow
Inkborough
Secretary of State For the Home
Dineen
Coventry Herald
Preece
Stones’end
Inns of Court
Wandsworth
Blackfriara’bridge
Felo de Se
DATGY
Mgr
Whittle Harvey
Haley Coenaares
Lorning Advertiser
Nalow Heath
Isaac Cane
Windsor Express
Campbel
Wilke
Voumann
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