Guilty or not Guilty pamphlet mirrors Tory shift in 1840s
A critical review of the pamphlet "Guilty or not Guilty" argues it is a sincere but partisan piece. It contests authorship, condemns Whig liberalism, defends a restrained Poor Law, and predicts a Peel-led Conservative cabinet built on public funding for suffering workers, while lampooning reforms and praising Lord Ashley.
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Richard Vivyan
Richard
Berkshire
England
Bates
Lancashire
Ireland
Movement
Europe
Noks
R. Peel
Thetandard
Anti-Corn Law League
Home Secretary
Somerset House
Ferrand
Bnd
Peel
Graham
Stanley
Russell
Melbourne
Mulgrave
Treasury
Union House
Robert
Lord John
Robert Peel
Lord Ashley
Buckingham
Despatches Detail Cloete Relief at Port Natal 1842
Port Natal posts report Colonel Cloete landing reinforcements with Captain Smith’s garrison under siege by about 400 Boers. After tough fighting, relief arrived by Southampton and Conch under a coordinated landing, with 350 Boers defending the port.
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Cape of Good Hope
Port Natal
Cape Town
Smith
Southampton
Ogle
Cloete
Cuffies
Congella
Netherlands
Pretorius
Maritzburg
Panda
Zvolars
King
Mazeppa
Archbell
Krall
Molesworth
Prior
Pietermaritsburg
Hare
C.B
K.H
P.S
J. C. Smith
Durnford
Wells
D’urban
Stage coach duties and other Victorian notes
An October 1 reform lowers stage coach per mile duty from 3d to 1d. Lynch hanged at Sydney for murder confessed to ten killings. Leicester prisoners fined for noisy cattle-like behavior. Ironmasters plan £1 per ton iron rise. Bristol orders reported. British seamen discharged as navy downsizes post treaty. Harpiner Hardinge suffers leg amputation after steamer pier incident. Child Henry Mayne nearly chokes on a halfpenny. surgeon Liston saves him.
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Lynch
Sydney
Leicester
House of Commons
Bristol
Portsmouth
Westminster
New York
London
Hants
Harpiner
Henry
Hardinge
Henry Hardinge
Kent
Hungerford
Whitehall Gardens
Wood
Emily
Henry Mayne
Chichester-place
Gray’s Inn-read
Insolvency and occupation rule in Westminster voting cases
In Westminster and Marylebone registers a series of decisions clarify how insolvency, tenancy and occupation affect electoral eligibility. The panel upholds that insolvency without occupation change preserves voting rights, confirms constructive occupancy notes, and rules on a Dickens residency lapse. It also addresses income tax assessors seeking franchise protection and a gold tender dispute over rate payments.
Question of Revising Barrister Jurisdiction in Publication Lists
In Westminster election discussions Mr Arnold argued the revising barrister has no power to inquire into publication lists on church doors under the Reform Act. He held no jurisdiction exists beyond section 50 and that the preliminaries need not be proved. The court deferred judgment on peers of Parliament and other objections.
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Burssinos
Pest
West End
Pimlico
Peel
Sharman Crawford
Esq
Joseph Sturge
Vincent
Hume
Glasgow
Vienna
Olmutz
Trieste
Humanity
Arnold
Westminster Registration Court
Mr. Arnold
Mr. Score
Ausling
Mr. Austin
Hyland
Dublin
Marylebone
James Bland
Wimpole-street
Whhich
Kensett
Ivimey
Bland
Mr. Bland
Greenwood
Pitts
Mr. Pitts
Charles Dickens
Boz
America
Devonshire, Terrace
James Tilbury
High-street
Mr. Tilbury
Allen
Licht Seventiens
Wm. Jeffries
Wells-street
Oxford-street
Austin
Westminster
Score
City of
Trott
Armold
RicuHto- Peters
Duke of Dorset
Lord Beresford
Lord Duncannon
Faversham
Ivimey and Allen
Elopement of Heiress Agbee E Sparks London Chase
A wealthy merchant Mr E from near Great Ormond Street faces a sensational elopement. His 21 year old daughter Agbee E eloped with Mr A a medical man, traveling by glass coaches to Marylebone then Brighton before likely joining Mr A in India. A noble suitor to Agbee is said to be embittered by the turn of events.
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Great Ormond Street
Agbee E
Queen Square
Great Ormond-street
Air. E
Miss Agnes
Papa
St. Mary
Paddington
Green
Central Criminal Court
Justice Cresswell
Edward Leader
Laurina
Richard Walsh
Dean Street
Westminster Hospital
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Wixsom
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Perthshire
Stirlingshire
Prince of Wales
Windsor
Royal
Hanover
Dusseldorf
Falkirk Tryst
Highlands
Taymouth
Birna
Earl of Hardwicke
Her
Stimgup
Marquis of
Breadalbane
Messrs. Fraser and Co
St. Andrew-street
Edinburgh
Caledonian Mercury
Fudge Chartist
Graham Plot
Magistracy
Peirce
Canalwalk
Canal, Walk
Chartist
Secretary of State
Newgate
Francis
Privy Council
Highfield
Houndwell
High Street
Home Office
Mr. Hay
James Graham
Excise
Winchester Road
Oxford
Messrs
Maddison
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