The Queen's Speech and Irish Question in Parliament
A Royal address discussion traces the Queen's speech on Ireland and Wales, O'Connell's tactics, and the government's alleged delays. It critiques pacific remedies, foresees a land tenure reform commission, and notes public reception of the Queen and royal party amid Dublin and Tara Hill tensions.
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O'Connell
Robert Peel
House of Commons
O’connell
Lord Lyndhurst
England
Scotland
Mr. O'Connell
Ireland
Lord Howick
Lord Morpeth
Dublin
Lord Devon
Tara Hill
Wales
Rebecca
The
Nation
London
Prince Albert
Prince
Duke of Wellington
House of Lords
Court and Fashion In London Welcome Espartero Arrival
Her Majesty held a privy council at Buckingham palace after arriving from Windsor. French princes Joinville and dAumale toured St Pauls and Westminster areas, dined with officials, and prepared for sea departure. Prometheus carried the regent to Woolwich with a large party, while court arrangements and visits to Rumpenheim and Perthshire figures unfolded.
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London
Buckingham Palace
le Prince de Joinville
le Duc D’aumale
Windsor
Prince
Great Western Railway
Lord Hawarden
le Commandant de Hernoux
Monsieur de Beaufort
St. Paul's Cathedral
the Duchess of Gloucester
Gloucester House
Prince George
St. James's Palace
Viscount Hawarden
Francis Seymour
Prince Albert
Woolwich
Admiralty
Sir Francis Collier
Prince de Joinville
Duke d’Aumale
Continent
Spain
Louis Philippe
Windsor Castle
Duke
Duchess of Cambridge
Mary
Suite
Chateau
Rumpenheim
Mecklenburg Strelitz
Hessee Cassel
Duke of Cambridge
Prince Alexander
King
Holland
Perth
Duke of Leeds
Braemar
Perthshire
Duke of Victory
Prometheus
Frederick Lowe
General Espartero
Francis Collier
K.C.H
Lowe
E. Rowley
Portsmouth
Spithead
Havre de Grace
Sir F. Collier
Sir Francis
Hungerford
Duchess of Victory
Elidia Espartero
Lord Bloomfield
Royal Arsenal
Espartero
Waterman Company
Hungerford Wharf
Mivart
General van Halen
Perecamps
Don Ag. Nogueras
Don P. Gomez de la Serna
Interior
Juan Lacarte
Fernando Batarreche
Celestino Garcia
Cyiseiano Montesimo
Juan Mendidagoitia
Pedro Falcon
Rafael Mendirate
Don Ventura Bancalrtezni
Miguel Conde de Iberani
Blas Osio
Francesco Serrano
Luciano Marietta
Don Bennon Merodiano
Duke of Wellington
Duque de Cuadad
Earl of Aberdeen
R. Peel
Earl of Clarendon
Viscount Mahon
Earl of Listowell
Lord Campbell
Bloomfield
Count Godde de Liamourt
Col
Gurwood
F. Huth
A. de Ramon Y Carbonall
Gen. Miller
A. R. Colquhoun
Col. Wright
M. A. Lopez Vildosola
M. A. Heras
Mr. Moore
Mr. Goldsmith
A. Woodford
Fead
R.N
Csilonel C. Fox
Duncan Macdougall
Owen
R.M
F. Rasch
City of London
Peacock
Green
Court of Common Council
England
Hanover
Royal Gardens
Kew
Duke of Cumberland
Lord Stowell and the mermaid at the door
The old judge Lord Stowell boasted of manyLondon sights and reportedly paid a shilling to view a new mermaid. The door keeper, not wanting to deceive a loyal customer, refused the money and declared it was only the old sea serpent.
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Lorp StowExt
Szzinc
Lord Stowell
London
Progress of Rebecca in South Wales tolls and unrest
August 18 reports Welsh toll gates repeatedly attacked by Rebecca society operatives near Swansea, Pontarlluchar, and Pothy read roads. Gates destroyed, chains used, tolls briefly levied by night, troops arriving after mischief. Officials dispute bail for a gate incident amid wider dole relief debate. Swansza notes copper miners strike and poor-law guidance on relief, with talk of further measures and possible layoffs. A Cornwall turnpike anecdote closes with a shrewd toll keeper remark.
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Croas Lield
Swansea Road
Pothy
Swanses
Pontarlluchar
Rebeccante
Llangadock
Royal Oak-gate
St. Clear’s Road
W. Davis
Pen-y-garr
Swansza
Board of Guardians
Hewson
Savings’ Bank
Cornwall
Lxeter
The New Birmingham Agitation in Public Meeting Row
In Bramingham a sparsely attended meeting of requisitionists sought to upturn the current administration. Amid factional divides the group proposed a deputation to urge the mayor to call a town meeting, but critics warned the numbers were too small to justify action.
Father Mathew Teetotal Mission In St Giles and Greenwich
Crowds flocked to Father Mathew as he distributed pledges at St Giles’s mews and Greenwich grounds aided by teetotalists. clashes with beer vendors and police halted pledges at times, but thousands attended across Deptford and Milbank fields with protests from malt and hop factions and a later riot in Greenwich police court over a smashed quart pot at a Deptford pub.
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St. Giles’s
Father Mather
Rookery
Saint Giles’s
Joe Burkitt
Joe
Hull
Poll Moriarty
Sisters of Mercy
Mathew
Chelsea
Petre
Sophia
Col. Dawson Damer
Greenwich
Apostle
Palmer
Ireland
England
London
Jerningham
Temperance
Deptford
Wapping
Howard
Lord Dinorben
Lord Effingham
Lord Monteagle
Arundel
Surrey
Manners
Lady Murray
Father Moore
Milbank Penitentiary
Drury
Elizabeth Gleeson
Benjamin Dawson
High-street
Mr. Jeremy
Jeremy
Dr. Drury
Mr. Pyrke
Deptford-bridge
Pyrke
M‘laughlin
Office vi Et Armis
Barracks Construction Starts at Newport Monmouthshire
Cavalry and infantry barracks have been commenced at Newport within a ten acre area. The erection is estimated to cost between 40 000 and 50 000 pounds.
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Newport
Monmouthshire
Extensive Fires in the Metropolis and Tooley Street
A sweeping fire report recounts the Tooley Street disaster at St Olave's, with tower ruin and a costly restoration estimated under £7000. It notes arsenic-laced raisins causing illness near the wreck, the fire brigade’s extinguishment, and insurance totals of £58,500 across several offices.
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St. Olave
Outley
Newman
Topping’s Wharf
St. Olave’s Churchyard
Globe-street
Rotherhithe
St. Thomas’s Hospital
London-bridge
Upper Topping’s Wharf
Tooley-street
Topping’s
Messrs. Ward
Azores
St. Olave’s Stairs
Messrs
Preston and Co
Bloyd
St. Olave’s
Messrs. Watson
Cornhill
London
Sun
Union
Phenix
Atlas
Finz
Ferrer
Lanu
Lanu.—Mr. Weeding
Newberry
Surrey
Weeding
Mr. Rose
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Messrs. Comfort and Falconer
Bartlett’s Passage
Holborn
St. Andrew's
Law Institution
Rose
Mecklenburgh Square
Cambridge Square
Stephenson
Wilton
Ciata
Braidwood
Report on smoke prevention in metropolis urged by committee
The select committee of government presented a report to the House recommending a bill to prohibit smoke from furnaces and steam engines. They cite expert testimony that smoke can be reduced by proper air admission and better combustion, with outlays repaid by fuel savings. They note sanitary benefits and call for action next session. Distressing incident follows as Eliza Goedger, a married woman with young children, leaps from a second floor window at her Pimlico home. She is brought to Westminster Hospital with severe injuries. her husband rushes to her side as her condition remains dire.
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MetRopolis
House of Commons
Lord Francis Egerton
Viscount Sandor
W. Clay
Plumridge
Mackinnon
Ewart
Brotherton
Eliza Goedger
Westminster Hospital
Stafford-place
Pimlico
Ryde
Isle of Wight
B 95
H. Thompson
Mr. Wilson
John
Thompson
Mr O Connell Proposes Restoring Irish Parliament
Dusaix August 22 Mr O Connell and Mr Steel entered the exchange and received contributions from fifty three ladies who would become Maids of Orleans if needed He denounced a Times leading article accusing intimidation of the priesthood and declared the journalist a liar He read his plan for restoring the Irish parliament and explained the oath of allegiance for Protestant bishops in the Lords and for Ireland in the Commons.
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O’connell
House of Lords
House of Commons
O'Connell
Plan for Restored Irish Parliament by Daniel O Connell
The document outlines a plan that asserts loyalty to Queen Victoria, rejects the 1800 union as illegitimate, and calls for restoring a 300-member Irish Parliament. It details seat distribution by county and city, Ballot voting, and perpetual connection to Great Britain under constitutional law, signed by Daniel O Connell as committee chairman.
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Queen Victoria
Ireland
Peers of
Irish House of Lords
Turnphy
Irish House of Commons
Laurin
Carlow
Tipperary
Cork
Firthly
Dublin
Liffey
University of Dublin
Limerick
Belfast
Galway
Waterford
Kilkenny
England
Great Britain
Daniel O'Connell
ReveaL Demonstration at Roscommon Meeting
Sunday demonstration drew upwards of 500000 people in a large field near the town. O'Connell spoke about fighting and urged action if attacked, with the crowd cheering. He translated a chant into English and mocked Peel and Wellington. He planned to propose abolishing the catholic oath and promised a petition to end it.
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RoscomMon
O’connell
Peel
Wellington
Ireland
O'Connell
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