Free trade India activism and slave sugar bias debate
A spirited Times letter argues against slave grown sugar and slave trade, urging unrestricted trade with India to end slavery. It attacks Lord Russell’s policies, details collateral costs to West Indies planters, and promotes a reform path linking cotton from India to abolition. It cites Cuban, Mauritius, and British colonial impacts and ends with a political meeting endorsing anti slavery trade aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Bis
India
Commercial Road
Messares
Francie Carnee Brown
United States
England
Nglend
Indian Empire
America
East Indie Company
Atwan
Himelaya
East India Company
Russia
W. Howitt
Slave trade dangers and calls for policy changes in Belgravia
Belgravia letters argue the slave trade is reviving with nine hundred slaves in a single cargo and Brazilian slavers increasing. The writer urges Lord Elgin to revise navigation laws, ease duties, and grant abundant labor to support free sugar production, warning of ruin if trade remains protected.
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Cosat
Porto Rico
Cuba
Africa
Colonial Office
Waas
O'Doumel
Lord Elgin
Lord Harris
Jamaica
Guiana
West Indies
Belgravia
Trial of Ovenstone for Shooting Mr Crawley
At Cerrant Criminal Court, John Ovenstone, 54, upholsterer, was tried on charges of feloniously shooting George Crawley with intent to murder him. The jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity. witnesses described a deteriorating mental state after financial troubles and an ongoing feud with Crawley.
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Cerrant Criminal Court
Old Court
Justice Maule
Justice Cresawell
John Ovenstone
Wea
George Crawley
Transac
Tion
Ryland
Laurie
Clarkson
Huddlestone
G. Crawley
Mark Lane
Cremer
Bond
Coda
Ander
Witners
John Yatea
Leggo
Crawley
Mr. Crawley
John Strickland
J.T. Cremes
Mary Dickson
Beatrice Jenkinson Owenston
Bull Inn
Mr. Jacobs
Drummond
Johnny
Christ's Hospital
J. D
Harris
Fenchurch Street
Sir J. Easthope
W. Tite
Aale
T. Tilleard
Witnese
T. Dixon
Mary Owenstone
Tragic Railway Accident Near New Cross Station
A porter named William Dowdney, 28, worker at Croydon Railway, was fatally injured when a Dover bound train passed New Cross station. He sustained a severe scalp wound, a broken left arm, a dislocated right hip, and extensive trauma. He was taken to London Bridge then Guy’s Hospital where surgeon Mr Beaumont gave only faint hopes of recovery. The cause whether he was struck by the engine remains unexplained.
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Nk&w Cpons
New Croas
Croydon
William Dowdney
New Cross
Dover
London
London Bridge
Guy's Hospital
Beaumont
Calendar for Great Britain and Ireland 1847 almanac notes
An excerpted calendar and astronomical timings for Great Britain and Ireland covering sunrise and sunset adjustments by latitude, tides at major ports, and liturgical dates. It lists daily notes for October through early November with time pieces for high water, moon phase, day length changes, and religious observances alongside civic dates such as Borough Councillors elections and All Saint’s and All Souls days.
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Great Britain
Ireland
London
Bristol
York
Cove
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead
Liverpool
Port Granger
Southampton
Peel's Cat o nine tails in Peel Act on currency
The piece criticizes the Bank Regulation Act of 1844 and Sir Robert Peel. It argues the act rests on nine dubious assumptions about securities, gold and silver standards, note issuance, and bank limits. It condemns tying currency to one asset type and warns of dangers to financial stability and public welfare.
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Bank Regulation Act of
Bank of England
Robert Peel
Ballion
Benk
Eternum
Privy Council
Bank, Ltd
Morning Chronicle
Peel
Rooert
Ural
Magistrate Critique Echoes of a London Press Debate
The piece grills magistrates and police over night rowe harm and abuse of power, noting the Morning Chronicle exploits cases with voyeuristic zeal. It defends Yardley for rebuking police who arrest without witnesses while warning against sensational overreach by newspapers and political factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Jardine
Thames Street
Ando
Justices of the Peace
Dar
James Graham
Lord Lyndhurst
Morning Chronicle Indurges
Yardley
George Grey
Hume
Orange Lodges
Morning Chronicle
John Russell
BRED IN THE BONE AND PROPAGANDA DECREE
The College of the Propaganda proclaims anew at the Irish Colleges with Pius IX's assent that institutions not devoted to Popery should prohibit sectarian framing. It argues science and classical learning free of sectarian subjection conflict with Religion and Propaganda dogmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of the Propaganda
Pius IX
Godless College and Ireland's Prospects Decried
A historical polemic argues against Irish Catholic education and Rome's influence, warning that eliminating a secular scholastic base risks moral decay. It links Protestant fear to political unrest, urging Tenant Right, repeal agitation, and social upheaval as reforms. The piece links Ireland’s future to education and religion, claiming turmoil will persist without change.
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Rome
England
Ireland
Louvain
Belgium
Winston Barron
The Plea of Insanity in Criminal Trials
A critical examination of how insanity pleas operate in murder cases, noting the widening use of mental state defenses, Epilepsy and other conditions as indicators, and the dangers of overreliance on Mad Doctor testimony. The piece contrasts Epilepsy with insanity and discusses public perceptions and legal boundaries surrounding culpability.
Fragmentary court debate on intent and capability of murderers
The text shows a heated exchange between Baron Maule and Dr Conolly over whether a murderer could know he was guilty. Conolly argues intent and moral distinction lie beyond mere acts, challenging the notion that the law protects society until it returns to lawful protection from what is described as the pretenders of mad doctors.
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Egypt
England
Leason
Sir Peter Laurie
Old Bailey
Hedlam
Mary Ann Hant
John Owenston
Amias
Connolly
Hanwell Asylum
Xaitanema
Ovenstone
Finolly
Baron Maule
Dr. Conolly
Conolly
Rights of Tradesmen contested in Lords shop dispute
A Westminster Court of Requests ruling awarded Lord Bury £20 for an assault after pushing a shopkeeper Clark from the step when asked to leave. The Weekly Chronicle argues the penalty was disproportionate and warns Magna Charta has little to do with the case, calling it cheap law and injustice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weekly Chronicle
Bury v
Magne
Charlet
Clark
Bays
Lord Bury
Atead
Mr. Clark
Refusal to bury the dead prompts church inquiry
A Cornwall rector faced Bishop’s action after refusing burial without a registrar certificate. The case, tied to a marginal note and alleged unauthorised rites, sparked scandal and a public investigation. Rawlings escaped heavy costs with a mild admonition, while the parish practice of awaiting the certificate was upheld as proper.
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Lansella
Cornwall
A’beckett
Himslf
Philpotts
Rawlings
Mercr
John of Exeter
Dr. Philpotts
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Omnium
Rhino
Anadses
Prado
Exeter Hall
Ion
Atlantic
Demerara
Dane
St. Cruz
Devil
East Indies
Mauritius
Regent Street
Mauricios
Cubs
Grenada
Havannah
de Rosne
France
Bously
Dr. Loeeck
Emaes
Gabe
Ravellera Agaan
O'Donnel
W. Tongue
Stafford
Trent Velley
Lomdor
the Weekly Chronicle
Monetary Matters
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