Norfolk Island Bill passes as libel reform debated in parliament
The Report details the third reading and passage of the Norfolk Island Bill, the Definition of Libels Bill debates, amendments on reporting parliamentary proceedings, and various Commons motions. It notes Lord Campbell's stance on reporting bona fide court and parliamentary proceedings and the split over press privilege versus parliamentary accuracy. The session adjourns with further notices on miscellaneous bills and public affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk Island
Lord Campbell
Lord Broveham
R. Perx
GransToner
Grapstone
Gladstone
Laboheen
Lord Ashley
Mitcalfe
Hutt
James Duke
Weawn
Coancellor
West Indies
James Graham
House of Correction
Tur Prize CarToons In WEatTMINSTER HALL
Exhibition by royal commission on fine arts closed after twelve days with high attendance. More than £1,100 from admissions and catalogues, nearly all to be given as £100 awards to artists of the ten next best drawings. Police aided crowd control as visitors poured in, entry through Court of Queen's Bench, no dress restrictions, many spectators from respectable classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Somerset-house
Iself
Weekly Chronicle
Anne
C. R
D. K
Duke of Wellington
Inner Temple-lane
Queen's Bench
Common Pleas
Thames Tunnel
Henry Dowell Griffiths
Herbert Julian
James Jackson
Lord Brougham
House of Lords
John Lewis
M. C. Si
Probus
Duke of Richmond
W. M
W. W
Weattminster
Her Majesty’s Commissioners of Fine Arts
Palace
Queen’s Bench
Journal du Havre
Messrs
Dean and
Edwards
Quillebeuf
Thames
Wapping
Benjamin Breech
Red Lionstreet
K Division
London
Blackwall Reach
James Whitword
Mallett’s
Lambeth
Blackwall
Chelsea
Greenwich
Gravesend
Putney
Sunrise and High Water Corrections for Britain and Ireland
This note explains calculating sunrise and sunset times by latitude with minute adjustments per degree relative to 51°80′ and 61°80′, and lists high water corrections for major ports relative to London Dock results, with added or subtracted hours and minutes for Bristol, York Cove, Falmouth, Hull, Milford Haven, Brighton, Cowes, Dover, Dublin, Holyhead, Liverpool, Port Glasgow, and Southampton.
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Great Britain
Ireland
London Dock
Bristol
Ork
Cove
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Southampton
Calendar notes for Sunday and following week observations
The fragment records liturgical dates for Sunday July 23 with Seventh Sunday after Trinity notes. It lists proper lessons for morning and evening, moon age and new moon timing, solar declination, day length, and brief weather ephemera from Legh and Meteo Ephem. It also notes fairs at Barnard Castle and Lewes, and a Wesleyan Methodist conference announced for City Road Chapel London.
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Samuel xii
John xi
Tim
Legh
Meteo
Ephem
Zadkiel
Monpvay
Tursway
St. James's Day
Howden
Barnard Castle
E.N.M
Meteo Ephem
Conference of
Wesleyan-Methodists
City-road Chapel
London
Treland Repeal Struggle Deepens as Ministry Falters
A Dublin era letter denounces the Peel ministry for inaction on Ireland and O Connell's growing leverage. It warns Britain's rulers that Irish unrest could swell without concessions on church land and franchise, and flags dangers to property, governance, and social order if public opinion in Ireland cannot be shaped in time.
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Treland
O’connell
Ireland
Europe
Robert Peel
James Graham
Lord Stanley
O'Connell
Herald
Standard
Duke of Wellington
Great Britain
Boston
Wexford
Drogheda
Mary
Smithfield
Guy Faux
Gardes Francaises
Brussels
Barcelona
Irelar
Statesmanship in Crisis and the Prorogation Impasse
The speaker urges immediate decisive action to preserve national unity and imperial standing, condemning passive spectatorship and a “dog in the manger” policy. He warns Parliament may prorogue without remedy, risking salvation or ruin by February 1844 amid continental threats.
Uncertain Regent Espartero Faces Madrid Crisis and War
The piece discusses Regent Espartero facing conspirators with Zurbano and Seoane commanding the peninsula’s largest troops. It questions his movements from Albacete to Baylen or Valdepenas, the Regime’s hold on Madrid, and potential plans to declare the Queen’s majority and marry into the Duc d Aumale. It notes French influence, press manipulation, and lingering doubt about Espartero’s prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Espartero
Zurbano
Seoane
Saragossa
Madrid
Albacete
Narvaez
Cadiz
Baylen
Aspiroz
Sierra Morena
van Halen
Duc d’Aumale
Europe
Spain
Louis Philippe
Monsieur Guizot
Lord Aberdeen
British Foreign Office
Valdecnas
la Mancha
Sierra
Capital
Sir Robert Peel in a false position and Blewitt’s letter
A British paper reviews Mr Blewitt’s letter to Sir Robert Peel calling the premier’s leadership a false pretence. It contrasts Peel’s 1835 exit with a troubled 1843 era, arguing Peel misled the public, used a crafted majority, and failed to advance major reforms while warning of lasting damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Peel
Glass
MR. Blewitt
Blewitt
House of Commons
Sir Robert Peel
Bolingbroke
Mr. Sheil
Sir George Grey
France
L’ Enfant Gate
George Murray
Manchester
Lord Stanley
Lancashire
Beckett
Leeds
Palmer
Essex
Lord Lincoln
Hastings
Newark
Duke of Newcastle
America
Ireland
Times
Robert Pevl
Ireland’s cursed chancellor and Lord Clare legacy
A fragmented reminiscence recalls Lord Clare described as a petty pleader who attacked Ireland with his pen knife, casting him as a tyrant while vowing that the era around 1798 will be remembered at the heart of every Irish memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Lord Clare
England
Lord Lyndhurst in Ireland War of Words and Blood
A critique of Lord Clare and Lord Eldon as Ireland’s tormentors and Liberty’s foes. The piece laments Lyndhurst’s harsh anti Repeal stance, contrasts Wellington’s hints with Lyndhurst’s firm denouncements, and condemns the Chancellor’s call for force over conciliation amid Irish unrest.
Parliamentary Business and Irish Church Bill Debates
The government plans a busy session delaying the Arms Bill to tackle major reforms. The Factories Bill, Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, Scotch Prisons Bill, and Irish Poor Law Amendment Act headline a program alongside minor English and Irish matters. The Irish Church question looms large as Mr Ward schedules an August 1 address urging reform of church property and peaceful resolution with Ireland.
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House OF Coonmmmons
Sudbury
S. Crawtord
Ireland
Duncombe
J. Russell
R. Prex
C. Dovetas
Lord J. Russell
Reform Club
V. Sara
B. Hatz
Charies Grey
T. Fremanruz
James Grauan
Wynn
Lords
Schoolmasters’ Widows’ Fund
Scotland
Commons
C. B. Pierce
Howard
Mr. Howard
T. Duncompx
Pierce
Hume
Towns
Mackinnon
James Grinam
Lord Worstey
E. Knatensazt
Lord Worsley
Medical Charities
Warp
Scinde
Jocytyx
R. Pez
Bowline
Govulbuen
Syria
R. Pers
Law Courts
J. P. Borrowick
C. Hinpsey
James Granam
B. Woop
F. French
Escott
New South Wales
Evant
Lord Stanley
Lord Asnuzy
B. Ferguson
W.S. O'Brien
Lord Crements
Cotter
Lord Clements
Clements
J. M. J. O'Connell
Eace
Wyse
Canterbury
Nicholl
Expainstong
Brorn Berton
Dr. Nicxom
Public Works
Court of Exchequer
Lord Aberdeen
Ward
Lord Palmerston
Blewitt
Durnam Etecrion and political shifts in Durham
The piece notes Mr Bright as a leading free trade advocate planning another candidacy with expectations of success. It reports Mr Purvis as a new head money candidate in Durham, and mentions a Presbyterian marriage confirmation bill in Ireland. It also covers cartoons rewarded to artists, a sudden Marquis of Londonderry departure, and a Manchester trade report with mixed cues on yarns, velvets, and wage changes amid a slowing cloth market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wans
Hume
Fetter Lsbour
Ewart
Hawes
Hurt
Foxster
Hopeson
J. Duncompe
Lazoucuerie
Her
Dr. Bownrine
Durham
Ward
Wilkinson
Lord Dungannon
Oxford University
Vernon Sats
R. Incis
University of Oxford
Durnam Etecrion
Bright
Purvis
Iortano
Ireland
United Church of England and Ireland
Commissioners On the Fine Arts
Messrs
Pickersgill
Corbould
Howard
R.A
W. C. Thomas
Stephanoff
Bradford
Leeds
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Wales
Beeker Thenison
Committee On
Epworth
Cantley
Barmby Dann
Finningley
Hatfield
Tueasday
T. Duncombe
W. Williams
Duncan
Warne
Metcalfe
Barnard
Collett
Walker
Scott
Campbell
R. Ferguson
O'Brien
M. J. O'Connell
Lord Brovena
Cuancellok
Marquis of Cuavercarpe
Board of Guardians
Edenderry Union
Ayrshire
Viscount Kelburne
Lord Asney
Joan Russert
Rd Extor
Tipperary
Church of Scotland
Lord PortMan
Lord Camppell
Scientific Societies
Earl of Devon
Lord Montgague
Jackson
Gnapstone
Ewanr
Legal & Miscellaneous
Great Britain and Ireland
North
la’ —Titude
The
Moon
High Water
Morn
Art
the Weekly Chronicle
Lord Lyndhurst
Sahman
Bantry Bay
Lord Eldon
Roushag
Lord Liverpool
Robert Pegg
Eldendence
Wolfe Tone
Lyndhurst
Grattan
Peter Borthwick
Acea
Lord Wharncliffe
Parliamentary Business
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