The Quarterly Review and the Anti Corn Law League Debate
The piece critiques the Quarterly Review for its attacks on the Anti Corn Law League, defending Cobden and the League’s funding and methods. It argues government measures fail workers and condemns Conservative elites for protecting monopolies, while predicting political shifts and peaceful reform rather than violence.
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Isel
League
Carlton Up Fund
West India Proprietors
Othat
Cobden
Smith
Gladstone
Walsall
Quarterly
Robert Peel
Rer
Robert Tel
Ahden
House of Comites
Taunton
Coventry
R. Peel
House of
Salford
Stockport
Sir Robert Peel
Mr. Gladstone
Cor
Stackport Chronicle
Charles Wood
West Riding
Bolton
Manchester
Buckinghamshire
Kersall Moor
Quarterly Review
House of Commons
Nelson
London
Paisley
James Graham
Potters
Pendleburys
Lord
John Russell
Quartrly
The Late Murder in Whitecross Street
An inquest details the death of Leary in Whitecross Street with statements about shoe translator Meagan and his six lodgers. Witnesses describe a chaotic Saturday night and Meagan's alleged involvement, with Meagan found guilty of willful murder and Ellen Meagan and Catherine Singleton named accessories after the fact.
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Leary
Meagan
Whitecross Street
Greenland
Darby
Meagans
John Rice
Catherine Singleton
Whitecross-street
Regan
Playhouse Yard
Cotter
Meegan
Leon
Rowan’s
Mrs. Darby
Mr. Darby
Broughton
Worship-street
Hice
Rice
Moeagly
Catherine
Mr. Meagan
Mrs. Meagan
Jack Rice
George Olive
Witess
Michael Meagan
Old Street
Chiswell-street
Mr. Peny
Playhouse-yard
Reynar
Tom
Meigan
Edward Wallis
Featherstone-street
Shackell
Ellis
Tom Leary
John Clambold
Ellen Meagan
Income Tax Opposed by London Wards in Strong Terms
Local wards Bridge and Queenhithe join City councils in denouncing the Income and Property Tax Act. Resolutions condemn surveyors surcharging residents, call for repeal, and urge active nationwide protest along with mentions of sufferings from taxation and public indignation.
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Bridge and
Queenhithe
Tower
Broad-street
Langbourne
Bridge Ward
Queenhithe Ward
London
Welsh
Indin
China
Waterloo
Ife
John Bull
Morning Chronicle
Caledonian Mercury
Robert Peel
Edinburgh
England
Jack
Penny Cyclopedia
Here
Canterbury
Carmarthen
Pembroke
Cardigan
Newcastle
Emlyn
Welchman
Inquest Into Murders at Whitecross Street Shop
The inquest began Wednesday before R. Baker, Esq., with a jury of parishioners at Two Brewers inn. Witnesses, including Jane Darby and William Darby, recount Leary's stabbing in Michael Meagan's shop in Whitecross Street, Meagan and family in custody, and a knife found at the scene. The case draws strong police scrutiny amid a crowded testimony lineup.
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R. Baker
Heritage
Thomas Leary
Whitecross
Treet
Ellen Meagan
Jane Darby
William Darby
Whitecross-street
Leary
Michael Meagan
Meagan
Catherine Singleton
Meagans
Playhouse Yard
Chiswell Street
Hannah Cotter
Mr. Heritage
Cotter
John Rice
Rice
Mr. Bland
Paris and Barcelona diplomacy amid Catalonia tensions
Foreign dispatches report General Seoane to lead Catalonia for the Regent and contrast French and British actions in Barcelona. A Barcelona banquet for vice consuls is noted as a possible political gesture. Contention mounts over British consul Penteaze amid French press attacks and debates on repression versus constitutional rights in Madrid.
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Perpignan
Soane
Barcelona
En. van Halen
M. Lesseps
Paris
Penteaze
Rodney
Journal Des Débats
la Presse
Bando
Débats
Seoane
van Halen
Catalonia
Madrid
New Cast
Ferraz
National Guards
Espartero
Moniteur
Privy Council
Courrier Francais
Journal
du Havre
Chamber of Deputies
Messrs. Villemain
Martin
du Nord
Disarmament of Seville National Guard Sparks Madrid unrest
Reports note the first and third Seville battalions were disarmed after disturbances on the 2d and 8th. Cádiz and Valencia districts plan reorganization while Barcelona offers no decisive news. Armament drives a broader crackdown as Catalonia stabilizes and Madrid faces factional agitation ahead of possible Cortes dissolution.
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Maprro
National Guard of
Seville
Spain
Valencia
Barcelona
Naval Express
Catalonia
France
Senone
van Halen
Principality
Madrid
Ferraz
National Guard
Guard
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Hanover
Maginn
Ernest
Prince Albert
Claremont
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