Foreign Intelligence Reports Amid Global Turmoil
Paris outlets condemn the new assassination attempt on the Queen of England while praising a French minister’s character. Madrid notes military reforms and an army reduction. Spanish navy reforms receive backing. In Escala, five bandits are executed, and in Gazol General Van Halen pursues rebels through Tremp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Paris
National
London
John Francis
France
Courrier Francais
Vonifeur
Rouen
Havre
Courrier de Lyon
Gazette
Upper
Germany
M. de Lamartine
Madrid
Chamber of Deputies
Navarre
Spain
Barcelona
Carlo-Christino
National Guard
Escala
van Halen
Muchacho
Caballeria
Gazol
Conca de Tremp
The
British and Foreign Review
J. B. Taylor
British and Foreign
Accident on Potsdam railroad causes near disaster
A Berlin dated letter reports a Potsdam railroad accident on the 24th alt. where a locomotive fire set a wagon alight. Passengers locked inside struggled as flames grew until conductors freed them. Separate dispatches note arrests in Pisa and the Italian frontier regions amid disturbances. Swiss troops remain in Naples without generating fear.
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Nuremberg
Berlin
Potsdam
Versailles
Leipsic Gazette
Frontiers
Italy
Pisa
Kingdom of Naples
Pontifical States
Naples
Coercive Measures Against Turkey Stir Europe
Constantinople reports a move toward coercive action after failed Syria talks. Britain and France plan joint naval demonstrations off Syria, with Russia's dissent noted. Omar Pasha's governance is criticized. petitions from Lebanon chiefs demand his removal. Armenian, Arab, and Druse tensions rise as troops move to Acre, Tripoli, and Pyla. Navy dispatches and a Trebizond changeover accompany the broader crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Marseilles
Constantinople
Malta
Shulbred
Danube
Syria
England
France
Baron de Bourqueney
Salim Effendi
M. Titoff
Russia
Stratford Canning
Porte
Izzet Pacha
Newgate
Beyrout
Omar Pacha
Bet Eddin
Hanaseh
Damascus
Dakhoul Ali
Negib Pasha
Negib
Shebb-el-arai
Hauran
Lebanon
Druse
Omar Pasha
Shahab
Emir Bashir
Kivali
Osman Pasha
Abdullah Bey
Trebizond
John M‘neil
French Advance in Africa Notify Wide Submissions
The telegraph reports widespread tribal submission to French forces in Algeria as General Changarnier advances west of Sidi Enbarrak. Tribes along the route surrender, with looted fortifications rebuilt and cannons recovered, while the Kaliphate of Ben Salem and chiefs head to Algiers to pledge submission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherchell
Titery
Algiers
Changarnuier
Sidi-Enbarrak
Blidah
Africa
Medeuh
Bughar
Buakani
Beni Moussa
Moniteur
Kaliphat
Ben Salem
Aldermen contest septennial river survey in Rochester court
A Rochester court debated scheduling the river survey on July 21 22 and 23 to stay within the current mayoralty. The lord mayor preferred not to act but agreed to comply if required. The vote passed eight to none in a thirteen-member court.
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Alderman Wilson
Rochester
Admiralty
Alderman Thompson
Lucas
South-sea House
Capel
Bank of England
House of Commons
Tncome
Sessions House
Clerkenwell-green
Richard Carpenter
J. Burchell
Lovell
Tne
Stamp-Office
Mann
Burchell
Stamp Office
Berry
Court of Chancery
Holborn
Wilks
Bloomsbury
Golden- Square
John Jacob Hansler
Tavistock-square
James Mansfield
John-street
Bedford-row
W. Tooke
James H. Mann
Old Chapel-row
Kentish-town
Thomas Weeding
Mecklenburgh-square
Edward Baylis
Cambride Terrace
Edward P. Clowser
Row Endhamstead
St. Giles’s Vestry
Finsbury
T. L. Donaldson
Hart-street
John Gorten
Charlotte-street
Samuel Mills
Russell-square
Samuel Page
William 11
Savage
City of London
Richard Lambert Jones
Robert Carter
John Blackett
John Musgrove
David Allan
A. Peacock
The
Royal Exchange
Sun Assurance Companies
Treasured gun loss and siege lifting in Khyber action
The narrative recalls Colonel Wild losing a gun in the Khyber Pass on January 21, the march back to the city with the gun in triumph, and burning tents at the camp. A letter from General Pollock congratulates a victory over the Khyberries and the forced pass. News of Shah Soojah's murder triggers a salute by Akhbar as the siege is raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syria
Abdalla
Mustapha
Tzzet Pasha
Rose
Shahah
Bbe
Deauon
Marseilles
China
Overland Mail
Bombay
India and China News
Marlias
Calcutta
Cutchee
Scinde
Delhi
Ceylon
Aden
Agra
Burmah
Moulmein
Rangoon
Cabool
Candabar
Lahore
Quetta
Singapore
Macao
Chusan
Australia
Fort Philip
Sydney
Betwee Whampoa
Canton
Ningpo
Chinhae
Carter
Affhanistan
Pollock
Jedalabad
Sale
Bolton
Khyber
Jellalabad
Ali Muasjid
Afredis
Palmer
Ghazni
Cabul
Shamshoodeen
England
Nott
Candahar
Hykulzie
Reid
Dadur
Bolan Pass
Shah Soojah
Alfphans
M‘kenzie
Akhbar Khan
Parale
Pottinger
Elphinstone
Affghan
India
Jellatabad
Mahomed Akhbar
Ghilzie
Kenzie
Jellala
Peshawar
Khyber Pass
Tar Meroes
Jevtarassp
Robert Sale
Denise
Queen's
Pate
Akhbar
Sirdar
Calonel Dennie
Donnie
Che
Mahomed Aktbar
Wild
Khyberries
Nawanb Zemaai Khan
Seventh anniversary of Poulterers' and Fishmongers' Society held at Lovegrove's
The seventh anniversary festival of the Poulterers' and Fishmongers' Society took place at Lovegrove's West India Dock tavern Blackwall chaired by Mr. Wolverly Attwood. The gathering praised the society founded in 1835 to aid aged and infirm members and orphans while noting investments and pensioners in the report. Attwood urged charitable support amid a festive banquet followed by late hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovegrove
West India Dock
Blackwall
Wolverly Attwood
Attwood
Harmer
Elills
Payne
Baker's Hall
Harplane
Tower-street
John Hogan
St. Dunstan’s
Tower-hill
Hart Street
Waller
Compter
Smith
Great Tower-street
Fieber
Northfleet
Clifton Baths
Rosherville Gardens
Admiralty
Daniel O'Connell
Dublin
Friends of the Charity
Morris
Australia
Kirwan
Magee
Lord Camoys
Charity
O'Connell
Belfast
Westminster
Pimlico
Ransford
Turner
Robinson
Cambridge students mock officials during university ceremonies
A Cambridge scene features a prize poem full of lofty allusions and sustained satirical cries against dignitaries including the Duke of Cambridge and Lord Londonderry figures. The event includes cheers for royalty and groans for public figures, with jeering directed at academic proctors.
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Cambridge
Tun Derie
Thumberland
Prince Albert
Prince of Wales
Duke of Cambridge
Duke of Wellington
R. Peel
University of Oxford
General Sale
Daniel O'Connell
M.V
All Ireland
Young Dan
Johnny Russell
Lane
Trinity
Essex
Patient
Duton-hill
Handleys
Great Easton
Ixor
SPO
Wood
Liverpool
TuHe Bart
Rushton
Rimshton
Lsu
Manchester Death and Will Details in Battersea Inquiry
In Manchester a man named James Heywood aged about sixty died in a small Battersea cottage. He left a will from 1837 appointing executors and detailing legacies to two elderly women. The report covers court action by a former servant and the estate valued near £2,000 with over £600 in cash. A separate Plymouth inquest discusses Mr Rees’s distress and suicide notes amid bank discrepancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
James Heywood
Batterpree
Chadderton
Oldham
Wood
Calico
Bachel
Plymouth
Trp
Rees
Par Donington
Hey
Tage
Zonal Provincial Bank
Tnt
Charles Ed
Frida
Thomas Husband
Jago
Walton Withers
James Husband
Mr. H
T. Husband
Devonport
Worcester
London Mail
Ludlow
Great Western
Birmingham
Lord Lowther
Earl of Lichfield
Marchioness of Waterford health improved in Ireland
Descriptions from Curraghmore state the Marchioness of Waterford passed another good night with no pain or fever, raising hopes for her early restoration to health. In Clonmel, trials ended with Patrick Burn convicted of murder and other convictions. Kent acquitted. Twelve others faced sentences or transportation. Riot indictments and Ennis cases highlighted care of police families amid wages and relief measures. Owen Lynch surrender linked to a fatal duel near Ballinasloe.
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Kent
Hall
Patrick Burn
Timothy Wood
Michael Laffin
Var Elyis
Ennis Assizes
Messrs
Brown
Fitzsimon
Ennis
Stabbed Dunbar officer at lock-up by prisoner
In Dunbar a burgh officer Alexander Robertson was stabbed in the stomach and chin by a prisoner resisting restraint. The attacker claimed royal titles and an escape from a lunatic asylum, while Robertson's life was described as in imminent danger and the prisoner remanded for further examination.
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Alexander Robertson
Dunbar
Robertson
Sheriff Riddell
Haddington
Eugene Ernest Augustus Whelps
Guelphs
Prince of
Derry
Roddy
Blue Bells
Belfast
County of
Antrim
William Robinson
St. James’s Palace
Windsor Castle
Edinburgh Advertiser
New Half-Farthing Coinage Draws Sharp Debate
A literary chronicle critiques England's proposed half farthing coins as a curious penny-like measure. It questions utility for shoppers, suggests motives to aid the poor via small change, and warns against overestimating public benefit while noting potential use for charity and petty payments.
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France
Belin
Germany
England
Victoria D. G
To My Daughter on Her Birthday Poem Fragment
A father writes to his daughter Fanny on her ninth birthday describing the moment of her birth with gentle imagery. He recalls the dawn, the waking herd, and tears of joy, expressing hope for many years of bliss, smiles, and balanced happiness.
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Fanny
Witty Epigrams From Court and Stage
A collection of sharp exchanges features Charles the Bold taunting Scotus over a table difference and a roguish quip after a duel between Lord Castlereagh and M de Merci. An eminent tragedian dodges a direct judgment on the duelist by noting the nobleman’s status rather than character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles the Bold
Scotus
Lord Castlereagh
M. de Merci
Roscius
Phrygian Apollo link sparks debate on Smith surname origin
The piece surveys Bulwer's Zanoni and a mythic chain tying Smith to Smintheus, the Phrygian deity famed for rat destruction. It laments parliamentary sinecures, critiques periodicals, and presents a long Hebrew tale fragment about Jehoiadah, Sarah, and Manasseh.
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Apollo Smintheus
Horne Tooke
Gerkin
Jeremiah
Edward Bulwer
Smith
Tubal Cain
Fabricii
Smintheus
Apollo
Sir Edward
Homer
Strabo
House of Commons
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Priggins
Avignon
Horace Smith
Ingly
United States
Peter
Phineas Quitry
Ainsworth
Cunningham —Adventurers
Bouchier
Johannot
Delamotte
George Cruikshank
Jehoiadah
Sarah
Rabbi Manasseh
Israel
Jehoishah
Manasse
Jehoiiadah
Jenelaidah
Jael
Tehidiadah
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