Parliament Debates Free Trade and Corn Laws Clash
In an early sitting the House of Commons heard vigorous arguments on reform of corn laws and the broader free trade agenda. Speakers warned that abolishing the corn laws without broader economic adjustments would devastate landowners, farmers, and Irish agriculture, while advocates pressed for fixed duties and monetary reform to relieve debt and stimulate industry.
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House OF Commons
Oldham
Landord
Liverpool
Essex
Weill
Harry
Dangister
Mr. H
Suffolk
Ipswich
Dows
Baines
Tamworth
Baronet
Shoreham
Burrell
Ireland
Mr. B
America
England
John Tyrrell
Hear
Leeds
J. Tyrrell
Colchester
H. L. Bulwer
Lord Henneker
Pease
Maxwell
T. Attwood
Locke
Evening sitting blasts through petitions and readings
The session resumes with the Gloucester Gas Bill and Alliance Marine Assurance Company second readings. Newport Harbour Bill also read a first time and ordered for a second. Petitioners include Hillsden hand loom weavers seeking wage boards, Dissenters from Henforth and Surrey, and Unitarian Dissenters from Kidderminster seeking relief from disabilities. Sabbath observance petitions from Sunday school teachers and Glasgow are noted. Chelmsford and Evesham petitions oppose chimney sweep child labor. Alfredston backs malt tax repeal. Chelsea Water Works governor and company petitions against the great western railway. Speaker and Stanley indicate motions for committee of supply will proceed.
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Gloucester
Xton
Alliance Marine Assurance Company
Hill
Newport Harbour
Baines
Hillsden
County of
Lancaster
Bell
Phillpott
Alderman Wood
Henry Edward Swift
Cornhill
London
Tooke
Chelmsford
Essex
Evesham
Worcester
Phillpotts
Pigott
Alfredston
Charles Bullers
England
Hume
Chelsea Water Works
Great Western Railway
Stanley
Committee of Supply
House OF Lords
Lord Poltimore
Somerset
Earl of
Edmonston
Hampstead
Bury St. Edmunds
Paradise-chapel
Chelsea
Earl of Durham
Fifeshire
Duke of Richmond
Sussex
Surryill
Berks
Oxfordshire
Earl of Roseberry
Scotland
Lord Ellenborough
Jord
Lord Lyndhurst
Lord Brougham
Lord Tenterden
Rosslyn
Duke of Cumberland
Earl Radnor
Liverpool Freemen
Lord Wynford
Marquis of Salisbury
Liverpool
Warwick
Jearner
Wynford
Lord Wynfford
Radnor
Cambridge University
Earl Grey
Ashton-under-Line
University of Cambridge
Senate
Airlie
Babbage
Satchell
Pocock
Bonsfield
Thirlwall
Hughes
Lincoln
Senate of
Cambridge
Michael
Seto
Lord Grey
Ordnance Estimates and Public Finance Debate Highlights
The House debates select committee to expound expedited business, extension of trial by jury for New South Wales, and remuneration for revising barristers. It covers savings in ordnance estimates, Irish survey funding, depot abolition, and tooley street store reduction. Lords discuss Cambridge dissenters petition and university admission rights.
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Davies
H. L. Bulwer
New South Wales
Stanley
Goulburn
Corporation Commissioners
J. Wood
Treasury
King's
Hume
Whitehall Palace
Maberly
Committee of Supply
Army stores and pricing critique in Tooley Street report
The passage notes annual country costs of 70,001 and a department store total under 40,000. It argues army clothing could buy all stores without a board, asserting items could be contracted more cheaply than current in store in Tooley Street, where beds and bedding were left to perish.
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LORDS
Liverpool
Maberly
Ireland
Ordinance Department
Chelsea
Roecaber
Tooley-street
Woolwich
Ordnance Department
Tower and Pall-mall
London
Dublin Castle
Hume
Q Ordnance
Messa. Cox and Greenwood
Ordnance Agency
Mies
Army
Navy
Althoug
Odd
Messrs
Cox and
Greenwood
St. James’s Park
Portsmouth
Everest
Ordance
Althout
Ordnance
Tooley Street
Petition Calls for Abolition of Degree Restrictions at University
A historical petition urged removing restrictions on university degrees arguing for broader access and benefits, while noting ties to the Established Church. Debate covered past laws from Edward VI to Elizabeth I, with emphasis on early reforms that opened MA and BA to wider admission.
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University Q Bridge
Earl
Edward
Mary
James
Batchelors
Publication Delay Hits The Gazette Tonight
An unexpected circumstance delays the Gazette publication this evening causing a late print. The team reports difficulty procuring the issue in time for posting.
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Post
Parliamentary petitions on tithes and dissenters relief amid rail bill news
The House of Commons debated window duties and heard multiple petitions from Dissenters across counties including Kildare Radnor Huntingdon and Berks seeking relief from rates and church patronage reforms. Messages from the Lords announced assent to the St Helens and Haslar Rail Bill. Responses included calls for prompt action on church patronage in Scotland and relief for agricultural distress and chimney sweeps. The session adjourned after granting leave of absence to Hore JonesTone.
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Edward Ruthven
Bancroft
County Kildare
Ae Ruthven
Killashee
Vernon Smith
Northton
Belew
St. Giles
Northampton
Lord Landon
F. Lewis
Radnor
House of Lords
St. Helen’s and
Haslar
Tower
Hawick
Tyrell
Suffolk
Rooper
Huntingdon
Sullivan
Scrope
Stroud
G Cegster
Walter
Maiden
Berks
Johnson
Aughardy
Banff
Hunt Killens
Aberdeenshire
Ora
Scotland
Penseaze
Socampton
Gen
Sharpe
Kirkcudbright
Fife
Hore JonesTone
Reflections on Coleridge and Turkish Customs in Sydney Text
This excerpt surveys Coleridge's lines on reproach and friendship alongside remarks from Sketches of Turkey about outdoor dress and manners. It touches on passion versus action, revenge, and the nature of government as a reflection on human aims, citing Sydney and Alger.
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Howard
Coleridge
Turkey
Sir Phil Sydney
Alger
Sydney
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