Scene of Execution Amid Gothic Trial and Witchcraft Accusations
The narrative describes a ritual before an execution, with Jane and Angela preparing for a blade at the block while Mauger assists and a crowd watches. The scene ends with Jane bowing her head as the axe falls, followed by literary notices and book reviews in the periodical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angela
Mauger
Jane
Dudley
Thomas Brydges
Sorroceld
Wolfytt
Feckenham
Legal correspondence on family, finances, and estate issues
Legal Qs cover parish charges on illegitimate children, executor fees, debt recovery, administration disputes, and marriage legality. Readers seek remedies from courts and authorities. opinions note claims on property, tenancy, and guardianship, with examples from wills and bankrupts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street
Warwick
Drury-lane
J. S
W. C
G. C
Banus
J. T
Court of Requests
J.G.M.S.F
Knightsbridge
John Thomas
William
W. B
London
D. S
Henry
John Segherta
Distress at Bethnal Green Workhouse
Distress surges among 709 inmates at Bethnal Green Workhouse and 1400 outdoor applicants, with silk-weavers worst hit as employment collapses. In Pentonville an inquest into George Seymour Pearson, 32, solicitor of Claremont-square and Lincoln's Inn Fields, found he died by hanging Sunday morning. verdicts call it temporary insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethnal-Green
Penton Arms Tavern
Pentonville
Wakley
George Seymour Pearson
Claremont-square
Lincoln’s-inn-fields
A French National Ceremony Honors Napoleon’s Remains
The article praises France for upholding calm during Napoleon’s interment in Paris with half a million observers. It notes no violence occurred and commends the procession, the King and Prince de Joinville, and the veterans who witnessed the event while contrasting public mood with hostile press voices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Napoleon
Paris
M. Guizot
Prince de Joinville
Convention with Mehemet Ali’s handling sparks blame
A London paper decries Lord Palmerston and Turkish defiance over Mehemet Ali Egypt policy. It argues for honoring the July treaty, warns against war without cause, and urges unity with Austria against weakening both Turkey and Egypt, fearing political ruin.
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Mehemet Ali
Turkey
Lord Palmerstoners
Morning Chronicle
Lord Palmerston
Monsieur Thiers
Foreign Office
Egypt
Napier
Europe
England
Commodore Napier
Syria
Lord Ponsonby
Russia
Austria
Pacha
Monsieur Guizot
France
Robert Peel
Constantinople
House of Commons
Times and Lord Oranmore A Debate on Repeal Road
The Times attacks Lord Oranmore a Whig Irish peer who urged his tenantry to back the Repeal candidate. The piece supports Lord Cranmore against repeal by Tory influence, arguing that preserving the Union is safer than risking more O Connell alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the “Times
Lord Oranmore
Times
Lord Oranmere
Treasury
Mayo
Lord Cranmore
Lord Stanley
Ireland
O’connell
Mr. O'Connell
Toryism and Power in a Puzzling Political Debate
A fragment outlines a shrewd yet honest politician named Blake likely to align with the Liberals on nine of ten issues. It questions Liberal support for a candidate who would oppose them on the tenth point, noting current Majorities and intra party tensions.
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Blake
Liberal Party
Debate over Tooke Duncombe quarrel in Finsbury campaign
The piece attacks William Tooke for seeking political gain through a Liberal bid in Finsbury while serving as Treasurer of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. It denounces the use of Society funds to influence votes, questions the society’s reporting, and urges scrutiny of Tooke’s conduct and the Committee’s actions.
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T. Duncombe
William Tooke
M.P
Truro
Finsbury
Duncomber
Tooke
Hastings
Duncombe
Coates
Drummonds
Leighton
Society For the Diffusion of
Melbourne and Paris Gossips Stir Over Secret Letter
A Paris rumor claims Lord Melbourne wrote a letter to an unnamed correspondent threatening France with sweeping armaments. Count Jaubert asserts its existence while Thiers Guizot and press circles doubt the tale and its sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Les Badauds de
Count Jaubert
Balearic Islands
Monsieur Thiers
Lord Melbourne
France
Monsieur Guizot
Foreign Office
National
Courrier Francais
Monsieur Guizotis
British Seaborne Victory Across Chusan and Amoy
The Courrier Francais notes little Chinese progress since gunpowder and praises British success. It says Chinese batteries are silenced within seven minutes and coastal populations are spared as troops show restraint. A British governor is placed in Chusan and free trade is expected to spread, pressuring Pekin to yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courrier Francais
Chusan
Amoy
Boulogne
Resignation hinted for North Staffordshire seat
The Globe reports Mr Baring a Tory member, resolved to resign his representation of North Staffordshire. The piece describes river ice hazards in the Thames area causing vessel damage and multiple boat incidents. It also notes fines for sliding on pavements and a grisly inquest into a youth's suicide ruled as temporary insanity.
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Baring
Tory
North Staffordshire
Globe
Bridge
Richmond
Twickenham
Rotherhithe
Limehouse
Deptford, &c
C Division
Petsons
Bleeck Lye
Castle-mill Pond
Fosbrooke
Hereford Times
Vacancy in Walsall Representation and City Court Notices
Reports announce a vacancy in the Walsall representation due to Mr. Finch’s retirement. The issue covers Irish manufacturing advocacy, Leeds municipal deeds, court rulings on Wilson and Hens, and local political events.
Attempted assassination at Buckingham Palace sparks inquiry
A woman calling herself the Countess of Resterlitz triggered a palace scare by arriving at Buckingham Palace in a foreign carriage and attempting access amid incoherent conduct. She was examined at Bow Street and ordered to Bethlehem hospital as authorities verify her claims of royal ties and relatives in Germany.
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Buckincham Palace
Baa
No. Burlington Hotel
Pre.elbourne
Little Fence Street
Pulteney
Servants’ Institution
Regent-street
Roman
Susan
Damona
Burlington Hotel
Home Office
Hall
Bow-street
Bethlehem Hospital
Christie's St. James’s Street
Eparegon
Prince Albert
Hampton-court
Buckingham-palace
Boy Jones
Burlington
Phillips
Marquis of Normandy
Brighton
Bedlam
Germany
Buckingham Palace
Countess of
Resterlitz
England
France
Jermyn-street
Windsor
Clarence Terrace
London
Marylebone Police Court
Rawlinson
Hampton Court Palace
Bethlem
Long’s Hotel
Bed
Clarence-crescent
Alderman Beborough
Wander Castle
Eton College
Crescent
Slough
Paddington
Bucking
Pulteney- Strange Intatu
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Colburn
Duke of Shrewsbury
Vernon
James
Cowie Miscennanigs
James Smith
Horace Smith
Henry Colburn
Tilt and Boughey
George Cruikshank
LEGAL
M'Lean
William Pitt
Lords of the Treasury
William Taylor
Thames Police Office
Wesleyan Connexion
List Regiment of Foot
J. T.—Charles the
Gorits
Illyria
T. G
Sheffield
the Weekly Chronic
MR. T. Duncombe
F.R.S
China
Walsall
Finch
Waterford
Huntingdon
Carew
Wyse
Greg
Olp Corporation
Court of Cuancery
Wilson
Hens
Municipal Corporations
Corporation of
Leeds
Liverpool Mercury
London Hospital
James Shaw
Coleman-street
St. Thomas’s
Ald. T. Wood
D. W. Harvey
Lawrence
Hale
R. Taylor
Society For the Propagation of the Gospel
Ward
Farrinedon-Without
Pyne
Jones
Green
James Duke
Lord J. Russell
J. Duke
Farringdon
Harmer
Robert Waithman
Farringdon Ward
Ransford
Barnes
Leicester
Baines
Court of Arches
Payne
Guy’s Hospital
James Redmond
Betts
Horsemonger-lane
Lee
Church-street
Clarke
Hays
John Betts
Old Bailey
Central Carmina Court
Transportation
Thomas Pilgrim
William Stewartson
William Arthur Geach
Charles Bennett
Charles Burmett
William George Dalton
J. Smith
Elizabeth Redman
Mary Kemp
Henry Hamilton
John Burr
Sampson Simpson
John Gerillon
Robert Johnson
John Hubbard
A. Mitchelson
Charles Watson
Adam Klinch
Catharine Harraghan
Sarah Middleton
G. Weston
George Williams
Rebecca Matthews
Mary Ann Bird
W. Banister
Thomas Nicholson
Catherine Welch
Margaret Welch
R. Young
Eliza Rowlands
George Thomas
Wm. Fox
Alias Summers
Paul Mazeaux
George Ramuz
Thos
Smith
G. Rowland
Jane Wharton
Isabella Todner
T. Cave
Ann Hart
G. Young
Caroline Hopkins
Solomon Hyam
Jules Rault
Ellen Bailey
J. Clark
John Smith
T. Johnson
Wm. Tibbs
Samuel Curtis
Cecilia Proudfoot
J. C. Tatham
W. Perry
Henry Upright
James Milton
Geo. Bevis
Alias Eaves
Wm. Johnson
N. Wright
Chas. Horton
E. Long
J. Rose
Wm. Rose
H. Brockenshaw
Sarah Halbein
Thomas Walscole
Mary Ann Stevens
C. Hawkins
Elizabeth Thompson
Alias Law
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