The Corn Laws and Wage Dispute Down North England
A speaker argues the corn laws fuel working-class distress, rejects party politics, and urges unity between employers and workers. He contends repeal fits a national case, highlights America as a key market, and stresses employment over cheapness while blaming existing statutes for misgovernment and unrest.
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Pave
England
League
London
Manchester
Lancashire
Everybod
Stairdshire
America
Switzerland
Russia
United States
Austria
France
Spain
Efere
Liverpool
R. Peel
Tyre
Robert
England's crisis on unemployment and corn laws
A speaker laments widespread unemployment across Stockport Paisley Carlisle Manchester and rural districts warning that government aid shifts must not disguise the need to create work. He urges agricultural outreach alliances with industrialists to pressure for reform including a repeal of corn laws and taxes while promising a forthcoming corn bill from Prime Minister Peel if sustained agitation continues.
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Stockport
Paisley
Carlisle
Manchester
London
Essex
Henry VII
Tamworth
Robert Peel
House of Commons
League
Trials and tributes at Old Bailey and royal commemoration
A correspondent recounts the Suisse trial witnesses at the New Inn opposite the Central Criminal Court and a French address to Mademoiselle Borell. It notes defence costs exceeding £6000 and Thesiger’s 300 guineas fee, with related legal and social details. Also reported are a coroner’s inquest into a factory death, a running ox rampage through Holborn to Fleet Street, and a commemorative obelisk near Blackdub marking Charles II’s 1651 march meal for his Scottish army.
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Tria
Nicwoxas Suisse
New Inn Tavern
Central Criminal Court
Old Bailey
Mademoiselle Borell
Suisse
Thesiger
Durance
Maups- Ley
the Endurers
Carter
Surrey
Duke of Sussex
Gibson Street
Waterloo-road
Roderick M‘leod
Messrs. Maudsley
Westminster Road
Ayling
Smithfield
Holborn
Drury-lane
Russell-street
King’s College Hospital
Clare Market
Fleet-street
Bell-yard
St. Dunstan’s Church
Bell Yard
Cuarres II
Blackdub
Crosby Ravensworth
Shapwells
Charles II
Worcester
Shapfells
Scotland
Lancashire
England
Cromwell
Thomas Bland
Rengill
Black-dule
Legal Correspondence On Marriage And Property Rights
A collection of legal notices and Q and A style advice discussing marriage voidance by ecclesiastical courts and possible appeals, life estates in a William R. family, watch recovery for wrongful detention, name spellings, window tax liability, executor bankruptcy and its effect on wills, chancery risk, imprisonment for debt, legacy lapses, magistrates licensing based on rating, and a single woman's eligibility for a licence.
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Jno. Allen
Privy Council
Newcastle- Pon Tyne
William R
Sandgate
Elias
William Jt
A. Z
The Week and Public Notices from Norwich Chronicle 1842
A long Norwich Weekly Chronicle page notes the fifteenth Sunday after Trinity with propers and calendars, then reports on Chartist movements, disturbances, and editor debates. It includes letters praising independence, questions about grammar and tax law, and reader inquiries, all set among weather notes and civic notices.
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Weekly Chronicle
WSK
Norwich
Burrell
John Marshall
Hurrell
Anti Corn Law League
Swin
Riches
Northern Star
Marquis of Hertford
Croker
Borrel
Dorchester House
John Wilson Croker
Alverstake
Quarterly Review
Boswell
Samuel Johnson
Alverstoke
Horse Guards
Whitehall
London
M. R
Hull
Doncaster
J. H
The
Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell Hosts Pleasant Assembly for Patients
In Hanwell county asylum the male patients, nearly 400, gathered in the front grounds for bowls, quoits, and dancing. After a rain, supper and beer followed, with music resuming until nine. Attending officials included Mr H Pownall and Mr Prior, observing an event praised by the visiting committee as a sign of progress toward humane care. The asylum now houses over 900 inmates, with hopes that all county institutions will adopt the same benevolent system.
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HanwEll
H. Pownall
Prior
Twisleton
Middlesex
Time Rules for Sunrise Sunset and Tides in Great Britain
The piece gives a method to estimate sunrise and sunset by latitude with offsets from 51 deg 80 min, and lists high water times at major ports relative to London Dock, including Bristol Orkney Falmouth Hull Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow Southampton and notes further harbour details.
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Great Britain and Ireland
London Dock
Bristol
Ork
Gove
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Southampton
The Queen Victoria Visit Weather and Public Meetings Reflections
The Weekly Chronicle laments poor visibility during the royal voyage to Scotland and praises the Queen’s tour while condemning mob rule and muzzling of dissent. It urges a return to lawful public meetings, condemns weaponized intimidation, and warns that government displays will fail against public opinion.
Public Meeting Right and Piecemeal Reform Critique
An editorial examines the English right to public meeting, defending free discourse while warning against sedition. It critiques government measures, Chartist tensions, and police actions, then shifts to Peel's Corn Law, arguing the new tariff harms farmers, importers, and the nation, predicting a crop and trade slump.
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France
Spain
Russia
Yeomanry
England
Robert Peel
Lega
Joseph Sturge
Joseph
Cooper
Feargus O'Connor
Sturge
Birmingham
O'Neill
Stafford
Manchester
Potteries
March of Mob Law in Glossop Disturbance
A Derbyshire drift details a Glossop disturbance over factory reopenings by Cooper and Shipley. Workers supported by managers faced mob attacks. leaders were arrested and jailed. A younger mill hand was left severely injured on the moors.
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Glossop
Derbyshire
Cooper
Shipley
Mob attack at Brookfield ends in gunfire at Shipley mill
Sebe sworn in as Special Constables and armed for mill defense at Brookfield as a mob of five to six hundred men from Ashton and nearby areas advanced with threats. Mr Shipley’s men repelled the attack with small arms and dragoons, injuring one assailant. local Chartist James Pilling is jailed for taking part.
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Brookfield
Ashton
Staley
Bridge
Pacific
Shipley
England
Glossop
58Th Infantry
James Pilling
Overland Mail Reports Dire Afghanistan and China News
The Overland Mail exposes policy failures in Afghanistan and China. Sir Robert Sale declined Kabul advance, Pollock’s army is paralyzed, Akbar Khan controls Bala Hissar, and fears rise of Sheik factions. In China, troops suffer inaction, peace negotiations stall, and Emperor seeks Tartary, delaying a decisive coup by Beijing.
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Overland Mail
Lord Ellenborough
Robert Sale
Cabul
Jellalabad
Pollock
Akbar Khan
Bala Hissar
Shah Soojah
Lord Auckland
England
China
Affghanistan
Pekin
Tartary
The Queen's Tour and Naval Diving Bell Ideas
A survey of royal travel interest to visit scenes from Sir Walter Scott. Then a naval proposal by Commander Downes to equip water tanks on line of battle ships as diving bells. Anecdotes on Wilkie reserve and a storm-driven sewer explosion in Northumberland Street. Also a practical guide to the Income Tax with advertising notice.
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Walter Scott
Henry Downes
R.N
United Service Institution
Dickinson
Wilkiez
Lord Holland
Wilkie
Fraser
Northumberland Street
Strand
Messrs. Wood and Co
É&C
London
E. Smith
Wellington-street
W. Strange
Paternoster-rew
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the Weekly Chronicle
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