The Roebuck Committee and the Times in Nottingham
The piece defends Mr Roebuck's committee report on electoral abuses as a clear, impartial exposure of how Whigs Tories and Radicals used money and influence in Nottingham. It criticizes The Times for hostility to Mr Walter and details the costs, tactics, and intimidation used in two Nottingham elections, arguing the committee's evidence illuminates systemic corruption and public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roebuck
House of Commins
Times
Walter
Nottingham
Hour of Commons
Waller
Mr. Sweet
George Larpent
George Lupent
John Hothouse
Jettick
Nseas
Esvrange-room
Rancliffe
Hoiling
Fas
Che Press
Hotehpoteh
Hidte
John Hubhouse
Sca
Wanten
Siven
Rawson
Welter
Het
Mr. Rawson
Sory
Lingland
Royal birthday plans and royal progress reported
A sweeping notice details Queen Victoria's plan to celebrate Prince Albert's birthday on the 26th with a castle dinner and evening party. It notes the Duchess of Kent and suite traveling to Wiesbaden for baths, with a Brussels stop en route, and mentions various court movements and engagements of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Albert
Duchess of Kent
Suite
Wiesbaden
Frankfort Ai-The- Maine
Brussels
Marcnroxyris
Watengorn
Stuart de Rothesay
Coutess
Caleday
Marcbioness
Curraghmore
Ef, Grosvenor
Earl Grosvenor
Earl Grosvenor, and Lord Priddive
Duke of Northumberland
Countess of Grosvenor
Duchess of Norfolk
Duke of Sutherland
Ouleaxs
Portland-place
Duke of Orleans
Mis Sulle
Somers’ Town
Tae Witp
Busfeild Ferrand
Newbor
Knaresborough
Harden Grange
House of Commone
Ibis
Victoria
Daling-House
Goysen
Admiralty
Tribate
Falmouth
Gibraltar
Malta
Tak Gottath
Robert Seppings
JAS
Goliath
Virago
Boulton and Watt
United Service
Chester Assizes
Brocklehurst
Macclesfield
Liverpaul Mail
Ward
Baker
Bedford Street
Strand
London Fire Establishment
West of England
Convictions for Ribbonism at Armagh Spy System
Five men were convicted at Armagh assizes for Ribbon society membership and sentenced to seven years transportation. The Newry Bucummer reports on the trial, highlighting Mr Whiteside’s fierce critique of government spies, police lies, and the use of a branded informer system to secure convictions. The piece urges readers to scrutinize the case and warns Ribbon members to renounce the group.
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Newry Bucummer
Armagh
Whiteside
Hagan
Preas
Mother Mathew
Johnston
Shige
Patrick
Mr. Pawcett
Slige
Misty Sin
Agitrates
Coart
Cox
Terimondbarry
Roscommon
Pold
Ribina Society
Nce
Ribbon Association
Villany
Alarming Gas Explosion and Fire Burns Woman in Manchester
An alarming gas explosion occurred Tuesday night at the tower workshop of Mr. Michelesew in Manchester square. Mrs. M. suffered severe burns to face head and neck after lighting a candle to detect the gas, with flames igniting from a pipe breach. A lodger extinguished the fire. the lower house narrowly avoided total engulfment. Separately, Hunt v Helps at Guildford assizes involved a disputed £2000 insurance claim where arson was not proven and verdicts favored both sides on differing issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michelesew
Last-Street
Manchester Square
Hunt
Funeral Procession of the Duke of Orleans in Paris
Paris ferried the Duke of Orlean s remains from Neuilly to Notre Dame with a vast crowd along Boulevards Champs Elysees and riverside approach. The procession including gendarmerie, infantry, sapeurs pompiers, National Guards, and clergy moved at 11 am and reached Notre Dame by 2:30 pm amid solemn rites and a grand catafalque. The heart of the prince in an urn was borne to the choir as vespers were said. three days of state homage followed before interment at Dreux.
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Neuilly
Notre Dame
Paris
Faubourg St. Honoré
Champs Elysees
Napoleon
3D Regiment of Lancers
Seine
Sapeurs-Pompiers
Foot Municipal Guards
Oan
Sth Dragoons
Polytechnic
St. Cyr
Orleans Chasseurs
Sth Regiment of Dragoons
National Horse Guards
National Guards
His
Prince Royal
Royal
Rae
Champs Hirsees
Rond Point
Barriere Des Etoile
Lot
Orleans
Soult
Molitor
Gerard
Vallée
M. Guizot
Marbot
Catafalque
Medeah
Milianah
Mascara
Dreux
Guizot
Duke de Nemours
Duke d' Aumale
Duke de Montpensier
Prince de Joinville
Chasseurs of
Pioneer settler Tae Hon Henry Petre sails to New Zealand
Tae Hon Henry Petre and his wife travel from Portsmouth aboard the Thomas Sparkes with servants, heading to Wellington as part of early New Zealand Company settlers. Petre, among 1839 pioneers, previously visited England and now intends permanent settlement in Wellington, stopping at the Cape of Good Hope to buy horses. He had published a notable New Zealand book last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Petre
Portsmouth
Sparkes
New Zealand
Mr. Petre
New Zealand Company
England
Wellington
Cape of Good Hope
Calcutta Havoc and Bombay Fires Hit Trade and Ships
A severe cyclone devastated Calcutta lands and damaged fifty river vessels with heavy casualties. In Bombay two ships, Vansittart and Cornwallis, were destroyed by fire amid suspicions of arson. Looted exports include sugar, saltpetre, rice and cotton, with property losses exceeding £100,000. Lascars, implicated in the fires, were seized after attempting escape. Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy donated £50,000 for Parsees relief and education, while Bombay commercial outlook remains bleak as imports slump and exports stay high. Shipping prospects worsen as monsoon arrives. The Afghan crisis deepens with Sir William Macnaghten's deceit alleged, Elphinstone's remains brought to Jalalabad, and military retreat planning debated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Calcutta
Bombay
Vansittart
East India Company
China
Cornwallis
Lascars
London
Jamsetjie Lejeebhoy
Surat
Sir Jamseijie
Bombay Times
Bombas
Liverpool
Afghan hostility lingers amid Kabul siege reports
The narrative describes ongoing Afghan distrust toward British forces at Jellalabad and Cabul. It notes a May 12 murder near camp, failed foraging attack, and repeated native butcheries and robberies. Akbar Khan’s plotting near Bala Hissar is reported, with feints to seize the citadel and treasure, while other chiefs maneuver for leverage amid a volatile despatch from Agra Akbar.
Campaign movements around Candahar and Ghiznee
The brigade under General Bugheni reached the Kosiuck pass on May 5 and linked with Colonel Wyiner's force. Enemy forces concentrated in the area and would likely have broken through were it not for timely contact. Two wounded were the only losses on our side as combined forces moved toward Kelati Ghizie to relieve insurgent pressure, with preparations for a 26th expedition under Colonel Werner.
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Candabar
Quettah
Bugheni
Kosiuck Pass
Wyiner
Becrecy
Cendehar
Kelati Ghilzie
Ghuzni
Joramand
Werner
Kelati Ghizie
Candahar
Stacy
Jagixa Khan
China
Ningpo
Hugh Gough
Tsee-kee
Hambly
Reynolds
Montgomerie
Lane
Tsee Kee
Candahar assault and Ningpo engagement unfoldings
Reporting from Asia stresses a fierce clash near Candahar where 104 enemy dead and heavy losses were inflicted, while British forces under General Nott plan sallies. The piece notes the Chinese leadership change at Lucknow, then details the Ningpo theater with a March 15 siege near Tsee kee. British casualties include several officers and men. Chinese losses are estimated higher, with continued fears of further encounters as Chinese forces regroup.
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Thay
Overland Mail
Akbar Khan
Nir Wm. Maghten
Akber Khan
Elphinstone
Cabul
Lord Eilenborough
Afghanistan
Jelelabad
Pollock
Nott
Jasper Nicholls
Delhi
Meerut
Kurnaul
Lord Ellenborough
Iit
Jellelabad
Jelelahad
Cabu River
Akher Khan
Jullelabad
Peshawar
Jumread
Mackenzie
Teezeen
Mahomed
General Pollock
Guzni
4Th Irregular Horse
Ferozepore
Brydon
Colin
Akbar
Cabal
Major Pottinger
Agra
Jelellabad
Authen
Conaily
Mohan Sell
Akbarixbaun
Fritte
Bala Hissar
el Atie
Ciadel
Jung
Ah Almeencola Khan
Aida
Ool
Akbarah
Jellelatad
Jiles
Sirdar
Catal
Abi Mucr ¢i
Saie
Akhasa
Adur
Pettinger
Zeman
Siassim
Khan
Trub Jung
Ameen
Barackzye
Stockadine
Akbar Rian
Anu
Peshawer
Nelabad
Akber
Bain
Cutial
Dellack
Fay
Hire
Oude
Ude
Lucknow
Sooryah Jah
Nuwayb Jaffer Ales Khan
India-house
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