The Colliery System and Harsh Child Labour
The official report to Parliament details heavy work by children and women in West Riding mines. It describes bearers and trammers, brutal punishments by butt ies, long hours often exceeding twelve to sixteen per day, and dangerous, deprived lives in pits from Scotland to Derbyshire.
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West Riding
Yorkshire
Fanny Drake
Wakefield
James Greenwood
Herkin
Colleries
Barnsley
Elizabeth Day
Ann
Elizabeth
Eggleys
Harriers
Elizabeth Egeley
Demost
Ipens
Ers
Halifax
Scotland
Tia
St. Paul's Cathedral
Jane Cumming
Agnes Moffatt
Robert Bald
Staffordshire
Shropshire
Warwickshire
Leicestershire
Derbyshire
Ellen Wagstaff
West Riding of Yorkshire
Bradford
Leeds
Lancashire
Cheshire
Oldham
Cumberland
South and
North Durham
Northumberland
United Kingdom
Great Britain
South Staffordshire
Forest of Dean
Lord Ashley
Joseph Latum
Ainsworth
Jonathan Watts
Jemmy Robinson
Robinson
Slater
Thomas Berkin
Bagthorpe
Thomas Gibson
John Bostock
Babbington
William Wright
Southport
Thomas Holmes
Shugdenlane-pit
North
William Holt
Blackburn
Robert Tweedale
Charles Hill
South Durham
Durham
Delays in depositions delay prisoner Franks trial
The Home Office sought a copy of the Bow Street depositions against Franxois with a court dispute over custody. Bow Street clerks reportedly hold them, delaying the trial into the next session. The prisoner remains composed and insists the pistol discharge involved only powder. Sir Peter Laurie notes Francis in Newgate asked for a mattress and was refused. no special treatment for prominent criminals.
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Franxois
Home Office
Bowstreet
Central Criminal Court
Bow-street
Peter Laurie
Guildhall
Francis
Newgate
Latest Intelligence China and India From Bombay and Ningpo
Reporter from Bombay May 2 notes Chinese forces reportedly massing for a grand attack on Ningpo and Chinhae with up to 80,000 troops. The 560 troops aboard Jupiter reinforce Ningpo as fears rise. Hong Kong reports limited action with Pottinger holding discretion. Affghanistan offers no fresh news. Madrid, Paris, and London dispatches cover finance, elections, and shipping losses abroad.
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Cuina
Macao
Ningpo
Chinhae
Hong-chow-foo
Yu-yao
Hugh Gough
Hong-chow- Foo
Henry Pottinger
Hongkong
Canton River
Monsieur Challaye
Canton
Pekin
Madras Native Infantry
Bengal
India
Affghanistan
Pollock
Sale
Caboot
Addresses to the Queen and Suspect Regicide At Large
Reports describe nationwide meetings adopting addresses to the Queen following an assassination attempt. Also narrated is a suspicious case at the Peacock tavern with a youth arming himself, later linked to a pistol and mould recovered by the police, and notes on trials of John Francis and Thomas Cooper, plus royal and industrial news and upcoming meetings.
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Windsor
Royal Horse Guards
15Th Regiment of Foot
Charles Wellesley
Great Park
Prince Albert
Count Mensdorff
Hugo
Alexander, Adolphus
Arthur Mensdorf
Sirdward Owater
Nnble
Wistate
Peacock Tavern
Maiden-lane
Covent-garden
London
Liverpool
Francis
Munpener Coorpern
Central Criminal Court
Newgate
Mr. Cope
John Francis
Thomas Cooper
Daley
Tindal
Justice Pattison
Baron Gurney
Old Court
Cooper
Bank of England
Mercers' Company
Speedene
Earl of Wilton
Portsmouth
Hamburg
Dresden
Saxony
Order of the Garter
Szearxep
Geographical Society
Institute of British Architects
Godwin
Cologne
Schroder
Jefferey
Woolwich
Institution of Civil Engineers
England
R. T. Atkinson
J.J. Wilkinson
Zoological Society
Meteorological Society
Geological Society
Royal Society
Numismatic Society
Annual Society of Antiquaries
Tuames Tunnel
Wapping
Manchester
India
Huddersfield
Bradford
Orleans
Oxford Wins Greatest Thames Cutter Match With Cambridge
In a renowned Thames encounter, Oxford and Cambridge vie for the rowing crown. Both crews trained intensely, with Oxford gaining early lead and finishing from Westminster to Putney in 30 minutes 10 seconds, amid vast shore attendance and racing spectacle on the river.
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Oxford
Cambridge
Thames
Mersey
London
Leander
Messrs. Menzies
Jun
Messrs
Ridley
Hughes Denman
G. Cox
Royds Bourke
Cobbold
Brooster Penrose Breaden Watson Menzies
Sen. Denman
L. M. Dougall
Bow
Tower Shadwell
Holdam
Steerer
Richmond
Adonis
Apollo Belvidere
King
Searle and Sons
Stangate
Middlesex
Westminster Bridge
Westminster
Putney
Millbank
Vauxhall Bridge
Battersea Bridge
Oxonians
Battersea Church
Wandsworth Meadows
Putney Bridge
Wilkie testimonial meeting aims at memorial memento
A large gathering at the Thatched-house tavern stemmed from Sir Robert Peel’s presiding to decide the best memento for Sir David Wilkie. Sir Peter and Mr. Laurie noted a remaining £1600 after expenses, with July 2 set to reassemble for artist bids, including Joseph or Thomas Campbell.
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St. James’s Street
Robert Peel
Bart
M.P
Viscount Mahon
Llandaff
W. J. Newton
M. A. Shee
Thomas Baring
Charles Forbes
Peter
Laurie
Allan Cunningham
W. Leslie Neville
Lander
R. Peel
David Wilkie
Sir R. Peel
Sir David Wilkie
Peter Laurie
Joseph
Thomas Campbell
Boy Jones
Buckingham
Palace
England
Murray
Marylebone
Childs
Somerstown
Apothecaries
Heywert
Bunhillfields
Hennell
Moffatt
East India Company
Liddell
Baxter
Carlisle-lane
Lambeth
Anderson
Beadle
Carter
Surrey
Queen's Bench notes and at St. Paul parish case ruling
Saturday proceedings report multiple Queen's Bench items including a rule against the Poor Law Commissioners over parish St Paul Deptford described as Kent but including Surrey territory. The court upheld the parish description. Also addressed transfer of John Long from second to first class gaol based on statute distinctions. Other court items covered examiners of court admission, discharge of a witness in Gomp Entz, and various criminal investigations and local magistrate actions across Bow Street Clerkenwell Lambeth Union Hall Delaware.
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Chamber of Peers
Havre
Rouen
Neuilly
M. Guizot
Lord Cowley
Madrid
Olozaga
Cortina
Seoane
Gonzales
Paris
Mioney
Surrey Bull
Finance Department
Rodil
Saone
Army of the North
Hameure
New Zealand
New Zealand Company
Hamburg
Germany
Jane
Royalai Steam Packer Company
Medina
Havannah
Nassau
Bermuda
Fayal
Dee
Belize
Sir Charles Adam
Illustrious
Honduras
Central American
Charles Adam
Alerte
Europe
St. Juan
von Scholten
Danish West India Islands
Morro Castle
Congreso
London
Fanny Ellsler
Mexico
Turk’s Island
Moreton
Furiture Broker
Newcut
Lambeth
Cheltenham
George Jacob Holyoake
Oracle of Reason
Mechanics’ Institution
Cheltenham Chronicle
James Bartram
Henry Pearce
Bubb
Queen's Bench
Poor Law ComMissioners
St. Paul
Deptford
County of
Kent
Surrey
Joan Loxe
Andrews
John Long
Cambridge
Justice Wightman
Queen v. Gomp Entz
Chalmers
Middlesex
Greenwood
Siscular Arratn
Alice Gibbons
E Division
Gray's Inn
No. 6
Bond-street
Haymarket
Grays Inn
Mr. Greenwood
Lambeth Street
Murpea
Norton
Mr. Norton
Calverts
Stepney
Roehampton
Fire damages two urban workshops in separate morning blazes
Between twelve and one o'clock Tuesday morning a fire at Mr Coleman’s carpenter shop on Winchester Street St Saviour’s Borough caused heavy damage and loss of stock despite prompt fire service response. Earlier at about nine thirty a fire at Mr Parry’s coffee roaster on Type Street Finbury damaged the building and delayed a quantity of coffee.
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Coleman
Winchester-street
St. Saviour's
Parry
Type-street
Finsbury
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