Reform agitation and universal suffrage rally in London
A large London gathering cheers Mr Leader and Feargus O Connor as they urge moral force and universal suffrage. Speakers urge the People’s Charter, annual parliaments, and secret ballots while pledging peaceful action and petitions to Parliament.
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Commonwealth
Working Men’s Association
Feargus O’connor
Scotland
England
Hole-in-the Wall
Parliament-street
House of Commons
Hawes
Somerset House
Marylebone
Easthope
Murdo Young
Alderman Harmer
Univeisal Gazette
Alaugh
Cleave
Commons
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Meeting in London Advocates Reform and Opposes Oppression
Mr Mitchell and Mr Reeve clash over radicalism and compromise while Dr Wade ties support to broad suffrage. Votes of thanks are given to the high bailiff, unrest at the hustings continues, and the crowd overflows Palace-yard with 30,000 spectators and about 15,000 signatures on a national petition.
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Mitchell
Reeve
Brichton
London
Calthorpe-street
Cosher
Trowbridge
Bradford
Wade
France
Hetherington
Lovett
Arkley
Gloucester
Mr. Arkley
London and Birmingham Railway opens through line to Birmingham
The railway from London to Birmingham is now complete, enabling travel from the metropolis to the Midland capital in under three hours. Details include station stops, train timings, mixed and mail services, Sunday schedules, and fares for first and second class carriages.
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London
Denbigh Hall
Birmingham
Rugby
Midland Counties
Stevenson
Harrow
Watford
Boxmoor
Berkhampstead
Tring
Leighton
Wolverton
Reade
Blisworth
Weldon
Crick
Brandon
Coventry
Hampton
Grand Junction Railway
Kilsby
Van Buren Versus Clay Dominates New York Political Talk
The approaching elections will decide the next presidency and the fate of the current administration. The outcome of recent elections has favored opponents, with Martin Van Buren politically doomed and Henry Clay poised as the next president according to the New York paper.
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Martin van Buren
Henry Clay
New York
Englishman's Wife and Other Readings in Verse
A mixed 1830s miscellany features a poem about an Englishman's wife celebrating love and duty, plus essays and jottings on seeds, a Quaker letter, pig fertility, baboon watchmen, and reflections on newspapers, conversation, and liberty. The tone mirrors a period urban journal with moral observations and travel-inspired snippets.
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Robert Story
Golconda
John
George Green
Westminster
R. G
Misery of Postage Tax Says Letters Cost Lives
The Chronicle argues the postage tax harms morality by severing family ties and hindering communication, citing clergy letters and a clerk’s testimony. It warns that high costs prevent poor families from staying in touch, risking neglect and lost guidance for children and workers.
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Z. L. Bulwer
Leicestershire
Moore
London
Corse
M. Fenwick de Porquet
Belfast
Benjamin
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