Bribery and franchise in Liverpool debated in Parliament
The House examined the Liverpool borough case, noting limited bribery but threatening disfranchisement of 850 freemen. Lord Sandon argued against punishing the many for the few, urging protection of poor voters and cautioning ministers not to support sweeping reforms. A division approved the bill’s second reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Wiltshire
Lord Sr
Lord Sandon
Atkinson
Hye
Gatton
Shoreham
Justice of
Rotch
East Wiltshire
Hodgson
Hesketh Fletwood
Sincerley
Treasury
Ford
Mr. Burke
Burke
William Pitt
Memper
Mr. Foster
Wright
Benett
Rd Sandon
Foster
Mr. Wright
Lord Landon
Vic P. Thomson
House of Commons
R. H. Inglis
R. Wason
Ipswich
Freemen
Lord Aithorp
Ellice
Lord G. Somerset
Mumbles
P. Thomson
Irish Poor and Parish Self-Assessment for Land Use
An Hon Memner spoke on stamp duties and gratuities, urging reductions while noting penalties on small inheritances. Mr. Fergusson pressed for lighter taxes on legacies, and Mr. Lalor sought leave to introduce a bill letting Irish parishes self-assess to employ waste and uncultivated lands for the poor, with protection amid conflicting views on poor laws. Civil sinecures were examined, with papers to be referred to a select committee. returns on spirits duty and production were ordered, as the House adjourned briefly before midnight.
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Lefevre
Portman
Control
Court OF Directors
Evans
King’s Bench
King’s
Court of Directors of the East India Company
Tey
India Board
Court of King’s Bench
Board of Directors
The
East India Company
India
Board of Control
S. MacKenzie
C. Fergusson
Hume
Court of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury
Memner
Althorp
P ' Mr. Lalor
Ireland
S. Rice
Mnukring
Lord Althorp
Home
Rurven
United Kingdom
All House
List of Minority Voters Against Second Reading of Disfranchisement Bill
A historic record lists the minority or paired voters who opposed thebill to disfranchise the Liverpool Freemen. Names include Baillie J E Gladstone T Ryle J Bentinck Lord G Gladstone W E Somerset Lord G Bethell R Greene T Verner Col. Blackstone W S 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. The paired-off and t
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Tellers
Liverpool Freemen
Baillie
J. E. Gladstone
T. Ryle
J. Bentinck
G. Gladstone
W.E. Somerset
Lord G. Bethell
R. Greene
T. Verner
Col. Blackstone
W.S. Halcomb
J. Villiers
Viscount Blayney
Hon. C. Halford
H. Wall
C. B. Chapman
A. Hanmer
J Willoughby
H. Christmas
W. Hanmer
Tellers. Darlington
Earl of Hayes
Sanden
Viscount Dillwyn
L. W. Herbert
Trade of the Port of London and City Control Debate
The Commissioners hear a General Shipowners Society letter defending port and river management by the City and noting no current points for observation. Discussions cover brokers, foreign attachments, garnishee costs, and penalties in Alderman Court. A Geneva dispatch reports refugees sought and Polish negotiations amid Geneva tensions.
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London
General Shipowners’ Society
Cornhill
Port of London Navigation Committee
Octavius Wigram
Francis Palgrave
Municipal Corporation
John D. Powles
South America
Jardine
Powles
Woodthorpe
Vowles
Corporation
F. Palgrave
Coal Exchange
City of London
Thomas Gillespy
Palgrave
Vintry
Williams
Watling-street
Vintry Ward
Charles Pearson
Parson
Drinkwater
Law case over layton house repair duties in 1830s England
In a King’s Bench session Richardsons executor sues Thomas Gifford for breach of an agreement to repair Layton house in Essex. Evidence shows extensive dilapidations upon surrender, with repairs estimated at 500 to 600 pounds. the jury returns for the plaintiff amid long testimony.
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Court OF King's Bench
Guildhall
Richardson
Gifford
Peter Richardson
Thomas Gifford
Layton
Essex
Alderman Copeland
Orjeant
Court OF Exchequer
Goiloualt
Fes
Lord Lyndhurst
Nicoll
Burbtall
Davis's Straits
Shi Dorothy
Dundee
Venerable
Hall
Dorothy
Davidson
Assize Intelligence at Durham Northern Circuit Trial Day
The Durham Northern Circuit opened with two judges and a heavy calendar including manslaughter and rape cases. Thomas Davison, aged 21, was found guilty of feloniously stabbing Grace Matthewson with intent to do grievous bodily harm after a July assault near Bowsden Moor. The judge commented on communication styles of local peasants, noting difficulty for Taunton in understanding northern speech.
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Durham
Justice Taunton
Justice Anderson
Crown Court
County Palatine
Thomas Davison
Lord Eilenborough
Grace Matthewson
Bowsdenmoor
Barrington Lock
Therisoner
Durham libels began with dinner squib at Sunderland
In this Durham libel case John Coull Carr sued Lawson for publishing a squib that mocked his character as agent to the Earl of Durham. The jury returned verdict for the plaintiff with nominal damages. The judge signaled possible costs actions against others involved and additional suits are listed.
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Niss Prius Court
Justice Alderson
Carr
Lawson
Mr. Cresswell
Grainger
Alexander
Watson
Durham
John Coull Carr
Lord Durham
Sunderland
Hernaman
Newcastle Journal
Newcastle
Plantiff
Earl of Durham
Nemeantle
Oxford Circuit Case Involving Liddiards Over Armed Plea
Aaron and Thomas Liddiard faced charges of being armed in John Pearse Bank Director's preserves with intent to take game. Prosecution by Carrington and defence by Ferard, with testimony noting six men armed at Denhill's copse on November 28 and threats to shoot, prompting the keepers to retreat.
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Oxford
ReEanine, Tagapay
Justice Patteson
Aaron Liddiard
Thomas Liddiard
John Pearse
Carrington
Ferard
Pearse
Bans
Denhill
Offence by statute and need for strong evidence
The judge notes that the crime is statutory and not common law, urging the jury to demand strong proof. He likens night poaching to poultry theft as saleable property. Williams is found guilty of forging a 102 bank note and sentenced to life transportation. Jones, charged with horse stealing, presents an alibi defence with two thieves exchanging horses en route.
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Justice Patteson
Willam Williams
William Jones
Old Bailey Fes 26 Sentences for Burglaries and Riot
The Recorder passed sentence on convicts including Robert Brown John Harris and Robert Simpkin for burglaries. Others such as Michael Tierney Patrick Newland Matthew Creamer George Adams and many more were transported or imprisoned for terms from seven days to life. Sessions adjourned to Thursday April 5 with adjourned London Sessions at Guildhall to-morrow.
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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
William Martin
Mary Ashton
London
Guildhall
Police and Begging Letter Frauds and Public Scuffles
A chaotic court report details two bakers Cutverwell and Berry assaulting police in a Skinner Street public house with a 40-man baker turnout. Bristol Jack kicks officers and escapes. J. R. Humphreys is charged with begging fraud after presenting fake letters and a forged Hall certificate to Mrs Scott. Coining case at Queen-Square reveals four defendants and violent resistance to officers. A gentleman and servant, John Smith and Mary Apps, are tried for stealing three hair combs with Smith denying involvement but Apps implicating him. A strike by seventeen journeymen tanners at Bermondsey is reported, with union tensions and discharge disputes ongoing.
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Mansion House
Hakers
Cutverwell
Berry
Skinner Street
Bishopsgate
Bristol Jack
Bristol
Marlborough Street
Praud
J. R. Humphreys
Scott
Henrietta-street
Cavendish-square
Hall
Earl's Terrace
Kensington
J. Humphreys
Mendicity Society
Mivart
Dyer
Queen-Square
James Blunt
John Miller
John Peafall
Isabella Shipley
Field
Mint
Goose
Mr. White
Con-Garden
John Smith
Mary Apps
Buck
Lamb's Conduit
Brunswick-square
Smith
Stephen Thornton
Apps
Rogers
King
Flower
Bucknell
Tea Trade Meeting Seeks Uniform Duty for Teas in Parliament
A London Tea Trade meeting at the London Tavern debated government duties on teas, urging Parliament to impose a uniform duty. Speakers argued that current rates harm the poor and risk fraud under the new bill, and a petition to Parliament was agreed for submission.
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London Tavern
Bishopstate-Street
W. Crawford, Esq
M.P
His
Twining
J. Delafosse
Nicholson
East India Company
Hooper
J. Sanderson
China
T.fravera
Cousens
Hodgkinson
Butter
Styan
Edwards
Thompson
Union Pressure at Bucknell Tannery Leads to Punishment
Charles Bailey and Evans refused to work unless Bucknell reinstated two discharged workers. They claimed union backing from a journeymen tanners union, prompting Bucknell to hire new hands. Magistrates condemned such concerted action, sentencing Bailey and Evans to one month on the treadmill. others discharged.
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Charles Bailey
Erans
Bucknell
Bailey
Evans
Flower
Backnell
Pet
Bailey Evans
Corn Laws Abolition Meeting in Dunfermline
Public meeting in Queen Anne Street meeting-house searches for measures to abolish corn laws. Provost Russell chairs with speakers Dewar Inglis Beveridge urging free trade. Resolutions pass unanimously urging petitions to Lords and Commons while noting farmer relief and future association. Word of ongoing Glasgow adjourned meeting and Pilot newspaper suppression referenced.
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Dunfermleine
Queen Anne Street
Provost Russell
Dewar
James Inglis
Great Britain
J. Beveridge
Flanders
Olland
Lords
Earl Fitzwilliam
Commons
Henry Parnell
Deacon Stewart
Lord Dalmeny
Dunfermline
John Beveridge
William Carnegie
Onion
Hume
Glasgow Argus
Trades’ Hall
Glasgow
Oswald
House of Commons
House of Lords
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London Corporation Inquiry
Geneva
Atrich
M. Fatio
Berne
Vaud
Chantepoulet
Pinon
Italy
Prince Metternich
LAW Intelligence
Assize Intelligence
Old Bailey, Fes
Scotland
Bootrane
Pilot
Littleton
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