Promissory note dispute in Hobhouse Larpent case reviewed
In the May 1842 proceedings at London the promissory note of £4,000 issued to Sir John Cam Hobhouse and Sir George G. De H. Larpent is debated with referees and possible umpire to decide if conditions were honorably fulfilled. The document details deposits, sums, and negotiations between Dyson Hall and Parkes and Messrs. Cocks Biddulph Co. and others, plus costs and bribery allegations surrounding the 1841 and 1842 elections in Reading and Lewes, including figures on expenditure and poll results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Cam Febbanee
George G. de i. Larpent
Messrs
Biddulph, and Co. Bankers
Tondes
James Bacon
Sutton Sharpe
Mr. Walter
John Cam Hobhouse
George G. de H. Larpent
Dyson, Hatt
Parkes
J. C. Hobhouse
George G. de Hi. Larpent
Dyson Haut
Craven-street
Strand
W. M. Frap- Gate
Dyson Hall and
Tarkes
John Cant Hobhouse
George Larpent
C. Parkes
T. Wakefield
Fladgate
Reading
C. Russell
Lord
Chelsea
T. Mills
W. Tooke
Mr. Russell
Mr. Mills
Mr. Tooke
Viscount
J. C. Russell
Mr. C. Russell
Borough of
Amelsea
London
C. A. Saenpers
Amendment of the Tanrfr Act and Buckinghamshire Tory revolt
The record covers an 1842 1843 amendment to the Customs Act clarifying duty start dates on timber and cement stones and repealing a cement duty, followed by a Buckinghamshire political correspondent account of Captain Fitzmaurice's election, Tory resistance, independent candidates, and anticipated shifts before the next general election, noting rapid international news diffusion of the Duke of Orleans death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Jamaica
St. Domingo
Metixny Axp
Buckinghamshire Tories
Captain Fitzmaurice
Duke of Buckingham
Liberal Party
Col. Wyse
King of
Hanover
Christopher
Hertfordshire
Armigero
John Dashwood King
Aylesbury
Marquis of Chandos
Duke of Orleans
London
Paris
Embalment and autopsy of the Duke of Orleans detailed
The autopsy showed death from a fracture across the skull, with other organs sound. The body was embalmed by a commission, then placed in a lead coffin with royal insignia. The duchess learned of the death during travels and hurried to Paris, viewing the coffin in Neuilly. Mourning orders were issued for the army and royal family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke OF Orleans
Pasquier
Prince Royal
M. Pasquier
Utes
Messere
Fonquier
Auvity
Moreau
Blandin
Blache
Jestouches
Sauve
Seguin
Baron Athalin
Persorm
Neuilly
Order of the Legion of Honour
Journal Des Débats
Paris
Epinal
M. Bertin de Vaux
Dr. Chomel
M. Chomel
Duchess de
Duke of
NemMours
Metz
M. Arnault
Meurthe
Villatte
1St Regiment of Hussars
Duke de Nemours
Bligny
Plembieres
M. Borel de Breuzel
National Guard
Moniteur Parisien
Count de Paris
Duke de Chartres
Cathedral of
Notre Dame
Dreux
Wontieur Parisien
Africa
Portes-de- Fer
M. Pradier
Versailles
M. Ingres
Cdébats
Count de Montalivet
Clementine
Gazette Des Tribunauz
Constitutional Assembly
Courrier Francais
Journal of Liberal Opposition
Duchess of
Orleans
Duc de Nemours
Nemours
M. Thiers
Duchess of Orleans
Duke of Nemours
Royal ordinance prorogued on linen duty to August fifteenth
The Monifleur of Tuesday reports the royal ordinance extending until August fifteenth the provisions of the June twenty six ordinance on duties charged at frontier custom houses for linen and hempen cloth imported near Armentieres Malmaison and Longwy. The Journal des Debats notes that the ordinance must not be silent on further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armentieres
Malmaison
Longwy
Journal Des Débats
Belgium and France sign trade accord delay resolved
Débats reports negotiations settled with Belgian chambers needing extraordinary convocation to sanction the treaty. Moniteur lists Corsican deputies Marshal Sebastiani and M A Goshkrin. Spain news notes press blackout risk and congress discussion on a British commerce treaty amid political tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Belgium
Corsica
Marshal Sebastiani
Ajaccio
M.A. Goshkrin
Bastia
Débats
Portugal Cortes opened as queen outlines constitutional charter
The extraordinary session of the cortes opened with the queen reading the throne speech. She declares the constitutional charter as the fundamental law and notes two treaties to be signed for mutual trade and slave trade repression. The chamber will verify voting rights while peers argue over new peer seating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portugal
Don Pedro
Great Britain
Chamber of Deputies
Cortes
Spain
Duke of Palmella
Lord Howard de Walden
Britannia Arrives Liverpool Amid Reports on Ashburton Webster Talks
The Britannia reached Liverpool after a Boston departure on the 2d and Halifax run, fog delaying details of Ashburton Webster negotiations. A U S treasury agent arrived to sell loan stock, Rhode Island saw a second Dorr rebellion with arrests, and James Gammell, once a Van Diemen’s Land prisoner, has escaped to the United States aboard an American vessel after years in exile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Britannia
Liverpool
Boston
Halifax
Lord Ashburton
Webster
Treasury
Rhode Island
Dorr
General Assembly
M‘neill
New York
Canada
van Diemen’'s Land
James Gammell
James Monroe
Short Hills
Upper Canada
Monroe
Gammell
England
John S. Parker
van Diemen’s Land
Canton
Hobart Town
Launceston
Lord John Russell
Hobart
Metropolis Society Feasts and Docks Dividend Report
The half year meeting of Loxpon Corree and Eating-House Keepers Associa tion praised gains in funds and subs, with donations and subscriptions totaling £229 16s 9d, plus profits from excursions and a £200 rise in funded property. The St Katharine Docks proprietors declared a 2.5 percent dividend for the half year ended June 30, with tax paid by the company. A coroner’s inquiry followed about an Eastern Counties Railway disaster with four fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Tavern
Sr. Katuanmyg Docks
St. Katharine Docks
Tower-hill
Thomas ‘Tooke
London
St. Katharine
Eastern Counties Railway
Frightened horse leaps cliff. fly-driver dies in Brighton
Brighton's Bedford street incident reports a fly-driver named Wood killed after his horse seized, leapt over a cliff rail, and the man fell to the beach. He was carried to Sussex County Hospital, declared insensible, and died about three-quarters of an hour later. the horse was lowered safely after ropes were fixed, leaving a widow and family. Also notes Acraman bankruptcy in Bristol with two commissions and assignees chosen. Bristol railway receipts rise after agricultural show. Chatham inquest on Royal Marine private John Brothers who shot himself at dockyard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Wood
Bedford-street
Marine-parade
Marine Parade
Sussex County Hospital
Bristol
Messrs
Acramas
Bankmuptcy
Acraman
Acraman, Morgan, Holroyd
Franklyn
India
China
Daniel Wade
William Edward
Alfred John Acraman
Morgan, and Co
Fripp
Castle
Messrs. Acraman
Australia
William Edward Acraman
W. E. Acraman
Miles, Harford, and Co
Baillie, Ames, and Co
Miles
Thomas Fyson
Robert Castle
RoyalGnricutter
Niblett
Day
St. Philip’s
Great Western Railway
Paddington
Chatham
Moxpday
Royal Marines
John Brothers
Melville Hospital
Nan
John Thomas
Sergeant Smith
Richard
Derrow Murmer Whelehan trial at Tullamore Assizes
At Tullamore Assizes on Saturday July 16 Walter Whelehan stood charged with murdering his wife Mary Whelehan at Killeen near Durrow. The case centered on strangulation and a buried body found next day, with a forged letter claiming the wife’s departure to America. The jury found him guilty after hours of testimony, and Justice Burton sentenced him to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tullamore Assizes
Derrow Murpenr
Justice Burton
Crown Court
Whelehans
Grand Jury Gallery
Walter Whelehan
Mary Whelehan
Killeen
Durrow
Crown
Patrick Aylward
Tullamore
Berwick
Queen's Counsel
Kelly
Bridget Whelehan
Thos, Whelehan
Byrne
America
Kilbeggan
Betty
Dublin
Brady
Gorman
Sentry’s Death attributed to temporary insanity
Cooper of the dockyard police reported a sentinel shot himself. A wounded soldier was brought in dead, appearing melancholy for days. The muskets were unloaded on duty and one cartridge was missing from the deceased’s pouch. Corporal Henry Clark noted no visible change in the man. The jury ruled the death as self-inflicted during a temporary insanity episode.
Bee Swarm Hangs on Hat in Ayrshire Tale and Parish Sparks
An Ayrshire beekeeper frees a swarm by lifting his hat, letting bees settle atop the hat without stings. A separate Perthshire notice describes a fatal accident after boys rode a curling club roof, plus a large Gaelic communion gathering in Ross-shire with vivid out-door scenery and devout worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayrshire
Egin Courant
Arrain
Abdie
Iindores
Heaven
Rossshire Advertiser
Review of Vigne Kashmir Travel Book in Literary Chronicle
The Literary Chronicle admires Mr Vigne's Kashmir travel book published by Henry Colburn. It highlights pleasant prose, extensive information, and profuse lithographs including a detailed map of Kashmir and Gilgit funded by the East India Company. The notice notes the author's fresh country observations and the work’s completeness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kashmir
Gelghit
Alexander Burnes
Hon. East India Company
Dexterous Swordsmen Visit and Persian Blade Showpiece
I visited Hari Singh with Baron Hugel. He welcomed us, noted Europe country data, and praised our Prinsep passage about his tiger kill. He ordered the sword produced, a Panjab style blade with a small hilt. An oriental cut relies on a confined elbow and a short grip for swift blows. I saw a sheep cut in Tehran. Suliman Mirza, son of Fat Ali Shah, cut a donkey in half with one strike. He sent England the blade pattern for such feats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hari Singh
Baron Hugel
Europe
Prinsep
Ranjitt Singh
Tehran
Suliman Mirza
Fati-Ali-Shah
Persia
England
Manufacture of Kashmir shawls and trade customs
The piece details Kashmir shawl production from thread intake to dyeing and washing, notes on materials like ubra and mutun, and explains dyeing, starch removal, and canal washing. It covers the mokum broker role, graft of trade through Hindustan cities, and the social ritual of negotiating at sunset with brokers guiding buyers through tastings and cloaking procedures.
The Cairo Magician and His Mysterious Palm Reading
A traveler describes a Cairo showman who uses ink washed into a cup to draw visions on a boy’s palm. The boy reports seeing figures and objects from Sultan to seven chairs, then misidentifies Ranjit Singh as a European lion in armor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Desert
Suez
Pyramids
Ranjit Singh
Panjab
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Fitzroy
Lord Cantalupe
Fitzoy
Elphinstone
Harford
S. Harford
Summers Harford
Jolphinstone
Foreign Intelligence
Pranod
Madrid
Gaceta
Coresponsal
Diario
Congress of Deputies
Senor Gonzales
Senor Sanchez Silva
Barcelona
Felipe
van Helen
Railway Company
Lords of
Her Majesty's Treasury
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury
Court of Exchequer
Mr. Lewis
Court of Queen’s Bench
Middlesex
Bethnal-Green
Bishop Bonner’s Fields
Ford Road
All Souls
Marylebone
St. James the Less
Royal Victoria Park
Hackney
Building Fund
Knyvesend
Barking Shelf
the Metropolis
Ireland
Scotland
UrRanow
Literary Chronicle
Madame D'Arblay
Multan
Yarkand
Jamu
Umritsir
Dragjun
Hindustan
Norwich
Calcutta
Mokum
Delhi
Chaturbul
Timour Shah
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