Court mourning scandal shocks French court diplomacy
La Siecle reports a royal scene at the Tuileries where Austria’s minister wore mourning dress, provoking indignation from Thiers and Marshal Gerard. The King retreated as the ex-Premier warned he would deny entry to a foreign envoy in mourning. Duchess Valencay’s deep mourning astonished all. A band reform followed to play two new marches in the King’s presence. The Three per Cents dividend, about £92,000, will be paid by Ricardo. Rothschild previously secured with property near the Tagus.
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France
Austria
Charles X
Ricardo
Rothschild
Tagus
Englishman Hawkins held in Bayonne as Carlist plots unfold
Report from Bayonne outlines the detention of Mr George Hawkins an Englishman connected to Carlist intrigues The narrative covers his first arrest for alleged dispatches to the Pretender and a later failed mission to pass to Carlist headquarters He was seized by gendarmes paroled to Bordeaux and re arrested near St Espinque while disguising as a Basque peasant The piece also notes Spanish forces pursuing Gomez Narvaez and Rivero with Redil’s division near Montilla and Cordova Seville and Grenada in pursuit of the Serrania de Ronda
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Spain
Cartist Enissantes
Bayonne
George Hawkins
Don Misuel
Hawkins
St. Leon
London
England
Baron Haber
Bordeaux
Monsieur le Sub-Perfect
St.Espink
Maison d’Arret
Madrid
Gomez
Serrania’ de Ronda
Serrania
Grenada
Seville
Gibraltar
Rivero
Redil
Montilla
Alaix
Cordova
Narvaez
Cortes
New World
Portugal turmoil quoted in Lisbon notes and brigades
The dispatch describes revolutionary clubs shaping constitutional debates in Portugal. Ministers seek 1820 charter changes, while National Guards threaten resignations to pressure the Queen. Reports of insurrection in Braga, anti-Portuguese plots, and a looming crisis are mixed with unrelated items on a balloon exhibit, Austrian moves, and obituaries.
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Portugal
Liston
Navy
Gays
Caldeira
National Guards
Bandeira da Sa
Braga
Don Miguel
Oidoria
Algarves
Duke of
Modena
Oporto
Execution ordered for five Kleptic chiefs in Nauplia
From Athens dated October 22 comes word that in a few days five famed Kleptic leaders face execution at Nauplia. A Grecian barrister defending the Kindrojanni shouted a plea. the crowd replied that it is Kleptics, not Grecian blood, that must be shed. The tribunal then delivered a unanimous death sentence.
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Greece
Athens
Kindrojanni
Nauplia
Persian army moves on Herat as reforms loom in Porte
Telegrams from Teheran describe the Persian army encamped near Kolpansk fifteen days from Teheran, showing desertion and sickness. Officers abandon camp except Captain Stoddart while Sir Henry Bethune hesitates to lead, and Hadji Meerza Aghasi’s intrigues hamper reform. News on Hussein Pacha’s arrest in Tripoli parallels a broader push to reform the Porte, abolish sinecures, and restructure revenue collection. The new commercial treaty stalls due to distant British-Porte ties. The plague worsens with the southerly wind, killing over a thousand daily.
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Constantinople
Teheran
Herat
Kolpansk
Stoddart
Henry Bethune
Tabriez
Hadji Meerza Aghasi
Russia
M‘neil
Tripoli
Hussein Pacha
Cap
Musrafa
Porte
Mahomet Ali
Apprenticed Labourers in Berbice Challenge Emancipation Critics
In Berbice British Guiana apprentices sign a petition to Governor William IV expressing gratitude for measures advancing freedom and urging peaceful conduct. The document, headed by Quamy Tim among others, protests opposition to emancipation and calls for restraint by those who oppose it. The writer urges enemies of emancipation to curb their rage and avoid insult.
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Guiana
Berbice
Quamy Tim
New Amsterdam
British Guiana
William Iiv
Circling mystery in Swanbourne as local death scare grows
In Swanbourne a body found in a cow-house sparked an inquest with a verdict of death by visitation of God though a doctor later doubted the death, leaving villagers unsettled as discussions of trance arise and visitors flock to the scene.
Bank notes theft and a fatal apprentice tale in London
Information reached police of lost bank notes and securities with a clerk who vanished from a cab near St Martin's Le Grand. The carpet bag with valuables was recovered, two cabmen rewarded, and a young printer's apprentice near Monmouth Street faced a suicide attempt and hospitalization. A separate hearing involved Peter Curgenven, alias Thompson, alias Peters, accused of defrauding tradesmen with forged or improper bills, aided by an Ordnance Office clerk. the court discharged the prisoner after questioning the clerk's admissions as to the acceptance.
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St. Martin’s-le-Grand
John
Daniel Forrester
Suicipe
Henry Sheppard
Dovecourt
Lombard-street
St. Mar Wcolnoth Church
Lessis
Monmouth Street
Messrs. Harrison
Abchurch Lane
East India Docks
St. Catharine’s Dock
West India Dock
Bill Derarens
Peter Curgenven
Thompson
Peters
Ordnance Office
Flower
Warman
Mr. Flower
Mr. Satchwell
London
Ordnance
Mr. Hobler
England
Ordnance Department
Ordnance Clerk
Whitecross-street
Three Lads For Walworth Robbery Case At Guildhall
Francis Shearman, John Noble, and Robert Debense faced Alderman Wilson for theft of a trunk with about £60 in cash and valuables from Thomas Shearman in Amelia Street Walworth. Benjamin Alexander was charged with receiving. A 15 year old boy admitted involvement and led officers to the other suspects.
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Thomas Shearman
Shearman
George Crawley
Waller
West-street
George Public-House
St. Giles’s
Noble
Debense
Alderman Wilson
Crawley
Alexander
Aldermaan Wilson
Walworth Road
Stuscle
Giles
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Foreign Intelligence
Literary Gazette
Messrs. Herries,and Co
St. James’s-street
Ransom and Co
Pall Mall
Praed and Co
Fleet-street
Puget and Co
St. Paul’s-churchyard
Veres and Co
Latouche and Co
Dublin
Forbes and Co
Edinburgh
John Bull
Hotel de Ville
Green
Galignani
Cracow
Republic
M. Liebermann
Thame
Oxon
Ann Cooper
Mary Cooper
Haddenham
Field
Mr. Z. Cooper
West Indies
Country News
Aylesbury
Swanbourne
Bath
Waterloo
Keevil
Saving’s Bank
Chelmsford
Franklin
Roydon
Essex
White House Farm
Halstead
Robert B. Wyatt
Cut Hedge
Jarman
Butcher
Griffin Inn
Wyatt
Hicuwar Rospiery
Byass
Rayleigh
South Bemfleet
Wheatley’s Lane
Gloucester
George Merrett
Newham
Cheltenham
Wotton
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Guernsey
Herm
Great Russell
Deroute
Walifax
Benjamin Dickenson
Dickenson and Son
Manchester
Lancaster
Lees
Bottomley
Inverness
Cape Wrath
Northumberland
Orkney
Shetland
Moray Frith
Fraserburgh
Peterhead
Aberdeen
Scotland
Berwick-upon-Tweed
North Sunderland
Liverpool
Osborne
Dreaprut
George Barnes
Kingstreet
Chancery-lane
Great Ancoats-street
Ancoats Bridge
Cotton Tree
Saville Street
Oxford Read
Kindling
Hugh Mahon
Forster
New Court, New Bailey
W. Golland
Royal Infirmary
Mitehanma
W. Carter
Surrey
Three Kings-inn
Mitcham
William Fisher
Joseph Gordon
W. Simpson
Parkplace
Monmouth
Bristol
Union
Edwards
Pembridge Castle
America
White Castle
Sheffield
Suochine Murper
Joseph Farmer
Fargate
Joseph Wilks
Palmer
Wilks
Thomas Hunt
Badger
York Castle
Suffolk
M‘culloch
17Th Lancers
Norwich
Ipswich
Tamworth
Union Inn
Measham
Ashby
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Moira
Coleort
Murper
Truro
Elizabeth Stoddern
John Stoddern
Richard May
May
Worcester
Stone Prior
Misson
John Pinder
la France
d’Angouleme
Duchess de Berry
Hackworth
New Sheldon
St. Petersburgh
Newcastle
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