Descent of Balloon Ballast Loss Near Maidstone
The account details a gas loss during a balloon voyage causing a rapid descent near Town Malling seven miles west of Maidstone. The crew landed safely after dropping ballast as they neared the ground, while learning of Mr. Cocking's tragic fall and honoring his courage and long pursuit of the theory.
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Vauxhall
Orham
Town Malling
Maidstone
London
Money
Major Money
Norwich
Lowestoft
Wrotham
Mr. Cocking
Mr. Spencer
King of the Hausa Ivory King In Africa Expedition Tale
An account from Laird's Expedition into Africa describes meeting a boastfully dressed, oversized king who was later revealed to be of ordinary stature. The narrator recounts gifts and negotiations for ivory, confusion over the king’s identity, and the king’s entourage including twelve elder Ugree privy councilors. The episode ends with humorous misperception about the monarch’s true size and status.
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Kroomen
Me ‘Co
Laird
Africa
Telegraph Between Havre and Hamburg Sails Again
A telegraph link between Havre and Hamburg now exists. Vessels reaching the Elbe mouth are reported to Havre within thirty minutes of arrival at Cuxhaven. London and Havre steamers are noted six to seven hours before entering the city. A shipfire tale from St Marys Isle notes 500 disbanded Legion troops arriving after storms, causing fear before their departure.
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Hampure
Cux- Haven
Elbe
Havre
Cuxhaven
Ondon
Hamburg
Brinnsy Lucton
Isle of St. Mary, Scilly
Col. Mackintosh
Confession of a Clergyman on Church and State
The Rev. Henry Palmer writes to his North Lancashire tenants arguing the Tory principle is dead post 1825 reforms. He urges support for the Whig government to preserve stability, vows faith with Roman Catholics, and questions the union of Church and State with Catholics in Parliament and office.
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Henry Palmer
Lancashire
Tory Political Morals Exposed in Norwich Canvass
The Marquis of Douro and Tory electioneering are accused of duplicity as the Norwich visit reveals a policy of misinformation to win votes. The piece argues Tories use lies and prejudice, citing insults toward reformers, with the aim of manipulating poor freemen and undermining public virtue.
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Marquis of
Douro
Norwich
Duke of Wellington
Senate
King
Finsbury
Westminster
England
Courier
Hanover Government Structure and Revenue in 1838
The text describes Hanover as a hereditary monarchy under the house of Guelph with a male-only succession rule. It outlines a two-chamber legislature, with the upper house of 55 members and the lower house of 72, including nobles, clergy, lawyers, and estate proprietors. It notes annual sessions, focus on finances, and abolition of certain local hereditary justiciaries. Revenue comes from royal domains, mines, tolls, taxes on estates, incomes, beer, stamps, and customs, totaling 1,194,640 rix dollars plus mines and salt springs income.
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Hanover
Bual
Board of Revenue
Abbelohde
Germany
Théblend
Britannica
First Impressions of South Australia From an Emigrant Lady
An Englishwoman’s letter describes rapid Bay as a land of promise in South Australia. She notes park like scenery though trees are saplings, visits native camps of about thirty people, and describes their circular shelters, clothing, and the emotional exchange with a cautious mother. Colonel Light’s influence is mentioned through native habiliments.
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South Australis
Rapid Bay
South Australia
Newsell
Light
Circassia and a Phrenologist Tale in Cooper’s England
Excerpts describe Circassian scenery with villagers and livestock along the Black Sea coast. A scene in a bookshop shows a phrenologist examining a man’s skull, failing to find a bump, provoking a dismissive remark about the phrenologist’s beliefs.
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Circassia
Black Sea
Arcadia
Spencer
Pyreno Lacy
Cooper
England
Dissenters Marriages Registered Across Lancashire and Beyond
The Gazette lists numerous chapels and churches certified for solemnising marriages including St Peter’s Roo nan Catholic Chapel Great Crosby Sefton and St Chad’s Manchester with 38 entries across Lancashire Devon Gloucestershire and Surrey. It names St Patrick’s Toxteth Park Much Woolton Norley Salem and King Street chapels along with Unitarian and Baptist chapels in Kendal Cambridge Wisbeach and Stroud among others.
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St Peter's Roonan ‘Catholic
Great Crosby
Sefton
Crab-Jane
Windle
Prescot
Lancashire
Norley
Norley-street
St. Charles the Martyr
Plymouth
Salem
Salem-street
Kingsland
Robinson’s-row
St. John
Peek Peg
Nee
St. P
Paris
St. Peters
St. Peter the Apostle
Kent
Somerset-place
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
Regent-street
Chelttesham
Brunswick
Great Dover-road
Southwark
St. Mary
Newington
St. Andrew's
St. Vincent-street
Stepney
Middlesex
Duke-street
Lincoln's-inn-fields
St. Giles-in-the-fields
King-street
Commercialtreet
Commercial-street
Alt ‘Saints
Northampton
General Baptist
Ely-place
Wisbeach
Isle of Ely
Cambridgeshire
Camberwell-road
St.Giles
Camberwell
Surrey
St. Clement
Oxford
Jamaica-row
St. Mary Magdalen
Bermondsey
St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s Mount
Walsall
Staffordshire
Westgate
Stanhope
Durham
Zion
Rodney Yard
Wakefield
Yorkshire
France
Chalford-hill
Baptist
Corps
Chalford
Old Meeting
Chapel-street
Stroud
Abolition Campaign and Royal Bounty Reform in Ireland
A Belfast Chronicle report discusses Sir Robert Peel’s past stance on Church rates, urging agrarians to back candidates who support abolition. It also covers the Secession Synod’s claim of Government plans to equalize Royal Bounty Regium Donum for Presbyterian ministers, with adjustments favoring the Secession Synod and a forthcoming oath bill for witnesses.
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Sir Robert Peel
Mirror of Parliament
North
Matthews
Dublin
Regium Donum
Ireland
Secession Synod
Synod of
Ulster
Remonstrant Synod
Munster
House of Commons
Belfast Chronicle
Reflections on Christian Zeal and Sanctification
The passage recalls Christian duty to labor for salvation with diligence and fear, citing Robert Hall on continual effort and spiritual growth. It emphasizes that sanctification reveals one’s name in the Book of Life, rejecting miraculous signs in favor of inner obedience and heart readiness to heed divine calls.
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Robert Hall
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