Narrative of the Loss of the Tweed Survivor Accounts
A survivor details the Tweed wreck on the morning after a voyage with 60 passengers and crew. The ship struck near a reef, broke up, and survivors clung to a paddle box while others perished. The recovered party built a raft, rescued scarce provisions, and prepared for a 100 mile voyage to Campeachy coast, aided by the captain and crew who rowed off in the improvis ed boat with mixed luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ieet
Includin
Lacranes
Nea
Notling
Tims
Bere
Dawe
Gay
Gret
Thote
Carmpeachy
Capain
Vera Cruz
Admiralty
Campeachy
Mexico
Buret
Lucifer Matcher
Ely
Atera
Areck
Emilio, Sbont
Sisal
Anorther
Perez
Reela
Eanoe
Sieal
Hevanneh
Merida
Yucatan
Stsal
Havannah
Avon
England
Rescue at Sea Ends With Survival and Return to Havana
A passenger for Mexico recounts a shipwreck ordeal where his wife and child perished after he tried to rescue them in the ladies' saloon. He suffers severe injuries but survives as a brig rescues the castaways who later reach Sisal and Havana before sailing to England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Siddons
No.8
Broadway
Westminster
Deceseed
Weatminster
Brotherhood of Ministers
America
Christian Communion of Congregation
Douglas
Jaatha Lynch
England
Legal and Miscellaneous Correspondence Summary
A long reader-letter page contains queries and opinions on tax exemptions for Ireland, parliamentary election law in Royal Burghs, and debates over ten hours work limits. It includes editor responses noting extended boundary interpretations, arguments about labor underemployment, and notices about copyright or distribution of a pamphlet by a controversial ex-Blucoats figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.H. W
Coalbreckdale
B. J
James Simmons
J. M
Ireland
Marion Louisa
Roya
Scotland
Perth
J. G
Snoar-Tine Fonny
Weekly Chronicle
One-Firth
Manchester
R.W
Trover
Thomas Simpson
W.A. P
William Goodrick
William Robert Cooke
Little Britain
Somerset County Exection and Berne Trial Report
Reports from Wells on a local nomination with Capt Scobell and Capt Boyle backing Pinney. Also vivid coverage from Glasgow to Berne detailing a 21 year old Flukiger’s murder of a child, prior crimes, and the death sentence amid medical contest. A steamship Troubadour accident leaves one man dead and another severely burned, with hospital care and a hopeful prognosis for the survivor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County
Wells
Pinney
Scobell
Boyle
Lord Cork
Bristol Gazette
Supreme Court of
Berne
Flukiger
Abe Eaid
Land
Galignani
Troubadour Steam Packet
Swansea
Bristol
Liverpool
Bia Faca
Thia
Ireland
Cambrian
A Calendar for Great Britain and Ireland 1847 dates
This calendar provides sunrise and sunset times by latitude with adjustments per degree, plus high water times at major ports. It lists offsets for Bristol York Falmouth Hull Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow Southampton and others. Also notes Holy Week dates and Easter term beginnings with liturgical readings and daylength changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain and Ireland
London
Bristol
York
Cove
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Southampton
The Weekly Chronicle On The Educational Grant Debate
The article argues the £100,000 education grant and Privy Council plan split the Liberal ranks. It criticizes church and dissenting divides, speaks against state inspection, and calls for a mixed system with model schools. It urges cooler heads, wiser policy, and renewed parliament-based consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Privy Council
Friends of Education
Church Party
The French Policy in Spain Reviewed
A critical analysis argues that France gains little from treachery in Spain as Queen Isabella endures mistreatment while France remains bound to its ally. England’s rising influence counters Paris, with the Siècle framing the struggle as liberty versus corruption and reaction. The piece cites Guizot and contrasts misdeeds with France’s honor and national power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
France
Louis Philippe
Madrid
England
Engisch
Tuileries
Narvaez
Gonzales Bravos
Pidala
Bravo
Francis
Pavia
Consolations of Bigotry in Irish Church Disputes
A satirical take on religious and political figures amid debates over Free Churches and Church of Ireland relations. It mocks the idea of clock and bell sharing for a dissenting kirk and the threats by a Proprietor to build near the Established Kirk, highlighting tensions between church and state and the broader political rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John of Tuam
Exeter
Brofler
Robert Toglis
Portrait of Sir Robert Inglis and public scandal
An 19th century sounding note critiques Sir Robert Inglis over charges against the State Church of Scotland. The writer mocks the party lines, questions motives, and laments misstatements while hinting at public amusement at Inglis’s defense and later regret.
The Aristocracy of the Skin letter on voyage race bias
A Times letter from Liverpool recounts Frederick Douglass reporting racial discrimination aboard the steamship Cambria to Boston. The London agent sold him a ticket for berth 72 but a Liverpool agent says the sale was unauthorized, forcing him to face segregation and meals apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United States
George Moxhay
Hall of Commerce
London
Mr. Ford
Cambrina
Water Street
Liverpool
M'Iver
America
Fredrinci Douglss
Theatre Wars Between Covent Garden and the New Italian Opera
A debate rages over the rivalry between Her Majesty's Theatre and Covent Garden's New Italian Opera. Critics spar over singers Tamborini Tegliafico and others, praising talents while blasting rival outlets for bias and misjudgment amid a shifting musical establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pebody
Old Drury
Her Majesty's Theatre
Jenny Lind
Yorning Chronicle
Morning Chronicle
Morning Post
Europe
Tamborin
Amarning Chronicle
Tamborini
Dasur
Italian stage marvels and a critic’s rebuke at Albano’s theatre
The piece reviews a grand renovation by Mr. Albano at the Lyric Theatre, praising the design, color scheme, and orchestration of space while noting points of contention such as excessive chandeliers and ventilation issues. It laments critic biases and defends a measured, independent assessment aligned with the Times and Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowade
Albano
Italy
Hbritennia
Krafo
CIA
Meeting of Young Ireland Sparks Row and Rally
Postscript reports a Wednesday meeting in Dodown by Young Ireland where James Nobody Haughton leads a fervent critique of England's tyranny and calls for drastic measures. A spectator objects to insults toward Americans, while Smith O'Brien targets government food policy and Irish interests, amid shouting and party clashes over abolition and reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Doduin
James Nobody Haughton
Iain
England
America
Tost
Haughton
Fran
Africa
Smith O’brien
John Huseril
Pearme
Bentinck
F Son
Thompson
Joh UC
Smith O'Brien
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Legal & Miscellaneous
Monpar
Tuespay
Wronespay
Oxford
Cambridge
Turzapay
Weaatminater
Morn
Sanday
the Weekly Chronicle
Robert Ingus
Robert Inglis
Sir Robert Inglis
Times of
Tues
Alboui
Chronicle
Tegliafico
Costa
Horning Chronicle
Charu
Jenkins
Hannes
Frecon Fey
Peter Aion
Times
Meeting OF
YOUNG
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