Khyber Pass Victory and Afghan Campaign Dispatch 1842
Intelligence from India and China reports British Indian troops opening the Khyber Pass with heavy feats, capturing key ridges and routing Akhbar Khan's force of 6000 while suffering minimal losses. Ghuznee fortress capitulation and Candahar relief efforts highlighted, plus Cadet general Elphinstone inquiries and Shah Soojah’s uncertain fate amid Kabul unrest.
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Aftohanistan
India
China
Marseilles
Canton
Bombay
Cernor-General
Calcutta
Affghanistan
Khyber
Akhber Khan
Indus
Bengal
Pollock
Khyber Pass
Peshawar
Sale
Jelslabad
Bemba
England
Bolan
Quetta
Gonad
Nottand
Ghuznee
Nadir Shah
Sulia Chanee
Ali Masjid
Arma
Jumrood
Her Majesty's 9Th Foot
26Th Native Infantry
64Th Native Infantry
Taylor
Her Majesty’s
9Th Foot
Anderson
64Th Regiment of
Dative Infantry
Moseley
Huish
Her' Majesty's 9Th Foot
Ferris
Xander
Her Majesty
53Rd Native Infantry
Wild
Mosley
Cumming
Felalabed
Khepen
Akhbar
Yber
Ali Khan
Jehalabad
Pass'in
Sirdar
Afighan
Bengal Native Infantry
Akhbar Khan
Khoord
Cabual
Colanel Dennie
Candahar
Kojuck
41Et
Leslie
Abthorp
Dadur
Sukkur
Bombay Native Infantry
Nott
Wymer
Kojack
Palmer
Salo
Cabui
Cabul
Amooun Shamsoodeen Khan
Dost Mahomed Khan
Cabu
W. M.naghten
Burnett
Crawford
Shah Soojah
J. Paimen
Leutenant
Ghaznee
P.S
France Moves Toward Fort Bicetre and Election Projections
The French report details the first stone laid for the Bicetre fort near Villejuif with five bastions targeting Paris suburbs, and outlines expected prorogation and dissolution dates for the Chambers. It notes a looming 2.133 billion franc deficit, potential tax limits, and upcoming elections as Paris papers echo caution. Quenisset is moved from Conciergerie, Louis Philippe rumors debunked, while Algerian reports describe security challenges and a police-ordered removal of a provocative placard tied to Arab costs.
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France
Bicétre
Villejuif
Bievre
Italy
St. Jacques
St. Marceau
Paris
Indian Mail
Quenisset
Louis Philippe
Spain Faces Cabinet Crisis After Resignation
French reports confirm the Spanish government resigned on the 30th, with regents summoning Olozaga and Ferrer to form a new cabinet but both decline. Rumors swirl of a Christine Carlist plot and a note from Maria Christina to Don Carlos, detailing personal peril and loyalty to Spain amid mounting tensions. A Biscayan insurgent group near Bayonne signals renewed instability as Rodil fortifies frontier defenses.
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Spain
Minterny
Bayonne
MM. Olozags
Ferrer
MM. Olozaga
Leonne
Stogether
Biscay
Miguelites
Rodil
Christine Carlist
Espartero
Maria Christina
Paris
Don Carlos
Bourges
D.C
Infant of
Enterprising effort discussed amid political tensions
The letter outlines a failed September plan later to be pursued for salutary effect, accepting reasonable conditions. Madrid dispatches note Regent Zurbano's Catalonia move, curé and others sent to Urgel, and Filip's band active in Lampourdan. French warship reinforcement returned to Toulon as Barcelona report says calm. Royal arrears to be paid per May list, ministerial crisis unresolved in Madrid.
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M. C
France
Madrid
Zurbano
Catalonia
Pinos Tome
Seu
Urgel
Filip
Lampourdan
Barcelona
Toulon
Rodil
Portugal News: Treaty Decisions and Lisbon Affairs
Lisbon correspondent reports the council of state decided to proceed with the commerce and slave trade treaties, with expectations of prompt signing. A decree allows ships to refresh at Madeira without export duties, except wine, and Lisbon politics may delay elections. J.M. O Neill, Lisbon partner of Torlades and Co., died from an apoplectic attack, affecting consular appointments. Baron Tojal arranged payments to British claimants and officers, with instalments soon due in Lisbon, amid wartime service settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Liverpool
Council of State
Madeira
J. M. O'Neill
Torlades and Co
O'Neill
Belgium
Denmark
Baron Tojal
London
Portugal
Baron de Moncorve
Lord Aberdeen
Hanover King Abdication Rumor Circulates
A report resurfaces about the approaching abdication of the King of Hanover and, with less certainty, a potential dynastic marriage to a sovereign count of the German Confederation. The note is from Le Commerce dated June.
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Hanover
le Commerce
Fire relief in Hadsburg and wider subscriptions rise
Letters report daily subscriptions from across Europe to Hadsburg town. Berlin and Augsburg totals show thousands in marks and dollars. Saint Petersburg pledges 140000 silver roubles via the Duke of Leuchtenberg. A British committee distributes funds to aid fire victims, houses the houseless, bans fire in wooden shops, and insurance expectations rise amid the disaster. A detailed tally lists vast losses across coffee, sugar, cotton, rice, wine, brandy, tobacco, and more totaling millions of pounds and casks.
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Berlin
Augsburg
Saint
England
Hodges
Porto Rico
Virginia
Kentucky
St. Domingo
Cuba
Havannah, Varinas, &c
Metropolis Shareholders Meet at Crown and Anchor
The half yearly report shows net tonnage of £62 238 18s 9d, up on the prior six months and the prior year, with total revenue near £69,885 and a dividend of £3 10s per share proposed. Adjourning, the Adelphi Society distributes rewards for mechanics, arts, and fine arts, including medals to numerous named artisans and inventors.
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Strand
Mittee
Rickmansworth
Society of Arts
Adelphi
John-street
Yal
Duke of Sussex
John Guest
M.P
Henry Goodby
South-villa
Wandsworth-road
William Middleton
Wakefield-street
Brunswick-square
W. Bowser
Swan-street
Minories
Charles Cameron
Gascoigne-street
Liverpool
John Ferry
Mape-Street
Bethnal-green
William Montgomerie
Singapore
St. Annes-court
Wardour-street
Soho
John Hick
Jon
Bolton
Lancashire
T. M. Bagnold
R-M
Wilderness
Saxmundhem
Suffolk
Thomas Dickingon
R.N
Groveroad
St. John's-wood
Cape Frie
Henry Potts
Booth-street
Bethnal-green-road
Spitalfields
Anna Maria Robertson
St. Peter's-square
Hammersmith
John Clayton
Elizabeth-street
Eaton-square
J. G. Medland
St. Martin’s-lane
Isis
Robert Frederick Abraham
Bruton-street
Berkeley-square
Arthur Howorth
Red
George Landseer
Cunningham-place
St. John’s-wood
City of
Friends of
Guildhal
John Blackett
Vacant Housing Filled and Reform Bill Memorial Asylum
The thirty two houses near Brixton hill are now fully occupied. The asylum cost about £6000 to build for decayed citizens and widows, with £1506 from city authorities for a Reform Bill commemoration. The Roman Catholic Institute heard pope sanction yet faced weak finances amid Ireland issues. A Paddington street fire from a lucifer match damaged grass in a Marylebone burial ground.
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Brixton-hill
Roman Catholic Institute
Roman Catholic Institute of Great Britain
Freemason's Hall
Great Queen-street
C. Langdale
Ireland
Daniel O'Connell
Dublin
O'Connell
Westminster Abbey
America
Holland
Portugal
Lord Campus
Philip Howard
M.P
Manyrenoxe Co
Paddington Street
Marylebone
Andrew Amy
Nodes
Thompson
Marylebonej Lane
St. Paul's
Cornowen
Higgs
Charles-Street
Grosvennor-square
Hyde Park
Bayswater Gate
Charles Balls
Junction Mews
Paddington
Hydepark
Bayswater-road
Wigan
Duke-street
Grosvenor-square
Provncial Bath Missns Hopsons Estate Dividends Paid
Assignees began distributing the Bath Missins Hopsons estate dividends, paying creditors first to bankers then to other creditors. Over 20000 pounds already disbursed, with warnings against selling future dividends at low prices to limit further losses.
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Bath
Hopsonsz Axp Co
Bath Journal
Birmingham
Protestant Confederation” of
Whitehall
James Graham
Confederation of
Orangemen
Confederation
Wm. French
Smallbrook-street
Grestwood
Prince of Wales’s Lodge
S. M. Parziros
W. French
Bristol
Guildhall
G. W. Franklin
J. Birch
F. F. Jennings
M. Whisk
J. Woodward
Capt. Harding
H. Bush
J. George
W. Claxton
J. K. Haberfield
John Mills
England
John o'Groats
Mr. Birch
Niger
Wad
Butcher
Prince Albert
Bristol Mercury
Dudley
Bullring
Sedgeley
Messrs
Badger and
Bennett
Cartwright. Mason
Westhope tragedy ends in manslaughter verdict
In Westhope hill near Leominster Lucy Parker’s widowhood ends when her nephew William Powell and his mother are linked to fatal blows amid a coroner’s inquest. Evidence shows Powell with a hammer and threats as Parker dies from brain injuries. both defendants await trial alongside old London ties and a contested marriage plan. Oxford reports defend university orthodoxy in Hampden case. Stratford records another stabbing death in Essex after a quarrel, while Topsham recounts a fatal omnibus accident near Budleigh Salterton with Langford from Bristol and injuries to Mrs Rew and a coachman.
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Leominster
Daeaprus Murper
Westhope-hill
Lucy Parker
London
Westhope
William Powell
Mr. Parker
Powell
Oxford
Hampden
Lord Melbourne
Stratford
Essex
James Thornton
Fox
Blue Bear
Thornton
Bow
London Hospital
Topeham
Topsham
Exmouth Road
Hine
Budleigh Salterton
Exeter
Tucker
Lord Nelson Inn
Langford
Bristol
Rew
St. George's Clift Turnpike
Rolle
Ireland Cattle Trade Amid Famine and Temperance News
From Dublin a plan to charter vessels for continental cattle and provisions surfaces as beef prices soar at Smithfield amid famine reports. Distress spreads in Carlow Cork and Galway with crowds seeking work and sustenance while temperance ribbonists face counterclaims from clergy.
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Dublin
City of
Cork
Galway
Liverpool
London
Father Mathew
Lucan
Total Abstinence Society
Mathew
Maryooth Grant
Dublin Evening Post
Maynooth
Dusaix
Bentrast
Emmerson Tennent
W. G. Johnson
Robert Peel
Ross
Johnson
Fire at Ely Cathedral sparks quick citizen response
At about eleven this morning during divine service a fire broke out on the Ely Cathedral roof. Plumbers’ carelessness started the blaze but rapid, coordinated effort by residents saved the venerable building. The incident was followed by a formal note of thanks from the dean and chapter. In separate news, a Slough railway accident delayed the mail, injuring a few passengers but causing no fatalities. The Ascot train carried around 1,000 people.
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Firr
Ety Cathedralt
Ety
William Selwyn
John Ashley
Dean and Chapter of
Ely
City of
College
Slough
Ascot Races
Exeter
Ascot
Exeter Times
Lottery of Life review in three volumes praise and critique
A London review extols Lady Blessington’s Lottery of Life in three volumes, praising some tales for freshness and home charm while criticizing masculine sketches and depictions of low life as lacking authenticity. The piece lauds her insight into female heart and motives though questions parts lacking realism in character drawing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Countess of Blessington
London
Henry Colburn
Ae Howdy
Lady Blessington
The Isotta and Manfredoni Marriage Secret
A Venetian tale of Isotta is drawn to wed Manfredoni after a forbidden love. Grimani discovers the match and storms, but the lovers wed in secret with nurse Beatrice aiding them by signaling from the balcony. Grimani vows to thwart the match. jealousy and danger follow as conspirators move to punish the couple.
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Tsotta
Rodrigo
Alya
Manfredoni
Sotta
Bar
Tsutta
Isotta
Grimani
Taotta
Anther
Dezoar
Rvule
Diaguieed
Beatrice
Manfredaxi
Hymen
Palazzo Grimani
Wuld
Reat
Hide
Manfredonia
Withdre
Tcott
Tsu Huni
Isuttas
Sud
Palazzo Mantredomi
Ant
Hella
Manfreduni
Piers
Cimani
Council of Ten
Dag
Sotra
Walt
Mantes
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Idehar
Elphinstone
T. H. Mappoes
Government of India
Balla Hissar
Fatteeabad
Pellock
Jellalabad
Macao
Bourbes
Hong Kong
Madras
Canton River
Hong
Fong
Chusan
Amoy
Abe
Ningpo
Bengal Volunteers
Madras N.I
Hong-Kong
H. Pottinger Seema
Son of Heaven
M. Challaye
M. M. Monge
Jeannéret
Henry Pottinger
Sir Henry
the Weekly Chronicle
Algeria
Algiers
Messrs. Brachet and Bastide
Hanovee
Hadsbuerg
the Metropolis
Miller
Glasgow
Chesterfield
Derbi
Bisa
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