Chronology of 1841 Events and Disasters Summary
A dated chronology lists multiple 1841 incidents: rail and ship wrecks with loss of life, fires across Dundee docks and Bristol, floods in Essex and Greenwich, notable trials and legal actions at Old Bailey, parliamentary episodes including Ireland registration and budget debates, royal events, and a Chinese campaign. The synthesis notes casualties, public works damage, political shifts, and major societal events reported in a British periodical.
Debated division marks narrow House vote in Peel era
The report details a closely split Commons division on Sir Robert Peel's motion with 312 votes for and 311 against. It also notes social and ceremonial events including the Newspaper Press Benevolent Association dinner, a series of fires and accidents, investigations, royal events, and political reorganizations across London and major towns during a turbulent period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Robert Peel
Press Benevolent Association
London Tavern
Lord Sandon
Dunstable
Lievd
Chelsea Church
Aatley
Oxford University
Prince Albert
University
Crediton
Buckingham-palace
Order of the Bath
David Milne
Charles Napier
Duke of Nee
Woolwich
Bectagen Cates
Duke of Bordeaux
Germany
Hanover
London
Masterman
M. Wood
Lyall
Lord J. Russell
Pattison
Craward
Pirie
Rous
Leader
Evans
Paria
France
Rotherham
Offield
Deptford
Sandiacre
Notts
Metropolis
George Bowton
Acrelane
Brixton
Paris
Rio Janeiro
Portsmouth
Robert Stopford
R.N
G.C.B
Portsea
Thorley
Perth
John Burlison
Thomies Nuttall
Charles Gill
Knaresborough
Joseph Cocker
Boulogne
Wood
Gloucester
Privy-Council
Matthew Wood
Johnson
Viscount Melbourne
House of Peers
Lord John Russell
Claremont
City of London
Tower Hamlets
North Union Railway
Joy
Fordington
Dorchester
Bristol and Exeter
Quenisset
Duke o’Aumale
Faris
Marquis of Westminster
Scotty
Rawlinson
Sunderland
Lord Howick
Attwood
Td Howick
Sree
King’s Head
Eastcheap
Burdon
Robi
Blakesley
Hitchin
Hertfordfordshire
Lord Dinorben
M‘leod
Utica
America
Manchester
South Molton
Devonshire
Isi
Thames
Putney
Derby
E. B. Smith
Comptroller’s Office
Tower of London
Brussels
Belgium
L. Daniel O'Connell
Dublin
BE. B. Smith
Newgate
Messrs
Duchess of Kent
Countess of Durham
Genoa
Wellington-street
Blackfriars-road
Robert Blakesley
Old Bailey
St. John’s
New Brunswick
Ernest Rapallo
R. Blakesley
Mount Osborne
Thames-tunnel
Earl of Harewood
Francis Chantry
Dreemnes
Birkbeck
Mechanics’ Institution
Henry Grayson
Rainford
St. Helen's
Her Majesty
Chapel Royal
St. James's
Beaumont Smith
Central Criminal Court
Baron Parke
Windsor Castle
Alderman Birch
Brighton
Earl of Westmoreland
Earl of
Great Western Railway
Drury, Lane
Macready
Bristol and Gloucester
Congress
Chamber of Deputies
Peres
John
Earl Somers
Viscount Lantner
Robert
Lord Henley
Anthony Henley
Lawrence
Earl of Rosse
William
Lord
Oxmantown
George William
Earl of Rothes
Lord Leslie
Lord Wrottesley
Successions Across Peerage Marks in 19th Century Listings
A historical record lists noble successions and extinction events by date, noting heirs and successors such as viscounts and earls. It catalogs changes including the extinction of the earldom of ONeill and multiple transfers to eldest sons or cousins across December entries.
Railway Board Merges Bristol with London and Paddington Action
The report outlines contemplation of merging Bristol board into London board with centralized management at Paddington. The Times Weekly Raway Returns compile official figures from multiple lines, showing net totals and expenditures across Birmingham Derby Junction, London routes, and other regional railways with notes on rent, tolls, and private security among directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Westeax Ramway
Bristol Board
London Board
Paddington
Railway
Treasury
Waraamt
Madeira
Canary Islands
Azores
West Indies
South America
United Kingdom
Uniteddom
Ochestyslands
Central America
Venezuela
New Grenada
Panama
North
Tur Excurgyza
Pwc
Faavo
E. B. Smith
Rapallo
Solari
Basing Street
Stock-exchange
Newgate
Exchequer-bills Commission
Exchequer-Bill
Bank of England
Exchequer Bill Office
Lord Ashburton
John Nichol
London Gazette
Timess
Birmingham
Derby Junction
London
Gloucester
Brandling Junction
Chester
Birkenhead
Dundee
Arbroath
Glasgow
Ayr
Paisley
Greenock
Grand Junction
Crewe
Great North of England
Great Western
Cheltenham
Bristol
Exeter
Selby
Lancaster
Preston Junction
Liverpool
Manchester
Aylesbury
Blackwall
Brighton
Greenwich
Croydon
Shoreham
London and South Wester
Burton
Bury
Sheffield
Leeda
Newcastle and Carlisle
North Midland
Leeds
North Union
Preston and Wyre
Ulster
York and
Mortality Table for the Metropolis Week Ended Dec 26 1841
A mortality table from the Metropolis records the number of deaths from all causes registered in the week ending Saturday December 26 1841. It summarizes the total deaths and reflects public health trends in the city during that period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ine
Avi P Dala
Kensington
St. George
Hanoveraquare
Estminster
St. Martin in-the-Fields
St. James
St. Marlebone
St. Pancras
Islington
Jackney Ae
Central
St. Giles
Strand
Holborn
Clerkenwell
St. Luke
East London
West Lon
London
Oily
Shoreditch
Bethnal-green
Whitechapel
St. Geo
Stepney
Poplar Rpe
Tat East
South
St. Saviour
St.Olave
Bermondsey
Southwark
Newington
Lambe
Camberwell
Rotherhithe
Greenwich
Loweat
Oswestry Murder Recaptured Prisoners Arrive for Examination
Excitement spread through Oswestry and county as Williams and Slawson, suspects in the Emma Evans murder near Chirk, were captured at Coventry. They arrived under guard, were examined at the guildhall, and remanded for further inquiry as crowds gathered outside the gaol and streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Slaweon
Emma Evans
Chirk
Macmichael
Coventry
English Bridge
Wylecop
Atchan
Shrewsbury
Dawson
Thomas Kenyon
R. N. Hill
Thomas Henry Prosser
John Williams
Moss Fridlander
Fleet-street
Mr. Fridlander
Wrexham
Edo
Slawson
Coe Om
Ido Nat
Langsham
South Wales
Bristol Channel
Cross
Cornwall
Tregonne
Fridlander
Mr. Prosser
Perry
Sponend
Joseph’ Lawrence
Perry's
Eben
Langshaw’s
T. Eaton
Leeswood
Flintshire
Macmicheel
Murder in Mansfield A Young Woman slain by jealous suitor
A correspondent reports a brutal murder in Mansfield dated December 31 1841. Mary Allom nineteen, daughter of aging parents, was lured to a workshop adjoining a churchyard by John Jones alias Samuel Moore a shoemaker with drink problems. He killed her with a shoemaker knife then hid the body and later confessed after being found in bed with the landlady’s son. He showed no remorse and wished to be hanged. The piece ends noting Capt Walker in Turkish service receives a royal order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murper
Mansfield
Mary Allom
John Jones
Samuel Moore
Mettam
James Wragg
Barat
Walker
Poets Professorship Election at Oxford
Oxford Herald reports a January 26 vote to elect a professor of poetry at Oxford University. The item notes archival timing and campus significance, with emphasis on university governance and precedent in scholarly appointments.
Paupers in the Workhouse Set Ablaze Then Imprisoned
Six able bodied young men at East Lemdon Union Workhouse faced charges after a night in the facility ended with their clothes torched by a stray lucifer. The master, Alexander Sarab, reported the incident. furniture glass was broken and the men were kept inside or turned out. Alderman Farebrother sentenced them to seven days.
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Guildhall
Novet Monz
Paocurma Crorugs
Alexander, Sarab
East Lemdon Union
T’rliémb
Got
Alderman Farebrother
Amuszina Coversurr
Thamas Barker
Aldermar Farebrother
Mary Clifford
The
Emerald
Isle
Beech-street
Barbican
Farebrother
Pickford’s
White Horse
Piccadilly
Perae Abayia
Moses
Maryle
Joseph Saville
Foe the Marine
Mr. Long
Weymouth
Faley
George Randalls
Warner
Knightsbridge
Randalls
Wilson
Newbury
Berkshire
London
Shoreditch
Gregorie
Clerkenwell
Anne Wells
James Stuart
John Arthur
York Street
Bagnigge Wells
Worship Street
Daniel O’brien
James O'Brien
Mn Broughton
Owen M‘carthay
Hunt
Daniel Hart
Ambeth Street
Patrick
Mary Murray
Ann Gallaghan
Old Bailey
Jack Sheppard
Inquest in Tottenham on Deborah Smith Poisoning
An inquest at the White Hart Tottenham Court Road heard Deborah Smith aged 49. Her husband Thomas Smith testified that she grew cross during the day after inviting children to dine. She later poisoned herself with oxalic acid and died before the surgeon arrived. The jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SrvanLan
Baker
White Hart
Tottenham-court-road
Deborah Smith
Thomas Smith
Alfred. Mews
Tottenham-cowrt-road
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Jaxvant
London and Brighton
Streatham
Pitalfield
St. Agnes, Scilly
General Steam Navigation Company
Fhames
Pleasant Row
James Scott
Waterloo Bridge
Martin van Buren
Brenford
Lewisham
Essex
James Hatfield
Drury-lane Theatre
George Jir
Bethlem
Earl of Cardigan
Douglas
House of Lords
Lord Stanley
Ireland
O'Connell
Stalsall
Gladstone
Syria
Charles Smith
Bandeira
Walken
R. Stopford
Lord John
Russell
Lord Keane
East Indies
Astley Paston Cooper
Harvey
Tackett
Sir Astley Cooper
Guy’s Hospital
Marquis of Londonderry
Wyndyard-park
Stockton upon-Tees
Trinity-house
Marquis Amden
co.Marca
Marshal Victor
Duke de Bellano
Old Bailey New Court
Harvey Kipps
Tuckett
William H. Harrison
United States
Washington
Michael Wallace
Hesse
Order of the Garter
Buckingham Palace
Duke of Sutherland
Edwin Jones
Hamilton
Josiah Misters
Shrewsbury Assizes
Mr. Macreth
Mary Stuart
Cardiff
Penzance
Earl Minto
Drury-lane
Louis Philippe
Parklane
Marlborough
Mr. Mackreth
Benjamin Fowles
Stafford
General Harrison
United States of America
John Tyler
Commodore Napier
Falmouth
Alexandria
Dowlais
Merthyr
Wales
Frederick Reynolds
Warren Street
Willington
Newcastle
Shields
William Brown
Array
Cooke
Peover
Lord James Beresford
2Th Hussars
Tigris
England
Ceylon
Wiliam Jen
John Russell
New York
Rufane Donkin
the Ordnance
Southampton
Count of Paris
Notre Dame
Earl of Waldegrave
William Duff
Wheatley
Court of Queen's Bench
Lord Waldegrave
Duff
Queen's Bench
Artists’ Benevolent Fund
Freemasons
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Madrid
Espartero
Spain
Stoke Cannon
Denis Doolan
Patrick Redding
John Green
Edinburgh
Limerick
Quebec
Outerbridge
Red Island Reef
T. Duncombe
Brom Tr
Olinson
Coronation
Conolly
van Amburgh
Holmes
Canton
China
Tescott House
William Molesworth
Epsom
Ghuznee
Dixon
Chesnut
Clinton
Darmes
King Philippe
National Theatre
Case of Commons
Sir R. Peel
John* Wrottesley
Charles
Earl O'Neill
O'Neill
Somerset
Earl of Belmore
Armar
Viscount Corry
Hugh
Earl Fortescue
Viscount Ebrington
Frederick
Monson
Willian John’ Monson
Alexander
Earl of Home
Cospatrick
Dunglas
John William
Marquis of
Lothian
Jedburgh
Thomas
Earl of Elgin
James
Lord Brace
Henry
Viscount Lascelles
Lord Burgherab
K.C.B
Henry Frederick Joseph
Edward
Oswestry
Faanox
Gazette Des Tribunaur
Brazier
Colombier
Chamber of Peers
Petit Luxembourg
Just Brazier
Nationed
Court of Peers
Luxembourg
Seorakets
Iecle
M. Odilon Barrot
Acadia
Ririe
Boston
Fiairfax
Vera Cruz
Texas
Santa Fé
Canada
Grand Jury
United States Bank
Austin Montgomery
Nicholas Biddle
Joseph Cowperthwaite
Thomas Dunlap
Samuel Jaudon
John Andrews
Austin
United. States Bank
Court of General Sessions
Philadelphia
Bank of the United States
Henry Mallory
Henry Korn
Moses Kempton
Edward Coles
J. S. Newbold
Joshua Lippincott
Jonathan Patterson
Thomas Tailor
William Drayton
Nicholas
Biddle
Joseph
Outhwaite
Thomas D
Edward Cole
James S. Newbold
Jonathan
Patterson
Joseph Cabot
Rodney Fisher
Richard Price
George Handy
Alexander Lardner
Lawrence Lewis
United States Bank of Pennsylvania
Thomas Taylor
T. B. Tows
Portry
Oxford
Oxford Herald
Smith
Bristol Infirmary
J. Grindon
John Hedge
Wickwar
Macintosh
Jones
Bankaman
Lewis Crew
Gregg
Hawkeman
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