Protests Over Corn Laws Stir Kelso and Britain
A mass meeting denounces the corn and provision laws as national sin and calls for total repeal. Delegates vow to pressure Parliament, with religious leaders urging sacrifice and moral resistance while Queen Victoria is petitioned to abolish the laws. Public anger grows at Peel’s handling amid warnings of a coming crisis and potential moral clash with law and aristocracy.
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Kelso
Cbeart den
Mr. O'Connell
House of Commons
Robert Peel
Sir Robert
Mr. Cobden
Turpin
Forhire
Joseph Sturge
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Sterge
Dunn
Laren
Prentice
Manchester
P. Thompson
J. Massey
Duke of Buckingham
Justice Blackstone
Decision on Memorial to Queen by Anti-Corn Law Conference
The conference debated presenting the memorial to Queen Victoria in person or via peers Lords Ducie Radnor and Kinnaird. The committee voted to entrust presentation to these peers to preserve momentum, as delays could sap moral force and many delegates might have left.
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Scotland
England
Wales
Tuileries
Hinton
London
M‘leod
O'Connor
Fitzwilliam
Radnor
S Sutherland
Sussex
Mr. Wadden
Masser
Ducie
Kinnaird
P. A. Taylor
R. Peel
Nottingham Anti Com Law Association
House of Commons
Bradford Reform Club
Derby
Robert Peel
Nottingham
Free-trade Society of
Sheffield
George Thompson
Manchester
Hume
Thompson
Ashworth
Bowring
Wilkinson
Exeter
Bai
Taylor
Petitions on corn laws show 579 in favor of repeal
The Glasgow Chronicle notes 580 petitions were presented on the corn laws, 579 advocating repeal and one from Sunderland in support, via mill owners seeking duty adjustments to protect home manufacture. It also reports no trade improvement this week, with gloom across manufacturing towns and relief-list tallies for Paisley, Johnstone, Bridge of Weir, Kilbarchan, Barrhead, and Glasgow.
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R. Peel
Sunderland
Kilbarchan
Paisley
I Johnstone
Bridge of Weir
Barrhead
Glasgow Chronicle
Law Case on Land Tax Jurisdiction in Southwark and Exhquener Court
In a Monpsy court dispute Tse v. Commissioners of Land Tax for the City of London and Southwark borough, the jury found for the plaintiffs on whether Southwark premises near old London Bridge fell under London or borough land tax. Insolvent debtors' court heard two cases, one involving Tomas William Snare Sedgley and debts of £1,587 with ill‑gotten marriage scheme, the other James Wittiam Wattack, actor Wallack bail matter, adjourned for required certificates.
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Court OF Exchequer
Monpsy
Tse
Lorypon
Boxovues
Southwark
Ist of
Victoria
Thames
Commissioners of Land Tax
City of London
Borough
Old London Bridge
Fenning
W. Follett
Erle
Tomas William Snare
Sedgley
Edwards
Sandell
Clements
Chester
Dublin
London
Hodson
N. James Wittiam Wattack
Cooke
Haymarket Theatre
Mr. Wallack
Commissioner Bowen
Inisa
Driscol
Central Criminal Court Trial Of Baron De Behr
Charles de Behr a self styled baron aged 38 faced trial for obtaining 50 pounds twice and a 160 pounds bill from William Rich by false pretences linked to the Snow and Rich family affairs. Witnesses including Elizabeth Dickson Georgiana Snow and Rich gave evidence about letters alleged to compromise Mrs Snow and the prisoner’s claims of being secretary for foreign affairs. The jury found him guilty and the court sentenced him to seven years transportation.
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War Office
Aentleman
Snow
Mrs. Snow
Lord Aberdeen
Miss Dickson
Mr. Rich
Rich
Mr. Snow
Therisoner
William Osborne Rich
Bodkin
War-Office
Sydenham
Baron de Behr
Portland Place
Priner
Ave Fonds
Mr. Charnock
Squires
Long's Hotel
Bond-street
Arlington-street
Portland-place
Saville-row
England
St. Paul’s School
Surrey
Charnock
Phillips
Preoeet
Eicestershire
Drunken fight ends in fines after Strand disturbance
John Thorpe and John Hensley faced drunken and disorderly charges after a scuffle in the Strand near Temple Bar. A magistrate fined them ten shillings each or five days’ jail, while a coffee-house proprietor secured compensation for broken jugs and glasses. Other items note a May visit by singer Joshua Anderson and a theft case involving Lady Mildmay.
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Cariulanus
John Thorpe
John Hensley
Strand
Temple-bar
Hensley
Mr. Hensle
Thorpe
Banishment and prison sentences handed down in March court
At the session’s end several prisoners were judged with a range of terms. Transportation for life was imposed on William Yates and John Atkinson alias Smith, with hard labour for the latter before expatriation. Other sentences included fifteen, fourteen, and seven year terms, plus numerous periods of imprisonment with hard labour in the house of correction for different counties. The court adjourned to Monday the 28th for the next March session.
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Queen Souaere
Roppery
Lady MildMay
Mary Fulbrook
Northamptonshire
Phillis Martin
Charlotte Pulpit
William Yates
John Atkinson
Alias Smith
House of Correction
Patrick Flannagan
John Harcourt
Mary King
Mary Taylor
Sarah Price
Alias Pugh
J. M‘gregor
J. Payne
W. Smith
David Harrington
Willam Metcalfe
J. Brown
John Berry
Alfred Mortimer
William Smith
John Bennett
John Charlton
T. Eggleton
Sarah Atkins
Alias Jones
John Williams
James King
Thomas Carroll
Wiliam Thomas
John Brown
Mary Banks
William Beglie
James Nicholson
William Esturby
J. Jones
Thomas Breen
Charles Whitmore
J. Dalen
John Davis
Robert Light
Alfred Pluckrose
William Henderson
W. Livermore
J. Richards
W. Connor
Mary Regan
John Allen
Sarah Barnes
F. A. Lake
Elizabeth Hawkins
James Hopkins
Mary Biggs
Edward Bourn
George Coyle Alias Simpson
Elizabeth Sarah Haigh
Daniel Markham
H. Giles
Charles Brock
J. Edmonds
Jeremiah Donnovan
John Jewell
Dorothy Ginley
William Warner
W. Skiggs
T. Cluney
J. Souter
J. House
Daniel Dann
W. Francis
Robert Jackson
John Agar
Maria Jones
Charles Meeson
Henry Smith
W.smith
W. Baker
W. Hart
J. Smith
Henry Stone
Charles Martin
J. Williams
Ann Walters
G. Moss
J. Puttock
J. Kemp
Charles Fox
J. Madden
Charles Parker
Sarah Aver
Ann Rouse
Richard Roberts
George Golding
Warmer Clayton
John Croxhall
Eliza Jones
Dinah Mills
J. Prudence
J. Groves
Henry Martin
Henry Cole
Robert Smith
John Petch
Geo. Phelps
Ann Cole
Frek
Spicer
John Tyrell
Eliza Watson
Raymond Riddle
John Fox
W. Johnson
J. Elliott
Henry Halladine
F. Marchant
J. Malen
William West
W. H. Horden
Ann Davis
John Tae
George Allen
John Turner
George Gardner
Henry Bradwik
Henry Wilson
W. Cornish
J. Swan
Charles Dicker
Thomas Pitcher
John Sparks
Peter Collins
Sarah Miller
Elizabeth Lloyd
Edward Acres
Guizot Faces Decision on Right of Search Treaty
In a Paris Foreign Office scene from Charivari, M G ivot weighs ratifying a contentious treaty amid harsh French opposition and mixed British support. The secretary warns the move would ruin France’s maritime power and hurt national honor, while English ministers see gain for theirs.
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Foreign Office
Paris
Charivari
M. Guizot
England
France
Guizot
Aberdeen
Peel
Wellington
Lady Cowley
Chamber
Chamber of Deputies
House of Commons
United States of America
Russia
Prussia
Austria
M.guizot
Tata
iExit
Two Feet Long Hunter Knife by Rodgers and Sons
A Sheffield showpiece, a two foot long hunter knife with a thousand blades. Mother of pearl handle inlaid with stones, gold shoulders and plate gold edges. Blades etched with English and American landmarks, royal portraits, sports scenes, and medallions. Nearly two years to complete. hailed as a national treasure and a marvel of British craftsmanship.
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Messrs
Joseph Rodgers and Sons
Sheffield
England
Windsor Castle
Buckingham Palace
New Houses of Parliament
New Royal Exchange
Haddon Hall
Brighton
Kirkstall Abbey
Fountains Abbey
Capitol
Washington
Vic
Senate House
Columbia Bridge
Park and City Hall
New York
Berkeley
Berkeley Iiot, In Fallory; the Chatsworth Coursing Party; the Duke of Rutland
Queen Victoria
Royal
Prince Albert
Queen Elizabeth
William the Conqueror
Dukes of Wellington
Marlborough
Fox
Pitt
Milton
Francis Chantrey
Isaac Newton
Shakspere
Earl Fitzwilliam
Watt
Benjamin West
British Museum
Parody Poem on Duke of Buckingham Crises Arrives
A correspondent presents a lamenting parody about the Duke of Buckingham’s political life and a personal crisis. It mocks the Unfortunate Miss Bayley tale with lines about a premier in Downing Street and the duke’s alleged self destruction. The piece critiques Sir Robert and Sir James Graham with midnight visitations and calls the duke’s fate unlucky.
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St. James's Street
Miss Bayley
Downing Street
Treasury
Duke Bucky
Bucky
Sir Robert
Bellamy’s
James Graham
Captain Smith
Fremantle
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