A London polemic on industry and honesty in politics
In a 1842 tirade from Cotton Twist the author attacks the claim that industry and desert alone ensure a competency. He lambasts the Duke of Wellington and allied peers, arguing that mere hard work does not guarantee bread, condemning public figures for ungrounded assertions while urging scrutiny of policy and its impact on the poor amid trade downturns.
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Richmond
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Baze
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Court and Fashion in Royal Occasions and Celebrations
Royal pageantry and court notes describe Queen Victoria’s absence from parliament, visits from Sudbury Hall, and the Duchess of Kent remaining in Germany. Festivities planned for Prince Albert’s birthday include serenades, a breakfast at Adelaide Lodge, and a military review by the 72d Highlanders. Illuminations at Wynnstay and a Dublin banquet for Lord Morpeth are also slated, with a long list of dignitaries named.
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Latest Intelligence from the New York Packet and Europe
The Independence arrives in Liverpool with little New York news beyond the national bank bill passing by 31 votes. Paris reports Guizot disturbances at Caen with a charivari and army presence. Madrid notes Narvaez expulsion debate, Navarre fueros, and Catalan unrest. Prussia and Hamburg discuss Sound tolls and Danish duties. British moves in the Levant report amnesty in Candia, Tunis expedition prep, and Syrian governance. Leo Pax, Tunis fleet, and Beirut dispatches shape the broader picture.
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Memorial to the late Sir David Wilkie at Thatched-house
A large gathering of nobility and gentry at the Thatched-house tavern in St James’s Street debated how best to honor Sir David Wilkie. Duke of Sutherland Lord John Russell Viscount Mahon and others supported erecting a statue in the National Gallery or founding a Wilkie Prize, with Peel and a committee named to manage funds and arrangements.
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Leslie Melville
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Royal Scottish Association
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Daring street robbery and varied police cases reported
A nine year old boy faces charges for a bold street robbery on Marlborough Street. Separate notes detail grandparent support disputes, a man accused of unwanted advances and self harm, a heartless watch robbery at Worship Street, a boy stealing from his father, a lace theft at Union Hall, and a crippled man’s drunken episode at Thames Office with a lenient outcome.
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Parliamentary Division Amid Debate On Confidence in Ministers
In the House of Commons on Friday August 27 an amendment sought to strike words and insert a declaration that the government should hold the confidence of the house and country, with a statement that confidence is not in the present advisers. The list of peers and MPs follows, including Abercromby Kinross-shire Aglionby Cockermouth Ainsworth Leeds and many others, reflecting a wide spread of constituencies and titles in attendance.
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