Barcelona Insurrection and Van Halen Proclamation, 1842
The report covers Van Halen's siege of Barcelona, the proclamation imposing martial law, disarmament orders, and severe penalties for arms possession. It notes 12,000 troops, arrests, and a push to suppress insurrection while awaiting English intervention and a contrast with 1840 reception.
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Eet
Barcelona
van Halen
Don Antonio van Halen Sarti
Murphe Castaneda
Peracamps
Rat Corps d'Armée
Duke of Victory
Bargelonare
National Guards of
Ateraganes
Catalonia
Monjuich
Sarrina
Trelesrarnic
Perricnan
Formidable
Cyclops
Gassendi
Port Vendres
Oie
The Colonies Advancing Amid Trade Recovery And Church Mission
From Sydney and Port Philip reports dated June, the colonies show improving commerce with manufactured goods up 25 to 30 percent and wheat prices firm. The Sydney Bishop Selwyn's farewell scene and vow to missionary work in New Zealand drew tears as he left with Chaplain Cotton for their new field. Mauritius notes the bank issuing new one dollar notes to replace scarce coin, with strong public reception and credit.
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Sydney
Port Philip
Legislative Council
Launceston
Sydney Herald
Selwyn
New Zealand
William Cotton
Christ Church, Oxford
Church of England
Australia
Cotton
Mauritius
Focal
Income Tax Appeals Hearings in the City of London
The Metropolitan reports Monday adjournment day for income tax appeals in London wards. Commissioners faced high daily attendance, over 200 cases, with many difficult to adjudicate on schedules A B and D. A notice warns appellants to stay orderly. clerks earning under 150 pounds may be discharged, but commercial travelers are not covered.
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Loxpoy
Aldersgate
Breadstreet
Castle Baynard
Cordwainers
Queenhithe
Cripplegate
Farringdon
St. Andrew's Holborn
St. Bartholomew's
Free City of
London
Basinghall Street
Mr. Welsh
Academy prizes and public address at Trafalgar Square
A crowded Royal Academy meeting in Trafalgar Square, chaired by Sir Martin Archer Shee, awarded medals for painting sculpture and architecture, praised living model drawing, and criticized foreign art influence and press slander while electing officers for the coming year.
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Tur Royal Academy
Academy
Trafalgar Square
Martin Archer Shee
Richard Westmacott
Wm. Ross
A. Cooper
R. Cooke
H. P. Briggs
Wm.Etty
C. L. Hastlake
Philip ‘Hardwicke
D. Macline
Wm. Mulready
Thos. Uwins
Wyon
Wm. ‘Collins
Edwin Landseer
C. R. Leslie
J M. W. Turner
C. R. Cockerell
John James Chaton
W. T. Wetherington
D. Roberta
E. H. Bailey
Guido
Walbrook
James Clarke Hook
Barry, Opie
Fuseli
Alfred Bankley
J.C. Hook
John Clayton
St. Stephen's Church
James Harwood
Alfred Gatley
England
Great Britain
United Kingdom
General Assembly
Council
New List
Charles Barry
George Jones
Alfred E
W. Wyon
School of Painting
Henry P. Briggs
Charles L. Eastlake
Chas
Robert Leslie
Thomas Uwins
W. Collins
W. Etty
David Roberts
J. M. W. Turner
Kay
Sir Richard Westmacott
Thomas Sutton
Charterhouse
Carthusians
Order of the Brethren
Archdeacon Hale
Hodgson
Dra. Babbington
Paul
Messrs
Walford, Hodson
Webster
W. P. Hale
Blore
Willie
Meyer
Aldersgate Street
Herring
Wood
William Batty
Edward Groom
Yates
R. Rowley
Lord Carrington
Brinp
Painters’ Company
John Stock
Painter’s Hall
Queenhithe
Robarts
Cambridge Heath
Hackney
Fletcher
Edward Winslow
Henry Pownall
Bague
R. Carpenter
James Dixon
Digby J. Carpenter
Man of Cambridge in 1830s mental decline and family isolation
An educated man, about 35, pursued at Charterhouse and Trinity College Cambridge, later developed paranoid delusions of conspiracies and poisoning. After medical care from 1835, he was treated at Hampstead and by family, deteriorating through 1839 with violence, seclusion, and self-destructive behavior.
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Charter-house
Trinity College
Cambridge
Aldis
Sutherland
Roots
M‘creight
Halford
Mr. Broome
Hampstead
Upper Seymour Street
Teddington
Globe
Water ComPanies
Thames
House of Commons
Wandle
Wakley
Skinners’ Arms
Hart-street
Paddington
Emily Churchill
Mary Jackson
Yorkshire
London
Charles
Emily
Adleu
Emmy Churchile
Suicidal death by self-inflicted wounds in Accrington
In Accrington, surgeon Mr. Roger Rankine died by cutting the left arm’s main vein and artery with a penknife after a troubled night with alleged private matters and a troubling Haslingden business link. An inquest ruled death by insanity. Separate mill accident in Fielden and Co. injured a boy who lost his right arm above the elbow in a machinery mishap. amputation performed and patient recovering. Also brief note of a jury request for lodging costs and a Wakefield coroner scene involving Mary Oastler.
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Blackburn
Roger Rankine
Accrington
Haslingden
Bannister
Thomas Read
Messrs. Fielden and Co
Martland
Messrs
Fielden
Paul v. Garland
Wakefield
Ixeuman Convecr
T. Lee
Indy Oe
Mary Oastler
Unheard Cruelty at Lofthouse Leads to Death verdict
At Lofthouse near Wakefield a poor dying woman, enfeebled by illness, was forcibly moved by John Newton and Richard Studdard toward Wakefield on a frost night. She collapsed, was wheeled in a wheelbarrow, and left by the roadside. She later died at the Wakefield workhouse. post mortem cited stomach and bowels inflammation. Jury found natural death but condemned Newton and Studdard as highly culpable and to be punished.
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Workhouse
Bradford
Wakefield
Leeds
Lofthouse
John Newton
Richard Studdard
Studdard
Newton
Stanley
Susan Ellis
Lofthouse-gate
Dickinson
Ellis
James Thompson
James Appleyard
J. Burrell
Wakefield Union
Alteration of the Scotch Poor Law letter from Sir Robert Peel
A lengthy letter from Sir Robert Peel to Mr. Wallace discusses the Scottish Poor Law and the distress in Greenock. Peel explains government plans for a full inquiry, declines public funds relief, and urges voluntary contributions while noting potential shipyard work transfers to Greenock. The article also notes legal opinions on church matters, a grain-store collapse in Glasgow, a ghost chase in Jack's Brae, and Peel’s follow up with Edinburgh officials.
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Robert Peel
Wallace
Drayton Manor
Fazeley
Baine
Greenock
Scotland
Lords Commissioners of
Admiralty
C. Scotrish Courcil
Lord Cuninghame
Auchterarder
Robert Ferguson
Court of Session
Supreme Civil Court
House of Lords
Inner House
Lord Mackenzie
Lord Fullerton
Lord Jeffrey
Caledonian Mercury
Glascow
York-street
York Street
Messrs. A
P. Rintoul
Glasgow Argus
Tas Mystery Reveater
Gilcumston
Aberdeen
R. Pee
Whitehall
Earl of Haddington
Earl of Lincoln
Edinburgh
Commissioners of Woods and Forests
Robert Pael
Versailles Left Bank Railroad Trial Verdict Report
The trial into the May railway disaster on the Paris Versailles line began May 22 and concluded December 10 with the conclusion that the accused bore no criminal liability. The court dismissed all charges, though the tragedy killed fifty three and left many severely injured. the case centered on engine sufficiency, placement of engines, and the train’s speed.
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Chambre de Conseil
Council of Administration
Paris and Versailles
M. Jules Bourgeous
M. Bordet
M. Henri
Paris
M. Bricogne
Directeur du Matériel
M.lamoniiare
Versailles
M. Milhau
Ita
M. Apian
Tribunal
Meudon
Matthew Murray
George
Sevres
M. Perrot de Chéxelles
France
Correctional Police
Desperate father threatens razor murder after ruin
A distraught man, George Radford of Roxey near Harrow, appears at Marlborough Street Police Court claiming his three children have been murdered. He admits poverty, denial of relief, and intends to end his suffering with the razor found on his person. An overseer provides temporary relief while checks are made.
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Marlborough-street
Tice
Oliver
Maltby
Roxey
Harrow
George Radford
St. James’s
Dore
St. James's
Aylesbury Train Derails Killing and Injuring Passengers
A serious crash on the London to Aylesbury line near Northchurch fractured an axle causing carriages to derail. The accident left a woman dead and several others seriously injured, with medical staff tending to wounded as investigators examine the faulty iron and axle design. Trust in engine driver Charles Callum and the line’s maintenance chiefs is scrutinized as inquests continue.
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Aylesbury
London
Northchurch
Berkhampstead
Ens
Taran
T. H. Hilla
Herman
Oxford
Age
Hill
Easton
Tomkin
Boxmoor
Mary Eye
Mary Bye
George Hd Dungon
Barker
Toker
Henry H. Hilder
Berkhamstead
Mr. Brown
Mr. Whately
Hilder
Joseph Channell
Matthew Lowe
Lowe
Tomlyn
Erle
Tran
Callum
John Dodd
Tring
Henley Station
Anamt
John Pemberton
Charles Callum
Frederick Parker
Wolverton
Bury
Bol
Come
Locom
Mr. Bury
Massey
Birmingham
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