Rumors of Ottoman Tensions Stir in Constantinople
The passage reports imperial intrigue and discontent seeded among Turkey’s royal population. It claims English French disunion efforts persist, with Russian forces massing in Wallachia. Wanderer notes General Bem and his party arriving at Shumla on the 10th and troop concentrations at Constantinople, Shumla, and Erzurum. 6000 at Bucharest and 4000 at Giurgiu. Russian strength in Wallachia given as 31,000 with 48 guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
England
France
Constantinople
Wanderer
Bem
Shumla
Erzereum
Bucharest
Giurgero
Wallachia
Denmark balks at recognizing Schleswig-Holstein as a state
Baron Liliencron was sent by the Duchies to open negotiations with Denmark and Schleswig and Holstein but failed. Denmark refuses to recognise Schleswig-Holstein as a state and will not treat with it, though the Danish Cabinet reportedly has no objection to treating with Holstein.
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Denmark
Liliencron
Schleswig
Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein
Russians Occupy Little Wallachia Near Danube
Correspondent reports 45 000 Russian troops in Wallachia with 15 000 more in Little Wallachia, totaling about 60 000. Russians occupy abandoned Omer Pacha position and fortify Danube crossings while Russia negotiates over ex tradition and plans broader action against Turkey in spring.
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Wallachia
Omer Pacha
Danube
Russia
Turkey
The
Daily News
Cape of Good Hope Advices on Penal Settlement Protests
Reports from Cape Town through October 27 describe anti penal settlement protests in the colony. The Neptune remains at Simon's Bay with convicts aboard, while the Anti-convict Association demands removal. Worcester resolution pleads to send the Neptune away, threatening blood if Earl Grey’s plan proceeds. Shopkeepers show mourning by shuttering. others keep shops open. On October 23 nine people were committed for trial for the Green Point outrage, with about fifteen present. Accused include an English instigator and a Stellenbosch native.
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Cape Town
Simon’s Bay
Anti-convict Association
Neptune
Worcester
Earl Grey
Green Point
Stellenbosch
Charity Ladies Form Faubourg group Aid For Poor
A ladies association forms in Faubourg St. Germain to aid the poor with food clothes and bed-linen and to educate their children during the winter. A correspondent reports on the Harbinger and Freak expeditions finding papers and burying Mr Kennedy after cautionous shelling by Captain Simpson of the Trarbinger. Other notes mention Turbine or Denmark’s injury and a Russian ukase restricting gold exports.
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Faubourg St. Germain
Bopy
Kennedy
Australia
The
Atheneum
Simpson
Trarbinger
Melbourne Bay
Turbine
Denmark
Russia
Notable figures and distant voyages in a dated summary
A historical note recalls 30 cases aboard a vessel with 17 fatalities before arrival in a city. It also highlights early life paths of Van Buren Bancroft and Clay as self-made figures. A Paris to London travel claim is mentioned with nine hours, while Holland’s navigation laws are nearly repealed except tea duties on native vessels.
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van Buren
Bancroft
Clay
Lonpon
Parris
London
Paris
Holland
Ireland News: Protectionist Petition Rivalry and Local Attacks
The article reports on a large anti free trade petition led by the Earl of Glengall, with signatures from peers and officials. It documents an attempted assassination at Mr. Henry Drury's Sherwood residence, a note urging his landlord to prepare a coffin, and a tenant dispute over arrears. It also notes O'Brien's letter from the Cape of Good Hope, a Kilrush ferry disaster killing forty-one, and a potential army reduction affecting reserve battalions abroad.
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Irish Landstorps
Earl of Glengall
Downing Street
Evening Packet
Henry Drury
Sherwood
Carlow
Kildavin
Tullow
Goold
Drury
Downing
Ballinvalley
Mr. Downing
Downin
Burnett
Dublin Evening Mail
Limerick
Smith O’brien
Cape of Good Hope
Ireland
London
Kitrosuh
Kilrush
Shannon
Cox
Exeter fast coach runs weekly London to Exeter
An early 18th century Salisbury Journal notice announces the Exeter fast coach departs Mondays from the Saracen's Head in London and follows a staged route via Ingham Marrett Green Sutton the Plume of Feathers Salisbury Blandford and the King's Arms Dorchester to reach Exeter by Thursday at one o'clock, claiming a London to Exeter journey time of five hours.
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Salisbury Journal
Exeter
London
Ingham
Marrett Green
Sutton
Salisbury
Blandford
King’s Arms
Dorchester
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St. Louis
William Miller Christy
William Tyler
John Bradbury
Thomas Castle
John St. Barbe
William Cash
Charles Whetham
Gracechurch-street
Mr. Whetham
Balham
Whetham
Castle
Bradbury
Christy
Tyler
Bousfield
Court of Common Concil
Committee of Sealth
Great Central Gas Consumers Company
Mansion House
Guildhall
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