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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jan 09, 1842

Page

6

Deputation Presses Ten Hours Bill and Factory Reform

Details of interviews with Sir James Graham Lord Wharncliffe and Mr Gladstone reveal a working class deputation pressing for a ten hour limit, factory act reforms, and broader measures to curb female labor, inspectorships, and poor law ties. They argue for a committee of inquiry into distress sources beyond the poor law and factory statutes.

Gladstone Wharncliffe Lord Wharncliffe Arran Ita Robert’ Peel Robert Peel Berty R. Peel Huddersfield Lord Whamcliffe Duke of Buckingham Peontesun Duke of Lancashire Deputation House of Commons Lord Ashley Lord Ripon Lord Stenley Lyndhurst Coorke-taet Hanover-square Lord Stanley Colonial Office Duke of Wellington Tower Lord Lyndhurst Lord Wharncliff Mr.Gladstone manufac_turing Beckett Eeds Wits Lonp Stanlyey Colonial Department Goulburn James Graham Home Secretary Yorkshire West Riding

Deputation Seeks Reform From Buckingham to Lyndhurst

A working class deputation meets Duke of Buckingham and key ministers in London seeking relief from factory system effects and the Ten Hours Bill. They press for home colonisation and warn that machinery risks widespread unemployment and poverty across manufacturing districts.

Deputation Presses Ten Hours Bill and Inquiry on Labour

A briefing of MPs meets Lord Stanley to urge passing a Ten Hours Bill, reform of the New Poor Law, and the appointment of a full inquiry into the working of existing machinery since 1815. They stress urgent, honest inquiry over mere committees while noting government concerns for capital. Lord Stanley offers cautious support and highlights difficulties in settlement.

J. Graham Manchester James Greggs Ashworthe R. Peel James Graham Lord Stanley Home Secretary

Sudden Death of Mr Peel at Exmouth and Oxford Tractarian Clash

News records the sudden death of Mr Peel an uncle of Sir Robert Peel in Exmouth Devonshire after falling from his chair mid meal. It notes vast wealth and rumored intestacy plus large landed profits on half yearly dividends. The piece then reports on Oxford tractarian politics with Nassau Senior and the election odds for a Lincoln's Inn figure, criticizing university factions and clergy aligned with Puseyite views.

Peel Robert Peel Exmouth Devonshire Gilabe Oxford Merivale Lincoln’s-inn Balliol College Senior Routh Magdalen Rickarda Queen's College London Garbett Tractarians Richards Canterbury Chelten Lowndes-square Chelsea Lewis Cubitt Cadogan-square Hanstown Well-street Baker-street Watling-street Braidwood Reed 2D Regiment of Life Guards Knightsbridge Astley'’S Kennedy

Widespread Bankruptcies Halted In London Court

In a crowded session before Commissioner Evans, bankrupts of Woodstreet Cheapside faced assignees with debts around £100,000 and assets near £10,000. Debts proved reached about £60,000. assignees named from Manchester and London. Outlaw proclamation issued for Wm Barnes, who fled to America after writing a large cheque. A contested prerogative court probate case involved a widow's will and witnesses Gurdon and Tierney. probate denied due to signature requirements.

Manchester Thos. Ainsworth Edmund Fowle Lombard Street John James Scondit Great St. Helen’s Wm. Cloff Stewart-street Wm. Barnes Howford Buildings Fenchurch-street Park-road Dalston Overton and Head America Tounspay Etney Lestree Brighton Gurdon Assington-hall Suffolk Matthew John Tierney Sir Mathew Tierney Bayford Daubeny H. Sennen

Seduction case settles for fifty pounds in divorce minded action

Secondaries' Court hears Thomas Gooch accused of seducing the wife of Thomas Stannyford Tucker, secretary and librarian of the Southwark Literary Institution. Trial yields a verdict of £50, as Tucker seeks divorce to restore his wife's character, avoiding larger damages. Insolvent Debtors Court features John Coates Jephson with substantial liabilities and an arrest questioned as possibly friendly. MIDXLASHX QUARTER SESSIONS report includes Abraham Mason's two felony thefts from Friends Society members, and sentences.

Turspay Cam. Cox Touchtr Gooch Thos. Stannyford Tucker Southwark Literary Institution Thomas Gooch Dalston Pearson Charnock Sergeant Adams Sessions House Clerkenwell-green Abraham Mason Isabella Waite Edward Curtis May Society of Friends Edmonton House of Correction Sarah Glazebrook John Martin Thomas Baker America Magistracey New Jersey

Summary of the Old Bailey Session with numerous convictings

Monday's oyer and terminer and gaol delivery saw 162 prisoners charged across regions including London Middlesex and Kent. Offences ranged from bigamy larceny and house breaking to receiving stolen goods and forgery with sentences of transportation up to fifteen years and hard labour terms in urban jails.

Chapman Marshall James Duke Lainson London Middlesex Kent Surrey Recorder Grand Jury Louisa Stansfield James M.donnell Adolphus C. Jones Temple James Benassi M‘donnell James M‘donnell Jones Benassi John Stansfield Spurents Doane Rossery R. Johnson John Davies Lambeth Phillips Messrs. Davies Turspay Nantow Henry Griffin Edwin Sharman John Ward James Steptoe Clarkson Gloucester Messrs Iithewood Ellis and Everington Gloucestershire Steptoe Leeson Griffin Sharman Oxford Street Loudwater RogoBessid Es Thomas Barker Messrs. Geo. Kent and Co Bodkin Thomas Humber Isaac Wilson Ballantine Ephraim Mou Beerlane Spitalfields Dewey Thomas Dewey Jemen Waller M‘lean Mesars Rippons and Co Bartholomew-close James Spillman Mesars, Wade and Co Woolwich Robert Spragg Wiltshire Spillman Spragg John Sullivan Daniel Roach John Hartshorn Jy Donne Chas, Phillips Great Tower-Street Ness Hunt Sarah Butcher Beales Tooley-street Hartshorn London Bridge Sullivan Roach Hartsham Elizabeth Beales Law John Kelly Gare Ann Gifford Seaic Alphonso Gifford Baron Gurney Joseph Adams Emma Clapham New Bond Street General Post Colonel Hill Newport Isle of Wight Royal York Hotel Southampton William Bettel Royal Hotel Margaret Hill Justice Maule Somerset Quarter Sessions Thomas Muller William Cannon Queen's Highway Odin Wentworth-street Whitechapel Sarah Ward Payne Posterrick H. Warner Richard Hoxton George Young Jane Griffiths G. J. Poacher Lustice Maule Newgate James Harding Jan Bennett William Gibbs Charles Evans Marriott Cutler Farringdon-street Newington Marriott Mr. Marriott Gibbs Harding Rebecca Houghton J. Smith Thomas Miller John Barker J. Matthews Alias Sandford John Holmes Peter Stanlan House of Correction Sarah Williams D. Bryan J. Roach Ann Gillingham Thomas Richards W. Pink Harrieteck J. Wood George Reeves F. Hollings Wm. Sraith R. Toomey A. Burgess I. White L. Stansfield J. Cole A. Birt J. Richards W. Wells

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