State of Parties the Speakership Division Radical Vote of Credit
The House of Commons shows a rare display of unity as Radicals back the Whigs for Shaw Lefevre. The debate highlights the aim to reform the private bill system and reduce local jobbing, with Conservatives backing Bernal but divisions on the Ways and Means chair. Ministers face a test of Radical support and open questions on reform, ballot, and royal influence, as open policy and future pledges are discussed.
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House of Commons
Shaw Lefevre
Abercrombie
Charles Wynn
O’connell
Dublin
Bernal
Duncombe
Liberal Party
John Russell
The
Morning Chronicle
Court and Fashion Addresses to the Queen
The week shows broad popular support for royal celebrations with dinners illuminations and parades across the country. Reports note arrivals of European dignitaries and royal progress to Windsor while nobles host balls and entertainments in Paris and London.
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Marquis de Dalmatie
Marechal Soult
London
Comte Sebastiani
Grand Duke
Russia
Wellington
Palermo
Lisbon
Lacy
Allhallows
Davys
Peterborough
Town
Windsor Castle
Duchess of Kent
Prince
Princess of
Lyttelton
Flora Hastings
Pitt
Spring Rice
George Campbell
Lehzers
Earl of Fingall
Major Keppel
Col. Buckley
Earl of Belfast
Marble Arch
Light Dragoons
Granville
Paris
Doria
Mary Talbot
Chiswick
Duke of Devonshire
County Mayo
Limerick
Robert Grosvenor
Park-street
Rome
James Clark
Buckingham Palace
Prince Edward
Prince of
Royal Horse Guards
Charles Somerset
Earl Poulett
Sussex
Cambridge
Count Munster
Hanover
Brussels
Victoria
Holland
France
Belgium
Limburg
Luxemburg
Messrs. Barthels and Katts
Wuittre Hall
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James Abercromby
Baron Dumfernline
Dumfernline
Fife
Foreign Office
George Lalyarde Stafford Jerningham
Portugal
Spain
Berlin
Mary of
Hesse-Darmstadt
Wm. Ashley
Queen Adelaide
Hastings
Herbert Taylor
St. Katherine’s Hospital
Hampshire
Duke of
Medico Botanical Society
Earl Stanhope
Lord John Russell
Royal Medico-Botanical Society
Hamburg
Marchioness of Clanricarde
Lock
Queen Charlotte’s
Belgrave
Leuchtenberg
Atrocious murder in Woolwich Barracks shocks town
A Royal Artillery sergeant major William Sheppard was shot on parade at Woolwich Barracks by private George Willis. Willis, 18, claimed no remorse. he was tried, found guilty of willful murder, and committed to Newgate amid a large crowd.
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Woolwich
Royal Artillery
William Sheppard
Royal Foot Artillery
Sheppard
George Willis
Willis
Richardson
Duke of Wellington
Steel
John Webb
Steele
Eli
Lymington
Watts
Carttar
Kent
Elizabeth Browning
Britannia
Patrick Connell
Marine
Mitchell
Lord Bloomfield
Henslow
Scott
Meanour
Ordnance Medical Department
Sir John Webb
Central Criminal Court
Andrew Patton
of Kent
Royal Artillery Barracks
Thomas Polson
Polson
Andrew Partron
Joan Weber
John Snowbell
Jonn Wesp
Thomas Mason
Joan Weebp
John Wess
Captain Fead
Castle
Winchester
Secretary-Of-War
Ordnance
Royal Ordnance Office
Hardihood
Adam Young
Greenwich
Mercer
Royal Marines
J. Fry
Wm. Sheppard
Alexander Steele
Andrew Patten
John Snowhell
George William Bingham
William Richardson
Sheppardy
Wm. Bradfield
John Robinson
Charles Jameson
George Powell
M'Gorrey
James M‘gorrey
Picquet
James Moore
Newgate
Fead
R.N
Mr. Cope
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