English Justice and Lord Cardigan Trial Controversy
A critical editorial argues the Cardigan trial exposed the law's bias toward the rich, condemning the acquittal as a mockery of justice. It questions the conduct of peers and judges, cites witness evasions, and contrasts with harsher treatments for common felonies, while linking to broader concerns about rule of law and public trust.
Court and Fashion and the Bucking ham Palace accident
A 19th century column reports royal intrigues and a perilous ice incident at Buckingham Palace. Prince Albert reportedly slipped through a duck-hole in shallow water, saved by Queen Victoria and Miss Murray, with a lingering note on royal protection, court appointments, and repairs to Kensington palace. The item also mentions Lord Chancellors health, the Count of Chancery, and Henry Canning’s burial in Ham burg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe
Prince Albert
BuckingHam Palace
Miss Murray
Mr. Murray
Morning Herald
Queen of England
William Iit
Lord Cutts
Roman Academy of St. Luke
Spain
Kensington Palace
Princess Sophia
Callon
Gibbons
Burtonstreet
Hampure
Henry Canning
Senate
Corps Diplomatique
Hamburg
Lonp Hentey
Whitehall Place
Watford Hall
Northampton
Lory
Hawke
Wormersleyhouse
Yorkshire
Lord Hawke
J. Marshall
J. G. Marshall
Spring Rice
Lord Monteagle
Headingley-hall
Leeds
East Surrey Election Official Declaration of the Poll
The official declaration of the poll was made at the town hall Croydon. Antrobus led with 2635 votes, Alcock 1436, giving a majority of 1199. Other items note railway opening, anti corn law funds, and local hospital and charity reports from 1840 era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Surrey
Croydon
Antrobus
Alcock
Lymington
Hants
Marquis
Douro
Norwich
Duke of Wellington
Hunts
Stockton
Hartlepool
Newcastle Chronicle
Tae Conn Laws
Thomas Alcock
Metropolitan Anti Corn-Law Association
Renier of Linendrapers, Haberdashers, &c
Exeter Hall
Stephen Lewis
St. Luxe’s Hospital
Luxaties
George and Vulture
Cornhill
Joan Thorocoon
Chelmsford
London Post
John Thorogood
Lochindal
East
Antoine Bapt
Condat
Fageos
Bapt
Murat
Trial of James Thomas Earl Cardigan in the Lords
The House of Lords on February 16 opens a historic trial of James Thomas Brudenell Earl of Cardigan for firing pistols at Captain Harvey Garnett Phipps Tuckett on Wimbledon common. The vast ceremonial preparations, crowded galleries, and learned argument set the stage as the indictment is read and Cardigan pleads not guilty by his peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ord Cardigan
Lord Waldegrave
Lord Cardigan
House of Lords
William Follett
Harvey Garnett Phipps Tuckett
Harvey Tacketts
Harvey Garnett Phipps Tackett
Harvey Tuckett
Daun
Captain Tuckett
No. 13
Hamilton Place
James Eglinton Anderson
Tucketts
Tiat
James
New Burlington-street
Wimbledon Common
Lausifter
London
W. Follett
Mysel
Sir W. Follett
Lord Cardig Piest
Beant
Captain Dun
Lord Denman
Torspay
James Thomas Earl OF
Throne
House of Commons
Lord Chamberlain
House of Peers
House of Coramons
Lord Lyndhurst
Lord Brougham
Lord Wynford
Lord Abinger
Lord Langdale
Mr. Waddington
Sergeant Wrangham
Adolphus
Messrs. Wilde
James Pulman
Corps
Lord Morpeth
Earl of Cardigan
Lady Cardigan
Augustus Clifford
Black Rod
W. Seymour
Oae
William Woods
Chichester
Garter
Lord Sydenham
Duke of Sussex
Royal
Adolphus Frederick Duke of Cambridge
Henry Marquis of
Buckingham and
Chandos
William Harry
Duke of Cleveland
James Brownlow
William Marquis of
Salisbury
James Marquis of
Abercorn
Francis Charles Marquis of
Hertford
John Marquis of
Bute
Brownlow
Marquis of
Exeter
Spencer Joshua Alwyne
Northampton
Henry William Marquis of
Earl of
Denbigh
George Earl of Chesterfield
John William Earl of
Sandwich
Arthur Algernon Earl of Essex
Cropley Earl of
Shaftesbury
Montagu Earl of
Abingdon
George William Earl of Coventry
Edward Earl of Oxford
Earl Mortimer
Charles Augustus Earl of
Tankerville
Heneage Earl of
Aylesford
George Augustus Earl Cowper
Henry Richard Earl Brooke
Warwick
Charles Philip Earl of
Hardwick
George John Earl Delawa
George Viscount Gordon
William Carr
Beresford
Charles Viscount Canterbury
Edward Bishop
Llandaff
Philip Nicholas
Bishop
William George Lord
Dalhousie
William
Melbourne
Charles
Colchester
John William Robert Lord
Ker
John Lord
Ormonde
John George Weld
Forester
John James
Lord
Rayleigh
George Lord de
Nicholas William Lord Colborne
Arthur Lord de Freyne
Thomas Lord Monteagle
Brandon
John Lord Keane
Queen’s Bench
Queens Bench
Victoria R.— Victoria
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Thomas Lord Denman
Thomas Earl of Cardigan
Wandsworth
Surrey
Central Criminal Court
Cardigan
Westminster
Queen's Bench
Lord High Steward
Pulman
T. Harvey Garnett Phipps Tuckett
James Thomas Brudenell
Cardigian
Our Lady
Lady Victoria
Harvey
Garnett Phipps Tuckett
James Thomas Brudenell Earl of
Lady the Queen
Queen Victoria
England
Coventry
George I
Rex
Gastineaux
Leach
George Iit
Lord Eilenborough
Lord Lansdowne
Lord Ellenborough
Victoria
George IV
Tuckett
Earl
Wimbledon
Lord Spencer's Park
Dann
James Anderson
Douglas
Captain Reynolds
Dann the Miller
Wainwright
J. Anderson
Hether
Hussars
Ruling on murder in duel law cited by lordships
The attorney general quotes Hale Hawkins Foster and Blackstone to define murder as deliberate duelling. Lord Cardigan’s acts and the Norfolk case are discussed, with thirteen judges agreeing non defense if death would be murder. The speech stresses allegiance to law and warns judges against overstepping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Hale
Sergeant Hawkins
Michael Foster
Justice Blackstone
M.hale
Hawkins
Lord Morley
M. Foster
Blackstone
England
Mirfin
John Jeffcott
George III
George IV
Lord Cardigan
Wimbledon
Baron Parke
Norfolk Spring
Norfolk
Victoria
Queen Victoria
Lord Ellenborough
Lord Lansdowne
Lord Denman
Justice Littledale
Lord Lovat
Lord Byron
Lord Ferrers
Duchess of
Kingston
W. Follett
Sir William Follett
Douglas
Lord 'Sharrow
House of Lords
Duchess of Kingston
Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer
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Ed Ug
Dia
Welmon Lord Denman
Lsking
Han Boo
Washington
M‘leod
Jotta
Cole
Espartero
Thorogood
High Court of Parliament
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