Corvex Twist letter on reform and monopoly in 1841
A long critique in The Free Trader branded the Reform Bill’s failures and party abuses. It argues Sir Robert Peel’s administration is shaped by monopoly interests, warns Exeter Newark and Buckingham voters, and urges opposition to protect free trade and curb monopolies. London, Sept. 10, 1841.
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Corvex Twist
Peel
Sir
Cutts & War
Clare
Sue Reams
Buckingham
Marlborough
Beaufort
Yant
Peek Bivouy
Minpurt
Wien
Exeter
Sudey
William Follett
Newark
Thomas Cistune
Gladstone
Sir Robert
Board of Trade
Furs
Wall
Lutuh
Thomas Fremantle
Crue
Edward Buller
Itv Parliament
Sain
Mts Beg i Wiskteas
Beckingham
Hore
Goliath
Gea
Mr. Gladstone
Si Rovert Peel
Sir W. Follett
Walt
Tess
Lin
Joseph
Robert
Aburas
Manchester
Duke of Buckingham
Robert Peel
Lord Stanley
House of Commons
Knatchball
Electors of
Execter
Court of Exchequer
Lord Abinger
London
Court and Fashion at Claremont and Windsor Church
In Claremont and Windsor a royal infant shows signs of improvement as Sir James Clark and Dr Locock oversee care. Meanwhile St. George’s chapel at Windsor undergoes stained glass upgrades by Villemont and Forrest, enhancing armorial windows and the Last Supper painting. A forthcoming marriage is planned for Sir Hugh Purves Hume Campbell and Miss Fuller this autumn. East FitzannixGE reports Berkeley Castle’s festive reception for its new lord, with arches, bands, and ale amid public cheers. The Queen awards music publishers medals for cultural contribution.
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Claremont
Alonday
Princess Royal
James Clark
London
Locock
James
Neville’s
South Western Railway
St. Grover’s Curven
Windsor
Forrest
Villemont
St. George
Chapter of
Hugh Purves Hume Campbell
Bart. J.P
Berkeley-heath
Gloucester Journal
Queen of England
Gazette Musicale
Schlessner
Russia
Gazette Ilusicale
Middlesex Association Dinner Honors Reform Members
The Middlesex Registration Association held a Wednesday dinner in Brentford for Mr. George Byng and other reformers. About 500 attended in a temporary market building with a band, end-table seats for ladies, and enthusiastic toasts to Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, the royal family, and Middlesex MP George Byng. Speakers praised Byng’s consistent service, urged broader suffrage, and pressed for free trade, with later toasts honoring Lord John Russell and liberal principles amid ongoing political tension.
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Byng
Brentford
T. Wilde
John Easthope
Bart
C. P. Villiers
T. Duncombe
M.P
Ewart
Lord Ebrington
Tufnell
Ward
W. Smith
Qtway Cave
de Lacy Evans
Fire Whitbread
Carpue
Major Revell
Coppock
W. Clay
Liberal Party
Prince Albert
Duke of Sussex
England
George Byng
Middlesex
Jirdon
Thomas
Duncombe
Duke of Wellington
Robert Peel
Westminster
Mr. Hume
Hume
Firzwilliam
West Riding
Morpeth
Milton
Messrs. Dennison
Wortley
Finsbury
Mr. Roebuck
Roebuck
Sir Robert Peel
Mr. Ward
Baronet
Villiers
Buckingham
T. Hobhouse
Lord John Russell
House of Commons
Canada
China
Thomas Wilde
Potter
Commons
Lord J. Russell
R. Peel
Otway Cave
Lord Fortescue
Lord Morpeth
Ireland
Marquis of Normandy
J. Easthope
Mr. Ewart
Further Experiments in Mesmerism by Dr Elliotson
A select group witnessed two epilepsy patients under Mesmerism at Dr Elliotson’s Conduit Street residence. The elder, aged about thirty, had long suffered fits yet claimed cure after a French physician. during the process she was moved, bent, and awakened after about an hour, insisting she remembered nothing. The younger, a sixteen year old girl, showed contrasting muscular weakness. under hypnosis she stood briefly, then collapsed, with both cases yielding detailed questions and refusals to recollect beyond the sleep, as the observers noted the procedure and outcomes.
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Elliotson
Conduit-street
Commercial Road
Whitechapel
Eliotson
Infanticide charge at Bushy Park ends with discharge
Sophia Thorpe a laundry maid at Bushy Park Queen Dowager’s establishment faced a jury inquiry after a found dead infant in a Bushy house privy and blood stained laundry items. Surgeon testimony cast doubt on alive birth. magistrate discharged the prisoner despite suspicions.
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Sophia Thorpe
Bushy-park
Wandsworth
Mr. Clive
Mary Day
Churchill
Teddington
Clive
Wakley
Bushy-house
Mr. Kent
Hampton
Mary Ottey
Rebecca Lewis
Holberton
Feltham
Sunbury
Carpenter
Bushy Park
Elizabeth Bates
Bushyhouse
Captain Carpenter
Martha Day
Thomas Henry Holberton
Dushy-house
Kent
Chelsea Hospital and Charity News in One Sheet
A board-room examination at Chelsea Hospital reviews invalid soldiers. Probate of James Wood of Gloucester shows personal estate under £1 million and probate value £13,500 with 10 percent legacy duty. City policy restricts warrantless searches. Protestant Sisters of Charity gains royal patronage and sets up a nursing home in Ravenrow Mile End to house and support distressed nurses with long contracts and pay.
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Chelsea Hospital
England
James Wood
Gloucester
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Matthew Wood
Jacob Osborne
John Surman
Ravenraw
Mile-end
Champneys
Whitechapel
Magnificent Imperial Costume Shown To The Emperor
A Vienna report notes Prince Milosch wore a sky blue tunic embroidered in gold and pearls with multiple diamond insignia and the grand cross of the iron crown. A sabre adorned with jewels and a heron feather diamond agraffe completed the display, thrilling court circles. The late Sultan Mahmoud had sent the sabre years ago.
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Prince Esternary
Prince Milosch
Vienna
Mahmoud
Galignani
Croft
Mr. Stronger
Greenwich
Elizabeth Barron
Stronger
London
Inquest Deliberations Among Thames Tragedies and Accidents
Reports from Ramsgate and St Bartholomew s hospital detail inquests into a mutilated infant found in the Thames and a man s fatal scalding at a copper. Additional cases include a Billingsgate dock found child deemed found dead, a Thames street crane accident injuring a man, a coal whipper spine injury, and a five year old burned by a household fire.
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Baker
Ramsgate
Wapping
Thames
Duggin
Bloomfield
Payne
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
James Bangs
Jordain
Dyer
Milton-street
Newcastle
St. Mary-at. Hill
Billingsgate Dock
Wood
Smith
Gracechurch-street
Thames-Street
Sandhurst
Commercial Road
St. George's
East
Michael Hougent
Little James Stairs
London Hospital
Harvey
Clement’s Lane
Strand
King’s College Hospital
Portugal-street
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