Early Port Nicholson settlers endure flood and toil in 1840
A private letter from September 11, 1840, recounts the hardships of first colonists at Port Nicholson New Zealand. They describe precarious housing built from flax and poles, floods from southeast winds, and a river valley surrounded by tall, forested mountains. Natives guide and trade with newcomers while a surgeon aids locals. one drowning accident near the bay highlights the peril and resilience of early settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitanaia
Port Nicholson
New Zealand
England
Iyaipat
South America
Buenos Ayres
Sydney
Guy
Lord Petre
William Molesworth
Petre
Aurora
Bay of Islands
Ete
Agusti
Puotbing
Contempt and removal of York Dean in ecclesiastical court
In York, during a visitation of the archbishop, Dean William Cockburn faced contempt charges. The court refused to hear his advocate, Mr Terrell, and adjourned for a ruling. The proceedings drew wide attention as the commissary upheld judgment depriving Cockburn of all offices and emoluments. The archbishop’s pronouncement echoed the ruling in the chapter house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Carneprar
Minster
Corbett
Wilberforce
Todd, Wilkins
Musgrave
W. W. Harcourt
Charles Hawkins
W. H. Dixon
Wm. Preston
Theophilus Barnes
Thomas Hutton Croft
Thomas Terrell
London
Terrell
Phillimore
Faray
Joseph Phillimore
Regius
University of Oxford
Court of Arches
Edward
York
England
Wm.Cockburn
March
St. Peter
Wm. Cockburn
Westminster
Mr. Terrell
Hawkins
Dr. Phillimore
Discontinuance of the Tracts for the Times debated
The Rev. Mr. Newman writes to the Bishop of Oxford pledging to discontinue Tract 90. The Standard blasts the letter as ungrammatical and servile in tone while defending Newman’s motives. A requisition gathers clergy opposition in Oxford. In a separate scene at the Church Mission meeting the Bishop of Ripon suppresses contentious remarks, restoring harmony.
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Newman
Oxford
Tracts For the Times
the Times
Times
Ne R
Sxreps
Sons of the Church
Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge
Ripon
Hook
Body Found In Chapel Yard With Note Blessing Babe
A shell and body were found in Chapel-yard, Spita 4 e autcliceman 102 of the H division. The deceased appeared corpse dressed with a slip of paper bearing the words God bless you my babe farewell. Marks of violence were not evident though the person had been dead for some time. The body was removed to await a coroner's inquest.
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Chapel-yard
Suse
Scott's Brute.-CHancery Count, Thursday.
The lord chancellor dissolved the injunction against a Scottish edition of Scott's Bible after ruling the wrapper and advertisement did not claim rights beyond the fourth edition. The case hinged on whether the defendants misled the public about including Scott's later corrections. Also reports on New Zealand emigration aboard the Tyne with Swainson and Martin, and on London cloth-market conditions with weak sales and potential rebound if US demand improves.
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Scott
Thomas Scott
Mr. Scott
New Zealand
Tyne
London
Port Nicholson
Deptford
Swainson
Martin
Prince Rupert
London Dock
America
United States
Eccentric Charley Flowers in Thames Office Assault Case
A broad faced horse dealer named Charley Flowers is charged with assaulting a diminutive man after a dispute in public houses. Flowers dismisses the matter as minor, pays 20 shillings fine, and exits with odd dress and a stocking hanging from his coat pocket. Local magistrate Mr Ballantine presses for payment while noting Flowers improvised appearance and uncertain past.
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Thames
Cuanaden
Charley Flowers
Mackintosh
Coventry
Mr. Ballantine
Flower
Harria
Robbery at Windsor Castle Targets Tippoo Saib Tent
An extensive theft at Windsor Castle involves the loss of a silver adorned Tippoo Saib tent long pole and other valuable fittings used by William IV and George IV. Police believe a long-running plunder system operated, with the principal suspect fleeing to London then Holborn. reports say he was possibly captured and will face Home Office examination.
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Gippoo
Said
England
Marquis of Cornwallis
William IV
George IV
Virginia Water
Egham
Slough
Windsor
Earl of
Buckingham Palace
Tippoo Saib
London
Sam
Eagle-tavern
Fleet-street
Holborn
Metropolitan Police
Home Office
Royal visit and duchess death reported at court
The Queen and Prince Albert toured the National Gallery on Friday with a royal suite including the Marquess of Headfort and Sir Robert Otway. The Dowager Duchess of Marlborough died at Park Lane after a long line of family losses, with notices of deaths in the Spencer family and related arrangements in court and city governance.
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Prince Albert
National Gallery
Miss Pitt
Miss. Devereux
Marquess of Headfort
Robert Otway
Alfred Paget
Bouverie
Duchess of Kent
Anne Maria Dawson
Princess Royal
Buckingham-palace
Windsor-castle
Windsor
Derats
Mart Bonover
Duchess of Marlborough
Grace
Parklane
Susan Stewart
John
Duke of Marlborough
Jane Stewart
Earl of Galloway
Spencers
Charles Spencer Churchill
Carles Spencer Churchill
John Churchill
R.N
China
Druid
Berkeley Octavius Norl
Brussels
Lord Barham
Letitia
Penelope
Ralph Adderley
Andrew Halkett
Berkeley P. C. Noel
Barham
Countess of
Commissioners of Sewers
William IV
King Willam-street
Gracechurch-street
Kelsey
Nixon
Kelly
Farringdon
London
Steil
Lawrence
Stacey
Ashurst
R. L. Jones
Anderton
Westwood
R. Johnson
Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee
West
Kensington
St. George
Hanover Square
Westminster
St. Martin-in-the-Fields
St. Taames
North
St. Marylebone
St. Pancras
Islington
Hackney
Central
St. Giles and
Strand
Holborn
Clerkenwell
St. Luke
East London
West London
City of London
Shoreditch
Bethnal-green
Whitechapel
Stepney
Poplar
St. Saviour
St. Olave
Bermondsey
Southwark
Newington
Lambeth
Camberwell
Rotherhithe
Green- Wich
Cesses
General Register-office
French Chamber debates fortification bill and Paris policy
The Chamber of Peers discussed the Fortification Bill and related Paris policy amendments, with General Ambrogeac and Marshal Soult contributing. The bill passed its third article and overall vote showed a majority against opposition, while international notes described New Zealand settlement arrangements and Spanish political developments.
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Chamber of Peers
Chamber of P
Pelet
Paris
Aed
Merauis Aare
M. Humaz
Moniteur Parisien
Prince de Joinville
Cherbourg
Newfoundland
Ambrogeach
Comte de Paris
Bay of Isles
Lavaud
Hobson
New Zealand
England
France
M. de Belligny
Akaroa
Constitutionnel
M. Belligny
Madrid
Chamber of Deputies
M. Cortina
Interior
Cortes
Moniteur
Bayonne
Senor Arguelles
Totosa
Junta of
Guernica
Guipuzcoa
Ascoitia
Exatanp
America
Fox
United States
Great Britain
Leod
Allen
Liverpool
New York
M‘leod
Nelson
Lockport
Anmistad
Armistad
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington
Connecticut
Rio Janeiro
Exchange
London
Monte Video
Buenos Ayres
Lavalle
la Madrid
Oribe
Mansion House
Peter
Thames Street
Datchet-mead
Tinker
Guildhall
William Taylor
Alderman Lainson
Thomas Haynes
Longlane
Smithfield
Henry Thorne
Thorne
Taylor
James Hancock
Distressing London Assault and Public Notices Filed
REPORTS OF A violent stabbing in a Marylebone lodging house with intestines exposed and the injured man improving at a hospital. Other stories cover Marylebone desertion and abuse of an Indian lady, a destitute loaf theft, a transport-seeking defendant, a stabbing with intent, and a forgery swindle case at Worship Street with remand.
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John Carter
Thorne
Lincoln’s Inn
Potter
Crawford-street
Hardwick
Saint Kits
Chisine
Pagina
Mary
Crisp
England
Gravesend
St. Kits
Richmond
Marylebone
Rosssry
Thomas Nixon
John Roberts
Camdentown
Mr. Hardwick
Ashton Under Lyne
London
Smithfield
House of Correction
Marlborough Street
Thomas Rees
Dyer
C Division
Panton-street
Haymarket
Benjamin Higgs
Mir Higgs
Mr. Dyer
Hatson Garden
Charce
Sras Bing
Mary Fell
Combe
John Frederick Simonds
Woolf
Matthews
Leatherlane
Newgate
Worship Street
Hunt
Heritage
Stock Exchange
Paris
G. Issett
Northampton
Messrs
Issett
Bank of England
Morgan
Broughton
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