Report on the distressing state of London milliners and dressmakers
The commission exposes extreme labors endured by young women in London millinery and dressmaking houses. Testimonies describe fourteen to twenty hour workdays, night work, sleep deprivation, and unhealthy conditions under gas lighting. Physicians warn such toil causes debility, disease, and death, urging mercy, reforms, and possible legislative hours limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Baker
Sjesty
William Ir
Bas
Tietoire
Bakerstreet
Claren
Rac Clark
DeJohoa
Beity
COURT AND PASSION AT ST JAMES PALACE LEVEES NOTICE
The lord chamberlain announces two royal levees for Prince Albert at St James's Palace on Wednesday 29 instant and Wednesday 26 April both at two o'clock. Attendees must bring two cards with names and submit names for approval before the day prior. The state apartments open at 1:30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Albert
Hela Levees
St. James's Palace
Monresty
Secretary of
Home Department
Lord In
Lord Chamberlain
Cunist’s Hospital
Royal
Thomas Johnson
Christ's Hospital
Prince Adalbert OF
Pneisia
Soursanrron
Prince Adalbert
Prussia
Count de Oriola
Count de Bismarck
Mivart’s
Hamburg
Berlin
Duke of Cambridge
Hague
Princess of
Orange
Marchioness
Nextthampton
Brighton
Marchioneas
Marquis of Northampton
Elizabeth Dicken
Marchioness of
Northampton
Royal Society
Lord Wiltshire
Winchester
Charles Wellesley
Mary Cecil
Marquis of Salisbury
Lord Cowley
Guadaloupe
Mansion House
R. Peel
Duke of Wellington
Prince
Princess Louis Napoleon Cristophe
St. Domingo
St. Thomas's
West India Islands
National Guard
St Domingo
Louis Napoleon
Cristophe
Hayti
Prince Cristophe
Archbishop of Canterbury
Chapel Royal
Buckingham Palace
Alarming Lewes accident shocks town with castle wall collapse
The Lewes district awoke to chaos Sunday night as a castle wall forty feet high tumbled, crushing a stable with a pony and two cows, damaging homes and scattering 700 tons of rubble. Crowds feared further collapses. rescue was deemed unsafe until Monday morning when the animals were found dead. A cat survived beneath the debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Charles Napier
United Service Club
Lewes
Peehawake
Kell
Davey
Misses Lee
Willard
Castle Banke
Brighton Gazette
Earthquake and Comet Describe Vertiginous Lancashire Scare
A severe earthquake rocked Lancashire and Cheshire on Friday near one o'clock, felt across Liverpool, Kendal, Preston, and the Isle of Man, with windows rattling and beds swaying. Reports describe the shock as violent in many towns, followed by tales of fear, alarms, and barred communications as observers note a distant comet of enormous size accompanying the seismic event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Lancashire
Cheshire
Liverpool
Whitty
Canning’s
Kirkdale
House of Correction
Mathie
Messrs
Gibbs, Bright, and Co
Gould
Plymouth Grove
Strangeways
Broughton
Kersall
Prestwick
Outask
Moor
Preston
Kirkham
Blackpool
Poulton
Fleetwood
Whitehaven
Kendal
Ambleside
Keswick
Shadburne
Cithers
Wyre
L&a
Eleve P.m
Lancaster
Carlisle
Patter ‘Dale
Cumberland
Westmoreland
Kendall
Sedgwick
West Indies
Castle-town
Isle of Man
Tre Conet
Isle
Nice
James South
Kensington Observatory
Nice Maritime
James
Era Leporis
Gamma Eridani
Epwasp Coorer
Kappa
Gamma
J. F. W. Hexscuet
Collingwood
P.S
Pont
Iofa
Leporis
Government Meetings and Diplomatic Interchanges
A London scene of formal meetings including the Customs Revenue Commission at Gwydyr House and the Metropolitan Improvement Commission in hall-place. Attendees include Lords Lincoln Colborne Lyttelton Hon Charles Gore Sir R Smirke and others. Interactions encompass the American minister Everett with Sir R Pee and a Newfoundland Society deputation with Lord Stanley. The Foreign Office hosts the Russian minister on business, while a opium compensation deputation led by Br J A Smith and others meets Sir R Peel in Downing Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland Society
Lord Stanley
Foreign Office
Second Great League Meeting at Drury Lane Theatre
A crowded Drury Lane Theatre hosts the Second Great League Meeting of Anti-Corn Law supporters. George Wilson chairs as Chas Villiers and MPs Cobden Leader and others address cheers, urging repeal, citing famines, wages, and national trade. The crowd, including many ladies, fills the venue beyond capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drury Lane Theatre
George Wilson
League
Anti-Corn Law League
Chas
Pelham Villiers
N.P
J. T. Leader
M.P
R. Cobden
Dr. Bowring
H. Elphinstone
W. Ewart
J. Thornley
J. Scholefield
W. D. Christie
J. E. Ricardo
Captain Plamridge
W. Harvey
T. Harbottle
John Rawsthorne
W. B. Watkins
T. B. Porter
Lord Iiverpool
Pitt
Lord Liverpool
France
Thia
Eotness
England
Times
Drurylane
Hear
Napoleon
Portugal
Brazil
Christie
A Rat Caught and Skinned Lord Brougham and Mr Bright
A series of letters between Lord Brougham Mr Bright and Hamer Stansfield discuss a defamatory Anti Bread Tax Circular, debunking false statements about motions in Parliament. The correspondence defends the League, criticizes media slander, and urges accountability for misrepresentations amid corn law repeal debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Brougham
MR. Bright
Homer Stansfeld
Tam
House of Lords
H. Stansfield
Tner
Paris
Quarterly Review
Morning Chronicle
League
H. Browaway
Stansfield
Lord Broosham
Rochdale
Tin Close
Quarterly
London
Joan Egicurt
Grafton-street
H. Brovowam
P.S
Lord Brovanam
Jour Baan
Lesgue
H. Baovonan
Manchester
Lord Broveham
Strand
Jens Brisur
Grafton Street
House of Lorda
H. Saouenam
Rord BacucHax
Top
Sneha
Agen
Cuempi
Jony Bubcus
Hamer Stansfield
Ord Brougham
Bright
Lord Broveray
Hamer Stanszigup
Street
Mr. Stansfield
House of Lore
Borning Chronicle
Ebeg
H. Brouoham
Brigit
Haver Sransrizip
Lord
Drummond
Hamer State- Field
Privy Council
Mr. Stensfeld
J. Bright
Cobden
Brovonax
Manchester Heller
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