Chartist Meetings in the Metropolis
Large Kennington common gathering seen as a festive show rather than a political rally with police deployed and about 1,300 to 1,400 officers clearing the site. Clerkenwell Green also saw a roughly 1,500 to 2,000-strong crowd resisting Inspector Penny and Barton, with missiles and arrests as authorities moved to disperse the mob.
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Kennington Common
Metropolitan Police Force
Kennington
Horns Tavern
Islington
Clerkenwell
Stepney
Kennington-common
L&2
Victoria
Riccard Maggnee
Metropolis
Feargus O'Connor
Blackfriars-road
Clerkenwell Green
Paddington
Inspector Penny
Clerkenwell-green
Penny
G Division
Bagnigge-wells-road
Massey
Barton
King
Hicks
Star Barton
Taxing Liquor Debts and Parish Settlements in 24 Geo.2
Correspondence notes a North Shields act prohibiting recovery of spirituous liquor debts unless bona fide at least 20 shillings delivered at one time, plus rules on minor children liability, year of service settlements, and vested interests in reversion. Also includes queries on wills, executor duties, and parish support obligations.
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North Shields
H.B
Jane
D. B
Court of Chancery
M. M
Hau
London Paddington mob clashes at harbor meeting ends in arrests
Superintendents Williamson and Bicknell and Inspector Black faced a mob at Paddington station and bridge. Police cleared the bridge after six, stones and bricks were thrown, with repeated charges to disperse the crowd. About 10,000 were present. 17 in custody plus one stabbing charge, Bow Street to hear Tuesday.
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Williamson
Bicknell
Inspector Black
Paddington
Green
Newmarket
Menden
Kennington
Common
Hermitage-street
Bow Street Police Court
Drowned Boys in River Incidents Near London Docks
A sixteen year old, John Farmer, son of a Blackfriars lighterman, was drowned after being struck by a tiller on the Francis Charles off the Tower. His father offers five pounds for the body. A porter at Billingsgate fell overboard while lifting oysters from a smack and vanished. John Williams, a waterman of the General Steam Navigation Company, fell from a hulk while guiding a barge and drowned. his body was recovered and taken to a public house, then a surgeon, but he died. His widow fears imminent confinement.
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Weekly Chronicle
Kennington Common
England
London
J. Anderson
Tug
Brixton
Hampshire
Robert Owen
Harmony Hall
Robert Gwen
Hiarmony Hall
Tytherly
Broughton
Reform Club
T. W. Muskerr
Duke of Orleans
Peterloo
House of Commons
Henry Hunt
Paris
France
Justitia
Deller
Tyro—Tait
Cambrensis
Ff’e
Faran
John Farmer
Billingsgate Market
John Williams
General Steam Navigation Company
Lower Thames-street
Jower-street
Woolwich
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
Scotland
Frederick Wood
Royal George
Charles St. Clair
Caledonia
William Southey
Coast-Guard
Salamander
Simpson H. Ricketts
F. J. Diggins
A. Kynaston
Shearwater
Robert Coote
C. J.P. Glinn
Lightning
H. V. Poulett
Pique
Henry Forbes
Wolf
Courtenay C. Hayes
Fearless
Frederick Bullock
John Washington
A.S. Hamond
G. Snell
Windsor Castle
Buckingham-castle
Windsor
Prince Albert
Castle
Nore
Craps. Royal
Blore
Buckingham Palace
Chapel Royal
St. James's
Edward
Keppel
Wumpsor Castle
Togo
Royal Household
Royal George Yacur
Steid
Archbishop OF Canterbury
Lambeth-palace
Lord Hill
Duke of Cambridge
Marquis of
Anglesey
Edward Paget
George Murray
Duke of Wellington
Fitzroy Somerset
Naval and Military Gazette
Prince Greorge
W. Beckett
Beckett
Prince George
Campfield
Holbeck
Messrs Titley
Tatham
Walker
Brotherton
Leeds Times
Stephen Aldhouse
Allhallows Church
Lombard-street
Wandeworth
Paynter
Steele
Mr. Bowditch
Central Criminal Court
Time Calculations for Sunrise Sunsets and Tides in Britain
Guide to computing sunrise and sunset times by latitude with offsets per degree from 50 80 minutes and 51 80 minutes. Also provides high water times at major ports with specific hour and minute adjustments for Bristol Orkney Falmouth Hull Milford Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow Southampton and notes other harbors.
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Great Britain and Ireland
London Dock
Bristol
Ork
Cova
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Southampton
Disturbed Districts and Chartist Strife Across Cities
The Weekly Chronicle reviews disturbances in Manchester Leeds and Birmingham noting resumed work, limited violence, and local confidence tactics. It defends Sheffield leaders, condemns coercion, and links anti Corn Law agitation to wider political conflict.
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Sheffield
Birmingham
Leeds
James Graham
Manchester
Oldham
Merthyr Tidvil
Lancashire
Harney
Northern Star
Holberry
England
London
Homer Stansfield
Marshall
Home Office
Home Secretary
Anti-Corn Law League
Morning Post
The
Morning Herald
League
Potteries
Nationwide Guard and public opinion shift foretold
The piece argues for arming continuity through a National Guard and fears that a majority could dominate if the country is armed. It questions innovators and suggests accepting the general opinion as inevitable, hoping for peaceful transition amid rising tensions.
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National Guard
Treaty With the United States Sealed By Ashburton Mission
The Great Western reports that two treaties between England and the United States settle disputed matters. One fixes the boundary line while the other handles minor questions. Senate consideration is underway with little doubt of ratification. Lord Ashburton’s mission is hailed as a great service benefiting both nations.
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Great Western
England
United States
Senate
Lord Ashburton
New York
Natal disaster shows British policy mismanagement in Natal
The piece argues a five year brewing storm near the Cape has escalated into direct Dutch Boer hostility over Natal. It criticizes Lord Stanley and Lord John Russell for poor policy on slaves and borders, condemns Captain Smith’s small force against 3,000 Boers, and calls for accountability in Downing Street and the Cape.
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Cape of Good Hope
Cape
England
Downing Street
Lord Stanley
Lord John Russell
Lord John
Natal
Ocean
Colonial Office
Robert Eel
Smith
Lord Normanby
John Russell
Thiers Reconciles With Louis Philippe Alarming France
The Regency Bill debate signals a split as Monsieur Thiers distances from the Left. He accepts support from Barrot’s faction while condemning their political principles. Thiers argues for strengthening the Orleans Dynasty by passing the Regency Bill with a large majority, a stance that troubles his former allies and critics alike.
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Monsieur Guizot
Monsieur Thiers
Louis Philippe
Monsieurdillon Barrot
National
Courier Francais
John Russell
Orleans
Monsieur Barretts
Thiers Shifts Power and France Faces Europe Peace
Paris notes Thiers boosted the government with 100 votes in a pivotal speech. The move is seen as advancing his return to power, potentially reshaping ministerial lines before the chamber session. Guizot’s position appears endangered as Thiers courts a union free from the Left.
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France
Paris
Monsieur Thiers
England
Europe
Monsieur Guizot
Royal Navy orders for Queen's voyage to Scotland
The article lists officers assigned to vessels for the royal voyage to Scotland from Windsor and Woolwich. It notes ships like the Pique Wolf and Salamander, captains and lieutenants, and details the planned route and timing forQueen Victoria and Prince Albert’s embarkation. It also reports on Windsor Castle security upgrades and the ongoing renovations of the Royal George yacht.
Income Tax and City Finance Notes in London
The piece reports on income tax rulings affecting deductions for a physician’s carriage and horses, wage reductions by a London building firm to meet tax burdens, and a formal review by the City of London coal, corn, and finance committee. It also covers ecclesiastical notices, new church building in St Pancras, and local civic topics including monument railings and a Vidocq arrest.
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London
Corporation OF London
Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee
Corporation of
City of
Chamberlain
Her
Worcester
All Saints
St. Pancras
Donaldson
Henry Hughes
Bedford Chapel
Bloomsbury
Duke of Bedford
City Lands Committee
Vidocq
Gouffe
Bobby
Marklane
Newcastle Journal
Ulysses
Lakeman
Marseilles
W.N.W
Corsica
N.N.W
Ajaccio
Napoleon Bonaparte
Motharep Bovy
Tooley-street
Phenix-wharf
Dublin Police Doings in a Drunken Dublin Vendor Tale
A Dublin newsvendor Paddy Minto experiences a rapid rise and fall of fortune in a Friday night episode. After selling papers, sheltering in a pub, and quarreling with porters and a discarded servant, he confronts the station house and a police constable while intoxicated and loud. The magistrate fines him for drunkenness and assault, with the punishment of ten days if unpaid.
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Paddy Minto
Dublin Newsvendor
Paddy
Oracle
China
Ireland
Robert
Daniel O’connell
Khyber Pass
Feargus O'Connor
Minto
Ebee
Sam
Pathrick
Remmy Mulcahy
Fourward
Mr. Minn
Remmy
Mr. Mulcahy
Partikler
Beyant Industherin
Allisey
Constabulary
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Restau i
A .T
Mayne
Great Western Railway
Paddington Green
Westbourne Green
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John v
Murphy Fair
Legh
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St. John the Baptist
Murdy
Ferce
Torspay
Spalding Fair
Murphy
Legly Fair
Meteo
Weonerspay
Tuersday
British Museum
Leghc
E.N.M
Thunsday
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