Abstract of Indian Revenue and Finance Accounts 1809 to 1841
Abstracts show gross revenue rising from 12.5 million in 1809-10 to 16.3 million in 1839-40. Charges of collection climb to 2.24 million, with net revenue around 16.3 million in 1839-40. Indian debt grows from 23.5 million to 38.7 million, with interest about 1.4 million. Imports to the U.K. of sugar and molasses from West Indies and British Guiana also tabulated for 1831–1841.
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United Kingdom
West Indies
British Guiana
Distressed Needlewomen concert and diverse 1844 notices
A Covent Garden appeal concert for the Distressed Needlewomen features eminent performers led by Herr Ernst and Madame Dulcken with other notable artists. The issue of New Zealand settlement negotiations and land offers is discussed, along with a Huntingdon public meeting on corn laws won by protectionists, and a Christ church plate donation case and Ware town hall worship licenses imputed. Further items cover Wakefield prophecy pigs, Viscount Morpeth as magistrate, and the funeral of Lord Abinger with a detailed service and vault inscription.
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Covent Garden Theatre
London
Herr Ernst
Madame Dulcken
M. Moschelles
Benedict
Parish Alvars
New Zealand
Colonial Office
Rennie
New Edinburgh
Lord Stanley
F Tleman
Auckland
Islands
Leacce Triumpa
Huntingpoy
Huntingdon
Huntingdon Institution
Dr. Sleigh
Huntingdonshire Agricultural Protection Society
James Acland
Anti Corn Law League
League
Anti-League
Downes Martin
David Veasey
Dennis Herbert
Sleigh
Acland
Dore Goop Ny Steatta
Christchurch
St. George's
W.quekett
Ant Pusey
Ware
Hertford Mercury
Wakefield
Pest
Lee-fair
Wakefield Journal
Viscount Morpeth
East Riding
Earl of Carlisle
Lonp
Abinger
Dorking
Surrey
Bury
Eastern Counties Railway
Abinger Hall
Dawson
James
Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer
France News Briefs On Politics and Finance In Paris
Paris dispatches report a broad opposition coalition planning to impeach M. Guizot over the Tahiti affair while ministers defend his government. The Greek Loan Bill passes peers as taxes rise, with notes on railways and revenue. The period also notes influenza, court sentences on press cases, and Spain’s volatile politics amid Carlist tensions.
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Paris
Journal Des Debats
France
Chamber of Deputies
M. Guizot
Otabelle
Moérnhaut
Tahiti
M. Ratti-Menton
M. Lesseps
M. Persil
Chamber of Peers
Duke de Broglie
M. Martin
Villefranche
M. Locquet
Prince de la Moskowa
England
Moniteur
Isabelle
Spain
Gazette de France and
Nation
Court of Assizes of
M. Duchatel
Interior
Univers
Bourges
Clermont
St. Fleur
Puy
Italy
Orleans
Rouen
Avignon
Havre
Strasburg
Versailles
Ditto
Diplomatic Gains in Constantinople and Greek Assembly
Private letter from Constantinople notes the Porte British and French concession as a milestone in Turkey, while a Russian note to the Divan and Albanian unrest occupy the scene. Scutari reviews 15,000 troops as Hussein Pasha is summoned to lead operations in Albania. Greece reports King Otho’s address closing the Assembly and sealing the constitution with the capital illuminated.
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Constantinople
Porte
Turkey
Iacupe
Scutari
Albania
Hussein Pasha
Widdin
Greece
Malta
Otho
Messieur Les Deputies
Atlantic Packet Roscius Arrives After 18 Day Passage
The packetship Roscius, Captain Collins, left New York on the 26th alt and reached Liverpool after an 18 day voyage. Reports from Washington note Texas annexation rumors involving General Henderson. Mexico’s supposed role in a Texas deal and a possible annexation bonus are discussed as circulating chatter. Navy Secretary Mason arrived in Washington, and brokers reported brisk activity. Havannah freight trade is rising with many vessels waiting in port.
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Roscius
Collins
New York
Liverpool
Sturgeon
Pennsylvania
Dromgoole
Union of the States
Friends of the Union
Congress
Henderson
Texas
Washington
United States
Mexico
Secretary of the Navy
J. Y. Mason
Board of Brokers
Apnemies
London
Paris
New Orleans Picayune
Havannah
Oregon and Texas disputes stir political chatter
The excerpt covers export duties on leaf tobacco and cigars, political suppressions, and the slave trade, with notes on emigration to Oregon, Mormon views on Texas, and Catholic missions to Wallamette. It also recounts a humorous tale of an election-day voting mishap in Hagerstown.
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Oregon
Independence
Jackson’ County
Mobile
New York Journal of Commerce
Joe Smith
The
Mormons
Texas
Mexico
West Sea
Congress
Sons of Liberty
Canada
Maine
California
Columbia
Hudson's Bay Company
Wallamette
Philadelphia
Father de Smet
Father de Verereuys
College of Peace
Hagerstown
Metropolis Opposes New Coal Tax for Thames Embankment
A Crown and Anchor Strand meeting of about 300 coal trade figures, led by Mr. Masterman MP and Lord H. Vane, defeated the proposed coal duty to fund embankment of the Thames. They argued the embankment costs unknown, traffic lines misread, and watermen and traders would bear the burden. a petition to Parliament was approved.
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Crown and Anchor Strand
Thames
Mr. Masterman
M.P
Lord H. Vane
C. Napier
Colonel Wood
Middlesex
Rous
B. Hawes
D. Barclay
W. Ord
M. Forster
W. Bateman
Chartered Gas Company
Hawes
Thames Embankment
Metropolis
Strand
Cheapside
Paris
Florence
Lyons
Tondon
Temple
Embankment
Ord
Aylor
Cope
M‘gallevray
Wood
Captain Rous
G. Napier
H. Vane
Masterman
Commons
The Marine Society Anniversary Festival in London
The Marine Society celebrated its anniversary at the London tavern on Wednesday with generous hospitality and a satisfactory musical program led by Jolley Atkins Young and others. Lord Marsham chaired the event joined by Barnard and Astell with Lord Radstock and about 60 shipping and mercantile gentlemen in attendance as toasts were given.
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the Marine Society
London
Messrs
Bathe
Breacie
Jolley
Atkins
Young
Lord Marsham
Barnard
Astell
Lord Radstock
Charity supper notes royal support and Navy absence
The event raised nearly £800 with major subscriptions from Queen Victoria, the East India Company, and Trinity House. Despite the generous giving, naval officers’ attendance was notably thin. The Iphigenia frigate’s boys appeared healthy and cheered the toast, while calls for broader naval patronage persisted.
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Toole
Her Majesty the Queen
The
East India Company
Trinity House
Royal Navy
Iphigenia
London Hospital
London Tavern
Bishopsgate Street
Duke of Cambridge
Bank of England
W. Cotton
J. B. Heath
George Frederick Young
House
Worcester
G. Byng
Robert Grosvenor
S. B. Brooke
Robert Hanbury
Wm. Cotton
Royan
Her Majesty's
King-street
St. James's Street
Brown
Wapping
Newbon
Doctors’commons
Thorn
Magdalen Hospital
St. Dunstan’s School
St. Andrew's Holborn
St. Bride's School
aNo Nanpow Escare
Barnes
Clarke
West of England
Connorton
Draydon
Tidmarsh
Roseman Street
Belgrave Square
Smith
Farrance
Belgrave Street
Mary Stevens
Society For the Prevention of
St. George's Hospital
Sincutan
Higgs
Bear’s Head
Exeter Street
Strand
William Berhite
Messrs. Robinson and Co
Lamb's Conduit
Charles Street
Grosvenor Square
Elizabeth le Sage
Thomas Walter Scott
Lincoln’s Inn
Knightsbridge
Royal Humane Society
Samuel Clement
Conduit-street
Westbourn Terrace
Anthony T. Thompson
Welbeck Street
Baker
Wellington
Cannon-street
St. George’s-in-the-East
James Hicks
St. George-in-the-East
Butterworth
Marlborough Street
Thomas Hanbury
Oxfordshire
Bury-street
St. James's
Local Magistrate Finances Public Order Violations
An elderly man about sixty years old faced fines of £5 £3 and £2 for riotous conduct in public streets at midnight and violent assaults, which he promptly paid, reflecting a routine public order case before the magistrate.
Fire at Royal Hotel Clifton Ends in Rescue and Injuries
A bedroom fire at the Royal hotel in Clifton was put out by Inspector Attwood and PC Axford who entered the room. A guest, Mr. Heathcote of Heathcote and Holman solicitors, leapt through a window to escape, suffering severe leg and facial injuries. He was taken to the infirmary in a dangerous condition. The incident is blamed on a lit curtain.
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Bristol
Alsam
Inspector Attwood
P. C. Axford
Royal Hotel
Clifton
Heathcote
Heathcote and Holman
Coleman,street
London
N. Smith
Greig
Times
Oxford
Richard Elliott
Oxford Castle
K. Marsham
D.C.L
Shephard
Ballantine
Robinson
Old Bailey
Thomas Lucas
Elliott
Crown Inn
Benson
Lucas
Box
Bath
Eton
Windsor
Mr. Burgess
Kings’s Arms Inn
Sandford
Nuneham
Martin Mountjoy
Earl of Chesterfield
Knightsbridge
Iip
Mr. Ballantine
Manchester
James Horrocks
Oliver Cromwell
Jd Manchester
Guardian
Horrster Drata
William Taylor
Horwich
Billy
Horwich Moor Gate
Tup Row Delph
Horwich Moor
Rutter
Winchester
Grenadier Guards
44Th Regiment of Foot
Yorke
Tue Munper
Lord Norwandr
Home Office
James Graham
George Lowther
Lowther
Moffatt
Marquis of Normandy
T. Sutton
Yorkshire Gazette
Fires destroy crown plantations near Bagshot and Sandhurst
A week of arson at crown fir plantations near Bagshot park and the Military College, Sandhurst, destroyed over 14 acres and damaged hundreds of young trees, causing great alarm in nearby communities. Separately, Norton’s concussion fuzes are prepared at Woolwich under supervision, praised for safety and effectiveness in naval and coast defense contexts. A court chancery fee reduction cuts suitors’ costs by over £5,000 yearly, plus further reductions from 14d to 8d per folio save about £1,100 annually.
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Bagshot
Crown
Bagshot Park
Military College, Sandhurst
Norton Saint
Thomas Hastings
Excellent
Lords of the Admiralty
Board of Ordnance
Norton
Royal Laboratory
Woolwich
Cockburn
Dansey
C.B
Select Committee
Court of Chancery
Lord Abinger
Court’ of Chancery
High Court of Chancery
England
Mrs Fawcett Responds In Full To Mauro Trial Claims
The widow of Colonel Fawcett, at Major Fawcett’s request, publishes her detailed account of events linked to the tragedy in Sloane Street. She refutes imputations against her late husband, recounts the confrontation with Lieutenant Munro and notes her own sorrow, burden, and resolve to remain silent henceforth.
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Fawcett
Major Fawcett
Mauro
Weekly Chronicle
Munro
Sloane-street
China
Romer
Lieut. Munro
Colonel Fawcett
Colone Fawcett
Lieutenant Munro
Annie
Grant
Daubeney
53Rd Regiment
Mr. Cuddy
Jim
Lieut. Cuddy
Mr. Grant
Cuddy
Leaner Munro
Freetlock
Eera
Ian
Cu Orie
di Munro
England
Anne Francus Fawcett
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West India
India
Tudin
Hindustan
Hamilton
Bengal Presidency
Bombay
Deccan, &c
Presidency
Foreign Intelligence
SPAIF
Madrid
Narvaez
Bravo
Louis Philippe
Legion of Honour
Senor
Roncali
Fernando
Alicant
Courrier Francais
Maestrazgo
Morella
Marquis de Vilama
Aprica
Wilberforce
Africa
Niger
Richard O. Moore
Way
Gambia
Dog Islands
Moore
Bathurst
St. Mary's
Prince Albert
Belgium
Duchess of Kent
America
the Metropolis
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