Repeal of the Corn Laws Seen as Best for Nation
A lengthy argument reviews the impact of corn laws on landlords farmers and laborers. It argues protection raises bread and lowers wages, harms the tenant farmer, and inflates rents. It concludes that free trade in corn would benefit most and that abolition or a declaratory policy would end agitation while supporting commerce.
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Rdord
England
Wales
Liverpool
Leas
Curtis
America
Dantzic
M‘culloch
Marklane
New York
Odessa
Conversion of Five per Cent Stock debated by French chamber
The Chamber of Deputies examined M Garnier Pages proposal to convert Five per Cent stock to Four and a Half. Ministers opposed, but seven of nine bureaus favored public reading. Italy unrest dominated Paris letters with concerns over insurrection and diplomatic exchanges.
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M. Garnier
Chamber of Deputies
Finance
Italy
Paris
Journal Des Debats
Corps Diplomatique
M. Guizot
Rome
Vatican
Journal Des Débats
Panistan Monasity
Zour de Nesle
Tour de Nesle
Rue du Pot-de- Fer
St. Marcel
Bastille
Chambre Ardente
Buridan
Marguerite de Bourgoyne
Marchionesa de Brinvilliers
March of Justice
Tour de Negre
M. Garnier Pages
M. Gouin
Assis
Levée
Lisbon Letters Describe Almeida Siege Delays
From Lisbon dated the 26th, reports say the long effort to crush the insurgents at Almeida is unfinished. Artillery had not yet arrived at the fortress by the time of the correspondent's dispatch.
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Portugal
Lisbon
Almeida
Treaty signals new US Germany trade terms in Prussia
From Bratry a correspondent reports negotiations between the United States and the Germanic Union of Customs closed with a treaty signed by the Prussian government and Mr Wheaton the American minister. The pact lowers duties on tobacco and rice from the United States to Germany and eases German manufactures into the United States though ratification by other German states and the U.S. Congress remains uncertain.
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Bratry
United States of America
Germanic Union of Customs
Wheaton
Germany
United States
Prussia
Germanic Customs Union
Death of the great sculptor Thorwaldsen in Copenhagen
A letter from Copenhagen dated March 26 recounts the sudden death of the renowned sculptor Thorwaldsen at age 74. He felt unwell before a theatre interval, was carried home, viewed his statue of Martin Luther, and died briefly after, ending a celebrated career that began with a Royal Academy gold medal fifty years earlier.
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Royal Academy of Fine Arts
Martin Luther
Turkish dispute nears amicable settlement via Riza Pasha resignation
A Constantinople letter dated March 18 reports Western powers and the Porte near an accord likely requiring Riza Pasha and allies to resign. A new ministry appears to satisfy ambassadors, avoiding threats to throne and empire. Manila and India mail updates follow with latest arrivals and dates from Asia.
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Constantinople
Porte
Riza Pasha
Mussulman
Market report on metals and textiles and yarns
Prices for Brazier's coal and Swedish and British bar drift down slightly while lead stays subdued and quicksilver retreats across ranges. Spelter remains unsold. tin plates fetch higher bids. In cotton manufactures gray jaconets bleached Madapollams stay in demand though prices ease for some items. Yarns show limited sales with higher numbers improving. water No 20 down but holding firm to last month. Turkey red steady. orange shows a small drop.
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Gwalior
India
Scindiah
Calcutta
Simla
Bengal
Madras
Scinde
64Th Bengal
Benares
Ferozepore
Presidency
Indue
47Th Regiment Native Infantry
Bombay
Indus
Lahore
Heera Singh
Dhuleep Singh
Ranjeet Singh
Musnad
Sutlej
Affghanistan
Bokhara
Khiva
Herat
Yar Mahomed
Akhbar Khan
Cabul
Mahomed
Zemaui Khan Jabber Khan
Dost
Peshawar
Tej Sing
Jellalabad
Kyber
Lallpoora
Bahadoor Khan
Khyber
Charles Napier
Karachee
Menanee
Robert Gall
Sukkar
Sturt
England
Gwalion
Ram Rao Phalked
Jacob
Lord Ellenborough
Grey
Littler
Drummond
Sleeman
Shakespeare
Munipoor
Birman
L. R. Reid
Anderson
Europe
Goa
Portugal
Bombayy
Turkey
China News From January Reports Stale Trade Mixed
China dispatches to January 12 show little notable activity. Canton trade improved yet opium sales remained scarce and loss making. Shanghai trade dull due to imperial customs restrictions. The Cornwallis transport arrived at Hong Kong with 98th Regiment recruits. mass executions in Corea confirmed. Macao report cites limited demand for opium and cotton with exchange at 4s 5d to 4s 6d six months sight.
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China
Canton
Brooke
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Customs Department
H. Pottinger
Cornwallis
England
98Th Regiment
D’aguilas
Saltoun
Jinbert
Chastan
Manban
Corea
Macao
New tariff bill and political shifts stir tense U S scene
The Virginian arrives with papers five days early. Reports say a new tariff bill mirrors the Clay tariff of 1832, but passage is uncertain amid hostile Congress. Calhoun is named secretary of state by President Tyler after the Princeton gun explosion incident. Deliberations on state debts unsettle markets and tax fear weighs on citizens. Cotton prices fall while speculation collapses. Three Catholic bishops are consecrated in New York with large attendance. Montevideo letters describe gloom, dysentery, and scurvy amid provisioning shortages as English traders depart.
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United Stathe
Livgemoor
Virginian
Allen
Hth Ultimo
New York
Sth
M‘kay
Committee of Ways and Means
House of Representatives
Congress
Calhoun
President Tyler
Princeton
Tyler
van Buren
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Ohio
New Orleans
St. Patrick
Monte Vipro
Monte Video
Smith
Smith Brothers
Richmond
Regular monthly direct steamship link Alexandria to Marseilles opens
The French steamer Osiris departed from Alexandria on March 20 for Marseilles, enabling a direct monthly service. Most passengers were English, boosting direct line traffic at the expense of Peninsula and Oriental Company steamers. Also reported: Penrose of the Polyphemus to stand trial March 30 for falsifying public documents to obtain money, with a forgery scheme tied to a £400 bill and forged certificates affecting Malta and upcoming steamer moves from Gibraltar, Corfu, and Marseilles.
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Alexandria
Osiris
Marseilles
Oriental
Egypt
Peninsula and Oriental Company
Nava Foresty
Matra
Penrose
Polyphemus
Criminal Court
Crown Advocate
England
Malta
Gibraltar
Corfu
Metropolis Aldermen Court Admits Attorneys At Law
A London court considered petitions to admit extra attorneys under the 6th and 7th Victoria cap 73, aiming to open the Lord Mayor’s Court to those previously limited to Westminster and other courts. The matter was referred to a committee with law-officer input.
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Lord Mayor's Court of
London
Victoria
Westminster
England
Wales
Peter Laurie
Wells
Farringdon
Barnard Gregory
Newgate
Musgrove
Gregory
Guy,Earl of Warwick
Christchurch
Metropolis Church Fund
Commissioners of the Woods and Forests
Metropolis
Metropolis Tay, Drapers’ Association
Hanover Square
Benjamin Bond Cabbell
F.R.S
Rennie
Metropolitan Drapers Association calls for early shopping hours
Ag j newsletter records resolutions urging reduced evening commerce to improve workers health and morals. Hindle M.P. voices support while urging focus on linen drapers and fair sex customers to back the movement. others urge study and recreation for young drapery workers.
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Central Committee
Agj
Hindle M.P
Archer
Southwood Smith
W. D.owen
Moore
Metropolitan, Drapers’ Association
City of London General Pension Society
London Tavern
Bishopsgate-street
Thomas Davis
Life
Bank of England
John Russell
Russell-mews
Howland-street
Tottenham-court-road
Plumb and Hodson
Cackett
Munroe
Hughes
Sweetlove
St. Pancras
Royal Society For the Protection of Life
London Fire Establishment
Murderous assault on a Brighton policeman at a public house
A Brighton magistrates hearing covered Eli Markwick charged with a vicious attack on Officer Hupgett at the For Public house in Southover street. The constable, trying to escort him home, was struck with a broomstick, left battered and kneeling, and doctors feared lasting danger. The prisoner, said to be intoxicated, was remanded for a week. Also notes on a Barnard Castle coal bore involving Duke of Cleveland’s lands, where initial finds vanished after subsequent deep trenching, with no coal found and calls for inquiry.
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Wilberforce
Gambia
Macarth’s Island
Dog Island
Laird
Niger
A Sclentscheapie
Agland
Lord Stuart de Rothsay
Stuart de Rothsay
St. Petersburgh
Earl of Aberdeen
Bloomfield
Evoriovus Lecades
John Maltass
Smyrna
C. Maltaas
EB. M. Wood
R. B. Wood
C Wood
Benjamin Maltass
Bugia
Peste
St. Rock
Richard Benjamin Abbott
Charles Wood
Bond Hughes
Charles Ross
John Jackson
Keyingham
Manchester Times
Waterloo-Bridge
Payne
Welsh Harp
Essex-street
Fleet-street
Louisa Matilda Gilligan
Waterloo Bridge
Denmark Street
Soho
King Street
Seven-dials
Webster
Asven
William Price
King’s College
Bow-street
River Thames
Temple Stairs
Valentine
Brighton
Eli Markwick
Hupgett
For
Southover-street
Solomon
C. Burrows
Barnard Castle
Duke of Cleveland
H. T. M. Witham
Zyne Mercury
O Connell Highlights Ireland Aid At Dublin Meeting
The Repeal Association in Dublin packed the hall as Mr O Connell received loud applause on entering. He announced a £600 donation from New York and urged peace and perseverance, praising England's sympathy and urging coordinated effort province by province to advance Ireland's cause. The meeting adjourned after setting agenda items and noting a rent of £928 4d.
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Dublin
New York
England
Ireland
Iriah
Smith O'Brien
O'Connell
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