Trade prospects and fortification efforts around Canton and Hong Kong
Imperial observers note improving trade prospects at Shanghai and Canton as British and Chinese forces reposition. Fortifications at the Bogue are to be rebuilt, with temporary temples erected for protection. The Lintin and Ramiro flotillas and several Chinese frigates are noted, while tea trade opens with reduced duties and prices projected to rise. The Moulmein was lost in October in the Palawan passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nankin
Imperial
Navy
Shanghai
Balfour
Chusan
Cornwallis
Hong Kong
India
William Parker
Yikshan
Canton
Bogue
Second Bar
Linti Ars
Gince
Macao
Palawan
Lord Ellenborough Proclamation Angers Indian Muslims
A British proclamation on the Somnath gates sparks Hindu anger across India. Brahmins and other Hindus view it as a badge of British meddling, misreading its aim as a move to restore Hindooism. The piece warns of potential clashes with Mahomedans and cites fear of anti‑English sentiment spreading from Delhi to Hyderabad amidst Afghan war memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Ellenborough
Times
Ghuznee
Cabul
Sommauth
India
England
Napoleon
Ids
Sultan Mahmoud
Ghoznee
Afghanistan
Somnauth
Mahamedan
Durbars
Somnanth
Sahib Ieque
Calentis
Mahmoud
Nadir Shah
Panipat
Delhi
Uucknow
Hyderabad
Suror
Hindovisn
Tsay
Lordship and temple plans stir Indian waters debate
A sharp opinion piece warns that meddling in India’s long riverine policy will backfire on England. It questions Lordship’s stance on a restored temple, asking whether he will fund construction or support a controversy involving a brothel, implying consequences for imperial actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
England
Lincoln's Inn new buildings to be erected in garden
Preparations began for Lincoln's Inn to replace the garden with new red brick facilities. The plan includes a dining hall, drawing room, council room, and a library with Tudor influenced design and oak beam roofs. Details describe facades, towers, bay windows, and the two-year construction timeline.
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Lincoln’s-inn
Lincoln's Inn
Hardwick
James I
Zaw
Alt. Hardwick
Henry the Eighth
Elizabeth
London
Lincoln’s Inn-Fields
Westminster Hall
Hampton Court
Provyspext Crerxe’ Mutual Benerit Association
Besevonent Forn
London Tavern
Bishopsgate Street
John Abe} Smith
Messra
N. M. Rothschild
Thomas Baring
Thompson, Hankey
J. Price
John Price
Masterman
Prescott
Thames
Auebecaliy
Benevolent Fund
Mutual Benevolent Department
T. Baring
T. Hankey
Rothschild
Oncan-Bompass
Freemasone
Great Queen Street
F. Davidson
Enq
Stevenson
Tidd Pratt
Royal Homanz Society
Freemasons
Great Queen-street
John Russell
John Stodart
M. J. Brunel
J.S. Lillie
E. Pendarves
M.P
G. Dodd
Hawes
Hobbs
Hawking
Lyon and Deane
James Dyer
Benjamin Paul
Penzance
Dyer
George Bell
Michael Roberts
Paul
Roberts
Punt
Distressing superstition case near Ely in 843
A Soham youth recounts a near fatal attack by a man nailing a horseshoe on a door amid wild fear of witches near Ely. The scene involved a frightened family and a shot that did not end in tragedy, illustrating the era’s deep ignorance. A Newcastle Gaol escape follows a failed plan using ladders and rope. Reports from South Wales describe threats to workhouses and toll gates by a group calling itself Rebecca, with authorities unable to capture any leaders.
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Thetford
Ely
Newcastle
Mr. Thompson
Samuel Chapman
Chapman
Newcastle Chronicle
South Wales
Narberth
Rebecca
Prince’s Gate
Nell
Susan
Captain Rock
Carmarthen
Newcastle Emlyn
St. Clear’s
Buck
Pembrokeshire
Carmarthenshire
St Pauls Cathedral appoints new prebendal stall vacancies
Cavallox reports a complex fraud case in Bride Lane Fleet Street where a young woman posing as a lodger lures a landlady into adding comforts and entangles a poor worker to fetch her luggage. The plan collapses as the girl vanishes with a child, leading to a police search for a 23 year old woman described as Jewess in appearance. The incident ends with the pawned clothing traced and the aunt seeking answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's
London
Ee Ea
St. Bride’s
Celot Sharpe
Be Sonata
Cathedral of St Paul
Bridelane
Fleet-street
Stone
Abe
Comfort
Emme Train
Commercial Hotel
Bank of England
York Hotel
New Bridge-street
Blackfriars
Lane
March
Ludgate Hill
Ludgate-hill
West End
Piccadilly
Clerkenwell
Dzgrzawinep Suicipe
Boanpa Srgamezz
Gravesend
Bracxurate
Southwark Bridge
Blackheath
Marylebone Vestry
Flood
Middlesex Quarter Sessions
Metropolitan Police Courts
Middlesex
Banstead fire case ends with discharge on weak evidence
Magistrates in Surrey's Croydon division discharged James Ignell after hours of inquiry into a January 27 wheat stack and hayrick fire at Mr. Harrison's farm in Banstead. Witnesses testified to threats and alibis but not enough to commit for trial. The case highlighted Ignell's notorious character and history of prior offenses. Windsor Great Park to gain decorative palisading along the long walk, with Mr. Bate's tender accepted for the 170 foot installation to blend with Elizabethan keeper's lodge style.
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Rebecca
Welchman
Croydon
Thomas Harrison
Banstead
M‘lean
Commissioners of Police
Kent Assizes
Harrison
Surrey Yeoman
Boyce Combe
Bundle
Collier
Chasey
Bim
Windsor
Great Park
Phipps
The
Woods and Foreste
Bate
Scottish church meeting in Edinburgh over Stewarton case
An extraordinary meeting of the general assembly commission in Edinburgh discussed the Stewarton case and the right of ministers and elders to seats, with resolutions backing the church’s position and references to parliament petitions. A private meeting of landed supporters in Edinburgh urged government remonstrance on church independence.
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Tus Crorcy
Scotland
General Assembly
Edinburgh
Welsh
Special Commission
J. Graham
Mena
Cook
Stewarton
House of Lords
Guand Sacra
Bisset
Bourth
Dunlop
Irvine
Tor
Greenock
Duke of Argyle
Marquis of
Breadalbane
Dundee
Chalmers
London
Fox Maule
M.P
Plumptre
Taylor
Scegg
Selkirk Court
Galashiels
John
Adam Dryden
Major Pott
James Russell
Ashiest
Adam
Selkirk
Jedburz Geet
Ilegal
Caledonian Mercury
Invermess Herald
Riconych
Rea
Sutherlandshire
Dolina M*askill
Ahephe
Assynt
Noiliey
Edderachylis
Arenes
Kyle
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Foreign Intelligence
Paris
Afoniteur
Hubert Peel
M. Guizot
Africa
France
Spain
Duke de Glucksberg
Madrid
Aston
Barcelona
Admiral Duperre
Ministry of Marine
Admiral Roussin
Chamber of Peers
Roussin
Chamber of Deputies
al. Guizot
Toulouse
Waterloo
Council
Cambronne
M. Guyet Desfontaines
Foreign Department
Ghent
Marshal Soult
Marshal Saxe
Fontenoy
M. M.culloch
Academy of Sciences
M. Simonde de Sismondi
M. de la Massue
Marine Department
Blarquesas
South Seas
Toulon
M. Douarre
Amatha
Marquesas
Turnbull
Cuba
Turnbul
Siécle
Havannah
Jamaica
States General of
Holland
Belgium
EPAIN
Portugal
Espartero
Lisbon
Oporto
Gibraltar
Cadiz
Baron Tegal
Thornton
Isaac L. Goldsmid
I. L. Goldsmid
Tuereey
Consantiaiale
Egypt
Mehemet Ali
Russia
Reza Pacha
Empire
Constantinople
Whit Indide
Fatmoura
R.M. S. Packet Company
Solway
Ceplale
Lieut
Bingham
W.ilr
Ensign Cox
Charlton
Sandwich Islands
Egerton
Boyes
Parker
Lady
Naghten
Jones
Bermuda
Stewart
Dun
Antigua
Duport and Rey
St. Domingo
Goccavree
Sir Charles Adam
West Indies
Oreates
Wasp
Pique
St. Thomas
Fayal
United States
Marianne
House of Assembly
Mexico
New Orleans
Savanna-le-Mar
City of
Vera Cruz
Santa Ana
City of Mexico
Congress
California
the Metropolis
Millen
Dennis Long
Swan Pier
London-bridge
Edwin Henry Howe
Lague
Ledgett
Lapue
Escot
Wm. Spurway
Croft
Monument-yard
Wightman
Royal Arsenal
Woolwich
Michael Biddulph
Royal Humane Society
J. S. Lillie
Duke of Northumberland
Earl of Stafford
J. Swinden
Lord Aayor
Mapleson
Theatre Royal Drury-lane
George Walter
Incorporated Seclorys Erpeteet
C. Bleaden
Adam Murray
Child
Child and Draper, Brewers
D. W. Wire
Gardner
Sheridan
Morning Advertiser
Blake
Incorporated Society
Victuallers’ School
Incorporated Society of Licensed Victuallers
Sol
Quickene
Ais Raya
Charity
Brest
Society of Licensed Virtuall
Metropolitan Patent Wood Paving Company
Milbanktow
Westminster
Charles Hulse
Elliowen
Lee Warner
Anderson
Forsyth
Lumley
W. Prosser
Metropolis
Marylebone
Oxford Street
Vere Street
Ranelagh
Noble
Peter Lawrie
St. James's
St. George's
Bond-Street
St. Marylebone
Baker
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