Debates on Ireland and Whig governance in 1830s policy
In Sept 1834 a letter argues the Whigs caused Ireland's alienation by misrule and lists five political fault lines. It recounts Lord Anglesea’s pledge to refrain from proclamations, then violating it to suppress meetings, while Orange lodges faced no coercion. The writer urges reform and restraint to win Irish trust in justice.
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Darrynane Abbey
Ireland
King’s Bench
Jebbi
Orange Party
Earl Grey
Trish
Joy
Doherty
the Common Pleas
Blackburne
Lord Anglesea
Duke of Wellington
Friends of Civil and Religious Liberty
Dublin
Duke of Northumberland
Henry Hardinge
Kertland
Lord Angiesea
Anglesea
Wellington
Pier Tig
Ruy
Dows
Orange Lodge
Orange Lodges
Ireland's Complaints Against Whigs and Castle Corruption
Daniel O'Connell denounces Whig misrule in Ireland, condemning proclaimed Orange lodges, biased Castle clerks, and the use of coercion. He urges immediate reform, urging the Crown to purge the Castle, replace Gosset, and appoint an impartial, capable Irish bench to end injustice and ensure fair administration.
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Ireland
Orange Lodges
Orange Lodge
Orangemen
Gregory
Silhout
Sir William Gosset
Gosset
Depeste
Whittle Harvey
King’s Bench
Orange Party
Daniel O'Connell
Venalities of St Martin in the Fields Vestry Report
A forenoon meeting of St Martin in the Fields parishioners discusses the first vestry committee report dated July 24 1834. Critics accuse churchwardens of poor accounts and waste, urge ending lecturer salaries, and propose a vestry clerk to improve record keeping.
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St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Committee of Vestry
Hayes
Webb
St. James’s Church
Lushington
Parish committee calls for salary cuts and fees reform
A parish committee recommends reducing salaries from 90l to 50l for the organist and trimming multiple stipends for clergy and officers. They urge discontinuing early prayers payments, funerals allowances, vestry-keeper and pew openers fees, and bell ringing costs. Proposed savings total 612l 10s, with reductions to start Michaelmas. A vestry clerk may be appointed at up to 100l. The report is to be printed for residents.
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Drury-lane
Lebritton
Rowe
Fenn
Simpson
Proposals to widen West Front at St Pauls for public ease
The Commissioners of Sewers consider opening part of the west front area of St Pauls to the street. Mr Hicks led a plan to remove iron rails from near Ludgate Street to Queen Anne statue, widening carriageways and easing omnibus traffic without harming cathedral grandeur. A committee will confer with church authorities. the project hinges on legal authority and compensation arrangements.
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Commissioners of Sewers
Hicks
Castle Baynard
St. Paul’s
Cathedral of St. Paul’s
Canterbury
London
Queen Anne
Indian Chit Chat From The Asiatic Journal And East India Gazette
Summary of diverse notes from Calcutta and beyond. Includes dates of March and April events, court actions in insolvent debt cases, regional conflicts, educational and religious matters, colonial governance updates, infrastructure and public works, and cultural reports on opera and coin discoveries. Notable items include insolvency petitions referred to the Examiner, aid and hospital funding plans, and preparations for military movements.
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Asiatic Journal and
East India Gazette
John Franks
Supreme Court of Calcutta
Colvin and Co
India
England
Eac
Alexander and Co
Ranceguoge
Pindar
Himalaya
Oude
Calcutta
Ram Mohan Oye
Gerard
Caspian Sea
Hindoo Kosh Mountains
Alexandria
Ad Caucasum
Mussen
Chinsurah
Committee of Public Instruction
Suratop
Cursetjee Rustamjee
Bombay
Kandy
Ceylon
Sergeant Rough
Puisne
Colombo Observer
Colombo Journal
His Majesty
16Th Lancers
Agra
Saxon funeral duties and soul money in old parishes
The excerpt recalls historic funerary practices and a soul tax, noting a Saxon duty called pecunia sepulchralis et symbolum anime and a souls cheat legacy. It describes payments to parish priests to cover forgotten tithes at death, attributed to scrupulous ancestors.
Carlist rebellion and Spanish finances debated in Madrid
A Moniteur summary reports Carlist advances to Bergara repulsed with losses, while Madrid debates Count Toreno s plan to tax reform and restructure debts. It criticizes the Cortes for wavering between paying royal and Cortes loans and calls for decisive fiscal reform to revive Spain s finances.
A Saizor's Reffection in Sierra Leone Salute
A brief dialogue between two sailors ashore at Sierra Leone during drill. One watches the soldiers move in time with the marching evolution and jokes that a strong tide is running since the men have not advanced an inch in half an hour. The exchange reflects nautical humor from Holman's Voyage Round the World.
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Sierra Leone
Jack
Holman
Mountain Sylph and Twin Brother at Theatre Royal Lyceum
Tonight at Theatre Royal in London the Mountain Sylph opera with new overture by John Barnett, stars Donald Christie and Keafer Hela. A new comic operetta My Own Twin Brother follows with a cast led by Major Martinez and Lady Heirton, plus the entertainment of W. S. Governess Farce. Doors at seven thirty, show at eight. The True Sun reports in advance.
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Theatre’ Royal
Lyceum Oe
English Opera House
John Barnett
Donald
Wilteess Christie
Keafer Hela
J. Bland
Eolia
F. Matthews
Romulus Fetch
Wrench
Lionel Heirton
Mr. Oxberry
Major Martinez
Wyman
Beaneil
Lady Heirton
Misa Bey Lucia
Love
Keeley
W. 5
Rusty
Wifleae Dashwood
Lucy Dashwood
Mmate Ponley
Evil Eye
War news slow as Paris papers dispute Bergera capture claim
The Moniteur dismisses a Carlist report of Bergera's fall on the 5th, noting instead that insurgents advanced to the town of Bergera but were repulsed with heavy losses by combined garrison and town forces. It argues that urbanites show little support for the Pretender while villages harbor clergy and reaction. It cites Spanish peasantry as likely to adopt reform as knowledge spreads, predicting eventual equality and rights.
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Bayonne
Bergara
Madrid
Don Carlos
Paris
Moniteur
Bergera
Fragments on Reform and Economies in Europe
A dense dispatch surveys the state of European finance and politics. It cautions against blind support for radical reforms while detailing Spain's tax burdens, church lands, and naval costs. It notes France’s liberal press clamor, the rise of a reform impulse, and shifting diplomatic moves in Brussels, Liege, and London amid cautious monarchist fear. It remarks on Baltic military postures and Russia’s diplomatic withdrawals. It also mentions Trades Unions as a potential counterbalance to population pressures and Poor Law debates, framing them within broader social tensions.
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Spain
Cortes
Count Toreno
France
Henry IV
Europe
Ferdinand
Martinez de la Rosa
Paris
Count Torreno
Thang Leat
Toreno
England
Brussels
Frankfort
Ropert Apain
Chateau D’argenteau
Liege
Scheldt
Bruno
Russia
Austria
Prussia
Powera
M. Pozzo Pi’ Boréo
London
Madrid
Vienna
Berlin
Baltic
Maltua
Mactaus
Ersons
Restric
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Reek
Exican
Amsterdam
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Itso
Arieste
Cadiz
UNG
Bilboa
Leghorn
Genoa
Venice
Mepis
Lisbon
Sporto
Rio Janeiro
Asesee Ue
Grand Canal
Meee
City of Dublin Steam Company
Royal Spanish
Cssceres
Belzian Loan
Renevene Ane
Aviatice Fire Insurance Company
Ccyegeee Bolanos Mining Company
Presscessceresnes
Brazilian Imperial Mining Co
Untis
Ron. Mining Company
Eccesses I Canada Company
Seecussee Seanncests Columbian Mining Co
Bank of Ireland
Erccesee
Wee Sean
General Steam Navigation Company
Real del Monte Mining Company
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Halifax
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Leeward
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Malta
Mexico
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Operative Builders’ Union
True Sun
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Knightsbridge
London Bridge
Xonrow
Teux Son
Allgemeine Zeitung
Lisbom
Don Pevio
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