Spain and France clash over royal marriage and right of search
A Madrid report describes a grand Madrid guard review with loyalty tributes to the regent, while Paris debates on the right of search and Spanish prospects. It notes French tempers toward Spain over Queen Isabella’s marriage and a possible war risk if Bourbon lineage is not chosen. The dispatch also covers Portugal talks on commercial treaties and internal strife, plus a grim Afghan retreat where envoy and aides were killed and civilians harmed during a harsh retreat from Jellalabad.
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Chamber of Peers
Spain
House of Bourbon
Isabella
Moniteur
M. Pageot
Don Carlos
Don Francisco de Paula
Naples
Lucca
Count St. Aulaire
Lord Aberdeen
Vienna
Voila
la Presse
National
M. Berryer
Advocate
Paris
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Morning Herald
Morning Chronicle
Morning Post
Post-Office
Madrid
National Guard
Prado
Civic Guard
Sweden unearthed will of Gustavius III at Upsala
A private correspondent reports that on March 29 a royal bequest was opened by Upsala University officials and the governor. The box held sealed papers and letters, with a linen bag containing drafts for Gustaf Wald and a French prologue. Rumors claim the Duke of Sudermania seized contents before transfer. The papers will be sorted and stored at the university.
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Cognixe
University
King
Gustivus
University of
Upsala
M. Siirte
Gustavus
Thiém
Wasa
Gustaf Wald
Gustavus III
Sudermania
Tegent
Diana News: Peace Proclaimed Near New Granada Meeting
WEW Granada reports that on the Diana sailing from Savanilla to Liverpool, peace had been proclaimed on February 20. General Cramona and General Eran, leaders of New Granada, met and arranged an end to hostilities. Comus arrived at Savanilla and lay there as the news broke.
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Granada
Watson
Cape Clear
Diana
Savanilla
Liverpool
Cramona
Eran
New Granada
Comus
East India Company elders elect new directors and appoint Tweeddale governor
The court of directors at East India House named the Marquis of Tweeddale governor of Fort St. George. They voted thanks to chairman George Lyall and deputy chairman Sir James Law Lushington. Six new directors—Astell, Bayley, Ellice, Galloway, Jenkins, Masterman—were chosen to replace four rotating departures. A note from Major Skinner and Captain Lawrence discusses prisoners in Afghanistan, with doubts cast on a Lahore report of Akhtar Khan’s advance and a February line missing in Bombay’s mail.
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East India House
Marquis of Tweeddale
K.T
Presidency
Fort St. George
George Lyall
M.P
James Law Lushington
G.C.B
East India Company
Henry Alexander
Jeremiah Bryant
C.B
William Stanley
Clarke
John Shepherd
Francis Warden
William Young
Bart
William Astell
William Butterworth Bayley
Russell Ellice
Archibald Galloway
Richard Jenkins
John Masterman
Ayfghanistan
Skinner
Cabal
J.M. Hamilton
Eiglisterah
Lahore
Akhtar Khan
Jellalabad
Baén
Bombay
Kurnaul
Portsmouth
Glouchster
Courts of Assize
Crown Court
Cheltenham
Cresswell
Berts
Castles
St. Albans
Lauch
Hawkins
Bennett
Hawkine
Barnet
Hyde
Floweryfield
Ashton-under-Lyne
Messrs
Swire
Rhines
Andrew Clark
Arthur
Lyons
Ohio
Arfolr
Clark Ae
Harvey
Mr. Arthur
Halifax
Clark
Newton
Hiust
Brad
Feradlves
Hampshire
Disasters in Afghanistan Told by an Eye-Witness
An officer close to Sir William M’Naghten recounts the Afghan uprising starting November 2 at Bala Hissar, the panic over commissariat forts, and the destruction of treasuries and residences as troops faced heavy fire and betrayal. The letter notes personal safety and hopes for eventual reunion.
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Aiys
Trevor
Skinner
Drummond
Bala Hissar
Conolly
Shelton
Osman Khan
Myself
Mahomed Akhbar Khan
Akhbar
Sir William
Mackenzie
Mahomed Akhbar's
Self
Affghans
Yaghee
Naib Ameer Oolah
Naib
Bagramee
Hardywan
5Th Cavalry
Boodhall
Mahomed Abbbar
Teezen
Sale
Jellalabad
Pottinger
Khoord Cabal Pass
Boyd
Mahomed Altibar
Peter
Anderson
Buy
Eyre
Mahomed Akhbar
Elphinstone
Johnson
Elphinstone, Shelton, &c
Macgregor
Lughnal
Charles
Coarington
Salisbury
Rattray
Houghton
Cabul
Affghanistan
Dublin Evening Mail
Wm. M‘naghten
Bala ‘Hissar
Batta
A. Barnes
Bradfoot
Anquetil
Troup
Age Mackenzie
City Address to Queen at Guildhall on corn laws
The lord mayor Alderman Sir James Duke and city officials led a procession to present the city address to the Queen at Whitehall. The address urged free importation of corn and removal of food restrictions, while the Queen answered with sympathy and intent to submit measures to Parliament. The court also noted the birth of the Prince of Wales and conferred baronetcy rank on the lord mayor.
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James Duke
Laws
Messrs
Barnard
Bedford
Carr
Cash
Charles
Croucher
Danford
Eyton
Fisher
Gilbert
Gresham
T. H. Hall
T. Hall
Harrison
Harding
Holt
Jerram
J. Johnson
R. Johnson
R. Johnston
Lake
Lert
Mottram
Pearce
Ramshaw
Salter
Selson
Smith
Stacy
Stevens
Tage
P.A. Taylor
R. Thomas
Virtue
Whiteside
Wilkinson
Williams
Woollatt
Remembrancer
City of London
Commons
Prince Albert
Duchess of Kent
Prince ‘of Wales
Whitehall
Prince of Wales
London Baronetcy and Bank Officials Roled in 1842 News
A 1842 court communication announces the conferment of a baronetcy on the London lord mayor amid Royal favor. The Bank of England lists governors and directors, while a charitable institution reports £2,076 12s 6d for an asylum and £721 13s 6d for annuity relief. A Strawberry Hill discovery reveals secret despatches by James first Earl Waldegrave, praising diplomacy and royal ties. Naval notes cover a fire on the Fearless steamer and local parish election results with Wakeling leading.
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Robert Peer
Whitehall
United Kingdom
City of
London
J. R. G. Graham
Laurie
Corporation of London
Bank of England
William Cotton
John Benjamin Heath
Goveror
Robert Barclay
Edward H. Chapman
Bonamy Dobree
Charles P. Grenfell
Kirkman D. Hodgson
John G. Hubbard
Charles Frederick Huth
Alfred Latham
William Little
James Malcolmson
Humph. St. J. Mildmay
James Morris
George Warde Norman
John Horsley Palmer
James Pattison
Christopher Pearse
Charles Pole
David Powell
Sir John Rae Reid
William R. Robinson
Thomas Charles Smith
William Thompson
Thomas M. Weguelin
Francis Wilson
Crown and Anchor
Strand
W. R. Grieve
T. Dousberg
Hanover Square
Messrs
Berral
Sully
Steel
Heath
Gill
Newman
Strawberry Hill
James
Earl of Waldegrave
Earl Waldegrave
House of Peers
England
Europe
Coxe
France
R. Walpole
Earl of
Woowica
Naval Department
Fry
Bullock
Sora
Putin
Cetin
Wakeling
Tay Feo
Megarg
Mbit
Saywell
M‘phail
Barres
Provincial Birmingham Surfaace Meeting Draws Crowds
A crowded Town Hall in Birmingham on April 1 heard delegates from working and middle classes address residents after a conference decision. Joseph Sturge chaired amid cheers and urged orderly conduct, with speakers like Adam, Brontere, O Briemrex, Solly, Lovett, Vincent, and Parry supporting the resolutions. Reported debates touched on labor conditions and public policy, while other notices described local incidents including sheep thefts and a deadly Hyde coal pit accident.
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Birmingham
Joseph Sturge
Alderman Weston
Adam
Aberdeen
H. Solly
Yeovil
William Lovett
Henry Vincent
F. Warren
Manchester
Parry
Neesom
Sturge
Brontere
O'Briemrex
Bess Dengan
A Hon Asaame
Eronslogpigoues
Duke of Buckingham
South America
Brill
Edyard Monk
Crook
Oakley
Frenke
Boaratall
Derbyshire
Radford
Borroughfields
Jolur Radek
Death of Dr Saurin Bishop of Dromore in Kingstown
Ireland reports the death of Dr Saurin Bishop of Dromore in Kingstown on Saturday evening. The aged prelate, noted as the oldest hierarchy member, dies at about 95, with his passing prompting union of the Dromore see and transfer of revenues to ecclesiastical commissioners as eight of Stanley bill bishoprics have been disposed of. The news reviews inquests on other murders, including Patrick Ryan's, and details the Wade family involvement near Cappawhite farm.
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Oxare
Roe Bisnor
Dromore
Saurin
William Saurin
Saldney
Kingstown
esephAgd Chebophouta
Drumore
Conk
Dente
Pat
Cuimmerhunt
Newport
Anglesea
Holyord
Caprice
Thie'namen
Wade
Ryan
Wades
Pinte
Cappawhite
eTarm
Go. Wades
Weenagh
Board of
Raidermen
Ogéeraussty Inien Bisnorricks
Dunwin
Elphin
Raphoe
Kildare
Dublin
Clogher
Armagh
Lives of the Queens of England reviewed in Literary Chronicle
The review lauds Agnes Strickland’s Lives of the Queens of England Vol IV covering Good Queen Elizabeth of York and Henry VII’s four wives. It commends her method of detailed, sourced history, noting the author’s diligent use of chronicles, letters, diaries, and manuscripts to deepen truth and context in biographical history.
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England
Agnes Strickland
London
H. Colburn
Miss Strickland
Battle of Bosworth Opens with Henry VII’s Invasion
Henry VII sails with French and Breton fleets from Harfleur to invade England. Richard III’s forces falter as Henry lands near Dale and advances to Tamworth, eluding Richard’s scouts after a perilous wander on Atherstone Moor. Richard marches on Leicester, rests at the Blue Boar, then confronts Richmond at Redmore Heath. In the climactic clash, Richard’s cavalry charges fail, Norfolk falls, and Henry VII is crowned amid Te Deum, with the hawthorn bush becoming Tudor symbol.
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Bosworth
Henry
France
Bretagne
Harfleur
Richard
Milford Haven
Jasper
Dale
Richard III
Richmond
Milford
Shrewsbury
Lord Herbert
Gilbert Talbot
Brereton
Earl of Shrewsbury
John Savage
Midland
Stanleys
Tamworth
Lord Stanley
Atherstone
Leicester
Atherstone Moor
Stanley
George Lord Strange
George
Tewkesbury
Nottingham
Europe
Percy
Henry of Richmond
Maud Herbert
Redmore
Bos Worth
Shakspeare
Jockey of Norfolk
Dickon
Sir William
Redmore Heath
Duke of Norfolk
Amgonlays
Henry VII
England
House of Tudor
Divorce of Katharine of Arragon
Narrative of Henry VIII's 1528 divorce move at Bridewell after a public speech on whether Katharine was his lawful wife. The queen defends the marriage, cites papal dispensation and parental lines, accuses Wolsey of pride and tyranny, and recounts political strains from war with the emperor and English foreign policy.
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Katharine OF Arragon
Bridewell
Hall
Henry
Oon
Wolsey
Campeggio
Ferdinand
Rome
Cardinal Wolsey
Lord of York
England
Low Countries
Ri gha of Leicester Tale Recounted in Old Chronicle
The piece recalls Leicestershire lore about Ri gha being beheaded and his body carried across Leicester Bridge with his head downward on a heralds’ plank. As the corpse passed, the head struck a wooden projection, fulfilling the local legend. Nuns of Grey Friars later interred the benefactor in their church.
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Leicestershire
Righa
Leicester
Blanche Sanglier
Leicester-bridge
Grey Friars
Katharine of England at the divorce court in 1529
The narrative recounts Katharine's courtroom appeal to halt the divorce proceedings led by Henry VIII and the legates. Katharine pleads for justice and mercy, insisting on her decades of marriage, loyalty, and legitimacy of her child while Henry defends his prerogative and laments the strain on royal honor. The piece details Wolsey and Campeggio’s mediation, Katharine’s steadfast stance, and the shifting political maneuvering surrounding the contentious divorce.
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Katharine
Charles
England
Black
Wolsey
Cans
Kold
Ander
Rome
Sampson
Person
Katharine Kresland
Alrea Iy
Prin i
Eden
Tega
Steeday
Solomon
Ferdina
Spain
Griffiths
Sander
Prdon
Henry
Henry VIII
Cardinal Wolsey
Hall
Warham
Canterbury
Fisher
Anne Boleyn
Carlisle
Blackfriars Stairs
Whitehall
Earl of Wiltshire
Campeggio
Bridewell
Mary
Cavendish
Roem
Robbery at the Bishop of Salisbury’s residence in Pimlico
Monday morning a servant left the hall door ajar allowing a thief to enter the parlor and seize a massive silver teapot along with all spoons and forks. The thief fled with the plate, and police were notified. The crest bore a mitre with the initials J.S. and the dinnerware was marked accordingly.
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Danixe Rorsery
Biswor
Sanissurr's
Bishop of Salisbury
Wilton Crescent
Pimlico
J. S
Higgs
Savoy Palace
Savoy Street
Strand
John Sims
Wellington Street
Neilson and Others
Househill Coal and Iron Company
Caledonian Mercury
Chambery
Savoy
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