Party Night at Liberty Hall with Jollit the Duke
A lively gathering at Liberty Hall features Mrs Hankin supervising tea, Prat and Pratt, Mr Snarry, and the eccentric Mr Joe Jollit delivering comic entrances and tricks. Cards, teetotums, and merriment ensue as guests mingle, laugh, and endure the evening’s playful pranks and performances.
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Mr. Snarry
Liberty Hall
Pratt
Mr. Pratt
Jollit
Joseph Jollit
Bam
Duke of Northumberland
Mr. Jollits
Mr. Bodle
Vingt-Un
Joe Jollit
Pension grants and legal rulings in 19th century notices
The Moniteur notes a 1509 pension for M Casimir Delavigne's widow from Beaux Arts funds, plus another similar grant from literature funds. It also covers university appeals, a libel dismissal in Macmullen v Hampden, new marble seasons statues at Goldsmiths, parish vestry denials, a deaf and dumb chapel opening urging support, and half yearly profit reports with dividends and drainage fever concerns in St Pancras.
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Castain DeLaviexe
Favksent
New College
Mgr. Williams
Macmullen
Convocation
Vine Ants
Goldsmiths’ Company
Nixon
Parisn
Sc. Paul
Covest Garden
Tower of London
Wellclose Square
Thomas Walsh
Axp Dexs
Fetter Lane
Fleet Street
London
Princes-street
G. Catley
J D. Powles
Tony
St. Pancras Boano
Ixsurricient DuatnaGe
Guardians of the
St. Pancras
King's-road
Wright
Curtis
Ferdinand Street
Churchwarden Howarth
Kentishtown
Douglas
Court and Fashion. The Queen and Albert's bounty at Windsor riding school
Windsor Monday report on a royal charity distribution for 186 families. Beef bread plum pudding ale potatoes and 180 blankets were allocated, with detailed quantities listed. The Queen and Prince Albert observed from the royal gallery as Lady Douro and others assisted in organization. A carriage accident near Windsor Castle caused no harm to the Queen.
Price changes trigger reader letters in the Weekly Chronicle
The issue notes a price rise for the Weekly Chronicle with mixed reader reactions, defends comparisons to the League periodical, and promises improvements. It reports on printing quality, later news, and trade coverage, plus a reader letter from Gko Winttans dated January 1, 1844, praising the paper while acknowledging the rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weekly Chronicle
The
League
Chronicle
WeExty Chronicle
Wittles
Boz
Manchester
Overland Mail
Ireland
Lord Stanley
Londonderry
Moat
Gko
Winttans
P.S
Little Woolton
India Mail
Lord Monsons liberal rents cut and ward disqualification plan
The report notes Lord Monson reducing rents by fifteen percent on Lincolnshire estates and Earl Fortescue trimming rents by ten percent at Tattershall. A petition is drafted against ward candidates Richard Taylor Robert Obbard Edward Hodgson and W Gresham for disqualification, risking a by election if four others Prendergast Sydney Walker and Wells are blocked. A Lady Grenville carriage accident near Burnham is described with injuries and prompt medical care. The obsequies of Sir Edward Brace, a naval officer, are reported with a full ceremonial procession and ships in attendance. Weather details record extreme frost and a thawing day with ice on the Repent's park. The South London Dispensary reports growing patient aid from 690 to 4,323 in a year with finances and doctors named. A chemical gas risk from Liverpool sugar houses is discussed with warnings against ignition, while an inquest at the Lord Wellington, Tottenham Court Road, reports death of artist Thomas Gibson by brain hemorrhage after a night of collapse.
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Lord Monson
Lincolnshire
Earl Fortescue
Tub Tate
Farringdon
Messrs
Richard Taylor
Robert Obbard
Edward Hodgson
W. Gresham
Prendergast
Sydney
Walker
Wells
Gnrenville
Lady Grenville
Dropmore
Huntercombe-house
Bucks
Burnham
Shereness
Edward Brace
Fareham
Portsmouth
Camperdown
Ocean
77Th
Royal Marines
Vestal
Larne
Sheriff
Fisher
Sheerness
Chatham
Myrtle
Repent's
Yorkgate
St. George’s Fields
Meymott
Clutterbuck
Addison
Sutherland
Liverpool
Liverpool Journal
Webley
Lord Wellington
University Street
Tottenham Court-Road
Thomas Gibson
Carlisle
E. Garland
Taylor
A Calendar of Sunrise Sunset and Tide Times
A Victorian style calendar page gives rules to compute sunrise and sunset by latitude, plus tables for high water times at major ports with adjustments for Bristol Cork Falmouth Hull Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow and Southampton. It also includes weekly religious readings and weather ephemeris notes for January 7th through 13th with moon phase, clock offset, sun declination, and term dates.
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Great Britain
Ireland
London Dock
Bristol
Cork
Cove
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Southampton
WrerKxcy Chronicle Announces Multiple Editions for Subscribers
The paper outlines four editions with distinct publish times and markers to prevent substitutions. Country Edition Friday, Town and Country Edition Saturday, Second Edition Saturday for Evening Mails, and Town Edition Sunday morning for metropolitan readers. Subscriptions are 26s yearly, 13s half-year, 6s 3d per quarter, with post-direct delivery via newsagents.
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WrerKxcy Chronicle
State of Parties and Corn Laws in 1844 London
The Weekly Chronicle analyzes liberal union and corn law disputes as 1843 ends. It contrasts Gladstone’s export distress theory with a growing protectionist mood in Europe, outlines four corn law factions, and urges Whigs to adopt free trade principles to form a stable, principled alliance against the Tory protectionist bloc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Chronicle
Gladstone
Board of Trade
Foreign and Colonial Quarterly Review
Mr. Gladstine
House of Commons
Frea Frade
India
China
Globe
Recall of Lord de Grey Sparks Irish Controversy
The Standard disputes the recall report and the government’s possible move on corn policy. The piece reiterates belief that Lord de Grey may be recalled or removed from Ireland by spring, hinting his absence would benefit Ireland while noting health and air as possible motives.
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Lord de Grey
Robert Peel
Llandara
Ireland
Pacific
Falsehoods and the Season of Year in The Standard
The Standard accuses rivals of fabrications while denying responsibility for spreading unverified reports. It notes plentiful lies during the Ferrand and Oastler Coalition season, then touches on Lord de Grey with cautious belief, awaiting time to prove its truth.
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Standard
Oastler
Lord de Grey
Prorogation of the Cortes and Narvaez’s Rise in Spain
The article analyzes Spain's political shift as General Narvaez gains power with royal backing after Olozaga’s fall. It details Brava's harsh austerity measures, the Cortes' suppression, and the Queen’s Camarilla influence, while noting France and Britain lack leverage. It questions provincial reaction to the new order and Narvaez’s next moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senor Olozaga
Madrid
Puerta del Sol
Times
Chronicle
Oluzaga
Louis Philippe
Queen Christina
Narvaez
Espartero
Cortes
Cromwell
Camarilla
Olozaga
Gonzales Braya
Martinez de la Rosa
Brava
Spain
Guirigaray
Duke of Victoria
Bravo
Marquesa de Santa Cruz
France
Monsieur Guizot
Lord Aberdeen
Don Francisco de Paula
Duc d'Aumale
Don Francisco
Caramanchel
Dona Carlota
Portugal
Hope of harmony after New Zealand unrest
The article argues recent New Zealand clashes should not inflame British native relations. It criticizes Auckland dominance, calls for official protection of settlers, and notes the need to restore calm through measured government action and reconciliatory spirit on both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leason
New Zealand
United States
Parliament
Colonial Office
New Zealand Company
Auckland
Hobson
Shortland
Downing-street
Wellington
Sydney
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W. H. Holcombe
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Duke of Grafton
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Bury
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Westminster
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Marseilles
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Maximilian I
Cambridge
Isaiah l
Matthew xii
Isaiah
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Mort
the Weekly Chronicle
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Corn Law Party
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Peel
E. Huatchbull
the Chronicle
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Athens
Guinea
Lord Spencer
Lord John Russell
Lord Howick
Party of Free Trade
M‘gregor
Deaton Hume
Fitzroy
Anothher
Captain Wakefield
M‘donough
Rangihaita
Ife
Colonel Wakefield
Tucker
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