Liverpool borough bribery debate tests reform era rights
In a heated session the House examined bribery and disfranchisement in Liverpool and related boroughs. Lords Sandon and Fleetwood led opposition to sweeping punishments for freemen, arguing punishment must fit guilt and warning against harming the poor while exempting the rich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Entleman
Pe Bower
Wiltshire
Lord Sandon
Aredit
Remnath
Atkinson
Lee
Lord Ann
Liverpool
Gatton
Shoreham
Rotch
East Wiltshire
Hodgson
Hesketh Fleetwood
Sincerley
Treasury Bench
Burke
William Pitt
Irish Poor and Sinecures Dominate Evening Debates
Debates covered fees including stamp duties, abolishing gratuities, and calls to reduce or abolish probate taxes. Mr. Lalor moved to let Irish parishes assess themselves to aid the poor with waste and uncultivated land. Civil sinecures were discussed with papers laid before a select committee. duty on spirits and related returns were ordered, and the house adjourned near midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memnrn
C. Fergusson
Althorp
Lalor
Ireland
S. Rice
Thati
House
Lord Althorp
Hume
Ruraven
United Kingdom
Joe
List of Minority Voters Against Second Reading of Disfranchisement Bill
The list names minority members and tellers who voted against the second reading of the Disfranchisement of the Liverpool Freeman bill. Names include Baillie J E Gladstone T Ryle J Bentinck Lord G Gladstone W E H Somerset Lord C Bethell R Greene T Verner Col Blackstone W Halcomb J Villiers Viscount Blayney Hon C Halford H Wall C B Chapman A Hanmer Sir J Willoughby Sir H Christmas W Hanmer and others. Tellers include Darlington Earl of Hayes Sir E Sandon Viscount Dillwyn L W Herbert Hon S Nicholl J Gastner Viscount Hodgson J PAIRED OFF Egerton W T Hope H T Fremantle Sir J Estcourt T G B Inglis Sir R H Grimston Viscount Finch G Irton S Holdsworth J Fleetwood Captain Lowther Hon H C Stuart Lord D Forester Hn G C W Marryat J Rosa C Gaskell J M Meynell Capt Fazakerley T
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tellers
Liverpool Freeman
Baillie
J. E. Gladstone
T. Ryle
J Bentinck
G. Gladstone
W. E H. Somerset
Lord C. Bethell
R. Greene
T- Verner
Col. Blackstone
Halcomb
J. Villiers
Viscount Blayney
Hon. C. Halford
H. Wall
C. B. Chapman
A. Hanmer
J. Willoughby
H. Christmas
W. Hanmer
Coloni
Darlington
Earl of Hayes
E. Sandon
Viscount Dillwyn
L. W. Herbert
R. H. Grimston
Viscount Finch
G. Irton
S. Holdsworth
J. Fleetwood
Lowther
H.c.stuart
Lord D. Forester
G.C
W.marryat
J. Rosa
C. Gaskell
J. M. Meynell
Capt
Fazakerley
Trade of the Port of London and City Control Debated
Proceedings show a letter from General Shipowners Society and testimony from merchants on port and river governance. Octavius Wigram replies for the city, while John D. Powles discusses brokers, affray in the Mayor's Court, and foreign attachment. A Geneva letter notes searches for refugees and talks of Berne dictates amid Proscription deliberations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
General Shipowners’ Society
Cornhill
Sia
Port of London
River Thames
Port of London Navigation Committee
Octavius Wigram
Francis Palgrave
Municipal Corporation
John D. Powles
South America
Jardine
Powles
Ir. Powles
F. Palgrave
Coal Exchange
Corporation
City of London
Con
Thomas Gillespy
Ventry
Williams
Watling-street
Vintry
Pearson
Commissioner Drinkwater
Geneva
M. Fatio
Bere
Canton
Berne
Vaud
Chantepoulet
Pinon
Italy
Prince Metternich
Law Intelligence: Lease Damages and Whale Claim Highlights
In the King’s Bench case Richardson executor v Gifford the jury returned damages to the plaintiff for failure to keep a Layton house in repair after a three year lease begun 1829. In Exchequer Court Nicoll and others v Burstall and others a whale capture dispute in Davis Straits ended with a plaintiff verdict of 7500 and costs, amid conflicting testimony and a produced harpoon.
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Court OF King’s Bench
Guildhall
Richardson
Gifford
Peter Richardson
Thomas Gifford
Layton
Essex
Alderman Copeland
Bonpas
Waren
Court OF Exchequer
Guitpuaxt
Fes
Lord Lyndhurst
Nicoll
Burstall
Davis's Straits
Dorothy
Dundee
Venerable
Hull
Davidson
Assize Intelligence at Durham Northern Circuit
The Durham assize opened with Judges Taunton and Anderson presiding. Fifty prisoners faced trial including two or three manslaughter and rape cases. a man charged with arson was not found. The key trial involved Thomas Davison, aged 21, convicted of stabbing Grace Matthewson with intent to do grievous bodily harm after pursuing her near Bartington Lock. The judge commented on the North’s peasantry speech patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Justice Taunton
Justice Anderson
Crown Court
Onanly Palatine
Thomas Davison
Lord Edenborough
Grace Matthewson
Bowsdenmoor
Bartington Lock
Prosecrutix
Durham libel case over dinner squib at Sunderland
John Coull Carr sued the Newcastle Journal publisher for libel over a squib at a Durham dinner. The verses implied a serious fault in his character as Lord Durham’s agent. Verdict for the plaintiff with modest damages. judge reserved costs, noting possible related actions against the publisher and others.
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Niss Prius
Hernaman
Newcastle Journal
Newcastle
Carr
Lawson
Earl of Durham
Armed party at Denhill’s copse threatens gamekeeper
Oxford circuit heard Aaron Liddiard and Thomas Liddiard charged with being armed at a preserve owned by John Pearse Bank Director. In the November night six men faced Pearse’s keeper and assistants with guns and bludgeons, threatening to shoot if pursued, as one prisoner warned families to stay away. The case hinges on identification of Aaron Liddiard and the strength of the evidence.
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Oxford
Denhill
Reaeieemer
Thomas Liddiard
Aaron Liddiard
Ferard
Jury urges strongest evidence in statute crime cases
In a legal note, Judge Patteson compares game theft to poultry theft, arguing a statute created offence requires strong proof. The jury found both defendants guilty. William Williams faced transportation for life after forgeries. William Jones, accused of horse stealing, relied on an alibi given his distant location from the alleged theft.
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Justice Patteson
William Williams
Irfe
William Jones
London Sessions Conclude with Broad Range of Sentences
The Recorder passed death sentences on three burglars and four rioters including Mr G Lidyard’s assailants. Transportations for life were imposed on 22 inmates for attempted robbery and violence against officers, with many others ordered to terms from fourteen years to seven days. Sessions adjourned to April 5 at Guildhall.
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Robert Brown
John Harris
Robert Simpkin
Thomas Batt
George Tippen
Nicholas Donaghue
G. Lidyard
Stepney
Michael Tierney
Patrick Newland
Matthew Creamer
George Adams
Proctor
Fleet-street
John A. Carth
James Wilton Blake
Charles Hall
William Evans
William Wood
Thomas Pickett
James Smith
Mary Adlam
Ann Pugh
James Watson Clifford
Harriet Woodham
Charles Harper
Thomas Buckingham
John Chamberlain
Chambers
Ann Courtenay
James Scott
William Clarke
Alexander Brennan
Elizabeth Clarke
Samuel Northwood
William Martin
Mary Ashton
Gene
London
Guildhall
Desperate assaults on officers at Skinner Street
Report of two journeymen bakers Culverwell and Berry charged with assaulting two city police at a public house in Skinner Street Bishopsgate. A mob of about forty bakers joined in after a boxing bout, striking and kicking officers. Bail was set and prosecution ordered.
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Mansion House
Culverwell
Berry
Skinner Street
Bishopsgate
Bristol Jack
Bristol
Tea Trade Meeting Reports Petition for Uniform Tea Duty
Dealers and brokers in the tea trade held a meeting at the London Tavern to review the committee's report on duties. They urged Parliament to adopt an uniform ad valorem tea tax and noted concerns about low tea affecting the poor, fraud risks, and government costs. A petition to Parliament was agreed.
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London
Pishaps
W. Crawford, Esq
Wining
Twining
Delafosse
Nicholson
East India Company
Hooper
Sanderson
China
T. Travers
Cousens
Hodgkinson
Butler
Styan
Edwards
Thompson
Union Pressure Touches Down on Bucksell Mill
Charles Bailey and Robert Evans were named among striking workers who refused to return to work unless Mr. Bucknell rehired them. The foreman noted new labor had been hired while Bailey and Evans resisted and warned they violated the law. Magistrates condemned the act and sentenced Bailey and Evans to a month on the tread-mill. others were discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bailey
Robert Evans
Mr. Bucknell
Lannern
Bailey
Evans
Flower
Bucknell
Dunfermline Corn Laws Meeting Urges Abolition
A public gathering at Queen Anne Street meeting-house discussed securing abolition of the corn laws. Provost Russellën chaired as speakers argued for free trade and global interdependence, urging equitable measures for farmers during repeal efforts. A petition to Lords and Commons was proposed, with resolutions for further association in Dunfermline and Glasgow.
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Dunfermline
Queen Anne Street
Russellén
Dewar
James Inglis
Great Britain
J. Beveridge
Flanders
Holland
Lords
Earl Fitzwilliam
Commons
Henry Parnell
Deacon Stewart
Lord Dalmeny
Dalmeny
John Beveridge
William Carnegie
Hume
Glasgow Argus
Trades’ Hall
Glasgow
Oswald
House of Commons
Earl Fitz
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Thomson
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Lord G. Somerset
Mumbles
P. Thomson
G. Somerset
Lefevre
Portman
Board OF Control and Court OF Directors
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King’s Bench
King’s
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the East India Company
India Board
Board of Directors
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Board of Controul
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Court of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury
London Corporation Inquiry
LAW Intelligence
Assize Intelligence
Police
Marlborough Street
J. R. Humphreys
Scott
Henrietta-street
Cavendish-square
Hall
Earl's Terrace
Kensington
J. Humphreys
Mendicity Society
Mivart
James Blunt
John Miller
John Peafall
Isabella Shipley
Field
Mint
Goose
Mr. White
Hatton-Garden
John Smith
Mary Apps
Buck
Lamb’s Conduit
Brunswick-square
Tuesaday
Smith
Stephen Thornton
Apps
Scotland
Haves of Commons
Littleton
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