Birmingham Riots Dominate Commons Debates and Inquiries
Lords and MPs debate Birmingham disturbances, police conduct, and magistrate appointments. Lords demand inquiry into mayor and borough magistrates while reporting delays and the burning of property. Bills on poor law, prison reform, and navigation proceed as parliament adjourns.
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Birmingham
Newcastle
Sunderlan
Birce
Nannclitfh
Ana
Duke of Wexliveron
Marquis of Lanspawns
Lord Sixancrorp
London
South America
Lord Ropen
Duke of
Willincton
Lord Melsourne
Duke of Werrixeron
Marquis of Lanspowns
House OF Commons
Macaulay
Edinburgh
Church of Scotland
Mackinnon
Manchester
Bolton
Hume
Attwoon
H. Parnect
Metropolitan Police
Shannon Navigation
Vacancy in Aylesbury representational seat after Praed’s death
News item notes the death of Mr Praed at his Chester square home leaving a vacancy in Aylesbury. The deceased was in his 37th year and served as deputy high steward of Cambridge University. The report also reviews criminal proceedings in Birmingham Newcastle and Sheffield Iris on related political tensions and local unrest.
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Aylesbury
Praed
Chester Square
Cambridgeniversity
G. J. Hagxrey
StorrTrox
Harney
Bedlington
Northumberland
Birmingham
Carlisle
Edmonds
Newcastle
Forth
Stephens
Sheffield
July 21 27 calendar notes with tides and events
Memoranda for the present week lists saints days battles and notable events from July 21 to 27. It records dates such as Shrewsbury Salamanca Aboukir Talavera and Lisbon capture with marked high tides and planetary events alongside notable deaths and anniversaries.
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Lees
Kings
Sven Ale
London-bridge
Espay
Ja Y
Venus
Lisbon
Donna Maria
Mercury
St. James
Herod
Coleridge
Aboukir
Talavera
France
Legal Queries and Medical Advice Across Readers Corner
A mixed column delivers legal guidance on slander limitations and property devises, plus medical treatment suggestions for various ailments. It cites cases like Selwin Nisi Prius and Cook v Cook, and offers remedies from magnesia mixtures to tinctures, while noting tenancy notices and guardian duties.
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Hackney
Selwin
Onslow
Horne
de Grey
Holt
Scholefield
Taylor
Kingsgate-street
Holborn
H.N
Nottingham
Shirley
Newman
Lord Kenyon
Fergeson
Mather
Hull
Thomas Day
Cook
J. H
Istington
Viscountess
Bindon
Moore
Gorton
Bow
Bi. Com
Court of Chancery
le Blanc
Cooper
Ordiey
Medical Letters on Potions and Home Remedies Collected
Readers’ notes include prescriptions for tonics and purgatives such as aloes mixtures and mercury ointment, cupping for blood loss, and regimens of salts and senna. Advice covers pregnancy symptoms and diet while urging periodic progress reports and cautious use of strong preparations.
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Edward
R.V
T. W
W.H
Walter
Josrelius
Mary Robinsor
J. Lesher
Rochelle
Propagation of Carnations and Evening Primrose Notes
Recipes and methods for layering carnations, including peg shapes, soil depth, incision technique, and aftercare. Short note on the evening primrose found on Liverpool coast sands, with scent and an anecdotal explosion of petals.
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Mary
Liverpool
P. v
Paddington
Linneus
J.D
Dalston
Brazil
Weekly Chronicle National Gallery Promotes Portrait Memoir
Subscribers to the Weekly Chronicle may continue the paper without the Gallery with Fourrence Hall PENNY. Each week a steel engraved portrait plus memoir by a first-rate author costs Sixpence. Non-subscribers can get the Monthly Part for 2s 6d. The Duke of Wellington portrait and Earl Grey likeness appear. next week promises a portrait of the Father of Reform.
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Chnomiciz
Gallaery
Fourrence Hall
Duke of Wellington
Earl Grey
Reform
Debate on Birmingham Riots in House of Lords
The piece condemns the Birmingham Riots and calls the government to resist appeals to physical force. It argues this affair signals social malady, urging unity among classes to suppress Chartist violence and warns against exploiting national peril to crush political foes.
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House of Lords
Birmingham
Duke of Welington
Lord Warwick
Wellington blamed for Birmingham riots and colonial policy debate
The piece argues Wellington failed to protect Birmingham amid rioting and questions government action. It critiques police and military responses, calls for time for defence, and criticizes colonial policy funding from land sales to fund prisons and police in New South Wales and emigration, urging reform and scrutiny in Parliament.
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England
New South Wales
Dr. Lang
Transportation Committee
Treasury
Lord Howick
Colonization Debate over Land Policy in the Colonies
In a June 25 discussion the opponents argue Parliament must regulate land disposal in colonies and fix land prices, contrasting with government changes in 1831. They cite a 1838 Treasury Minute undermining Ripon regulations and risking convict labor subsidies, warning of breaches of faith to land buyers.
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Ward
Lord Howick
Labouchere
Treasury
New South Wales
Lord Ripon
John Russell
Howick
Reform Club
Colonial Office
Sir William Molesworth
Death of Sultan Mahmoud and shifting Eastern Question
The article notes the death of Sultan Mahmoud and argues the timing relieves European powers of immediate conflict. It predicts a youth successor with many wives, likely dismemberment of Egypt and Syria from the Turkish empire, and hints at sustained peace with Constantinople remaining in Ottoman hands for now, under European influence.
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Sultan Mahmoud
Lord Palmerston
Pacha
Antwerp
Mahmoud
Egypt
Syria
Turkey
France
England
Constantinople
Russia
The Newspaper Press Benevolent Fund Dinner Recap
The article reports on the Dinner of the Newspaper Press Benevolent Fund held last Saturday with Lord Lyndhurst presiding and Lord Brougham in support. Mr Leader spoke despite awkward start up, and the Prince of Oude quipped about polygamy. The society’s founder Mr Anderson is pleased with the funds raised and predicts growing support for London efforts.
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Press Benevolent Fund
Morning Advertiser
Lord Lyndhurst
Lord Brougham
Leader
Lyndhurst
Westminster
Prince of
London
Political vacancies loom after Ipswich and Totness events
The piece notes Mr. Gibson’s brave defeat at Ipswich and predicts openings in Aylesbury and Totness due to Mr. Praed’s death and Mr. Jasper Parrot’s disappearance. It mentions candidates Blount and Cavendish and questions Liberal chances, arguing single elections favor Toryism and pondering the Ballot’s impact.
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Gibson
Ipswich
Aylesbury
Praed
Jasper Parrot
Blount
Totness
Cavendish
National Convention Discusses Sacred Month and Labour Rights
London delegates debate timing of a general stoppage to demand MPs protect workers' voting rights. The clash over the sacred month continues amid Birmingham news. Rossini abandons a France gift, accepting Bologna conservatory post.
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National Convention
London
Bolt-court
House of Commons
Birmingham
Rossini
France
Bologna
Naples
Bologna Conservatory of Music
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