Hume’s Motion on Sunday Museum Access Sparks Debate
A letters page critique argues opening the British Museum on Sunday is reasonable and compares it to the Zoological Gardens. It claims the working classes are unrepresented in Parliament and condemns class bias in religious enforcement and public recreation policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Hume
British Museum
Zoological Gardens
Kensington Gardens
Regent's Park
Jem
Robert Inglis
Goulburn
England
Muntz
National Gallery
France
John Russell
Mr. Hume
Distress Report From Halifax Express Scraps
Fragmentary OCR note from the Halifax Express describes lingering distress and vague authentication issues linked to Meadard. The readable text is limited and unclear about specifics, leaving a partial impression of an unsettled matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax Express
Court and Fashion in Queen Victoria's London
Royal procession and court events feature the Duke and Duchess de Nemours visiting the Queen, a private court at Buckingham Palace, and a health bulletin on Princess Augusta. Also noted are engagements of nobles, arrivals in Cadiz for Prince Ernest, and Society gossip on marriages and decorative painting in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duchess de
Prince Albert
Duchess de Nemours
Duchess of Kent
Ingestre-house
Earl of
G. S. Byng
Col. Cavendish
Colbert
Buckingham Palace
Earl Grainville
Paris
Viscount Palmerston
George Shee
Stutgard
Palmerston
Robert Grosvenor
Royan Manryace
Olga
Russia
Duke of
Nassau
Prussia
Claremont
Percy
Duchess of Northumberland
C. A. Murray
Duke
Sion
Ernest of
Saxe Coburg Gotha
Victoria
Gen
Moreda
Cadiz
Royal Engineers and
Royal Artillery
Prince Ernest
Spain
Port St. Mary
Xerez
Francisco Montes
Mr. Gordon
San Lucar de Barameda
Seville
Cape of Good Hope
Children’s Friend Society
Sir John Rae Reid
Bart
M.P
Williamson
Edward Hedworth Williamson
Duke de Tartonia
Donna Sforza
Miss Cromley
Robert Howe Bromley
John Campbell
Wharncliffe
Lady Osborne
Parklane
Parris
Redburne
Lincolnshire
St. Albans
England
France
Alt. Parris
Watteau
Falconer
St. Paul's
Hoxott
Apmrral Sin
Matcolm
G.C B
Powis
Berkeley-square
Earl
B. H. Clive
P. Durham
W. H. Gage
C. Malcolm
D. Price
Meynell
Ryder Burton
Grace
Randolph
Royal
Baily
Pulteney Malcolm
St. Paul's Cathedral
Percy-street
National Gallery
Elopement of Ludlow Yeoman's Daughter with Irishman
A Ludlow yeoman's daughter elopes with a popular Irish jockey who was new to the area. He lured her away in a chaise on Sunday night after a quick courtship, leaving the town startled by the sudden romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludlow
Hereford
Murder at Leeds Town Housed in Holbeck Lane
A grim Leeds case unfolds as William Renolds Rothery, 21, a rag dealer, is found murdered in the Aire near Monkpits, with a new butcher knife and bloodied towel found at his home. Eyewitnesses place him at the Anchor Inn with a mysterious companion before vanishing. the coroner adjourns the inquiry for further evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Renolds Rothery
Holbeck-lane
John Kirk
Meadow-lane
Anchor Inn
Hunslet
Aire
Monkpits
Soapenston Bridge
Geldard Arms
Wortley-road
John Blackburn
Joseph Rothery
Holbeck
Thomas Rothery
Joseph
James Watson
Kirk
Meadowlane
Mary. Buckley
Armley New-road
George Austin
William Heaton
Nancy Kay
John Chadwick
Waterlane
Joseph Ely
America
England
T. P. Teale
Ely
Rothery
Liverpool
Mary Bellamy
John Kitchin
Wellington Road
Suspension Bridge
Leeds
Tam
Robert Bellamy
Mayor of Cork confronts lecture on corn laws in Cork
Report details a Cork audience clash at a lecture by J. J. Finnigin of the Manchester anti corn law league. The mayor, Sheriff Harris, and police intervene as the crowd disrupts the Royal Horse Bazaar. The mayor warns of dispersal by force if rioting continues and finally withdraws with officials after promising to uphold the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Cork
J. J. Finnigin
Manchester Anti-Corn Law League
Royal Horse Bazaar
Sheriff Harris
Finnigin
Harris
England
Ward
Opening of the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway
Directors of the Glasgow and Paisley Ayr and Kilmarnock, and Greenock Railway Joint Companies meet for a formal opening to Paisley. A nineteen-carriage train led by Hawks and Zamiel runs from Glasgow, completing the journey in nineteen minutes. A £1000 reward is issued for Robert Brine in a separate case of stolen bonds valued at about £40,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Paisley
Ayr
Kilmarnock
Greenock
Hawk
Zamiel
Pack
Glasgow Chronicle
Mansion House
Metropolitan
Robert Brine
Robert Brine and Co
France and Spain Dominate Foreign Intelligence Highlights
Paris reports on French mediation with Naples ending the sulphur dispute and a tariff treaty with Britain advancing. Balmaseda and Cabrera trigger Lille and Paris security moves as Carlist forces mass toward France. Madrid lists a new cabinet and pacification goals amid unrest.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
France
Naples
M. Thiers
Great Britain
England
Porter
Spain
Portugal
House of Peers
Madame Lafarge
Brives
Viscountess de Lestaud
Echo du Nord
Balmaseda
Lille
Cabrera
Pyreneés
Elio
Alzan
Lafayee
Louis
Catalonia
Perpignan
Great Western Arrives in Bristol After 133 Day Passage
The Great Western steamship under Lieut James Hosken arrived at King Road at seven this morning carrying 152 passengers and letters from New York to the 1st instant and from other parts of North America to similar dates. The piece also covers boundary talks with Britain, Mexican and Texas turmoil, a U S Senate communication from President Van Buren, and a conviction for Lett in Oswego for arson in the fourth degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Bristol
Great Western
James Hosken
R.N
King Road
New York
North America
Canadas
Fox
Forsyth
Washington Globe
Thomson
Special Council
Senate
Mexico
Texas
Globe
Bouspary
A. van Buren
Congress
M. Vax Buren
Washington
Rochester Daily Democrat
Lett
Oswepo
Great Britain
Defoe
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History and Politics
Sir Andrew Agnew
Foreign Intelligence
Madrid
Isturiz
Valdez
Sancho
Antonio Gonzales
Lacuna
Marine
Sutelo
Espertero
Tarragona
Beso
Riva
Berga
Christiaos
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