Plan for Canadian Union and self government gains support
The article praises Lord Durham's plan to unite Upper and Lower Canada with broad self government under imperial oversight. It argues the 1791 constitution should be suspended for a year to form a Canadian convention, enabling a new basis for federal governance while preserving British prerogatives.
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Lower Canada
Legislative Council
Canada
Upper
Great Britain
Lord Melbourne
John Russell
Lord Durham
North America
Lower
St. Lawrence
United States
Lord John Russell
Legislative Councils
Privy Council
House of Assembly
England
Robins Panoramic View of Royal Progress Published
A zinc engraved eight foot panorama titled Robins Panoramic View of the Royal Progress depicts the ninth of November procession. It shows state carriages public decorations liveries and city officials with extended foldable format. Dedicated to the Lord Mayor as a tribute to his taste.
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Guildhall
Royal
Nlyde “Park
Wapping
Canada in danger as a liberty, a warning to England
A British pamphlet denounces the Canadian crisis and condemns Lord John Russell and the Whig ministry for threatening representative government. It paints Canada as a liberty at stake, laments Irish absence, and urges O Connell to stand with Canada against imperial policy. January 17.
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England
Canada
United States
Great Britain
House of Commons
Lord John
Russell
John Russell
House of Assembly of
Lower Canada
Assembly
M. Morir
Burke
Fox
R. Peel
Oxenstein
Peel
Lord John Russell
Brentford
Mr. O'Connell
Ireland
O’connell
Iis
Atlantic
America
Derrynane
Roebuck Plan for Reform in Canada Unveiled in Detail
The proposal abolishes the present legislative council and creates a governor in council controlled executive with twelve members, including attorney and solicitor general. It describes a new four year general assembly of delegates from Upper and Lower Canada and other colonies to legislate and impeach judges, with an impeaching tribunal and possible salary terms for the judiciary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legislative Council
Lord Stanley
Lord John Russell
House of Assembly
General Assembly
Montreal
Upper
Lower Canada
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward's Island
Court of Appeal
Privy Council
Weather notes show deadly cold and river ice across London
The report describes extreme frost on Thursday with heavy snow and a dead man found under a haystack near Wandsworth, Surrey. The Thames is blocked by ice from Westminster to Lambeth, while skaters and danger fill the river. A severe fire at Locke and Stevenson’s Lambeth coal yard follows, with collapsed stables and injured firemen. Grimaldi Boz Cruikshank notes on the life of Grimaldi are also mentioned.
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Teesthe
V Division
Wandsworth
Surrey
Middlesex
Putney
Hammersmith-bridges
Kew-bridge
Richmond-bridge
London
Thames
Wapping
Rotherhithe
Locke and Stevenson
Belvidere Road
Lambeth
Stevenson
Grimaldi
Boz
Crouseshank
George Cruikshank
Destruction of the Royal Exchange Sparks Widespread Action
Crowd gathers around Cornhill to view the ruins while City Police safeguard the site. Workmen erect a heavy wooden fence and a tower scaffold to dismantle damaged sections as fires, frost, and fallen chimneys threaten further danger. The Gresham Committee investigates the blaze and plans a larger, modern Exchange on the site.
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Cornhill
Neverson
Thratneedle
Elso
Gresham Committee
Castle Alley
Farringden Street
Arcmen
Bethell
Castle-alley
John Barnard
Bart
Charles the
Hah
Sir John Barnard
Sir Thomas Gresham
Exchene
London
City of London
W. S Hale
City of London Schools
Charles the Second
George Smith
Charles II
Society For
Antwerp
Pere Cust
E.q
Eardsaw
Jasper Lucas
Britannia
Patriotic Fund
Lloyd’s Coffe-house
France
Spain
Lord Neleon
Barnes
Smith
Royal Exchange Assurance Company
Exchange
Mr. Bolton
Lloyd’s
James
Mmbers
Hackney
Raina
The
Stock Exchange
Bank of England
Man
Smith and Barnes
Mercer’s Company
Paris
Greshan
Sweeting
Lord Mayor’s Court
Alsa
Frita
Royal Exchange
Steam Vessels to India and Frost Follows England’s Deep Freeze
Postponed departure of Batl o f Parham to Canada shifts to April. A severe frost gripped England with a thermometer well below freezing and dense fog. Reported steam-vessel venture led by Sir John Ross aims to haul 600 700 tons to India in 52 days with new boiler by Collier. Pocahontas reaches Liverpool with no later New York news. Government seeks earliest reports from Canada via a Falmouth steam-packet. Various local notices include foot pavement cleaning penalties and a Bow Street assault case with a publican, plus a waggon accident near Ufford.
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Batl
Parham
Canada
England
India
John Ross
Cape
Collier
Sir John
Philadelphia
Liverpool
New York
Falmouth
London
Poplar
Marylebone
Cos
Bow-street
William Tucker
George Bradford
Sun and Punch-bowl
High Holborn
Boniface
Wills
Uford
Essex
Guy’s Hospital
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