Financial and social miscellany from February 28 1847
A dense review covers Exchequer balances from 1835 to 1843 with £53,790,138 total past seven years. It notes duties and taxes, a 4 percent income tax rise, and 764,608,284 pounds in funded debt. Other items mention the College of Chemistry meetings, Eton Montem controversy, Roman Catholic conversions, and medical and royal yacht updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Peel
Isi &E
Bae i F
Baring
Wis
Baron
Trevers
Stan Ae
Lord Stanley
Hofmann
Eton
Recell Hotel
Cockspur Street
Tie Mee
Lord Castlereagh
G. J. Dupuis
Marquis of
Londonderry
Ciace
Mar
Eton Monte
Caracr
Angdon
Trinity College
Cambridge
John Gordon
Christ Church
St. Pancras
New
Yacat Farny
Maesty
Fairs
Huilders
Ditchburn
Nare
Blackwall
Distapterr
Essex and Colchester
Non
Thomas Herbert
Bransby Cooper
Essex Herald
Winslow
Jack Straw
Hampstead Heath
Richard Toulmin North
J.M. Crooke
Hendon
Cockburn
Tennant
C. Roupeli
Major North
Cridstream Guards
Lancashire
Mistia
Ble
Yorkshire
Ireland
Mortreces
Thurland Castle
Kirby Lonsdale
John Burton
Andover Lodge
Cheltenham
Formeiy
Madras
North’s
Noel
Bin
Freecis Pearson
Underley Park
Thorland Castle
Louvain
Branswick
Wolfenbutlle
Brunswick
Etaine
Caroline
L of
Calhiers
Gret
Witessae
Jolo
Hamburgh
Stockholm
Cambridge chancellorship election opens with Prince Albert lead
Marys bell tolls as University crowds fill the Senate House for the election. Vice Chancellor oversees the vote with Proctors and scrutineers amid loud cheers and groans for various colleges. Poll results show Prince Albert in the lead over the Earl of Powis with the final tally tilting strongly toward Albert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campripor
Mary's
Senate
University
Senate House
Prince Albert
Burkett
Emmanuel College
Mills
Pembroke College
Snowball
St. John’s
Cookson
Peterhouse
Earl of
Albert
Earl of ‘Awis
Chancellor
Lord Lyttelton
Trinity
Queen's
King’s
du Minores
Bedell
Elizabeth
E. Walker
C. Dd
Nicepeeey Earl of
Powis
London
Wee
Earl Powis
Prince Albert Ashe
Earl Powin
Cambridge
Pringa Albert
Ewe Reeden
Sande
Campainex
Bangor
St.Asaph
Clarshall
Nolo
Folkeo
Viscount Melbourne
Dean of
Ely
Herbert Jenner Fae
Duke O Buccleuch
Justice Patteson
Whewell
Afr. Smith
Caius
Prince Albert’s
Bru Yal Highness
Royal
Exene
Eastern Counties Railway
Prince al
Rebert
Rumoured French seizure of the Balearic Islands
Intelligence notes a London rumor that the French government plans temporary possession of the Balearic Islands at Spain’s request. The gossip spread by ministry-linked circles followed a cabinet meeting, with no official confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balearic Islands
Aronour
Spain
Ward
Funeral of the Duke of Northumberland at Westminster Abbey
The late Duke of Northumberland was laid in Westminster Abbey with a grand procession. Nobles and clergy attended, the coronet preceding the coffin, prayers and Handel music heard, and a bricked vault beneath St Nicholas chapel prepared for the interment. Police and staff conducted orderly arrangements as crowds watched, while a separate report notes the death of Charles Cunningham in St Kitts and other local inquests and railway incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Abbey
St Margaret's Churchyard
Post's Corner
Aisins
Poet's Corner
St. Nicolas
Buckland
Milman
Duke of Athol
Loraine
Carlisle
G. Giffard
St. Martin’s
Northumberland House
C. Charlton
Alnwick
Wentworth
Mitchell
Turle
Crofts
St. Nicholas
Christ
Handel
Lao
Duchess of Somerset
Percy
George Villiers
Duke of Buckingham
Gardiner
Bow Street
Duke
Northumberlandhouse
Abbey
Charles
Boroton Cunningham
St. Christopher's
Leeward Islands
Basseterre
Government House
England
Government-house
Houses
Cunningham
St. Kitt's
Bromley
Bellin
C. J. Carttar
Kent
William Robert Ray
Alexander
North Western Railway
South Eastern Railway
Scott
Folkestone
London
Godstone Road
Amporter
Macgregor
Calais
Liverpool
Dinner to Mr Cobden in Rome Hosts and speeches at Chamber of Commerce
A dinner on the 10th in Rome honored Mr Cobden with Italy’s elite present including Prince Corsini and the British contingent led by Count Henry Arundel and Consular Agent Mr Freeborn. Speeches praised free trade, Pontiff and Queen Victoria, Cobden urging broad cooperation and peace driven by rational commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Cobden
Prince Corsini
Prince of
Canino
Marquis Dragonetti
Duke of
Bracciano
Chamber of Commerce
Count Henry Arundel
Sharpe
Freeborn
Marquis Potenziant
Chairrcomn
Europe
Italy
England
London
Lombard Street
Ree Wade
Pantaleone
Pius IX
Queen Victoria
Masi
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Earl of Powis
Prince Alpert
Seneee
Prince Alberts
Earl of Powie
Deen
Rmmittee
Prince
o'Crocr
Yseescesseers Coveeeerees Boe Baarl
Powla
Earl Powia
o'Crocx
Prince Albert Earl of
o'Croce
Powin
Towis
Paca
Prince Bat
Csesssseerseeere
o'Crock
Tee
Haury
Prinos
Oous
Ipswich
Zariob
Tesino
Varesse
Austria
Sardinia
Gavirate
Saroce
Sexto Calendo
Milan
Times
Paris
M. Dochatel
Miister
Foreign Department
France
Switzerland
Portugal
Mapaio
Chamber of Deputies
Ministry of Commerce
Public Instruction
Agriculture and Commerce
M. Antonio Gil de Zarube
Fiest
Cabinet Council
Foreign Office
Downing Street
Maxcagston
Earl of Lincoln
Whitehall Place
Manchester
Lixcots
William Neild
John Feel
Thomas B. Potter
Marylebone
Thomas Wise
Short’s Gardens
Drury Jane
Mr. Long
Frederick Dancey
Canterbury Villas
Maids Vale
Bidler
Edgware Road
Sophia Pyrke
Dancey
Newgate
Arbroath & Porfar
Cheater & Birkenhead
Dublin & Drogheda
Kingstown
Dundee & Arbroath
Durham
Sunderland
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Paisley
Ayr
Glasgow, Pauley, & Greenock
Gravesend End
Reesee Sree
Birmingham
Japan
Brighton
Croydon
South Western
Manchester, Bolton
Bury
Leeda
Sheffield
Midland
Bristol
Bir
Aweastie
North Shireals
Newcastle and
Bof
Darlington
Rae Norfoll
North British
Preston
Uneral
Duke of Northumberland
Mr. Cobden
Bank of England
Isaac L. Goldswid
B. B. Williams
Lawrence
J. Wreford
Bates
Thomas Baring
George Webb
Thomas Alers Hankey
Frencis Ricardo
Humphrey St
John Midmay
J. Guillam Scott
James Capel
John Norbury
B. S. Lloyd
George Burnand
Massre
Rothschild
Edward J. Satterthwaite
John Russell
Treasury
Globe
Troe
Arosar Oy
Bruxswice
G.I. Millsbe
Elephant and Castle
King’s Road
Jrtaden
Foundling Estate
Bronawick Square
Erinare
Pancras
St. Aid
T. H. Cooper
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