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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Feb 02, 1840

Page

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History and politics the Buller motion mountain and mouse

A parliamentary debate over Sir John Yarde Buller’s motion on a vote of confidence reveals sharp exchanges. Sir George Grey’s combative speech dominates the proceedings, while Lord Howick and Lord Stanley’s positions reveal Tory fractures. The Liberal side declares unity as the government faces a narrow defeat of 287 to 308 with 23 members unaccounted for.

John Yarde Buller Jace England Sir John Yarde Buller Alderman Thompson Ceches Devonshire O'Connell Lord Ebrington China George Grey Macaulay Sheil Robert Peel Recorder of London House of Commons James Graham Lord Stanley H. Harding Mr. Goulburn Mr. Dawson Devonport Dawson R. Peel Awson Inna Eontan Walter Oastler William Duncombe Duncombe D’israeli Litton William Molesworth Cornwall Leader Colquhoun Kilmarnock Hawes Gisborne Ewart A. White Sunderland Lord Howick Coleagues Edinburgh Lord John Russell Stroud Feargus O’connor Lord Powerscourt Fox Maule Liddell Handley Pechell Sydney Herbert Ward A.m Lord Morpeth Ireland Ireland Had Been Reduced From 23,000 To 14,000, of Which 14,000 Lord Ebrington Sergeant Jackson Jack Ketch Dublin Charles Wood Janes Graham Admiralty O’connell Shrewsbury Lord Grey Mr. Wood John Russell Romilly Fox Robert Eel John

Wreck of the Chilton of Liverpool and the Survivors

Details published by Captain Wildridge recount the Barque Chilton of Liverpool wrecked after a voyage from St Johns. The crew faced gales, flooding, and relentless seas, with several drownings and deaths from drinking salt water before rescue by the brig City of York and then the St. Lawrence. The account questions Lloyd's Register safety guarantees for Atlantic vessels in that season.

Wildridge St. John’s N.E S.E Grand Bank of Newfoundland Dan Gath Whitly John Davies Duto Thomas Wildridge George Ditton Windward Henry Edmonson John Barrit City of York Newport Hinds St. Lawrence Carnarvon Atlantic

Repost Argument Noted in Standard Report

The Standard notes that the O Connellites in the majority numbered 60 and 17 British members joined Sir J. Y. Buller, indicating a substantive shift in the parliamentary division and party alignment.

Blockade of Canton Ports Amid Chinese British Tensions

Reports from Hong Kong dated Sept 23 1839 detail a blockade threat by Captain Smith of the Volage restricting access to the Canton river and port as British subjects face shortages. Supplementary letters note Chinese retaliation and ongoing negotiations, with Macao trade in doubt and staff seeking routes via Manila or Singapore.

Hong Kong China Canton H. Smith Volage H. Sry Macau Macao Lloyd's W. Dobson Smith Elliot Manilla Singapore Hongs Kong Capt. Elliot Capt. Smith

France to wed Duke of Nemours and Princess Victoria is announced

In the French Chamber of Deputies the intended marriage of the Duke of Nemours and Princess Victoria of Saxe Coburg and Gotha is announced. An apanage of £20,000 a year and £20,000 marriage expenses are sought, with a £12,000 yearly pension for Victoria if she outlives her husband. The princess nears eight, the duke is in his mid-twenties.

France Chamber of Deputies Duke of Duke de Nemours Avenue de Neuilly Monceaux Galignani Gazette Des Tribunaux Chauvet Luc Chauvel Thers Spain Matis Heidauachis Duke de la Victoria Saragossa Cabrerias Cabrera Aurella Menarovos Madrid Exaltado Party Arragon Morella Messrs Cerfola Barieno England Eco de Arrayok Exaltado Progresista Moderados Fymer Ise Eco Alvaniz Bosque la Canada Gineprosa Guadalupe Fraga Catalonia Phare Des Pyrénées Phare Mas de la Matas Herbes Aragon Army of Operations Commissariat

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o_O HISTORY AND POLITICS Chilton Liverpool Paris M. Guizot Movement Malaga United States Montreal Portsmouth New York U. S London Hobart Town South Australia Chapel Royal Adelaide Earl of Eyrol Wil Prince Albert Gotha Erfurth Weimar Meiningen Queen Victoria Lord Torrington Colonel Grey Prince of Brussels Tue Drvistox Bennet W. B. Baring D. Burr Ralph Howard Sheriffa J. ¥. Buller St. Margaret and St. John Westminster St. Mark Pentonville City of London Court of Queen's Bench Hatton-Garden Caroline Fitzgerald Powell Mint Stannard Division of Police Corporation Lane Clerkenwell Newgate Foreign Intelligence Seine
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