Report on Labourers Improvement Society progress and views
The chairman reviews parish reports on allotments cottages clubs and schooling. Allotments show strong benefits where used widely while some parishes report demand for larger plots. Cottages are often small poor and overcrowded with speculation driving high rents. Clubs and loan funds provide prudence and economy though funds fall short. Labourers need more employment and landowners could help by expanding allotments and reforming housing and schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sawyer
Tom
Npt
Great Barton
Ieam
Retsons
Flowerdew
Westhall Farm
Rickinghall
Masten Boot anp Soot Maxzus BenEvolent Institution Meeting
A general meeting at the Freemasons Tavern in Great Queen Street elected four annuitants from nine candidates. The heir was taken at five, and four candidates were chosen. The report shows the society will add 40 to the annuity fund and 90 to the building fund, leaving a balance of about 4,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masten Boot
Maxzus
Harbours of Refuge plan for Dover and Portland bays
A Treasury minute from April 1844 proposes harbours of refuge along the coast. Dover Bay would gain a 520 acre area and a seven hundred foot entrance, with Cheesman’s Head as the starting work. Seaford and Portland Bay would get long breakwaters sheltering hundreds to over a thousand acres. Costs run to millions, with Dover £2.5 million, Seaford £1.25 million, Portland £0.5 million, and others. Military defences and casemated batteries are advised on the breakwaters and near approaches. The report urges urgent action for southeastern coastal naval protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Baeakwatens
Dover Bay
Cheesman's Head
Cheesmen’s Head
Seaford Road
Portland Bay
Dover
Portland
Seaford
Firmouth
Harwich
Muntitary
Portsmouth
Thames
T. Byam Martin
Howard Douglas
J. D. Dunbar
J.8. Pelley
Peter Fisher
J. N. Colquhoun
R.C. Alderson
John Washington
Dungeness
W. Sysonpa
Literary Chronicle review of Tare Yeans in Coxa Taxtixorye
Charles White's Three Vols work on Constantinople bazaars is praised for insight into Turkish life and commerce. The article recounts detailed Turkish fire watch methods, executions, and state policy effects, including a dramatic 1841 execution, with sharp notes on reforms and imperial attitudes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tare Yeans
Charles White
London
Henry Colburn
Thia
White
Turkey
Constantinople
Gale at Sea Brings Loss and Rescue Off Liverpool
A North West gale raged through Liverpool with injuries to docks and buildings and the loss of the Manchester of London with all hands saved by Hoyle lifeboat. The Athlone returned to port after Thalberg and party narrowly escaped, while Yarmouth and Cornwall coast wrecks claim multiple vessels and crews in a deadly storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxcaristes
Liverpool
Prince’s and George's
Parliament
St. Barnabas’ Church
Mount Pleasant
Manchester
London
Hall
Calcutta
Hoyle-bank
Weat Hoyle
Old Hoyle
N.N.W
B. Sueswoop
East Hoyle
Hoylake
Dublin
Maggie
Mersey
Svurvenr
Athlone
Belfast
M. Thalberg
Miss Birch
Dolby
John Parry
Calkin
Ofr
Calcott
Philharmonic Society
Adelphi Hotel
Isle of Man
Adelphi
Ireland
Yarmouth
Roadstead
Jane
Middiesford
Phoenix
Sande
Newcastle
Axoturn
Daraprtt
Cornish
William Pitt
Sunderland
T. Bowser
Taboo
Gloucester
Alexandria
Scilly
Padstow
St. Miner's
Dunbar
James Hewson
Tenia
Baetar Coxpact
Whitstable
W. Camburn
Deane and Edwards
James Daniels
Terceira
Eost
Exmouth
Haif
Britannia
Weymouth
James Moore
Aentish Gaceite
Lieutenant Stewart Saves Drowning Man At Sea Incident
A Royal Marines private fell overboard from Garant Act oy A Lieutenant or Hen Majesty's Suir Surzno. Lieutenant Stewart leapt in to rescue the seaman, aided by ropes, and the man was revived after treatment aboard the Bellona bulk. A separate report details the trial of Samuel Chambers for maliciously conveying water into a mine, his controversial conviction later deemed illegal, and a village petition seeking mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorotas Jennoin
Defoe
Mr. Hazlitt
Hazlitt
Curaca
Suir
Bellona
Coulter
Bomouth
Geol
Awnworth
Nottinghamshire
Leicester
John Brown
St. Mary's
Lount
Chambers
Wakefield
Messrs. Barber and Walker
Watnall
Messrs. Barber
Walker
Awsworth
Mark Richards
Ashby-dee-la-Zouch
Listo
Launt
Ctime Chambers
Lund
Annworth
Nottingham
Frigoner
Home Office
Solicitor General
Nso
Mason
Lunt
Mr.Mason
Joseph Walker
Samuel
Sarouel Chambers
Bia Casa
van Dieman’s Lang
Leicester Chronicle
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the Labourers’ Improvement Society
Cory
Clerkenwell
St. Luke's
George’s Yard
Golden-lane
John Marks
Smith
Anne Marks
Anne Marke
Rodney
Few
Cambe
Anne Mark
Mary Dowlan
Sho
Literary Chronicle
England
Bekjee
Tooloombajys
Yangoon
Stambol
Cazy Asker
Anatolia
Sheik Ul Islam
Cavass
Korkma
Lan
Dimitry
Losg
Pera
Galata
Bosphorus
Ateya
Abdoul Meesid
Halil Pacha
Halil
Mahmond II
Ateya Sultana
Sultana Motter
Jienath
Aha
Mateo
Paar
John Strong
Hood
Punch
Alg Jesta
Exeter
Corsumr
Italy
Prussia
Jerusalem
Jericho
Cologne
Walhalla
Bats & Couronne
Germany
Haute Comédie
Spa
Patriota
Herwogh
Fretligrath
Heine
Chaiteau
Espagne
Russia
Austria
Frederick
Prince of Wales
Zollverein
France
Rhenish
Europe
Illuminated Magazine
Caroline White
Tuor
Frasers Magazine
Fraser
Baring
Exchequer
Gladstone
Glasgow
Lord Palmeraton
Lord Aberdeen
Lord Normanby
John Russell
Crerksuank
America
Strand
Pennsylvania
Atxaworth's
Thomas Roscoe
John Oxenford
Ellistonia
Olso
Dr. Fee
Puntic Panxa, &c
Menars, Sharp, Bruthera, and Co
Manchester Guardian
M'Gregor
64Th Regiment of Foot
Northampton
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