Slave Trade Suppression Bill Debated in Late Session
The debate centers on the bill to suppress the slave trade with amendments and committee steps. Lord Brougham’s long effort is praised while objections focus on its effects on commerce and foreign trade. The house discusses clauses, postponements, and inspection returns as it prepares for the third reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forster
Te Hon
Hear
Brougham
Mupray
Board of Trade
R. Peel
Sir Robert Peel
Lord Brougham
Brazils
Baronet
Hawes
Bricht
Rave
Mr. Bright
Bernat
Bromherton
Allery
Mirpway
T. Witpz
Art
Mr. Hawes
Ord Staniex
Lord Saxpox
Gnapstone
T. Pexcouse
T. Wilde
Mr. Forstex
Lord Stancey
Denison
MineMay
R. Peer
Lord Palmerston
Brorce Eron
Hinpey
J. Granam
Brotserton
Limerick
J. Graham
T. WrLpe
Lords Pass Ireland Bills in House Session
The Lords met at 12:15. The Chelsea Hospital Bill and the Charitable Loan (Ireland) Bill were read a second time and ordered to be committed on Monday. Several Ireland bills progressed through committee or were reported and passed. The session adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehouls
Chelsea Hospital
Charitable Loan
Ireland
Court of Exchequer Offices
Poor Relief
Municipal Corporations
Sessions of the Peace
Dublin
VEssEL Staucker Liguranxe Five Deaths From Storm At sea
A Marion ship from Calcutta reached West India Docks after a June 9 storm off the Cape of Good Hope. Five sailors died as electric discharge and fire struck the ship, while one crewman, Robinson, survived a wash overboard only to perish weeks later. Captain Pope and HM 49th Foot aided firefighting. The adjutant murder inquiry followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staucker Liguranxe
Calcutta
West India
Cape of Good Hope
John James
Robinson
Pope
James Dillon
Sth Fusileers
Thomas Read
5Th Fusileers
John Ahern
Jubee
James Terrall
Read
Dublin
Robertson Mackay
Birmingham
Gloucester
Liverpool
Manchester
London
Blackwall
Brighton
Greenwich
South Western
Leeds
Bolton
Midland Counties
North Midland
North Union
Northern and Eastern
Paris
Orleans
Prestom
Wyre
South Eastern
Dover
Taff Vale
York
Farmers of South Wales rail at tolls and magistrates at Conwil
The Times reporter convened a substantial meeting at the Blue Bell Inn Conwil with about a hundred farmers from Ireleach Abernaut Conwil Eloets Pembayer and Langellar. They described tolls and gates raising new costs and fines while roads remained unfinished and trustees refused redress. They criticized the New Poor Law rents and county rates and warned that a rural police force would provoke unrest. The session ended with a thanks to the Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Times
South Wales
Hall
Conwil
Ireleach
Abernaut
Eloets
Pembayer
Langellar
Blue Bell Inn
Newcastle Emlyn
Newcastle
Newcastile Trust
Rebecca
Newcastle Trust
Kenneth
Lloyd Davis
David Evans
Bwichclawdd Gate
Carmarthern
Llangellar
Wales
Welch
Tate
Carmarthen
Legal and Miscellaneous Notes on Detention and Theatre Patents
A digest of reader queries and official notices covers detaining tickets and redress in small-debt court, four masters yielding indentures, and a debate on theatre patents. It includes commentary on Puseyite church matters, taxation, phonography, school entry, and a critical petition by William Charles Macready urging reform of patent theatres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.S
Brownlow-street
Drury-lane
City-road
Skinner Street
Snow-hill
Assembly-row
Lanbeth
Newman-street
Homer-place
New Road
Chapelstreet
Grosvenor-place
H.D. G
London
Enfield Highway
J. F. Russell
Mr. Dunster
J. M. Neale
Harding
Gurney
Byrom
Mavor
Taylor
Literary Gazette
Surrey
Bank of Encranp
Weekly Chronicle
Bank of England
Ficer
Mr. Macready
William Charles Macready
Clarence-terrace
Regent's Park
Middlesex
Shakspere
Royal Drury-lane
Covent-garden
William Davenant
Booth
Wilkes
Cibber
Doggett
Drury-lane Theatre
William Chartes Macready
Macready
Drury Lane Theatre
Globe
Corporation of London
Russell
Cope
W. R
Cape
Manchester and Leeds Cloth Trade Report
Trade reports from Manchester Leeds and Bradford describe livelier demand for India and China fabrics with a 2 percent price uptick. Domestics stay heavy while twist remains in strong demand. Leeds notes similar brisk activity with beavers pilot cloths tweeds and shawls selling well though fine cloths weaker. Bradford reports steady piece market with good yarn demand and firm prices amid ample wool supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
India
China
Leeds
London
Bradford
George Dawson Lowndes remanded on bail in Westminster charge
George Dawson Lowndes appeared before Hon. Mr. Justice Coltman at Tothill Fields jail seeking bail to answer a misdemeanor charge. Bail four men named Minter and Ball and Lowndes at £250 and £200 respectively, the matter to be heard at the Westminster October. A Portsmouth dispatch notes Lieut Jenkins of the brig Ferret tried for drunkenness aboard ship off Africa. four counts proved, Jenkins dismissed from service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dawson Lowndes
Tothill-fields
Justice Coltman
George Minter
Gerrard-street
Soho
Benjamin Ball
Dukestreet
Portland-place
Westminster
Portsmouth
St. Vincent
Hyde Parker
J. Henderson
C.B
Rowhey
Thomas Hastings
J. R. T. Thomson
Bart
G. Elliott
Robert K. C. Jenkins
Ferret
Africa
Oake
Admiralty
England
Foot
Madagascar
Calculating Sunrise and Sunset Times for Britain and Ireland
The guide explains a method to determine sunrise and sunset by using the place latitude from standard guides and applying proportional time adjustments. It also details high water time corrections for principal ports relative to London Dock timing, listing several specific ports with added or subtracted hours and minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain and Ireland
London Dock
Ates
Bristol
Ork
Cove
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Southampton
Ephemeris Notes for August Sundays and Week Ahead
Weather and astronomical data for Sunday August 20 through Sunday August 27 include daily fair to hot conditions, with periods of showers and rain. Notable calendar items reference historical deaths and births, with ephemeris notes on sun position, moon phase, day length, and twilight times.
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Peter Vy
Fathier—Legh
Meteo
Ephem
Zadkiel
Mownay
Legh
Richard the Third
Wepnesday
Wallace
Tuunspay
St. Bartholomew
Leghc
Corrected Report of Ward MP Speech on Irish Church
J Ridgway publishes a corrected report of H G Ward MP speaking in the House of Commons on August 1 1848 about the Irish Church. The pamphlet priced one shilling outlines parliamentary debate and Ward proposed positions on church establishment and reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price
H. G. Ward, Esq
House of Commons
J. Ridgway
Piccadilly
The Chapter of Accidents in Parliament and Ireland
A Birmingham Tara Hill critique argues Parliament cannot die quietly amid sins of omission and misrule. It warns the Peel Ministry has eroded Conservative character, Ireland and manufacturing districts face collapse, and urges bold Liberal action rather than relying on the Chapter of Accidents. It cites OConnell and Attwood as signs of crisis and stresses need for decisive policy to avert public unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Servia
Greece
Chelsea
England
Peel
House of Commons
House of Lords
Providence
Monsieur Guizot
Prince Metternich
Ireland
Pitt
Birmingham
Staffordshire
Leeds
Wales
Sheffield
United States
Fox
Tara Hill
Attwood
O'Connell
Mr. Muniz
Ireland and Union Crisis Warn of Sterner Necessities
The speaker decries government hypocrisy as 500,000 Dubliners gather near Tara Hill to protest the Union’s alleged failings. He warns that Ireland has real grievances and the need for clear, principle based reforms beyond arms and party games. England risks disaster by trusting to accident rather than policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tara Hill
England
Ireland
Spain’s Turbulent Politics Foretold and Unfolding
The piece argues Spain’s government is illegitimate and controlled by Narvaez’s military force, with Lopez as figurehead. It notes Espartero is sidelined, Cadiz’s protest, and factions in Basque and Catalonia pressing fueros and regional privileges. It warns of financial strain and ongoing discord as the North monopoly threatens the South’s trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Senor Lopez
Prim
Narvaez
Serrano
Lopez
Cortes
Don Francisco
Espartero
Secret Service
Cadiz
Lisbon
Parliamentary Proceedings on Chelsea Pensioners and Colonization
In a sharp critique, the article denounces the Chelsea Pensioners bill as hurried and secretive, arguing it should have been debated during Army Estimates. It condemns the government for pushing a measure affecting 30,000 pensioners at session end and questions the opposition’s extreme rhetoric. It praises Charles Buller’s handling of colonization and suggests Wakefield’s principles offer ripe ground for immediate settlement. The Public expects action, and proper leadership could have avoided late-session peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hume
Cobden
Duncombe
Chelsea Pensioners
Henry Hardinge
Bright
England
Charles Buller
Lord Stanley
Colonial Office
Bill for Libel Law Reform Adopted by Attorney General
The Attorney General Sir Frederick Pollock on Wednesday adopted core principles of Lord Campbell’s Libel Bill in a speech praised for its manliness. The Bill, after committee passage, omitted clauses equating oral and written slander, signaling a major improvement in a historically weak statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Campbell
Frederick Pollock
Debates on Greece Servia Stir Politics and Young England
Lord Palmerston and Sir Robert Peel impressed with clear foreign policy tones in the long debates on Greece and Servia. Mr D Israeli criticized the government’s policy, was rebuked by Lord Sandon, and Young England figures like Smythe and Milnes joined the fray. Conservatives avoid deeper quarrels, hoping to keep affairs orderly while noting Lord John Manners’s question to the Attorney General on Sunday amusements for workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Servia
Lord Palmerston
Sir Robert Peel
Mr. D'Israeli
England
Robert Peel
Lord Sandon
Smythe
Milnes
Lord John Manners
Sunday law and beer house penalties provoke debate in Parliament
A fragment discusses a Duke and a magistrate enforcing the Fourth Commandment against Sunday alehouse visits. Sir F Pollock notes the law allows penalties while cricket and parish boundaries shape enforcement. Revenue benefits from the system, and English piety is questioned when money is at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Pollock
Irish Church Revenues Dispute Triggers Government Return
Mr Ward secured a motion for a Return of actual Irish Church Establishment revenues from Glebes Tithe Rent-charge Easter Offerings minister money and bishopric lands. Lord Eliot claimed £432,023 while Ward pegged £552,753 after tithe rent deductions. Errors omitted glebe lands worth about £80,000 a year and parochial tithe rent charge. rectification may narrow the gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Ward
Lord Eliot
Dublin
Brcke
Ecclesiastical Commission
Ercke
The House of Pods Aap The Irish Arms III
A satirical review critiques Lord Brougham and Tory leaders as the Session nears its end. It praises the Duke of Wellington’s Arms Bill speech and notes mixed hopes for Lords Lansdowne and Campden while urging timely action to preserve the Union with Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House OF Pods
Henry Brougham
Lord Eldon
Robert Inglis
Lord Brougham
Robert Peel
Lord Melbourne
Duke of Wellington
Lord Campys
Lord Shrewsbury
Ireland
Lord Lansdowne
Lord Holland
Lord Liverpool
House of Commons
Lords
Prorogation of Parliament Draws Queen and Speaker
The article notes Parliament will be prorogued by the Queen in person on Thursday. It questions what the Queen will hear and what the Speaker will present as a summary of Acts. It jokes about the session, urging honesty and suggesting harmony between Lords and Commons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Shaw Lefevre
House of Commons
House of Lords
Deaths in High Society and Mortality Report
Dearies and Lords mourn prominent deaths Mrs Molyneux dies suddenly leaving seven children. Dowager Lady Ellenborough, widow of the late Lord Chief Justice, dies aged in Stratford Place leaving thirteen children with many noble mourners. Mortality in the bills shows 801 deaths in the week ending Aug 12, with historic averages and temperatures ranging from 54 to 80 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deary
Wm. Somerset
Thomas Molyneux
Bristol
Grenville Somerset
Fitzroy Somerset
Lord Ellenborough
India
Charles E. Law
City of
London
Mary
Dyneley
C.B
Elizabeth
Colchester
Anne
Colville
Henry Law
Frederica
Henry James Ramsden
Wm. Towry Law
Diocese of
Wells
Frances
Dallas
Bath and Wells
Kilmaine
Eleanor Law
Robert
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Monnar
Tuwspay
Wepngspay
Taurspay
Faespay
Sunpay
the Weekly Chronicle
the Irish Church
Milton
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