Public meeting on window duties in St Marylebone
Distress from window tax is debated at a parish meeting in St Marylebone. Speakers condemn the tax as hostile to the poor, noting rising medical relief requests and calls for reform while the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company reports solid profits and planned dividends. A severe river flood impacts Bankside, Blackfriars, and surrounding districts with widespread property damage and flooded basements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Marylebone
Sievone Lane
Cooke
Te Coudieys
Duffill
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
St. Mary Axe
G. Q.de Larpents
Cspgly
Agasda
India
Meditranean
Peninsula
Tonian Isles
Nile
Bankside
London
Blackfriarsbridge
Jor
Founders’ Arms
Holland-street
Blackfriars
Fryer
Lyaston
Belvedere Road
PROVINCIAL FLOODS LEAD TO WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AROUND BRISTOL
In the Bristol area heavy rains and high tides flooded low districts, with beds of streams rising six feet or more. Bristol and Exeter railway near water, warehouses and wharves inundated, oats spoiled, and prized tan yards washed away. In Bedminster fields and roads submerged, and Broadway to Pennywell road flooded. Nearby towns report similar inundations and ongoing risk if weather persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Mills
Wewkindland-steet
Hope Estate
Merchant Street
Traitor’s Bridge
Pennywell-road
Bath
Bristol Bridge
Inke
Bedminster
Blackmore
Wning
Tikwar
Terra Firma
Bristol
Chichester
Wednslay
Archdeacon Mannning
Juds. Lennox
J.B. Freeland
George Wyndham
Guardians of the Poor
J. Fullagar
Reed
Ridge
Hertford
Francis
Nay“fount Smith
Capt
Tivian
Posventur
Edwards
Hertford Market
Benger
Knight
Jiong
Ts Tobbery
Field
Vici
Iuve
Ryder
M.P
Tuvilusivad
Birkhamstead
el the Ever
Swan
Notts Distress Meeting Raises Funds For Nottinghams Poor
Notting ham held a large meeting of wealthy residents to organize relief for distressed operatives. Subscriptions reached nearly £1,000 in the room with donors including Wrights and Lord Raccliffe. The effort sought to provide soup and bread to those with tickets distributed by committees. Nearby Southampton reports progress on an artesian well and a Taunton Agricultural Association meeting notes a record cattle display despite rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Rockingham
Nottingham
Moxpay
Wright
Henry ‘Smith
R. Morley
John Smith Wright
Rempstore-hall
Lord Raacliffe
Bunny-hall
George Larpent
Francis Wright
Henry Smith
J. C
Charles Wright
R. Peel
Southampton
Hants
Taunton Agricultural Association
England
New Civic Magistrates and Irish Appointments
Ireland reports list of gentlemen appointed as justices of the peace for Dublin Cork and Limerick with names from each city. Mentions Robert Lefroy and Sir Thomas Molyneux deaths and a discussion on Lord Chancellor Sugden amid politics, plus National Reprean Association meeting on ballot voting and a note on the Ordnance Survey progress in Limerick as engineers move to England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Dublin
Cork
Limerick
T. M.kenny
J. K. James
R. Smyth
Jacob West
Alexander Montgomery
G. Hoyte
J. Power
G. Roe
Rk. H. Kinahan
J. Boyce
P. Purcell
Sir E. Borough
J. Mackay
T. Wilson
J. Ennis
W. Long
S. Grehan
W. D. la Touche
J. M.donnell
W. H. Newenham
T. G. French
F. B. Beamish
TR. Sarsfield
S. Lane
J. Murphy
N. Dunscombe
S. Reeves
W. Sheehy
G. T. Baker
B. Gibbings
W. Copinger
H. B. Westropp
J. Roche
D. Leahy
Murphy
J. Besnard
W. P. White
John Bagnell
A. Spearing
J.P. Vereker
R. Franklin
H. Watson
R. Burke
W. Roche
W. Howley
M. Gavin
F. Spaight
S. Dickson
D. Barrington
M. Furnell
John Boyse
Seli
Dustin
Thomas Lefroy
Her Majesty
S Court of Exchequer
Baron Foster
the Common Pleas
Whce Johnson
Thomas Molyneux
Reynolds
Sackville-street
Sir George
Orange Organs
Edward Sugden
Limerick Chronicle
Lord Eliot
Eoward Sugden
O'Leary
Orange and
Times
Lord de Grey
Orange Party
Pennefather
National Reprean Association
Buggy
House of Commons
Common Council
Corporation
Burgesses
Fitzpatrick
O'Connell
John Power
Roe
United Kingdom
Colonel Bruen
M.P
Oak-park
H. K. Grogan Morgan
Jobnstown-castle
Verner
Church-bill
John M‘clintock
Dramcar
Crofton Moore Vandeleur
Kilrushhouse
James Emerson
Tennent
Tempo-house
Saunders
Orp
Resignations Rumors Sweep Scottish Sheriffships and Peer Reform
The Caledonian Mercury reports rumors that the dean of faculty will resign Kirkcudbright stewartry, and Adam Anderson may quit Perthshire sheriffdom after 1834. It also notes the Earl of Home may be elected by Scottish peers to the imperial parliament, replacing the late Earl of Elgin. An Aberdeen blaze at Blaikie and Sons devastates a brass foundry, with £4,000 to £5,000 loss, aided by the 71st regiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mons Scoren Law Coancis
Kirkcudbright
Adam Anderson
Perthshire
Duncan M‘neill
R. Peel
Caledonian Mercury
Earl of Home
Scotland
Earl of Elgin
Aberdeen
Messrs
John Blaikie and Sons
Littlejohn-street
Marischal College
71St Regiment
The Sea Totaller and the Cock Mermaid Yarn
A comic tale recounts a September voyage from Gravesend where a fishing net yields a six foot sea monster that proves to be Bob Bunce a reformed drinker turned sea totaller. The crew’s curiosity turns to humor as Bunce explains his transformation and struggle with excess water consumption and temperance zeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Glass Society
Gravesend
Jack
Jack Rogers
England
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
Fase
Bob Bunce
Deptford
Bob
Alorg
Cole's Wharf
Medway
Master
Sinbad
T. Hoop
Dawn of Aurora and the Buckeye Love
A poetic scene follows Aurora on purple wings delivering gifts of hope and joy to awaken nature but dense fog returns her face to tears. The maiden in youthful romance hurries to meet her lover with gifts of love and joy, yet her heart grows forlorn as love’s alloy turns sighs into tears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
An Aeronautic Tale of Fear and a Hoxton Passenger
A balloon ascent from Vauxhall features a nervous Mayor replaced by a stranger eager to ride. The traveler remains calm as sandbags shift, and the duo views Hoxton below. Sidebars recount Lord North and Rigby quips, Drury Lane theater intrigue, and a dramatic stage moment with Lady Hamilton.
Balloon peril in a lunatic ascent above earth
A narrator aboard a balloon with a deranged companion climbs uncontrollably higher. The maniac discards clothing, mocks danger, and boasts of vast mythical families while threatening to throw the narrator out and drift toward the moon, as terrifying fear grips the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weekly Chronicle
Miles
The Rainy Day by Longfellow in Bentley's Afiscellany
The verse depicts a cold dreary day with rain and wind while memory clings to the past. It urges the sad heart to be still as life’s sun hides behind clouds and fate is shared by all. Some days must endure dark weather and inner sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
New Tony
Teret
Wilice
Ikey
Newgate
Bridge-street
Ludgate-hill
Westminster-hall
Mrs. Solomons
Solomon
Solomons
Westminster
Barney
Isaac
Highgate
Drury-lane
Lyceum
Braham
Nelson
Mathews
Lady Hamilton
Hamilton
Horatia
Spring
Mrs. T
Tiptoff
Mrs. Horner
Bentley
H. W. Longfellow
A Friendly Bet Ends With a Regal Recovery in Calcutta
A dinner in Calcutta descends into street theater when a young ensign mocks a host. A heated wager on the host’s health ensues, wagering on apoplexy versus epilepsy. The ensign’s quick aid saves the host, shifting favor to the officer, now a lieutenant colonel, and ending the bet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
Europe
Bengal
Colonel T
Great Britain
Hindustaunee
Annanass
Aft
Danvers
Martin
Atkins
Somers
Coventry
Proposed Kensington Improvements and Rookery Clearance
Plans include removing rear crown land on Kensington High Street south side known as the Rookery. New buildings of a better class to replace. Ejectment actions started against current occupants, described as the lower order of Irish, long a nuisance to the town and vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kensington
Rookery
Military dispositions and battalion movements listed
Three companies at Jamaica. A detachment of the 91st at St Helena. The depots of the 7th and 97th foot to go to Chatham with the 19th to do so, and the 38th to Hull. The 30th and 76th to proceed from Bermuda to Nova Scotia. Cape Mounted Riflemen counted with cavalry. Infantry calculated by battalions. Source United Service Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Life Guards
Regent's Pk
de Hyde
Windsor Co
Canada
York Canada
Schofield Netherl
Nottingham
Dundalk Peninsula
Cahir
Newbridge
South America
Ballincollig
Germany
Dragoons
Leeds Netherl
Frajisié
Brighton
Bengal
Hussars
Manchester
India
Lancers
Dorchester
Peninsula
Dublin
Portugal
Hounslow
St. Drags
Ipswich
Bombay
Maidstone
Madras
Maidstone Iindia
Edinburgh
St John’s
Canada Co
Portanan
St Netherl
Fra
St.Geo
S Peninsula
Scots
Tower Peninsula
Wellington
Gibraltar
Waterford
Cork
Chatham
N.S
Wales
Filbury Fort
Cephalonia
Athlone
Deal C. Good Hope
Dover
Nova Scotia
Kinsale
Jamaica
Mauritius
Glasgow
Newport Do
Sunderland
Newry
West Indies
Woolwich
Canterbury
Ceylon
Aden
China
Malta
Gosport
Bermuda
Fermoy
V. Diem
Carlisle
Devonpe Canada
C.G. He Brecon C. Good Hope
C. G. Hope
Galway
C. Good Hope
N. S. Wales
Belfast
Mullingar
Portsmouth
Barbadoes
Buttevant
Carlow
N. Brunswk
Cashel Barbadoes
Nenagh
Corfu
Hull
Zante
N.S. Wales
Stirling
Londonder
Mediterranean
Chinary
Cape
D. Lan Y. Diem
Land
Demerara
Sith
Weedon Co. G
Armagh
N. S. Wes
Antigua
Jersey
Bolton
Newcon-T
Templmore
Plymouth
Vallaud
Chester
N Brunswk
Tralee
Aberdeen
Windsor
Limerick
Enniskillen
Sheerness
Paisley
Trinidad
Kilkenny
Amaica
Athlone Co
Boyle
Spike Island
Castlebar
Drogheda
Ceylon Newe
C.gd. Hope
Nwf
T. C
Newfound
W.ind.reg
Sierra Leo
S. Leone
Cape Mt.Rifle
C. G. Hope Ceylon Rifles
R. Malta
Fencb
R. Canad. Reet
Canada Cavalry
England
Scotland
Treland A
Guernsey
Tonian Islands
New Brunswick
Cape of Good Hope
van Diewen’s Land
New South Wales
Msia
Newfoundland
Helena
Africa
91St
St. Helena
Cape Mounted Riflemen
United Service Gazette
Floggings Rise in the Navy and Shipwreck Tragedy Hit Emigrants
A Hampshire Independent report condemns renewed flogging in the navy, promising public exposure of alleged offenders after noting thirteen floggings this week. Separately, the barque Amanda, carrying emigrants from Limerick to Canada, was wrecked in the Gulf of the St Lawrence on September 26 with 42 deaths. 12 sailors and 29 passengers perished, while seven others survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampshire Independent
Dreaprut
Amanda
Limerick
Canada
Gulf of the River St. Lawrence
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Saat
Literary Chronicle
Head
Colburn
Campbell
Frederick the Great
His Times
Fane
Herand
Sherwood and Co
Wade
Effingham Wilson
the Mirror
Cunningham
Hooper
Punch
Thornton
Allen and Co
Rowland East
Charles Dibdin
Wessell and Stapylton
New B Monthly
the Sea Totaller
Vauxhall
Hoxton
Fraser's Magazine
Lord North
Rigby
Providence
Samuel Spring
Drury
Wroughton
Antony
Jemima
Mr. Titmarsh
Gus
Mr. Sam
Mrs. Stokes
Morning Post
Grosvenor-square
Tiptoi
Falk
Brads
van Street
Clonmel Birr
Canterby
Chatham Longford
Gibraltar Co. Co
N.S. Wi
Barbadoe
Canade
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