Diary memoranda for the present week
A compact weekly diary notes dates and events with moon phases and high tides. It records Jan 12 to 18 including religious references, term starts for Cambridge and Oxford, notable birthdays of Moliere and Dr. Franklin, the Battle of Corunna, and planetary rise times. It also marks Plough Monday and Old Twelfth Day amid nautical tide data.
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Sospay
London-bridge
Torspay
Oxford
Moliére
Thurspay
Corunna
Mercury
Legal notices on lotteries and assorted brief answers
A digest of acts on lotteries including King George IV era prohibitions and later statutes, with reader contributions and brief legal clarifications. Topics cover joint tenancy rules, infant trades, landlord notices, windmill nuisance distances, custody and maintenance notes, and a medical column offering practical home remedies and physician guidance.
A Miscellany of Household Recipes and Garden Notes
A long column blends pharmacopoeia style recipes for a tonic and a purgative with botanical notes on the lime tree, figs, peonies, hyacinths, and mushrooms. It includes practical tips on lime propagation, soil preferences, and historical plant origins, followed by garden folklore and brief literary notices.
What can the Government do in the Session
The piece argues the Melbourne Ministry faces a perilous Parliament and urges bold action on the Corn Laws. It contends the Government should declare resolve, seek public aid, and adopt a moderate Fixed Duty as the first step toward total repeal, contrasting with Tory and Chartist stances and warning against wavering.
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Duncombes
Molesworths
Lemons
Fazakerleys
Melbourne
Prince Albert
Robert Peel
Leeds
Government can reform Corn Laws and schooling in bold moves
The piece argues the government can alter the Corn Laws in Parliament and turn the last year’s education debate into a decisive policy battle. It urges extending suffrage, expanding education, and adopting the Ballot to unite rational liberty forces against Tory, Chartist, and Owenite factions, warning of risks if action is delayed. It closes on the Newport Frost trial, urging mercy in punishment and urging restraint in political violence.
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House of Commons
Ireland
Lord Durham
John Russell
Lord Normanby
O’connell
Macaulay
Lord Morpeth
C. Villiers
England
Lord Melbourne
Newport
Frost
Wales
Sir F. Pollock
Attwoods
Birmingham
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Prince Albert and the Great Western Royal Marriage
The piece argues for cautious support of Prince Albert's future role, urging strict economy in royal allowances. It contrasts Britain's lavish civil lists with public distress and criticizes proposed high grants. It warns that lavish sums undermine loyalty and national welfare amid pressing economic strains.
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Albert
Buckingham Palace
Windsor
Prince Albert
England
Paul Louis Courier
Duke of Sussex
China Trade Tensions Prompt British Government Action
Intelligence from China reports a crisis affecting British subjects in Macao and naval action near Pearl cutter. Chinese authorities ordered all Britons to depart Macao within twelve hours, prompting refuge at sea. The account cites losses in a clash with Chinese forces and signals potential use of fire ships.
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China
Cuixa
Paris
Calcutta
Macao
Elliott
Bay of Coloon
Hong Kong
Smith
Royal ordinances regulate slave religion in French colonies
The Journal de Paris reports Louis Philippe plans to be crowned at his grandson's christening. A Moniteur dispatch from Toulon confirms a victory by Marshal Vallee over Abd el-Kader's forces near Belida and Chiffa. An ornate royal ordinance directs clergy in colonies to ensure slave children attend catechism and religious instruction, with inspectors to monitor plantations and masters' duties. Slaves over four may attend free schools. fines apply for neglect. The Monty Market notes Bank of England rate trials and broader European rate declines, with Hamburg and Amsterdam showing lower yields and currency conditions stabilizing toward London-like levels.
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France
Journal de Paris
Louis Philippe
Paris
Moniteur
Toulon
Algiers
Maritime
Marshal Vallee
Abd-el-Kader
Belida
Chiffa
Bank of England
Hamburg
Amsterdam
London
Curious correspondence of a bewhiskered suitor to Queen Victoria
Croydon magistrates confront Thomas Richard Evans a shabby suitor who begged, drafted peculiar letters to nobles and a lady of quality, and demanded tea from a house with a female resident. Police seized numerous letters dated to chartist agitation and royal concerns. The bench ordered him held for a month, with mental evaluation.
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Croxypon Perry Sessions
Thomas Richard Evans
I Ae Trates
John Wigmore
Croydon
Norwood
Beulah
Adams
House of Correction
John Russell
Frost
Stigmies
Temperance Society
Duke of Wellington
Viscount Melbourne
Marquis of Lansdowne
Robert Peel
Queen Victoria
Prince Saxe Coburg
T. R. Evans
Jit
Memorial to Palmerston and anti China policy urged
The Singapore Free Press reports a memorial from twenty six British merchants at Macao, seeking government protection after forced refuge on ships. It also notes Elliott’s call to suspend trade with China until safety is restored. The Moniteur accounts French actions against Abd el Kader near Blidah and prior Arab engagements. Spanish creditors seek to keep interest payments amid bank security disputes. Revenue shows a yearly net gain but quarterly deficit, with declines in excise duties and various taxes. Legal notices include a Monmouth solicitor Geach facing charges of false pretences and a bail decision. Police action on gaming at Fishmongers Arms ends without conviction absent proved money stakes.
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Henry Torrington
O. J
Bacon
Turbeville Vy. Whitehouse
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James Vere
Whitaker
Burne
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A. Harris
W. Hill Tiare
Court of Equity
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Singapore Free Press
Lord Palmerston
Macao
Elliott
China
Algiers
Toulon
Blidah
Marshal Vallee
Abd-el-Kader
Chiffa
Miliana
Paris
Ardoin
M. Pacudis
Ireland
Geach
Monmouth
Ballantine
Sergeant Arabin
Arabin
Gamine Ix Public Houses
Fishmongers’ Arms
West-street
St. Martin’s Lane
Jardine
Bow-street
Acordingly
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