Naval debates and writ adjournment in Lisbon inquiry
The session features a writ adjournment on a writ for a writ of inquiry, debates on naval estimates, and calls for an inquiry into British subjects in Portugal. Lord Palmerston, Lord Palmerston, Sir Henry Harvince, and Sir Robert Peel clash over navy policy, ship numbers, and costs while discussing the Mediterranean strength and peacetime expansion. The house adjourns after the Beer Bill committee step.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gotan
Fox Martz
Robert Peer
Viscount SanpDow
Portugal
Viscount Palmerston
Henry Harpine
Lisbon
Lord Palmerston
H. Harvince
Lord Sanpon
Alderman Woon
Joan Roussett
Morr O'Ferratx
Portsmouth
Plymouth, &c
G. Clerk
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Europe
Baronet
Morr O'Ferrary
Hoise
France
Russia
Lord Incistars
Marryatt
Channel
James Graham
Greenwich Hospital
Chatham
ApaMs
F. Cockere 1
Patmeriston
R. Peer
Spain
Havanna
Minorca
Algiers
Cracow
R. Peel
Lanvon
Pedelt
M‘leean
J. Bissext
Paxixeton
Brotherton
Critics Propose Reform in Short-Hand Writer Fees
A parliamentary debate notes large spending on shorthand services from 1836 to 1840 totaling £28,264 for Parliament and similar private costs, totaling £56,528. It argues current rates differ from law court rates, suggesting potential saving of £22,631 in four years, with improvements to service and no loss of remuneration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuse
Legal Q and A: Bigamy, estates, and tenancy rulings
A digest of correspondence on marriage names for a child born during a first marriage, tenancy taxes, debts, wills, and property disputes. Answers advisell y for name usage, remedies for unpaid hay, inheritance rules across marriages, and rules on notices, guardians, and grants with emphasis on trustees, administrators, and legal procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M
T. B
A.C
L. C
John Thorley
Wwe
Gulielmus
Q. I.M
E. T
EK. T
Brompton
John White
W. W
W. HH. G
Nickleby
W. B
Chesterfield
United States
Newcastle
St J
James Sherwin
N.B
Augusta H
Marf H
S.F . Fef. R
Edwin Evans
Berkshire
Chatham
Nn J
Hood
KE. S
J.J. S
Court of Chancery
Thomas Legge
Royal Union Association
Lancaster-place
D. R
Paper delivery woes and reader notices in Chronicle
A compilation of reader letters and notes on paper delays, delivery issues, and subscriptions. Items discuss stamp returns, paper availability, and requests for the Country Edition of the Weekly Chronicle, with mentions of National Gallery catalogs, customs salaries, and a proposal to tax firearms to curb crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Panfold
Glasgow
Weekly Chronicle
S.R
Suffolk
Chronicle
F. R
Aberdeenshire
National Gallery
Paris
Bath
S. R
Her
Lords of the Treasury
House of Lords
James Hull
Pruens
Southampton
London
Pictorial Weekly Chronicle reprints Queen marriage tribute
The Pictorial Weekly Chronicle announces a reprint of its nuptial tribute to the Queen and Prince Albert. Two folio pages of text and two pages of illustrations will be offered at 2d unstamped or 3d stamped, with delivery by post for prepaid letters. Office address: 337 Strand, London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Albert
Chronicle
Strand
London
Westminster's Pride and Peel Defense of Privilege
A London Weekly Chronicle editorial extols Sir Robert Peel for defending House of Commons privileges and the law, critiques Leader and Duncombe for vacillating positions, attacks Radicalism, and questions the evolving meaning of law and press liberty amid prison reform scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Finsbury
Sir Robert Peel
Public Liberty Versus Privilege in Press and Court Crux
The article argues that fines on printers and officials echo a broader power struggle between the House of Commons and the judiciary. It calls for accountability at the fountainhead, criticizing Lord Denman and urging a Declaratory Act to resolve jurisdictional stalemate. Truth and publicity are championed as public rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Morning Herald
Hansard
Pearce
Howard
House of Commons
Fountain Head
Lord Denman
Mr. Hansard
Court of Queen’s Bench
Robert Peel
Solicitor-General
Commons
William Follett
Leader
Debate Over French Prince Nemours Dowry And Grants
The piece argues France should curb the 500 000 franc annual dotation for Duke de Nemours on marriage to Princess Victorine, proposing a reduction to 300 000 francs or limit to Louis Philippe's life. It contrasts English and French finances, noting Orleans estates value at 15 million francs and the king's wealth, questioning public expenditure for royalty. It cites Prussia and Austria as examples with smaller or no similar grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Albert
England
France
Sibthorpe
Chamber of Deputies
Duke de Nemours
Victorine
Saxe Cobourg
Louis Philippe
Orleans
Prussia
Charles
Austria
Clergy Reserves in Upper Canada and colonial settlement
The Clergy Reserves issue in Upper Canada is debated as Mr. Poulett Thomson secures a landmark, yet potentially temporary, settlement. The plan favors Established Churches, with Parliament likely to reexamine terms after union. The article credits Lord Durham’s principles and Thomson’s alignment with them, hoping Imperial unity will validate the settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poulett Thomson
Upper Canada
Sir Francis Head
England and
Scotland
John Russell
Canada
Lord Durham
England
Thomson
Loyalty warfare over the royal marriage in Tory papers
A Victorian editorial attacks Tory loyalty as split between praise and vitriol toward Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. It criticizes the Duchess of Wellington and others for political maneuvering around the royal marriage, noting disputes over invitations and the Duke’s delayed attendance while he blocked a key bill in the Lords. The piece decries party strife and calls for a truce amid public sympathy for the royal union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Robert Peel
Duke of Wellington
Cheval de Bataille
Duke of Cumberland
Prince Albert
House of Lords
Lord Lyndhurst
Stowe
Buckinghamshire
Fragmentary note on royal gifts and church funding
A partial, garbled fragment discusses the Queen Dowager and the church question, noting a £25 gift toward fitting up a Protestant chapel at Coblenz and hinting at potential larger gifts to secure substantial annual funds. The text is incomplete and reads as a stray editorial fragment with unclear context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coblentz
Admiralty Estimates Presented By Catholic Secretary
The Admiralty Estimates were presented by Mr. More O'Ferrall in a Committee of Supply. The Catholic Secretary delivered a clear and detailed statement justifying the Navy outlay. Total current year estimates amount to £5,659,051, about £500,000 higher than last year, due to 1,000 extra men, dockyard hires, and stores for ships as European powers shift maritime power. England seeks to hold maritime supremacy amid rising foes, while promising efficiency and prudent funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty
More O’ferrall
O'Ferrall
England
Liverpool
Aberdeen
Halifax
Wood
Europe
Tory tactics once more in House of Commons over Perth writ
The death of Lord Mansfield sparks a heated political row as Tory MPs block and then back a writ for Perthshire. Fox Maule wins a 165 to 136 vote to issue a new writ while critics argue against delaying representation until Mansfield’s funeral. The piece notes electors should replace the late peer promptly with a suitable successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Mansfield
House of Commons
Perth
Stormm
Scotland
Perthshire
Mansfe
Carlton Club
Fox Maule
James Gare
le Mansfield
Scone
Lord St.mont
Middlesex Riot Act Drama at County Meeting Chair Shift
Middlesex County Meeting produced tumult as Hume was kept from the chair by France and Warburton, with the Riot Act read to eject him. Wakley and others attempted to regulate proceedings while Sir John Scott Lillie presided over a resolution praising the House privileges. Details follow in another column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
Middlesex County
Hume
France
Warburton
Ham
Wakley
John Scott Lillie
House of Commons
Queen knighthood conferred on Thomas Wi Esq
The Queen grants knighthood to Thomas Wi Esq solicitor-general and sergeant-at-law, announced in Friday's Gazette from St James's Palace. A chaotic column follows with varied items on anti protectionist leagues, steam post letters, coroner inquest, and a Russian loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James's Palacr
Thomas Wi
Merrorotitan Anti-Corx-Law Association
London
England
Strand
J. B. Smith
Manchester Chamber of Commerce
Richard Cobdeo
Reading
Tilen
Manchester
Messrs
Newton 2 Berry
Chancery-lane
Chadburn
Sheffield
Bailey
Holborn
Birmingham
Chester
Payne
K. Vt Head Tavern
Thomas
Lord Strangford
Thames
Houses of Hope
Amsterdam
Frankel
Jor Arid Stieglitz
St. Petersburgh
France
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Willie
Pictorial Weekly Chronicle
the Weekly Chronicle
Duncombe
Mr. Duncombe
Sibthorpes
Inglises
Mahons
Newgate
Wright
Lord Kenyon
House
Prince Albert and
the Duke DE Nemours
Clergy
Tory Loyalty
Tory Press
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