Letters on Taxation and the Industrious Classes
A long letter and essays discuss taxation, the Bank Restriction Act, and the effect on prices from 1798 to 1836. The author argues taxation should fall on property, not persons, and accuses the government of breaking a wartime contract by repealing restrictions. He cites wheat price rises and calls for justice or revolution if denied. Also brief notices about Panama plans and local hospital matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Bank of England
Great Britain
Contempt in Law Case At Vice-Chancellor Court
In a law intelligence note the Vice-Chancellor hears Collier and his sister contesting an attachment for contempt over not answering. They blame their attorney for delays, claim liberty from the Society for the relief of small debtors, and fear injustice if forced to travel 200 miles to Shrewsbury. The judge orders them to return Thursday with a solicitor to speak for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collier
Court cases detail infant singer's suit and doctor misconduct
In the Court of King’s Bench, a tailor sues the son of Lord Huntingtower for 46 pounds 16s for clothes supplied to him during infancy. Witnesses track orders at Mortimer Street and a house in which Lady Huntingtower stayed. The jury returns a full verdict for the plaintiff. A parallel suit against a surgeon for criminal conversation with the plaintiff’s wife outlines long adultery and witnesses describe visits, illness, and intimate scenes across Mile End Road and surrounding addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erle
Lord Huntingtower
Colonel Toone
Mortimer Street
Toone
Tellemache
W. Follett
Lord Denman
W.follett
Eton
Tombs
Knight
Mortimer-street
Stepney
Keslingbury
Kessingbury
Thomas Tatham
Hope-street
Mayfair
Tottenham Court Road
Mile-end-road
Ireland
Peiice
Hatton Garden
St. George’s
Mary Ann Fernell
Mary Ann Wood
Roberts
Mrs. Roberts
Woman ill from lodger’s visits amid marriage dispute at Dilnutt's
In a Colburn row case, Mrs Roberts lay ill while the defendant Mr Snow visited her daily, later sleeping in her room. Witnesses described a hidden hole in the ceiling, a sofa, and competing claims of seduction, with Keslingbury admitting peering through the hole. The jury returned £100 to the plaintiff for defamation.
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Holborn
Roberts
Keslingbury’s
Sarah Keslingbury
Bow
Mr. Roberts
Snow
William Keslingbury
Roberta
Mary Ann
Colburntow
Hackney
Haggerstone
Colburn-row
Mrs. Roberts
Flo
Mr. Blunt
Mr. Harmer
Elizabeth
Thessiger
Charles Phillips
Mr. Thessiger
Chie
Keslingbury
Kessingbury
Lord Denman
Turner
Reeves
King Street
Spitalfields
Heer
Lord W Bentinck Address Sparks Glasgow Public Meeting
A tumultuous public meeting at Justice Hall in Glasgow heard Lord William Bentinck recount his parliamentary conduct. Crowds hissed and cheered as questions on abolition of flogging, franchise reform, and Lords reform were debated. the meeting passed a motion commending his conduct and an amendment opposing his views on widening suffrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bentinck
Addres
W. Bentinck
Roan
Joon
India
Puish
Board of Directors
Mr. Fulton
Patton
Fulton
Lords
House of Lords
House of Commons
Mr. Todd
D. W. Harvey
Lord W. Bentinck
Hisses
Todd
Seaman Crafford
Reland
Walker
D. Bell
Lord William
A. Campbell
Consistory Court Action Over Madame Malibran Remains
Proceedings revive in Manchester appeal by De Beriot against a faculty to move Madame Malibran De Bernot’s corpse to Belgium. The defendant challenges personal service and the due process, seeking to stay the faculty until the next court day and to question De Bennot’s interest in the appeal amid divorce questions.
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Chester
Madame Malibran
DE Beriot
Sharpe
Monsieur de Beriot
Manchester
Madame Malibran de Bernot
Laeken
Brussels
Kingdom of
Belgium
Messrs. Jones and
Maddock
Henry Raikes
Metropolitan Court of
York
Monsieur de Bennot
Court of Appeal
Release of Captain Folger at Newgate after pardon
Noah Pease Folger, once a South Sea captain, was freed from Newgate after three years nine months. In 1833 he shot William Mellish at the Royal Exchange. acquitted by insanity plea, he was later pardoned to leave England within thirty days and keep peace for life.
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Forger
Noah Pease Folger
Newgate
Folger
William Mellish
Royal Exchange
Mellish
Peter Laurie
Salomons
Alderman Lainson
Pelham
Messrs
Johnson and
Duke
Cope
Captain Folger
England
Murper
Spain
Ivers
Morning Post
Madrid
Aranda del Duero
Morning Herald
Hamburgh
Rio Janeiro
British West Indies
Lisbon
Naples
Paris
Corn Laws Debate Reported by Lord Russell Letter
Lord Russell dismisses Sir Henry Parnell's Dundee remark as a possible report error or misinterpretation. He states the Corn laws should be debated by the House rather than handed to a committee, reaffirming his position that major tax and trade issues require full parliamentary consideration.
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John Russell
J. E. Denison
South Nottingham
H. Parnell
Wilton Crescent
Denison
Henry Parnell
Dundee
House of Commons
Berwick
Eastern-lane
Berwick Advertiser
Loonine
America
Lauriat
East River
New Rochelle
East Chester
Staten Islander
Gaty
Ivers
Arinda
Santanler
P.S
Madrid
Morning Post
Duc de Borpeaux
Neuville Minerve Paris
Duke of Bordeaux
St. Petersburg
Petersburg
Spain
Don Carlos
Ma Ts
Bordeaux
Aew
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Tom
Cayley, Esq
Chasces
Baltimore Gazette
Cuartxe Cross Hospital
Sigmond
Pettigrew
Golding
Robertson
Court of King’s Bench
Charing Cross Hospital
Emperon
Nicholas
Augsburg
Count Orloff
Frankfort
Grand Duke
Michael
LAW Intelligence
Glasgow
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