Two London Commissions Afarce Inactive yet Costly
The Morning Post mocks the Corporation and Poor Law Amendment Commissions in London, calling their work largely inaction and routine. It contrasts their empty productivity with the Exchequer under Sir J Newport, noting high costs and minimal results while urging voluntary support for parish spiritual needs amid rising population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poor Law Commission
The
Morning Post
Corporation Commission
Poor Law Amendment Commission
London
Westminster
F. Palgrave
Mr. Ellis
Poor Law Commissioners
J. Newport
Church Rates Debate Preoccupies Blackburn Parish
The Morning Chronicle reports rising opposition to church rates as a stress test of Protestant Dissent and Establishment ties. Blackburn statistics show a large dissenting presence with multiple chapels, urging inquiry into local church rate figures and expenditures while warning against coercive funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Morning Chronicle
Standard
Blackburn
Lancashire
Lord George Gordon
Birmingham
England and
Wales
Diocese of
Chester
National Exchequer
The Ministerial Press and the Poor Laws
A Morning Herald piece criticizes ministerial praise for the New Poor Law Act, denouncing ridicule of poverty, urging officials to reveal real rules and mitigate misery. It contrasts 1819-era measures with later relief, defends improvidence as vital, and warns against criminalizing poverty or denying aid. The argument defends social duty and warns about two different moral codes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Morning Herald
England
Society of Nations
Europe
Ireland
Attwood
Poor Law Commissioners
Great Britain
Threadneedte-street
Mark-lane
Prince of
Huld
Edinburgh
Lord Bacon
Commonwealth
Tyre
Hope
Jeffery
Winter Law Burden and Call for Parliament Action
The piece urges lawmakers to temper the new law as winter nears and condemns officials who mock misery. It expresses regret at outrages on humanity and appeals to unite Parliament if needed to fix the law’s harsh effects.
Count Mazzincui Heir to Lost Tuscan Title and Donations
Eminent composer Mazzinghi, now Count Mardingill, travels from London to Florence to Rome after being recognized as rightful heir to a long-lost Tuscan count title. He is received by the Pope and plans to remain on the Royal Society of Musicians list while donating twenty five pounds. Margineai marries into wealth from a distiller, aiding his new title. The Revue Encycopedique reports on abandoned children in France, growing foundlings since 1810, with care, work, and mortality data, and the slow improvement through funding and medical oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Mazzincui
Mazzinghi
London
Florence
Rome
Mazeiighi
Royal Society of Musicians
France
Reene
Royal Navy
Shipping Intelligence from Lloyds List on Oct 10
Shipping notices report the Earl of Egremont Pun shon arriving from Quebec and a brig abandoned with damage, the Mary Ann rescuing crew from the Two Brothers after a wreck, and the Thomas Harrison colliding with Cassandra sinking at Poole to Liverpool. Further reports cover ships leaking at sea, drills of rescue, and ships abroad in Amsterdam and Philadelphia with gales and wrecks affecting routes to London, Liverpool, and New York.
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Lloyd's
Portamounh
Earl of Egremont
Punshon
Quebec
Mary Ann
Gales
Liverpool
Pictou
Hattie
Thomas Harrison
Cannier
Blacklaw
London
Echo
Orwen
Hull
Glasgow
Robert Lovely
Bryce
Limerick
Warnett Roads
Dunvee
Ranger
Milford
Gambia
Industry
Goree
Scarwonouca
Ardent
Harlgrave
Broesen
Wohlfahrt
Pahricke
Newton
Pautzer
Amphitrite
Riebach
Gutay
Schievelheim
Hannibal
Spranger
Britannia
Posey
Amsterdam
van der Pelte
Hanks
Paris
Eucharis
Morin
Havre
Martinique
Symmetry
Londonderry
New York
Grion
Sultano
Canevaro
Rio Janeiro
Caccurra
Duke of York
Lodi
Hooghley
Canton
Pyramus
England
Jeannetta
Hamburgh
Philadelphia
Pedrazza
Whipples
Malaga
Gulf Stream
S.E
Savannah
Nantucket
Batu
New Orleans
Patten
St. Abe's
Sugar Loaf
Corsican Assizes Murder Trial in Tavagna
In April 1833 muleteers near Tavagna taunted a wife named Orsius and her husband working in a vineyard. The husband was killed by Cipriani, who faced trial. A key witness defended the defendant as the jury found Cipriani guilty of murder with extenuating circumstances and sentenced him to ten years in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orezzo
Tavagna
Orsius
Zavagna
Antonio Mateo Cipriani
Orsini
Cipriani
Je President
M. le President
Gazette Des Tribunaux
London Sessions Assault Case at Guildhall Trial Begins
Yesterday the Lord Mayor, Recorder, and a full bench heard John Roberts charged with unlawful assembly of more than ten people and assault on Benjamin Woodland on August 27. The case drew crowded attendance as prosecutors argued union tyranny and riot risks, while the defense claimed penitence and mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alemmen
John Roberts
Benjamin Woodland
Advilphus
Times
Stultz
Charles Phillips
Guildhall
St. Sepulchre’s Church
Messrs. Webb
St. John's-lane
Phillips
Webb
Bir. Webb
Smithfield
Jury Finds Defendant Guilty and Recommends Mercy
The jury returns a verdict of guilty on both counts but urges mercy due to the slight blow and lack of further violence. The Recorder notes temper and discretion, and condemns mob intimidation. The defendant is sentenced to six months hard labour in the House of Correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb
House of Correction
South Ware Sessions Conspiracy and Prisoner Sentences
At South Ware Sessions on October 15, Wynne pleaded guilty to stealing a silver spoon from his employer Mr. Jags Ellis and was sentenced to one day, mitigated from one month, for his part in foiling a prison escape plot. The Recorder credited him with preventing eight prisoners from breaking out, in a plea for leniency. Davis was found guilty of uttering bad money and sentenced to twelve months, with one month in solitary confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wmn. Wynne
Jags. Ellis
Borough Compter
Law
Wyans
Thomas Davis
Cresswell
Thomas Burgess
Tooley-street
Surrey Sessions Demands and Fees Questioned in Court
Kingston October’s meeting debated a long-standing custom charging fees to acquitted defendants. A motion sought to review legality after years of enforcement, noting hardship on innocent prisoners. A committee was appointed to investigate, with further motions on prisoner trials and central courts. The page also records theatre licences and a horse theft case.
Prisoner Cleared in Croydon Fair Mare Theft Case
A crowded Surrey court acquitted a prisoner charged with stealing a bay mare seen at Croydon fair. The prosecutor’s mother testified the man rode the mare, but witnesses for the defence supported the prisoner’s version he had brought a bay gelding to the fair and later sold it. The jury returned not guilty as a harsh county custom left the man with an iron leg shackle until verdict.
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Kingston
Jeffery
Middlesex
Matey
Hriscoe
M.P
Hawes
Lawson
Clerkenwell
Gosse
Wyatt Edgell
Horsemonger Lane
Central Criminal Courts
Puckle
Jemmett
St. Helena
Mr. Howard
James Trower
W. Prior
Battersea
Channell
Battersea-marsh
Croydon Fair
Hopkins
Croydon
Corunne
John Moore
Leavin
Hin Cata Bay
Rees Price
White Hart
Peckham Rye
Richard Cheeps
John Nees
Thomas Hartstone
Prince
Peckham-rye
Frances Prior
Therisoner
Feck
Surrey
Tam
Funds and public debt discussion in The True Sun letter
A reader denounces attacks on national funds, cites data on 70 351 property holders and 540 000 families with savings, argues the rich would be harmed less than the poor, and asserts government debt reductions since peace. Includes creditor meetings notices, births marriages and deaths notices, and an obituary list.
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Asanseahiganteks
England
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Oery
Lord Brougham
Court of Chancery
Brougham
Vaux
Biuinburgh Review
House of Lords
William
Duke of Wellington
Robert Peel
Cumberlands
Kenyons
Rodens, &c
Romanaly
Orange
Tims
Edinburgh Review
Central Court of Criminal Jurisdiction
Shipping Intelligence
London Sessions
South Ware
the True Sun
Basinghall Street
M. H. Ff. Bonaffe
Calcutta
J. Andree
Threadneedle Street
T. Shadrake
W.O Attree
Newbury
Berkshire
Draper
J. T. Thompson
Long-acre
T. S. Pearson
Leeds
W. Chardecott
Dorking
J. and
G. Kingsford
Portsea
Hampshire
Stopsellera
J. Williams
Fleet-street
Usworth-house
Gateshead
William Peareth
Dover-street
T. B. Fyler
Wentworth-place
Mile-end
G. Simley
Frederick Robarte
Doctors’commons
Thames Ditton
J. M. Walker
Hyde Park Terrace
R. Currie
St. George the Martyr
Queensquare
Pereira
Madras
Charlotte
W. Duff
Red Lion Square
Bloomsbury
St. George’s
Hanoverrequars
W. Chamier
Emily
Thos. Crockenden
Rushford Lodge
Suffolk
George Hinde
Ashford
Kent
Mary Anna
R. Tournay
Burwash
Sussex
St. Dunstan’s West
George Fowler
Bell-yard
Temple-bar
Hannah Anne Beard
Strand
John Stanton
Royal College of Surgeons
Bawdrip
Somersetshire
Betty
W. Page
Fitzroy-square
Staple Inn
E. Pigeon
John Prince
J. Prince
Magdalen Arity
Ann
J. Shilité
Upper Thames-street
John Cecil
Castle Inn
Salthill
Thos. Thompson
Thomas Thompson Laugher
Layton
Francis
New Boswell Court
William Mrrewznt, L
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