Forfeiture bill debate on crown property and magistrate powers
Debate on an amended forfeiture bill focused on crown ownership of property tied to convicted felons. Lord Althorp and others questioned magistrates authority, with Rotch defending stronger crown control and O Connor opposing. House adjourned after clearing the gallery and disposing of other orders.
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F. O'Connor
Lord Althorp
Lailure
Tord Althorp
Rotch
Hume
Ber
Magis
Corn-Law Debate Quoted Dialogues and a Miracle Note
A long excerpt discusses corn laws and wage effects with Times parliamentary quotes from February 1834, analyzing cheap bread, money supply, and farmer versus landlord interests. The piece cites Dr Johnson, labor wages, and policy debates, ending with a comic miracle tale about Prince Hohenlohe and a four-mass prayer misread as eight.
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the Spectator
House of Commons
Pitt
Europe
Althorp
Sturges Bourne
Haberdashers Company Charity Case Heard In Court
In the Court of Chancery Sir W Horne opened an appeal from a Vice-Chancellor's decree over Hazlewood's 1646 endowment to the Haberdashers' Company. The trust allocates 7 pound yearly to charity and a corn stock fund for London scarcity. The judge considered donor intent and urged a master’s inquiry to apply the fund to charitable uses. Arguments adjourned to tomorrow.
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Court OF Chancery
Marcu
Clifton
Cockburne
E. Sugden
Attorney-General
THE
Haberdashers Company
W. Horne
Schoolbridge
Haberdashers’ Company
Hazlewood
Haberdashers' Company
London
Sir W. Horne
City of London
Bethell
Sunderland libel case over smuggler line at Earl of Durham dinner
NISI PRIUS Court before Mr Justice Alderson heard Jonasshon Lawson sue for libel over a Sunderland dinner handbill. The line I Will Watch, the famed Smuggler was deemed the libelous item. Verdict for the plaintiff with damages one farthing. grand jury true bill against the defendant for a second libel. Costs likely certified.
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Jonasshon
Dunn
Justice Alderson
Police. Hatton Garden. Church rates case at St Pancras
In a Thames Police session the vestry and rate-payers of St Pancras appealed against warrants to enforce church-rate payments. Magistrate Mr Laing initially paused orders but then signed warrants for distress. Several cab drivers faced fines or imprisonment for insult and disorder. A separate case involved three Irish coal-whippers charged with assaulting a waterman and robbing him, with witnesses linking two defendants to the attack and threats.
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Douglas
St. Pancras
Laing
Court of King’s Bench
Rogers
Joseph Smith
Howell
Thames Police
Coachi
Timothy M‘carthy
Jeremiah Roche
Cornelius Hayley
Munons
New Crane-atairs
William Munns
Roche
M‘carthy
Evans
Munns
Cinnamon-street
Peg
Hayley
Powseline Hayley
Hill
Prisoners Remanded After Outrage Admittance
They claimed no participation in the outrage while Mr Combe stated that young Manons swore Roche was among the attackers. Carthy had threatened him, and his hospital deposition was recorded by the chief clerk. He remanded the prisoners.
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Combe
Young Manons
Roche
Carthy
Suspects Held After Banstead Murder Inquiry
Officers traced routes from Banstead to Sevenoaks and Kent as detectives questioned James Hill and John Reeves about the Richardson murder. Blood stained garments were shown, while a woman Hannah Roffey testified amid contradictions. A Deptford raid netted two rag-and-bone men. Charles Cottrell and others faced magistrates as the hunt for the killers continued. The Duke of Sussex is reported to have incipient cataracts but retains sight.
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Richardson
Union Hall
Wandsworth
Banstead
Sagniriee
Jeaffreson
Burridge
Kent
Sevenoaks
James Hill
John Reeves
Murray
Franll
Peri
Beasell’s-green
King and Queen Beer-Shop
Tubb’s-hill
Chequers
Tunbridge
Gingle
King and Queen
Tubb’s Hill
Surrey
Mr. Traill
Tilling
Croydon
Cummins
Churchill
Epsom
Reigate
Croydon Fair
Warner
Hills
Brastead
Reeves
Hannah Roffey
Blackman
Sussex
Roffey
Charles Cottrell
East India House Tea Sale Sparks Trade Dismay
A crowded East India House debated the final sale of East India Company teas under its charter. Merchants pressed for concessions after a 9 million lb declaration, urging stock returns and a trade committee while protests and adjournments followed. The session noted heavy losses and potential relief from the directors, with tempers rising over policy and duties.
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East India House
East India Company
C. Marjoribanks
Mr. Wareham
the East India Company
Tne Eee
Aloes
Aswers
Toe
Warnham
Spring Rice
Ewart
House of Connnbos
Canton
Treasury
Court of Directors
Wareham
Styan
Nicholson
Board of Control
Government of India
Mr. Twining
Twining
Twankay
Byson
Foreign corn trade sparks Bordeaux petition against French corn laws
The Spectator’s notes argue against reciprocity in trade, urging Britain to resist admitting foreign corn while allies demand free access for manufactures. Bordeaux vine growers rally with a public meeting petitioning Parliament to reform duties and taxes, warning of dual ruin from protection and tariff schemes.
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THE
Spectator
France
Lord Palmerston
Memorial Bordelais
Bourdeaux
Great Britain
Paris
Bordeaux
Chamber of Commerce
M. Thiers
Charna
M.thiers
Gironde
Shooting at with Intent to Murder in Broad Street
Mr R Osbaldeston, aged about thirty, was committed to the city gaol on the charge of firing pistols at Mr Wood, a Broad Street gunsmith. The incident began with a pistol purchase and loading in Wood’s shop, escalated in a nearby room where one pistol discharged, narrowly missing Mr Wood. Osbaldeston claimed no malice, but was detained and later remanded for trial. He has a history in the army and ties to Redditch.
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DuxKe
Sussex
Duke of
Wathen Waller
W. Waller
Mr. Ware
Ajesty
R. Osbaldeston
Osbaldeston
Wood
Broad Street
Gloucester
Sayer
Wood Senior
Crown
Mr. Wood
Ince
Qsbaidestan
L Owly
Sven
Alderman Ooper
Cod
Cresswell
Redditch
Worcester Herald
Duke of Cumberland
Kenitis Bowes
Ashburnham House
Duchess of Kent
Victoria
Hyde Park
Duchess of Gloucester
Princess Augusta
Duke of Sussex
Colquhoun
St. Vincent
Colonial Office
Parry
George Smart
O’dwyer
Pilot
People of
Ireland
Times
Admiral Bickerton
Bath
Madeira
Falmouth
Nantes
Marseilles
Naples
France
Seine
Orleans
Tours
Great St.George
Tattersall's Race Day Betting And Entries Report
Betting on Tattersalls stakes shows Viator and Lord Jersey fillies favored at 2 to 1 and 5 to 2 as backers circle. Deasy stake attracts mixed support with Bentley offered at similar prices. Babastea and Glencoe show long odds while Plenipo and Olympic draw attention. Over 26 horses entered for Ascor Goto Cor, with St Albans Steeple Chase entry closing next Saturday.
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Tattersall
Gally
Lord Jersey
Deasy
Bentley
Babastes
Plenipo
Olympic
Glencoe
Watte
Agat
Yates
At Batson
Lagat
Duke of Cleveland
Shelalakh
Duke of Grafton
Gardner
Jersey
Glencoeen
Walker
S. Graham
Vansittart
Watts
Rockingham
Belshazzar
M. Wood
Lord Exeter
Robert
Rawlinson
Stonehewer
Chantilly
Wilson
St. Alban’s
Saturay
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Prince Hohenlohe
Schumann
Sommdorf
Saxony
Athenaum
LAW Intelligence
Assize Intelligence
Police
Hatton-Garden
MR. Richardson
Deptford
Bletchingly
Brown
Gordon
Swan Inn
Newcross
Thomas Hill
Croydon Canal
Burgess
New-cross
Ewell
Cheam
Thomas
Taunton
Hunslet Carr
Leeds
Bolton
Richards
Lelant
Holsworthy
Contemporary Press
Morning Chronicle
Sporting
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