Amoy Captured in August British Siege in Amoy Harbor
The Bombay Times reports Amoy fell to British forces on August 26 after a stout defense by Chinese troops. Rear Admiral Parker and Major General Gough led the siege with 18th and 26th Regiments and seamen. Koolangsee island and long batteries were seized. valuables were scarce, and Amoy was largely gutted before British withdrawal to Koolangsee with a small garrison. News also notes Chinese resistance in the Cabul frontier and ongoing China expedition movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P Mall
Marseilles
Alta
Indis
Canton
Europe
Chins
Burmah
Cabul
Hegre
Celebes
Amoy
Henry, Pottiner
Kaplangsee
Smell Island
Chasan
Ningpo
Grand Canal
Hong Kong
Macao
Paleats
Thurawaddie
China
United States
Jellalabad
Peshawar
Calcutta
Robert Sale
Ang
Dham
Bengal
Wm. Hay M‘naghten
Bombay
Bolan
Outram
Madagascar
Borneo
Chusan
Cracutan
W. Parker
K C.B
H. Gough E.cb
Koolangsee
Chekean
Fokien
Honry Perriness
Blenheim
Hong Kong Bay
Arbour
Wellesley
Sesostris
Queen
Blond
Yee Draid
Modeste
Centra
Columbine
Fyes
Algerine
Sir Hu. Gough
Wollesley
Hugh Gough
Koolangaee
Algeria
Nias
Her Majesty
Herald
Color cRioge
Derg Rgener Tatoos
Algo
Intinas
Cies
Inside a Chinese harbor siege and rumored plunder report
A dated despatch describes mass pillaging by Chinese forces and locals as permission to move grain was granted. It estimates a city population of 60 000 to 70 000, an army near 10 000, with about 100 to 150 killed, many by shell and musketry, as soldiers and residents brace for further destruction. The author notes uncertainty about exact figures and intentions to advance to Ningpo and Chusan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regi
Ningpo
Chusan
Far East tension and Amoy fortification update
Reports from Moulmein and Rangoon in October describe cautious pacific tones toward Burma while noting Afghan border clashes. Amoy fortifications and harbor complex are detailed with harbor, battery positions, and local trade implications. Commercial intelligence from Macao describes unsettled trade, river obstruction near Canton, and fluctuating tea and silk prices amid cautious British engagement.
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Burmah
Moulmein
India
Calcutta
Tharawaddie
Rangoon
Monlmein
Madras
Amoy
Primrose
Chekeang
Fokien
Amis
Algiers
Diately
Aimouis & Harbour
Amor
Koolangsge
Emony
Hiamen
China
Circuit
Canton
Japan
Faikeen
Hich
Formosa
Arly
Jong
Chinna
Macao
E Hon. Company
Pas Ra
Whampos
Nias
Wangtong
Bogue
Hong Kong
Whampoa
England
St. Mungo
Greyhound
Saghalien
Neptune
Dublin Orangemen scan for a rich candidate in London
A Dublin deputation pursues a strong candidate from among moderates and other figures amid party tensions. Rumors link Colquhoun-Globe as a potential option while Lord Jocelyn declines.
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Dublin
Lord Jocelyn
Dublin Orangemen
London
Orangemen
Colquhoun
Globe
Dulwich College
Jeffrys Thomas Allen
Trinity, College, Cambridge
Bridgewater
Alleyn
Allen
Great Western Railway
Robert Palmer
Berkshire
Nosta Herx and Eastern Railway
London Tavern
Wm. Crawshay
Kinnaird
Foto
Bishops ‘Stortford
Tue Waraxatt Rospery
Nathaniel Burge
John Milsom
George Hart
John Tride
Thomas Wise
Samuel Stokes
Eli Watson
Jonas Penny
John Northover
John Roberts
Selina
Mary Gough
Elizabeth Stokes
Wiltshire
Bath
John Milcom
Paris Seethes With Holiday Folly and Fiscal Tensions
Foreign dispatch from Paris surveys New Year customs and misrule critics, noting bonbons and folly as tones clash with conservative political shifts. It flags Salvandy’s Madrid move, Espartero’s audience refusals, and sparring over ambassadorial recalls as debt and defense shapes the year ahead.
Opening of the Cortes in Spain with royal pageantry
The Queen opened the Cortes today amid guard lines from the regent's hotel to the palace and a ceremonial journey. The regent and Infanta resumed positions as the speech to parliament outlined moderation, European relations, clemency for rebels, naval updates, and debt pledges while deputies prepared commissions and officers for the session. Portugal reports government gains in Lisbon and Oporto elections, with talks of reshaping duties and refugee policy.
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Mansip
Contes
Senate
Ates
Infanta
Eheires
Europe
Spain
Morte
Isabella
Chamber of Deputies
Senor Olozago
Meters
Torres Solanot
Onis
Maguire Y. Yrribarren
Chacen Y Doran
Assembly
Messrs
Gomez
Becerra
Tarrius
Capaz
Calatrava
Quintana
Madrid
Chamber
Association of Weavers
Barcelona
Expectador
M. Gonzales
Mdo. Selvandy
Olozaga
Cabello
Galvez
Canedo
Cortina
Vadillo
Acuna
Hungary Diet Debates Postpone Publicity Law Vote
Witness testimony remains unsettled as the Hungarian diet debates resumed. A contentious motion on publicity of judicial proceedings was rejected by a small majority. The next session likely to feature heated debate on the matter. In Heves county the magistrates were chosen peacefully, all elected officials being conservative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houraasy
Pest
Hungary
Heves
Erlan
Sre
Turesty Rumors Pulse Through Istanbul Power Shuffle
Raouf is replaced by Izet as sultan figures shift. Ahmet Fethi Pacha and Halil fail to take posts while Hussein becomes seraskier and Hafiz finance minister. Zecheria Pacha to command Roumelia. Baraktar Oglou recalled to Constantinople. Armies mass: 50,000 regulars and 15,000 Mbra nians, with 30,000 north, 40,000 near Salonica, 50,000 around the capital. Armenian quarrel nearing end.
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Turesty
Constantinople
Raouf
Izet
Ahmet Fethi Pacha
Seraskier
Halil
Hussein
Janissaries
Hafiz
Riza Pacha
Zecheria Pacha
Roumelia
Baraktar Oglou
Bussara
Jacomb Pacha
Kosref
Salonica
Syria Faces Turkish Mediation After Helpless Mends
Reports from Syria suggest Turkish authorities forced Druses to withdraw within their lines and hostilities paused for now. Porte commissioners arrive to assess actions and propose measures though anger among Maronites persists. Syrian military mission orders travel to Beyrout. remaining officers may depart to Malta, saving vast public expense.
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Syria
Drnses
Porte
Beyrout
Malta
Revenue Abstract for Britain 1841 and 1842 Net Produce
The Metropolis presents an abstract of the net produce of the revenue of Great Britain for the years and quarters ended January 5, 1841 and January 5, 1842. It shows the increases and decreases between the two periods, outlining shifts in duties, excises, and duties collected across regions and departments. The document highlights fiscal changes and overall revenue movements for the government.
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Great Britain
First Isl s Isl s Rural Asiatic Society meeting notes
The first season meeting was chaired by Sir A Johnstone with Sir G Staunton Prof Royle and others present. Talks covered ancient Indian urns and alleged sacrifices, with debate on their origin and absence of volcano evidence, plus new member W R Hamilton FRS.
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Rural Asiatic Society
A. Johnstone
G. Staunton, Bart
Professor Royle
India
Postons
W. R. Hamilton
F R.S
Royal Geographical
Alfred
Tartary
Greece
Rome
Elphinstone
Himalaya
Cape Comorin
Serra Lyigios
Spitalfields
Bethnal-green
Brick-lane
Robert Hanbury
de Lancey Lawson
London Tavern
J. Irvine
M.P
Calvert
West Indies
Sour H. Ska Hoven
South Sea Ffouse
Charles Franks
Home Department
Prince Albert
Bovernty
Loxpox Dock Company Halves-Year Meeting Reports Growth
At Dockhouse Princess Street Bank the half year to November reports 602 loaded foreign ships totaling 181 893 tons, up from 581 ships and 124 627 tons in 1940. Earnings reached £168 878 15s 6d, with a proposed dividend raised to £1 7s 6d and a large surplus after debt provision. The meeting adopted the report and augmented dividend amid praise for directors.
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Loxpox Dock Company
Onduesday
Dockhouse
Princess-street
Bank
Mechanics’ Institution
Southampton Bildings
Chancery Lane
Ager
Brighton Vestry Opposes Poor Law Orders and Workhouse Changes
Brighton inhabitants met in vestry to adopt a report opposing the poor law commission's workhouse alterations. The committee urged resisting the order and pursuing certiorari to the Court of Queen's Bench, with a plan to submit to residents first. The Rev J B M Anderson led the unanimous resolution in a crowd of about 500.
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Brighton
Court of Queen's Bench
Evershed
Burnley
William Dugdale
Turf Inn
John Hargreaves
County of Lancaster
Ellen Nuttall
Eastgate
Dugdale
Sarah Dugdale
Aon
Dugdéll
Benjamin Sagar
Thomas Stuttard
Sagar and
Stuttard
Lancaster Castle
Turbulent Ireland News Mix From Dustin to Drogheda
Reports from Dustin Drogheda and surrounding areas describe a deadly stairwell collapse at a Catholic chapel opening, with numerous injuries and possible fatalities. There is political chatter on Liberal tides and a visit by Mr. Connell to Drogheda, plus clerical appointments and potential bishops under discussion in Ossory.
Proposals for Holy Trinity College in Scotland
In Scotland north of the Firth of Forth a central college named The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity is planned with initial subscriptions from Duke of Buccleuch, J Gladstone of Fasque, Queen Dowager, Archbishops, and other notables. Total gifts exceed £9,000, with £20,000 seen as required to begin, and a 150 to 200 youth capacity. A meeting with bishops will determine the college’s permanent constitution once funded.
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Tau
Duke of
Buccleuch
J. Gladstone
Fasque
Scotland
Firth of Forth
College of the Holy
Trinity
Archbishop of
Canterbury
Bishop of
London
Skinner
Aberdeen
Marquis of
Lothian
Lord Douglas
R. W. Ramsay
Whitehill
W. E. Gladstone
J. R. Hope
T. Gladstone
J. W. Gladstone
R. Gladstone
Lord H. Kerr
J. Cay
T. Bowdler
G. Stirling
Bart
A. Falconer
Falconball
A. Cay
Earl of
Dunmore
C. A. Meir
J. Stirling
P. M. Threiplend
Trinity College
Lord Polwarth
Mertoun-house
Henry Francis Hepburn Scott
Kelso Mail
Guascow Ro
Glasgow
Frith
Stirling
Earl OF Kintore
Blaikie
Keith-hall
Paisley
England
Kixtorr
Dberilen
Glasgow Courier
Inquest Hears of Tragic Suicide in Bethnal Green
An inquest at the King and Queen Bethnal Green led by Mr. Baker concluded William Halliott a 27 year old weaver of No 8 Mapes Street died by suicide driven by temporary insanity after a quarrel with a young woman named Allen. He was found hanging by a cord attached to a bradawl in the wainscot over his cupboard after a fortnight of low spirits.
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Franch
Paris
France
London
Pyrenees
M. de Salvandy
Madrid
Toledo
Espartero
Algiers
Courrier Francais
Court of Peers
England
Syria
Austria
Spain
de Moniteur
Seine
Tribunal
Chamber of Commerce
Councils-General
Seine Et Oise
Les
Chamber of Deputies
Univérs
Eec
Bauer
Colombier
Brazier
M. Gedgain
Pilote de Calvados
Caen
Moniteur
Savings’bank of Paris
Headcorne
Heale
Maidstone
Boykett
Mann
Braintree
Bradford
Manchester
J.C. Dyer
Store-street
London Road
Messrs
Phenix
Dyer
York
Liverpool
Allcoats Street
Stare-street
Southampton
Springfield-house
Kenelm Digby
Tring
Dezatgvctius
Evans
Newmill End
Berkhampsted
Ashridge
Aylesbury
Baker
King and Queen
Harestreet
Bethnal,green
William Halliott
Weaver
No. 8
Mape-street
Allen
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Foreign Intelligence
Portugal
Senor Avila
Lisbon
Oporto
Cortes
Howard de Walden
Lord Aberdeen
Oribe
Baussels
Place Des Palais
Gardes
Civique
Juges
Daine
Fjuesaato
Saap Keeelthas
Constitutional Assembly of
Geneva
Hanoven
M. Lutc
the Metropolis
Boe
Ireland
Dustin
Shannon
City
Atwood
Kinsale
Sunderland
Othee Ge
Lord Morpeth
Carlton Club
Cyconnell
Dexpate
Drogheda
Dundalk
D Bent Trades Association
Keappock
Driy HS
Drogheda Argus
Saturn
Donecar
Foundaroy
John Hamilton
St. Ernons
Derry Standard
Ossory
Kilkenny
Br. Fowler
Leighlin
Ferns
Lord Stanley
Elrington
Daly
St. Patrick’s
Archdeacon Stopford
Armagh
Mr. Daly
Powerscourt
Sirbert Peel
Ratcliffe
St. Patrick
Wilson
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