Hull Sessions Book Convicts Woman For Theft
A Hull Sessions Book report notes Hewson, a ruined fortune widow, was convicted of stealing five yards of satin and mohair from a person she knew. She was sentenced to one month in prison. The article also mentions a dangerous storm and potential sea disasters feared along the coast.
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Pacific Ocean
Conov
Baines
Leeds Mercury
Hewson
Hull Sessions Bok
Turkey
Reacy Akely
Storm brings salt spray and wrecks across the land
Reports from Isagt Hebden Bridge and Carlisle Patrist describe a violent snow storm with thunder and wind. Observers note sea spray and salt on trees and windows up to twenty miles away, with damage and unusual frost across Manchester Oldham and Liverpool as postal and transport services cope with disruption.
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Yena
Roeworthy
Bolton
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Manchester
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Coq
Clister
Dunsandle
Excluded Peter Purcell and Limerick theft case reported
In Ireland a meeting of the Precursor Society expels Peter Purcell for an attack on OConnell and orders his 1s. subscription refunded. In Limerick, William Henry White is sentenced to seven years transportation for stealing a coat and other items worth £300 from T P Davis Esq at Clare Hotel Rutland Street. Incendiary fire during Kilkenny storm destroys houses and corn. a defaulter tenant linked to the blaze is alleged insane. Lord Morpeth departs for Liverpool aboard the Urgent amid reports of Corn Laws debate and possible Parliament dissolution. A Tullamore Orange magistrates’ meeting censures government over murder. Lord Charleville recounts friendship with the murdered nobleman and his tenant relief remarks.
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Francis Egerton
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Sam Slick
Peter Purcell
O'Connell
Limerick City
William Henry White
Clare
Rutland-street
T. P. Davis
Limerick
Chaniele
Clone
Kilkenny
Hickey
Holohan
Lord Morpeth
Town
Duxtin
Tims
Limerick Chronicle of
O'Gorman Mahon
Ennis Murper
Lorp Norpury
Orange
Tullamore
Lord Charleville
Norbury murder fear sparks Irish meeting controversy
Reports at a Tipperary meeting described two strangers asking if Lord Norbury was shot and warned of further assassinations. Lords Charleville and Downshire led a debate over government letters and increasing unrest, while notices in Kilkenny warned landlords of punitive tithes and alleged conspiracies.
Canada in reply to Toronto mayor and council address
Sir George Arthur rebuts US President's claim of renewed disturbances in the Canadas and urges forbearance while promising redress through the Crown. Reports from Liverpool note Siddons sailed with no papers after Christmas. Rumors of Sir Allan McNabb’s assassination proved unfounded. Vermont meeting backs Canadian independence. Toronto brigand clashes and a London Upper Canada court martial are noted.
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New York
A. M‘nabb
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Hamiltonian Gazette
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Lockport
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Peter Pilgrim and the Mad Yankee Roisterers
A literary review of Dr. Bird’s Peter Pilgrim tales praising some sketches and critiquing the madcap adventures. It highlights The Madhouse and The Extra Ledger episodes, the mad Yankee pedlar bed fiasco, and satirical takes on nasiduction and railway contracts within the two volumes.
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Palwer
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Light of the People
People’s Light
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Peter
Virginia
Tennessee
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