No Confidence Debate Marks Tory Struggle for Unity
A lengthy critique of Sir John Yarde Buller’s motion critiques the Tory speeches by Peel and others, warns of internal Tory divisions, and questions the leadership and strategy of Lord Stanley. It argues Whig leadership under Russell remains uncertain, and notes Ireland and India policy as key fault lines within the Conservative ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Yarde Buller
Robert Peel
House of Commons
John Russell
Lord John
Sir Robert Peel
Observer
James Graham
Lord Stanley
Lancashire
Mael
Flora Hastings
O’connell
Ireland
Duke of Leinster
Lord Morpeth
Treland
India
Aireland
Indus
Manifesto of Robert Owen on a new rational society
The article presents Robert Owen’s long manifesto on a new system of society based on rational religion and universal cooperation. It argues that past institutions are built on crude early notions, claims the old order brings misery, and outlines a comprehensive plan across production, wealth, character formation, and governance to end poverty, superstition, and social division. The piece also notes Owen’s public appeal to Parliament and his defense of his life and work against critics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen
Robert Owen
Central Board
Universal Community Society of Rational Religionists
House of Commons
Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel
Attempted murder case in Manchester Borough Court
Gill is charged with attempting to murder his wife after years of separation and ill treatment. He seized a clasp knife, forced her into a coal room, and cut her throat but she survived. He was committed to Liverpool assizes for trial. The report includes interrogation dialogue and a coroner verdict linking Wroth’s death to a gun discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Borough Court
Gill
Daniel Maude
Ashton-road
Africa
Mr. Maude
Robert Boyer
Daysbury Gazelle
Picha
Egypt
Arabia
Yemen
Edhen Effenii
Turko Bilmez
Dshhiddu
Pacha
Canton Press
Bilbaine
Typa
Macau
Manilla
Distressed Edinburgh family tragedy ends in murder suicide
In Pleasance Street Edinburgh a destitute family scenes erupted when a husband James Burnie lay dead from an apparent throat wound and his wife Helen Allan Burnet wounded herself. Neighbors found four starving children aged eight to twelve cowering beside a fire, and two admitted to hospital. The couple had moved in a few days earlier and left a tale of hunger and ruin behind. The wife died later in hospital after doctors treated her. two children were placed in care.
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Edinburgh
No. 7
Pleasancestreet
Burnie
Burnet
Black
Pleasance
Currie
James Burnie
Helen Allan
M‘donald
Great King-street
London
Royal Infirmary
House of Refuge
Murder on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
A January 4 murder in Kent county is recounted with stark detail. Edgar Newman, driven by jealousy toward Lavinia Piner, shot James P. Wroth at the table, body parts scattered in the room, then confessed to Pennington and was jailed at Chestertown. The coroner's verdict followed. Further notes suggest Newman retrieved the gun from a nearby barn before the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Paul Brown
Philadelphia
Chestertown
Wroth
James P. Wroth
Edgar Newman
Kent County Court
New York Courier and Inquirer
Maryland
Georgetown
Kent County
Newman
Lavinia Piner
B. Piner
Miss Piner
Mr. Wroth
Pennington
Horrible tragedy at Dunkerton shocks Bath area
In Dunkerton near Bath a shoe maker Silcox aged about thirty five attacked Thomas Jordan, his wife, and a thirteen year old boy at the rectory with an iron tool after being invited for elder wine. The man killed Jordan and the wife and wounded the boy. Silcox then fled, killed himself after a pursuit led by high constable William Keeling. The boy escaped, the two adults died from their wounds. Silcox appeared to have a fair character prior to the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkerton
Bath
C. Bampfylde
Silcox
Thomas Jordan
Jordan
William Keeling
Wellow
Keeling
Budgett
Ashwick
Bayntun
Laura-place
Murder in Grassmarket Shocks Edinburgh Tenement
In Grassmarket a grim murder occurred in a second floor hovel at Plainstone close. The victim, a woman living with James Wemyss a tinker, was beaten with a stool and brick after repeated quarrels while thirteen others in the room did not intervene. Wemyss was arrested near Lockrin distillery and remanded after confessing to heavy drunkenness and denying the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grassmarket
Edinburgh
Plainstoneclose
Kelly
James Wemyss
Wemyss
Lockrin
Foreign Intelligence on France and Americas Revolt
The House of Commons may limit Duke of Nemours annuity to the king, while Orleans property shifts on Louis Philippe’s death. Blanqui is sentenced to death after a lengthy trial. other French political plots and Madrid and Lisbon updates follow. In the Americas, US debates on Canton blockade, Indian wars, New York finances, and Canadian unity are reported alongside Brazilian and Mexican updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
House of Commons
Prince Albert
Duke of Nemours
Louis Philippe
Orleans
Duke of Orleans
Duc d'Aumale
Conde
Duc de Nemours
Madame Adelaide
Prussia
Court of Peers
Blanqui
Quignot
Elie
Tuileries
le Commerce
M. Maugnin
M. Crony-Chanel
Louis Napoleon
M. Crony- Chanel
M. Crony
M. Crouy
M. Berryer
M. Crouy-Chanel
M. Maguin
Mauguin
Mr. Brunow
Paris
United States
Canada
C. Liverpoor
Stephen Whitey
New York
Congress
Cushing
Great Britain
Canton
House of Representatives
Savage
Washington
Philadelphia
America
Pennsylvania
United States’ Bank
Canadas
Thomson
Maine
Rio Janeiro
Rio Grande
Oyapocho
Brazils
Matamoros
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Foreign Intelligence
Spain
Madrid
Progresistas
Moderados
Arragon
Cabrera
Espartero
Portugal
Lisbon
Falmouth
Braganza
Chamber of Deputies
Paulson
Espoir
Hanover
University of Gottingen
Blumenbach
China and the East
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