Legal Rights of the Poor in London Poor Law Debate
In Guildhall a heated inquiry into poor law administration is led by Deputy Pewtress and Commissioner Harvey. Reports show destitute and vagrant numbers taken by police from Dec 1839 to Nov 1840, with hundreds sent to the Compter, prison, unions, or hospitals. The report argues full relief is guaranteed by law, but misadministration by police, guardians, and magistrates leaves many destitute to suffer, urging strict enforcement and penalties for officers who fail to provide instant relief.
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London
Guildhall
Pewtress
Bridge Ward
Harvey
Compter
Didcheraed
City of London
Messrs
Jopp and Thwaites
East London
Mr. Roberts
Pewrness
Noor
Commissioners of Police
Commissioners of
Poor Law
Board of Guardians
The Distressed Poor Of The City Of Loxton Ward Notice
Inquest foreman and gentlemen will seek subscriptions for the poor in Aldersgate ward on Wednesday or Thursday next. They urge subscribers to show liberality due to the current inclement season. Ward-clerk Thomas George Poston notes past inquests gave late warnings after severe weather.
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Loxton
Aldersgate
Thomas George Poston
Cruel Treatment of Paupers in the Hoo Union
Rochester reports a hearing where Mr. Tuffnell the poor law assistant commissioner urged the guardians of the Hoo union to pursue a formal inquiry into alleged cruelty to pauper children under master Miles. Guardians resisted, citing lack of written notice, while magistrates vowed justice and contemplated an indictment for the next assizes.
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Rochester
Tuffnell
Justice Room
Collegegreen
G. Davies
Messrs. Gladdish
Elers. Baker
J. Formby
James Miles
Miles
Wickham
Hoo Union
Strood
Mr. Wickham
Bentley
Borough of
Tufnell
Central Board
Somerset House
Hoo
Mr. Miles
Pratt
Elers
The
Board of Guardians
Union
Inquest Reopens Over Hendon Workhouse Death
On Monday evening coroner Mr Wakley and a jury reconvened at Hendon union workhouse to review the death of James Lisney a pauper who died after imprisonment in the gaol-room and under poor diet in November 1840 diabetes noted as factor. The jury had previously faulted the imprisonment as inhumane and the vicar Rev Theodore Williams warned of possible Queen’s Bench action. The inquisition was signed and read, with dissolution of the court.
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James Lisney
Hendon Union
Board of Guardians
The
Theodore Williams
Hendon
Court of Queen’s Bench
French and Russian Diplomatic Moves Around Mehemet Ali
Foreign intelligence from Paris describes Egypt’s Mehemet Ali as losing favor, with fears in Paris of a shift in balance. The article outlines Russia and Austria sending conciliatory notes to France, the looming budget and fortifications debates in Paris, and Mehemet Ali’s shrinking leverage as Egyptian troops retreat from Acre and Jaffa.
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France
Paris
Alexandria
Marseilles
Mehemet
Egypt
Lord Palmerston
Tangiers
M. Pontois
M. Cechelet
Corps Diplomatique
M. Guizot
Count Pablen
Tuilerieste
Count de Nesselrode
Europe
London
St. Petersburgh
Russia
England
Count Mole
M. Pahlen
Tuileries
Mehemet Ali
Austria
Great Britain
Presse
M. de Barante
Nicholas
Mole
Courrier Francais
Chamber of Deputies
Marshal Soult
M. Thiers
Woniteur Parisien
Academy of Moral and Political Sciences
Great Powers
M. d’Appony
Soniieur
Maria Louisa
Parma
Napoleon
Duke de Chartres
Count d’Appony
Baron Mounier
Syria
Morning Herald
Madame Laffarge
M. Mauguin
M. Benoist
M. de Lamennais
Place de l’Ecole de Medecine
Guizot
Egypts Mehemet Ali and Napier Convention Crisis
The 1840 dispatches from Alexandria report Commodore Napier signing a convention with Mehemet Ali for Syria evacuation and fleet restoration, which Admiral Stopford refuses to ratify citing Napier lacked authority. Letters from Stopford and Stopford’s orders reveal Allied powers demand Egypt’s submission. Mehemet Ali claims evacuation begun and Syria largely evacuated while awaiting sultanic confirmation.
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Imrontaxt
R&ryvsss
Alexandria
Stromboli
Abdel Amin Bey
Achmed Bey
Abdel Hamet Capitan
Syria
Stopford
Pacha
Napier
Megera
Fanshawe
Cyprus
Egypt
Phaeton
France
England
Charlotte
St. George Bay
Beyrout
Ibrahim Pacha
Damascus
Mecca
Sroprord
Mehemet Ali
Pacha, &c
Rupert Stoproro
Foreign Office
Porte
Constantinople
Adana
Candia
Arabia
London
Mediterranean
R. Stopford
Willask
Boghos Bey
Mehemet Alii
Padali
Palmeratox
Admiralty
Robert Stopford
Emir Bey
Sublime Porte
Mursemer Ari
Mussulman
Black Sea
Bosphorus
Marmorice Bay
Bellerophon
Pique
Prometheus
Dread at Buenos Ayres as Atrocities Surge Amid Political Turmoil
The letter reports mass departures of French residents, widespread assassinations, and brutal mutilations by the Mashorca. British ministers protest Rosas government while American and French vessels prepare for possible action. Marine forces and warships are deployed as protection for British subjects, with Admiral Macau looming over the crisis.
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Lavalle
Gopez
Rosas
Mandeville
Cuartel del Serenos
Queseda
Mashorca Club
Police
Avana
Rivadavia
Quinta
Mashorca
Mandaville
Buenos Ayres
Stag
Sullivan
Curagoa
Grecian
Advices from Toulon on troop movements and transfers
News from Toulon reports 1,200 troops arriving from Algiers and 3,000 embarked. The Marengo sails for Oran with 1,000 aboard, Tartare and Cerbére depart for Algiers with 630 more. The Ihigenie frigate will sail with 350 for Bourbon, followed by ships carrying 2,200 to Africa. An exchange will send 6,000 seasoned soldiers home for 6,000 raw recruits as winter aids acclimation. Armament suspensions come with 300 marine workmen dismissed.
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Toulon
Algiers
Marengo
Oran
Tartare
Cerbére
Ihigenie
Bourbon
Trident of
Line
Junon
Mame
Isere
Africa
France
Tirailleurs
Vincennes
2D Light Infantry
Algeria
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Foreign Intelligence
Spain
Portugal
Madrid
Guipuscoa
National
Marshal Saldanha
Douro
Lisbon
Oporto
Duqueza de Braganga
D. Joao I
D. Pedro
Vega
Liberal
Amelia
Esperanga
Diana
Urania
Audaz
Don Joao VI
Don Pedro
Rainha
Donna
Jaffa
Acre
Mustapha Bey
Selim Aga Binbassi
Jerusalem
Mount Lebanon
Napleus
Selim Pacha
el Hadi
Sheik Halfi Turkman
el Fadl
Balka
Mikelka
Hebron
Janin
Nazaret
Tiberias
Izzet Pacha
Buzouroul
Gaza
el Arish
Dead Sea
el Sedza
Homs
Hauran
Sheik Shibli-el-Argan
Ibrahim
Marash
Hhaseif
Beschir
Buzourouldi
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