Protestants and Catholics clash over town governance amendments
Debates in the House feature a duke denying aims to block the bill and to shield patronage. Amendments by Lord Lynhurst pass without divisions. The Bank of Ireland order seeks limited privilege continuation with conditions, plus a plan to redeem exchequer bills and fund annuities. The report adjourns for Tuesday.
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Plantas
Lord Lynphurst
Court OF Chancery
Rosger Penn
Chancery
Bank. OF Ireland
Hume
Bank of Ireland
Ireland
Humg
Penny postage petitions and Canada government bill debate
Lord Durham petitioned for penny postage while opposing religious establishment subsidies. In Canada, the Lower Canada Government Bill drew strong critique from Lords Melbourne and Wellington, with debates on governor general powers, colonial unity, and postdeliberation orders before committee.
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Lord Durham
Earl of Gulengall
Earl of Glengall
Barry
Canada
Marquis of Normandy
Lower Canada
Canadas
Lord Broveaux
Jamaica
Melourne
Lord Lyndhurst
Lord Melbourne
Ireland
Duke of Wetrtngton
Lord Gostorp
Earl Fitzccracp
Marquis of Normanly
Earl Durham
Pail Broveham
House of Lords
ElLeNnor Onch
Chartist Disturbances Report Across English Towns
The movement notes show a 5000 to 6000 strong mob at Bury parading with weapons, a Working Men's Hall meeting ending with police dispersal, and Stafford and Dudley tensions as wage disputes and associations trigger unrest. Dudley sees arrests of two speakers and 200 special constables at night patrols.
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Bury
Stafford
Stour
Chartist activities and public meetings across several towns
Reports describe crowded chartist gatherings in Stockport where 2000 attended a parish church service, Carlisle efforts to fund defence land suppressed by magistrates, a Leicester meeting supporting a chartist convention with 4000 to 5000 present, and multiple Manchester meetings with no major incidents.
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Pacific Register
Stockport
Carlisle
Leicester
Manchester
Birmingham
Northern Star
William Taylor
Newton Heath
Jericho
Tin
Israel
Taylor
Bedlam
Messrs. Prescott and Grotes
Diary Memoranda For The Present Week Entries
A historical diary lists daily notes for July 28 to August 3 with saints days, notable deaths and events including Cowley the poet 1667, Wilberforce 1888, Cook voyages 1768 and 1775, Gray 1771, Dogget 1721, and the great plague 1667. High water times and lunar matters accompany each day.
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John xvi
Philemon— Cowley
London-bridge
William Wilberforce
Cook
Deptford
Gray
St. Cloud
Thomas Dogget
London
Marriage settlement limits wife's power to convey land
The correspondence reviews a marriage settlement granting a woman a future interest with a will power of appointment but not a present or absolute interest. Trustees retain conveyance rights. if the interest fails or is not absolute the wife cannot compel a transfer. The document discusses under-tenancies, rent arrears under O P Q precedents, and potential defenses against distraint.
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Carteret
Courts of Equity
Humphrey
Damien
Bradley
Sapsford
Fletcher
Taylor
Lamira
Exeter
Goss
Tracey
Barlow
Vowell
Skinner
London
Medical recipes and home remedies in a 19th century column
A long reader page lists various at home treatments and mixtures with dosage notes for ailments, plus gardening notes, correspondence, and garden advice. Entries name subscribers and doctors, with hints on diet, bathing, and personal care, reflecting period medical and domestic practices.
Newspaper advertisement for portrait series and pricing
Subscribers may continue with the Wegxly ChronicLeE Paper without Gallery at Fourrence Hall. Each week a steel engraved portrait with a memoir by a top author costs sixpence, or just the portrait. Non-subscribers pay 2s 6d for the Monthly Part. Portraits of Wellington Earl Grey Sir Robert Peel are noted for upcoming issues.
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Wegxly
Chroniclee
Fourrence Hall
Wellington
Eart Grey
Earl Grey
Sir Robert Peel
Egypt Restored to Independence After Turkish Defeat
The Turkish Army’s defeat marks a turning point in European affairs and secures Egypt’s independence under guard of the great powers. Steam advances threaten to position Egypt as a major East access route, aided by Mr. Waghorn’s opened routes. Turkey’s future depends on great powers restraining rivals from seizing its gains and on its own internal development and alliances.
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Turkey
Egypt
Pacha
Greece
Rome
India
Waghorn
Belgium
Russia
Minority of Three on the Birmingham Police Bill
The piece criticizes Mr Leader and his associates for eccentricity and poor ballast in conduct. It notes repeated adjournments and a sharp division over funding for the Birmingham Police, with Lord John Russell seeking precedence to move an advance of money, resisted on conscience grounds to hear all sides.
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Leader
T. Duncombe
B. D’israeli
Fielden
Wakley
John Russell
Birmingham
Pollist voice on insurrection and immediate vote
The excerpt notes broad agreement for an immediate vote amid insurrection concerns. It highlights that key figures like Sir Robert Peel and O'Connell spoke in favor, while Mr Fielden’s motion failed as 36 members were absent when the count ended.
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Robert Peel
Easthope
Warburton
Hume
O'Connell
Fielden
Duncombe
Spain and Britain clash over liberty and foreign intervention
The article lauds Lord Clarendon's foreign policy speech on Spain, condemns Carlist supporters and Don Carlos, and rejects foreign intervention. It warns against Bible Radical rhetoric from the Manchester Chartist Demonstration, criticizing violent calls and predicting the convention will scatter and funds dwindle.
Riots Across Cities Signal Political Clearing in Disturbances
Reports describe mixed riots in Newcastle Birmingham and Sheffield where clashes with police, property damage, and threats accompany rising Chartist activity. Newcastle sees police injuries and bank damage as authorities rally. Sheffield notes pending clashes and placarded denunciations while Birmingham reports a fire deemed accidental.
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Newcastle
Birmingham
Sheffield
Red Fife
Union Bank
Tyne Mercury
Metropolitan Police
Aarty
Stockport
Manchester
Morning Chronicle
Totness and Aylesbury election notes and critique
The piece outlines Totness as a double return needing both parties to petition before seating is decided under Peel’s new election petitions tribunal. It criticizes Lord Nugent’s conduct in Aylesbury as damaging Liberal prospects and notes the Marylebone outcome ending a long flirtation.
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Totness
Robert Peel
Aylesbury
Lord Nugent
Mr. Cavendish
Marylebone
Sacred Month and the New Police
The article recalls the August 12 start date for the Sacred Month, noting a shift from cautious approval to recognizing it as absurd. It reports the Convention rescinding the plan and facing public unpreparedness as it grapples with police reforms.
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NEW Police
Canada Debate in Lords Doubtful on Canada Bill
The House of Lords discusses the Canada Bill with Lord Durham’s return drawing mixed views. Critics urge practical action beyond reports, warning that peace depends on public support and decisive leadership amid Upper Canada’s unsettled politics. The Duke of Wellington favors strong stance against Canada and the U S.
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Canada
House of Lords
Lord Durham
Upper Canada
House of Assembly
Lord Fitzwilliam
Duke of Wellington
United States
Statesman
Birmingham
Badajos
Maine
Irish Bank question stirs Commons into renewed Charter debate
The House of Commons spent a night and part of another on the Irish Bank question, with Resolutions favoring a Charter renewal carried after strong opposition. In the Lords the Irish Municipal Bill is restored to its former form, Lord Lyndhurst sharply attacking free Irish corporations while the Archbishop of Canterbury presses colonies to join Ireland in its church struggle. Lord Normanby blocks the primate’s pretensions as the debate wounds on.
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House of Commons
House of Lords
Lyndhurst
Ireland
England
House of Peers
Commons
Canterbury
Sydney
Toronto
Lord Normanby
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