Swift Mail Coaches and Rates Across Britain
A vivid listing of mail and post coach services across Britain, detailing routes from London to Holyhead, Exeter, Bath, Norwich, Manchester, and more. Fares, timings, inns, and operators such as Swan with Two Necks, Clench's London Hotel, and Niblet’s Emerald are noted, emphasizing speed, economy, and punctuality.
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Gracechurch-street
Regenteircus
Piccadilly
ANGEL
St. Clement's
Holyhead
Birmingham
Clark’s
Corwen
Spencer's
Devonport
Clench
London
Exeter
Elliot's
Bath and Exeter
Riley
York House
Bath
Stroudwater
Bristol
Townsend
Bish -Inn
Manchester
Edinburgh
Glasgow
York
Liverroul
Binningham
Norwich
Ipswich
Watson
AVL
Lincoln
East Riding of Yorkshire
Paris
Fine Arts
Bruce
Bishop's
Leicester
Derbyshire Peak
Lacy’s
Lacy
Liverpool
Birmingham -Tally-Ho
T. Waddell’s
Swan Inn
Coventry
Packwood
Niblet
Brighton
DART
Robert Snow
Camden
Wegate
Canterbury
Kent
Cheltenham
Chelwaliam
Ross
Abergavenhy
Shrewsbury
Oxfordshire
Ken and Chickens
Fortsmouth
Nance
Fountain Hotel
Isle of Wight
Guernsey
Jenvey
Fymouth
Exeter Herald
Peter
Essex
Suffolk
Norfolk
Messrs
Hogarth
Eclipse
Smith Jones
Chatham Nelson
Edwards
Worthing
Chelmsford
French
Autograph Letter of Sir Walter Scott for sale
Advertises publishing of autographs and landscapes related to Sir Walter Scott with engravings and a portrait, listing publishers and prices. Notes include Landscape Album and medical and science books by Longman and others with multiple catalog entries and prices in shillings and pence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott
Amy Robsart
Scriven
Chapman and Hall
Ind
Steand
Longman, Rees
Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman
H. Earle
F.R.S
Robert Gooch
M.D
Philip
John Scott
Surge
P. Bisset Hawkins
John Bacot
W. Ainslie
J. Shaw
R. Carmichael
M.r.la
Steam ship guns on His Majesty’s Dee in the Mechanics’ Magazine
The Dee carries two pivot-mounted guns, a forward 32-pounder and a second 84 cwt. gun near the mizen mast. Recoil is restrained by two screws. experiments at Portsmouth show the 32-pounder and a hollow shot of subs. weight reach 3850 yards with a slightly smaller powder charge, about two miles.
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His Majesty
Dee
Portsmouth
Iron steam-vessel tested on the Thames for East India Company
The iron steam-boat Lord William Bentinck built for the East India Company to tow vessels on the Ganges underwent a series of experiments at Blackwall. Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm and directors witnessed results showing a 22 inch draught, agile helm, and rapid speed against tide. A collision damaged chimney stays and the stern, but the iron hull remained sound and machinery proved responsive.
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East India Company
Ganges
Johnstom
Maudslay
William Bentinck
East India Wharf
Blackwall
Court of Directors
Pulteney Malcolm
Sir Pulteney
Longreach
Vessel across the Atlantic debated by directors
Damage might be repaired in a vessel of iron and it could be taken apart and sent to Lydia in frame. Captain Johnston urges alterations to cross the Atlantic with reasonable risk, while some engineers and captains share and dispute the plan. The Court of Directors has not yet decided.
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Jess
East India Wharf
Johnston
Atlantic
Cape
Johston
Lord William Bentinck
Appointments and orders in Madras presidency 1832
Extract from the Madras Gazette Appendix dated June 1832 detailing Court of Directors appointments to Madras Council William Oliver and George Edward Russell to Madras. police and military authority limits at Vellore Masulipatam Bellary Cannanore Trichinopoly and Ootacamund. cantonment adjutants handling police within four miles of Main Guard Houses. Various officer return to duty furlough and retirements. veterinary surgeon appointment Charles Jackson joins Madras establishment.
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Public Dept
Para
William Oliver
Madras
George Edward Russell
Charles Harris
Fort St. George
Vellore
Masulipatam
Bellary
Cannanore
Trichinopoly
Ootacamund
St. Thomas's Momit
Palaveram
Supreme Court of Judicature
Mis
Charles Jackson
Court of Directors
Henry Colbeck
4Th Regiment of Native Infantry
Arrivals and Promotions Reported at Presidency 1832
The document details officers permitted to return to Europe on sick leave, promotions within regiments, and arrivals at the Presidency. It lists Lieutenant PF W Hoffman and Second Lieutenant A C Pears, with promotions for Henry Taylor to Captain, and supernumerary lieutenants added. Also notes arrivals of E L Smythe, J C Wallace, J Millar, and others moving between Hydrabad Bangalore and Trichinopoly. A letter from the Court of Directors extends leave for George Bird and confirms Francis Russell Davidson’s appointment as a Bengal presidency writer. The Charles Grant ship list includes staff, officers, cadets, servants, and dependents bound for Madras and Bengal.
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Madras
Europe
PF. W. Hoffman
10Th Regiment of
N.S
A. C. Pears
3D Battalion of Artillery
2D Regiment of Light Cavalry
Henry Taylor
Philliplore
Robert Taylor
2D Cavalry
James Alexander
8Th Cavalry
Presidency
E. L. Smythe
8Th Light Cavalry
J.C. Wallace
Sth Light Cavalry
J. Millar
Hydrabad
E. 8. Cruke
Bangalore
Devanteres
M. Fane
Trichinopoly
T. M. Claridge
RS. Ridge
the Court of Directors
George Bird
Francis Russell Davidson
Davidson
Presidency of Bengal
Bengal
Charles Grant
Fort St. George
Samuel N. Ward
William Hopper
Walter W. Rees
Wm. Lewin
Thomas E. Colebrook
Edward A. Samuella
George Percival Leycester
Alexander Newell
Samuel H. Robinson
William Mackenzie
George Shore
Margaret Hopper
Teimpee Palmer
Fanny Palmer
Jane E. Lewin
Charlotte Newell
Ellen Hopper
Isabella Kenrick
Wm. D. L. Fannay
Henry G. C. Plowden
Fanny Regius
Surrey Political Union Opposes Merging of Unions
The Surrey Political Union council in Alfred-place Newington-causeway met Friday to examine the Lambeth and Surrey unions merger into the Southern Metropolitan Political Union. A motion to suspend all proceedings dissolving the Surrey Union was carried by a large majority, with dissent over uniting the two bodies and curbing further expenses.
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Alfred-place
Newington-causeway
Lambeth
Surrey
Southern Metropolitan Political Union
S. Govilwin
Fox Smith
Churchill
Holmes
B. W. Gautier
Carpenter
Lambeth Union
Agam
Mr. Fox Smith
Robbery in Strand by swell mob targets Brentford man
On Friday between eleven and twelve, three men of the swell mob in the Strand attacked Mr. West, a 60s gentleman from Brentford. A carman framed him as two fashionably dressed men helped him up, then relieved him of a silver hunting watch, two gold seals, a key, and a purse with fifteen sovereigns and nine shillings.
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Strand
West
Brentford
Charing-tross
Lowther Arcade
Mr. West
Tithe Slaughter at Carrigeen Draws Inquest Findings
Dublin reports recount a fatal clash at Carrigeen on the Waterford road where Captain Burke’s police fired on peasantry amid tithe notices. Twelve killed and over twenty wounded are cited, with a separate Moncoin inquest recording a gunshot death of Catherine Foley and testimony from Doctor Briscoe and others about the circumstances. The coroner’s inquest adjourned to Friday morning.
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Dublin
Carrigeen
Kilkenny
Waterford
Burke
Pilltown
Father Carroll
Carrickshaugh
Moncoin
Major Curry
Lord Duncannon
James Edmonde
J. Walsh
J. H. Jones
Eagrs
Herbert
John Comerford
Catherine Foley
Joseph Sinnott
Briscoe
Major Browne
Walsh
Aglish
Edmond Doyle
Richard Quinn
James Moran
John Walsh
Tragic engagement ends in canal suicide attempt near Maida Hill
A 17 year old girl, fashionably dressed, attempted to drown herself in Regent's Canal near Maida Hill on Friday evening. Boatman David Hollis rescued her, and she was taken to Mr Kempston's house for care where she recovered. She revealed a tale of being lured from home by a man, ruined, deserted, and her母 died shortly after learning of the daughter's disgrace.
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Regent's Canal
Maida Hill
David Hollis
Paddington
Kempston
London
Cheant
Surrey
Serjeant Wilde on Slavery and Emancipation Debate
Serjeant Wilde answers questions on slavery and emancipation declaring that man cannot own another and advocating immediate emancipation without compensation. He supports Christian mission efforts and argues obstacles to abolition are limited, urging prudence for the freed with focused measures. The interview touches on veterinary details and stock notices, reflecting a broad 19th century newspaper page mix.
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Wilde
Newcastle
Gradt
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N. Est Lock Esq
Ter
Villiers Tuthilt
J. WW. Tuthill
Fitzroy Square
Feulah Spa
Norwood
Royal Artillery
Beulah Hills
E. and
T. Taylor
Lower Holborn
Renfrew
Paisley
Port Glasgow
Greenock
Robert Wylie
Mecers Mal Girkis
Robphainy
Andett’ Warren
Joad
Ratta ID
Sobleman
Warren
Japan
Senny Landon
Uren
Mustrationa
Great Britain
W. Westall
A.R.A
Courier
Charles Tilt
Fleet-strent
University of Glasgow
Longmani, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Gu
Anthony Todd
Thomson
F.L S
London University
Long
Cheney
Robert Hooper
M.D. F.L.S
St. Marylebone Infirmary
Eas
E Fondon
Longman, Reis, Orme, and Co
T. Cadell
J. Richardson
Baldwin and Cradock
J. Booker
Hamilton and Co
Whittakers
Highley
J. Dariean
E. Cox
Sim
Madras“Gazette
Military Department
Russell
Bombay
B. Wright
Mary Ann
F.bowes
James Campbell
F. Godfrey
B. G. Maurice
Claudine
Monteath
Alexander
Arthur M.farlane
A. Tulloch
Geo. A. Underwood
Lord Hungerford
John Oakeley
J. Home
Artillery
T. I Whitcomby
Richard Lambert
Java
New South Wales
Lambert
Thomas
Clement F. Smith
J. W. Roworth
John. J. Meredith
George Munro Arthur
Wm. Lloyd
Wm. Glascock
Lord Clive
WM. Carter
East India House
Surrey Political Union
Ireland
Serjeant Wilde
Goth
Hey
Bank of England
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