Shannon steam packet on fire near Plymouth
The Shannon steam packet Captain Moppett of the British and Irish Steam Packet Company endured a severe fire on Friday night while docking at Plymouth Catwater. Crowded with 120 passengers traveling to Southampton Falmouth Dublin and Plymouth the vessel fought the blaze with aid from local docks and naval forces. Passengers and crew escaped largely unharmed with only a few reported near misses and some women nearly falling overboard during the evacuation. The cause remains unknown though spontaneous ignition of cargo is suspected.
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Plymoore
Shannon Steam Packet
Moppett
British and Irish Steam Packet Company
Thames
Southampton
Plymouth
Falmouth
Dublin
Catwater
Smnoke
Thirsty
Woolwich
Avon
Bennett
Bill
Catledown
Dames
County and Weat of England
Her Majesty's Customs
Walter
J.B Dixon God
H.T. Veitch
Queen
Plymouth Citadel
Mth
Barlow
Maxwell
Protheroe
T. Shaw
Calumbus
Hill
Shaw
Shannon
Purmeers
Fagan
Ireland
Alrs. Jarrett
Gennys
R.N
Miner
London
PlyMovurn
Cattedown
Duke of Cornwall Steam Packet
Kempton
Narrow Escape at the Swedish Palace by a Lunatic Duke
A deranged man, Piaten, attempted to confront King with two pistols at Stockholm's palace. He discharged one shot injuring no one, while another pistol shot grazed Count Von Horn’s cheek. Captured, he claimed title Duke of Bourbon and demanded punishment for past confinement. deemed insane and returned to Danviken lunatic asylum.
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Ran
Peyron
Count Horv
Piaten
Dalecarlia
Danviken
Stockholm
Danyiken
Post Och Inrikes Tidninger
von Platen
Ely
Thesesagsin
Duke of Bourbon
Navy
Afton Blad
A- G. G. von Platin
C. A. von Platin
Highway Robbery and Attempted Murder in Hertford Town
In Hertford a shocker of a case opened as Charles Pearse and Benjamin Smith faced magistrates for highway robbery and attempted murder. James Jarvis, the wounded earthenware hawker, testified detailing a brutal assault in which he was beaten, robbed of a comb and knife, with £4-5 hidden, and a plan to murder him. Witnesses placed the two prisoners at the scene. Pearse’s bloody clothes were found at his mother’s home. Both were committed for trial. Nearby items include notes from the Literary Gazette and Leeds Mercury with various notices and a Belfast court confession by Sloan and Magee, describing a long criminal career and transportation for years.
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Btxe Scuveron
Tae
Wwe
William Symonds
Admiralty
Albion
Windsor
J. T. Bedborough
Eton
Windsor and
Windsor, Eton, and South Western Railway
Richmond
Staines and Datchet
Thames
Eton Playing Fields
Little Park
Great Western
Slough
Brocas Clamp
Great Western Railway
Hayter
M.P
Barlow
Saunders
The
South Western
Locke
Maidenhead
London
Bristol
Cookesley
Eton College
Clewer
Eton Mantern
Eton Mers
Coleridge
Tondan
Bron, Clewer
Town Hall
Henrronv
Mr. Mills
Charles Pearse
Benjamin Smith
Hertford
James Jarvis
Welling
Horse Shoes
Ware
Datchworth
Jarvis
Fishwood
Halloa
Smith
Pearse
William Hyde
Jarvia
Luggang Gazette
Literary Gazette
Isat
Wellington
Hyde Perk
Punch
Lordehin
Leeds Mercury
Bercrar
Belfast
John Sloan
Peter Trainor
Frederick M‘cann
Patrick Magee
Catherine M'Culloch
Sloan
House of Correction
Magee
Hugh Boyle
Liverpool
Alagee
America
Jong
Charles Lawrence
Nonot Magee
Nottingham Charlie
North John-street
Ianother
England
Tam
Mayee
Metropolis Early Closing Meeting Endorses Reform Movement
A public soirée at Hanover Square Rooms presided by B. B. Cabbell MP featured addresses from Dr Archer, Rev Hughes, Cochrane, Howitt, and Nash. Speakers urged public support for early closing, praising the fair sex, education gains, and moral benefits, with the aim of shortening shop hours and improving workers’ welfare.
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Hanover Square
B. B. Cabbell
Eng
M.P
Dr. Archer
H. Hughes
Cochrane
Howitt
Nash
Cubbell
Lim
Jivar
Hear
Iedies
Covent Garden Theatre
Times Pewspaper
London
Rand
Mr. Cochrane
Hewitt
Archer
Hughen
Central Protection Society Calls January Meeting on Malt Tax
At the Central Society for the Protection of Agriculture and British Industry monthly session on Thursday at 17 Old Bond Street the malt tax repeal was discussed and a resolution was adopted to convene a meeting on January 12 to consider the subject.
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Tne Central Protection Society
Central Society For the Proection of Agriculture and British Industry
Old Dond Street
Calendar of Dec 13 1646 sunrise sunset notes and tides
A dated calendar fragment lists methods to compute sunrise and sunset by latitude with bias adjustments, and high water times for major ports with multiple city-specific offsets. It includes religious dates, term notes for Cambridge and Oxford, and details about Advent Sundays, moon age, day length, and dawn/dusk times.
Juvenile Delinquency and a Pocket Picking Case
A seven year old boy on Westminster Bridge is found with a shilling and three sixpences after being caught stealing. The serjeant and judge debate punishment, parental responsibility, and a call to avoid mass imprisonment, noting 1,600 prior cases of child convictions and exploring a system that hides facts from the public.
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Adams
Westminster Bridge
Serjeant
Adama
Thore
Thia
Serjeant Adams
Westminster’s Wealthy Urged to Halt Juvenile Delinquency
Hill calls Birmingham to seek Westminster benevolence to curb the alarmingly high 1,600 juvenile convictions among seven to fifteen year olds in one year. He urges nobles and the wealthy to shoulder responsibility, warning of future danger and social misery if action is avoided or delayed.
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Svven
Westminster
England and France and the Question of Alliances
The article argues against press pushing a stark English versus French alliance. It urges separating from suspicions of coinciding opinions, warns against exclusive alliances as covert humility provoking retaliation, and questions the practical utility of treaties unless special circumstances demand careful conventions. It condemns treating treaties as similar to credit and Vienna conventions and calls for clarity over alliance principles.
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France
Credit
Vienna
The Case of the Irish Nun examined in law and bias
A critical discussion of a Court of Chancery decision involving a noblewoman who became a nun and ceded £1000 to her convent under duress. The piece argues the ruling upholds duress and that law, not Protestant bias, governed, noting the Reformation ended the Mortmain principle and restored civil rights to all who profess religion.
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Ireland
Court of Chancery
Westminster Hall
the Times
Catholica
University Charters and Proctor Powers Under Scrutiny
The Cambridge and Oxford authorities claim charters granting entry and arrest powers over women in the streets, a claim debated as legal yet dangerous. A Cambridge coroner's inquest details a nineteen year old woman seized by the Proctor, alleged only by her street presence, highlighting potential violence and unsafe custody in University Prison conditions.
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Cambridge
Oxford
Unnamed Student’s Death Reported from University Dungeon
A disoriented account claims a student confined overnight was released with an admonition and died from damp, cold conditions. The writer argues murder by neglect, urging Inspector of Prisons or Attorney General action, and proposes indictments or jury inquiry to end abuse in the dungeon.
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Priaris
Her Majesty
Old and Young Ireland in a Flag of Truce
Conciliation Hall signals truce to Ro tun da as Young Ireland debates, both sides seen as equally risky. Repeal fades in importance while fair play stands out. O Connell hints at pardon if rebels defect, but nation writers fear treachery and urge open fighting to avoid capture.
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Rotunda
O’connell
Smith O'Brien
England not Switzerland in spirit or practice quackery abroad
A critical essay denounces English tendency to adopt foreign quackery in religion medicine education and law two centuries ago and argues that national character and conditions differ from Swiss examples. The piece mocks importation of foreign systems and warns against copying their flaws while noting England outlived such quirks and remains distinct.
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France
Switzerland
Tuglis
Sismondi
England
Hahnemann and
Pressnitz
Herod
Willy
Nilly
Whigs Fight War and Slavery in Rising Elections
The piece argues America will split into two free Republics over War and Anti Slavery issues, warning that Whigs seek to vindicate their peace policy and anti slavery stance. It cites the Irish labour situation, noting rising employment and cost, and praises limited government action as a means to aid self help amid Ireland’s crisis.
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America
Morning Chronicle
Ireland
Sugar Cotton and Wool Samples Sent Abroad by Miller
Reports from Liverpool Times note samples of sugar, cotton, and wool of excellent quality forwarded by Miller’s steamer to the consul general, highlighting attractive effects for underwriters. Scarcity of fruit in Retford drives high prices in the Sheffield market with apples selling at half a peck per acre, and good table fruit hard to obtain. Doncaster Gazette.
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Sandwich
Miller
Liverpool Times
Retford
Sheffield
Doncaster Gutette
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King of
Sweden
Metropolis Early Closing Association
Great Britain and Ireland
Lunston-Dockies
York
Cove
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighwn
Cowes
Dover
Holyhead
Port Glasgow
Seunway
Sunda
Tsaish
Isaiah
Peter i
Wen
Lowpus
Pkoness
Hicca
Ben
Sanday
Tue
the Weekly Chronicle
University Police
OLD and Young Ireland
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