Pensive Quotations and Curious Anecdotes At Queen Elizabeth Era
A mosaic of quotes and short anecdotes from a late 18th or early 19th century miscellany. It traverses moral maxims by Lavater and Montaigne, remarks on virtue and patience, observations on a cork model of the Great Pyramid, a cat and mouse tale from Laleham, reflections on criminal treatment, a Julius Caesar apparition note, scandal tables, and a shipboard hunting tale ending with a sailor’s blunt vow about bad privateers.
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Lord Hudson
Queen Elizabeth
Lord Burghley
Mary
Lavater
le Corsaitre
Montaigne
Descartes
Duke of Sussex
Kensington Palace
Cheops
Smith
Earl of Lucan
Laleham
Jesse
Mercier
Dr. Johnson
Cesar
Julius Cesar
Brutus
Philippi
Cassar
Macaish
Voutaire
MaLruus
Nand
Imperial Parliament Debates on Oaths Reform and Petitions
The Lords discussed the Liverpool Disfranchisement Bill and several private bills while examining petitions on land distress in Huntingdon and protection for the Established Church. A select committee was urged to consider replacing promissory oaths in the Post Office, with the Duke of Richmond leading a measure to abolish selective oaths. The Commons demanded a conference on the Turnpike Roads Act, and the Lords welcomed a detailed Common Law inquiry report praising the bar and Inns of Court for their service and proposing reforms. The session adjourned to ten oclock tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House OF Lords
Robinson
Office of Woods and Forests
Shrewsbury
Holyhead
Buuver
Commons
Liverpool
Scotland
Exeter
Age
Duke of Gordon
County of
Huntingdon
Ireland
Earl of Rosebery
Couny
Lord Ellen Borough
Bolston
Derby
Lord Dacre
Hertford
Huddersfield
Duke of Richmond
Bishop Ondon
Cause
Lord Ellenborough
Earl of Durham
Surrey
Diggenters
Suffolk
Yorkshire
Bricknam
Ecknam
Marquis of Salisbury
Lord Auckland
Inns of Court
Sons of Court
Bar
Lord Durham
Conference
Lord King
Croydon
Lordship
Debate on the Liverpool Free Trade Petition in the House
Members including Sir Henry Parnell, Sir E Kerrison, Mr Langdale and others argued that farmers have no inherent stake in corn laws, while landlords bear the burden. They discussed taxes on land, protection duties, debt pressure, and the feasibility of free trade, with calls to shift taxation toward property and wealth. The debate ended with the motion adjourned until tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House OF Commons
Liverpool
H. Parnell
Sir Henry Parnell
E. Kerrison
Baronet
Sir E. K
Langdale
Dundee
Charles Burrell
Tamworth Yesteray
Benety
England
Torrens
Wilts
Robinson
Hon
Middlesex
H. Verney
Lord Sandon
Germany
Russia
North America
France
Strickland
Tamworth
Ewart
Evening Sitting Opens Petitions on Battersea Land Bill
Mr Hughes Hughes presented a protest from landowners and occupiers near Battersea against the Southampton railway bill. Sir Richard Simeon submitted a petition from the Protestant Dissenters of Cowes seeking removal of their disabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes Hughes
Battersea
Southampton
Debates on Turnpike Acts and Dissenters Petitions In Parliament
A long session summary covers petitions from Devines and Dissenters, the Turnpike Acts amendment, and inquiries into sinecures. It notes motions by OConnell, Peel, and others, committee actions on the Consolidated Fund, and various bills including Smugglers Act amendments and Uniformity of Weights and Measures. The record lists numerous petitions from Dissenters across several counties and towns, calls for labor rate re-enactment, and notices on tea duties, window taxes, and church patronage in Scotland. The house adjourns after three months’ leave to Hore Johnston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Inns of Court
London
O’connell
J. M. A. Taylor
Bish
Poulett Thomson
Guest
House of Commons
S. Rice
Consolidated Fund
Bernal
House
James Graham
Lord Eereington
Wilks
Newton Abbott
Newtonshell
Croyde
Devonshire
Zion Chapel
Boston
Bow
Middlesex
Crocherton
Caseley
Wiltshire
Boxford
Suffolk
Ovingham
Northumberland
Isle of Portland
Buckingham
Pimlico
Islington
Uxbridge
Watson
City of
Canterbury
Bilston
Staffordshire
J. Wrottesley
Lyall
Halifax
Quebec
Crawford
East India House
R. Palmer
Surry-hill
Berks
J. Maxwell
Pollock
Scotland
Warburton
Shaw
J. Pease
Barnard Castle
Durham
H. Hughes
Committee of Supply
Northampton
St. Giles
Lord Landon
St. Helen’s and
Haslar
Towerl
Hawick
Tyrell
Rooper
Leeds
Huntingdon
Sullivan
Scrope
Stroud
Gloucester
Walter
Maidenhead
Johnson
Aughterardy
Banff
Huntley
Killens
Aberdeenshire
Hoo
Penseaze
Southampton
Sharpe
Kirkcudbright
Fife
Peter Laurie
William Curtis
John Gibbon
Chas, Forbes
John Scott Lilfie
J. Williams
Fyler
Halcomb
M.P
Dover
C. P. Alles
Hume
Baker
House of Correction
Charles Forbes
J. Gibbon
Lord Melbourne
Special Sessions Set for Transfer of Licences in Westminster
The district of St Margaret's and J John's parishes fix five transfer dates for licensed victuallers in Westminster at the Guildhall. Applications must be filed five days before each Special Session, with notices served on an overseer and a parish constable.
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St. Margaret’s
J. John’s
Guildhall
Westminster
Contempt Order in Wright v Wellesley Over Nonpayment
In the Vice-Chancellor's Court a contempt order was granted against defendant Wright in Wright v Wellesley for failing to pay 5,289 pounds 3 shillings 2 pence into court as directed. Plaintiff sought enforcement after the defendant, abroad, ignored prior orders and the master found the due sum. despite admission of a decree for specific performance, payment had not been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Wellesley
Whitmarsh
Saintif
Alexander and Co Bankrupts Estates in Calcutta Proofs
At the Court of Bankruptcy on March 20 Commissioner Fane oversaw creditors meeting for Alexander and Co. East India agency. Executorships of Colonel Rabou and Mr Mallock claims totalling 162,929 sicca rupees were debated with probate and Ecclesiastical Court authority required for certain proofs. Proceedings adjourned as issues of probate, legacy duties, and executor liability were deemed substantial.
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Fane
Alexander and CO
East India Agency
Malon
Colonel Rabou
Rabou
Alexander
Mallock
Calcutta
Hughes
Diocese of
Canterbury
Beggar Dennis Harley Locked Up After Street Plea for Charity
Dennis Harley, a destitute Irish sailor with years in the king's service and a troubled past, was committed for fourteen days to the House of Correction after a London constable charged him with begging in Parliament Street. A separate report details a theft at Saville Row and a court action over a silk goods contract with a one month sentence reduced on claim of dependents.
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Queen-Square
Dennis Harley
Gregorie
Parliament Street
Dennis
Ireland
England
House of Correction
Lord Maryborough
Saville-row
Orship Street
Sik
George Smith
Twyford
Dawson
Spitalfields
Mr. Twyford
Mr.Twyford
William Sigley
Holywell-street
Horseferry-round
Westminster
Burrell
William Far
Britannia
Frederick-street
Tothill Felds
Burgess
Far
Marshalsea
B. Rotch
Muatet
Amella Emanuel
Maria
Joseph Benjamin
Bodkin
Thomas Cole
Castle Baynard Ward
E. Bond
ATHENIUM GAMBLING+HOUSE
Alley
Complainant injured in omnibus accident near Pantheon
Witnesses testified of racing omnibuses colliding with a coach pole and throwing a man to the curb. He sustained a head wound and a severely injured left arm. He received compensation and fines were levied on drivers for recklessness. Witness Rolber corroborated racing between the omnibuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Strutt
Rolber
Harris
Fell
Arlborough Street
Ballard
Wainwright
Forbes
Ireland
Cox and Greenwood
Craig’s Court
Thomas Presced
Also Mentioned on This Page
Imperial Parliament
James Loch
Devines
Ir H. Parswell
Andes
Lord Howick
Lords
LAW Intelligence
Court OF Chancery
Melbourne
P. Laurie
Thas
Thames Office
Thomas Hill
Lord Melville Calaia
Broder
Statfield
C. H. Falconer
Thame Police
Calais
Broderip
Commissioners of Customs
Eliott
Hill
J. Broderip
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