Unverified rumor of Espartero's death circulates in Madrid
Paris reports a dubious claim that Espartero was killed in Madrid amid a popular tumult. The papal address on Spain stirred Madrid’s factions, while press comment called the proclamation incendiary. The exchange covers debt negotiations, naval movements, and political tensions across Europe and the Americas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Espartero
Adrid
Spain
Iist
Madrid
Maria Christine
M. Zea Bermudez
West Indies events and Jamaica naval notes
The report covers arrivals of Her Majesty's packet Crane from the West Indies with sailing dates to Barbados St Lucia Martinique Dominica Guadaloupe Antigua Montserrat Nevis St Kitts Tortola St Thomas Porto Rico Cape Hayti Jamaica mails from the Tartarus. mentions the admiral Sir T Harvey in Jamaica. court-martials on Magnificent and Victor. expected Dee in England. Dr Palmer found guilty of libel. emigration on Robert Kerr. Kingston Conservative association active. Also describes the Sappho reconnaissance near Martinique revealing French armaments and possible war plans against Britain, French ships escorting arms and the risk to Jamaica and West Indies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indiezes
Fataouru
Her Majesty's Packet
Lieut
Hill
West Indies
Barbadoes
St. Lucia
Martinique
Dominica
Guadaloupe
Antigue
Montserrat
Nevis
St. Kitt's
Tortola
St. Thomas
Leeward Island
Magnificent
S. Otway Woolridge
Crocodile
J. W. Bowler
England
Dr. Palmer
Colonial Reformer
Grand Court of
Jamaica
St. David's
South Africa
Limerick
Robert Kerr
Kingston Conservative Association
Brest
France
Paris
Buenos Ayres
Thiers
Leith
West India Isles
Turkish Egypt dispute over succession and officers
From Constantinople March 7 report Mehemet Ali rejects two terms in the firman on succession and officer appointment. He insists on naming his own successor and on control over army and naval appointments, arguing hereditary rules imposed by the sultan clash with his years of service and reforms in Egypt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mehemet Ali
Porte
Egypt
Reshid Pacha
Firman
Alexandria
Napier
Stromboli
Marmorice
Syria
Pacha
Cairo
Ibrahim
Ford Bey
Perki
Shevket
Commodore Napier
Spacha
England
Boghos Bey
Pachali
Grassi
Constantinople
London
Beyrout
Jockmus
Damascus
Lebanon
St. Jean d’Acre
Levant
Peiky Shevket
Mehemet
Van Diemen’s Land prospects dominate Metropolis meeting
The sixteenth annual meeting of Van Dremey's Land Company proprietors in Old Broad Street reviewed a lengthy report on stock, land, and cattle gains. Directors debated tenantry, agent change, and a possible sale offer for ten thousand acres, with no dividend recommended this year amid reform talk and emigration plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampshire Hills
Woolworth
Emu Bay
van Diemen’s Land
Gibson
Carr
Protestant Episcopal Church
Manyienons
Dibdin
St. Mary's Church
Joseph
Chichester
Shepherd
London
Kensett
Lloyd's
Maynooth funding protests and church fate in London meetings
A South London Protestant Association meeting at Horns Tavern Kennington urged Parliament to stop annual grants to Maynooth College. A Freemasons’ dinner heard a resolution to dissolve state support, while a third gathering backed bills to amend Maynooth funding. Camberwell’s St Giles church rebuild debate saw a poll favoring church party control and funding plans. The Wilberforce ship tour explained iron vessel compass corrections. Aldermen discussed nuisance from omnibuses, police reports, and charity housing issues amid City affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South London
Horns Tavern
Kennington
College of
Maynooth
Chisholm
F. Witty
Rose
Tennison Cuffe
Binney
J. Prendergast
Thomas Hartley
D. T. Shears
D. Couty
J. Dalton
James Lord
College of Maynooth
Lord
Bailly
Delabogue
Freemasons’ Tavern
Professor Butler
R. Taylor
Common Council
John Cumming
Ireland
Colonel Abdy
James Dixon
House of Commons
Lord Teign
King's Bench
Common Pleas
Exchequer
Camberwell
Kemble
M.P
Fisher
Brett
W. A. Wilkinson
J. G. Storie
Wilberforce
W. Allen
Albert
Liverpool
Guildhall
Adey
Apni Plaiaigs
Paternoster Row
Farringdon
London
Westminster
Emanuel Hospital
Hxeter Hall
Webster
Colleges of Physicians
H. Halford
RB. Peel
College of Surgeons
Medical reform debates and fraud alerts in London notices
A dense report covers medical reform debates within a London association, opposing monopolistic control and urging equality of rights among practitioners. It cites supporting figures such as Dr Granville and Messrs Dermott and Jones, plus political stances and the disappointment with Sir Henry Halford. Also described are a fictitious check scam at Peele's coffee house and the Tower Hamlets Cemetery company meeting with share progress and a Seamen's Hospital anniversary dinner with notable attendees and generous donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sented
Sterene Urgens
Fed Srr Etanca Una
Apothecaries
Granville
Messrs. Dermott
Jones
Brodie
Townly
Hawes
Messrs
Henry Halford
Moore
Peele
Fleet-street
St. Dunstan
Sir C. Price and Co
G. Redman
Tower Hamlets
George and Vulture Tavern
Lombard-street
Deputy Green
Merchant Seamen’s Orphan Asylum
Mile End Road
House of Commons
SzameEn’s Hospital
Letherby
R.N
Drewe
Sparshott
Fitzroy
Foreman
Locke
Shea
Probyn
Farrer
H. Pownall
John Wild
James Meek
Seamen's Hospital
France
America
Old England
Bowles
C.B
Committee of Management
Earl Minto
Board of Admiralty
Duke of Wellington
Trinity Board
Trinity Corporation
Merchant Elder Brethren
Hon. East India Company
Sir George Cockburn
B. B. Cabbell
John Labouchere
William Pott
R. N. Hunt
Joseph Hambro
Shipping Gazette
Accidental death from a fowling piece at Chedworth
A London wax and tallow chandler, Mr John Charles Brooks of Charlton Kings, died after his gun jammed on a gate while he hunted at Chedworth. An inquest returned an accidental death verdict, urging safer guns and safer carrying methods with inexpensive improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheltenham
Chedworth
John Charles Brooks
Charlton Kings
Catherine-street
Strand
London
Coates Grove
J. Barnett
Fosbridge Inn
Eight Lives Lost In Lough Foyle Accident
A boat from Derry to the emigrant ship Erin at Moville wrecked in strong tide and wind on Monday, eight people died. Names include Anne M Farland James Hackett Joseph Graham Mrs M Kean and two children Giles M Daid and James Evans. Rescue saved one man and a child and three boatmen. Also reported was the Galway assizes verdict in Watson Rutledge v George Rutledge, with estates valued at £4000 per annum. Mr O'Connell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lough Foyle
Derry
Erin
Moville
Anne M‘farland
James Hackett
Joseph Graham
M‘kean
Giles M‘daid
James Evans
Watson Rutledge
George Rutledge
Justice Ball
Galway Assizes
Mr. O'Connell
Cork Assizes Report on Abduction Case and Local Murders
The Cork assizes convicted a man of abducting and brutalizing a young woman named Mary Walsh. The trial exposed social pressure to marry the victim off and the witness endured distress, while authorities arranged crown support. Separately, the Newry Telegraph recounts an assassination attempt on Mr. Hill near Ball’s Mill, describing a masked gunman firing at his back as he stood in a field, with later reports of a land-surveyor being shot at in Upper Fens.
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States
Canada
Britannia
Cleland
Liverpool
Liverpine
Halifax
Mr. Cunard
Agele
Royal Mail
Caledonia
Laverporl
Boston
New York
M‘leod
Fox
Washington
Mr. Fox
Harrison
Crittenden
United States
Great Brita
Senate
Congress
King
Alabama
Clay
Kentucky
Blair
Linn
Missouri
House of Representatives
Secretary of State
Africa
Great Britain
N. P. Trist
Havannah
Bank of the United States
Philadelphia
France
Memphis
Lord Sydenham
Mc Leod
Texas
England
Mexico
Litton
Q. C
Inevana
Ireland
Beamish
Nee OY
Cork
Dublin
Belfast
Waterford
Londonderry
Dubt
Clonmel
Purcell
Peter Paruntal
Cork Assizes
Mary Walsh
Joiney
Pier
Atd
Ito
Hiee
Blamey
Wascourt
Carlow
Wicklow
Newry Telegraph
al. Wiliam Hill
Ball’s Mill
Armagh
Hill
Mr. Hill
Powell
Cullyhanna
Mullyash
Upper Fens
Approaching Demonstration in Glasgow Expands Outline
The Glasgow demonstration over tax policy will broaden beyond corn laws to cover duties on all goods and produce imported into the United Kingdom. It will be held in Cambridge Street riding school, capable of housing around 1500 people, with MPs expected to attend as the scope widens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
United Kingdom
Cambridge-street
Brnir
Greenock
Edinburgh
Thomas Clark
Methven
Bonar
Larler
Messrs
Miller
Grant
Russell
Black
Church of Scotland
Inverness
M‘leod
Datbroom
Highlands
Louis XVI
Paris
Embourg
Glasgow Courier
Dundee
Arbroath
Catherine Symon
Eyst
Atton
F. Maule
Scotland
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Wingfield
North Midland Railway
Alfreton
Leeds
Morgan
Kirkgate
George Tye
Ripon
Stockport
Riverpool
Sydney
George’s Pier
Vale of Clwyd
John Williams
Owen Parry
John Stirling
Anne
Thomas Havwlwood
John Dunbavan
Druid
Donald Homan
Alexander Love
William Dowland
Thomas Harrison
Richard Edwards
James Eccles
Robert Glass
Thomas Fergusson
James Campbell
Mr. Sayer
New Quay
Miss Townshend
Christopher Paget
John Forbes
Archibald Crawford
Manchester
Blakely Street
Ashton
Macclesfield
79Th Regiment
Warrington
St. Helen’s
Charles Shaw
Thomas Shaw
Padgate
Poulton-with-Fearnhead
County of
Lancaster
Shaw
Woolwich
Ordnance
Yvarmouth
Post-Orrick
Diss
Draper
Isaiah Talbot
Lowe
R. S. Lonsdale
Jacob Preston
E. West
William Miller
Hatter
John Moye
Moye
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