Britain and India news from May reports on Scinde and Canton
The dispatch summarizes Sir Charles Napier's moves in Scinde near Hyderabad with forces marching from Kurrachee and Sukkur, the Indus rising, and Russian naval threats. It notes ex-Ameers' confinement, Shere Singh's illness, and potential annexation risks, alongside Canton tariff negotiations and Pottinger’s uncertain role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Charles Napier
Scinde
Shere Mahommed
Fallalie
Indus
Hyderabad
Ali Mourad
Her Majesty
Kurrachee
Hyderavad
Bombay
Sir Charles Napier
Her
Bhooj
Omercote
Sukkar
Sehwan
Shere Singh
Rupjeet Singh
Candahar
Cabul
Akhbar Khan
Jellalabad
Khyberrees
Peshawar
Khytul
Bundelkund
Lord Ellenborough
Agra
China
Malcolm
H. Pottinger
Canton
Crade
Jehangeer Nasserwanjee Wadia
Maharajah
Khote Kungra
Affghan
Lahore
Delhi Gazette
Clerk
Khybur
Mahomed Beg
Herat
Zenana
Ord Elienborough
Bengal Asiatic Society
Repeal Demonstration in Dublin Draws 200000 Plus Crowd
A July 3 Dublin rally of trades and citizens, led by Tom Steele and joined by Mr O Connell and his sons, filled Donnybrook with up to 200000 supporters. The procession featured trade banners, ochestra bands, and a day-long program including a political address urging repeal and a subsequent appeal to the Queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyaitr
Dublin
Donny Teook
North Circular Road
Phibsborough
Tom Steele
Donnybrook
O’connell
John
Daniel
Donnybreak Green
Parliament House
College-green
House of Commons
England
Grafton-street
Cork-hill
Corn Exchange
O'Connell
America
Ollows
Brandywine
Wellington
Brooklyn
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Halifax
Galway
C. M‘loughlin
Burke
Mr. Burke
Mr. O'Connell
Trish Repeal Association
O'Leary
Sligo
London
Lord Clements
Lord Clancarty
Ireland
Mr. Duffy
J. O'Connell
M.P
Brandywine Emmet Repeal Association of Delaware
American Book of the
United States
Atlantic
Cove
Deptford
Hallowline
Spain
Millrarny Crerences
Londonderry Journal
Derry
Buncrana
Lough Swilly
Brookhall
Muff
Culmore
Greencastle
Foyle
Kilkenny Journal
Kilkenny
Waterford
Ballybricken
Waterford Chronicle
Fotan
Thomas Meagher
Richard Musgrove
John Power
Garteen
B. Morris
Dungarvan
Hally
Frenca Srizs
Northern Standard
Dungannon
Earl Ranfurley
Clonoe
Stewartstown
Tren
Antrim
China News From Canton and Macao Amid Treaty Talks
China reports extend to March 25 with Vixen and Lt Col Malcolm aboard arrival at Macao on the 10th. Treaty ratifications delayed by Eleppo's death. Ke ying expected to Canton, two months more. Pottinger praised as a model for successors. piracy suppression discussed. opium trade and tariffs reviewed. desease of piracy seen in Canton. opium demand remains high across China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Vixen
Malcolm
Macao
Elepeoo
Ke-ying
Canton
Keying
Eleppo
Sir Henry
Cima
England
Akbar
H. Pottinger
Cecille
Erigone
Hong Kong
Chusan
India
Father Mathew
Opium Smuggling by Yangtze Junk Vessels
Chinese junks on the Yang-tze-keang are constantly engaged in smuggling opium. No attempt whatever is made at concealment.
Spain in Flames of Straw Pronunciamentos Stir Spain Crisis
Paris dispatches report apathy toward Spain amid repeated uprisings as regent presses Valencia and Albacete operations. Insurrection spreads across Andalusia as Granada, Cordova, Valladolid and Basque towns declare for the movement. Espartero’s grip weakens. Van Halen retreats from Grenada and troops desert, threatening Madrid and major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Madrid
Albacete
la Mancha
Valencia
Journal Des Debats
van Halen
Granada
Jaen
Seville
Cuenca
Malaga
Varians
Andalusia
Lucena
Cordova
Murcia
Camachos
Carthagena
Alicant
Old Castile
Galicia
Valladolid
Cuidad Rodrigo
Corunna
Bayonne
Pampeluna
Irun
Fontarabia
Navarre
Zurbano
Castro
Barcelona
Cervera
Debais
Narvaez
Christina
Luchana
Ocana
Edorts
Burgos
Espartero
Saragossa
Grenada
Igualda
Election Plan Delayed by Fear of Russian View
The Servian people met on the plain of Topineu on the 17th but postponed any vote amid concern that Wueshiish and Petroniewitsch would invalidate it before Russia. All voices backed Prince Alexander Georgewitsch, with a vote planned for July 3 and the prince to go to Ragowitz convent to await results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sbevia
Topineu
Wueshiish
Petroniewitsch
Russia
Alexander Georgewitsch
Alexander
Ragowitz
Kregugewatch
Egypt's Pasha Names Grandson As Assistant in Government
June 20 report from Argyanporia discusses the pacha's plan to appoint Abbass Pacha, his grandson, as wakeel with full powers as he nears infirmity. With Ibrahim already an heir, a potential power struggle looms. A civil conflict could erupt upon the elder's death unless a friendly power intervenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ArgxanpRia
Pacha
Ibrahim
Abbass Pacha
Abbass
Egypt
Calamitous Valparaiso Fire Destroys Naval Stores and More
From the Gaceta del Comercio dated March 16 to 18 and received at Swansea we report a massive Valparaiso fire on March 15 at 8:15 pm wiping out the naval stores of Julian and Lopez. The blaze spread rapidly, destroying a long range of houses to the sea and the Del Mercurio printing office, despite pumps and efforts to salvage the area. War minister and governor led aid, with sailors from the Reine Blanche, Salamander, Pearl, and other ships assisting. Many British and French crews helped, goods were gathered afterward, and business aimed to resume. Losses include numerous mercantile firms and 3,600 bales of merchandise, valued around 579,000 dollars. The total sum is estimated near 115,000 pounds.
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South America
Drgaprun Fink
Valparaiso
Gaceta del Commercio
Swansea
Chili
Julian and
Lopez
del Mercurio
M. Alix
Hammond
Carpenter
Carrick
Heath
Hogan, Hall, and Co
Graham, Row, and Co
Hawksley and Tomlin
A. Grogan
Gemmella, Harker, and Co
Naylors, Boardman, and Oxley
Huth, Gruning, and Co
Smith, Lang, and Co
Green, Nelson, and Co
Ridgeway, Farrager, and Co
Metropolis Docks and Bank Meetings Reported
Half yearly meetings of the London Dock Company and Colonial Bank note earnings, ship counts, and proposed dividends. The Dock report shows 434 loaded ships and 96,486 tons, dividend 2 percent proposed. Col onial Bank discusses £14,907 half year profit and a 3 percent annual rate, with a committee proposed. Also reports on a Grenadier Guards Colonel Ellison death in Hyde Park and several inquests.
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Loxpow Docks
Tuesda
London Dock Company
Princes Street
John Cattley
J. D. Fowles
London Tavern
Bishopsgate Street
John Irving
West Indies
Rickard
Wood
Hyde Park
Ellison
Grenadier-Guards
St. George
Norfolk-street
Norfolk Street
Park Lane
Higgs
Elsgood
Blackwatt
Queen
East India Dock
Blackwall
Gravesend
Christopher Marshall
Marshall
Payne
Three Tuns
Redcroas Street
John Crawley
Bell-alley
Gulden-Isne
Lake
Kensington
T. Wakley
M.P
Gloucester Arms Tavern
Gloucester Road
William Long
Charles Oliver
Charles Keyte
Kensington Union
Hammersmith
Wright
Guazzaroni
Wilson
Fareham
Hants
James Dewe
Royal Horse Nards
Regent’s Park
Merrett
Boyer
Lloyd
Uxbridge Road
ReeGenxt
Canall
Baker
Wakley
High Street
Islington
John Olive
London
Market Harborough
Regent’s Canal
Murders in Capel Garmon Cottage Unearths Cannibal Motive
A labourer Evan Jones and his elderly housekeeper Jane Thomas lived at a Moel Trefew cottage near Llanrwst. Jane Thomas disappeared seven weeks earlier. a dogged police search failed. A brother and sons found Jane’s body in a wet ditch. fragments indicate cannibal acts by the Jones family. Evan Jones was remanded. coroner planned. A second report covers a Lynn bank robbery by a young clerk, Henry Howard, seized at Pooley Bridge with £3,235 recovered. investigation ongoing and a later Newcastle fire destroys Pandon Dean properties. widespread destitution and repairs planned. A St Albans incident reveals a woman impostor claiming to be Sir Robert Peel’s son’s sister. she is confined and judged insane.
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Denbigh
Susrectep Murpes
Moel Trefew
Capel Garmon
Llanrwst
Evan Jones
Jane Thomas
Jones
Holywell
Perenne
Watlin
R.N
William Hanmer
Coun
Lianrwst
Llanrwat
Lynn
Pooley-Bridge
Westmoreland
East of England
Norfolk
William Henry Sangar
Bank of England
East of England Bank
France
Kendal
London
Windermere
Ullswater
Darlington
Penrith
Carlisle
Newcastle
Norwich
Henry Howard
Howard
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
England
Robert Todd and Co
Panden Dean
Newcastle and
North Shields
Sun
Royal Exchange
Phenix Insurance
Messrs. Atkinson and Co
Pheonix
North British
Messrs. R. Todd and Co
New Pandon Street
37Th Regiment
Pringle
Atkinson
Messrs. Allhouse and Co
Pandon Street
ST. Albans
Quieer
Lawrence Peel
Robert
Verulam Arms
Peel
Coles
Sir Robert
Anay
Northampton
University of Epinsurca plans divinity professorship election
The University of Epinsurca reports the vacant divinity chair after Dr Chalmers resignation. The provost and council set Sept 5 for the successor election. Omnipus Rosperies notes a warning about aggressive behavior from men with flowers on omnibuses. A separate incident details a woman robbed of her purse after a Camberwell-gate trip from Charing-cross.
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University of Epinsurca
Chalmers
Charing-cross
Camberwell-gate
Adventurer at a Ball Ends as Aprils Fool
In a London Reading transfer a lively tale follows two Parisian youths, a masked ball romance, and a wily flower girl who deceives nine suitors with a single bouquet ruse. The April 1 twist reveals the duchess was a vendor, leaving the men duped and wiser.
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St. Helena
Charles
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Fair Mask
Vincennes
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Bussy
Mademoiselle X
Rue Vivienne
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