Portentous Dispatches Detain Newspapers and Fine Bellini
A January 21 decree orders Bellini fined fifty scudi with Bible confiscation. Reports from New Zealand note a large harbour south of Queen Charlotte's Sound. In Rome police ban many foreign papers from cafes, with Daily News and Times sparking debate. Elsewhere, a Prussian elector voted for himself. Van Diemen's Land faces sectarian education woes. charity plans emerge in Hamburg. Brasi palace sale talks surface. brutal weather hits Constantinople.
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Bellini
New Zealand
Queen Charlotte’s Sound
Tur Ewattex Press
Rome
Times
Daily News
Prussia
Erfurt
van. Diemen's Land
Launceston
van Diemen’s Land
Denison
Saliabury
William Denison
J. H. Schroeder
Hamburg
London
Liverpool
Combe Objects to Edinburgh Educational Resolutions
Mr George Combe publishes a statement against the Edinburgh resolutions on education arguing majority control of schools violates minority conscience and funds sources are unspecified. He prefers Lancashire Public School Association plan excluding creeds, with universal Christian precepts. The Dutch royal collection of King William III pictures to be sold, Emperor Nicholas expected buyer.
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George Combe
Edinburgh
Combe
Lancashire Public School Association
William the Third
Nicholas
First sale under Encumbered Estates Act held in Westmeath
The first sale under the Encumbered Estates Act occurred Thursday before three commissioners in Henrietta Street. A portion of Mr D Arcy s fee simple estate in Westmeath was auctioned in two lots, fetching prices around twenty five and twenty seven years purchase, despite average land quality.
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Henrietta-street
D’arcy
County of Westmeath
Ulster
Sharman Crawford
Crawford
Skilling
Queen's College
Galway
Inniskeen
Louth
Drumkeeran
Éitrim
Bank progress and deposits at 20th November
The 20th annual general meeting of Sr. Mangi ions Bank for Savinai reported 2,487 new deposits that year and 20,382 accounts open. Depositors held 15,495 balances under £3 1s 4d, with total assets and liabilities totaling £312,164 7s 6d. The balance due to depositors stood at £811,447 49 3d, with surplus £707 3s 3d, later rising to £316,210 15s. At Lambeth a recent fire caused estimated losses of £24,600 and uninsured property £10,000, totaling £34,600 in destruction.
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Sr. Mangi
National Debt Office
Higham
Claude Edward Scott
Ball
Lambeth
Paper duties prompt deputation to Lord John Russell
A delegation of English and Scottish paper makers publishers and printers urged Lord John Russell to remove or modify the paper tax. They argued the duty overtaxes raw materials and promotes imitation products while harming cheap periodicals and high quality literature. The group cited enforcement inconsistencies and moral risks, noting distress in publishing sectors from penny publications to major reference works. The deputation left with Lord Russell's courteous reception but no immediate resolution.
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England
Scotland
John Russell
Crompton
Ape
Officers of Excise
Board of Excise
Rodkit
Coahles Kxtaht
Knight
Mir
Orde Treasury
Lamartine Contracted to Write Twenty Volumes
A report states that Lamartine has agreed to produce twenty volumes of rotance for a total sum of £20,000. The deal binds him to a substantial literary project with a significant royal or market interest in the author.
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Lamartine
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Rae
Catho Élergy
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Emily
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Holy See
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Joppieman
Sydney
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T.C
Duffy
Stritch
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