Tariff debates and free trade clash in Parliament
In a crowded session, Sir Robert Peel defends general tariff principles while opponents push against dairy and cheese duties. The debate includes votes on tax adjustments, copper ore wording, and limits on consumer goods, with discussions spanning Lord Howick, Lord J Russell, and Gladstone amid a broader tariff controversy.
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KR. Peel
Howick
Howrex
J. Russkin
R. Peel
R. 1
Mr. Lash
Chester Courant
Pouchere
Robert Peel
Peet
Glanstone
Cheshire
Messrs
Hume
Corden
Wakey
Warp
J. Guest
Gladstone
Board of Trade
C. Parmer
Turner
Palmer
Cornwall
GrapsTonn
CuarrMan
House OF Lords
Thursda
Lord Cuancester
Great Britain
Ireland
Lord Hamstron
Waannclifpe
Commons
Bill
Earl of Devon
Lord Kinnamp
Lancashire
Duke of Wellington
Lord Kinnatrp
Marquis of Lansdowne
Earl of Ripon
Earl Munro
Duke of Richmont
Earl Frtzwilliam
Lord Correnham
Lord Camprent
London
Lord Broveham
Correspondence and legal notes from the Weekly Chronicle
A long reader correspondence page discusses power of attorney to sue in India, arson consequences, magistrate actions, contract enforceability, and entailment questions. It includes legal Qs on debts barred by statute, wills and proofs, and distress costs. The Weekly Chronicle prints reader letters on railway safety and railway door locking, with a Sydney Smith letter urging public scrutiny and potential legal restraints on a railway monopoly.
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India
Swanage Dragoon
W. J
Thomas
W. C
Doncaster
Garrick
F.L. P
Doctors’ Commons
Amicus
R. Littleton
Hamsune
Weekly Chronicle
Spinnhaus
Suchihaus
Senat
Eimbeck-House
Court of Commerce
Court of Common Pleas
Citizen Guard
Bank
Abraham Bauer and Co
Hamburg
Great Western Railway
Paris
Great Western
Paddington
Bridgewater
Socrates
Solon
Solomon
Lord Ripon
Mr. Gladstone
Sydney Smith
Sidney Smith
Athanasius Archbisop of Tripoli Visits England
An Archbishop Athanasius of Tripoli arrived in England and was received by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London. He seeks small subscriptions from charitable Christians to aid the oppressed people of his diocese who endured suffering during the late war in Syria.
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Athanasius
Tripoli
England
Canterbury
London
Syria
House of Lords
Lord Kinnail
Lord Ripon
Lord Kinnaird
Wellington
Lord Calharn
Yorkshire
Letten
R. Peel
Robert
SOE
Vicronza
Leeds Mercury
Robert Peel
Pitt
Rudolph
Mano
1St Life-Guards
Remiers
Courtown and Coventry Men of Title in Memoir Form
An outline of the Stopford family, Courtown earldom, and Coventry line with notes on birth, marriage, and seats. Includes Courtown residence in London and Wexford, and details on titles, precedence, patronages, and mottoes. Also touches Cowley and Craven branches with brief biographical anchors and pensions.
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Courtown
Earl of
James Stopford
Ireland
Tarah Hill
County
Meath
Wexford
James Thomas Stopford
Charlotte Montagu Scott
Viscount Stopford
Earl
House of Lords
Baron Brodrick
Baron Stewart
Duke of Buccleuch
Stopfords
Sir R. Stopford
Acre
Upper
Grosvenor Street
Sears
Courtown-house
Gerey
Coventry
John Coventry
City of London
Richard Whittington
Thomas Coventry
Court of Common Pleas
Thomas
Lord Coventry
William
Deerhurst
Earl of Coventry
Walter Coventry
William Coventry
London
Bridport
George William
George William Coventry
Emma Susanna
Earl of Beauchamp
Viscount Deerhurst
Mary
Aubrey
Duke of
Earl Albemarle
Viscount Deerhurst Greten
Piccadilly
Crome-park
Severn-bank
Worcestershire
Cow Ley
Henry Wellesley
Duke of Wellington
Sir Henry Wellesley
Charlotte Cadogan
Lord Paget
Marquess of Anglesey
Georgiana Charlotte Augusta
James First Marquess of Salisbury
Lord Stuart de Rothesay
Lord Melros
Paris
Maryborough
Marquess of Wellesley
Marquess of Salisbury
Marchioness of Westmeath
Robert Grosvenor
Lord Cowley
Wellington
Vienna
Lord Melbourne
Robert Peel
Cowrgr
William Cowper
Hertford
W. Cowper
Baron Cowper
Wingham
Kent
Great Britain
Anne
Lord Cowper
George the Flist
Hanover
Viscount Fordwich
Earl Cowper
George Augustus Frederick Cowper
Earl Stanhope
Earl Aylesford
Lord Fordwich
Ashley
W. F. Cowper
Grantham
England
Charles the Second
Charles the First
Ely House
Parliament
Great Stanhope-street
Panshanger
Moat-house
Craven
William Craven
Baron Craven
Hampstead Marshall
County Berke
Viscount Craven
Uffington
Thomas Craven
Anthony Craven
Combe Abbey
John Craven
Berks
Earl Craven
Emily Mary Grimstone
Earl of Verulam
William Augustus Frederick
Earl Onslow
Earl Rosslyn
F. St. John
H. A. Berkeley Carew
G. A. Craven
Cornet
Hussars
Town
Charles-street
Berkeley Square
Combe-abbey
Hampstead-park
Erks
Almanac style sunrise sunset and high water rules for Britain
Instructions to derive sunrise and sunset times using latitude relative shifts above 61 degrees and below 61 degrees, plus a method to adjust high water times for major ports after the London Dock time. Lists Bristol, York Cove, Falmouth Harbour, Hull, Milford Haven, Brighton, Cowes, Dover, Dublin, Holyhead, Liverpool, Port Glasgow, Southampton with minute offsets.
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Great Britain
Ireland
London
Bristol
Ork
Cove
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Southampton
Tariff Debate and the Last Struggles of Monopolists
The Weekly Chronicle surveys the tariff debates in Parliament, noting the clash between protectionist landowners and free traders. It highlights Sir Robert Peel's firm stance, Mr Miles’s motion, and Gladstone’s forceful Free Trade arguments, with a Tory-led majority opposing the agricultural protectionists. The piece tensions between domestic supply aims and foreign competition, and critiques press coverage while summarizing key divisions.
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Pusey
Miles
Somersetshire
Robert Peel
H. B
Mr. Miles
England
Newgate
Rozinante
Pharaoh
Mr. Pusey
Lord Sandon
Lord Norreys
Carlton Club
Gally Knight
House of Commons
Gladstone
Sir Robert Peel
Ward
Debates Over Duty Policy Reshape Tariff and Food Trade
The article reviews parliamentary votes on live cattle duties, butter, cheese, and related tariffs. It notes defeats for Miles and Villiers, a surprising majority for apples, and Lord Howick's butter reduction failed. It condemns the old protective system as damaged and predicts slower progress on remaining schedules while urging reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Melbourne
Robert Peel
Knatchbulls
Wakley
Kent
Fragmentary political argument on Jamaica question and reform perceptions
The passage discusses how Liberal strategy in 1339 might have altered Peel's fate, noting misused principles by Radicals and the dust throwing debate. It reflects on the Agricultural Constituency temper and dissolution prospects, mentioning Milesian and Tory liberal positions and speculative majorities.
Morning Chronicle squib on Queen's Ball speechery and French armour
A pungent Morning Chronicle squib mocks a Royal Ball discussion with caricatured diplomats and spectators. It lampoons Monsieur Berrier de Tocqueville references, the French ambassador in Joan of Arc armour, and cross-Channel credulity about Siege of London and Dover.
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Morning Chronicle
Monsieur Berrier
de Tovneville
Monsieur Guizot
France
Joan of Arc
Messrs. C. B
R. M
Crecy
Poitiers
London
Dover
Boulogne
Irish Pilot
Morning Register
de Berryer
de Tocqueville
de Veape
The Bribery Night Recapped At Westminster
The article calls Thursday The Bribery Night in Parliament with debates over bribery in Ipswich Bridport and across other constituencies. It notes attempts to prosecute small offenders, delays in Enquiry motions, and varied stances by Peel Russell and others. Bridport case to be revisited Friday as Tariff talks pause for clarity.
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House OF Commons
Taureday
Tyne
Leeds
Becsert
Fisheries
Ireland
Walter
Cork
Manby
C. Narizg
Plumptee
Glasgow
Sunda
College of Maynooth
Grimspitch
Lancashire
Lirton
Eland
Fesgano
West Riding
York
Sudbury
T. Duncombe
O'Connell
Right
Baronet
Roseer Per
O'Conner
Ipswich
C. W. Wran
Southampton
T. Wye
Joux Russet
Tuestees
C. Narrer
Polhist
Duncombe
O'Coxaxer
Robert Peex
Hume
Benett
R. Inctis
Wynn
T. Wilde
Repseap
Yorke
Ferrand
C. Wren
Oconnell
Lord Seymour
H. Ingats
CU. Woon
R. Peel
Henry Warburton
Lord StixLey
Newfoundland
O'Connett
C. Drape
Bridport
Mitchell
Warburton
Thomas Wilde
Charles Wynn
John Russell
Lord Ashley
Milner Gibson
Lord Stanley
Robert Peel
Messrs
Cochrane
Riza Pasha gravely ill amid palace power struggles in Constantinople
Constantinople reports Riza Pasha, grand marshal of the palace and foe of reform, near death from a pulmonary attack. A wounded thigh worsens his condition and may require amputation. Ministers debate Tunisian envoy actions while the sultan suppresses intrigues against France as Fethi Pasha gains favor.
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Constantinople
Riza Pasha
Tahir Pasha
Tunis
Samos
France
Sulla
Fethi Pasha
Pera
Miles
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Farpay
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Great Britain and Ireland
Sunpay Ween
the Weekly Chronicle
Smith O'Brien
Canada
Edward Knatchbull
Green
United States
Colville
South Derbyshire
Sheffield
Derbyshire
Cobden
Lord Howick
Labouchere
Charles Buller
Sir John Guest
Birmingham
Squirearchy
Jamaica
Sir I Peel
Sir R. Peel
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