Great Western Gauge Debate Ends with Directors’ Resolution
A special meeting of line proprietors at The City of London Tavern discussed the gauge controversy and Brunel’s gradient plan. Directors’ report favored continuing wide gauge and heavier rails, with supporters urging adherence to the directors’ principles for the line’s long term welfare.
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London
W. A. Simms
Clais
Wood
Great Western Railway
North Star
London and Birmingham
Harvey Combe
Great Western
J. Hawkshaw
England
Brunel
Hawkshaw
Russell-Gurney
Dublin and
Kingstown Company
Ulster
Croydon
Bolton and Bury
Awkshaw
Bousley
Mr. Babbage
Mr. B
Stokera, &c
Manchester and
Bolton
Grand Junction Railway
Brunell
Hayworth
Phipps
Mr. Hawkshaw
Baker
Maidenhead
Swift
Parallel Leaders Chandos and O Connor in Politics
A critique compares Lord Chandos and Feargus O Connor as two faces of de facto governance and printed power. It argues both seek to rule for their class, urge force, and obstruct universal suffrage, while praising balanced reform via Household Suffrage and the ballot. It notes public opinion will resist their approaches.
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Harrington
England
Lord Chandos
Feargus O’connor
Bury
Feargus O'Connor
House of Commons
House of
O’connor
Jack Cade
Cern
O'Connor
Buckinghamshire
Monthly Memoranda for 1839 January to December
Recollect transfer days, tax and insurance payment deadlines, and term dates for each month. Notes cover bank transfers, fire insurance due dates, bishop and holy days, overseer appointments, quarter and Easter terms, electors lists, Burgess duties, taxes, and municipal acts across the year. Includes reminders about May pole, St. Swithin, Whit Monday, and year-end reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blase
Maxicu
St. David’s
St. Patrick’s
Ladyday
St. Swithin
Municipal Corporation Act
Duchess of Wirtemburg dies in Pisa on January second
The Moniteur reports the death of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Wirtemburg in Pisa at 8:15 pm on January 2. The king, queen, and royal family grieve, with France sharing in the sorrow.
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Duchess of
Wirtemburg
Pisa
France
Crabb
Hill
Southampton
Letter from L E L Maclean in tropical voyage home
A personal letter from L E Landon Maclean written aboard a ship to Mrs Hall describes six weeks of sea travel, the tropical castle like house, libraries with scientific gear, native people, and homely routines. She notes seclusion, cheerful mood, and literary pursuits amid new surroundings. She signs ZL E Maclean and mentions Mr Maclean’s library and Book of Gems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8.C. Hall
Mia Hali
Tropics
England
Maclean
Sinbad
Doctor Thompson Denies Poison in Mrs Maclean’s Final Medicine
Inquest testimony notes no hydrocyanic acid in the medicine chest shared by Dr Thompson and a druggist for Mrs Maclean. The piece links her death date with a prior review of her Scrap Book and mentions she died after a fatal poisoning on the coast of Africa.
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Maclean
Thompson
Melancholy Death of Hegesippe Noreau Poetic Printer
The Parisian literary world mourns Hegesippe Noreau a young obscured printer who published Mysotis a moving poem. After years of poverty he died in hospital and his embalmed body was honoured in Montparnasse with funeral orations.
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Fost
France
Hegesippe Noreau
Paris
Mysotis
Meczenas
K Hospital
Mont Parnasse
Eprnspures
Edinburgh Castle
Lord Ligonier
Savines
Lisbon
Gibraltar
Plymouth
Falmouth
Bar
Durham
Hull
Rockingham
George Cookman
Lord Durham
Cleveland-row
London
Canada
North American
House of Lords
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Matt Tew
Tony Dow
Price
History and Politics
Chatham
East India Company
L’eco
Palellos
la Mancha
Don Carlos
Henry Cheese
Lower Chelsea
Cheynewalk
Essex
Southend Pier Company
Vandervelr
Chelmsford Chronicle
Shropshire
F. Kenyon
R. H. Clive
John Russell
Mrs. Maclean
Landon
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