Melancholy Wairau Affray Report From New Zealand Colonist
The New Zealand Colonist recounts the April 15 to June 16 Wairau clash as surveyors under Cotterell Parkinson and Barnicoat faced armed Māori led by Rauparaha and Rangiharata. The warrant raid ended in a massacre of captives, with Wakefield England Thompson and others killed, and survivors fleeing or perishing. The piece urges a militia law to protect settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Wairau
Messrs
Cotterell, Parkinson
Barnicoat
New Zealand Company
Nelson
Rauparaha
Rangiharata
Porirua
Court of Land Claims
Joseph Toms
Spain
Toma
Rangibarata
Queen Charlottte
Cotterell
Tuckett
Wakefield
Thompson
Reuparaha
Rangibsiata
Surve
Mr. Thompson
John Brooke
England
Richardson
Patchett
Howard
Bellairs
Ferguson
Tua Mautine
Tua Marino
Rauparaba
Port Underwood
Cloudy Bay
Wellington
Ironside
Manewatu
Kitpep
H. A A. Thompson
G. R. Richardson
William Clanzay
Thomas Ratcliffe
William Northam
Thomas Pay, Coster
James M.gregor
William Gardner
Ely Cropper
Henry Bamforth
Thomas Tyrrell
Isaac Smith
Missinc
Malen
Edward Stokes
Thos. Hannan
John Burton
The
New Zealand Colonist
Great Western and Great Britain steam ships plans and profits
At a Bristol meeting the Great Britain was slated for a February experimental trip with a January 2 proprietor meeting to decide on a New York line run by May, directors authorized to borrow £10,000 to finish the ship. Great Western earned £5,600 net and proposed a 50s dividend per share. Dr. Lardner, famed lecturer, is praised for travel, lectures, and public reach despite haters. The Liverpool Albion reports a copper ingot swindle case ending in a year’s imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Western and
Great Britain Steam Ship Company
Bristol
Great Britain
Great Western
New York
Lardner
Liverpool Albion
Babet
Bouchy
Galignant
Barber
Clarkson
Anne Slack
Smith Street
Chelsea
Hulme
Mr. Hulme
Miss Slack
Bath
Captain Fosketh
Doctors Commons
Wills
Smith-street
South-terrace
Emma Slack
Bank of England
Anne Strack
Jaxe Peexins
William Williams
Messrs
Emma Stack
Anne Stack
Francis-street
Tottenham-court-road
Rose Hill
Abbot's Langley
Herts
Mr. Clarkson
J. Wills
Daniel Forrester
Joshua Fletcher
Brunswick Terrace
Walworth Road
Slack
Westminster
Barker
Tottenham Court Road
Market Street
Market
Francisstreet
Tottenham
Court-Road
London Reform Meeting Highlights Pearson and Hickson
A nearly full London tavern hears Mr. Pearson defend his city service from Westminster Review charges. He recounts early reforms, police cooperation, and city finances, contrasting with the Review’s figures and praising the Greenwich Grammar School funding shifts. The Tuesday session continues with further argument and self‑defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. C. Pearson
W. E. Hickson
Westminster Review
London
Travers
Mr. Pearson
Hickson
Pearson
Daniel Whittle Harvey
Bishopsgate
Hardy
Tooke
Thelwell
Hone
Wooler
Farringdon
Court of Common Council
Livery Company
Corporation
City Grammar School
Mr. Eliot
Lord Brougham
Charity Commission
Carpenter
Tunbridge Grammar School
City Police
Metropolitan Police
Metropolitan
Westminster
Westmister
West End
Manchester
Wales
Marylebone
Corporation of London
Corporation of
Death by Starvation Linked to Workhouse Relief Failures
The coroner's inquest heard that Martha Robinson, 70, and her two dependent children, released from Bradford union workhouse four months earlier, lived in a Midland district where weekly relief failed to feed them. Despite pleas to the relieving officer and local guardians, inadequate aid, high rent, and cold neglect culminated in Martha's death from starvation. The jury verdict cited natural causes accelerated by lack of common necessaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harden Bec
Bingley
Wilsden
Martha Robinson
Bradford
Madley
Mr. Mackley
Mackley
Board of Guardians
Poor Law Commissioners
London
Lucy
Nature
Mamma
Lucy Love
Desperate murder case and forgery trial in Somerset and London
A brutal strangling in Pickway near Taunton leaves Betty Sealy dead and robbed of parish funds. In Carlisle Cumberland a siege with poachers ends with injuries and arrests. A London case follows with forged will allegations in the Anne Slack matter, leading to commitments and lengthy testimony.
The Brorhenrs and Other Stories Review
A literary critique surveys The Brorhenrs: A Tale of the Fronde and The Grave Digger, praising vivid scenes and character work. It highlights adventures in Mazarin's France, a dramatic siege, and a heartful deathbed scene set during Christmas Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Cromwell
London
Henry Colburn
France
Mazarine
Fronde
Turemne
Also Mentioned on This Page
London and Municipal Reform
Central Criminal Court
Gaels
Ceek Eee
City of London Corporation
Conservancy
Common Council
Murper
Taunton
Somerset
Bridgwater
Pickway
Kingston
Betty Sealy
Betty
J. Daines
G. Musgrove
Edenhall
Coatgill Wood
Laham Farm
Sir George
Jonathan Lawson
Penrith
Elliott
William Bell
Hall
Bell
Spottiswood
Lawson
George
House of Correction
Carlisle
Cumberland
Honricate Deats
Samuel Donaldson
Ballyhalbert
Banner of
Ulster
Literary Chronicle
D'Harcourt
Turenne
Mvre Parisis
Bhim
St. George
de Chateaufort
Maréchal
Monsieur de Mornington
D'Erlach
Mazarin
Lydford
Unterwald
Untarwald
Uri
Switzerland
D’erlach
Weimar
Old Lydford
de Mornington
Isabel
le Vasseur
D'Harcourt Tome
Scottis Heiress
C. Newby
Mr. Burton
Drury Lane
Bailey
Billy
Macready
Garden
House of Commons
Herod
Tulip
Orse
Albert Smith
Priscilla Boartree
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