Lord Morpeth Opens Bradford Mechanics Institute Event
A grand soirée at Bradford Mechanics Institution featured Lord Morpeth presiding in the lecture theatre. He urged drawing schools, reading aloud, and affordable cultural offerings, praising the town’s manufacturing base and urging elevated design, education, and cross-institutional cooperation.
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Atheneum
Lord Morpeth
M.P
Peshin
Onoeuhip
Ox Eth
Bradford
Bradford Mechanic’s Institute
Shakapeare
Pope
Yorkshire
Mechanics
West Riding of Yorkshire
West Riding
W. Busfeild
Scoresby
Godwin
Oxford
Hodgson
Liverpool Mechanics’ Institution
J. Acworth
Horton College
H. Forbes
E. Baines
City of London Registration Details on Parish Objections
A City of London revision lists Liberal and Tory objections to registration across parishes St Stephen Walbrook St Swithin London Stone and All Hallows London Wall. Objections were largely groundless or sustained with costs, including a set of lodger and counting house cases. The revision covers Mr Arnold and cases involving Mr Price Mr Grainger and Mr Saffell with detailed occupancy decisions and notes a potential appeal to the Court of Common Pleas.
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Arnold
St. Stephen
Walbrook
St. Swithin
London Stone
All Hallows
London Wall
Natusch
St. Swithin’s Lane
Monvay
Church Court
Clement's Lane
Frederick
William Grainger
St. Margaret Tree
Fish Street
Henry Woodgate Saffell
Sc Leonard
Eastcheap
Mr. Price
Artis
Price
Pitt
Ann
Hill
Wansey
Mr. Grainger
Ceep
Saffell
Wancey
Court of Common Vlews
Broad Street
Victorian Oddities and London Scandals Chronicle
A collage of brief Manchester Guardian items reports Dudley Ward as Worcestershire master and heir presumptive, a 101-wagon Manchester Crewe train record, a Liverpool watchmaker’s failed loan scam, a New Town ox incident in Westminster, and a Manchester Borough Court case on illicit whisky production with three defendants.
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Dudley Ward
Lord Ward
Manchester
Crewe
Manchester Guardian
Garraway’s
New Tothill Street
Westminster
James Ryley
George Davis
William Davis
William Watson
Butler Street
William
Ryley
Harding
Davis
Consterdine
Alderman Kershaw
James Murphy
Legal and Miscellaneous Correspondence Highlights
A digest of legal questions and reader letters discusses apprenticeship indentures enrolment, permissions for marriages, railway and stagecoach nuisances, and municipal washhouse cost estimates. It covers liability estimates for Sir Henry Dukinfield’s Act, clerical influence on baths, and various readers’ inquiries about law and governance with cautious, neutral guidance.
Will Parliament Meet in November Reflects on Rumors
The Weekly Chronicle dismisses a November Parliament meet as unlikely and imprudent. It notes Irish troubles drive speculation but argues that Parliament would not better address crises than prompt action, urging restraint and focusing on current needs rather than sensational plans.
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Duke of Richmond
George Ben Linck
Standard
Herald
Lord John Russell
Ireland
Robert Peel
Russell
Times of Sunrise and Sunset and Tidal High Water
The article explains calculating Greenwich sunrise and sunset for Britain and Ireland by latitude adjustments from 51 30 and 5 degrees, adding 4 minutes 50 seconds proportionally for higher latitudes and subtracting 3 minutes per degree below 5. It also lists high water corrections for major ports relative to London Duck or high water times, with values for Bristol Orkney Falmouth Holl Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow Southampton and others. It notes weekday dates and liturgical readings, moon phase data, and day length adjustments for October with specific times for dawn and twilight.
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Great Britain
Ireland
London
Bristol
Ork
Cove
Falmouth
Holl
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Southampton
Rival Mail Routes Shown Unequal In Transit Trials
Reports from Bombay to Suez and onward detail how the East India Company's dispatches, the Ardent, Iberia, Flamer, and Overland Mail routes, and multiple vessels affected by speed differ, with a note that the trial is unfair due to varying departure times and vessel speeds.
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Matta
Sewiramis
Bombay
Suez
East India Company
Alexandria
Ardent
Trieste
Iberia
Malta
Waghoro
Marseilles
England
Committee of the Stock Exchange
Portugal
Oporto
Lisbon
Providence
Warblington
Wyson
Charles
OdEssa
Liverpool
Italy
France
Woolwich
Woolwich Arsenal
Dundas
Monk
C.B
Baron de Bode death verdict and Times role
A London column questions the Baron's death tied to a Times report. It cites a coroner’s verdict of manslaughter against the government, notes medical testimony linking joyful excitement to the death, and doubts the legal propriety of the ruling while calling for evidence over assumption.
Baron's Death Sparks Controversy Over Times Article
A jury verdict of death from natural causes in the Baron de Rode case prompts critique of newspaper influence. Witnesses suggest a delayed Times article and homeopathic treatment may have hastened death, while questions rise about deputy coroner and jury conduct and the role of public opinion. The Times faces manslaughter accusations amid medical and legal clash.
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Shute
Dr. Shute
Mr. Milla
Mr. Mills
Eppa
Times
Mills
Crownes
Old Bailey
Baron de Rode
Epps
Wakley
The Welllington Statue Critique by The Spectator
The Spectator questions the Wellington statue at Hyde Park Corner, condemning the motive and examining its elevated position. It denounces the arch and rider, calls the sculpture a life like toy, and attacks the toadyism and creature worship surrounding the monument.
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Wyatt
Trench
Hyde Park Corner
Lord Morpeth
Frederick Trencher
F. Trench
John
Mesnee
Sobraon
Hyderabad
Mr. Wyatt
Frederick
Lowther Arcade
Thia
Duke of Wellington
Late Affiliation Case At Guildhall Report Corrected
A letter from the Reporter defends a contested affiliation report in the newspapers. The writer, Joan Paterson, asserts alderman Humphery uttered the statements reported and accuses delays and misattribution by editors. She lists witnesses and notes the timing affected publication in two papers.
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Alderman Humphery
Werxty
Alderman Humphers
Joan Patenson
The Civic Mayoralty and the Livery of London
The piece salutes the Livery of London for escaping a perilous civic moment. It condemns potential abuses in mayoral expenses, hints at the improper use of funds beyond the £8000 annual allowance, and praises the continued governance without direct blame on specific figures. It reflects on reputations and the dangers of electoral and financial temptations surrounding the Mayor and Mansion House.
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London
Anderton
Wood
Mansion House
Rent Charge County Qualification Adjudicated
The Revising Barrister opened judgment on three objections to votes in the Rent Charge County Qualification case at Guitonatt Batu on Friday. He addressed the value objection first, stating his belief that if his decision were wrong a reversal would be possible in the Common Pleas.
Rent Charge Voting Case Affirms Receipt and Possession Link
In a detailed ruling the court weighs taxation and voting rights under historic statutes. It upholds that a Rent Charge holder who receives rent qualifies as a voter, finding possession and receipt inseparable from voting status while noting possible amendments to the description. The decision preserves the name and continuous ownership basis pending further Common Pleas proceedings on equitable seizin.
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Wilkins
Twerton
Milgom Street
Murray L. Thorning
Murray c. Thornidy
Cockburn
Althoug
Court of Common Pleas
Death of Colonel Lord John Thomas Hears Somerset
The Bristol district mourns as Colonel Lord John Thomas Hears Somerset, inspecting field officer, dies at Weston super Mare Somerset aged about sixty. Born 30 August 1757, he was son of the fifth Duke of Beaufort and Elizabeth Hop. He served at Waterloo and became inspecting field-officer and Bristol district commandant. He married Lady Catherine Annesley and leaves one son and three daughters. His death shortens a notable military lineage.
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Desth
Cotonier
Jews Somerset
John Thomas Hears Somerset
Bristol
Weston Super Mare
Somerset
John Somerset
Henry
Duke of Beaufort
Elizabeth
Admiral the Hop
Edward Buscawan
Fitzroy Somerset
New Zealaxd
Wellington
Valparaiso
Ranpihaeata
Wairau
Hutt
Auckland
H. Faucit
Killin Moors
Tuvernessshire
Edwin Hill
Dudley Majoribanks
Inverness
Dickson
John Drew
Wold Farm
West Haddingfield
Wellthorpe Fells
Walters
Torent
Cremorne Gardens
Ellis
van Buren
Starlight
Childe Harold
Cremorne Gardena
Vauxhall Bridge
Battersea Bridge
Gardens
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