Debates on Suffrage and Education in Parliament End in Vote
The house debated Chartist fears and universal suffrage with speakers warning of dangers to the constitution, while others defended reform and religious instruction. The motion was defeated by 101 to 82 as divisions and petitions followed.
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Doncombe
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Crawtorn
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Church of England
James Grasax
Resbuck
Hawes
R. Inctis
Motion to dissolve into committee on corn import duties
In Moxpar on May 16 the House debated abolishing foreign corn duties. The question was put by Mr. Villiers and the division showed 381 Noes to 125 Yes, with a long list of Nobles and MPs recorded as ayes and tellers Roebuck and Villiers presiding.
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India
British Museum
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Ireland
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Canada
Lord Stanley
Legislative Council
United Kingdom
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United States
Poulett Thomson
Fie
Moxpar
Mr. Villiers
Legal Correspondence and Public Notices Summary
A long letter page covers legal pleadings definitions, court practices, and multiple reader comments. It includes medical case notes on a bronchial coin removal, ecclesiastical timing, weather ephemera, and public notices. Readers seek guidance on wills, tenancy, lotteries, and company inquiries while noting a Brunel case of foreign body extraction.
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Sc. C. L
Rooks
Thomasine
Blaberly
Magistrates In Sessions
G.R.C
P. W
Dossey
Delta—Four
C.J. J
London
M. O
J. G
Mischllaneour
Brunel
Weekly Chronicle
Benjamin Brodie
Afr. Brunel
Afr
Aston Key
Bray
Lawrence
Stanley
Key
S. T
Bude
St. John's
J.E. Hall
Eastern Counties Railway
A. R
D. D
James Graham
Home Secretary
South Australian
Ducrow
Currier
John Davies
Davgmont
Afrs
Davenport
Colman
Mattocks
Lucinda
Halon
Brighton
Close of the Corn Law Debate Sparks Ending and Fallout
The Weekly Chronicle surveys the closing of the Corn Laws debate, siding with the anti monopoly outlook. It lauds Cobden as the Farmers’ friend, notes Sir Edward Knatchbull’s missteps, and highlights the shift toward free trade while lamenting Tory press complaints at the lengthy session and the political costs for Peel and the conservatives.
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Miles
Charles Burrell
Squires
Gladstone
Robert Peel
Edward Knatchbull
Kent
Consolidated Fund
Knatchbull
Shrewsbury
Edward
Sharman Crawford
Canada
Bowring
Ewart
Layard
E. Buller
Paulett Scrope
Wood
Thornely
United States
Congress
Lord Ashley
Gibson
Howard Douglas
Nampe
Villiers
Alderman of Coleman Street candidate and church plans
Aldermanic candidate for Coleman Street ward is Mr W Hunter of Finsbury circus, replacing Sir W Heygate. Rev J Endell Tyler plans a new church on a site between Bedford Square and Waterloo Bridge, with Anglican approval and a £150 grant from the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. John Hunt’s death sentence is commuted to transportation for fifteen years. Iron prices have fallen from £11 15s 6d in 1836 to £4 14s.
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W- Hunter
Finsbury Circus
Court of Common Council
Coleman-street
W. Heygate
St. Gres's
J. Endell Tyler
St. Giles’s-in-the-Fields
Gentleman
Bedford Square
Waterloo Bridge
London
Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge
John Hunt
Cambridge Advertiser
Time conversions for sunrise sunset and high water tides
Provides instructions to compute sunrise and sunset times for Great Britain and Ireland by adjusting London based on latitude differences. Includes table of tide time corrections from the London Dock and major harbours such as Bristol Orkney Falmouth Hull Milford Haven and Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow Southampton and Cowes. Also notes refer to Notices to Correspondents for further calendar information.
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Great Britain and Ireland
London Dock
Bristol
Ork
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Ward speech on Villiers motion for Corn Law repeal
Publication notes the speech by H G Ward MP of Sheffield on Mr Villiers motion for total repeal of the Corn Laws. Corrected copy published in London by Ridgway with Parker Nate Hooper listing.
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Sheffield
Villiers
London
James Ridgway
Piccadilly
Parker Nate Hooper
Pall-mall
Corn Laws to Fall in June 1844 Says Writer
A commentator derides the House for rejecting a motion by 381 to 125 and asserts the Corn Laws are dead. The analysis predicts the funeral hour is June 1844, implying imminent repeal and unsettled safety for agriculturists and monopolies alike.
Repeal Agitation and Ireland’s distress amid Tory governance
The article surveys the expanding Repeal movement in Ireland as OConnell’s rhetoric provokes backlash from English ministers and Catholic bishops. It notes increasing unrest, troop buildup, and political shifts, arguing Tory policy and Cabinet alignments fuel Ireland’s crisis while mocking “nobodies” in power and praising the new Windsor-Downing Street alignment.
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Analysis of the Corn Law Debate and Canada Bill Split
The article denounces the House majority backing the Corn Law defense, naming County and Borough MPs and towns as impediments to reform. It condemns Canada’s proposed import duties, argues Peel’s tactic harms free trade, and predicts the measure’s political fallout and continued agitation.
Knatchbull Defies Commons With Private Bill Clause
Sir Edward Knatchbull again stirs controversy by proposing to transfer jury powers to two Justices of the Peace in the South Eastern Railway Bill on its third reading, reflecting his famed Corn Law and private bill antics and the era's self serving governance.
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Edward Knatchbull
Sir B. Knatchbull
Landmark Land Purchase Debate Reveals Grasping Proposals
The article denounces a proposed land purchase framework as monstrous legislative buce and celebrates exposing corruption in private deals. It cites two Justices of the Peace and Gisborne as critics, arguing compensation amounts favor landowners and undermine juries.
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Gisborne
Royal levee at St James's palace and royal visitors
Her Majesty hosts a levee at St James's palace with Prince Albert, the Crown Prince of Wurtemberg, Prince George, and the young Duke of Mecklenburg arriving from Buckingham palace. The event draws a large crowd as life guards escort dignitaries and bring the sovereigns together in formal ceremony. A fire at Princess's Theatre is quickly controlled with minor damage. A courtroom scene features a vivacious witness discussing her living and a jealous husband.
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