Corn Laws Debate Highlights Land Tax and Monopolies
The debate centers on land tax versus indirect taxation, inclu ding French land tax shares and farmer poverty. Speakers accuse corn law monopolists, cite bribery and manipulation by manufacturers, and warn of endangering workers if the law is repealed. The House divides heavily, 393 against to 90 for the motion, and adjourns.
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Ferrano
Anti-Corn-Law League
Leeds Conservative Association
Col. Sibthorp
Brothertox
Cospen
Fretpen
England
Johnson
Ireland
Wilnegs
Private Bills and Corn Law Debate Narrowly Ends in Adjourning House
In the Commons on Friday a flood of private bill petitions was noted as several bills passed second reading and moved to committee. Debate on agricultural burdens and a proposed sliding scale for corn duties dominated the session, with Mr. Christopher’s alternative scale defeated 202 to 306. The house then set to finish for the weekend, adjourning until Monday.
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House OF Lords
Duke of Bucktxcuam
Broucnam
CyancelLon
Commons
Prince OF Wales
House of Commons
Cornwall
Demunse
Bradford
Brandling Junction
Bromyard Road
Kingsclere
Osway
Edinburgh and Glasgow
O'Connell
Ireland
Einor
Wareham
Drax
Warp
Serjeant Jackson
Lord Extor
Queen's Bench
J. Graham
A. L. Hay
Church of Scotland
Morcan O'Connell
R. Peet
Caarstorsten
Meek
Hull
Sir R. Peel
England
Riga
Dantzic
Hamburgh
Odessa
Baronet
Trade gloom and factory curtailment hit Leeds cloth trade
Foreign wool demand shows slight improvement in Leeds this week while English wool sales remain limited. Across Leeds trade remains bleak with cloth halls dull and manufacturers curtailing operations or shutting mills to avert ruin. Bradford yarn demand improves slightly as home consumption stays flat. Manchester market spirits sink with fears of wage cuts and lower prices amid high food costs. The Hull and East Riding Times exits.
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Leeds
London
Bradford
Manchester
Leeds Mercury
Hull and East Riding Times
Legal Q and A Correpondence of 1842
A long letter column in a 19th century paper discusses legal and civic questions. Topics cover distress for rent, forms of suing in pauperis, inheritance and kinship rules, minor liability, administration of estates, and executor/trustee actions. Readers ask about rates, bonds, and filing suits in equity or ecclesiastical courts.
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J. Cox
W. Street
Testator
J. D
London
London Gazette
Times
M.M
John Snelling
L. M
Q. R
Rupert
W. Harby
Robinson
Tar Yoresairy Assizes and Railway Returns Report
The York assizes prepare for a heavy crown court term with 146 prisoners for trial and a wide range of offences listed from murder to theft. A Leeds Mercury note compares past Lent assizes totals with early century averages, while a Railway Magazine extract tallies weekly returns for main British lines, detailing mileage opened and revenue across numerous railways. The combined items show judicial demand and rail commerce activity in mid century Britain.
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Leeds Mercury
Railway Magazine
Great Britain
Time of Sunrise and Sunset and Tides in Britain
Instructions to compute sunrise and sunset by latitude, adjusting per degree from 51 30, with two minutes per degree, and inverse for lower latitudes. Also details for high water times at major ports with added or subtracted hours and minutes for Bristol Orkney Falmouth Hull Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow Southampton and related notes on bashoars, calendar inquiries, and notices to correspondents.
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Great Britain
Ireland
London Dock
Bristol
Ork
Gove
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead Harbour
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Southampton
Villiers's Corn Law Motion Angers House of Commons
The adjourned debate on the Corn Laws resumed and ran five nights, ending with a vote against Mr Villiers's motion to end duties on imported corn. The paper criticizes the hesitant support, notes the wide division, and warns that political shifts harm national interests while urging cautious, limited interference abroad.
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Villiers
House of Commons
Mr. Villiers
Mr. Macaulay
Colonel Fox
William Clay
Milnes
Pontefract
Smyth
Canterbury
Charles Buller
Robert Peel
Mark Philips
Philips
Mr. Gregg
Sir R. Peel
Sam Slick
Suri
Scives
Portugal as a storm puddle of revolutions
The passage likens Portugal to a puddle stirred by gusts of wind, its surface calm yet movements sudden and inexplicable. It notes the waves arise amid apparent calm and swiftly alter the scene of this tiny stage of obscure upheavals, calling them revolutions in...
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Portugal
The Aylesbury Dinner and the No Surrender Split
The Duke of Buckingham faces organized resistance in Buckinghamshire as Sir Thomas Fremantle is absent and Mr Clayton defends Peel policy. Aylesbury Dinner exposes party rifts, with Mr Rolfe noting that Government schemes would be opposed if Whigs proposed them. Observers deem the Buckinghams beaten, yet reform may advance through Conservative businesslike backing.
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Portugal
France
England
Peninsula
Spain
Francia
Paraguay
Rosas
Buenos Ayres
Mexico
Colombia
Peru
Duke of Brunswick
Mr. Pitt
Danton
Robespierre
Duke of Buckingham
Christopher
House of Commons
Thomas Fremantle
Captain Hamilton
Clayton
Peel
Buckinghamshire
Mr. Clayton
Thames
Windsor
Aylesbury
Mr. Rolfe
English View on Spain and Espartero Regency
The piece praises Sir Robert Peel for voicing support of the Espartero Regency and Isabella's constitutional rule in Spain, arguing public opinion favours stability over Carlist or Cristin factions. It notes peril from French influence and a diplomatic snag over Count Salvandy’s reception, suggesting Louis Philippe aims to keep Spain open for future intrigue while European powers hesitate to intervene.
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Mr. Hindley
Robert Peel
Spain
Carlton Club
Don Carlos
Christina
Espartero
France
Basque
Napoleon
Louis Philippe
England
Europe
Hindley
Isabella
Count Salvandy
Lord Aberdeen
Austria
Prussia
Fragmentary political note on European affairs
The passage discusses cautious reaction by Lord Aberdeen and French influence after a victory. It mentions secret agents and suppression of an insurrection, with Pie and Espartero cited as sources of accurate information. It notes a general shift in sentiment toward the government and the temptation for adventurers to leverage a French army in the Northern Provinces.
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Lord Aberdeen
Espartero
Leon
Night of the Squires and the Corn Laws debate
The House of Commons faced a divided outlook as MPs debated replacing the Corn Laws with a fixed duty or other schemes. Sir Robert Peel’s position inspired party divisions and tainted pledges. The 20s Duty vote passed 306 to 104, labeled a shadow fight as Palmerston and others navigated loyalties amid agricultural pressures.
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House of Commons
Cory
Villiers
Robert Tae
Lincolnshire
Christopher
Hether
Essex
Somerset
Melbourne
Robert Peel
Baring
Robert Peel Hims
Mr. Miles
Mr. Gladstone
Duncombe
George Murray
Briggs
Mr. Christopher
Mr. Duncombe
Captain Hamilton
Aylesbury
Squires
Veteran Commons members spared from election committees in wording
A list recalls forty and more MPs aged over sixty excused from election committee duty, with thirty nine more exempt due to official roles. The piece notes party split, with 27 Tories and 12 Liberals, plus details on allowances, pensions, and a Bentley’s Miscellany literary notice.
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House of Commons
Colonel Baillie
Honiton
R. Bateson
Benett
Bunbury
F. Burdett
C. M. Burrell
Cartwright
Chapman
Whitby
J. Chetwode
Clements
James Graham
Henry Goulburn
Exchequer
Thomas Greene
Ways and Means
R. M. Milnes
J.C
J. Carlton
Rochdale
Clement Royds
William Chadwick
Butterworth
County of Lancaster
William Carlton
Salford
Navy
Admiralty Office
Her
Royal Marines
Convict Service
Post-Office Department
Bentley
Crowquill
Cruikshank
Leech
London
George Cruikshank
Tommy Doddy
Northallerton
Shakspeare
Pippin
Ann Hathaway
Sarah
Martingale
Richard Savage
Walter Scott
Savage
Richard Steel
Knight
Wilfred
Steel
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