Sir Robert Peel at Tamworth speech on government and reform
Sir Robert Peel addresses constituents at Tamworth praising past pledges and constitutional principles. He defends Parliament’s confidence as essential to governance, rebuts a Lord John Russell manifesto, and urges continued conservative effort in registration and elections. The speech blends political stance with town allegiance and calls for steady local support.
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Robert Peel
Torvalvemaworth
Tamworth
Tani
Baronet
John Russell
House of Commons
Petre
City of London
Westminster
Leeds
Hull
Dublin
Belfast
Liverpool
Lancashire
Lord Stanley
F. Egerton
Wilson Patten
Wilbraham
West Riding of Yorkshire
Morpeth
Ime
England
Ireland
Legislative Union
Jak Stone
Lord Melbourne
Palmerston
Lord J. Russell
Jamaica
Her
Legal correspondences on estates and notices in weekly issue
Legal letters discuss an estate in fee simple with joint tenancy among children, with variations on whether a codicil is valid for real or personal property and dates. Other items note lottery claim inquiries, witnesses, tenancy notices, and local weather and almanac data.
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J. Hickman
Somerset-house
S. Y
Mary Thomas
D. J.S
Sole
Alr
Brenchley
J. C
M. M
E. C
Corn Laws Repeal Opinions Cited by Colonels Langton
A Victorian letter column cites Colonel William Gore Langton and Dr James as favorable to repealing the corn laws. It praises Langton as a veteran repealer who historically sided with the people, including reform efforts. The page features multiple readers debating government actions on Spain, taxation, and public notices in a period newspaper tone.
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Langton
James
Cunberland
Bath
Weekly Chronicle
George Byng
William Gore Langton
Somersetshire
House of Commons
Spain
John Moore
Evans
Aspasia
Encyclopedia Britannica
Lardner
Ousley
Chelsea
United Kingdom
Lord Palmerston
Lord Grey
Foreign Office
Death of Mr Thomas Hammond Davis at Kennington Green
A solicitor Mr Thomas Hammond Davis died after asking a friend for wine, then the cork was drawn and he bled from the mouth, collapsing in the garden shortly after. A doctor attended, he died likely from a ruptured blood vessel. The navy list shows 569 officers, with a yearly tally of deaths since 1815 and current employment across ships, coast guard, revenue cutters, the Royal Navy College, half pay, and unemployment.
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Thomas Hammond Davis
Kennington-green
Davis
Coast Board Service
Royal Navy College
Calculating Sun Times and High Water Delays for British Ports
Instructions outline finding sunrise and sunset by latitude adjustments above and below 51 degrees 80 minutes and 51 degrees 30 minutes, then adding or subtracting minutes for various locations. It lists offsets to high water times for Bristol Cork Falmouth Hull Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow Southampton and notes more harbours.
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Great Britain
Ireland
London Dock
Bristol
Cork
Cove
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Southampton
The Times on Conservatism and Toryism: a debate
The piece surveys a wave of Times articles arguing that Conservatism now mirrors Whiggism with tweaks. It traces Peel era tactics, party unity under pressure, and the feud over reform, franchise, and Irish policy, ending warning of a looming party split and restrictive governance.
Spain Ex-Queen Christina Protests Guardianship Transfer
The Ex-Regent Christina protests a Cortes decree stripping her guardianship of her daughters and handing it to Don Augustin Arguelles. The piece notes weak royalist and constitutional support, public opinion among small landowners, and the unlikely impact on Spain’s peace, while highlighting Arguelles’s unlikely rise from exile to guardian and advisor to the children.
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Spain
Christina
Cortes
Don Augustin Arguelles
France
Orleans
Madrid
Espartero
Don Carlos
Munoz
Senor
Segovia
Parvenus
Queen Christina
Louis Philippe
Maria Christina
Senor Arguelles
Ferdinand the 7Th
Cadiz
Lord Stanley and the working classes in a changing economy
An analysis of how nations rely on industrial output, not agriculture, as England faces a growing population. The piece argues that fluctuating food prices threaten subsistence for daily wage earners, undermining morality and savings, and that government duty is to secure subsistence, stabilize wages, and guide a rising populace.
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England
The Corn Laws and Working Class Plight in Ireland and England
A discussion on wage volatility, food scarcity, and the Corn Laws criticizes policy that keeps prices high for workers. It argues that steady wages and abundant employment stabilize families more than charity or education alone, urging reform to improve jobs and wages rather than expanding the establishment.
Tamworth 1842 Political Fragments and Peel's Stance
The text critiques Sir Robert Peel and Lord Melbourne amid February 1842 politics. It notes Peel avoiding firm opinion without patient consultation, fears being labeled a quack, and hints at plans to use his majority to oppose O Connell. It questions Irish policy and predicts official interference from figures like Buckingham and Graham.
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Robert Peel
Robert
Chambers
Tamworth
Globe
Harrison
Mr. Robinson
BR. Peel
Lord Melbourne
Times
Sir R. Peel
Lord John Russell
London
Mr. O'Connell
John Russell
Lord Stanley
Melbourne
Jura Stanley
Duke of Buckingham
Fortescue
Chesterfield Union inquiry over treatment of female paupers
The Guardians of the Chesterfield Union dispute a false report about female paupers in the workhouse. A committee was appointed to verify claims that women were stripped of stays upon entry, finding no such practice and noting no complaints from inmates aside from an admitted case of a kept stay.
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Chesterfield Union
Hay
Case of M Leod referred to trial by Supreme Court
Our American News reports a new turn in the M Leod case with the Supreme Court directing a trial and rejecting a plea offered on his behalf. The decision endangers the prisoner and strains relations between the two nations while warning against further rash actions.
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M‘leod
Supreme Court
MéLeaud Das
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