Describes combat on a warship and Polish political shifts abroad
A fragment recounts a sea battle where a lone rifleman aided by Circassians fought until a Russian steamer intervened, with 9 killed among the boat crew. It also reports on the Dusseldorf and Cologne Gazettes noting Nicholas II's Polish policy moves, storms that toppled boat-bridge sections, and Hanover's bold edict on royal signatures amid criticism of autocratic rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dusseldorf
Nicholas
Prussia
Posen
Cologne
Hanover
Prince Royal
Turkey
Nile brings sultan's envoys to Constantinople amid vast gift
The Nile arrived with Said Muhib and Kiamal Effendis bearing Mehemet Ali’s replies and a reported five million piastres presented to the sultan. After delivering despatches the ship quarantined at the Bosphorus, while pacha’s four letters pledge submission and promises to settle arrears equitably as Said Bey and Sami Bey prepare to visit Constantinople. Patriarchs and rabbis were received by Rifaat Pacha at the porte, and health reports from the Lazaret are favorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkdy
Constantinople
The
Nile
Muhib
Kiamal Effendis
Mehemet Ali
London
Vienna
Paris
Lazzaret
Kouble
Scutari
Asiatic
Bosphorus
Golden Horn
Pacha
Alexandria
Said Bey
Sami Bey
Sublime Porte
Rifaat Pacha
Hatti Sheriffa
Syria
Porte
Haham Bashi
Dardanelles
Board of Health
Courrier de Lyon
Levant
Candia
Mustapha Pacha
Apocorona
Janina
Previsa
Tahir Pacha
Minerva
Greece
Benbow
Mavrocordato
Sud
Anderson
Oriental Company
Davy
Black Sea
Brandywine captain resigns amid ill health speculation
Captain Bolton of the Brandywine resigns reportedly for ill health and another officer takes command as the ship is ordered back to station. A further investigation into the affair is expected. The Brandywine had sailed under Captain Geisinger days earlier, with Malta listed as a likely station. Canada reports large immigration to Quebec and troop movements as Kingston fortifications receive upgrades, while provincial unions grow more popular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceeding
Bolton
Brandywine
Geisinger
Malta
Canada
Quebec
Kingston
Friexpiy Broters Society Annual Dinner at Highbury
Members of Friexpiy Broters Society held their annual dinner at Highbury-barn tavern with over 200 guests. Mr Blaydon led the choir while Clapp's military band played during dinner and throughout the dances in the ballroom. The event ended with field sports in favorable weather and continued into the early hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friexpiy Broters Society
Highbury-barn Tavern
Blaydon
Clapp
PROVINCIAL BRIGHTON ACCIDENT IN VAN CRUSHES TENANTS LUGGAGE
Reports spread of a severe accident on a Pocock’s red van from London on Reigate hill near Brighton. The van, carrying seven tons of luggage and eight passengers, broke down and tilted, injuring the driver, guard, and many passengers. Luggage, including salmon, was moved to Brighton.
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Brighton
Pocock
London
Reigate Hill
Reigate
Chesham
Moxpay
Windsor
Woburn
Amersham
Charles Compton Cavendish
William Cavendish
Chesham-Latimer
Cavendish
Latimer
Plydsouth
Cook
Randell
Martin
Harbury
Warwickshire
Munpun
Deaf and Dumb
Nathaniel Bennett
Colleton Terrace
Trew's Weir
Custom-house Inn
Edge
Colleton-terrace
West of England’ Fire and Life Insurance Company
Bonhay
Exeter
Southstreet
Cattle Market
Gingham
Lascelles
Besley
Pitts
Borhay
Brimsmead
St. David’s Hill
Stuckes
Alphington-street
Okehampton Street
Monmouth
Disranss
Forest of Dean
Staffordshire
Shropshire
Monmouthshire
Merlin
Southampton
Joseph Lobb
Haydon
Royal generosity and church disputes across parishes
The piece recounts Queen Victoria sending a silver tureen and ladle to Mr. Lobb as thanks for attentive service, valued at 150 guineas, followed by coverage of local events in Tewkesbury and Overbury including bell-ringing disputes. It also reports a fatal accident at Hatelyheath colliery and a Woolwich training day with artillery practice, plus YorK cathedral visitation and a dean's efforts to mend relations with the archbishop amid simony debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lobb
L. Martin
Tewkesbury
Overbury
W. Smith
Price
Jesus
West Bromwich
Hatelyheath
Messrs
Bagnall
Thomas Ward
Thomas Gibbons
Richard Knight
John Holden
James Lewis
Benksman
Holden
Woolwich
Lord Bloomfield
G.C.B
G.C.H
Ireland
Lord Sondes
Woolwich Marshes
Lord Charles Wellesley
Sweeting
Millar
Royal Arsenal
Bloomfield
M‘bean
Bingham
Buchanan
Irving
Crofton
Scott
Walker
Cator
Phillimore
Queen's Bench
Cresswell
St. Peter
Insolvent Court in Ireland Debates Saville Case and Military News
In Dublin July 26 the Insolvent Court postponed judgment on the discharge of Hon. Henry Alex. Saville son of Lord Mexborough after creditors claimed a 9300 pound schedule debt and living at a 1000 pound annual rate though his allowance was 400. The article also reports on supposed rebellions in Kilkenny Carlow being false and notes peaceful conditions, plus private nuptials of the lord-lieutenant, departure chatter around Lord Campbell and sharp editorials from the Dublin papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dustin
Henry Alex. Saville
Lord Mexborough
Dublin
the Zines
Kilkenny
Carlow
Edward Blakeney
Ireland
Times
Waterford
Justice Torrens
Justice Pennefather
Marriacz
Lorp Lisureraxr
Geale
Lord Morpeth
Cashel
F. Kennedy
Lord Campbell
Bilton Hotel
Jack Campbell
Soup Campbell
Evening Mail
Dublin Evening Post
Examination of Gavin Scott in Glasgow forgery case
Gavin Scott, accused of forging and fraud involving 8600 pounds on a Glasgow house, was brought before Glasgow police court for examination. He answered calmly, was detained for further examination, and displayed visible distress on arrival in Glasgow. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway progress is reported with tunnels, sheds, bridges, and works near completion, with opening hoped within weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gavin Scott
Glasgow
Baillie Mitchell
Scott
Edinburgh and Glascow
Jong
Queen-street
Keppochll
Cowlairs
Glasgow Chronicle
Beauty of Buttermere in De Quincey's vein reviewed
Literary Chronicle surveys Hatfield and the Beauty of Buttermere a three volume tale. The critic finds the author young and lacking in broad psychology yet praises narration and pathos. Descriptions of executions and Gertrude’s sorrowful wanderings anchor the analysis, with homage to Coleridge’s old mariner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jags Hatfield
Buttermere
Robert Cruikshank
London
H. Colburn
de Quincy
Mike
Coleridge
Hatfield
Gertrude
The Execution of Hatfield in Carlisle Square
A crowded Carlisle square watches the scaffold for Hatfield’s execution with mixed fury and sorrow. A young barrister harshly questions justice while Golefield and others condemn the harsh sentence as the doomed man clasps his dying father figure. The crowd pleads for mercy as the fatal hour arrives, a reprieve news reaching too late as a sobering collapse follows and a woman’s anguished cry echoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatfield
Carlisle
Juvenal
Hotspur
Golefield
Lorton
Fenton
Ali
fFhey
Ili
Iid
Justice
The Doom of Gertrude and the Traitor Quandish
A crowd decries Quandish as the Judas who betrayed Gertrude’s benefactor. Golefield, Mike, and a mariner rush Gertrude to safety. Across Carlisle’s square the mob brands Quandish while a young barrister laments moral decay and the town reels from the exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude
Golan
Golefield
Ion
Mike
Gerrit Eee
Quandish
Simmonds
Mariner
Rike
Judas
Liz
Golvfvlian
Carlisle
Rheenor
Butes
Mal
Alloris
Ayay
Ali
Pe Gertrude
Galefield
Beatty
Buttermere
Viegg
The Haunted Buttermere Damsel Mystery Unfolds
A party touring the Lake District encounters a wild beauty near Buttermere, her altered appearance and eerie air provoking astonishment among Horace Velmout and others. The duchess and Velmout echo concerns as the Maid of Bott undergoes a striking, unsettling change, sparking questions about her fate and the haunting scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude
Carlisle
Buttermere
Mehueley
Katrine
pTesire
Beauly
Urs
Horace Velmout
Horace
Beauty
Vermont
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Delano
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Havre
New York Inquirer
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Hibernian Benevolent Society
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C. A. Brownson
Boston
Tyler
Congress
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Orizawa
Senate
Rives
Mexico
California
Monte Video
Buenos Ayres
Panama
Veragua
Grenada
Mediterranean
England
John Hare Powell
the Metropolis
Imraxt OnrHan AsyLum
Hall of Christ's Hospital
Wanstead
Prince Albert
Masterman
M.P
Claudius S. Hunter
Sheriff Gibbs
George Carroll
Col. Wood
Captain Fitzroy
Canterbury
Duke of Bedford
George Arbuthnot
Esq
Lord Manvers
James Taylor
Sir Charles Forbes
Bart
George Bartlett Hart
John Burrel
John Masterman, Esq
John Dickie
Truman, Hanbury, and Co
George Byng
Worshipful Company of Cooks
Newspaper Press Benevolent Association
Coldstream Guards
Hayes
Teadealers’ Benevolent Protection Society
London Tavern
Wyles
Liberty of
Westminster
Victoria
City of Westminster
St. Andrew, Holborn
Wapping
Saffron-hill Liberty
Saffron-hill
Islington
City of London
Royal Botanic Society of
Lorpon
Burges Camac
James Starkie
Larkin
Mill Bank
MepHurst
H. Moreton Dyer
Cape
Royal Sovereign
London-bridge Wharf
Ingress Abbey
Greenhithe
Harmer
Herr von Joel
Wood
Thornhill
Roscius
Terpsichere
Petenr
Joshua King
J. G. Packer
Packer
Chevalier de Rambagt
Carter
Green-gate
Bethnal-green
St. Peter's
Pollard’s-row
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Hackney-road
the Weekly Chronicle
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