The Colliery System The Cruelties and Indecencies
A report on coal mines details varied ventilation and drainage, and widespread use of child labor. It documents damp, hot pits, scant light for trapper children, and narrow seams forcing youths to crawl or drag heavy loads. It highlights sickening conditions across Staffordshire Derbyshire Northumberland and other districts with testimonies from pitmen and doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staffordshire
Derbyshire
Samuel Richards
Flying Nancy
William Short
Butles
Symons
Messrs
Stancliff's
Dewsbury
West Riding
Bankeman
Charlesworth-wood
Halifax
South Durham
North Durham
Northumberland
Blaydon Main
Monkwearmouth
W. J. Dodd
Hance
Scotlan
Queen's Letter Urges Relief Subscriptions in England and Scotland
The 1812 royal letter directs bishops to publish a Sunday appeal for charitable subscriptions to aid distressed workers in England and Scotland. Ministers are to collect the funds the following week and have them deposited with the Bank of England for relief efforts. The message closes with a farewell from the monarch’s command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archbishop of
Canterbury
England
Scotland
Victoria R
York
Bank of England
St. James’s
J. R. G. Graham
William Lord
All
European tensions and Caribbean dispatches noted in Paris and Jamaica
Intelligence from Paris outlines reinforced colonial garrisons around Barcelona and rising coastal forces in France. Jamaica reports include ship movements, Mexican–Texan tensions, Santa Anna's political strife, and local peace with emigration and pardon updates amid postwar commercial activity.
Annual Meeting of the New Zealand Company Proprietors
The New Zealand company will hold its annual general meeting on Tuesday May 31. Directors will report on the Nelson settlement site, emigration, first settlement prospects, loans to settlers, steam communication, Petre Wan ganui, New Plymouth progress, Bishop Selwyn’s arrangements, and relations with the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand Company
General Court of Proprietors
Court of Directors
Nelson
Wellington
Charles Heephy
Petre
Wanganui
New Plymouth
West of England Board
Bishop Selwyn
Church of England
Hobson
New Zealand Journal
Camberwell Church
Camberwell
Pitt Club Anniversary Dinner at London Tavern
The Pitt Club held its anniversary dinner at the London tavern Bishopsgate Street with about eighty members in attendance. The Hon. Lloyd Kenyon chaired after Non Nobis Domine, but the event was described as dismal and failed to yield notable speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitt
Pitt Club
London Tavern
Bishopsgate-street
Lloyd Kenyon
Mr. Pitt
Earl of Coventry
Darby Coventry
Brighton
Wit
Lord Arden
Charles George
Baron Arden
Arden
Warwick
Doctors Commons
Margaretta Elizabeth
George James
High Court of Admiralty of England
Hissis
Reland
Cork
London
Charlton
Kent
Oxford
Hampden
Regius
Convocation
Mzetine
Fendall's
Palace Yard
Institute of British Architects
Rome
Richard Burgess
Institution of Civil Engineers
J. B. Denton
Chalk
J. Clutterbuck
Hensman
J. Hensman
Aborigines’ Protection Society
Geological Society
Society of Arts
Royal Society
Zoological Society
Society of Antiquaries
Royal Institution
Cowper
Botanical Society
Bank of Enduanp
Bank of England
Blackwall
South Western
Great Western
Northern
Eastern
Greenwich
Eastern Counties
Edinburgh
Glasgow
York
North Midland
Great North of England
Midland
Birmingham
Derby
Manchester
Leeds
Norrinesam Evecron
Walter
F. O'Conner
Sturge
Berty
Nottingham Review
Kath
Puayine
Baker
Pegwell Cottage
Dalston
Benfield
Sarah Benfield
Cockell
Moss
N Division
Cooper
Highbury-barn
Elliotson
Medical Times
Adelphi Theatre
Brindley
Coombe
Good
Mathews
Deville
Bouchier
Horse-guards
Messrs. Philp and Whicker
St. James’s Street
United Service Gazette
Miss Angela Coutts Faces Poor Rates Ruling At The Theatre
Court of Queen's Bench holds Miss Angela Burdett Coutts liable for poor rates on a private theatre box lease at Her Majesty's Theatre. The ruling says a leased private box has tenement rights, similar to a dwelling, making the rate payment proper.
Inquest on Concealed Birth and Child Death
Westminster inquest reports a still born or recently born child died from lack of proper aid after birth. Witness Jane Jelly ties the mother Charlotte Olliver to the infant with the father being the brother of Olliver. Medical examiner notes the body was a healthy full grown child. Separate inquest at Pembroke Arms records a boy of eleven who hanged himself after punishment. Also noted is vacancy in the Tower coroner’s office and a long description of Daniel Good and his wives in relation to a murder case history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuid Murven
Messrs. Gell and Higgs
Westminster
Barley Mow
Mount Street
Grosvenor Square
Jane Jelly
Drury-lane
Charlotte Olliver
Bow-street
William Bloxam
Duke-street
Grosvenor,square
Wakley
M.P
Pembroke Arms
Kensington
George Chalk
Earl Street
Tower Or London
Thissleton Dyer
Tower of London
Duke of Wellington
William Baker
Middlesex
Goon
Reas
Daniel Good
Hampshire
Ireland
Bandon
Cork
Molly Good
Kinsale
Gallowshill-street
Donovan
Molly
Newgate
Good
Harley
Jeremiah Bryan
Mary Good
Gallowshill Street
England
Cubitt
Michael Donoghue
Nehew
Newcastle-street
Shoreditch
Hull
Camberwell
Tofege
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Rion
History and Politics
Robert Thompson
New Craighall
Jane Moffet
Alexander Gillespie
Lochgellie
Fifeshire
Catherine Walter
Donbristle
South Wales
Edward Scott Barber, Esq
Newport
Forest of Dean
David Musket
Natorse
Cheadle
Potteries
Shropshire
Summercoats
Brampton
West Riding of Yorkshire
J.C. Symons
John Saville
Cullier
Sheffield
Sarah Gooder
Gauber-pit
Cumberland
Paris
Barcelona
Gerona
Figueras, &c
M. Cunin Gridaine
Fortien Assurances
Hampune
Hamburg
Sun Fire-Office
Phoenix
Royal Exchange
Sun
Cologne
Banco
Aix-la-Chapelle
Munich
Marcs Banco
Gotha Bank
Bunco
House of Lafont
Madrid
Chamber of Deputies
Journal Des Debats
Algeria
Abd-el-Kader
Moniteur
Changarnier
Chiffa
Abd-el- Kader
Algiers
West Indies
Sulway
Britain
Falmouth
West India Islands
Havanna
Nassau
Bermuda
Fayal
Crocker
Solway
Turk’s Island
Jamaica
New Providence
Belize
Adam
Central America
Guatemala
Morison
la Union
San Miguel
M‘donald
Chili
Mexico
Santa Anna
Ultralideral
Matamoros
Texas
Washington
Vera Cruz
Pakenham
Adams
Bogota
Seville
Ferdinand the Cruel
Signor Estrada
General Bustamente
Atkinson and Hosier
Kingston Morning Journal
Sierra Léone
Sierra Leone
Committee of the Land and Emigration Society
John James
Cuba
a _LATAGST INTELLIGENCE
Law and Police
Mies Coutis
Majesty's
Covent-garden
Courier
Rowcroft
Cooke
Fleet
Bowen
Marlborough Street
Charch
Barre
James Greenland
Fusilier Guards
Jane Matilda Arnold
Robinson
Central Criminal Court
Worship Street
John Haris
Bingham
Manchester-street
Bethnal-green
London Hospital
Tue Dagper
Finpixa
James Head
Kingsland
Howard
Kingsland Turnpike
Brennan
James Watts
Cottingham
Brooks
Beadle
St. Mary’s
Newington
North Street
Lock’s Fields
Elizabeth Jones
Young
Mr. Cottingham
Bennett Heale
Gibson-street
Waterloo-road
Heale
George-street
Blackfriar’s Road
Bennett
Hendon
Mr. Heale
Hampton
Vicinant Potteee Max
Jones
Hounslow
Jack Sheppards
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