Trafalgar Square Vein of Public Works Under Review
The piece critiques Trafalgar Square as it nears completion, faulting Bailey’s statue balance, fountain design, and the surrounding neoclassical architecture. It warns the Roman style clashes with local taste and laments incongruous ancillary buildings, urging a shift toward Rational Gothic and Elizabethan forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punch
Exchange
Parliament
Bailey
St. Martin’s Church
St. James’s Park
Kensington Gardens
Temple-gardens
Fouqué
Kibhleborn
Undine
Hulbrand
National Gallery
Neptune
Mons
Louis Tournaire
Astley’s
Hogarth
Charles the First
James the Second
Grinlin Gibbons
Metropolis
Whitehall
Gardene
St Germains
Europe
James
Monument
St. Paul's
Northumberland
James the First
Morley’s
College of Physicians
Combre
Apo
Reyne
Imperial Parliament Debates Petty Sessions Fees and Privy Council Reform
Fragmented report of Lords and Commons Friday sessions detailing petty sessions fees, petitions on agricultural protection, Privy Council bill proposals including a permanent president and two puisne judges, potential expansion of divorce and estate matters, opposition from Lord Corren sam, and committee referrals. Also notes private railway bills, Athlone committee, slave trade papers, Factory Bill postponement, and poor law union chaplains stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House OF Lords
Marquis of Laxspewse
England
Wales
Harpington
Haddington
Banff
Loza Cunancexrog
Pr. Council
Lord Brougham
Lord Corrensam
J. Hanmer
Lord Palmerston
J. Granam
Poor Law Union Chaplains
Turner
James Granam
Somerset County
Earl of Rapyor
Lord Porton
Somersetshire
Lord Broveua
Duke of Wellington
League
Salamanca
Duke of Whiteton
Lord Radnor
Duke of Ricusxonp
Lord Beaumont
Lord Broveham
Privy Council
Lori Brougham
Judicial Committee
Houses
Parliament
Brovowast
Whanneliee
Herbert Marsh
Lord Littorp
Peterzoxoven
Gentleman
Peterborough
Paris
Marsh
Lord Sautorp
South Wales
Lord WuarycLiFve
House OF Commons
National debt reduction plan for three and a half per cent
The Chancellor proposes converting Three and a Half per Cent stock to a Three and a Quarter per Cent stock with fixed rates through 1874, to save about £1.25 million annually from 1854, while preserving public faith and avoiding debt growth. It details stock classifications, dissent timelines, and equalized interest payments to stabilize currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelham
House of Commons
Hear
Europe
House
China
Lord Ripon
Vansiltar
Feshaae Aed
England
United Kingdom
Ireland
Bante
Treasury
J. R. Rew
Star of Hope
P. Stewart
J. Eastiore
Akerman Troursos
S. Crawford
Panistimene Bey
Col. den Rose
Baronet
Her Majesty
Tson
British Museum
South Down
Midland Counties
Genueman
Cobden
Padgett
Wootter-wader-Grange
Norfolk
Spentlemen
Lothians
Haddington
Austen
Mr. Cobden
Wilts
Dorsetshire
Board of Agriculture
Devonshire
Wiltshire
Somerveshire
Dorset
Glocester
Glocestershire
Hate
Gloucestershire
Hunt
Board of Guardians
Lord Ducie
Lord Spencer
Buckingham
Richmond
Berkshire
Pusey
Gentemen
India
France
Africa
Pension denial sparks duelling debate in parliament
In committee, Lord Howick questioned if refuting Colonel Fawcett’s widow pension signals a general aim to curb duelling. Sir Henry Hargreave defended the decision, saying the grounds did not justify a pension. A longer debate followed on army discipline and court martial practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canwrorp
Rochdale
O'Connell
Ireland
Hume
Committee of Supply
Fawcett
Bernat
War Office
Duke of Wellington
Lord Winchelsea
H. Harviner
T. Duncombe
Colonel Fawcett
Munro
Moat Heavy
House
Crown
C. Napier
Lond
Pamiga
Woon
Middlesex
Lord Parwerston
Rt. Peer
H. Hardinge
R. Perl
Bernal
Lord Howick
R. Taaite
Association For the Prevention
Turner
R. Grosvenor
Bremerton
Law
Lis
Tring
Govan
Lord Howke
Henxay Hargprice
War-Office
Fox
Coventry
Borpero
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Trafalgar Square
A, W
Imperial Parliament
Earl of Arrox
Gwalior
Lord Chascellon
Corre Nuam
Dublin
Maynooth
Lord Monteade
College of
Duke of Wemnctox
Marquis of LansDowne
Henay Harpriag
Gill
76Th Regiment
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