Foreign Intelligence Hots Up In Hanover And Algiers
The column surveys European politics with focus on Hanoverian constitutional changes and potential policy shifts, reports from Brussels on military camps and naval budgets, and notes on Swiss clerical debates and Russian movements. It also covers Ottoman ministerial shifts, an African expedition plan, and tensions in Florida and Maine border disputes in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phan
Materi
Hanover
William IV
Hanoverians
Courrier Francais
Belgium
Brussels
Gazette de Tribunaur
Paris
Beverleo
Beverloo
O’arnim
Berlin
Algiers
Toulon
Constantina
Alviers
Oran
Bonn
Davivier
Bugeaud
Thunder Storm Hits Cross Keys and Nearby Areas
A severe thunder storm struck Cross Keys Little Bolton shredding cottage windows and injuring several family members lightly. Lightning also damaged a Measts Burn2 glass and set off minor fires at a pin mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boltom
Turnver Stoke
Cross Keys
Little Bolton
Bilgee
Groom
H&ried
Patrick
Pdorset
Wilmett
Marshwood
J. Loving
House of Correction
Dublin
Baron Brcwards
Baron Richards
Sligo
Jones
Isle of Miam
J. L. Venables
England
Vesubles
LiverpoOl
Church of England
Manchester
Edward Guy
New Bailey
48Th Infantry
48Th
Deansgate
Fitzpatrick
Farming Woods
Plymouth
Spain
London
William Fawcett Stenaer
Portsmouth
Somerset
Daines
Kennion Quarry Inn
Bernard
Septimus Tucker
Fire at Workhouse Ends with Few Injuries and Death Inquiry
Report describes a house fire at a workhouse with one woman slightly burnt. Master Polly acted quickly to check for spread and saved others. Separate items note the sudden death of Jane Barridge at Fry's hay field leading to an inquest and a verdict of death from a harmful substance. Also covered are a divorce application in Ecclesiastical Court and a crim con verdict against an attorney in Wakefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Jane Barridge
Cotm. Cox
Mellin
G. Harcourt
Crim
Taylor
Wakefield
Blanshard
Mr. Mellin
Mr. Strickland
J. S. Wortley
Beware of Bribery in Bribery Penalties Writings
A London Reform Association handbill warns about bribery penalties. It details that voters who take or seek money or rewards to affect voting face £500 penalties, potential indictments, and permanent voting and office disabling. Bribers face hefty fines, potential imprisonment, and loss of votes and office, with forfeiture terms and parliamentary disqualification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Reform Association
Lodgers Rights to Vote Under Reform Act Urged by Association
The Working Men's Association publishes guidance urging laborers to claim voting rights under the Reform Act. Instructions detail rating by overseers, proof of demand, and inclusion on the voter list after a year, noting landlords remain liable for rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Working Men’s Association
Finsbury
Marylebone
Weatminster
Elrar
W. Lovett
A WARNING FROM SPITALFIELDS TO SHIELD THE POOR
A recent warning describes a fraud network in Spitalfields and Bethnal Green that extorted hundreds of pounds from nobles using false charities for 2000 destitute children. The piece also extols Plank of Yarlborough Street for three decades of police service and highlights his role in key arrests and the Henry Fauntleroy case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spitalfields
Bethnal-green
Buston
M. P
Samuel Hoare
London
Mendicity Society
Plank
Yarlborough Street
Lady Morton
Park Lane
Tyburn Gate
Wax-Hhandler
Henry Fauntleroy
Berners-street
Oxford-street
Forbes
Mr. Fauntleray
Mr. Fauntleroy
Fauntleroy
Bank of England
Merlborough-street
Parachute Descent at Vauxhall Gardens Promises New Aeronautic Feature
The Vauxhall Gardens proprietors announce a parachute descent by Mr Cocking and Mr Green of the Royal Nassau Balloon. The apparatus, an inverted cone parachute with copper tube framework, aims to reverse gravity and improve safety after Garnerin’s failed ascent. An ascent to a mile or more is planned to test the device with public viewing tomorrow.
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Tureuy
Marseilles
Constantinople
Porte
Perter Pacha
Vassaff Efendi
Ahmed Pacha
Admiralty
Ahmed
Tahir Pacha
Tripoli
Capuden Pacha
Said Bey
Bosphorus
Circassia
Longworth
Mustapha Pacha
Adrianople
Reshid Bey
London
Vauxhall Gardens
Cocking
Blanchard
Lisle
Terra Firma
Br. Garnerin
England
Ever
Anow
Marylebone
Somerstown
Pancras
Garnetin
Coking
Gamerin
Gamnerin
Mr. Cocking
Arcent
Green
Hr. Cocking
Vauxhall
Royalices and convicts move to new postings and wonders of a serpent child
News notes Fitzelarence family abroad and royal yacht command. twenty five convicts drafted to Go port hulk and NSW with a forgery case highlighted. A sensational tale from Tiverton Rhode Island details a child with a serpent headed tongue, described in vivid, alarming terms by a visiting observer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl of Errol
F. Fitzclarence
Lord Frederick
Adolphus Fitzclaverce
Augustus Fitzelarence
Mapledurham
Augustus
York
Go-port
New South Wales
G. H. Wainwright
Bank of England
Racde Island
New Haven Herald
Tiverton
Fall River
Dr. W
Mr. W
Mutual concessions urged at Georgetown ball
The Georgetown Metropolitan prints a comical appeal from self styled genius youths calling for reform through marriage. Editors reject the idea then suggest a torch lit convention to discuss the matter. A second feature recalls the bravery of the late Duke of Clarence during early Flemish service with Lord Lynedoch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Kine
Mom
Duke of Clarence
Lord Lynedoch
Flanders
Antwerp
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Switzerland
Berne
Lucerne
M. de Montebello
M. de Belleval
Legation
France
Federal Diet
Vaud
Russia
Sr. Petersburgh
Grand Duke
Alexandria
Catharinenburg
Tobolsk
Irmenc
Cronstadt
United States
New York
London Packet
Florida
Tampa Bay
Black River
Micanopy
Jesup
Maine
Madawaska
New Brunswick
Great Britain
Country News
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