Emigration plan debated as remedy for deepening distress
In a densely argued session the House considers colonisation as a cure for advancing poverty. Proponents cite Australia and Canada as markets for surplus capital and labour, while opponents warn against exporting misery and favor home reforms, emigration oversight, and land sales.
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Lord Ashley
Suanman Crawrorp
Rember
United Kingdom
Lord Staney
Liskeard
North American
Canada
House
J. S. Buckingham
Australia
Saxony
Lord Howick
Hese Sery
Rd Joux Roussexe
Howsap Dovetas
Stuart Worrier
Bunner
Suarman Crawtorp
Correspondence on social duties and parish notices in 19th century issue
A long page of letters discusses exemptions from office, marriage legality, bankrupt act costs, and ecclesiastical questions. Subscribers comment on marital status, leases, and stamp duties, while an extended essay outlines a home colonization scheme with detailed daily routines, moral training, and gendered work in Harmony Hall near Stockbridge.
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Lugal
L. G
A. Monk
J. C
Paul
W.H
Acta
M. O
Fou
Manchester
Calculating Sunrise and High Water Times in Britain and Ireland
Instructions describe adjusting sunrise and sunset by latitude as well as adding or subtracting minutes for high water at various ports. It lists offsets for Bristol London Dock Bristol and other ports like Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Dover and Southampton and notes consulting Notices to Correspondents for calendar details.
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Great Britain and Ireland
London
Bristol
Ork
Cove
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Southampton
Lord Ashley's Opium Motion Ends Amid Debate
The article reports that Lord Ashley’s Opium Motion ended without a division after two dull debates. It argues the motion impractical, favoring revenue from licenses over prohibition, and critiques moral crusades in India and China. It cautions against draconian measures and urges Ashley to focus on domestic reform.
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Lord Ashley
Robert Peel
India
Saffron Hill
St. Giles’s
Calcutta
Canton
England
Ireland
Father Mathew
Mathew
Confucius
Great Britain
China
British India
Boston
Baltimore
United States
The Revenue and Taxation Outlook From the Quarter
The quarter ending April 5 shows no major revenue shift with a customs deficit of £275,516 and an excise shortfall of £1,788, offset by stronger income tax gains. Sir Robert Peel’s forecast suggests seven and a half million in income tax, hinting at its permanence and prompting calls to adjust rates and repeal injurious indirect taxes to aid industry and wages.
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Mischellanzouse
Weekly Chronicle
Times
Robert Peel
London
Doys
Williem
Willian Garin
Harmony Hall
Stockbridge
Hants
Isaac Gibson
Jhe
Hansar
No. S. H
Thames
Tarif
Ans
Hume Ashburton Motion Delayed by Peel Diplomacy
The passage outlines Mr Hume’s hopes for a debate on Ashburton motion being stymied by Sir Robert Peel. Peel seeks to pass Estimates before Easter while avoiding renewed discussion. Hume remains uncertain whether a Friday debate with Lord Brougham will occur or be postponed until after Easter.
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Mr. Hume
Robert Peel
Ashburton
Palmerston
Lord Ashburton
Hume
Lord Brougham
Contempt over delayed motion shows Parliament's real opinion
Lord Ashburton faces irony as Parliament rejects an immediate measure. The House counted out the original motion, provoking contempt at postponement. The Government backed bringing it on. Sir R Peel likely supports it, yet delay undermines the gesture and exposes the absurdity of indecision.
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Mrxax
Calabria
Neapolitan
Adriatic
Bank of England
Messrs. Sutton
William Cotton
B. Heath
Mansion House
Lord Ashburton
R. Peel
Bribery and politics as Nottingham contest continues
In Cambridge a petition challenges Mr Fitzroy Kelly’s return amid bribery talk and Conservative signs. Durham reports a close race with Mr Bright narrowly edging Lord Dungannon by 101. Nottingham looms, with Gisborne aligned with Duncombe’s Letters Patent and liberal hopes for coalition progress.
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Fitzroy Kelly
Cambridge
Barnwell
Duke of Newcastle
Kelly
Durham
Bright
Lord Dungannon
Londonderry
Nottingham
Young Walter
Old Walter
Mr. Gisborne
House of Commons
Eetting
Duncombe
Gisborne
The Dog Bill Dealt a Heavy Blow by Lords
The House of Lords rejected a preposterous bill aimed at slaughtering working dogs. The piece praises the Lords for blocking the plan, notes past massacres as grim context, and credits the Lord Chancellor with a decisive casting vote against the measure and its “Humanity-Mongers” backers.
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House of Lords
Commons
St. Bartholomew
Lord Wicklow
Watch and Clock Making Company and Mr Ingold's Machines
A correspondence outlines Ward's support for transferring Ingold's patent for watch making by machinery to a company. It argues monopoly is unlikely and stresses possible gains from concentrating labor, improving processes, and safeguarding British artisans from foreign competition. The piece critiques Gladstone’s attempt to restrict patent disclosures and preserve first access for the British artizan.
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London
Gladstone
Debated Gulf War Losses and Victorian Hoaxes in Bath
The piece reports three warships lost in the Gulf of Mexico with hundreds feared dead, plus a string of 1840s society items. It recounts trade stagnation, an April Fools hoax in Bath, royal accouchement notices, a near duel at Windsor, Temple Church visit by Prince Albert, Wordsworth offered laureateship, and organ renovations at St George’s Chapel.
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Gulf
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Dumois
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Strate
Houry
Hull
Leeds
Sheffield
Birmingham
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George Grey
Tufnell
Lord Lowther
Devonport
London
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Bath
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Roebuck
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Lyons & Reed
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Beachen Hill
Lansdown
Buckingham Palace
Prince of Wales
Pend
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Buckingh Palace
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Arles Ferguson
Sil Yet Clark
Ashoes Blagden
Lilly
Royal
Prince of
Iles
Windsor
Buckingham-palace
Lon Ashburton
Stoke's Bay
Lyttelton
England
Stoke’s Bay
Hampshire
Prince Albert
Temple Church
Southey
Wordsworth
Robert Peel
Royal Engineers
F. W. G. Calder
4D Life Guards
Calder
Melville Glennie
60Th Rifles
Dacosta
Glennie
Gray
Elvey
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St. Paul's
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Joseph Leman
North Cadbury
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Ele
Robert Leman
Cambridge
Verboys
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Leman
Huntingdon
I. George
Brampton
Bartley Lee
Worboys
Joseph
Eer
Warboys
Saul
Bone Quarterly Review
League 8
Drury-lane
Wein Toogk
Hume
League
Cobden
Gibson
Jaifa
Scholette Ricardo
Plumridge
Metcalfe
Bowring
Brotherton
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