14 Apr 1840
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Newspaper
Courier
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 14, 1840
Page
1
A Scottish periodical review lauds Catherine Sinclair’s new work Cotland and the Scotch The Western Circuit. The piece praises the author’s elegant and industrious pen and notes strong reader interest in Sinclair’s writings published by William Whyte and Co London Longman and Co.
A letter from Netecastle Journal condemns Earl of Carlisle and Hon Captain Howard for alleged land plots and underhand tactics to sway Morpeth voters. It defends Henry Brumel Rug and urges electors to resist manipulation, warning of disreputable practices and potential retirement of Howard.
The article notes royal figures consenting to oversee the charity fund and a substantial donation toward a building fund. It then covers the scholarship exam results with Seymour named top candidate, Hatton next, and twelve others praised for attainment. Also discussed are naval pay recommendations and a New Society of Painters in Water Colours showing.
Long dispatch lists ships and movements from Malta to England, including Carysfort, Wellesley, Adgezine and others. It notes court martial outcomes on Racer, vessel victualing aboard Vanguard class ships, and various promotions, transfers, and crew changes at Portsmouth and Gosport with names of officers and ratings.
April convocation at Oxford grants degrees and appoints clergy. Revs Hodgson Garnier Portman named to parish and rectory posts. Cambridge announces St Johns Foundation Fellows and BA exams list including classical authors Demosthenes and Juvenal.
A House of Commons table lists vessels cleared to Sydney Port Philip and other destinations from London and Liverpool in 1838 and 1839. Totals show numerous ships and tonnages for South Australia South Sea fisheries New Zealand and other locales. Also notes a suicide in Spring Gardens and dockyard employment expansion near seven hundred workers.
Amsterdam reports that Dutch Belgian talks on capitalising Holland's five million florin annual debt to the Netherlands Bank proceed. The Utrecht Commission weighs capitalisation versus annual payment, with diplomacy between The Hague and Brussels guiding the approach. The Bank’s capital would rise to fifteen million florins after a planned increase and wider lending.
The Lords amendments to the Printed Papers Bill are approved by the Commons and the Act will be enacted this day. The measure aims to end civil and criminal actions tied to publication of votes and papers, requiring swift court action to halt proceedings and preserve parliamentary privilege. The text permits defendants to challenge such actions, with safeguards and a final end to related processes.
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