Riot and assault at Canterbury station by officers and soldiers
At Canterbury a riot erupted when Captain Edward Doherty, Captain Allgood, Captain Doherty, and Captain John Godderd of the 13th and 14th Light Dragoons clashed with police. Soldiers attempted to storm the station, broke a door, and looted the lock-up while officers resisted. Inspector Bradley testified to the chaos and the officers’ attempted rescue of prisoners. Magistrates bound the defendants over to quarter sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ste
Ntonicatn
Doherty
13Th
Mth
Bradley
Allgood
Prince of Orange
Clements
staGan-house
India
Rowing D Oxford Cambridge Race Ends In Cantabs Win
A long awaited University rowing match on the Thames concluded with Cambridge defeating Oxford. Both crews, built for the occasion by Searle, produced speedy, even strokes. Cambridge led from Battersea to Putney and crossed thirty three minutes after start, about a minute ahead of Oxford amid vast spectator crowds and aristocratic support.
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Cambridge Club
Roome
London
Oxonians
Combes
Thames
Cambridge
Westminster Bridge
Leander Club
Oxford
Brasenose
Royds
Meynell
Mountaine
Merton
Lea
Richards
Christ Church
Hodgson
Baliol
Bethell
Bow
Exeter
C. Woollaston
Messrs. Searle
Stangate
Vialls
Trinity
Ridley
Jesus
G. Denman
Ritchie
Penrose
Magdalene
Hon. L. Denman
Cobbold
Peterhouse
W. Croker
Caius
J. Croker
Garnett
University of Oxford
Collegians
Searle
University
Westminster-bridge
Middlesex
Lambeth-palace
Eclipse
Coombes
Kippen
Vivid
Lilac
Primrose
Richmond
Battersea-bridge
Senate
Penitentiary
Vauxhall Bridge
Red-house
Chelsea Hospital
Putney-bridge
Vauxhalls-bridge
Ambridge
V&bolts
Fragmented 1841 church and colonial notes in mixed text
A long, garbled ledger-like excerpt combines liturgical readings for Easter Sunday and the 2d Sunday after Easter with weather, celestial data, and scattered financial and administrative letters. It includes notes on colony governance proposals, public notices, and assorted correspondence with local authorities and editors.
Extraordinary Accident Aboard John Bull Ship at Sea
An apprentice named Clark on the John Bull steamship from Hamburg to London fell overboard while taking depth soundings. He remained submerged for twenty minutes until the lead rope formed a noose around his neck. Rescue efforts by Captain Corbin, the mate, and Royal Humane Society methods succeeded after an hour, with Clark revived and treated. he later recovered enough to report his near-fatal incident.
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Seaa
John ‘Bull
Ham‘burgh
London
Clark
Hamburgh
Corbin
Mr. Gibbs
Royal Humane Society
Younhg
Bister
Aki
Calculating Sunrise and Tide Times for Britain and Ireland
The text explains methods to determine sunrise and sunset by latitude relative to 51 deg 30 min and provides adjustments. It also lists high water times at major ports with offsets for Bristol Cork Falmouth Hull Milford Haven Brigg Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow and Southampton, noting many smaller harbors.
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Great Britain and Ireland
London Dock
Bristol
Cork
Cove
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighy
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Southampton
Otr
Retreat on public works and peace in France a topic in debate
The piece argues that France and its deputies are reconsidering war spending and economy, citing Thiers and Berryer as advocates for reduced expenditures. It critiques public works excess, the 540 million spent over six years, and warns against corruption as a systemic flaw in representative government.
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Monsieur Humann
Richard
France
Paris
Monsieur Thiers
Monsieur Berryer
Monsieur Guizot
Mehemet Ali
Dardanelles
Lord Palmerston
Monsieur Beaumont
House of Commons
Jay
Sunday bill and lord cardigan dispute over Finsbury contest
The fragment mentions Sunday Bills and Lord Cardigan’s stance. Sir Andrew Agnew may send a depot to back efforts against Mr O Fooke in Finsbury. It notes a parliamentary admission goal for Hussars and questions the motive behind the push for notoriety and the display of discretion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Agnew
Finsbury
O Fooke
J ‘Hussars
Prince Albert's Own
Press Plea Against Sunday Flogging in Cardigan Regiment
A letter condemns a Court Martial carried out on a Sunday within the Cardigan Regiment. It argues no service, no necessity, and accuses Lord Hill and Lord Cardigan of brutalizing excess. It warns Prince Albert’s continued association could ruin royal reputation and questions military discipline.
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Home ‘Colonization Office
Pall-mall
Weekly Chronicle
Ain
A. C. Cupnon
Wombournian
Robert Wright
Vulcan
Wales
England
Sill
Ester Wood
Royal Academy
Chard
Somersetshire
W.H. Griffith
High
Saan Romeo
Lord Cardigan
Duinob
William
America
Ae J. C
Royal Excuance
Weekly
Chronicle
Deanstreet, Borough
Royal Exchange
Court of Aldermen
Charles II
Smith
Martis Vadecimo
Grocers
Jia Pregent Majeaty
Kt ‘Ames
Mercers and Farmiongers
Queen Mary
Queen Elizabeth
Kings of Englandens
Aney
the Conqueror
Lord Hill
Prince Albert
The Times slams Dean of York over York Visitation affair
The Times condemns Dean Cockburne for alleged simony and malpractices amid the York Visitation. It notes his marriage to Sir Robert Peel’s kin, the political influence behind his deanery, and urges resignation. It questions Lord Liverpool’s judgment and predicts further scandal unless corrected.
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the Times
York
Phillimore
Dr. Cockburne
Sir Robert Peel
Lord Liverpool
Robert Peel
House of Lords
Times
Cockburne
Debated Hertfordshire Rural Police Vote Narrow Win
A Hertfordshire county meeting debated introducing Rural Police with a 62 to 63 vote, Lord Salisbury’s adjournment motion carried by a single ballot. Liberal fears centered on district administration, while Tories backed restraint amid concerns over justice and parish protection. The piece notes wider regional adoption and rising robberies prompting reform.
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Hertford
Lord Salisbury
Phelips
Abel Smith
Lord Melbourne
Lord Dacre
Lord Clarendon
Alston
William Cowper
Muskett
W. Blake
Ward
Lord Grimston
Essex
Bedfordshire
Metropolitan
London
Towa
Regency Question in Spain Sparks Uncertain Forecasts
The observation notes no new facts about the Peninsula. Unchanged differences between Unitarians and Trinitarians over the Regency persist. It remains a lottery whether the Cortes yield to Espartero or Linage or whether the Legislative body prevails over the Commander-in-Chief.
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Cortes
Espartero
Linage
Falstaff
France
Spain’s Regency Crisis Readies Cadiz Exile Plea
The text argues for Espartero to remain in power as a stabilizing constitutional executive during Queen Isabella’s minority. It warns that removing him risks renewed revolution, dictatorial risk, and French or European meddling, while stressing his unique control of 50,000 troops and the need to avoid a joint regency.
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Calatrava
Cadiz
Espartero
Fas
Duc de
France
Crumbling Probate Suit and Noted Election Rumors
A court case details John Baskette suing Thomas Wade for criminal conversation with Baskette’s wife, with the jury awarding damages of one farthing after default judgment. Separately, Nottingham election coverage outlines General Ferguson’s death, Liberal plans to back G. G. de H. Larpent, Chartist splits, and a debate over the poor law and new workhouse.
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Saenire
Cass
Cox
Cheshire
Torquay
London
Gregg
Glegg
Crossley
Claremontsiquare
Pentonville
French Horn
Wandsworth
Ann Crossley
Harriett Smedley
Hom Wandsworth
Wade
Petersdorff
Sherif
NorrnGham
Ferguson
Walter
the Times
George the Fourth Hotel
Sibthorp
Liberal Party
Colonel Thompson
G. G. de H. Larpent
Nottingham
Atory
T Arpent
Rice-place
Messrs. J. Sweet
Edward Cox
Wm. Bilbie
Wm. Colton
Wm. Parker
C. Merry
Isaac Barton
Wm. Carrington
Monxmovruh
George Roberts
Edwin Richards
Charles Tyler
Richards
Mr. C. Tyler
Earl of Canphay
Weekly Chronicle
11Th Hussars
Brighton
Hounslow
Rogers
Fith Hussars
Lith
Hussars
Fioccine
Earl of Cardigan
Hogge
House of Prayer
Burns
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Canterbury
Duke of Sussex
Duke of Wellington
Talware
Eastern Counties Railway
Joseph Lovell
Devonshire Street
Vastern Counties Railway
London Hospital
Afwr
Maxchester
Anti Corn Law Leaguer
PCR
Berrery
Atss WaLsa
Edward Hall
Society of Friends
James Hall
Salford
Brotherton
M.P
Anti-Commaw League
Justice Coleridge
Stafford Assizes
Walsall
Air. Maude
P.M. James
William Smith
Guitpeau
James Hanmem
Alderman’ Humphery
Edward Hockley
Doctors’commons
Rotherhithe
Blandford
Bereloedshire
Humphries
Huwphies
Ald
Sead
Aldernon
Hitler
Anita
Compter
Boalandy
Ireland
Scotland
Strange
Pford
Labh
Murphy
Edinburgh
E.N.M
Leigh
E.N
Devizes
St. George's Day
Oakingham Fair
E. N.M
Lincoln Fair
Great
Britain
Taenibhy ’S Frivay
the Weekly Chronicle
York and the “ Times
Hertfordshire Rural Police
Spain
Mercy
Cardigan
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