Press liberty clash and post office probe in Paris letters
Foreign intelligence reports a heated debate over official reporting of parliamentary debates and potential suppression of reporters. Newspapers denounce the move as an attack on press freedom while a libel case highlights alleged post office seizure of correspondence. Also covers Paris government stance on American treaty protest, Barcelona junta, Madrid politics, and Indian news including Afghan combat and troop dispositions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urnals
Te Charches
M. de Martillac
Tribune of
Chamber
Courier Francais
M. Martillac
Tribune
Gazette of
Augsburg
Messager
Moniteur
Monde
Count Walsh
Paris
Council of Ministers Feabines Council
The
Nileries
Cass
France
Legation
Madrid
M. Carrogrand
St. Denis
Isle of Bourbon
Nos-Be
Bourbon
le Temps
Barcelona
Juuts
Gonzales
Christinos
Spain
Spartero
Chamber of Deputies
Senor
Cortes
Espartero
Portugal
Ottoman note pressures French fleet off Smyrna
Constantinople reports the Ottoman Porte sent a second note to Baron de Bourqueney demanding withdrawal of the French fleet off Smyrna. The note signals no intent to attack Tunis and unsettles Bourqueney who cannot direct fleet actions locally, awaiting Paris instructions for a reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Dugsburgh
Constantinople
Baron de Bourqueney
Smyrna
Tunis
Paris
Baron de Bourgneney
Porte
French Governor Reports Sebdou Fort Destroyed in Algeria
Telegraphed dispatch from Tlemecen dated February 11 states the fort of Sebdou er Ja Frasna, ten leagues south of Tlemecen, was totally destroyed on the 9th and that fourteen enemy artillery pieces were captured. Fifteen tribes have submitted, the emir is near the Moroccan frontier, and progress is rapid in the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algeria
Moniteur
Tlemecen
Sebdou Er Ja Frasna
Morocco
Frencha Asylum in London Founded by Count D Orsay
The Metropolitan reports the establishment of a French asylum in London to aid destitute French natives during their stay. Count D Orsay leads a 20 member committee with chairs Vouillon and Pinault, treasurers Le Bastard and Hardi, and a one guinea subscription with funds already gathered from London and Paris banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Count D'Orsay
Courrier de Europe
France
D’orsay
MM. Vouillon
Pinault
Eputy
M. Barrier Fontaine
MM. le
Hardi
Claude Scott and Co
Cavendish-square
Paris
Charles ‘Lefitte
Blount
Guinea
Charity scheme and foreign support for a new asylum
A detailed outline describes raising funds for an institution, appointing a sub-committee to run it, and using surplus for a school for indigent French children. Comte de St Aulaire and Count D'Orsay endorsed the project, with the latter named perpetual president and the venture praised for benevolence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Comte de St. Aulaire
Count D'Orsay
Lloyd’s
Commercial Steam Navigation Company
Kent
Lakeman
Barton
Hampshire
Southampton
Torquay
Devonshire
Poole
Hurst Castle
Christchurch Poin
Coast Guard Service
Gravesend
London
High-street
Shoreditch
Haseltyne
Esdaile
Camberwell Courci
St. Giles, Camberwell
Patriot
Royal Free
Hoskitat Vor
Greville-Street
Rice
Regent's Park
Whitechapel
Hillingford
Bury St. Edmund's
University Coutece
University
Gower Street
William Warburton
Atkinson
John Brundrett
Birkbeck
Brun@rett
John Smith
Pendarves
M.P
Thornely
Cope
Leicester Stanhope
Pitt
Robinson
Yates
Lord Brougham
Duke of Somerset
John Taylor
F.R.S
Gardiner
Dr. Fellowes
John Dillon
St. Loyd
G. T. Nicholson
E. F. Strutt
Thomas Cope
Guy’'s Hospital
Guthrie
Royal College of Surgeons
Fore-street
Cripplegate
Charity dinner boosts dispensary fund in sixty third year
A royal dinner for the Charitable Fund and Dispensary celebrated its sixty third year. The duke praised the charity for visiting over seventy thousand poor at home and urged further support to meet rising demand. Donations were announced, including £300 in subscriptions and gifts from the duke and lord mayor, as festivities continued late.
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Messrs
Jolley, Young
Atkins
Masters Ball and Sutch
King’s College Chapel
England
Europe
Benjamin Smith
Tragic Kingston Riot Sparks Demands for Inquiry
A letter from 1842 recounts Kingston Jamaica's Christmas riots triggered by Mayor Hector Mitchel and police suppression of street drumming and dancing. It details seizures, arrests, a riot act reading, police firing on crowds, deaths and injuries, and calls for a government inquiry into Mitchel and associates.
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John Canseing
Hector Mitchel
Kingston
Mitchel
Daniel Hart
Hart
M‘dougal
Dougal
Supreme Court
Messrs
Salem
Quabo
Moresby
M'Leod. Mitchel
M‘leod
Peron
Ingston
Hector Mitchél
Quiettde
House of Correction
Leod
G. B. Smith
England
Augmentation of the Army and Purim Feast Notes
The report outlines six battalions to be expanded to twelve companies each with a detailed officer and serjeant roster totaling 1 140 privates. It also describes Purim celebrations with Esther readings in synagogues and late social observances including Hung smoked beef, and giving Purim boxes to servants and customers’ children, likened to Christmas boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haman
Hamar
Literary Chronicle review of Sir Henry Morgan tale and more
The piece reviews a London edition of a free narrative on Sir Henry Morgan with a brutal death chase in Wales and a bloodhound, followed by a long digressive excerpt. It also covers a Australian language dictionary, Fontaine’s Fables translation, painterly studies, German translations, and a note on Priessnitz hydropathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Morgan
Morgan
the Black
Wales
Heeattykick
London
Jim Crows
Hecattykick
Sir Henry Morgan
Quashie
Penaboch
Bristol
Yap
Kingston
Cuba
Sar
Lordly
Terry
Berry Gowd
Massa Morgan
Massa Buckra
Nigger Body
Dog
George Fletcher Moore
Orr and Co
Western Australia
Fontaine
Elizur Wright
Ian
William Smith
la Fontaine
Fabalist
Henry Reeve
John B Murray
John Edward Taylor
John Murray
Jean Paul
Novalis
Goethe
Uhland
Ruckert
Mickiewicz
Vincent Priessnitz
R.T. Claridge
James Madden and Co
Memoir notes on Hesse curing system and Burney life mania
The article mocks Priessnitz cold water cures with a satirical lithograph and criticizes the sweat treatment as torture. It then praises the Memoirs of Miss Burney, describing vivid portraits of Dr Johnson, Thrale, and urban society, with Dr Johnson excerpted in conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priessniz
Hesse
Ann Lerrens
Madame D'Agana
Evelina
Cecilia
London
Henry Colburn
Marlborouh-street
Miss Burney
Altraly
Johnson
Johnson, Mr. Thrale
Boswell
Burney
The Boyhood of Sir Thomas Lawrence at Devizes Inn
A visiting party at Mrs. Lawrence's Devizes inn witnesses daughters aged sixteen, a gifted ten-year-old artist, and praise for the boyhood prodigy later identified as Sir Thomas Lawrence. The family, noted for books, art, music, and beauty, impresses guests, with Sir Joshua Reynolds calling the boy the most promising genius he had met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Thomas Lawrence
Speenhill
Devizes
Bare
Joshua Reynolds
Chartist turmoil linked to Tory payments amid Leicester disclosures
The Leicestershire Mercury reports startling claims that chartist movements were directed and funded by Tories. It cites Markham’s defense admitting payments for Nottingham services, money from Tory bakers, and a £25 purse from Tory gentlemen for chartist actions. Cooper’s letters detail distributions and meetings, with broader ties to Times reporting through Nottingham connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leicastin
Leicestershire Mercury
Tat Place
Markham
Cooper
Greenwich
Stamford Mercury
Ket
Nottingham
Philips
Messrs
Clark
Bowmai
Bowman
Mr. Bowman
Couper
Iwicester
Nysel
Walter
Times
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Cabul
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Cuixa
Asmoy
Chusan
Chinghae
Ningpo
Hong Kong
Burrell
the Metropolis
Birmingham
Sturges Bourne
Hamlet
S. Knowles
Celeste
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Ducrow
Stud
Bristol Sceouner
King
Africa
Gaboon
Angola
Astorn
Cape Lopez
Antrobus
Edwin Knight
Benjamin Shuckburgh
James Kirkwood
Dobson
March
Doddington
Isle OF Wight Barx
Newronrt
James Kirkpatrick
John Eames
West Cowes
John Cook
Newport
George Randal
Pier
Ryde
Joseph Sayer
Roberts and Gregory
Roberts and Gregory's Bank
Sir
Richard Bassett and Co
Stockport
Ellen Hughes
Bastile
James Newton
Stockport Advertiser
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Bet Flint
Mrs. Thrale
Cassandra
Bet
Herset
ISI
Len Out
Pel
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