Notable political skirmish and peerage notes in Beeralston era
The piece recounts parliamentary clashes between Lord Castlereagh and Mr Ponsonby, notes on the Irish question, and the 1832 Reform Act’s impact on boroughs. It then surveys the Vansittart family, especially Nicholas Vansittart becoming Baron Bexley, with satire on political rise, pensioning, and financial policy, ending with a quip on Lord Bexley’s motto and residences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fe Threagh
G Tis Srocch
Ponsonby
Lor
Castlereagh
George-street
Hanover-square
Bessborough-house
Carrick-on-Suir
Lysonby
Leicesterire
Roehampton
Lo Vere
Earl of
House of Northumberland
Elizabeth Seymour
Hugh Smithson
Duke of Northumberland
Louvaine
Alnwick
Algernon Percy
Beverley
George Percy
Louisa Harcourt
James Archibald Stuart Wortley
Algernon George
Earl
Earl Mansfield
Earl Digby
Lord Canterbury
Carlisle
Gwydyr
Wharncliffe
Willoughby d'Eresby
Prudhoe
Capt
Jonceline Percy
Ashburnham
Lord
Beeralston
Dr. Butler
Plymouth
Portreeve
Lord Louvaine
Blackett
Earl of Beverley
Portman-square
Yorkshire
Bexley
Vansittart
Henry Vansittart
Bengal
East India Company
Nicholas Vansittart
Baron Bexley
Catherine Isabella
William
Auckland
Baron Gifford
Baron Downes
Royal Military College
Greenwich Hospital
Privy Council
Lincoln’s On-Fields
Cobbett
Scotland
Greenock
Reading
Berkshire
Addington
Pitt
Van
England
Amiens
Treasury
Duke of Portland
Perceval
the Treasury
Liverpool
Prosperity Robinson
Besley-hall
Kent
Cray
Peel
Jonathan Wild
Gil Blas
Don Manue Ordonnez
Nicholas Vansiltart
Lord Bexley
Footacray-place
Oldest Inhabitants Contrast Coru Laws Repeal
In a Silurian note the writer laments fewer able-bodied workers roaming for bread and cheese amid parishes near iron works. The repeal of the corn laws is urged as relief, with hope small farmers would support MPs voting for repeal.
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Exoaine
House of Commons
Great Conference of Working Men at Manchester
A New Year meeting of Scouice from anti corn law associations gathered in Newalls buildings Manchester to plot repeal of bread taxes and compensation for bread eaters. Edward Watkins chaired with John Adam reporting on Forfar working class conditions and dire subsistence after basic costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Watkins
John Adam
Forfar
Unemployed amid corn laws debate spurs Lancashire distress
Reports from Forfar to Oldham detail sharp population shifts, cattle slaughter, and falling flesh allowances while Birmingham and Liverpool figures highlight wage declines, rising poverty, and mounting distress. Delegates urge repeal of corn laws and union among workers.
Wages, distress, and a plea for repeal of coin laws
The report details wages paid 1836–1841 and widespread distress from unoccupied houses and unpaid debts. Calico-printers suffer most. operatives favor repealing coin and provision laws, linked to suffrage expansion. A conference chaired by Mr. Corbett (Birmingham) discusses compensation to the aristocracy and potential mortgage-like measures, urging unity among working classes to press for full repeal. The session ends with an address urging unconditional repeal and praise for the deputies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forfar
Corbell
Kay
Birmingham
Robert Jones
Liverpool
Murray
Nottingham
John Mills
Hatter
Oldham
John Adam
Dronsfield
Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton
England
Tetloe
Halifax
Williamson
Warrington
Bothwell
Bolton
Hamburg
Belgium
Russia
France
America
B. Treanor
Stalybridge
G.hoyxt
Treanor
Robert Peel
Baronet
Mr. Raine
Bury
Walkers
Messrs. Walker
Mills
Corbett
Adam
Many
Working Men’s
Great Britain
Ireland
Adams
Ignus Fatuus
Bread in a Palace Gate in The Week Chronicle
A stark Victorian broadside records charity pleas and social distress from Stockport, detailing factory closures, mass unemployment, and mounting hunger among 1841 workers. It cites 15,823 residents surveyed, with 1,204 fully employed, 2,866 partially, 4,148 wholly unemployed, and 7,605 unable to work, urging national donations to alleviate dire conditions.
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Fou
T.P
Weekly Chronicle
Stockport
William Netstzor
LaMart R. Camineron
Jonnx D. Ferniey
Brachester
Bank of Manchester
London
Jones, and Co
Smi and Co
Denison and Co
W.C
Tt. Payne
Lilly
Eton
Dean Colet
George IV
William the IV
Queen Victoria
B. C
Calendar for Britain and Ireland January timings
A calendar giving sunrise and sunset times across Great Britain and Ireland for January 9 to 16. It explains adjusting times by latitude and lists high water times for major ports with offsets for Bristol Cork Falmouth Hull Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow Rotithampton and others. It notes further calendar information appears in Notices to Correspondents.
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Great Britain
Ireland
London
Bristol
Cork
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead Harbour
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Rotithampton
Amoy Taken in Twenty Four Hours by Western Force
The Overland Mail reports the fall of Amoy after a rapid assault by English troops Marines and sailors. Fortifications of granite and mud were seized with minimal resistance as Chinese leaders reportedly fled or killed themselves in fear. The piece notes postwar tensions with Canton and the need for decisive action to compel concessions from Pekin.
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India
Amoy
Elliot
Henry Pottinger
Koolangee
Canton
Nias
Herald
Hong Kong
Wangtong
China
Pekin
Cortes
Mexico
Auckland
Sir James Graham and His Constituents in Crisis
Sir James Graham's Dorchester speech is flat and defensive and exposes a strained coalition with the Whigs. The piece criticizes his past denouncements of Wellington and his current role, arguing the union lacks credit and risks alienating the middle class and longstanding Tory supporters. It questions the coalition's direction, policy, and potential impact on taxes, tariffs, and reform.
Peel Graham Cabinet Reform Or Monopolies Threat
The piece argues that a long lived Peel Administration would rely on Bettiarable measures to satisfy ambition and the Home Secretary praises true Representation. It warns that breaking one monopoly may yield another and that a packed legislature will lead to partial taxation, foreseeing a grim political outcome for Sir James Graham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peel
Lord Melbourne
Home Secretary
Sir James Graham
Peel-Graham
Spain and the Regent's speech on Spain's reform path
The Queen's speech opening the Cortes is praised for plain, businesslike tone. It highlights road and mine development, banking, education, tariff reform, and ecclesiastical property sales to curb old abuses. The piece notes Spain's potential, calls for time and fair play, and criticizes French intrigues and Salvandy's ambassadorial maneuvering in Madrid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Espartero
Inquisition
O’connell
Louis Philippe
France
Mr. O'Connell
Paris
Journal Des Debats
England
Prince Albert
M. Saivandy
M. Salvandy
Count Rossi
Revue Des Deux Mondes
Monsieur Guizot
Morning Chronicle
Madrid
Aston
Short Time Committee and Ministers Debate Factory Reform
A London working class deputation questions factory reform plans, praising some ministers while condemning others. They urge root cures for the disease of poverty, oppose broad limits on production, and consider ten hour rules as a means to starve widows and daughters in factory districts, while challenging Corn Law repeal as worsening machinery and wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Robert Peel
Lord Lyndhurst
Mr. Gladstone
Lord Wharncliffe
James Graham
Duke of Buckingham
Lord Ashley
Wages and machinery debate in factory critique
The author argues wages fell not from machinery but from trade policy and capital constraints. He asserts production costs stay high, opposes limiting hours, and mocks the Short Time Committee. The piece critiques monopolists, calls for free trade, and questions domestic subsistence and labor conditions, citing America as a counterexample.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sazeny
Ashley and Buckingham
Lyndhurst
Duke of Buckingham
United State
America
Deacon Hume
England
The Dublin Election Choice of Lord Morpeth
The Liberals pick Lord Morpeth as Dublin candidate while Conservatives fret over a shift in Ireland policy and the impact on Tory rule. The piece defends Morpeth’s stance, mocks rival bids, and predicts a February Dublin contest against Wortley, with victory framed as a rebuke to misrule.
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Dublin
Lord Morpeth
West
Ireland
Lord de Grey
Lord Eliot
Lefroy
Duke of Northumberland
Lord Jocelyn
Lord Roden
Gregory
Wolverley Atwood
Colquhoun
Kilmarnock
Atwood
House of Commons
Publicola
Robert Inglis
University of Oxford
England
Wortley
West Riding
Yorkshire
West India mails and Belgian crime rise in 1841 reports
Week ending December 19 1841 shows large mail batches to the United Kingdom with Thames and Tay steamers returning mails and Vigo Lisbon and Cadiz routes dispatched. In Brussels crime surges amid armed beggars and two brutal murders in Bruges Ardoye. Admiralty outlines fixed shipwright plans to avoid inter-dockyard disputes and ensure repairs align with building sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ccc
Falmourn
Tay
Thames
Tagus
Vigo
Oporto
Lisbon
Cadiz
Gibraltar
Brussels
Belgium
Bruges
St. Riquiers
Ardoye
Maetens
Oliver Lang
Woolwich
John Fincham
Chatham Dock
Jas. Atkins
Sheerness
Richard Blake
Portsmouth
Thomas F. Hawkes
Plymouth
Roberts
Devonport
Woolwich Dock
Her Majesty’s Navy
Admiralty
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Manchester
Isaiah lx
Luke
Isaiah xlix
John
Murphy
Legh
E.N.M
Meteo
Ephem
Toussparx
Maurphy
Taughpay
Cambridge
Eather
Ferpay
Oxford
Isaia
Isaiah Lili
Great Britain and Ireland
the Weekly Chronicle
Dorchester
James
Duke of Wellington
Henry Hardinge
Aye
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