York Herald chronicling British peerage futilities and reform
The article surveys titles and lineage across several peers including Breadalbane and Bristol, criticizing hereditary rewards gained by debt or manipulation. It details portraits of Lords and Bishops, their personalities, residences, and political stances, alongside commentary on reform era debates and a note on the Sonning Hill railway accident deodand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonning-Hill
Robert Palmer
Great Western Railway
Legal Q and A on estates and contracts guidance
A long correspondence page offers legal Q and A on wills estates and contracts. Topics include insurance recovery, insolvent debtors, widow and children's shares, executor actions, dower rights, probate notices, method of filing suits, and advice to seek professional help. References to subscribers and court procedures appear throughout.
Letter about a London printing machine and Times remarks
A Country Cousin writes to the Weekly Chronicle describing a labour saving newspaper printing machine near Printing-house Square and wonders if it is the Times. He notes a steam engine powering the press, questions about the Times and machinery praise for a ten hours deputation, and speculates on employment and policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weekly Chronicle
Printing-house-square
Ludgate-street
Times
London
Lancashire
Crabtree
Lord Ashley
Lord Morreau
West Riding
Lord Morpeth
America
Dublin
H. A Bir O' Guve Trurarraz
Joan O'Grot
Old England
Bonaparte
Anti- Corn-law League
Temperance
Troy
Mr. Cobden
Alps
Mark Lane
Wakefield, &c
Aberdeen
Chronicle
Medical Times
B.T
B. T
Cotton Twist
Lervens
Peri
Caime
Humanitas
Heywood
Dugdale
Cole
Thos. Simpson
Power
Bath
Bristol
Great Western
S.T. F
John Gill
House of Lords
H. F
Canada
United States
A.T
Bank of England
A. T
C. W.A
Fire damages the Dart near Amsterdam and a royal obituary notes
A January 7 Amsterdam letter reports the Dart under Captain Cornely, en route from London, caught fire while ascending the Great Canal and the land area was said to be totally destroyed. The piece also notes the death of the Countess of Erne at Hampton Court Palace, a former Lady of the Bedchamber, and mentions Dr. French's likely appointment to the vacant mitre, backed by Sir Robert Peel.
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T. B
Great Marlborough-street
Thomas Haggard
W.C
Leicester
Chester
Martha Green
John Anderton
N.B
W. L
J. Hd
Plimlmon
Ladyda
Michaelmas
Benne
Fou
Williamson
Y. Z
H. B
Weekly Chronicle
Fortunatus
W. A
Vaughan
J. E
J. Sillany
Doctors’ Commons
England
Bilton
John S—y
John A. Studdart
Amsterdam
Dart
Cornely
London
Erns
Countess of Erie
Wharncliffe
Wortley
Yorkshire
Hampton-court-palace
Earl of Erne
Drum Castle
French
Jesus College
Cambridge
Robert Peel
Lord Lyndhurst
Messrs. Rothschild
Hickley
Aston
Borrajo
Maille Poste
Count Salvandy
France
M. Pascol
Bethink
Foreign Office
South America
Liverpool
Buenos Ayres
Lavalle
Whitehall
Paris
House of Commons
Rupert Peel
Court of Queen’s Bench
Mainwaring
Cowes
Martinique
Corunna
Walcheren
Peninsula
Fuentes d’Onor
Badajoz
Deats
Bisnor
Chlchester
Shuttleworth
Chichester
Humphrey Shuttleworth
York
Preston
Kirkham
Lancashire
New College, Oxford
Winchester
Oxford
Hook
Wordsworth
Lyall
John Peel
Canterbury
R. Peel
Globe
Bisworrh
Anderson
Epward Krye
Jellalabad
Affghanistan
Queen’s 13Th Light Infantry
Richard Fitzgerald King
Edward King
King
Henry King
K.C.B
Earl of Kingston
Lord Cuance Lion
George-street
Hanover-square
Lord Langdale
Launcelot Shadwell
Knight Bruce and Wigram
Queen’s Bench
Court of Common Pleas
Exchequer
John Cross
Court of Bankruptcy
Patteson
Williams
Coleridge
Wightman
Bosanquet
Maule
Coltman
Erskine
Parke
Alderson
Gurmey
Rolfe
Queen’s Counsel
Queen v. Kendrick
Court of Queen's Bench
Byles
Time of sunrise and sunset for Britain and Ireland
Instructions to compute sunrise and sunset times by latitude using 51 deg 30 min as a reference. Adds or subtracts minutes per degree to adjust for other locations. Also provides time adjustments for high water at major sea ports relative to London Dock, with numerous specific port offsets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Ireland
London
Bristol
Ork
Cove
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Southampton
Peel must have a fair trial in a new Downing Street era
London editorial argues Liberals should avoid premature attacks and instead press for a unified, virtuous opposition aligned with Peel’s pending program. It urges a single, nonpartisan parliamentary speech to set the session’s approach, noting public hardship, the Queen's upcoming address, and the need for concrete measures rather than obstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Examiner
Morning Chronicle
Liberal Party
Robert Peel
England
Lord Melbourne
Downing-street
Home Secretary
Lord Stanley
House of Commons
Mr. Villiers
Mr. Cobden
The Reform of Tariffs and the Nation’s Judgment
A political column attacks theOpposition silence on tariffs and reform bills. It calls for action on the Cormin-Law and Customs bills, urges the government to present concrete measures, and warns that without clear accounts of fairness and taxation, the country faces ongoing deception and injustice.
Borrowed plumes in the Anti Slavery Convention dispute
A critical review questions Lord Aberdeen's role in the Anti Slavery Convention, arguing Palmerston originated the treaty and Aberdeen merely borrowed credit. It accuses Aberdeen of diplomatic missteps in Madrid, blaming Guizot and French diplomacy for an ill advised stance that could strand British representation and affect tariffs and liberal policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Aberdeen
Christendom
Europe
Lord Palmerston
Foreign Office
England
Paris
Revue Des Deux Mondes
Count Rossi
Monsieur Guizot
Melbourne
Amoy
Foreign Department
Madrid
Morning Chronicle
Louis Philippe
Lord Cowley
M. Salvandy
France
Curious Coincidences In Tory Times At Northern Star
A commentary criticizes the government for meeting with a deputation claiming workers' wishes, deeming the arrangement hollow. It contrasts Peel and Stanley with Northern Star ideas on machinery and labor, arguing invention should boost employment and referencing parliamentary notes, industrial progress, and notable deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Chronicle
Owen
Feargus O’connor
Northern Star
Sir Robert Peel
Mr. O’connor
Lord Stanley
Napier
Manchester
Liverpool
Watt
Arkwright
England
Robert Peel
Debates on Labour Wages and Socialist Critique in Peel Era
A dense editorial excerpt critiques the Salisbury era debates on wages, home comforts, and industrial reform. It contrasts Free Trade rhetoric with Socialist and Communist critiques, cites Sir Robert Peel, Colonel Thompson, and the Northern Star, and questions whether Tory leadership aligns with radical calls for land reform and workers' protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Owen
Sir Robert Peel
Colonel Thompson
Marshalls
Greggs
O'Connor
Robert Peel
Hobson
Lang
Times
Ata
Free Trade Party
Thompson
England
Cliss
Lim
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Eliza
Tat
George Baillie
Jerviswood
Marquis of
Westminster
Marquis
Ailsa
Caledonian Asylum
Scotland
Perthshire
George Murray
John Campbell
George
Earl of Caithness
Breadalbane
Holland
Park Lane
Sears
Tynmouth
Aberfeldie
Kelchburn Castle
Argyllshire
Langton
Archips
Robert FitzHarvey
Duke of Orleans
William the Conqueror
William
Hugh Moncada
Baron Hervey
Ross
Wesford
Lord Hervey
Kidbroke
County Kent
Elizabeth
John Hervey
Ickworth
Charles the Second
Catherine
Burnet
Harvey
Hervey
Suffolk
John
House of Peers
Pope
Frederick Augustus
Derry
Jonah Barrington
Irish Volunteers
George Robert Fitzgerald
Commons
Lord Charlemont
Bill of Rights Battalion
Erigh
Ea Tnmopepee Ee Sen
Frederick William
Westmeath
Earl Jermyn
Duke of Rutland
Lord Howard de Walden
T. H. Fremantle
Buckingham
Granville Howard
Morpeth
George Hervey
Foot
Lord Arthur
Guards
W. H. Hervey Bathurst
George Fitzgerald
Themelves
Bert
St. James’s Square
Ickworth-park
Bury St. Edmunds
Putney-heath
Kemp-town
Bristoxt
Gloucester
James Henry Monck
Trinity College
Tegius
Loisters
Westminster Palace
Stapleton
Murphy
Meteo
Punch
Venus
Legh
Ephem
St. Priscilla
Morphy
Glondy
Tuaurspay
St. Fabian
Australia
E.N.M. Fair
Farpay
St. Agnes
Nollekens
St. Vincent
W. Graves
Bay of Islands
New Zealand
H. S
Lloyd's Coffee-House
Fleet
Charles Knight and Co
Ludgate-hill
W. P
Metropolitan Anti-Cornlaw Association
Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Co
Threadneedle-street
Strand
the Weekly Chronicle
Great Britain and Ireland
Loxpox
Pegrezs
Ferpay
Sarunpay
Sunpay
Lord John Russell
Spain