Resolutions at Shakespeare Hotel urge constitutional currency
A Wednesday meeting at the Shakespeare Hotel Fulton Street passed resolutions urging the restoration of a constitutional currency, denouncing the Bank of the United States as unconstitutional. Speakers criticized paper money and pressed for metallic currency, sub-treasuries, and limits on state bank notes.
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Shakespeare Hotel
Fulton-street
Me Ione Windt Hale
Cobbett
England
Gouge
United States
Perm Tran
Bank of the United States
Woodward
Old World
Rothschilds
Europe
Mr. Webster
United States’ Bank
Daniel
Webster
House of Representatives
Congress
Lal
Tay
Wod
Treasury
Agr
Benton, Rives
Wright
Senate
Cambeleng
House
Evans
Benton
Messrs. Rives
Cambreleng
Rives
Bank of the
Philadelphia
New York
Confederacy
Rochester Court of Requests Dismisses Clergyman Case
At Rochester Court of Requests Mr H Bliss sued the Rev H Deacon for 21 188 6d for shaving and haircuts. The Insolvent Act schedule delayed proceedings. Once produced, the plaintiff’s claim was included in the schedule and the case dismissed. The court ordered the defendant to pay costs for two journeys caused by the delay. The defendant claimed Greenhithe inhabitants funded the plaintiff’s expenses, but the court remained firm and the clergyman was mulched in costs.
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Rochester Court of Requests
H. Bliss
Greenhithe
Kent
H. Deacon
Strood
Rochester
Imperial Parliament Debate Over Corn Laws in Early Sitting
In the House of Commons Sir Henry Parnell argues farmers have no stake in high corn prices, contending landlords profit from protection. Colleagues challenge protections, noting tax burdens and debt. Speakers warn that free trade could ruin cultivation and harm workers. debate adjourned to tomorrow.
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House OF Commons
Liverpool
H. Parnell
Sir Henry Parnell
E. Kerrison
Baronet
E. K
Langdale
Dundee
Charles Burrell
Tamworth
Benett
Hear
Bhear
England
Torrens
Hood
Robinson
Hon
Middlesex
Stibald
Sapa Ie
H. Verney
Lord Sandon
Engans
Peraigs
Germany
Russia
North America
Apebhd
France
Strickland
Ewart
Bitter debate on turnpike and law reform in Lords and Commons
Evening session reports petitions from Beighbory Battersea landowners and Cowes Dissenters seeking relief from disabilities. Speakers discuss the General Turnpike Acts Amendment Bill, law commissions, and Inns of Court reforms. Ministers address hats on tea, sinecures, and pension lists as Lords question oaths in post office. Conference with Commons on Turnpike Act continues, with petitions from Dissenters across counties and calls for Church and State separation.
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Hughes Hughes
Battersea
Southampton
Richard Simeon
Cowes
James Loch
Devizes
Jr H. Parnell
Dundee
Lord Howick
House
Lords
Dublin
Ioos
London
O'Connell
J.M. A. Taylor
Bish
Robert Peel
Guest
House of Commons
Rice
Hace
Consolidated Fund
Bernal
S. Rice
Spgacgp
Grant
House OF Lords
Mr. Robinson
Office of Woods and Forests
Shrewsbury and
Holyhead
J. Buller
Commons
Liverpool
Scotland
Exeter
Duke of Godon
County of
Antingdon
Ireland
Earl of Rosebery
Leith
Lord Ellenborough
Bolston
Pest Office
Duke of Richmond
Earl of Durham
Surrey
Fernden
Suffolk
Cogimon Law Inquiry
Saber
Inns of Court
Sons of Court
Lord Durham
Lord Kring
Croydon
Petitions from Dissenters across England for grievances redress
Members presented petitions from Protestant Dissenters in Devonshire Wiltshire Suffolk Northumberland Isle of Portland Buckingham Pimlico Islington and Uxbridge Isle, and from Canterbury Bilson Lambridge Barnard Castle and Durham asking relief from grievances but not a church state separation. Other petitions supported medical inquiry and tea duties debate noted. Party figures spoke on relief, patronage, and taxation plans.
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Mr. Wilks
Newton Abbott
Newton Bushell
Croyde
Devonshire
Zion Chapel
Boston
Bow
Middlesex
Crockerton
Carsley
Wiltshire
Boxford
Suffolk
Ovingham
Northumberland
Isle of Portland
Buckingham
Pimlico
Islington
Uxbridgeiddlesex
Midd Watson
Canterbury
Bilson
Staffordshire
J. Wrottesley
Mr. Lyall
Halifex
Quebec
Crawford
Scotland
Warburton
London
Dublin
Pryme
Shaw
Sefolk
J. Peasy
Miscellany of Quotations and Observations
A collection of assorted quotations and anecdotes on topics from rising early to the merits of study, social manners, and literary lines. It includes references to Elizabethan figures and Montaigne, plus a brief sailor’s tale about a voyage and a swabber’s rigging.
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Elizabeth
Lord Burghley
Mary
le Corsaire
Montaigne
Reform Bill debate on Hertford constituency fate
In the House of Commons the Hertford issue dominates. Sir R Peel advocates disfranchising corrupt borough voters to protect the innocent, arguing Hertford’s ten pound householders and freemen form a respectable constituency. He contrasts Hertford with St Alban’s, urging a principled, justice based approach under the Reform Bill framework.
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House OF Commons
Borough OF
Stafford
Freestees
Hertford
Bernald
County of Hertford
Boapapidery
Reform BN
Bay Borough
Porton Pitas
Hestford
Osers
St. Alban’s
Alban
Herts
St. Alban
Frey
House of Lords
Bernal
Ware
Bat
Fragmentary tale of a voyage and privateer trial
A battered ship description follows a rough chase and mutiny near the foredeck. The speaker vows never to sail again with a privateer, then shifts to a moral anecdote about virtue and gossip, citing Steele and Voltaire on marriage and reputation. The text blends seafaring incident with reflective quotation about virtue, gossip, and hypocrisy.
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Steele
Voltaire
Marruvs
Meno Dore
Aya
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Bellamy
Conreys
Pubin
Washington
True Sun Office
Anmatilly
India
Bank Btock
ORB
Petertan
Ortuguese
Ditto
Scrip
Brasiliaa
Buenos Ayres
Eeesssoure
Ditto Metalliques
Imperial Parliament
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