Anarchist Clash with No Property Men and Radical Echoes
A dense critique of chartists and no property advocates. The Weekly Chronicle defends property rights, opposes universal suffrage schemes, and questions Bronterre O’Brien. It contrasts republicanism with monarchy, cites Madison and Jefferson, and warns against mob or Lynch law.
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Weekly Chronicle
Joe Miller
Messrs
Lord Darham
England
Todmorden
Huddersfield
United States
Bronterre O’brien
Bronterre
Mr. Bronterre
Feargus O'Connor
Chronicle
Feargus O’connor
Shakspeare
National Convention
James Graham
Cumberland Freeholders
James Madison
Bentham
Stephens
Battle of Prescott detailed insurgent and loyalist actions
An 1838 Prescott battle account outlines insurgent lines at the mill and barn hospital, loyalist advances to houses, and the final rout after American steam-boat actions. It notes Col Young's reported death then correction, Oswegatchie River proximity, and distances Ogdensburgh to Prescott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Col. Young
Ogdensburgh
Telegraph
Great Britain
Oswegatchie
St. Lawrence
Prescott
Mill
Mile Point
Recruiting drives twentieth army regiments and empire notes
The article notes extensive recruitment in twenty one regiments. It recalls Waters as the sole surviving engineer present at Quatre Bras and describes Wellington marking ground at Waterloo. It also reports clerical intolerance rebuked, postal consolidations, papal attire details, and Ireland's OConnell tribute collections with rising totals near 15000 pounds.
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Tur
Waters
Quatre Bras
Waterloo
Duke of Wellington
Herbert Jenner
Mary Woolfrey
Court of Arches
Oxford-street
Cornhill
Charingcross
St. Peter
Morocco
O'Connell
Dreii
O’connell
Ireland
Dublin
Public meeting in Sunderland on Earl of Durham return
The Sunderland and Durham County Herald reports a December 7 1838 gathering led by Mayor Joseph Simpson to address the Earl of Durham on his return to England. Resolutions praise his governance of Canada and urge support amid colonial strife and parliamentary opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunderland
Durham
Lord Durham
England
Joseph Simpson
B. Ogden
W. Bell
Dr. Brown
Alderman Sharp
T. B. Torback
W. Morley
A. J. Moore
W. B. Walker
Addison Fenwick
Earl of Durham
Canada
United States
Horrors at Villamalefa and Dignitaries Visit at Alnwick Castle
Reports recount Cabrera ordering attacks on children defending Villamalefa and note later royal reception for Grace Darling and her father at Alnwick Castle with gold medallions from the Royal Humane Society. Other items include a Brixton child death, Great Western fare, and a debate on Sunday post deliveries in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cabrera
Villamalefa
M. van de Weyer
Marshal Soult
Lord de Manley
Portland-place
Europe
Count de Fernan- Nunez
Prince de Polignac
Viscount de Chatelbriand
Prince de Laval-Montmorency
Yarmouth
Bury
Alnwick Caastle
Grace Darling
Alnwick Castle
Darling
Royal Humane Society
Fern Islands
Grace
Duke and Duchess of Northumberland
Hecline
Newcastle Journal
Suprosep CuiLp
Murprer
Clapham New Park
Brixton Hill
Streatham-common
Brixton
Tooting
Streatham
Great Western
Bristol Mirror
Eliot's Boulogne Duel Tie Ends With Police Escort
The article recalls Eliot, linked to a recent ruffianly duel that killed Mirfin, continuing quarrels in Boulogne. During a billiards dispute, he threatened violence until a Frenchman, aware of his notoriety, challenged him. Police arrived with gendarmes who warned Eliot to behave or be escorted to Dover. The opponent is identified as the son of the Bee of Pas de Calais.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Walsingham
Lord
Bury
Marryatt
van Buren
Amos Kendall
New York Whig
Regent’s Canal
Macclesfield Bridge
Thomas Neave
Albemare-street
Dears
New-road
Ann Butler
St. John’s Wood-bridge
Cologne
Marguaret
Buda
Pest
St. Margaret
Belas IV
Hungary
Rizzio
Covent-garden Theatre
Macready
Morning Herald
Thames Police
Lambeth-street
Worship-street
Coldbathfields
Clerkenwell
Newgate
Metropolitan Police
Thames
Broderip
Eliot
Mirfin
Boulogne
Piccadilly
Mr. Eliot
Dover
Department of the Pas de Alais
Sunderland Herald
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Battle OF
Francis Street
Marlborough-street
S. d. Marlboroughe Street
Michael and John’s Estland-Row
Er pRabria
St. Catherine’s
St. Nicholas
St. James’s
St. Audeon
Bathamore
St. Michan’s
Booterstown
Blackrock
Anay
St. Paul Parish
Price
BABL
the Postage Weekly Chronicle
London
Westminster
Her Majesty’s Treasury
Bankery
Times of the
8Th Vlt
Everyoe
Kensington
Tottenham
Scotland
Edinburgh
Sir Edward Lees
Government of
Cloyne
Canterbury
Edward Lees
Godby
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