French debate on Algeria and Moroccan war risks in Parliament
Paris reports flag ongoing Algeria focus with Marshal Soult defending 10 000 credit for forts at Oran and Tlemcen raids. Discussion notes Abd el Kader in Morocco, holy war, troop concentrations near Oudida, and possible French moves into Moroccan territory amid fragile balance with Muley Abderrahman. Spain items report Madrid market activity and unrest near the Queen Mother.
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Paris
Ordin Ree
Algeria
Africa
Marshal Soult
Morocco
Marshal Bugeaud
Oran
Tiaret
Saida
Lebdon
Abd-el-Kader
Abd-el-Keder
Emeror
Oudida
Figaro
Rotel
Prince de Joinville
Muley Abderrahman
Tafna
Galignani
Toulon
Constantina
Biscara
Pelisse
Casbah
Mahammed Seghir
Plander
Ouled
African Light Infantry
Journal Des Debuts
Duke d'Aumale
Betna
Sulthanis
d’Aumale
Pantelsaaph
Benna
Siécle
Chamber of Deputies
Lithult
Lyons
Vallies
Seine
Yone
Armancan
Prenne
Aure
Sao
Orleans
Rouen
Avignon
Strasburg
Versailles
Ditto
Marseilles
France
England
Muley Abderhaman
Ahbd-el-Kader
Bordeaux
Havre
M. Arago
Deate
Ancouleme
Journal Des Debats
Duke d
Spain
Madrid
Ultimo
Treasury
Barcelona
Madrid and Atlantic News From June 5 Dispatches
The Madrid papers report Spain’s finances in distress and a decree to rescind the tobacco contract sent to Barcelona for royal approval. Monarchy intrigues, baronial tidings, and the arrival of two queens in Barcelona feature prayers at the cathedral and possible church reconciliation. United States news discuss Texas annexation, Tyler’s moves, and a presidential message. The Galveston Civilian notes riots in Philadelphia fading, a strong Catholic turnout, and a fluctuating cotton market with ample exports and imports through May.
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Mapazip
Madrid
Spain
M. Mon
Barcelona
el Castellano
Puerta del Sol
Church of
Rome
Marseilles
Trappani
Prince of Asturias
London
Paris
Texas
United States
Texas Boundary
Gulf of Mexico
Mexico
Senate
Tyler
Calhoun
Washington
Upshur
Webster
van Zant
Great Britain
France
Senate of the
Green
Congress
Jenny Tyen
Galveston
Philadelphia
Upland
Florida
Mobile
New Orleans
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
Liverpool
Tates
Havre
Meshed Letters Reveal Stoddart Era Claims and Deceptions
Captain Grover's letters from Dr. Wolff, dated Meshed in March, expose intricate espionage around Bokhara and Bokhara envoys. Muhammad Ali Seraf is labeled a rogue for withholding sultan letters and seizing property tied to Colonel Stoddart while Dr. Wolff details Turkish, Persian and English interests amid a tense, caravan era.
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Cotoxz
Stoppard
Cartary
Torbad
Muhammad Ali Seraf
Pgokntal Stoddart
Bokhara
Colonel Shicl
Wolff
Stoddart
Shiel
Bokahara
Assaf Addawla
Persia
Moses Montefiore
Samarcand
Balk
Kukan
Meshed
Mullah Medea
Ahopt
Boknara
Tay
Aga Aboul Kasem
Bokbare
Kurbeu
Dublara
Stoddart and Conolly Alive in Bokhara Arrival Report
Dr Wolff notes Stoddart and Conolly alive with letters confirming certainty from Bokhara. An ambassador from Russia reportedly arrived at Bokhara as Captain Grover preserves details. The Cape town letter adds Cleopatra's loss near Madagascar with seven sailors killed during a reef incident.
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Cape of Good Hope
P. Maitland
Natal
Graham’s Town
Ichaboe
Angra Pequina
Moulaworth
Madagascar
Cleopatra
Stoddart
Conolly
Kalai
Bokhara
Kakulli
Assaf Addawla
Khorassaun
Maadan
Meshed
Wolff
Saleh Mohammed
Shiel
Russia
Grover
Caps Town
Simon’s Bay
Molesworth
Ampthill Somnambulism Case Ends in Self Inflicted Wound
In Ampthill Bedfordshire William Sexton landlord's son died from a throat wound he inflicted on himself after dreaming of a policeman threatening punishment. He woke bleeding and wrote that the dream prompted the act. Separately news from Brighton Croydon Southampton cover a Norfolk-like parade, a hedge fire by a Croydon boy, and a murder charge against a ship captain in Spalatro with a British consul's finding of accidental death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sincipe
William Sexton
White Hart Commercial Inn
Ampthill
Bedfordshire
Brighton
Henry Hardinge
Londorr
General Steam Navigation Company
India
Lord Exmouth
Sir Henry Ellis
Colonel Wood
Shoreham
Wood
Dieppe
Rouen
Paris
Orleans
Marseilles
Alexandria
Croydon
JoventLz
George Kersley
Reid
Common
John Rogers
Hollyweill
Croydon Railway Company
Southampton
Chieftain
Spalatro
Reay
George Harrison
Charles Thomas Hill
Finnae
Spalatra
Hill
Thomas Sorell
K.H
Trieste
Repeal Association crowded meeting in Conciliation Hall
Ireland detail reports a Repeal meeting at Conciliation hall with Lord Friench in a green vest and repeal buttons, Henry Grattan cheered, and a weekly repeal rent of £3200 noted. Rumors emerge of barracks banning repeat buttons, plus a prison cell sketch of O'Connell and fellow conspirators. A 29th regiment private, accused of murder in Cork in the past, faces court martial after threatening sergeants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Repeal Association
Lord Friench
Henry Grattan
Peel
Dublin
Belfast
O'Connell
Mr O'Connell
Guild of
Joseph
Charles Duffy
The
Herald
Workman
John Gray
Ray
Steele
Barrett
Caarcz
America
Cork
Ireland
Litskary Chronigee Review of Craven’s Sportsman Volumes
London critic Craven’s new volumes Sportamen and Hyde Marston are lively and racily written with sharp sketches of turf life from stable boy to breeder. The tone is humorous but moral concerns arise about the brutal and low-tone culture in horse racing, though the reviewer appreciates Craven’s labor and witticisms. Extracts are promised as highly amusing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craven
London
Henry Coburn
Hyde Marston
Irish Attorney and Drunken Buyer Confrontation
Two Irish men dispute a horse sale with insults and threats. A jolly countryman, in a grey freize surtout, attempts to pressure the attorney, who retorts sharply about legal notice and potential embarrassment. The encounter ends with stern warnings and leverage over payment.
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Sirrah
A Trifle of Quiet Smoke in a Bond Street Coffee Room
A narrator recalls a dawn visit to a Bond Street coffee room filled with riotous clubmen and a dissolute waiter. The tale glides through brandy, wit, and a late night affair as companions trade stories, drink, and schemes, including a townsman’s rogue money venture ending in a swift delivery and retreat from Savile Row.
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Long
Meher
Ultimi Romanorum
Greenwich
Giant's Causeway
Kinsale
Bond Street
Horace
Hyde Marston
Hampstead
Burton-crescent
James
Newcastle
University of Oxford
Athirst
Byron
Bary-street
Pickering-place
Ireland
Jim
Trifia Inc
Piccadilly
Saville-row
Bury Street
A Dangerous Rival Among Ocean Rambles and Duel Threats
An Irish coast tale features a striking rival, Lt. A-, a half pay 10th Hussars officer, famed for daring feats and flirtatious danger. The narrator plots to drown him, then joins a public breakfast at Bundoran before a dramatic bath at sea where the rival appears intent on harm.
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10Th Hussars
Niagara
Scott
Jungfrau
Crichton
Trent
Fish-street-hill
de Jeanters
Martha
Bundoran
Atlantic
Desperate Flight Beneath a Floodtide Chase
A narrator and companion flee by night along a flood swollen river toward the shore while unseen pursuers use telescopes from a hotel. The chasers fear capture as the river’s current bears the fugitives toward Brundrows bridge and beyond. A white‑knuckled struggle ends with a hero’s pledge to keep the escape secret and save a life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alweri
Brundrows
A Nautical Tale Of Heslop And A Frigate's Return
A fragment from a maritime narrative recalls a late 19th century voyage. The narrator extols sailors and compares heroines, recounting the loss of Tom Heslop in a North Sea squall and the emotional reception aboard a returning frigate. A blonde widow loudly seeks word of her husband while corseted tale veers into reflective memory.
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Jai
North Seas
Heslop
Corypheus
Apollos
Byron
Bravedia
Spithead
Jack
Atarms
Tom Heslop
Watch
Tom
Widder
Orlop
A Judge of the Olden Time
A narrator recalls a judge in a dinner room scene after a Dublin hanging case. The stern figure delivers a paradoxical verdict to a condemned man, claiming innocence or guilt, and asserts the justice and gravity of the fate. The piece reflects on the judge as a memorable character in legal proceedings.
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Dublin
Naas
Irish Festivities and a Row Over Dinner in Cheltenham
A tale of a large Irish military man in Cheltenham where a dinner with Irish guests ends in a brawl between a nobleman and his brother. The scene shifts to a critique of Mrs. C. Baron Wilson’s biographical sketches of sixty seven living actresses, deemed artistically flawed yet of interest to theatre circles.
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Westminster School
St. James’s Street
W. Ridley Colborne
R. C. Glyn
Bank of England
Atock
Royal Exchange
Richard Lambert Jones
Royal Exchange Committee
London Bridge
Jones Statue
Lobe
Turnomill Street
Clerkenwell
Davenham
J. Porter
Hatton-garden
Farringdon-street
Whitecross-street
Watling-street
Braidwood
Oxyirep Law Cress’ Society
Crown and Anchor
Strand
Baron Rolfe
Knight Brace
D. Wakefield
Jervis
M.P
F. Kelly
Watson
Cockburn
Bodkin
M. D. Hill
Wilwick
Piggott
Messrs
Young
Lloyd
Fitzwilliam
Solly
Leffler
Westminsterabbey
Messie
Guinnes
Barnett
Griesbach
Reed
Castelli
Wilson
Wakefield
Royan Free Hospital
Gray’s-Inn-Road
London Tavern
Lord Ashley
West End
City
City Committee
Union
Royal
Prince Albert
Brompton
Anson
Worcester
Chelsea Hospital
Society of Ants
Society of Arts
Society
St. John-street
Adelphi
Duke of Sutherland
Saxony
Guat Peneg Ao Vareng
Willis
North
Shoa
A. Murray
Eisner
Norkwich
Teetotallers
British and Foreign Temperance Society
Music-hall
Store-street
Lord Teignmouth
T. O. Clarke
London
Satisfers
W. Cowper
Edward Parry
Berkeley
the Royal
Cheltenham
Theatrical Crimping in Garrick Era at Drury Lane
Century‑old letters reveal David Garrick’s recruitment of low rank actors through a camplike figure named Stone. The talks show Garrick offering payments for mugging and other tricks, and letters recount sharp exchanges with Mr. Lacy about the lost bishop and other grabs, illustrating early theatre economies and crimp practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Garrick
Drury-lane Theatre
Stone
Garrick
Crimp
Cink
W. Stone
Tower-hill
Groton
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Foreign Intelligence
the Metropolis
Scotland
Bombay
Switzerland
Norwich
Exeter Hall
House of Commons
David Ruell
Miller
Boatswain Smith
Litskary Chronigee
Starz
C. Baron Wilson
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