Highland oppression exposed in parish eviction and arson
Mackay and family faced violent eviction from a disputed parcel, his home and belongings seized by a minister and associates. After ruinous destruction of turf huts and cattle handover to pay expenses, a physician intervened to shelter the victims. Mackay seeks redress from Edinburgh authorities, highlighting harsh Highland treatment by state paid agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackay
Dornock
Lumsden
Macleod
Gordon
Edinburgh
Highlands
Third anniversary of Jamaica-row Young Men's Society celebrated
The third anniversary gathering at the Jamaica-row Young Men's Society featured a tea for about 130 attendees with Rev. George Rose as chair. He urged young men to advance religion and morality, followed by a report on the year and speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica-row
George Rose
Cobden
Bright
Gibson
Manchester Examiner
Law and Police Intelligence and Conspiracy Trials Abroad
In the Court of Chancery Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce weighs dissolving an injunction against Mr Strange over an etching exhibit and a descriptive catalogue. Trials at Liverpool target conspiracy and sedition with verdicts of guilt and varying sentences. Arrests in London concern alleged plunder from the Tuileries and Neuilly property, with bail granted and later customs seizure under scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roya Ercuines
Court of Chancery
Knight Bruce
Russell
Strange
Prince Albert
Liverpool
Liverool
South Lancashire Secial Commission of Assize
Francis O'Donnell
Peter Herbert Delamere
Joan Buraspie
Wigan
London
Tuileries
Nxevilly
Marlborough-street
Leicester-street
Count de Neuillyand
Alfred de Chabanne
Bodkin
Wontner
Paris
Hardwick
M. Bapat
Louis Philippe
Extraordinary accident at Witham station on East Counties line
A luggage train offloaded two barrels of gunpowder at Witham and, after the mail train passed, the powder exploded. The blast damaged carriages and shattered nearby windows, but no lives were lost. The crew survived. line repairs followed and delays ensued. The event raised questions about staffing levels and safety along the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EasTaryx Counties Railway
Witham
Eastern Counties Railway
Braintree
Maldon
London
Colchester
Puonetio Stellino
Mosely
Midland
Messrs
Isaac Pitman
Alexander John Ellis
Ellis
Cospen
Leicester
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LAW and Police Intelligence
Baron de Bassagnes
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