Free trade meetings sweep across English towns in 1845
Reports describe large gatherings in Finsbury Tower Hamlets and Manchester urging opening ports for grain and food imports. Delegations press Parliament via court of Common Council, Lord Mayor delays, while Leith and Warrington Memorials call ministers to loosen corn laws. Bread and potato prices cited amid labor concerns.
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Finsbury
Sernne
Beckwith
Clerkenwell
Wee Hauiets
Tower Hawlets
R.R . Moore
Asharat
Peacock
Johnson
Court of Common Council
United Kingdom
Great Britain and Ireland
London
St. Thomas's Day
Ashurat
Ashurst
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Mansion House
Marylebone
Ilebone
Hume
Jiama
Mancies
Robert Peel
Mascarston
Menchester
Heywood
the Treasury
Manchester
Barsat
Robert
Leas
Meezine
Serra
Trinityhuure
Leith
Hutchison
Andrew Rutherford
George Berry
United Secession Church
Rutherford
Robert Philip
Arch. Young
R. Peel
Duke of Wellington
Wharncliffe
Stanley
Ripon
Haddington
Boxpep
Maxcursten
Liverpool
Salford
Buckley
Newton
Staleybridge
Manchester Guardian
East
Surrey
Bere
East Barns
Heddingtonshire
Mitchell Innes
Scoleman
Swindon stop breach wins for refreshment room owners
In a bankruptcy court proceeding the Great Western Railway Company faced a demurrer over a covenant that trains would stop at Swindon for refreshments. The judges ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, holding the deed required all trains to stop long enough for refreshments, regardless of passenger willingness. The case highlights alleged mismanagement and loss alongside a separate magistrates session detailing a theft and transportation sentence.
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Moxpay
Great Western Railway Company
Swindon
Watson
Ordships
Irish Gentleman Faces Fines for Street Altercation
George Whitley, described as a gentleman, stood accused after an incident near Albany Street involving Mr. Anthony and his wife. Anthony claimed insult by the defendant, who admitted a duel mindset. The magistrate fined the defendant £5 for each assault, plus £10 penalties and recognisance of £100 to keep peace for a year. costs were settled before court adjournment.
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George Whitley
Handresa-street
Ramegate
Rawlinson
Anthony
Hannelis-creacens
Tslington
Albany-street
Ais. Anthony
Tottenham-court-road
New-road
Anthony Abe
Abe
Bradley
Hradley
Henry
Right
Manley
Lambeth
Purency
Mount Street
Surrey
Cor
Bright
Solomons
Cox
Purssey
Tims
Ogden
Tiros
Geo. IT
Couras
Geo. Iti
Lim
George Ssi
Mr. Henry
Ida
George
Georges
Stamp Office
Mr. Solomons
Haxwell
Hanwell
Hughall
Green Igrocer
Macclesfield Street
City Road
Ian
Seeig
Mia. Wilson
Central Court hearing on Burgess assault ends with transportation
In a London Central Criminal Court session, William Curacy, Benjamin Bermett and William Lewis were found guilty of feloniously wounding Metropolitan Police constable Edward Burgess during duty near Whitechapel. Curacy received life transportation, while Barnett and Lewis were jailed for fifteen years each. The court also passed sentences ranging from death to hard labour for various others, with public reaction strong as defendants cried out.
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Tareves
Reily
William Curacy
Benjamin Bermett
Edward Burgess
Metropolitan Police
William Lewis
Bodkig
Clerk
Bray
Whitechapel
King’s Arms
Try
Carney
Lewis
Barnett
Gurgess
Myers
Carey
Landon Hospital
Cocat
Maystau
John Horobin
Mary Horobin
Hiw
BER
Charles Carter
William Carney
William Edward Beard
James Dixon
Benjamin Barnett
Adolphus William Bodill
John Williams
William Anderson
Chertes’ Gibbs
George Gamble
Sarah Saunders
Charles Phillips
John Jones
Charles Thomas Knight
Charles Barron
John Hammond
James Pantry
Mary Anne Sullivan
Thomas Coltman
William Prior
Mary Baker
Caroline Williams
Thomas Owen
Richard Aldridge
Thomas Durrell Wranch
Frederick Dean
Thomas Kibble
James Woodward
Joseph Miers
Frederick Pearson
James Brown
Richard Martin
Martha Lynham
Robert White
Charles
Lewis Benjamin
Robert Leach
Janes Tait
John Willams
George Houghton
Mary Fowler
Anne Hamesworth
Mary Drake
Henr Swith
John Marshell
Andrew Dark
John Whitehead
Joseph Burton
William Winn
Thomas Barefield
Thomas Dodd
William Jonson
John Goma
William Alexander
George Booty
Rachael Vinton
Thomas Watson
George ‘Reed
James Munn
Frederick Davies
Eliza Russell
Mary Anne Johnson
Alias Hewitton
James Harper
New the
John Roberts
Robert Adlington
William Pike
Edward Powell
Thomas Gould
Edward Smith
Charles Eim
Thomas Jones
Mary Switch
Semenel Windham Jones
William Becket
Michael Doreng
Richard ‘Turley
James Jefferys
Michael Crawley
John Brown
Jans Scott
George Jevers
Joseph Mares
Ellen Quione
Edwin Andrews
George Bragg
Mary Crawley
George Messenger
Thomas Howard
James Jones
Henry James John Bushell
Henry Smith
Frederick Morrison
James Lockington
John Bratt
Moses Hakel
Hannah Davin
Nicholas Popert
William Hall
Robert Davis
David Clary
David Clary, ‘Henry Clerk, Mark Glazier, John Reebery, Reuben Wiles
Williams King
Edward Jones
Thomas Gowett
Emanuel Todd
Charles Lee
Jeremiah Steau
John Matthews
Patrick Bryan
Robert Doolan
Margaret Keily
Eliza White
Mary ‘Anos Curtis
John Horrobin
Grand Jury
Plans Flood Board of Trade as Rail Committees Rush to File
Sunday rush of plans and sections for railway projects overwhelmed the Board of Trade offices. Agents arrived in crowds, names misread, and late comers faced rejection. Despite chaos, many plans were deposited, with some submitted lithographically or in manuscript form, including a Belgium-led effort to speed work.
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Railway Department
Board of Trade
House of Commoner
Whitehall
Vale of Vallambrosa
Documenta
Smith
Surrey Railways
Otway
Harwich
London
Pimlico
Tex
Brest
Hacer
Pew
Belgium
Inc
Scene from Al You Like It Act I Scene 1 in Printing Home
A diarized theatre scene unfolds with Thunderer and First Devil debating railroads and market boasting, interspersed with mock-heroic verses and snippets of satirical dialogue about brokers, shareholders, and public spectacle. A fragmentary note mentions Church place Piccadilly and gas lamps dimmed by Blair Tron Works.
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Oracle
Reid
Windsor
Tom Pica
Board of Trade
Heraldua
Anon
Thunderer
Blair Tron
Dalry
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Henry J. Colbrook
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Mr. Hodge
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John Hill
Lord Middleton
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