The People’s Question No 8 on Reform and Democracy
A historical critique argues for reform through purifying the legislature from corrupt influence and expanding popular power. It disputes exclusive anti Reform League aims, questions De Tocqueville’s democracy concepts, and defends broad public sovereignty as the path to principled governance, while warning against oligarchy and monarchy. The piece cites Burke, Byron, and Swiss examples to support limiting power concentration and advancing universal suffrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-Corn- Law League
Burke
de Tocqueville
United States
Robert Peel
Tocqueville
Edinburgh
Switzerland
M. de Tocqueville
Jura
Atlantic
Shanl
J.c.s
Court and Fashion At Windsor Prince Albert Support
Court notes Prince Albert and the Queen subscribing to 100 and 200 guineas toward a Windsor church. Coverage includes royal hunts, travels, health reports on Lord Normanby, and society gossip from Dublin to New York with mentions of Ponsonby, Demidoff marriage, and Lardner sightings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wheatley
Windsor
Prince Albert
Royal
Lord A. Paget
Captain Seymour
Colonel Wylde
Great Park
Lord Kinnaird
Her Majesty
Staghounds
Hanias
Wixpsor
Marquis of
Normanby
Philip Crampton
Merrion Square
Normandy
Lloy
Whitby
Dublin Mail
Margrace
Joan Russett
Elliott
Earl of
Derry
Dalzell
Tangier
Port Mahon
Count Dimiport
Matilda Bonaparts
Count Demidoff
Matilda
Jerome Bonaparte
Paris
da. Lardner
AmeRica
Park Theatre
Glass
Dionysius Lardner
Baron Moucheron
George William
Admiral Fleming
Leamington Spa
George Mountstuart Elphinstone
Fungeral
Mayor Jenkins
Lira
Prince Rupert’s Hussars
Brighton
St. Nicholas
W. Jenkins
Ashworth
Wood
Handel
Saul
J. le Marchant
St. Helen's
Isle of Wight
Court delays ruling on Dunn plea to discharge from custody
In a lengthy Queen's Bench session, barrister Mr. Dunn challenged habeas corpus to release him from custody over peace-keeping allegations connected to Miss Angela Burdett Coutts. Attorney general Bodkin and Mr. Chambers argued against discharge, with decision postponed until Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Addams Williams
Monmouthshire
Coutts
Duny
Mr. Dunn
Angela Burdett Coutts
Middlesex
Court of Queen's Bench
Dunn
Bodkin
Chambers
Speech of the King of the French Opens the Chambers
The King addresses peers and deputies outlining aims to preserve peace in Europe and uphold France’s position. He notes recent expeditions in Africa, warns against anarchy, and commits to budget discipline, public works, literature, and education while defending the monarchy and national will. Reports from Paris and Cape dates follow with local notices on public events and civic ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Austria
Great Britain
Prussia
Russia
Pacha
Egypt
France
Europe
Spain
Isabella I
Africa
Tsve
Algeria
Boulogne
National Guard
Frauds Upon the Poor and Brutal Assault at Guildhall
Yesterday in Middlesex Sessions, several tradesmen were fined for using false weights and measures harming the poor, with names and addresses listed. At Guildhall a brutal assault case against John Pearson was heard, with the judge remanding him for medical report on his wife’s injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
Wilson
Valentine, Knight
Warner
Hicks’s Hall
Clerkenwell-green
Child
Finsbury
Mary Savage
Playhouse-yard
St. Luke's
Benjamin Holton
Aston-place
Tslington
John Beriman
King-street
James Hawkins
Waterloo-street
Matilda Howell
Chandler
Collier-street
Pentonville
Francis Venn
St. John-street
Edward Banks
Gloucester-court
William Margery
Bunbill-row
Edmund Wilson
Whitecross-street
James Burnett
Lower-street
Islington
William Whitehorn
Rodney’s-head
Rodney-street
Priscilla Ridley
Charles Campbell
Goswell-street
Joseph Vince
North-place
Ball’s-pond
William Fowler
Peter’s-lane
Cow-cross
Seth Kitchen
Bowling-green-lane
Joseph Bennett
Bunhill-row
Guildhall
John Pearson
Norah Pearson
Pearson
Alderman Humphery
Hatton Garden
Richardson
Boz
John Teddy
Greenwood
Bumble
Mr. Greenwood
Mr. Richardson
Sadler’s Wells Theatre
Thames Police Court
George Haydon
Ballantine
Evans
Thames Police
High Street
Wapping
Holliday
Mr. Ballantine
Mr. Evans
Douglas
Old Bailey
Union Hall
George Rogers
Maltby
Mallett
Newcut
Lambeth
Wood
Hughes
L Division
Malthy
Brixton
Henry Collins
Southwark Bridge-road
Aldermanbury
French editors duel scare in Paris amid political plotting
The Paris clash between M Bergeron of the Siècle and M Emile Girardin of the Presse ends with injuries but no duel. Paris debates Chamber presidency with candidates Sauret Thiers Barrot Sauzet. Spain’s regency, Lyons flood, and Madrid dispatches follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Duke de Broglie
M. de Lamartine
M. Bergeron
Louis Philippe
M. Emile Girardin
Armand Carrel
M. Girardin
M.bergeron
Cauls
Paris
Marseilles
Syria
Chamber of Deputies
M. Sauret
M. Thiers
Gauche
M. Odillon Barrot
M. Sauzet
The
Spain
Christina
Florence
Lyons
Courrier de Lyon
Rhone
Saone
Turkev and Egypt Mehemet Ali News in Syria from Alexandria
Telegraphic dispatches from Oct 31 report the Anglo Turkish advance in Syria. Beirut and Sidon are fortified, Emir Bechir has surrendered, and Bechir sails to England with his retinue. French opposition and journals warn the rise in the mountains may force Ibrahim Pacha from Adana and Aleppo districts as events unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Egypt
Touron
Alexandria
Syria
Mehemet Ali
Beyrout
Sidon
Bechir
Ibrahim
TouLoux
Matta
France
Cyclops
Emir Bechir
England
Journal Des Debats
Lebanon
Ibrahim Pacha
Adana
Aleppo
Tripoli
Asia
Damascus
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History and Politics
Ds TocquEvitLe
Byron
Carpz
Cape of Good Hope
Legislative Council
Treasury
Loxrp
T. Johnson
Firth
Thomas Johnson
Aldgate
Westminster
Cheapside
the Poultry
Cornhill
Bishopsgate-street
Houndsditch
Minories
John-street
Cooper’s-row
Tower-hill
Tower
Blackfriars-bridge
New Bridge Street
Ludgate-hill
Ludgate-street
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Guild
Leeds Mercury
Guy Fawkes
Bricuton
Guido Fawkes
Guy Faux
Guido
Guy
Pope
Julian
Master H
Jist
Moselle
Foreign Intelligence
Madrid
Fastellano
Miguel
Donna Ysabella II
M. Esproneda
M. Villalta
Manuel Jose Quintana
Donna Maria Christina
Isabella Sr
Donna Maria Louisa Fernanda
Manuel Cortixon
Castellano
Cadiz
Narvaez
O'Donnell
Christinas
Donna Christina
Don Francisco de Paula
Tarante
Donna Carlotta
Monitenr Parisien
Bayonne
Infanta
Espartero
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