Literary Chronicle Review of English Historical Essays
The current issue lauds Taz Bullis Haxp Forxicy Review and the Church and State Lectures by Dr Arnold. It praises the Musical Antiquarian Society and key articles on Tariffs and Louis XIV, plus strong notes on Jules Janin, and lists several historical works including Thornton's History of the British Empire in India and Halliwell's Freemasonry in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taz Bullis Haxp
Forxicy Review
Arnold
Musical Antiquarian Society
Percy
Camden
Weelkes
Wilbye
O. Gibbons
England
Cobdens
Brights
Gladstone
Louis XIV
Ireland
France
Jules Janin
Europe
Janin
Pont Neuf
Flower Girl
Madame Laffarge
Rachel
Freemasonry
James Orchard Halliwell
F.R.S
London
John Russell Smith
Brotherhood
January 28 iis school opening debate on design arts
On January 28 the council reopened the school to pupils a contentious dispute arose. Wood engravers lobbied to block a ladies art school arguing it would harm engraving income and reduce premiums for skilled workers. Advocates argued designers and instructors could push Arts education without harming existing trades. The current pupil count across branches stands around 240.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tsa Oras
School of Design
Shipwreck on the Goodwin Sands and a Maryborough murder case
A brig called the Shepherdess of 200 tons went ashore on the Goodwin Sands during a fierce gale. Deal boatmen rescued the crew after seven hours in the rigging, with one man nearly lost when a rope broke. Loss valued over £2000. Also reported is a Maryborough murder from fourteen years ago, with Grimes confessing after a long inquiry. In Newcastle upon Tyne an attempted assault on a soldier by George Louis ends with a prison escape and police investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodwin Sands
Shepherdess
Turner
Bideford
Newcastle
Plymouth
Goodwin
Deal
Ramsgate
Grondalaire
Maryborough
Turpin
Cowen
Grimes
Drennan
Leinster Press
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Hersiste
George Louis
Mariner
Carter
Louis
Queen's Head Inn
Darlington
Midland
Fortier Confession of the Welsh Convicts
The Welsh convicts Shoni-Scybor-fawr and Dail Cantwr told Mr William Chambers that a murder plot in Pontyberem had backing. They named farmers, pub landlords, and shopkeepers as involved and said payments were raised to £5, with £2 10s paid. They also discussed undermining a road and bombing dragoons, and hinted some would turn Queen's evidence for rewards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoni
Chambers
Pontyberem
Llanon
Shani
Iselshman
Roxburgh Meeting backs repeal amid landowner voices
In Hawick a Roxburgh county meeting with 1500 to 2000 attendees saw Earl of Buchan chair and John Ord speak on land rents and corn law repeal. The deputation impressed as Cobden praised the crowd while the event highlighted shifting views on policy among local landlords. Also, two men drowned at Billingsgate due to unsafe access to oyster huts amid neglected safety provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
George Warrender
Tarquis
Lothian
Ord
Tore
Cobden
OSS
Billingsgate
Bell
Garrett
Pro corn law meeting at Atherstone ends with small subscription
Atherstone hosts a pro corn law gathering to oppose the League. the collection closes at five shillings. The Leicester Mercury notes the event as a decisive finish to the League. The Stroud Anti-Corn law Association later reports a large meeting with Earl Ducie unable to preside, replaced by G M Scrope M P, and speeches opposing the corn laws. Subscriptions total £550 for the Hundred Thousand Pounds Fund, including gifts from nobility, mills workers, and town subscriptions. The piece also cites price data from Willich on wheat barley and oats, and a note about a dockside worker's son with royal connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atherstone
League
Leicester Mercury
Stroud
G. M. Scrope
Sherriff
C. Fox
Earl Ducie
G.P. Scrope
M.P
N. S. Murling
Earlington Mill
Nailsworth
Willich
The Irish State Trials Day Nine at Satonpay Part One
The long Dublin trial enters its ninth day with witness John Jackson of the Morning Herald exposing his notes and methods as a reporter. He concedes embellishment and reliance on newspapers, while cross-examining reveals copying from next day papers and the influence of imagination on reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Repeal Association
Dublin
London
Brewster
Jackson
Fitzgibbon
Queen’s Counsel
Limerick Star
Limerick Chronicle
Clare
Morning Herald
Herald
The
O’connell
Freeman's Journal
Mr. Brewster
Mr. Fitzgibbon
Judge Perrin
Mr. O'Connell
Mr. O’connell
Mr. Duffy
Mr. Jackson
Kemmis
John Browne
Holmes
National Repeal Association
Association
Crown
M‘donagh
Burton
Crampton
Monnay
Justice Burton
Hatchell
Bristol
Thomas Packer
Freeman
Q.C
Holbrooke
No. 4
Crow-street
Owen Ree O'Neil
Brian Bordihmne
Keating
Ireland
Ollam Fodlah
Hugh O’neil
Ysaac Gardeer
Thomas Matthew Ray
Ray
Mr. Holbrooke
Joseph Annesley
Mr. Baker
Corn Exchange
John Ulick Macnamara
Tomb
Tullamore
Mr. Hatchell
Mr. Moore
Mr. Steele
Mr. Tomb
Despard
Justice Crampton
Professor
John Sampson Stuart
High Street
Temperance Band
Birr
Henn
O'Connell
Mr. N. Brown
Mr. Napier
Mr. Sheil
Roscrea
James Johnston
Serjeant Warren
Sligo
Longford
Ireland Must Be Irish Says Protest Leader at Meeting
A witness described a rally where an Irish agitator urged resistance to the Saxon oppressor, praising repeal as securing 21 year leases and laments over Ireland's linen trade decline. The speaker claimed union drains £9,000,000 from the country and called for Tepeal and Liberty before the court adjourned after the examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
O Connell Meeting At Tara Ends Quietly
Eyewitness describes a procession of about seven thousand on horseback. The meeting began near 2:30 and concluded around 4:00 keeping order without disturbance. A quoted bystander remarks on those needed for harvest work and confusion over foreign cheers. Court adjourned at 4:30 with Constable Robertson's testimony deemed unimportant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. O'Connell
O'Connell
Tara
Major Westenra
Mr. Ledroolan
M. Ledru Rollin
Mr.Hatchell
John Robertson
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Mallow
Mr. Steel
Henry Godfrey
Mr. Freeman
Constabulary
Baltinglasson
Saunders
Saunders’grove
Baltinglass
Cantwell
Firegibbon
Henry Twiss
Mr. Martley
Daniel O'Connell
Patrick Dormihan
Tombs
Moore
Thomas Hughes
Police
Mr. Tierney
Spain
Rigby
Tierney
William Thomson
Castlebar
Mr. Daunt
John Bull
Clontibret
M'Mahon
James Watkin
Napier
Uipstaff
Samuel Mansfield
Leeson-street
Crier
Mansfield
George Despard
Sergeant Warren
Meath
Tare
Perrin
James Hely
Mullaghmast
Cork
Father Mathew
King v. Hardy
Monaghan
James Irwin
Serjeant
Warren
Liverpool
Charles Vernon, Esq
Stamp Office
Nation
Duffy
Whiteside
Vernon
Solicitor General
Humbert
Flower
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Bourne
Smyly
Peeny
Wexford
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