Foreign Intelligence Debate and Paris Press Reactions
The Chamber of Deputies opened a debate on supplementary credits including Algeria. M Desjobert opposed colonization. Paris papers arrive with no news. The Chamber of Peers approved 1,000,000f for secret service. Debates cover stage morality, censorship, and despotism fears. London notes on Aberdeen and English affairs trigger Paris anger. Madrid reports consul Turnbull recalled. 90,000 pounds to England for legion claims. Catalonia fears loss of industry amid a treaty dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algeria
Chamber of Deputies
M. Desjobert
Paris
Chamber of Peers
M. Dubouchage
Seguier
Count Montalembert
France
Wurtemberg
M. Villemain
Count D'Alton Shes
Marquis of Dreux Bréz
M. Martignac
Lord Aberdeen
England
Galignani
National
Canterbury
London
Victoria
Prince of Wales
Vice of Wales
Winchester
University of Oxford
Exeter
Madrid
Turnbull
Havannah
Barcelona
Spain
Catalonia
Extraordinary Prussian Fraud Spree Arrests Rock Berlin
A Berlin report describes a sweeping series of audacious robberies linked to a high born woman posing as the Marchioness of Hereford. She exploited trust, swapped real jewels for fakes, and was traced to a criminal prison. Separately Count Von L faces six years for torturing suspects. two victims died in prison. The king insists justice will run its course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hereford
Prussia
Marchioness of Hereford
Hersfort
Westphalia
Mensen Aus
Hersforten
Count von L
Netherlands
Breslau
Ratisbon
Holland and Turkey News Roundup
Private Amsterdam letter notes M Van Doorn’s retirement after eighty years as vice president of the council. He becomes grand master of the queen’s household. In Brabant and state ministry promotions two Catholics rise. A new justice minister boosts cabinet strength. Constantinople reports a Turkish Greek rapprochement with troop withdrawal. Ali Effendi to London bearing a Damascus blade gift. Syria affairs dominate Divan as a plan to govern Druses and Maronites draws cautious support.
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Amsterdam
M. van Doorn
Brabant
Turkey
Constantinople
Greece
Ali Effendi
London
Prince of Wales
Syria
Mussulman
Druses
Public Meeting Opposes Parish Bill to Weaken Ratepayer Power
A St Mary le ne parish meeting chaired by Lord Nugent debated a local act reform aimed at replacing vestry control with aristocratic dominance. Opponents blocked a clause raising qualification and urged preservation of ratepayer rights while thanking the chair. A second item reports two burglars at the Bull Inn stealing valuables worth about £30, chased toward London but escaped, with landladies Mrs Welborne and Mrs Francis suffering losses amid a harsh winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manyirsone
St. Marylene
Lord Nugent
J. Hobhouse
Danixa Rospery
Shoorens’witt
Bull Inn
Eltham
Bull
Francis
Welborne
Red Lion
William Love
Londor
Love
Green Man
Greenwich
Revenue Abstract for Great Britain 1841 and 1842
An abstract shows the net produce of the revenue for the year ending April 5 1841 and April 5 1842, detailing increases or decreases. The record lists fiscal figures by quarter and provides comparative totals for the two periods observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
St Ann's Society Anniversary at London Tavern Bishopsgate
The St Ann's Society anniversary festival at the London tavern Bishopsgate-street drew the Bishop of Worcester, Alderman Johnson, Lord Mayor Henry Pownall, Major Oliphant, and HRH the Duke of Cambridge. The event showcased 297 children supported by the society and featured a performance of Non Nobis and a royal toast.☴
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tse
St. Ann's Society
London Tavern
Bishopsgate-street
Worcester
Alderman Johnson
Henry Pownall
Major Oliphant
Duke of Cambridge
Oliphant
India
Brixton
Aldersgate
East India House
Horse Guards
Affghanistan
East India Directors
Elizabeth
Charles Kerr
Ida
Beulah
Triton
Orbit
Royal Consort
Thomas Lowry
Glenworthy
Glenelg
Broke
Nith
York
Helen Thompson
58Th
61St
78Th Infantry
Naval Department
East India
West India
East Indies
Common Council
Guildhall
Thames Navigation Committee
Pewtress
J. A. Taylor
Apple
Gadsden
Dawson
Johnson
Maitland
Anderton
Strawberry Hill
British Museum
Horace Walpole
Lord Falkland
Castle of Otranto
van Somer
Boccapadagli
Caracalla
Niobe
Peter Perriinkle
Edward IV
Windsor
Mary
Destructive Derby Flood Deluges Town and Surrounding Areas
Derby endured a devastating inundation with water six feet deep in streets and cellars on Friday. Homes shops and gasworks suffered extensive damage while horses cattle and goods were lost or ruined. Reports also describe a Liverpool marriage fraud case linked to Gretna Green proceedings and a separate poaching confrontation ending in fines and jail.
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Deersby
Derby
Bridgett and Co
Frost and
Derwent
Daoffield
Ashborne
Victoria Street
Cheapside
Wardwick
Victoria Streets
Willow-row
Bold-lane
Sadler-gate
Thorntree-lane
J. Strutt
St. John’s Church
Liverpool
Liverrop
Gretna Green Ag
Miss Crellin
M‘gill
Lancaster
Carlisle
Scotland
Quick
Gretna, Green
England
Samuel Martin Copeland
Martin
Mr. Rushton
Copeland
Misa Crellin
Isle of Man
John Nixon Gaskell Thompson
Tudor Queen of France Head Cut at Bury St Edmunds 1784
The note recounts a sensational claim about Tudor, Queen of France, being cut from her head at Bury St Edmunds in 1784 and discusses expected price impacts at the sele. It compares two medieval manuscripts Julio Clovio missal and another missal enriched by Raffaello and his scholars, deeming the latter inferior in illumination but impressive in binding.
Repeal movement funds and Dublin politics reviewed
A detailed report covers repeal rent donations from Lancaster, the lord mayor and family subscriptions, medals given to OConnell inspectors, and a Mobile Mississippi branch contribution. It notes the Repeal Association’s 15 month receipts of £9,993 18s 9d with most expenses spent, outlines loans to tenant protection and municipal revisions, and cites Dublin’s new council dismissing a treasurer. It also reports Dublin court cases and the wreck of the brig Albinia with a dramatic sea rescue near Donegal assisted by local clergymen and lawyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Messrs
Ray
John O’connell
Parliament House
Hibernia
Fitzsimon
Mobile
Mississippi
Irish Legislative Union
Isle of the Ocean
Family of Independent Nations
Repeal Association
Counties League Fund
Dublin
O’connell
Ireland
Limerick
Bridget Kelly
Sherwood
Kildare
Albinia
Logie
Newcastle
Jamaica
Tory Island
Ballyhernan Strand
Donegal
B. Maturin
C. Maturin
O’donnell
W. Bottomley
Enfield
London
Derry
Repeal banners spark controversy at Corn Exchange meeting
The Repealers gathered at the Corn Exchange with a green banner bearing Repeal and a harp beneath an Irish crown. A second banner proclaimed the people who desire not to legislate deserve slavery as the secretary reported correspondence attacking the Universal Suffrage Association. The lord mayor condemned the letters as a libel on a priest and proposed the association cover legal costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bergat Associarior
Dusiix
Corn Exchange
Northern Star
M'Nally
Universal Suffrage Association
Chartist Society
England
Gentleman
Association
M‘nally
Montrose Burghs race for seat amid ministerial splits
In Scotland the Montrose burghs contest sees Chalmers’s liberal legacy tested as candidates from Whig, radical, and liberal strands emerge. Sir James Carnegie, Hon. E. J. Stanley, and Mr. David Wemyss Jobson vie for the seat with Mr. Hume not ruling out nomination if backing appears. The Perth Advertiser and Scotsman note the volatile field and potential impact on parliamentary balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montross Burcau
Chalmers
J. Carnegie
Carnegy
Craige
David Wemyss Jobson
E. J. Stanley
Treasury
Lord Melbourne
James Carnegie
Southesk
Stanley
Montrose Burghs
Perth
Joseph Hume
Middlesex
Hume
Presbytery
Edinburgh
Gilchrist
Hay
Dean Church
Mr. Bennie
Fathers and Brethren
Brunton
Renfrewshire Bank
Renfrewshire Banking Company
Royal Bank
Glasgow
Greenock
Renfrewshire
Paisley
Ayr
Kilmarnock
Glasgow Courier
The West Middlesex Insurance Swindle Trial Opens
Curiously detailed disclosure in Rixaston Assizes as Napier v Hole reveals a sweeping fraud by the West Middlesex Assurance Association. Witnesses describe a directorate, forged prospectuses, and misappropriated funds while juries award substantial damages against Hole in multiple cases.
Mervanchaty Accident and Insolvent Court Notices
A coroner's inquest at the New Inn Ham finds six year old Frederick Barnard died accidentally after his stirrup entanglement caused the pony to drag him away. Verdict: accidental death. Also Insolvent Destors Court adjourns for Lionel Buller of King's College Cambridge with creditors to be given ten days' notice. Post Office notice announces Hamburgh mails will be sent on Tuesday and Friday nights and a New York ship letter bag for the Great Western steamer. letters arrive Friday.
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Mervanchaty
New Inn
Ham
Wm. Carter
Frederick Barnard
John Barnard
Barnard
King’s College
Cambridge
Harris
Cooke
New York
Great Western
Inquest Into South Western Railway Tunnel Disaster
An inquest, led by coroner Mr. Todd, examined witnesses from Ferris's gang and others after a catastrophic tunnel collapse on the Waller's ash section. The verdict was accidental death for the deceased workers, noting a foreman unfit for such duties and detailing ongoing safety measures and delays in deodand settlement.
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Urtada
R. Todd
Devon
Richard Vokes
William Levitt
Samuel Robert Gandy
William Chatwin
Charles Robinson
A Gt Hammond
George Paine
Robert Taplin
Thomas Wet Michael Vokes
Charles Allen
Noah Yen
Thomas Taylor
John Tomkins
James Watmore
Charles Nyas
Fiam Elliott
James Batchelor
H. Lyford
Winchester
George Price
Tama Anger
Waller's-ash Tunnel
Mae Las Il
Ogilvie
Ae Brassey
Douglas
Andover Road
Ferris
William Watmore
Ferrin
Charles Knapp
Mr. Douglas
Henry Ferris
Sanger
Night Gang
J. Locke
Southwestern Railway
Waller's Ash
Southampton
Mr. Ogilvie
Bransey
Martin
Walker
Gangers
Mr. Martin
Brassey
Bircham
Thomas Brassey
Kingston
Ioonsider Jones
Hill
Watmore
Thomas Jones
John Douglas
Waller’s Ash
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Foreign Intelligence
EPAIN
Holland
the Metropolis
PES Ssri Aries
Tynh
Thomas Wilkinson
Richard Daweon
J. B. S. Merritt
Mr. Snowden
Merritt
Miles
William Middleton
Tush
Thomas Heighley
Bernard Castle
Gretabridge
Archdeacon Headlam
William Layton
Morris
Snowden
Northallerton
The
West Middlesex Insurance Company Swindle
Rixaston Assizts
Napier
Hole
Baron Gurney
West Middlesex Insurance Annuities
H. Harvey
West Middlesex Assurance Association
Baker-street
Portman-square
Henry Alexander
Cross
Williams
Hart Street
Bloomsbury
William Wilson
Edgeware Road
Bedford
R. Ayre
Hope
Fergusson
Wm. Wilson
Thomas P. Price
W. Wilson
T. P. Price
Knowles
Ditto
Gloucester-place
Surrey Street
Maida-hill
Peter
Judas
W. Honz
Craig
Hoxtun
Esquire
William Hole
Mr. Williams
Bank of England
William Edward Taylor
Greathead
Harvey
Horx
Hopkins
Nonais
Hote
White
M.jones
Letitia Jones
Holmes
Barnett
Howard
Scougall
Bean
Platt
South Western Railway
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