Magisterial cruelty under the new poor law at Marylebone
A Marylebone police office case exposes how the new Poor Law may punish poverty. Three hungry children were found on Wimpole Street steps and housed in the workhouse where magistrates threaten flogging and months on the treadmill. The piece argues the act targets flight from the workhouse and makes paupers endure harsher treatment, condemning overseers for importing severe methods while preserving humane intent claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Marylebone
Wimpole-street
Twilley
Friends of the New Act
House of Correction
Grand Inquisitors
Central Board
Jonger
The New Poor Law Debated in Morning Herald
The Morning Herald laments metropolitan overseers and guardians opposing the Poor Law Bill. It notes daily distress at police offices where magistrates plead lack of power as destitution and famine reach the public, referencing Lord Brougham’s speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Morning Herald
Lord Brougham
Liberty and policing in a tremulous age
A historical editorial defends Metropolitan police as a safeguard of security, rejects liberty fears as exaggerated, and argues for responsible government. It contrasts police with the military, cites Coldbath Fields and Manchester outrages, and urges strengthening executive accountability while preserving public protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Police
Charles X
France
London
Coldbath-fields
Yeomanry
Manchester
Chatham
Kiem
Recalled Riot Times and Police Perceptions
The passage recalls a robber’s grab at Charing-cross and the public’s failure to aid during disturbances. It laments police absence in past riots, contrasts with today when constables are visible, and argues that hostility to the uniform should fade as experience tempers prejudice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charing-cross
Bank of England critique warns of systemic faults and reform
The piece criticizes the Bank of England's discount department and governance, arguing personal missteps by Raikes reveal a deeper systemic flaw. It condemns the bank's influence on global monetary affairs and urges radical reform to protect merchants, traders, and national welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Bank OF England
Age
Raikes
United States
Discount Department
Russia and the Whigs weaken Europe’s balance
From Blackwood's Magazine, a critical view of Whig diplomacy. It argues Britain failed to deter Russia, enabling Moscow's rise through the Dardanelles and Euxine dominance, while France allies with Russia rather than forming a united European bloc to resist the threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Blackwood's
England
Koniah
Europe
Golden Horn
Scutari
Porte
Turkey
Dardanelles
Pruth
Constantinople
Asia
Straits
Euxine
Vistula
Oder
Austria
Prussia
Ruissia
Macedon
Germany
France
Flanders
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
Cautionary Reckoning on Europe’s Defense and Power Shifts
The speaker argues that Britain has shifted from defending Poland to facing Germany on the Rhine, warning that abandoning a broader European strategy risks empowering Russia and enlarging Muscovite influence. He contends Austria and Prussia align with Russia, enabling Nicholas to marshal forces that toppled Napoleon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vistula
Rhine
Poland
Germany
Europe
Russia
Turkey
Dardanelles
Austria
Prussia
Nicholas
Napoleon
Charlemagne
Whigs and Royalty in British Policy Commentary
The Westminster Review attacks Whig reactions to royal figures in a disturbed Spain Portugal scene. It charges the Whigs with transferring a royal mischief from Portugal to Biscay, burdening Spain with thirty thousand soldiers and subverting national faith. It argues royal privilege unsettles laws and endangers constitutions, promising that such policy will backfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Review
Portugal
Spain
Biscay
Whigs
England
Europe
East India Company Reshapes Staff After Charter Repeal
The East India Company plans to discharge 385 long serving labourers as its trading role ends. Pensions range from 7s 6d to 10s 6d weekly based on service years, with benefits and burial funds ending for those released. A further 715 discharges are expected before Christmas, affecting Blackwall and Poplar trades, with London trade shifting and Liverpool seen gaining tea trade traffic.
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East India Company
Blackwall
Poplar
East India Docks
East India
London
Liverpool
China
Temperance Society reports large England and Wales membership gains
The British and Foreign Temperance Society shows an increase of 668 members in September across England and Wales, listing totals by county such as Bedfordshire 100, Lincolnshire 220, Cornwall 9,601, Yorkshire 1,733, and Lancashire 26,856. Ten new auxiliaries formed. Sir Wilfrid Lawson signed a temperance declaration and destroyed four dozen bottles of whisky. The society cites funding shortfalls and a remaining debt of 5901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Wales
Bedfordshire
Lincolnshire
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Middlesex
Cambridgeshire
Norfolk
Cheshire
Northampton
Cornwall
Northumberland
Cumberland
Nottinghamshire
Derbyshire
Oxfordshire
Rutlandshire
Dorsetshire
Shropshire
Somersetshire
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Guernsey
Surrey
Hampshire
Sussex
Herefordshire
Warwickshire
Hertfordshire
Westmoreland
Huntingdonshire
Wiltshire
Jersey
Yorkshire
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Wilfrid Lawson
Bart
Brayton
Cumberlaid
Novet Mates Dog versus Pony Cart Race
A notable wager set for next week pits a ten-stone man driving a large Newfoundland in a light cart against a pony thirteen hands high driven by its owner in a cart. The unusual race, described as a novelty, draws interest as the dog trains at Sun-in-the-Sanda near Shovler's Hill Road, Greenwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun-in-the-Sanda
Greenwich Gazette
Tailor Case at Court of Requests Debates Coat Order
Law Intelligence reports a Court of Requests hearing where a tailor sued a young man for 2s 7d for a coat. The defendant claimed he never ordered it, saying he ordered via Mr Orangetenich and sought to credit Orangeworth. The commissioner suggested payment to the plaintiff only if Orangeworth clears the debt. parties left to privately settle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court OF Requests
Holland
Orangetenich
Orangeworth
Mr. Orangeworth
Distress and arrest at the London Poor Law office
A young woman in distress, found wandering and nearly naked, was brought to a magistrate for relief under the new act. She had slept rough for weeks, eaten nothing for days, and pleaded for admission to a workhouse or prison. The magistrate offered some immediate aid and promised further action the next day. Nearby reports note a separate case of attempted assault on a young girl and a coiners’ investigation at Orchard Street, with evidence of counterfeit half-crowns and related equipment.
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James Hanley
Twyford
Hanley
Longalley
Finsbury
St. Luke’s Parish
Commercial Road
St. Luke's
Mr. Twyford
Chest
Shoreditch
Mary Johnson
Amelia Jones
M. Williams
H Division
Police
Church-street
Lambeth-Street
Richard Fisher
Emma Haines
Elizabeth
Stratford
Essex
Httle
Hunt
Queen-Square
Carrurnk
Corurno
William Page
Westminster
Burrell
Banister
Goose
Orchard-street
Paris
Field
Charlotte Akenhead
Juniper-row
King David-Jane
Shadwell
Combe
David’ Munns
Joseph Giles
Munns
Munus
Giles
Mr. Combe
George Elia
Sarah Webster
Frere
Thames
Wells
Ratcliffe
Dodd
Arrival of the Turkish Ambassador in Dover
Dover crowds awaited Namik Pacha on the pier as the Estafette packet neared. Tide and shoaling hampered entry and the ship struck a sand bank, forcing a late landing. Guards arranged boats to ferry His Excellency and retinue, who then departed for London after a brief delay and salute.
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Dover
Namik Pacha
de la Hautesse
London
Calais
Dover Harbour
New Iron Bridge at Fribourg Sparks Aristocratic Outcry
A new iron suspension bridge spans Fribourg Switzerland with 1800 foot chains and a 180 foot ravine. The project cost 24000 with capitalists funding. A ti coloured flag hoisted on a pillar provoked Fribourg nobles who threatened to unbuild the bridge but workmen avoided exposure until planking was finished. Police inquiry deepens as Marylebone D division faces officer absconding with back pay and forged papers linked to former inspector case.
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Fribourg
Switzerland
Fridou
Meeting of creditors on Basinghall Street tomorrow
A creditor meeting is announced at Basinghall Street to morrow with M. H. M. Miller of Sackville Street Piccadilly listed as hotel keeper and involved in the proceedings.
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Basinghall Street
M. H. M. Miller
Sackville-street
Piccadilly
Births and a Death Notice from Early 1800s Column
Births listed on the 4th at Parliament Street Haydon Rectory Woolwich and St Pancras New Church plus Chelsea and Pentonville marriages. A long obituary praises William Smith of Canterbury noting his honest life and calm death at Stamford George’s Gate. Public notices notables include Pocknell and Blackheath road wife Elizabeth Mary.
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Burder
Parliament-street
Haydon
Evan Nepean
Woolwich
E. C. Frome
Royal Engineers
St. Pancras New Church
J.P Collinson
Store-street
Pyrke
St. Gorge
Canterbury
William Smith
Providence
Elizabeth Mary
Pocknell
Blackheath Road
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Poor Law Commissioners
T Temperance Society
LAW Intelligence
Police Intelligence
W&st
D Division
John King
Lazenby
Squire Wavendon
Weicham Mircuent
True Sun
Strand
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