Scavenger School of Journalism in Peel Queen Dispute
In a stark critique of Tory press attacks on Queen Victoria and Lady attendants, the article defends Sir Robert Peel’s resignation reasoning. It condemns insinuations about the Queen’s private circle, praises Peel’s candor, and urges the Crown to resist partisan pressure that would erode royal independence and constitutional balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scavenger School OF Journalism
Sir Robert Peel
Robert Peel
Times
Morning Post
England
Buckingham House
Lord Melbourne
Lord John Russell
Robert
Louis Philippe
Masham
India
Canada
Ireland
Jamaica
House of Lords
Russia
Normanby
Lelius
Duke of Wellingtons
Victoria
Europe
Madrid
Lishmen
John Russell
House of Commons
Baronet
Marylebone
Court and Fashion Addresses to the Queen Across Towns
Towns imitate Marylebone and St Pancras in address to the Queen expressing support for her stand against Tory dictation. Queen and Dowager Queen Adelaide attended chapel, concerts, and a grand Gloucester House assembly with diplomats and nobility present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marylebone
St Pancras
Chapel Royal
Adelaide
Marlborough House
Portsmouth
John Russell
Buckingham Palace
Lord Wriothesley Russell
Royal
Duchess of Kent
Marchioness of
Lansdowne House
Netherlands
Duke of Argyll
Viscount Palmerston
Howick
Orloff
Charles
Countess Pozzo di
Gallignani
Earl Grosvenor
Hotel Meurice
Gazette de France
Duchesse de Berry
Anthony Pascal
Count de Lecce
Naples
Spangenberg
Baron Graeff
Nordeney
Robert Peel
Earl of Ripon
Duke of Richmond
Duchess of Gloucester
Gloucester House
Lady Portman
Miss Anson
George Campbell
Earl of
Uxbridge
Lord Byron
Robert Otway
Lord A. Paget
Flora Hastings
Caroline Legge
Samuel G. Higgins
Grand Duke of
Russia
Prince Frederick Henry
Viscount Torrington
Count Orloff
Duke
Duchess of Cambridge
Princess Augusta of Cambridge
Misa Kerr
Baron Knesebeck
Weippert
Brutal Outrage by Soldiers in Hyde Park
Hyde Park incident involving Seth Henchcliffe and William Gifford of the 1st Grenadier Guards. They beat and threatened Edward H Hill and an old man, with bystander testimony from two women. Convicted of assault. Henchcliffe jailed four months, Gifford two months.
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Queen Square
Seth Henchcliffe
Wm. Gifford
1St Regiment
Grenadier Guards
Hyde Park
Edward H. Hill
Henry Ingrew
Kensington
Mr. Hill
Defendante
Pompinane
Gregorie
Hill
Henchcliffe
Charge of Attempting Murder at Central Court
Henry Jones a 36 year old former police sergeant was found guilty of assaulting with intent to murder William Harley during a dispute over rent in Homerton. Evidence showed a handkerchief gag and forced entry. jury convicted him as charged and Baron Parke sentenced him to life transportation to a penal colony with harsh confinement and public labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Criminal Court
Henry Jones
William Harley
Phillips
Homerton
Jones
Police
Baron Parke
Home Department
An Incomparable Speaker and Penny Postage notes
A clipped selection notes Henry Goulburn as a potential conservative Speaker candidate in 1839 and Lefevre as rival. It cites Mexico promising no forced loans. It tracks the rise of penny postage petitions from 1837 to 1839 and reports the National Convention at Birmingham amid anticipated violence and plans for an ambulatory, permanent sittings group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Goulburn
Standard
Goulburn
Lefevre
Mexico
Republic
Rowland Hill
House of Commons
Birmingham
Riots and Armory Raid in Paris Surges to City Barricades
A crowd of 300 plus wearing smock frocks attacked the Lepage armoury at Rue Bourge Abbe 22. They looted 150 fowling pieces, besieged the Hotel de Ville and Palace of Justice, and clashed with municipal guards before dispersing. By midnight martial force secured streets, with Marshal Gerard commanding Paris garrison and ministers reshuffled as order resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messager
Rue Bourge Abbe
Lepage
Havin
Palace of Justice
Place du Chatelet
Hotel de Ville
Pelletier
Prefecture of Police
Rue Des Arcis
Rue de la Vauxerie
Place de Greve
Pont Au Change
Post Au Bles
St. Martin
St. Denis
Montmartre
National Guard
Messrs. Lepage
Commerce
Saumon
Grand Cerf
BourgeAbbe
Saucede
St. Avoye
St. Leu
Rue Aux Oies
Marshal Gerard
Paris
Tiquetonne
3D Legion
M. Leroux
Evening Journal
Sigs
Rue Richelieu
Tuileries
National Guards
Carrousel
Louvre
Palais Royal
Gerard Re
Oeered
Marshal Soult
M. Teste
General Schneider
Admiral Duperre
Marine
M. Duchastel
Interior
M. Cunin Gridaine
M. Dufaure
M. Villemame
M. Passy
Duke de Montebello
Naples
M. Girod
de Tpain
Justice
Council of State
General Cubieres
War Department
M. Tapinier
Bank of France
Moniteur Parisien
Republican Party
Courrier Francais
Marche St. Jean
Palais de Justice
Quay de la Megisserie
M. Armand
Montorgueil
Porte St. Denis
Rue de Clery
Pointe St. Eustache
Rue Montmartre
Rue d’Amboise
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History and Politics
Foreign Intelligence
Spain and
Portugal
Maprio
Correo Nacional
Bayonne
Moroto
Ubal
Royal Road
Bafael Moroto
Manzanera
Catalonia
d’Espagne
Sagarra
Res d
Austria
Trieste
Brazils
Cuba
West Indies
South America
United Kingdom
America
Boards of Health
Venice
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