Reform club meeting and North Staffordshire dinner notes
A Tamworth Townshend club gathering draws a large crowd at the Tamworth Arms. The North Staffordshire Reform Association marks its third anniversary with a dinner at the Roebuck hotel Newcastle, featuring speeches by Col. Anson and other reformers and pledges for liberal principles and ballot reform.
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D. Dundas
R.N
the Ordnance
Woolwich
TamworThi
Townshend Club
Tamworth Arms
Wnorth Staffordshire
North Staffordshire Reform ‘Association
Roebuck Hotel
Newcastle
Queen Victoria
Mainwaring
Whitmore ‘Hall
Capt. Powys
E. Buller
M.P
Col. Anson
E. Vavasour
C. Wolseley
G. Toilet
R. E. Heathcote
J. A. Wise
Col
England
Scotland
Carlton Club
Bond Cabbell
St. Alban's
Falmouth
Neware
Robert Heron
Peterborough
Duke of Newcastle
Clumber
Newark
Stubtonhalil
R. Heron
Robert
Thesiger
R. Herox. Stubton
HYMNS AND RATES IN THE CORN LAWS DEBATE
A fragment from the Anti Corn Law Circular presents Ebenezer Elliott’s verse on bread taxes and free trade, mixing poems with stark scenes of hunger and smuggling. It condemns tariffs while praising free bread and popular sufferings under the Corn Laws.
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Ebenezer Elliott
Polo
Britain
Dadda
Halloo
Mary
Petition for repeal of the corn laws spreads across Britain
The document calls for repeal of the corn laws, urging farmers merchants and artisans to unite. It cites rising bread prices, falling wages, and unemployment as proof the current policy harms laborers and the economy. It lists regions and cities pressing for action and notes discussions of anti corn law meetings and rising public unrest.
Petition From Hastings Workhouse Applicant Seeks Relief
Thomas Turner of Guestling near Hastings appeals to the commissioners for flour money and fuel to feed his starving family. He earns twelve shillings weekly but rents and expenses leave none for sustenance, with no meat tea or sugar and a desperate plea for a ruling on England’s laws for working people. He cites character references from churchwardens and overseers and names Brede and Northiam in Sussex as supporting areas.
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Wiltshire
Somerset
Shropshire
Britain
America
Ireland
Bedlam
Tewwkesbury
Cheltenham Free Press
Leicester
Bank of England
Leicester Chronicle
Birmingham
John Parker
H. G. Ward
Liverpool Chronicle
Leeds
Yorkshire
Leeds Mercury
Hamburg
England
Germany
Prussia
Hanover
Brunswick
Oldenburg
Mecklenburg
Lubeck
Bremen
Hamsburg
Austria
Cory
Thomas Turner
Guestling
Sussex
Brede
Hastings Board of Guardians
Hastings Union
Puardiane
Hastings
George Bishop
Northiam
Spain
Manrip
Madrid
Liberal Party
Santiago
Santa Maria
Correo Nacional
Valencia
Progresista Party
Murcia
Lerida
France
Saragossa
Daroca
Llangostera
Cabra
Palomar
Bibel del Rio
Estercue
Eguaguirre
Espartero
Arragon
Palafox
Navarre
Bayonne
Aspiroz
Pampeluna
Portugal
Falmouth
Iberia
Gibraltar
Cadiz
Lisbon
Vigo
Mediterranean
Liverpool
Angola
Cortes
Sabrosa
Switzerland
Tessin
Europe
Great Council
Molo
Riva
Rusca
Grand Council
Ciani
Lugano
Locarno
Foreign Intelligence. France and Spain report political turmoil
Across Europe reports detail a French conspiracy probe and treason trials, abolition actions in colonies, Madrid municipal results, and Tessin revolts. Dispatches note Portugal, Switzerland, and US Canada matters, with union debates in Upper and Lower Canada and Vera Cruz upheaval. China opium conflicts and Algiers intrigue surface amid global tensions.
Forged English Mercurie the First Newspaper Belief Debunked
The piece argues that the English Mercurie, long claimed as England’s first newspaper under Lord Burleigh in 1558, is a forgery. Thomas Watts, after brief museum review, shows the five manuscript numbers are counterfeit, watermarks and authors named as possible forgers. It questions historic certainty and cautions on reliance on old documents.
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Custos Forciny
Onicin Oy
Chalimers
Ruddiman
Lord Burleigh
England
A. Panizzi
Thomas ‘Watts
British Museum
Chalmers
Watts
Museum
Royal Arms
G.R
Chatterton
George Stevens
W. Rufus Chetwood
London
Whittle Harvey
Harvey
Corporation of London
Common Council
Friends of Freedom
Reform
Southwark
Trape
Lord Mayor's Court
Royal Exchange
James White
Broad-street
Edinburgh
Sweeting
Thomas Linford
White
Edinburgh Castle
Mr. Kelly
Lisbon
Algerian campaign report details Arab losses and camp defense
Troops guarding Belidah and Casbah lines report continued activity with Arab forces engaged. Several Arabs killed and horses seized as Kabyle and regular Miliana troops shell ravines, while our lines hold and casualties mount on both sides. General Duvivier notes the enemy suffered considerable losses.
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Chiffa
Belidah
J Ranee
Casbah
Duvivier
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Foreign Intelligence
M. Lagarde
le Capitole
Quotidienne
Mans
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Procureurs du Roi
Martinique
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Cain
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Roscins
Collins
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St. Sulpice
Quebec Gazette
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Ecclesiastics of
Kingston
Upper Canada Chronicle
Sunion
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Thomson
Great Britain
George Arthur
Special Council
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Vera Cruz
Texas
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Hayti
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Harry Vanes
P.S
Westchester
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Macao
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Calcutta
St. Helena
Morrison
Algiers
Tunis
Abd-el-Kader
Morocco
Souza Monestier
the Metropolis
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