General Steam Navigation Company packets sail with notices
London 1822 advertisement describes packets to Hamburg Rotterdam and Calais with sailing days and times, lists prize scheme offerings, and warns against spurious steel-point pencils and fraudulent impositions. It also promotes the Diorama at Pant Pant, new publications, language grammars, drawing treatises, and a health tonic with cautions against fake chemists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Steam Navigation Company
London
Hamburg
Rene
Hedaneg
Rotterdam
Calais
Sowertal
Irish Committee Plans Public Dinner For Dublin Victory
By order of the Committee friends of Ireland in London announce a subscription and a public testimony of confidence in your exertions for civil and religious liberty. They aim to unite diverse creeds, resist oppression, and support the victor of Dublin who stands as a reformer. A public dinner is contemplated on the day of presenting you the mark of approbation from thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Morton and Co
Makera and Patentees
London
Cumberland
S. Mand Co
Cooke
G.A. Cooke
Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper
Paternoster Row
Ee Ester Row
Cross-street
Hatton-garden
Friends of Ireland
Sour Poerty
Dublin
Ireland
British Empire
England
Cork
Yorkshire
Lancashire
Wales
Scotland
Evorty
Althia
Earl Grey
Whigs and Ireland in the Irish Reform Debate
A detailed critique of Whig policy in Ireland, arguing that Irish voters now see Whig promises as insincere and harmful. The piece condemns unequal representation, tithe enforcement, and the exclusion of Irish interests from power, urging recognition of Ireland’s grievances and real reforms.
Clergy distress linked to Anti-Tithe moves eyed by government
The Bishop of London reports to the government the plight of Irish clergy due to the Anti-Tithe Association. He has lent 2000 toward temporary relief, with 1000 placed at the Archbishop of Armagh. News notes a Sardinian amnesty for Piedmontese rebels and Basle seeking imperial free town status from the Germanic Diet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Armagh
Lausanne
Sardinia
Genoa
Naples
Basle
Untitled fragment on Britain shield and rust
Fragmentary text discusses the shield of Britain, claiming it will corrode with rust instead of remaining genuine, antique cord. The wording is obscure and lacks clear events, persons, or dates to identify a concrete news item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Factory hours of child labor across trades in Britain
A historical catalog lists hours and ages of child workers in diverse industries. It records 12 to 16 hour daily shifts, often with children as young as five to eight years old, in textiles, iron foundries, mining, glass, and armaments, across Lancashire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Warwickshire, Nottingham, and other regions, with many practices extending into night hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenpwaré
Stafordshire
Derby
Warrington
Birmingham
Ory Forkess
Snag
Iron Founders
Lancashire
St. Helen's
Warwickshire
Staffordshire
Halifax, &c
Coventry
Gloucester
Cheshire
Yorkshire
Leeds
Joe
Halifax
Keighly
Ditto
Exwick
Norwich
Manchester
Leeds, &c
Shrewsbury
Leicester
Itto
Nottingham
Mansfield
Tiverton
Silk
Macclesfield
Congleton
Stockport
Progress of Republicanism in France from Le Nationnel
A condensed critique tracing the rise of Republicanism in France since 1800, noting the failures of monarchy and restoration, the evolving power of the middle classes, and the emergence of a credible Republican party supported by the Elective Chamber. It contrasts liberal opposition with citizen monarchy and hints at broader European tensions including Belgian hostilities and Irish unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le’ Nationnel
France
Spres
I Party
Liberal Party
Frcat
Charles
National Guard
Journala
Republia
Pearehy
Republic
Juste
Republican Party
Antwerp Citadel Capitulation and Dutch Repatriation Efforts
Reporting from Antwerp on December 29 1832 General Chassé describes the capitulation of the citadel complex including five bastions and guard transports. He notes wounded sailors and soldiers evacuated to Holland under French guard, Danish and Belgian actions, and promises of return or transfer to Dutch frontiers. The dispatch also records a proposal from Marshal Gerard to send troops back to Holland under conditions, and responses from Chassé refusing to enter such engagement. The piece closes with orders and a day of mourning for Colonel de Gumpens, plus an Antwerp garrison order of the day praising defense and Waterloo-era honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stants Courant
Hague
Jas
Chassé
Antwerp
Tosteem
Kattendyk
Fort du Nord
de Gamcens
van Limburg Stiram
Marshs
Koopman
Commodore Koopman
Marshal Gerard
Mme
Baron Chasse
Berchem
Holland
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Dunkirk
Bune
Count Geragp
Baron, Caagse
de Farange Havin
Excellency
de Gumpens
Chass
Scheldt
Brother Sopters
Willian
Ourielves
Antwerp Citadel
Baron Cyasse
the Hague
Princess of Orange
England
Lille
Liefkenshoek
Mayence
Sittard
Venloo
Amsterdam
House of Hope and Co
Bed-Zoom
Portuguese Circular Demands Safeguards For Wine Shares
The Administrative Board of the General Company for the Agriculture of the Vineyards of the Upper Douro petitions King to prevent rebels from selling stored wine and brandy to British or other foreign buyers. Lisbon Aug 8 1832 communication from Viscount de Santarem asserts such sales are illegal, will be opposed, and owners may reclaim property. Palace of Caxias Aug 9, 1832.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Company
Jouro
Regva
Oporta
Villa Nova da Gaia
la Delonte Proveratoette Pinto
Puty
Lisbon
Upper
Domo
Viscount.de Santarem
Palace of Caxias
Vera Cruz dispatch from 1847 mid conflict update
Correspondence notes Santa Anna at Huecuctora with 8000 troops and Bustamante closer to Tula with 2000, plus Montesa and Guesta near Queretaro. Reports indicate capitulation between Bringas and Torrens, 3000 in the capital, Pedraza arriving from New Orleans to San Juan de Ulloa, widespread ministerial support, and ongoing battles around Jalapa Perote Orizaba while Santa Anna maneuvers to lift the siege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
New York
Vera Cruz
Santa Anna
Huecuctora
Bustamente
Tula
Generala
Montezuma
Guesta
Queretaro
San Juan del Rio
Orizaba
Bringas
Torrens
Pedraza
New Orleans
San Juan de Ulloa
Duak
Sind
Puebla
Jalapa
Perote
Pulgas
Heta
Torreos
Binie
Cuesta
Jalisco
Montenema
Givens
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Glasgow
William
Bel- Bre
Eugene Sintzenich
Magin
Upper Canada
Gort Island
York
EB. Preh
Percy Baldwin
Sherwood
Gilbert
Piper
Paris
Pharmacolog
F.R.S
A. Pellow
Royal College of Physicians of London
Philosophical Society of Cambridge
Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh
Dr. Paris
Iris
Sherwood, Gilbert, and
Paternotter Row
Henry
Spain
Paternoster-row
Varley
Ban
John Varley
Atc
E. Chambers
E.rls
Thos. Smith
Dss
W. A. Bellenger
Bellenger
la Fontaine
M‘quin
Thomas Haigh
B Price
M. Deslyons
Ec National Institution OF Health
Seymour-street
Euston-square
Fyneey
Enouy
Roldin
Enony
National Institution of Health
Seymour- Street
Buston-Square
Menars
Eye
Vtian
West Strand
Br. Bowen
Staloner
Oxford-street
Bothama
Mr. Sharpe
Haymarket
Sparrow
Whill
Shoreditch
Cambridge Heath
Hackney
J. Hey
Stafford-street
Bond-street
Meaider
Arcade
Covent
THE
WHIGS
Brussels
Brighton
Maria Antoinette
Grand Duke of
Tuscany
Raine
Leopold
Liverpool
Berrenup Zoom
Bergen-op-Zoom
Flushing
Jaxo
Liefkeeshoek
Gesecke
Zeeuw
Ryk
Bath
Liefkenahoek
Java
Bank of Java
Breda
Hoogerherde
van Bkinschof
Fort St. Laurent
Grammuut
Austravan
Anure Lynd
Portugal
South America
P Toi
Vera Crus
Zucalecas
Songuer
Anil
Arriola Poebla
Vicente
Middlesex
Oyer
Kate Baker
Gelvicen Rons
Ora
Tata
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