Frauds of picture dealers and an anecdote of G F Cooke
A Victorian era column blasts frauds by picture dealers, recounting an old tale of forgery where a religious painter was paid 100 guineas to copy an original, highlighting moral hypocrisy. The piece also includes an anecdote about actorGeorge Frederick Cooke at a dinner, and a lighted gas lamp tale.
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Bahia
Jena
M. Las Cases
Antennin
Don Baltazar
Baltazar
Max
St. Helena
Camain Baltazar
le Grand Homme
France
Wilkie
Collins
Great Port Iaid-Street
Iorge Morland
George Morland
Ibbetson
Rathbone
Mr. Ackermann
Straud
Ackermann
Wilkie's
Willie
Jove
Isle
George Frederick Cooke
Elpomene
Cooke
Liverpool
David Teniers
Whitfield’s Chapel
Tottenham
Court-road
Northcote
G. F. Cooke
Lords of Lords Monday House debate on prison diet and finance
Lord BroveHam warned about prison land scurvy from short diet and home office gaps. In Commons, debates covered sugar duty, Ways and Means, unfunded debt reduction, and funding exchequer bills. Ministers faced opposition on taxation, expenditure reforms, and forthcoming measures for the distressed cotton towns.
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Herts
Berks
Middlesex
Periteney
Duke of Wexfincton
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House OF Commons
Lord Eliot
Granville Somerset
William Rae
H. M. Tuite
Westmeath
Hereford
Henry W. Hobhouse
Dudley
Barnstaple
Ewart
Ways and
Ways
Greene
Committee of Supply
Lord Monteagle
Baring
Treasury
Whitehall
F. Baring
John Russell
W. Williams
Chairn
Wiiiraxs
Bowline
Sturuorp
Colonel Sibthorp
Hawes
Baronet
Manchester
Stockport
Bolton
Bury
Oldham
Staley Bridge
Rochdale
Wigan
Robert Peel
Coventry
Duke of Wellington
Sir Robert Peel
Exchequer
Poor Law Commissioners
Lord Palmerston
Villiers
George Crerk
Wm. Brougham
Court of Chancery
Lion
Ripon
Ireland
Thehon
Lord Eldon
Horsham
Lord Brougham
House of Lords
Lord Abinger
Pemsepton
Brougham
F. T. Barina
James Grama
C. Napier
Navy Board
F. Seymoir
Brazils
Admiral Ross
South America
Parliament in Crisis Over Prorogation and Poor Law Debate
Debates reveal cabinet disunity on protection for unrestricted intercourse and calls to prorogue or reconvene in November. Lancashire distress prompts appeals for relief and measures to ease trade hardships as discussions touch revenue assumptions and the Poor Law extension.
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Trajesty
Fretpen
Lancashire
Baronet
C. Woop
Oldham
Bante
Poor-Law Commission
J. Graham
Yorke
J. Gnawa
Worrey
V. Sita
Yorkshire
R. Peer
Lord J. Russell
Jervis
Paxincton
C. Butte
Woop
Hopesox Harpe
York
H. Fleetwood
Grimsditch
Lord Sandon
C. Wood
J. Granas
House
Poor law debate on commissions and guardianship contrasts
Parliament debates the Poor Law Commission continuance bill with Mr Ferrand attacking the scheme and Sir James Graham defending the law. Proposals seek to limit new unions and discretionary payments while critics warn of central control and harsh effects on the poor, urging localized responsibility and safeguards.
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Woolwich
C. Woop
Orwax Cave
James Graham
Grove
Greenwich
Ireland
James Granam
Poor-Law Commission
S. Crawford
Committee On the Poor Law Commission
FeRranp
Halifax
Yorkshire
Ferrand
Sir James Graham
Marx Puiulis
Yorke
Waktey
Duchy of Lancaster
Huntingdon
Somerset-house
Bath
Home Department
House of Commons
Baronet
Crown
Blackstone
Elizabeth
Mr. Ward
Finsbury
Ward
Waxrey
Mr. Warp
Wakvey
Warp
London
England
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