The Poor Law Commission and the Legal Profession
A critical epistolary essay attacks the New Poor Law and its law reforms, arguing the Commission unsettles settlements, drains parish independence, and underfunds medical care. It condemns centralized management, emigration schemes, and charity confiscations, warning of a hard new system and wasted public funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cam
Isis
Cobbett
House of Lords
Shah Abbas
Squirearchy
Queen's Bench
Kngdom
Cheshunt and
Bolton
Queen’s Bench
Durham
Lancaster
Cornwall
Bucks
Hereford
Sussex
England
Poor Law Commission
Somerset House
Lord Cottenham
Mr. Carlyle
Mr. O'Connell
Somerset-house
Court and Fashion at St James Palace Draws Crowds
The Queen held a drawing room at St James's with grand arrival of ambassadors and nobles. The coronation anniversary was celebrated across London with royal salutes, illuminations, and dockyard donations. Fashion notes detail July styles from taffetas to lace trims and new mantelets for ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James’s Street
Prince Albert
Buckingham Palace
Westminster Abbey
Somerset-house
Windsor
St. George’s Chapel
Corporation Ordnance
Mr. Ware
Hanover
Augusta of
Cambridge
England
Westminster
Westminster Hall
the Abbey
Parliament-street
Charing-cross
Haymarket
Pall Mall
St. James's Park
Molle. D'Este
Duke of Sussex
Paris
Isaac Gosset
New Windsor
Duke of Cambridge
Gosset
Royal Higness
Duchess of Kent
London
Action
Paris telegraph warns Queen's cause in Spain upheaval
Paris papers report Bayoung June 26 dispatch claiming Zurbano lacks support, surrenders if pressed, and Galicia movements stir Barcelona. Branched rumors say Marshal Soult doubts regent's Madrid quelling. Barca journals note Zurbano surrounded at Igualada and Castro's Barcelona march. Thiers to visit England for maritime war intel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Spain
Paris
Burgos
Rench
Moniteur
Journal Des Débats
Toulonnais
Barcelona
Marshal Soult
Madrid
Count Torreno
Galicia
Zurbano
Igualada
Castro
M. Gourbeyne
Guadaloupe
Trinidad
Great Britain
la Patrie
M. Thiers
England
Cartoons of Britain and Spain spark at private exhibition
A London review covers the Venusian art contest and the Westminster Hall cartoons. It details prize winners Casar's Invasion and First Trial by Jury, praises bold drawing and moral depth, notes uneven works like Cardinal Bouchier and Eleanor scenes, and lauds British art progress amid praise for free competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Fine Arts Commission
Minerva
Germany
France
Eastlake
Etty
Shakspeare
Spencer
Milton
Spenser
Fuseli
Northcote
Marquis of
C. W. Cope
Hyde Park Gardens
Kensington-gore
W. E. Frost
Poland-street
Joseph of
Arimathea
E. T. Parris
Grafton-street
Boadicea
H. C. Selons
Camden-street
North
Alfred
J. Bridges
Charles-street
Berners Street
Eleanor
Edward I
Mr. J. Severn
James-street
Buckingham-gate
Ceesar
Britain
Casar
Paris
Paul de la Roche
Caractacus
Rome
St. Augustine
Ethelbert
Bertha
Duel at Camden Town Fawcett Munroe Fight Ends in Wounding
A reported duel at Camden Town between Lieutenant Colonel Fawcett of the 56th Regiment and Lieutenant Munroe of the Royal Horse Guards Blue left Fawcett fatally wounded. He was shot in the right side and lung, with medical opinion split on recovery. Gulliver, a surgeon, aided the wounded man. Fawcett admitted the duel and named several others, some at large. The case rests with Inspector Aggs as authorities seek the other participants and determine accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fawcett
E.C.B
56Th
Munroe
Royal Horse Guards
Camden
Kentish
Tottenham-road
Camden-road
Brecknock Arms
Maiden Lane
Highgate
Regent’s Park
Colonel Faucett
Sloane Street
George Gulliver
Royal Horse-Guards
Blue
Gulliver
Colonel Fawcett
Brecknock Arms Tavern
Camden Arms
Randolph Street
Camden-town
Lieut
Sands
Kentishtown
Benjamin Brodie
Liston
Drummond
Aggs
Lt. Munroe
Grant
Camden Armes
Mr. Long
Marylebone Police Court
Colonel Richardson
Captain Oliver
China
55Th Regiment of Foot
Order of the Bath
Kentish Town
Hanam
Kentish-town
Court actions and crimes from Queen's Bench to Guildhall
A report covers libel actions in the Court of Queen's Bench with a verdict for the plaintiff in damages, and a separate case in the Exchequer over rent and alterations. It also details insolvency proceedings, assaults on a city policeman, robbery suspicions, bigamy, and thefts at various London districts including Clerkenwell and Lambeth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court OF Queen's Bench
Lord Denman
Amsinok
Railway Times
Sergeant Talfourd
Crowder
Peacock
Verax
Lord den
Richard Hutchinson
Woodroffe
Cooke
Pollock
Mansion House
William Freeman
Welsh
John Jones
Kearney
Bridewell
George Foster
Gooch
M‘arthur
Guildhall
Danine Rogsery
William Datton
Alderman Hunter
Chapman
Middle New-street
Fetter Lane
Armstrong
Queen-Square
William Parson
Charles Crosier
Peters and Underwood
Sloane Square
Chelsea
Chester-street
Grosvenor-place
Mr. Burrell
Inspector Moran
Clerkenwell
Jamey Brown
Sarah Ann Brown
White Lion Street
Pentonville
Pentonville Road
Worship Street
Wnm
Pratt
Broughton
Charlotte Trafford
Cole
Wron
Lambeth Street
Elizabeth Salisbury
Jack
Glasshouse Yard
East Smithfield
Union Hall
Thomas Edwards
Cottingham
Thomas Robinson
Hatcham
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Edwin Chadwick
Seville
Corunna
Gallicia
Santiago
Lugo
Oreuse
Vigo
Betauzos
Quintenar
Valencia
Rudil
Hotel de Courcelles
Christina
Rue de Courcelles
Prim
la Presse
Perpignan
Montjouich
Mountjouich
Cervera
National Movement
Montjuich
Valladolid
Cadiz
Cordova
Albaceta
Regiment of
Navarre
Albuera
Espartero
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
M. Garnier
Tours
Orleans
Her Majesty
Robert Peel
Lord Melbourne
Armytage
Heath
Earl Grey
Stephen Hammick
Wilson
Berkeley Squate
Lord Grey
Horticultural Society
Zoological Society
Botanical Society
Kine’s College
Canterbury
Llandaff
Lord Calthorpe
Lord Radstock
R. Inglis
Bart
Bunsen
A. Barry
H. Hayter
Tue Leacus
Dept
Baptist
Church-street
Deptford
Anti-Corn Law League
J Squier
Squier
A. L. Saul
Sidney Smith
Smith
John Calcott
Horsley-row
Kensington
Cardinal Boucher
Edward IV
Duke of York
John F. Bell
School of Design
Manchester
H. J. Townshend
Blandford Cottage
Brompton
Cardinal Bouchier
Neptune
Una
Phillip O’lauri
Nicholas Poussin
Kitty
Council of Ancient Britons
Camden Town
Law and Police
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