Gallery notes on English paintings and critics in spring
A lively critique of the British Gallery and Suffolk-street Exhibition as spring art returns, praising some works by Junier Manners and Pyne, while faulting others by Sushed and Prentis. The piece surveys landscapes, portraits, comic genre scenes, and decorative interiors, saluting Herring and Stevens yet condemning vulgar prints and some moralizing touches. The author promises further commentary on the evolving season and gallery offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Gallery
Suffolk-street
Royal Academy
Trafalger-square
Suisse
Iasa
Calmere
Junu Manners
Mr. Astheny
Anthony Sushed
Wilkie
Pyne
Vale of Neath
Clint
Hastings
Valeen
Hebe
Herring
Tattersall's
Te Farrier
Victor Adam
Holland
Tim
Betty Germain
Duke of Dorset
St. John the Baptist
My Lady’s Amanuensis
Prentis
Medam
Claphem
Moses
Mercury
Preytes
Peinter
Stevens
Berlin
The Duke of Newcastle and his Grievances
The Duke of Newcastle writes to the Standard about grievances and vindication. He asserts integrity, laments misinterpretation, and defends his career including opposition to various policies and actions. He recounts patronage losses, service to four sovereigns, and a stance on church and state. He also criticizes press scrutiny and defends personal honour amid political controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Clumber
Hafod
Lord Lincoln
Hume
Williams
Mr. Hume
Lord Duncolp
Nueither
George VI
Sherwood
Lis Alajesty
Mmeself
Garter
Duke of Wellington
Canada
Church of England
Plague Manater Disputes Contact With Figure
A distressed letter from Newcastle reveals defense against accusations, warning that any action for the writer’s benefit would trigger quarantine and intense scrutiny. The writer claims unjust suspicion and asserts desire to restore countrymen’s trust and a clear conscience. The fragment ends with questions about a plague manater approaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laball
Newcastle
Letter on servants and social duty in 1845 Chronicle
A reader questions charitable efforts by the wealthy and urges reform for servants. The writer argues elites show exclusion, demand better support for servants and fair treatment, and criticizes hypocrisy on slavery and social class. March 23, 1845.
Time of sunrise and high water in British ports
The excerpt outlines a method to compute sunrise and sunset by latitude and degrees, plus adjustments for high water times at major ports. It lists many port-specific offsets such as Bristol five hours ten minutes and Cork two hours twenty four minutes, plus others, and then blends a dated religious calendar with notes on daylight length and Easter lessons for Saxony, including various dates and divisions of stock dividends and tax assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felicien David
Paris
Mozart
Beethoven
David
le Desert
Desert
Mariani
Gass Borres
Secretary of the Customs
Secretary of Excise
Lords of the Treasury
Customs
London
Hero-at-Law Society Agaty
Hugh Williams
Heir-at-Law Society
Alderman Copeland
Guildhall
Emmett
Leede
Chatham-place
Mr. Williams
Leeds
Williams
Boyle
Inner Temple
Weil
Ross
Newgate
Copeland
Trover
Great Britain and Ireland
Loniun
Bristol
Cork
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Southampton
Saxony
Nurnti
Teespay
Oxford
Cambridge
Lattaway
House of Commons
Canada
Jones
Partridge
Hubert Perl
Bern
R Squires
Stafford O Brien
League
Cubden
Morning Post
Grogan
Hagland
Ireland
United States
Annexation of Texas to the United States debated in Turner press
The Weebeely Chronicle critiques the U S Senate vote to annex Texas, arguing it departs from Washington’s principles and may provoke war with Mexico. It blames Lord Palmerston and policy shifts, predicts further territorial moves, and condemns imperial ambition while criticizing Protectionists and the Morning Post. The piece contrasts Democratic expansionism with domestic policy failures and warns of destabilizing consequences for Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
United States
Tice
Tir
Chronicle
Britten
American Senate
Washington
Mexico
Lord Palmerston
Abberdeep
Lord Walmerston
England
Lord Dalmerston
Jersey
Polk
Congress of the United States
Senate
American Union
Oregon
Tyler
Canada
Alexico
United Jas
Louisiana
New Spain
Cobahuila
Santa Fe
Overland ‘Trades
Californias
Oregon Territory
Abolition debates on Free Trade and Protection
The piece argues for constitutional methods to settle disputes, criticizing protectionist loyalties. It asserts Milner Gibson’s motion aimed at abolishing protecting duties gradually, not immediately, amid colonial trade concerns. It warns party infighting harms reform and urges cross party cooperation after Easter to push liberal and Whig aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Milner Gibson
Furce
Gibson
Ty Mace
Liberal Party
Ginieressen
Juin Iku
Lord Howick
The Whigs and the Free Traders Vote on Sugar Duties
The article criticizes Lord John Russell for supporting Milner Gibson’s motion to end differential duties on East and West India sugars. It argues this reveals a gap between Whigs and Free Traders and suggests the dispute reflects a deeper principle over free trade. It notes Labouchere’s remark implying only a small difference between Russell and Goulburn on colonial policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Traders
Lord John Russells
Lord John Wassell
Milner Gibson
India
John Russell
Labouchere
Banquet at Town Hall and Royal inspection of railway works
The Liverpool Courier reports a Tuesday banquet at the Town Hall hosted by the chief magistrate with Hes Wightman Pudsey Dawson and other dignitaries. The Duke of Cambridge visited Swindon’s Great Western works, inspected engines and workshops, praised education efforts, and noted the new church funded by private contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asize Baggret
Livesroot
Hes
Wightman
Pudsey Dawson
Hombs
Liverpool
Swixpoys
the Duke of Cambridge
Barrington
Great
Hill
Scott
Great Western Company
Severa
Lord Bare
Lhoyd's
Lloyd's
Royal Exchange
G. R. Robinson
Prince Albert
Tr Lope
Isis
Orien
Ichabor
Thomas Clarke
James Chalmers
Trollope
Great Yarmouth
Scroby Land
Ultime
Lord Egremont
Egremont
House of Egremont
Maguay
Western
Liverperis
Ardwick
Manchester
Swath
Altriveham
Birmingham
Mae
Midland Railway
Darfiehd
Warstan Adland
Elsvar
Midland
Raus
Cherit
Horbury
Hailsay
Oakenslet
Wakefield
Rmbergate
Croydson
Reghton
Horsham Branel
Harwich Tes
Piers
Richmond
Yorkshire
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Buffale Street
Duke of Newcastle
Board of Woods, &c
Legal & Miscellaneous
Ruth
H. Jacob
Mary
Weekly Chronicle
Nathanie
Uggors
Doe
Freirg
Loxpor
MGM Water
the Weebeely Chronicle
President Pulk
Protectionists
Miles
Tyrell
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