Spain in turmoil stirred by pronunciamiento plots amid troops
Reports from Zaragoza Tarragona and Lerida describe demoralized rebel units under Seoane Zurbano and Prim marching toward Tarrega Verda and Seu d Urgel while councils of war weigh a possible pronunciamiento. Paris dispatches discuss Espartero illness and marriage plans for the Queen. meanwhile Aden slave trade debates and Australian market distress fill the foreign pages.
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San Pedro de Penas
Salamanca
Seoane
Sarragossa
Barcktona
Espartero
Toledo
Zurbano
Selvers
Lerida
Zurbamo
Cerva
Prim
Tarrega
Verda
Villa Grava
la Haute Montagne
Forta
Lopez
Cortes
Don Francesco de Paula
Louis Philippe
Spain
Duke d'Aumale
Paris
M. .Hericourt
Haines
Adenith
Toujourra
Aden
Tonjourra
M. d’Hericourt
India
Australia
Hobart Town
South Australia
Sydney
Messares
George Gipps
Legislative Council
Hazard
Norfolk Island
Union Bank of Australia
H.M.S. Beagle
Stokes
England
Tris
O'Leary
O'Connell
Sligo
O’connell
Lowén
Galway
Lord Clements
House of Commons
Lord Clancarty
Ireland
Mr. Duffy
J. O'Connell
M.P
Brandywine Emmet Repeal Association of
Delaware
Great Britain
United States
Mr. Connell
Dunum
Cove
Deptford
Hallowline
Londonderry Journal
Londonderry
Buncrana
Lough Swilly
Brookhall
Muff
Culmore
Greencastle
Foyle
Kilkenny Journal
Kilkenny
Waterford
Dublin
Ballybricken
Dr. Foran
Thomas Meagher
Richard Musgrove
John Power
Gurteen
Jr B. Morris
Waterford, &c
Waterford Chronicle
Dungarvan
Hally
Court of Common Pleas
Millis
United Kingdom
Fatal confrontation over £50 dispute and duelling insult
A complex sequence in London courtly life centers on Lieutenant Munro and Colonel Fawcett. A disputed £50 bonus for a Brighton house purchase sparks anger, insults, and a fatal meeting. Munro leaves the room after an insult, later agrees to a meeting that ends in tragedy. Rumors of Munro’s capture circulate, then privacy is observed at Fawcett’s funeral.
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Fawcett
Munro
Porter
England
Brighton
Manro
Sloane Street
Lieut
Monro
Lieut. Grant
Mr.Grant
Grant
Lieut. Munro
Ostend
Shipping Gazette
General Steam Navigation Company
Sir Edward Banks
Lieutenant Munro
Passemgate
Marylebone Police Court
Kensal-green
Blake
8Th Hussars
Tuthill
Daubeney
C.B
55Th
William Clinton
G.C.B
Rowland v Berens and another over Macassar oil rights
A historic court action centers on Rowland the Macassar oil vendor suing over alleged infringement. Defendants argued the oil was worthless and superior goods were sold, with serious discussion about wrappers used to force sales and a verdict for the plaintiff with damages and an undertaking not to reuse wrappers. Separately, Thames Royal Yacht Club held a final race under a soldier's wind with the Blue Bell winning, followed by the Fay and others, amid light showers and limited reporting due to space constraints.
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Rowland
Berens
Messrs
Sergeant Talfourd
Otto
Ryan
Polytechnic Institution
Lord Abinger
Thesiger
Thames Royal Yacht Cius
Thames
Greenwich
Greenhithe
Coal House Point
Blue Bell
Champion
Gnome
Fay
Brilliant
Ripple
Toom
Imperial bank assignats withdrawn for imperial credit notes
St Petersburg reports an imperial resolution to withdraw assignats from circulation and issue imperial credit notes in their place. The item appears amid court notes and criminal cases, with references to other legal actions and society news from London.
Anti Corn-law Agitation in Essex
A large Essex gathering at the county town debated the corn laws with Mr. Cobden and supporters arguing for free trade while monopolists faced brisk opposition. The meeting drew 6,000 to 20,000 people as speakers attacked protection and-tithes while promises of reform and clashes over parliamentary amendments marked a heated public exchange.
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Essex
Mr. Cobden
Pas
M.F
East Bridge
John .T. Tyrrell
Knaresborough
W. B. Ferrand
Meing
J. Bawtree
Cobden
Europe
England
Hear
Mr. Obden
Durst
Great le
America
Walmsley
Liverpool
Sturge
Glasgow
Sir J. Tyrrell
Sirohn Tyrrell
John
Baronet
John Tyrrell
Canor
Anti-Corn Law League
West Indies
Germany
Poland
Wolverley Attwood
Moore
D. W. Harvey
Whittle Harvey
Chelmsford Chronicle
Harvey
Cobbett
Chelmsford
Sir John Tyrrell
J. Tyrrell
Mr. Harvey
Mr. Moore
Villiers
Ferrand
Mr. F. Harbottle
Manchester
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Free Trade Hall meeting backs Cobden pledge
At Manchester a public Anti Corn Law League gathering heard Cobden and Ferrand defend free trade. Cobden argued the corn laws harmed farmers and manufacturers and cemented the wheat lobby against reform. The meeting, reduced to about 2000, carried Cobden’s resolution with little opposition and adjourned after thanks to the chairman.
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Anti-Corn Law League
Manchester
Tee Base
Ferrand
Cobden
England
Britain
Hon
Inquest on 17 year old George White in Pocock pits
An inquest at the Three Johns, White Lion Street, Pentonville, examined the death of George White, 17, drowned in Pocock fields ponds after the Newfoundland dog Rollo carried him. Witnesses described repeated drownings in the same pits and an urging to fence or regulate the private land, with verdict: accidental death. Officials criticized lack of power to act and Parliament urged action to prevent further tragedies.
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Hameoune
St. Petersburg
Reich’s Credit-bulletten
Queen’s Bench
Nisi Prius
Hinp
Gaay
Jervis
Paris
Fieschi
Humfrey
Butt
Hedges
Baroness Feuchores
Mr. Thesiger
Richard Dawe
St. Helen’s
Isle of Wight
James Dawe
Mary Anne Dawe
Clarke
Sophia, Dawe
Feucheres
Charlotte Dawe
Thanaron
Newport
London
Duke of Bourbon
France
Baron Feucheres
Ophia Thanaton
English Court of Chancery
Cour de Premiere Instance
Court Royale
England
Lord Abinger
Jones
Clinton
Gloucester Road
Bayswater
James
Lord Clinton
Mr. Jones
Lord
Hughes
Miss Mead
Brown
Robinson
Alexander
Lord Charles
Warwick
Thomas Stiles
White
William Warwick
Charnock
William White
Chalk Farm
Groom
Cononer
Pococx
K1elde
IstineTon
George White
Wakley
M.P
Three Johns
White Lion-street
Pentonville
M White
Pocock's
Rollo
Caledonian Armes
Bradley
William Powell
Charles Lawrence Bradley
Pentonville Model Prison
William Seth Gill
David Cato Macrae
Morning Chronicle
Flodel
Macrae
Samuel Pocock
St. Bride’s Wharf
Caledonian Road
Fleet-street
Royal Humane Society
John Lees
Caledonian Asylum
Mr. Pocock
H. B. Wakeling
Clerkenwei
Pocock
Ms. Wakeling
Messrs
Aylor
Connorton
Braidwood
Messrs. Taylor
Wepyespay Niaut
Dover Road
Newington
Marine-Atore
Marine-Atore Premises In the Occupancy of Mr. Vandermahlen
Cumberland
Place
Newington Church
West of England
Halse's Scorbutic Drops touted as cure all
An 1842 letter from William Matthews brags of Halse's Scorbutic Drops restoring a child's health after scorbutic eruptions and loss of strength. Advertises price, wholesale London agents, and urges readers to seek the remedy. See further case next week.
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Halse
Mr. Halse
W. Mattherpn
Brent
Devon
Brént
Erson
William Matthews
W. H. Halse
Torquay
London
Hallett
High Holborn
Prout
Strand
Harclay and Son
Farringden-Street
Sanger
Oxford-street
King
Blackfriars-coach
Schulze and Co
King William-street
London-bridge
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the Weekly Chronicle
Gulliver
Junges’ Coambens
Sinn
Guulliver
Justice Coleridge
Bodkin
George Gulliver
Long
Inspector Ages
Mr. Wakley
Weakley
Earl of March
Horace Pitt
Richardson
Oliver
Royal Horse Guards
Camden Town
Birmingham
Derby
Gloucester
Edinburgh
Paisley
Ayr
Greenock
Grand Junction
Hall and Selby
Bester
Bolton
Leeds
Midland Counties
Newcastle and Carlisle
North Midland
Northern and Eastern
York
Kingstown
Croydon
Blackwall
South Eastern
Sheffield
South Western
Eastern Counties
Brandling Junction
North Union
Rouen
Orleans
Ulster
Chester
Birkenhead
Court OF Queen's Bench
Guildhall
Lord Denman
Osman King
Bernard Street
Russell-square
John Lowe
Bushey No
Baker
Hampton-court
R. Liston
Miss King Plaintiff
Pasts
Bushy Nook
Plaintiff
Sessions House
Clerkenwell
Holden
Childe
James Pullen
Baystreet
Turner
William Dunn
Chandler
Turnmill-street
John Scott
Footes’buildings
Whitecross-street
Brett
Rosamon-Street
Turnmill Street
Jack
QuantTrees
Harry Trio
Lavenarte
James Morrison
Scots Fu
Bull’s Head
Walbrook
Alderman Wood
Jack Suzrranp
Timothy Cogler
Hooker
Newgate-street
Old Bailey
Fleet-lane
Hookers
Evans
Cogler
Newgate
Marylebone
Surupeur Rosprry
Thomas Hopkins
Brindley
High-street
Pollard
Worship Street
Robert Roberts
Havin
Adelaide Wilkinson
Lamb’s
Bunhill Row
Union Hall
John Chitty
Ker
Thames Street
Tower Hamlets
Mr. Reynolds
Burnell and Butler
Osborne-street
Whitechapel
Pearce
Wick-street
Mary Harman
Butler
Mr. Butler
Lambeth-street
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