Pacific Mills benevolence and a new law for temperance
The item reports on New York markets with gold dust from California and rising cotton prices, plus a Lawrence Massachusetts Pacific Mills project offering weekly lectures and free library access to operatives. It notes a strong relief fund, savings deposits, and 1,100 dollars distributed. Also covered are a deadly Virginia slave execution, a Maine temperance bill with strict penalties, and a harsh new liquor law proposal.
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New York
California
London
Lawrence
Massachusetts
New Hall
Pacific Mills
W. Chapin
Relief Society
Savings Bank
Young
4 Corporation
Mississippi
Virginia
Virginia,—Negro Washington
Thomas O. Button
Clements and
Reed
Negro Washington
Henrico
Benjamin W. Green
Hutchinson
Henrico County
New Mare
Special Temperance Committee
Maine
Neal Dow
House of Correction
King Kamehameha Proclaims Aid from Three Nations
Rumors of filibuster invasions prompt King Kamehameha to issue a proclamation on December 8 accepting aid from the United States Great Britain and France to defend sovereignty. The U S sloop Portsmouth sails from Honolulu on December 8 bound for the United States via Tahiti.
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Sandwich Islands
Kamehameha
United States
Great Britain
France
Sloop of War
Portsmouth
Honolulu
Tahiti
India and China news from the Colonies and Bombay meeting
The India and China mails from Alexandria reach Calcutta to January, Madras to January, Bombay mid January, Shanghai December, and Hongkong December. A Patriotic Fund meeting in Bombay honored Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy and his son. Lord Elphinstone spoke, praising the Parsees and urging aid. A Persian Gulf battle near Bunder Abbas saw Persians defeat Arabs, with heavy Arab losses. Lord Elgin’s bank draft tale in Canada ends with identity doubts. Australia news covers the Tagus arrival at Southampton with gold dust and mail, rough seas, and warship movements to the Crimea. Paralyzing Melbourne market notes and ship safety critiques follow. Africa’s Candace arrives Lagos to Lisbon with gold and palm oil. Governor Hall aboard.
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India
China
Trieste
Australia
Alexandria
Maila
Calcutta
Madras
Bombay
Shanghai
Hongkong
Pegu
Kokan
Persian Gulf
Canton
Bompay
Patriotic Fund
Lord Elphinstone
Jamaetjee Jeejeebhoy
Sir Jamsetjee
Sorabjee Jamsetjee
Jamsetjee
Bunder Abbas
Bander Abbas
Muscat
Imaam
Benet Abbas
Barrie
Peninsular and Oriental Company
Tagus
Joy
Admiralty
Lieut. Purver
R.N
Southampton
Malta
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
England
Spiteful
Crimea
Admiral Stewart
Black Sea
George Brown
Hecla
Melbourne
California
Victoria
Africa
Plyrmouth
African Company
Candace
Hawkesley
Lagos
Sierra Leone
Bathurst
Teneriffe
Lisbon
Colonel Hall
Burmese ambassador demands restitution in royal interview
The Burmese envoy, at a government ball in Calcutta, declared orders from Ava to reclaim all captured provinces in Burma. Lord Dalhousie and Major Phayre faced the shock, but the Governor General affirmed British sovereignty, promising the flag shall wave over the possessions as long as the sun shines. The scene at Government House is noted as remarkable and memorable.
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Government House
Putteeala
Susan Ramsay
Ava
Indian Foreign Office
Phayre
Dalhousie
Burmah
India
England
The Coldest London Night In Recent Times
The Metropolis reports extreme cold with Hyde Park readings dropping to 16 degrees below freezing on Saturday night. Sunday morning reached 23 and noon 30 as a 9 o'clock wind shifted from north to north east. Ice on the Serpentine was five inches thick and dangerous due to rotted surface from recent snow. Monday continued to stay intensely cold with Hyde Park readings noted.
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London
Royal Humane Society
Hyde Park
Stow
Extraordinary Park Ice Spectacles and Army Growth Report
Sunday night saw bitter cold with 24 degrees, rising to 32 by noon Monday, then easing to 29 as crowds thronged Royal Parks. A thousand spectators watched the ring of life guards and foot guards while a mass ice show, 300 to 400 men long, slid the surface at Hyde Park. The piece covers Jenny Lind’s return to England for sacred performances, and a detailed account of army expansion for the coming year, plus waterlogged perils in Islington and the Philadelphia inquiry.
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Life Guards
Foot Guards
Royal Parks
St. James’s Park
Parsoles
Serpentine
Hyde Park
Kensington Gardens
Leslie
Monaghan County
India
Grenadiers
Coldstream and Scots Fusilier Guards
1St
Royal Regiment
Lord Denman
Morning Post
Sebastopol
Crimea
Henry the
Agincourt
Benjamin
Jenny Lind
Enetany
England
Exeter Hall
Dalston
London Tavern
J. Gurney Hoare
W. Stone
Royal Military College
Royal Military Asylum
Hibernian School
Waxiworth Worsine
Lock’s Fields
Walworth
W. A. Wilkinson
Lambeth
Camden-street
Islington
Royal Society
Islington-green
Stoker
N Division
Hodges
Everning
Thomas Hodges
George Hodges
Joseph
T. Winkley
Red Lion
Mippiesex
Marylebone
Marylebone Vestry
Home Secretary
Philadelphia
City of
W. Linday
M.P
Marine Board of Liverpool
Privy Council For Trade
Cape Race Rock
Liverpool
Leitch
Virgin Rocks
Cape Race
United States
Court of Chancery
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Colonies
Canada
Lord Everyn Fix
Lord Elgin
Earl
Elgin and Kincardine
Bank of Commerce
New York Herald
the Metropolis
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