The Colliery System and Child Labour Conditions
This report tracks coal mine conditions across districts highlighting ventilation and drainage failures, extreme heat, and damp, with vivid witness accounts from pit boys and girls. It contrasts South Wales better practices and Derbyshire experiments with animal power, girdles, and traps showing severe exploitation and hazards faced by young workers in varied regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staffordshire
Derbyshire
Inor
Nanother
Samuel Richards
Flying Nancy Pit
William Short
Simon
Butlies
Genewly
Kourne
Symons
Anclis
Dewsbury
West Riding
Jeu
Fe Charlesworth Wood
Birid
Couny
Halifax
Durham
Northumberland
Blaydon Main
Terete
Monkwearmouth
W. J. Dodd, Esq
Surgeona Tes
Scotland
Chilay
Tate
Female
Robert ‘Houipson
New Craighall
Alexander Gillespie
Lochgellie
Fifeshire
Catherine Walter
Donbristle
South Wales
Edward Scott Barber
Newport
Forest of Dean
David Musket
Cheadle
Potteries
Shropshire
Summercoats
Brampton
West Riding of Yorkshire
J.C. Symons
John Saville
Collier’s Boy
Sheffield
Sarah Gooder
Gauber Pit
Cumberland
Queen's Letter Promotes Aid for Distressed Working Classes
Victoria authorizes the Archbishop of Canterbury and York to collect subscriptions in England and Scotland for relief of distressed workers. Parish ministers to urge liberal contributions, collected funds to Bank of England and used for charitable designs. Dated May 11, 1842 at St James's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archbishop of Canterbury
England
Scotland
Victoria R
Canterbury
York
Bank of England
St. James's
K. R. G. Graham
William Lord
All
Execution of Jenny Jones murderer at Old Bailey
A London newspaper recounts the weeks events around Daniel Good’s execution for the murder of Jane Jones. It covers his conduct before the sentence, chapel scenes, and the morning at Newgate leading to the execution, including his denial of guilt, interactions with family and the chaplain, and the crowds gathering around the Old Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Bailey
Thurtell
Good
Giles
John Good
Norwood
Burrowes
Clapham
Ireland
Molly Good
Central Criminal Court
Newgate
Beuretany
Courvoisier
Wm. Russell
Busain
V, Er Wandswordh
Jane Jones
Susan Butcher
Nathan
David
Carver
Lewis
St. Mary's
Bermondsey
Mass Death and Robberies Mark Execution Day
A detailed account of Daniel Good's execution at Newgate, including the posthumous handling of his body, prisoner letters, and public reaction. The piece notes governors and officials, witness activities, and a wave of robberies around the Old Bailey as crowds gathered. It also recounts a staged attempt to profit from viewing the execution and describes injuries to bystanders and subsequent witness payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cope
Newgate
Daniel Good
Carver
Taylor
Russell
Nathaniel Dando
Norwood
James Spencer
Spencer
Clerkenwell
Mr. Williams
Rison
William Nottidge
Susan Butcher
Jane Jones
Brentford
Locksfields
Walworth
John Good
Arched-row
Deptford Creek
Molly Good
Molly
Daniiel Good
Good
Nichols
Bermondsey
Saint Bartholomew's Hospital
Wade
Mr. Good
Roehampton
Old Bailey
Thomas Rush
Herbert's Buildings
Waterloo Road
Lambeth
Newgate Street
Rush
William Webb
Westminster-road
Oakley-street
John Wesley
Rabin
Curtain-road
Goop
Bow-street
General Criminal Court
Serious accidents and fires in London and provinces
A carpenter named Connor fell from a plank in Wardour Street fracturing his leg and dislocating his ankle and wrist, now in precarious state at Middlesex Hospital. A fire at 17 Great Union Street gutted the attic top but saved most property. A teen aged chemist helper Ludgrove sustained facial injuries aiming to produce light, risking sight. Destructive week of fires hit Bradley Mills near Huddersfield and homes in Breatning Cornwall and Hutchdon Dorsetshire, uninsured losses around £2000 plus several buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connor
Burgess
Winter
Wardour-street
Middlesex Hospital
Great Union Street
Borough
Clay
London Fire-Brigade
James Ludgrove
Fellwick
Edgware Road
Bradley-mills
Huddersfield
Messrs. Bennett and Brothers
Breatning
Cornwall
Hutchdon
Dorsetshire
Debates on Guizot Treaty and French Foreign Policy
France debates the December treaty and whether the nation is morally pledged to it. Guizot argues freedom to refuse ratification. Salvandy defends Molé’s administration amid archival evidence. Legentil and Grandin condemn American tariff and bonded goods duties. Ali Effendi arrives in Paris en route to London. Hamburg fire relief aid to 20,000 francs. Algeria saddles report heavy animal losses from faulty saddles. 1,400 of 2,000 becoming casualties, costing about a million francs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.de Salvandy
Merryer
M. Guizot
M. Dupin
Amsuica
M. Legentil
America
M. Grandin
United States
France
Ali Effendi
England
Paris
London
Rhetel
M. Mortimer Ternaux
Marshal Claudel
M. Latour du Pin
Gauche Party
M. Yeuton
M. Rumpff
Hamburg
Algiers
Algeria
le Commerce
Spain Faces Financial Strains Amid Budget votes and Loans
Madrid dispatches report the Chamber of Deputies resuming the budget debate and approving foreign department supplies without amendments. A Senate committee backs a 160 million loan, while rioting in Seville and Chiclana signals unrest. Plans for a 1.5 billion real loan face scrutiny as ministers seek credit improvements amid large fiscal hurdles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Madrid
Chamber of Deputies
Foreign Department
Senate
Aston
Duke de Glocksberg
Mexico
Belgium
Supreme Tribunals
Patriarch of the Indies
Duke of Baylon
M. Olozaga
Seville
Republic
Anda
Chiclana
Ayuntamiento
Bank of
Hamburg Fire Sufferers Attract Wide European Aid
Hamburg correspondent reports rapid international donations after a devastating Hamburg fire. Russia sends 80,000 marks. Saxony pledges 16,000 louis d or. Württemberg adds 10,000 florins. Stutgart raises 5,000 marks. Frankfort 1,000 florins plus 5,000 from Rothschild. ladies plan bazaars to aid victims. Rebuilding starts. fire-extinction measures urged. Emperor Ferdinand urges subscriptions empire wide. church leaders urged to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Cheesman
Blackwall
Russia
Saxony
Wurtemburg
Stutgard
Frankfort
Rothschild
St. Peter's Church
Ferdinand
Mitrowsky
Turkiye and Egypt advance on Lebanon amid troop movements
Intelligence from Syria reports an Egyptian frigate and corvette with troops off Beyrout and Suleiman Pasha nearing Alexandria with four regiments. Turks push disarmament of Lebanon’s mountain sects Druse and Maronite. nine Druse sheiks arrested. The strategy echoes centuries of mountaintop control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Egypt
Constantinople
Syria
Beyreut
Suleiman Pasha
Alexandria
Lebanon
Sami Pasha
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History and Politics
Jenny Jones
Messrs
Magnay
Rogers
Britten and
Pritchard
Mr. Carver
Mr. Cope
Portugal
Heaven
Divine
Air
Blakesley
Pegsworth
Greenacre
Thistlewood
Foreign Intelligence
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