Proposals to dissolve charity schools and fund Poor Law reform
An outspoken letter urges May 1835 dissolution of parish charity schools, selling clothing, and sending proceeds to Poor Law Commissioners. It argues donors should continue support, to fund rural welfare and church collections, while criticizing working class reliance on unions. The writer favors hard means against charity and advocates early work for children, with strong stance against current charity practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Poor Law Commissioners
Rascal Cavilier
Birmingham
Ieaseity Tetition
Xing
Dispatches on Coorg Field Force operations in 1834
The India Board receives copies of the Madras Gazette dating April 1834 detailing Brigadier Lindesay and Colonel Foulis led Coorg Field Force actions against Rajah’s forces. It covers assaults, fortifications, casualties, stockades, advances to Madberry, and the surrender of the Coorg Rajah with praise for officers and troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Stewart
C. HY. Chamier
Fort St. George
Fort. St. George
Lindesay
C.B
Coorg
G. M. Stewart
C. B
Foulis
Steuart
T. H.S. Conway
Adjutant General's Office
Camp
Bangalore
Huggul Ghaut
Stoney River
Erskine
Ghaut
Huggul
Verah Chenderpett
D. Fouls
N.B
His Majesty’s 48Th Regiment
Butterworth
Gibbs
Jas. MacDonald
WIC. C. B
Mootramoody
Bird
Mill
His Majesty
53Th Regiment
Robertson
N.I
Abington
45Th
C. G. Waugh
Cubbattah
Cauvery
Hebhauly
C. P. Lindesay
Ramasamy Gurna‘wweye
Camp Arangey
Madkerry
Madberry
Coor
P. Lindesay
Courg
C. P.lindesay
Inquest Finds Castor Frigate Caused Dix Death
The inquest at Dover into William Dix's death on August 27 off Kent returned a verdict that Castor, his Majesty's frigate, accidentally struck and sank the Cameleon causing Dix to drown. Jurors faulted lack of proper lookout on Castor and the cutter Cameleon.
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Dover
William Dix
Plymouth
Castor
William Gibson
Thomas Newman
County of
Kent
Cameleon
Prussia's Commercial League Expands Through Germany
The article traces Prussia's push to form a vast German commercial union, marginalizing Saxony and drafting a system that mirrors Napoleon's continental order. It notes Saxony's shift to the Prussian side, the exclusion of Holstein and other states, and the risk to Austrian and French interests, with debates over Baden and Nassau's positions and potential impacts on wine, cattle, and textile trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prussia
Germany
Europe
Bavaria
Hesse Darmstadt
Wurtemburg
Saxony
Switzerland
Hesses
Holstein
Mecklenburghs
Hanover
Brunswick
Oldenburg
Baden
Nassau
Hamburg
Lubeck
Bremen
Luxembourg
Austria
Napoleon
England
Frankfort
France
Aix
Rheniah
Engagement at Vergara and Carlist actions reported
From Bordeaux Indicateur news notes a fierce clash on September 6 at Vergara where the garrison and Urban militia resisted rebels, with the latter repulsed and casualties reported. It adds that Amesqueta near Guipuscoa held by a small force also repelled an attack, while Zumalacarregay may have been wounded. General Rodil moves across Tolosa with headquarters, reestablishing line communications with France and easing quarantine effects on Bilbao and Socoa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bordeaux
ST. Jean-De-Luz
Vergara
Amesqueta
Guipuscoa
Irun
Rodi
St. Sebastian
Toulosa
Iran
Rodil
Navarre
France
Ardouin
Bayoone
Savoy
Behobia
Bilboa
Socoa
Poland
Lithuania
Grodno
Siberia
Warsaw
Kalylinski
Russia
St. Cloud
Palace of
Compiegne
Cei
Duke of Orleans
Complesne
Bergara
Zamalacarreguy
Zumalacarreguy
Sturria
Sagastibelza
Tolossa
Tolosa
Elisondo
Zumilacarreguy
Berlin
Funda
Turin
Toulon
Massieu de Clerval
Triton
Levant
Ville de Marseilles
M. Lalande
South America
Latreyle
Emigration of Silk Looms Raises Lyons Alarm and Lances Tested
A Lyons letter notes six to seven thousand silk looms on Tarare mountain as disturbances push manufacturers to move inland. Emigration from La Bresse and Dauphiny regions grows with new looms daily, while Lyons remains busy until work slows. Separately, depots test arming dragoons with lances and lancers with carbines, aiming for combined weapons for all. The lance recall stems from Waterloo where small lances spooked horses. Colonel Brotherton drives trials at Horse Guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons
Tarare
la Bresse
Dauphiny
Barcelonnette
Waterloo
Brotherton
Horse Guards
Maidstone
Trade Union sittings reveal unionist hiring bias at London project
The Tuesday union committee meeting addressed contractor practices at Surpass Hall in Lincoln's Inn Fields. Speakers argued monopoly harms small tradesmen, surveys, and landowners, urging a public declaration detailing the dangers to labor, rents, and building quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberts
Ball
Lincoln’s Inn-fields
Burden
Mr. Howard
Holloway
Wild
Baker
London
Westminster Abbey Standoffs and Ambition in London
A correspondent questions Westminster Abbey’s conductors and the treatment of memorials to Washington and André. He urges decorum by Abbey staff, cites Anglo American tensions, and notes Major Jack Downing’s London visit and plans to push a dramatic Times response. The letter blends critique with playful satire on diplomacy and press influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Abbey
André
Washington
Colombia
Jack Downing
United States’ Army
Ginral
London
Englani
the Times
Funeral of Donna Francisca in Gosport draws large crowd
The funeral in Gosport for the late Donna Francisca drew vast crowds, prompting guards from Portsmouth and extra military to maintain order. A vast procession featured beaded ushers, muffled horsemen, mourning coaches, pallbearers, and pages, with the Pantheon at the Escurial cited as a contrast to the chapel enlargement required for the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alverstoke
Portsmouth
Gosport
Pantheon
Escurial
Spain
Carera
State Ltd
Royal Crown of Spain
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