Great Western Railway Bill Debate Quietly Moves Ahead
In the House of Commons a long discussion on the Great Western Railway Bill unfolds with petitions for and against the London to Bristol line. MPs argue public utility, private property impacts, and completion guarantees as the bill advances to a select committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Bristol
Middlesex
Bath
Mr. P
Wagat
Marquis of Chandos
Berkshire
Gresham College
Hear
Buckinghamshire
Birmingham
House
C. Russell
London
O'Connell
Ireland
England
Tondon
Oxford
Edinburgh
Eton
O’c
Eton College
College of Eton
Harrow
Thomas Francis Fremantle
Arge
Rear Western Railway
Eas
Great Western Railway Company
Miscellany of Thoughts and Tales From Various Authors
A collage of maxims and anecdotes on philosophy virtue and vanity. Hazlitt quotes on right-mindedness ambition and conceit mix with stories of old England Orangeman satire and a Petrarchan tale. The piece also recounts dramatic illusion elephants in dining rooms and merchant outrages in Serendib, preserving period voice and outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socrates
Beltrami
Armstrong
Apollo
Mercury
Ireland
Julia
Petrarch
Moorshedabad
Tyerman
Bennet
Hazlitt
Parliament items pass between road and canal bills
The house debated county lists for railroad passage and eligibility of county members. Mr. Dobbin moved the second reading of the Newry Road Bill. Dunbar Road Bill read first time. Tayleare moved second reading of Bridgewater Canal Bill. O Connell moved second reading of Dublin Cemetery Bill. Call of the House planned for the 25th. Speaker relinquished chair at three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Dobbin
Newry
Oliver
Dunbar Road
Tayleare
Bridgewater Canal
O'Connell
Dublin Cemetery
Robinson
British Museum coin purchases and Malt Duty figures
The report cites a parliamentary return showing 3 968 coins bought by the British Museum between Christmas 1882 and Christmas 1833, including 659 William the Conqueror pennies and 2 012 Greek and Roman coins. It also records 5 020 599 quarters of malt produced in the UK in the year to Oct 1833, generating 5 153 574 duty, with 46 279 quarters in England, 530 365 in Scotland, and 247 954 in Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Museum
William the Conqueror
Northumberland
York
United Kingdom
England
Scotland
Ireland
Goldham
Billingsgate-market
Halcomb
Liverroot
Liverpook
Junius
Virginia
Atalanta
Marseilles
Harbinger
Odessa
Diana
Laguna
Whitehaven
Suffolk
Maranham
Tuskar
Brazil
Sierra Leone
Brasil Bank
Trade policy sparks row at India House and tea brokers
The Times criticizes Lord Althorp and the Chancellor of the Exchequer over tea duties and the budget. It argues the tea trade has aided poor consumers by credit to small retailers, while blaming the ministers for a clumsy financial plan and missed targets. The piece mocks the 600,000l budget fallout and calls for accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India House
Lord Althorp
Tadia
Timés
Royal attendance at Kensington service and assorted notices
The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria attended divine service at Kensington Palace with the Dean of Chester officiating. The issue notes a correction about Mr Forster M. P. for Walsall and reports several items: Gosling's bequest to Magdalen Hospital, Beckford residence sale at Lansdowne Place Bath, a fire at Pigeon and Dixon distillers, the Gloucester bishop’s annual tenth to benefit small benefices, a strange bell-ringing tale from Major Moor, a fatal pistol accident in Blane...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duchess of Kent
Victoria
Kensington Palace
Chester
Forster
Walsall
Hume
W. E. Gosling
Magdalen Hospital
Beckford
Marquis of Douglas
Sherborne
Fridg
Pigeon
London
Union-street
Gloucester
Bealings
Woodbridge
Ipswich Ant
Tuesaday
Moor
Thurday
Blanelly
Aberpavenny
Jourdan
Ashtead
Epsom
Cottrell
Linlithgow
Walker
Syke
Massis
Wac
Suoniigwe
Oxford
Fox-lane
Foxcomspe-hill
J. Viner
Hadeety Baworth
Jandford
Chapman
Mie
Proceeo Oxford
Hedges
Viner
Pnd
Pax Lane
Herald
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House OF Commons
Hock Campsett
Berwickshire
Queen Anne
Great Western
Ott Tayleure
Bridgeater
Great Western Railway
Mrc
Sheppard
Frome
Somerset
Robert Palmer
Thames’ Commissioners of Navigabte
John Apeland
Prancis Burdett
Mary
Countess of Berkeley
Western Railway
Francis Burdett
C. Berkeley
Cheltenham
Sr. Vivian
Leith
Hawes
Lambeth
R. Vivian
R. Vyvyan
Burgesses
Benett
Westbury
Salthill-road Trust
Buckingham
Bir
Baring
Brompton
St. George’s
Hanover Square
Memser
Colnbrook
Great Marlborough
Edward Roberts
Maidstone
Earl of Kerry
Rugby
London and Bristol
Gondon
Berks
Bucks
Berks and Bucks
Huse
Taunton
Dublin
Conolly
Gisborne
Duke of Buckingham
Clivera
Wigan
Manchester
Liverpool
R. Vyvyans
South Wales
Christmas
Tower
Eaton
Lord G. Somerset
Lord G. 3S
Sir C. Burrell
Smith
Board of Trustees
Dundas
Newcastle
Shields
Wilts
Mi Granville
Gloucestershire
Warburton
StanDinc Armmigs
Philip II
Augustus
Europe
Leitch Ritchie
Germany
Britain
Tuetons
Woden
Odin
Jutland
Cimbric Chersonesus
Holstein
Anglen
Old England
New England
America
Fox
Donjona
Luther
Wittenberg
Foreign Quarterly Review
Orangeman
Ficinius
Nespasian
Lord Bacon
Serendib
Ceylon
India
China
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