The National Struggle and Future of Reform in England
A political manifesto arguing that the reform movement must win power to extend the franchise end church rates and end tithe wars. It contrasts Liberal honesty with Tory aims to restrain reform and warns against royal succession plots backed by opposition factions. The piece calls for unity around the throne and reform against despotism.
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Treasury
Foreign Office
House of Commons
Waterloo
England
Ireland
Rathcormac
Lord Melbourne
Popular
Lyndhurst
Hanover
Lea
Queen Victoria
Duke of Cumberland
Fatal parachute descent at Vauxhall Gardens ends in death
A parachute descent experiment by Mr. Cocking from a Nassau balloon at Vauxhall Gardens ends tragically with his death. Eyewitness accounts describe the perilous ascent and violent fall, while the inquest records note extensive injuries and the parachute’s flawed design.
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Cocking
Carter
Lee
Tiger’s Head
Finch
Price
Green
Vauxhall Gardens
Gye
Hughes
Mr.c
Mr. Gye
Mr. C
Surrey Zoological Gardens
Mr. Cocking
Mr. G
Mr.g
Spencer
Prerage Allegories of English Nobility and Lineage
An antiquarian discourse surveys the tangled origins of English noble families tied to royal favor and bastardy. It traces John Russell to the Bedford ducal line, notes the Portlands and Beauforts, lampoons Howards, and mentions the Richard Grenville lineage and a Percy claimant.
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John Russell
Henry VIII
Bedford
Bentinck
Prince of Orange
Duke of Portland
Richmond
Gratton
St. Albans
Charles the Second
House of Beaufort
Marquis of
Winchester
All the Howards
Court of Common Pleas
Jocky of Norfolk
France
Richard the
Richard
Howards
Alexander
Horatio
Duke of Buckingham
Chandos
Richard Grenville
Richard-Plantagenet
The Ascent That Ended in Tragedy
Report of the balloon ascent by Messrs. Green and Cocking at Blackheath ending in Cocking's death as the parachute failed. The parachute detached, the capsule broke away, and Cocking fell from several hundred feet while bystanders assisted. The scene shifted from festive to mournful as details emerged.
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Jean
Lee
Totel
Vauxhall
Spencer
Orham
Town Malling
Maidstone
London
Money
Major Money
Norwich
Lowestoff
Wrotham
Mr. Cocking
Cocking
Green
Sven O
Docking
Thames
Bayswater
Acton
R. Underwood
Regent-street
Underwood
Blackheath
Messrs. Green
Mr. Underwood
Child Stolen from Home in Holbern Case
On Wednesday a young female named Anna Woodhall was fully committed at Guildhall on a charge of stealing a two year old child from Mrs. Duns of Plumptree court Holbern. The prisoner decoyed the child some distance from home and robbed it of its clothes.
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Srsatina
Anna Woodhall
Guildhall
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London Gas Company
Mr. Spencer
Ahmares
Messrs. Gue
Greer
Mr. Corking
Fred, C. Finch
Grerce Macrawatln
W. Mavellan
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Green Wood
Thompson
Airey
Monck Mason
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