Anti corn law rally in Manchester and nationwide petitions
Massive meetings in Manchester and Southampton rally for corn law repeal and tariff reform. Speakers urge repeal of prohibitions, tax on bread, and protectionist duties, while petitions flood Parliament from cities including Leicester Sheffield Coventry Norwich and Dublin in support of ministerial measures and free trade.
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Ripon
James Scholefield
Gentleman
Elijah Dixon
Alderman Walker
Manchester
Alderman Kershaw
Walker
Thomas Potter
T. Bazley
Bazley
J. B. Smith
Manchester Chamber of Commerce
Brazils
United States
Wylie
Mr. Cobden
Duggin
Ireland
Rathbone Greg
Thomas Hopkins
George Hadfield
William Neild
Tre Ames
Alderman Trotal
John Russell
T. Hopkins
House of Commons
Poland
America
Council
S. Stocks
J. Naylor
Jon Ia
Manchester Chamberwen Merce and Manufactures
C Eakens A
Robert Their Bedy
Southampton
Guildhall
Hapton
F. L. Harman
S. Hill
Bowyer
Joan Gurriox
Anti-Corn Law Association
Leicester
Walsatt
Gladstone
Villiers
Mr. Gladstone
Licurixta
Barnsley
Lord Morpeth
Worsborough
Anpathy
Dopworts
Acton
Working Men’s Reform Association
Divett
TorrinaTon
Arishes
George Toms
Joseph Hume
Fea
M.P
Anti-Cornlaw League
Ashtonunder-Lyne
Hastines
Holland
London
Sheffield
Preston
Kirby Lonsdale
London Committee
Devonport Town Hall
Norrincham
John Cam Hobhouse
Walter
Porriza
Rome
Coventry
Norwich
Marshall
Captain Money
Woolbright
Newcastle and Gateshead Shipowner’s Society
Town-Hall
Newcastle
Richmond Rayner
Chamber of Commerce of
Clitheroe
Blackburn
West Indies
England
TewnEspany
Lewis
Lynx
Beprorp
Lit
Tle Hampton
Sussex
Toll-house
Surrey
Wolvenhampton
Prince Albert
Messrs
Villiers and
Thornley
Brnmincham
Treland
Mzsrine
DuBuin
Dublin
Royal Exchange
Lord Charlemont
Percy Nugent
Ross
Can- Rick-On-Suiz
John Fitzgerald, Esq
Campaigns for Repeal of Corn Laws Across Wales and Scotland
Reports detail widespread petitions and meetings advocating repeal of the corn laws. Déclarations recount petitions signed by thousands in towns such as Dunfermline Epinal and Fornis, with radical support pushing for urgent parliamentary action. Meetings in Mostyn Carnarvon Flint and Glasgow urge immediate repeal and debate of ministerial tariff proposals.
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Ireland
Scortano
Dunvix
EpiveurGs
Fornis
Burgh
Morrison
House of Commons
Stratine
Justiciary
Epinsunca
Startrom
Penth
Dunots
Henry Parneil
Glascow
Scotland
Wales
Mostyn
Cysegr
W. Griffith
S. Hamer
Carnarvon
Flint
Robert Eyton
Griffith
League
The Duke of Rutland Attacks Pauper Diet Again
A Leeds era item notes the Duke of Rutland's 1839 move to lower pauper meals in his union, arguing that wages rose yet the diet worsened. It cites hospitality to peers for praise and asks how the policy misfired, urging accountability to a public less prone to praise. The piece links protests to broader labor and bread shortages.
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Duke
RutLayp
Duke of Rutland
Suort Commons
Sheffield
Great Britain
Brazil
Iupia Mart
General Post-Office
Colonial Office
West India Islands
Duantist
Tony Compaor
Crown and Anchor
Exeter Hall
O’connel
Martin
London
O'Connell
Manchester
Greg
West Indies
Robert Peel
House of Commons
Caroline
Insolvent Debtor Proceedings In London Court
The Insolvent William Boxp Knight appears for discharge, facing opposition from silversmith Hall over jewellery claimed as gifts to Scottish ladies, amid alleged knighthood claims and prior prison escape. The case adjourned to amend designation and renew. The court later dismisses the petition as he left custody since filing. The same session covers theatrical creditors and discharges for Ratcliffe and Pitt, with further references to Victoria theatre leases and debts.
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Mownar
Willliam Boxp
Kyiut
Hall
High Street
Marylebone
Scotland
Hume
Edgware
Teakle
William the Fourth
Fleet
Brown
Thomas
William Boyd
Dinary
Piccadilly
Charing-cross
Cooke
Hammond
Drurylame Theatre
Cabaldiston
Arthur Wentworth
Woodroffe
John Bond Ratcliffe
Victoria Theatre
Ratcliffe
Joan Bonn Barczirre
Infec ted Pauper Apprentices and Shoplifting Ring At Strand
A Strand resident complains that union officers sent a boy with a contagious itch into her home, infecting children. legal advice suggests consulting a solicitor. In Oxford Street a shopman and a woman are charged as burglars in a large plunder case with goods identified from Smith and Monteath’s store. A separate case at Worship Street covers a man fined for assault over ham charges in a roadside inn. Proceedings involve attempted loan schemes, drunkenness, and a police clash with offenders using life preservers.
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Strand Union
Union
Tooting
Old Bailey
William Bynon
Messrs
Trish
Byron
Mr. Smith
Monteath
Stangate-street
Westminster-bridge
Road
Gloag
Bynon
Thornton
Lizzy
Clerkenwell
Tur
Sir Emanuel Moore
Rochfort
County Cork
Ireland
William Cleaver
Railway Tea and Coffee
Seymour-street
Euston-square
Liverpool
Jane Mott
Watmaugh
Hooper-street
Westminster Road
Desmond
Popham
M‘phane
Papham
Donoghue
Tower-street
Thompson
Marvin
M‘phone
Pine
Maltby
House of Correction
Stopp Seeks Bail Reduction in Court as Assignment Sought
In a ruling touching bail limits and judgment debts Stopp, now a prisoner in the Fleet, petitioned the court to reduce bail without resolving all debts. The court allowed a renewed application if a judgment creditor consents. Separately Sir Hugh Evelyn sought the appointment of an assignee under a vesting order in the Queen’s Bench prison case. The court granted the assignee application, with costs to come from in court funds.
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Hugh Evelyn
Bart
Queen’s Bench
Cooke
Nichols
Sturgis
Baronet
Queen's Bench Prison
Court of Chancery
Central Criminal Court case on Wakeling Williams sentencing
The Central Criminal Court met to adjudicate respited judgments, focusing on Wakeling and Williams convicted of robbing a lady on a Paddington omnibus. Witnesses testified to Wakeling's cab business and character, leading to transportation for life for two defendants and a range of terms for others.
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New Coury
Chapman Marshal
Wakeling
Williams
Paddington
William Mabbet
George Hayman
Ann Dodd
Home Office
John Hoffman
John Hoffman, Alias Chapelle
Jos. Oliver
J. H. Stevens
William Young
George Goodluck
William Jong, the Younger
John Shephard
Thomas Hattersley
Wm. Crouch Juckes
Thomas Pinnock
H. Price
James Coker
Mary Hassan
John Wakeling
John Williams
Samuel Mason
Samuel H
Wm. Shaw
William Alshorne
Philip France
John Brown
W. Smith
James Armstrong
Henry Weston
Wm. Strong
Samuel Little
Mary Ann Smith
W. Crule
Thomas Ware
Arnold Russel
John Bowles
Charles Rees
J. Morgan
George Riggs
Elizabeth Davis
Oh Moonlit Parlour We Sing In Quiet Vale
A column for the curious presents a lyric about moonlit sittings and a parlour floor brighter than nature. It images a lamp as the night orb and shadows on a green bedscape, praising home warmth over grand external realms and imagining music, laughter, and open casement views.
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Isles
Kaisar
Rey
Eageas
Romance of a Mind Restored by a Virtuous Girl
An 18th century anecdote describes a near-idiotic patient saved by a young virtuous girl who taught him to read and write. Through her care he recovered, married, and later a tragedy struck when she died after childbirth. the tale ends with him becoming an active, restored figure in society.
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Pyemetat Seerth
Lis Realuy
Cumbe
United States
Sea Bathing Debate and a Poem of Dreary Night
A fragmentary miscellany contrasts antique sayings on sea bathing with a dramatic poem about longing and despair. It weaves quips from Horne Tooke Porson Sheridan with a mournful lyric of a woman awaiting an absent beloved. The verse depicts night, dawn, and a lonely moated grange as she laments and wishes for death.
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Horne
Porson
Sheridan
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