Free Trade Meeting in Sheffield Aims for Universal Reform
A Sheffield meeting of the Free Trade Society held in Cutter’s Hall discussed reducing or removing import duties to relieve national distress. Leaders including Earl Fitzwilliam and John Parker urged nonpartisan action, while letters from MPs signaled cautious support and debate over tariff reform and fixed duties.
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Sheffield Inns
Cuers’-hall
Offley Shore
Earl Fitz Ident
John Perker
Arnold James Knight
England
BR. J. Gainsford
West Riding
North Derbyshire
Hallamshire
Hear
H. G. Ward
M.P
Free Trade Society
J. Denison
Stuart Wortley
Wortley
H. Hinde
Sheffield Society For Promoting Free Trade
Cutters’hall
J. Stuart Worthy
Edwad Smith
Thonas Dunn
Mr. Dunn
Lord Stanley
Europe
Napoleon
Mere Phan
J. Parker, Esq
HR. G. Ward
Wm. Ibbotson
S. Jackson
Wm. Vickers
James Moorhouse
Wm. Fisher
Watepadt
Return of stamps issued to principal London newspapers
Advertisers are informed that stamps issued to the principal London newspapers during the half year ending December 31, 1840 and June 30, 1841 are printed in order of the House of Commons.
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London
Weekly Chronicle advertises issue distribution and contact
The Weekly Chronicle proclaims broad issue distribution including the Morning Post, noting advantages for advertisers. It lists Orrice at 337 Strand as the contact point for inquiries and advertising.
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Tur Weekly Chronicle
THE
Morning Post
R. Peet
Orrice
Strand
Correspondence on legal notes and parish matters in weekly issue
A long reader correspondence section reviews divorce names leases highways duties and debt recovery. Advice covers lawful warding of leases, surveyor duties, minor debts, settlement cases, illegitimate child support, and probate issues. Also includes parish welfare snippets and detailed medieval style calendar weather notes.
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B. B
F.e
B B
Jersey
K. W
Thomas Mason
Navy
James Foreman
Frank
William King
X. X
Myra Moss
Tve
Arnold
Bradford
L. H
York
Lemna
Method to compute sunrise and sunset Britain and Ireland
Describes adjusting sunrise and sunset times by latitude relative to 51 30 and applies minute offsets for various ports. Also outlines calculating high water times by adding or subtracting hours and minutes from London Dock timings for Bristol Cork Falmouth Hull Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow Southampton and others.
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Great Britain and Ireland
London Dock
Bristol
Cork
Cove
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Soutempton
Queen's swift recovery leads to end of daily bulletins
The Queen’s rapid, steady improvement prompts the discontinuation of morning medical bulletins. Doctors note her appetite and spirits remain strong for a Lady in her condition. The infant Prince is said to be perfectly well, with a anticipated Windsor court return by mid December.
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Windsor
Government financial distress and corn shortage threaten crisis
The piece argues that Peel’s government faces severe financial strain amid a looming corn shortage. It predicts rising bread prices, scarce foreign wheat, and Bank of England pressures, warning of renewed tax leverage and Tory resistance to reform, while urging broader public-spirited action and Irish policy critique.
Conservativeal Viewpoints Stir Irish Church Question Debate
The piece notes the irony that those who opposed the Irish Church Question in 1838 as political betrayal by Whigs and Irish Liberals overlooked a pamphlet by Lord Alvanley. Alvanley, a true Conservative, argues for major changes in the system, though not necessarily in line with our own views. The author concedes there is merit, while acknowledging party loyalties are hard to shed for someone of Alvanley’s standing.
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Messrs. Grissell and
Peto
Windsor
Cambridge
Allen
Grissell
Tower
Manchester
Weekly Chronicle
Tre Operative Stonemasons
AnsisTrong
Warton
Masons of Cambridge
Tidd Pratt
M. F
Somerset House
England
Wales
Scotland
Hebrides
Orkneys
Shetland
Ireland
Hene
London Mechanics’ Institute
New Zealand
Australia
John Ward
Masson and Hoggins
Lime-street-square
London
Buenos Ayres
Lord Amherst
China
J.N
Ashton-under-Lyne
S.J
H. Davy
Durham
South Staffordshire
Shrewsbury
Furance
Lord Shrewsbury
Verrras
Caltra
Lote
Publicola
Publicula
Germany
Dispatch
Nemo
Fie
Tower of London
Lord Alvanley
Ward
Lord Melbourne
Church of Ireland
Lord Stanley
Lord de Grey
Lord Eliot
Rome
Lord Howick
Birmingham
Sheffield
Duffy
Map
Chester
Gill
Julian Harney
Northern Star
Sheffield Free Trade Society
Parker
Lord Fitzwilliam
Wardle
Mr. Wortley
Kidlney
The Masons Strike and Petition for Impartial Review
A letter from Mas ons on the Parliament Houses project responds to earlier charges against Allen and calls for an impartial tribunal to sift statements. The piece rebuts claims of Allen’s innocence, notes possible misstatements, and urges balanced action to resolve the dispute between the Masons, Grissell, and Peto without eroding discipline.
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Ture Masons
Weekly Chronicle
Grissell
Peto
The
Masons
Allen
Messrs. Grissell
Pio
Messrs
Cubitt
Westminster-bridge
Grissell and
Manchester
Parliament
Empur
Abe
French electoral reform and English Chartism meetings
The piece compares France extending franchise through cautious reform with English Chartism. It praises French moves under Guizot, urges gradual change in England, notes Birmingham Chartist violence, warns that such mob tactics alienate middle classes and strengthen Tory unity. It urges unity and measured reform toward universal suffrage.
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Birmingham
Sheffield
John Russell
France
England
Guizot
Lord John Russell
Monsieur Dufaure
New Muskets and Prussia Forgeries in 19th Century Dispatches
Correspondent reports Britain’s ordnance seeks exclusive contracts to replace muskets lost in a recent blaze, focusing on percussion pistols and high prices. Debates mention forged Prussian treasury notes, with Lyon? Ghynemann detained and to be surrendered per treaty. Storms cause shipwrecks off Havre and Calais, with multiple vessels lost and crews saved or perished. A fatal accident in Croydon includes a railway porter crushed near New Cross after a signal misstep, dying later in Guy’s Hospital. A drayman in Lambeth is crushed when a frozen road causes the horses to slip, ending in his death.
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UC M.P
Ordnance
Birmingham
United Service
Ghynemann
Leipsic
Saxie
Prussia
Turkey
Saxony
Havre
Pheasant
Burton
Rouen
Sunderane
Calais
Cronstadt
Nant
Nora
Hull Times
Clea
Humberstone
Cleethorpes
Boston
Emma
Southam
Whitby
All Souls
Bridlington Bay
Gottenburg
Hull
Igs
Martin
Croydon and London Railway Company
Ol A
Newcross
New-cross
England
Guy’s Hospital
S-Acre
Belvidere-road
Lambeth, Tor
Janes White
Mt Barclay, Perkins and Co
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Duke of Cornwall
Prince of Wales
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Chandos-house
Chandoshouse
Kingdom
Bath
Globe
Standard
Shipping Gazette
Courier
St. James's Chronicle
Evening Mail
Evening Chronicle
English Chronicle
Patriot
Examiner
Eepere Lane Express
Ato
Observer
Watchman
John Bull
Spectator
Britannia
Shipping Gazettes
Lu DL SS
Examiners
Globes & St.James's Chrons
John Bulls
Mark Jane Express
Evening Mails
True Suns
Watchmen
Britannias
New Messenge
Patriots
Murphy
E.N.M
St. Cecilia
Guildford
St. Clement
Old St. Martin
Legh
Saxpon
Tuurspay
Fripay
Sarurnpay
Siensy
the Weekly Chronicle
Robert Peel
Baronet
Lord Ashburton
Dantzic
Marseilles
Bank of England
Bank of France
Fortunatus
Carlyle
Sir Robert Peel
Providence
Lord Alyanley
le Piler
Wint
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