Chartist Petition Debate and the Reform Path Ahead
A detailed assessment of the Chartist petition with 3,300,000 signatories. It notes orderly processions but poor alignment between Chartist aims and parliamentary reception. The piece critiques leadership, underscores the broader fight for electoral reform, and predicts a new party realignment toward expanded political rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncombe
Bressen
House of Commons
Feargus O'Connor
Sharman Crawford
Macaulay
John Russell
Robert Peel
Mr. Roebuck
Villiers
Hawes
Moebuck
Lord John Russell
Ork
Lord Grey
Ward Defends Chartists Petition Hearing at Bar in 1842
In a letter from Sheffield H G Ward explains why he supported hearing the Chartists petition in Parliament. He rejects links to universal suffrage and condemns leaders for associating the petition with property destruction and bankruptcy. Ward cites unsettled questions about representation and urges fairness for working class voices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
Dun ‘Ube
tAgenta
Sharman Crawford
Duncombe
Roebuck
Connell
House of
H. G. Ward
Court and Fashion at St James's Palace
The Queen held a levee at St James's with Prince Albert and the royal suite, leaving Buckingham for the palace in royal carriages. The masque preparations feature historical quadrilles with portraits of Louis XII and other figures, plus commentary on the theatre of luxury and craft from Spitalfields, and the Tippoo Saib tent to be displayed at Buckingham palace for the grand ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James's Palace
Prince Albert
Buckingham House
Palace
Life Guards
Buckingham Palace
Claremont
Windsor
Esher
Morning Post
Augusta
Earl of Pembroke
Claude de France
Comte d’Angouleme
Louis the Twelfth
Francis the First
Duke of Beaufort
Louis the XII
France
Dhonneur
Duchess of Cambridge
Earl of Cardigan
Chevalier Bayard
Duchess of Beaufort
Brunon
Mazourkas
Duchess of Sutherland
Jersey
Duchess of Bedford
Buccleuch
Londonderry
Tiem
Lord Lyndhurst
Cardinal Richelieu
Lord Brougham
Duc de Roquelaure
John Russell
Olivier de Diam
Lord Melbourne
Prince Potemkin
Lord Palmerston
Alberoni
Sir John Hobhouse
Nadir Shah
England
Machiavellique
Edward
Phillipa
William the Conqueror
Calais
Crecy
Poitiers
Cambridge
London
Spitalfields
Tippoo Saib
Seringapatam
Lord chancellor orders supersedure of peace for King's County
The lord chancellor, on May 4 1842, ordered a supersedens of the commission of the peace for King's County to Francis Harrison Biddulph. This action follows evidence at the Tullamore assizes in the Colgan and Doherty murder attempt case, suggesting Biddulph sent his steward to urge the prisoners’ friends to flee the country to escape justice. The Dublin Packet notes the step as necessary after these disclosures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King’s County
Francis Harrison Biddulph
Tullamore
Colgan
Dublin
Lucina
Signor
Mario
Ronconi
Lucia
Z Torquato Tasso
Signor Ronconi
Bordoni
Sienna Leone
Sierra Leone
Heroine
Gambia
Pantaloon
Jack
Caulker
Macdonald
2D West India Regiment
Grant
West India Regiment
Bhorro
Badaboo
Gathbia
Bathurst
Arraghann Caprives
Affghanistan
Fort Badenbad
Loughanee
Calcutta
Marth
Pottinger
Elphinstone
Cureton
16Th Lancers
Meerut
Pettinger
Colonel Curetone
Tae Bissop
Licurieto
Sonp
Henry Russgry
Duke of Bedford
John Russell
Robert Stopford
Greenwich
Lord
the Royal Hospital
Marquis of
Abercorn
Edward Russell
Francis Russell
Lord Wriothesley Russell
Charles Russell
Cosmo Russell
R. Stopford
J. Gordon
Greenwich Hospital
J. Stopford
Arthur Stopford
Domville
Goldney
Trafalgar-road
Naval Asylum
Lord Normanby
Biddulph
Lord de Grey
Orange Press
Dublin Castle
House of Lords
D. Wilkie
Christie
Mancon
Cork Poor-Law Union
Geographical Society
Civil Engineers
Kingston Harbour
P. Henderson
Caledonian Canal
W. Elliott
Penydarran Works
South Wales
A. Stephens
Zoological Society
Meteorological Society
Aborigines’ Protection Society
Medico Botanical
Literary Fund
Brighton
Blackwall
Manchester
Birmingham
Biraalaghai
Croydon
South Western
Northen
Eastern
Leeds
Great Western
Derby
North Midland
Great North
Engrent
Midland Counties
York
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Bankes
M.P
Bow-street
St. James’s Park
Jardine
Bodkin
Old Bailey
Court of Queen's Bench
Queen’s Bench
Maule
Treasury
Palace-yard
Roswampton Munper
Newgate
Walworth Road
Richmond Street
Examinations of Cooper and International Intelligence
Report of the yesterday's examination of murderer Cooper and latest conduct notes. Dispatches from Sierra Leone and Gambia detail naval actions and captures, with reports on Pottinger and Elphinstone letters, Irish magistracy, funerals, rail receipts, and a Wallworth floorcloth collapse with multiple injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper
Brighton Hustings Endorsements Spark Turmoil in Local Poll
The Brighton hustings opened with cheers as candidates faced supporters. Lord Alfred Hervey led early, Harford and others spoke amid uproar. Poll results and a final declaration favored Harford’s rival, with amid crowd tensions and a later chairing ceremony for Lord Hervey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Lawrence Peel
Lord Alfred Hervey
Jaacson
Roberts
Somers Harford
House of Commons
Isaac Bass
Brookes
Woodward
Flowers
Nicholson
Allen
Feargus O'Connor
Landsdell
Lord Hervey
Harford
Lane
Hervey
Ceeseese
EOS
Brooker
Garford
Esereeess
Harford Seeesseveesers
Hervey Cesseeceeesees
Cscseneerees
Hervey Ecseseeesseeee
Cordy
Hetyoy
Harvey
Mr. Harford
Baricutor
Evenina
Ship Hotel
George Faithful
Reform Party
Major Allen
Baisevi
William Hervey
Faithfull
Waters
Mr. Faithfull
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Marylebone News and Elections Report 1842
A chaotic mix of local politics and crime from Marylebone and London. Contested town clerk election bids by Merewether and Pearson, vestry results showing Liberal majority, a major factory fire at Hopags Distillery with heavy losses, and court updates on chancery holidays and a Cambridge bribery case. Also a lunacy commission verdict for Miss Georgiana Swift and a burglary case in Marylebone with jewellery theft.
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Corporation of the City
Sergeant Merewether
London
Hardwick
C. Pearson
William Thompson
C. Russelt
Thos. Wilson
Burra
J. William Pritchard
Pearson
Marylebone
Christ Church
All Souls
St. Mary’s
Trinity
Trinity’ .c
Messrs. Hopags
Waterloo Road
West of England
Paisley
Messrs
Hastie
Oswald
Johnston
Calcutta
Madras
Bombay
Court OF Chancery
Court OF Queen's Bench
Cambridge
Tae Queen
Samuel Lona
Sergeant Stocks
Waddington
Andrews
O'Malley
Crown Court
Lord Denman
Long
Intrigue and theft in Clerkenwell and surrounding districts
A detailed trial narrative describes multiple suspects in a London robbery case. Officers recover a gold watch, chain, brooch, and spoons from a suspect’s box while another woman hides silver items on her person. Separate accounts recount a Prussian prisoner’s brutal assault on a police officer during a Gerrard Street heist and the rope of witnesses testifying to Mrs Nock’s alleged involvement with a van load of goods. Greenwich police report ongoing murder investigations linked to Duncan Crawford with unnamed co‑defendants.
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Phillimore
Don Saltero’s
Cheynewalk
Chelsea
Georgiana Swift
Parson’s Row
Adolphus
Phinn
Ball
Chelsea Church
Khan of
Tartary
Forest of Dean
Richard the Second
Mordecai
Prince of Wales
Lord Cadogan
Thames
Tim
Marylebone
Charlotte Drake
Margaret Barry
William Gosland
Long
Elizabeth Syred
Spring-street
Portman-square
Gareen
Syred
Drake
Bank of England
James Lark
Woodbridge
Suffolk
London
Lisson Grove
Barry
New-road
Gowland
Tolhurst
Duke
Clerkenwell
Crim
Crim. Con.—Rappery
Cooper
Daley
Highbury
Adolphus Conneskalb
Greenwood
Charles Nock
Gerrard-street
Soho
George Matock
Nock
Kensington
James Palmer
Mr. Nock
Palmer
Jarvis
Curzon
Paul
Scotty
Tidy
Duncan Crawford
Crawford
Jackson
Grove
Paul Alias Scotty
Thamrg
Lovell
Whitmore and Co Bankruptcies Dividends Declared
In the Thursday Bankruptcy Court a dividend date was fixed for the four partners estates. The joint estate already paid 63 in the pound, Wells sen 20s, Edward Whitmore 20s, Frederick Whitmore 20s, and Wells jun 6s 6d in the pound. Also notes Norfolk and Norwich Times exit, Chester races crowds, Thames suicide, river accident, illegal still in Wellington street, fatal affray among two women in Carter's lane Westminster, post mortem ordered, inquest set for Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitmore and Co
Wells
Edward Whitmore
Frederick Whitmore
Norfolk and Norwich Times
Norwich
Chester
Birkenhead
Liverpool
Cheshire
Mersey
Thames
Vauxhall Bridge
Fata
Bugsby
Higgs
Westminster
Mary Ann Wood
Carter’s Lane
Big
St. Margaret's Workhouse
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Princess Claude
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Princess Augusta Gaston de Foix
Prince George Duchesse de Ferrare
Ailesbury
Jean d’Albert de Navarre
Granby Bayard
Cardigan
Jeanne de Conflans
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Exeter le Connétable de
Claire d’Aubigné
Comte de Montpensier
Comte de Dunois
Clémence Jeanne
Maréchal de Chabannes
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Clanricarde
Louis de Talrémonille
Lord Craven Anne de Villerois
Guy de la Motte
Blanche de St. Paul
Robert Stuart d
Lord Hillsborough
Lady A. Somerset
Lord Claud Hamilton
Lincoln Count
Esterhazy
Stanley
F. Villiers
E. Reade de Ginkle
Lord Ward
Miss Forester
C. Forester
Hillsborough
Lord Emlyn
Lamley
Law and Police
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