Rise of England’s Industry After Watt and Arkwright
The text outlines how Britain’s economic ascent began with higher exports and improved finance from 1669 to 1842. It credits Watt and Arkwright for unlocking wealth, notes growth in banks and infrastructure, and explains that despite fluctuations, national industry progressed. It also discusses agriculture’s growth, population rise, and wheat imports as consumer demand expanded with urbanization.
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England
George III
Watt
Arkwright
America
London
Edinburgh
Europe
Britain
M. Casar Moreau
Great Britain
Ryswick
Amiens
China
East Indies
United States of America
United Kingdom
Yia, Varters Ibll
Eee
Iwever
Paris and Madrid reels as Tahiti and Ireland dominate debates
Foreign intelligence from Paris reports broad satisfaction with Lord John Russell's Irish policy and anticipates further action on Tahiti. Madrid notes resistance to disarmament in Seville, troop mutinies, and the threat of military executions. Lisbon chronicles a limited Portuguese insurrection, while New York and Boston supply fragmented US updates amid Arctic ice challenges.
Ireland policy debate and Lords proceedings summary
Friday session in the House of Lords covered Irish policy protests, Denman remarks on a Times article, and praise for Lord Dundonald's invention and character. Debate on the rotatory steam engine patent extension and the Metropolis Improvement Bill proceeded with mixed support and amendments before adjournment.
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House OF Lords
Nozsasxsy
Ieus
Ireland
Times
Earl of Harpington
Lord Dundonald
Ricum Mono
Duke of Bucclevuch
Metropolis
Manx
Diverse 19th century notes on tariffs, Canada, and cotton
The article reviews the Oregon territory debate in the senate as an election tactic, notes no major tariff changes likely this session, reports on Pennsylvania and Maryland tax efforts, and describes Canadian politics and Metcalfe policy. It also covers cotton markets with recent sales, crop expectations, and a firm London exchange around 109.
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Oregon Territory
Senate
Congress
New York American
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Mississippi
Tinois
Indiana
Canada
Sir C. Metcalfe
New York
Exchange
London
The Tay Arrives at Southampton From West Indies
The Tay captained by Hayden reached Southampton on Tuesday with a travel log of departures from St Jago de Cuba Jamaica Hayti St Juan Porto Rico and St Thomas's. Jamaica papers up to January 23 show Sir Charles Adam lingering amid rumours of sailing to Mexico and a seven day quarantine announced by St Jago de Cuba authorities for West Indies arrivals. Haiti’s new constitution under Rivera grants citizenship to Africans and Indians but bars whites from citizenship or real estate. includes rights and equality, free worship, free education for all, trial by jury, and peaceable assembly with a three‑branch government headed by a president.
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Tay
Hayden
Southampton
West Indies
St Jago de Cuba
Jamaica
Hayti
St. Juan
Porto Rico
St. Thomas's
Charles Adam
Mexico
QuananTine
Cusa
Charles D. Clarke
St. Jago de Cuba
West
Senate
House of Commons
Metropolis News: Church Growth Grants and Labour Talks
In St Martins place the Incorporated Society reviewed grants for church building and enlargement across numerous parishes including Mowbray Causeway Head and St Giles Chelsea. The society plans to add 4,333 seats with 4,195 free, raising total accommodation to 40,824 seats for 273,994 people. A £300 legacy from James Hurst was reported. Separately, Spitalfields weavers pressed for protective legislation after meeting with Mr Gladstone and the board of trade, while medical reform advocates at the Crown and Anchor urged changes to the Royal College of Surgeons and the medical bill. A special East India Court session addressed Scinde papers.
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M. P
Edward Badeley
William Davis
Newell Connop
J. S. Salt
Wiliam Cotton
Mr. Bowdler
Mowbray
Causeway-head
Holme-cultram
Cumberland
Barnard’s-green
Great Malvern
Worcestershire
Smallwood
Astbury
Cheshire
Cookham-dean
Cookham
Berlin
St. Giles's-in The-Fields
London
Longham
Hampreston
Dorset
Bawdeswell
Norfolk
James Hurst
Stamford-baron
Northamptonshire
Spiranrizips Wreavers
Spitalfields
Bethnal-green
Crown and Anchor
Cheshire-street
Waterloo-town
W. E. Gladatone
Board of Trade
Gale
Sherwood
W. E. Gladstone
Earl
Edward V
Elizabeth
Gladstone
Crown and Anchor Tavern
Strand
Wilson
Tapis
Royal College of Surgeons
James Graham
College of Surgeons
Anson
Wakley
M.P
Jones
Lynch
Hunter
de Mott
East Ixpra House
East India House
Scinde
Cotter
Court of Directors
Murders in Lincolnshire by arsenic listed at assizes
A young girl of under thirteen is accused of poisoning her two younger brothers with arsenic after requesting the poison at Mr Overton's shop. Post mortems confirm arsenic in both stomachs. The trial proceeds at Lincoln Castle as inquest details unfold, with conflicting testimonies from the housekeeper and others. A Wantage incident follows, detailing a fourteen year old girl taken in for care after a long cold journey. a Bath-adopted cleric's daughter is claimed, then restored. A Windsor outrage case sees rioters before magistrates after assaulting Garnham and others over a beer-house gambling dispute.
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Lincoln
Murpers
Lincoln Castle
Mary Johnson
Mastin
Benington
Boston
William
Farr
Richard Cummack
Butterwick
Richter
Harrod
Besoms
Buckland
Jones
Bath
Wantage
Middlesex
London
Berks Chronicle
Windsor
Our Town
Garnham
Eton
Thames
Horton
John Downes
William Large
Charles Wansell
Richard Woodhouse
James Thomas
George Dawson
William Garnham
Downes
Wansell
Ameers of Seinde and British Court Action Reconsidered
The Court of Directors will aid the Ameers against established charges while the governor general’s handling is noted. The court adjourned after resolutions were withdrawn following a point of order. In Woolwich, Feb 17, authorities vow to end African slave traffic with joint British and French naval action, dispatching Penelope and Prometheus plus other steamers to patrol the coast.
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India
Seinde
Court of Directors
Woolwich
Trapt
Penelope
W. Jones
W. M. J. G. Pasco
Africa
Ireland Franchises and Arbitration Courts Debate
At a weekly Repeal Association meeting in Dustin on February 19, Mr Smith O'Brien praised ministerial shifts toward extending town and county franchises tenant improvements and Catholic endowments. He lauded Lord John Russell's noble sentiments and the opposition's treatment of Mr O'Connell. A petition to Parliament protested prosecutions as unfounded and resignations were accepted from several newspaper proprietors. A resolution on arbitration courts was carried to urge obedience to authorities while allowing private arbitrators. A Glasgow meeting addressed Ireland's grievances with a united petition to crown and Parliament.
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Dustin
Repost Association
Smith O'Brien
Ireland
Repeal Association
Lord John Russell
O'Connell
House of Commons
Meers
M. Stanton
The
Weekly Register
G. Atkinson
Freeman's Journal
R. Barrett
Pilot
C. G. Duffy
Nation
Clements
S. O’brien
Glasgow
Crown
Vast Early Season Cod Fish Trawler Trade on Coast
The week saw a huge take of cod on our coast with many shipped by the King Orry to Liverpool. Prices ranged from 5d to 6d per head, indicating strong demand for the season and prompting surprise at the relatively small number of heads employed in the trade.
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Liverpool
Manz Sun
Occupation of the Society Islands by the French
A long excerpt from Journal des Debats recounts the 1843 French seizure of Tahiti and deposition of Queen Pomare. It details French orders, British and American reactions, Pritchard’s diplomatic role, and Admiral Dupetit Thouars’s forces landing, hoisting the tri color, and establishing a French protectorate with the queen dethroned and Tahiti declared a free port under French authority. The letters from Reine Blanche describe English opposition and Pomare’s flight.
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France
Paris
Ireland
John Russell
O'Connell
M. Berryer
Versailles
M. Pascal
Marseilles
Otaheite
Dupetit Thouars
Pomare
M. Gosse
Journal Des Debats
Queen Pomare
China
Papaiti
M. Eugene Gosse
Europe
National
England
Tahiti
M. Guizot
Constitutionnel
M. de Salvandy
de Remusat
Chamber of Deputies
M. Ledru
Rollia
M. Salvandy
M. de Lamartine
M. de Remusat
Journal Des Deébats
Society Islands
Papalti
Bay of
Reine Blanche
Pacific Ocean
Louis Philippe
Uranie
Marine Artillery
Pritchard
London
New Holland
South Sea Islands
Lord Aberdeen
Mrs Pritchard
Otaheitan
Sydney
Otahelte
George Gibbs
Nicholas
Protectorate
Thomas
South Sea
Dublin
Marquesa Islands
Oceania
Taio-Hae
M. Dupetit Thouars
M. Brunt
Papalli
Queen
Queen's Palace
M. Aubigny
Poware
Eugene Gossz
The
Dupetit-Thowars
Debates on Ireland and Reform In House of Commons
Framed as a Friday session, petitions oppose military buildup until representation improves. Discussion covers Ireland governance, Lord John Russell’s approach, O Connell trials, Gladstone era reforms, and anticorn law tensions. Frequent references to Peel, Graham, Stanley and the Irish question frame the extended adjourned debate.
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Freign and Co
Foreign Intelligence
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Madrid
Seville
Binet
St Elda
Pardo
Alicant
Valencia
Barcelona
Ville de Madrid
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Cadiz
Roncall
Alcoy
Cordova
Bonet
Murcia
Cathegena
Roncali
Alicante
Heraldo
Portugal
Badajoz
San Sebastian
Lisbon
Lady Mary Wood
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Lower Beira
Baron Leiria
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Abrantes
Estrem
Barousz
Torres Neuvas
Bayonne
Baron Bomfin
Elvas
M. Olozaga
Setubal
United States
Britannia
Halifax
the Metropolis
Wallace
Cadogan Williams
W. Brake
Atlantic
Malas
Robert Peet
Bexnat
Clontarf
Choleric
Court of Queen's Bench
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Bon Bart
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Pitt
Sir I. Peel
R. Peel
Lord Stanley
Clina
Trish
Wann
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Rght
Madame de Stuel
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Baronet
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St. Albans
Mr. Hale
Anti Corn Law League
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