Emigration and the New Zealand Colonization Bill
The piece argues for Mr. Baring's New Zealand Colonization Bill to promote a British settlement in New Zealand. It praises colonization as a commercial good, outlines land sale and immigration funding, and cites support from Lord Durham and others while noting Colonial Office objections. It previews a Wednesday vote on the second reading and defends native rights and orderly settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
South Australia
Colonial Office
House of Commons
F. Baring
Thetford
New Zealand
Great Britain
New
Wakefield
England and
America
Colonial Land Committee
Australia
van Diemen’s Land
England
Mr. Baring
Baring
Lord Durham
Lord Ashburton
Lord Petre
Lord Devon
New Zealand Association
George Sinclair
Ferguson
Raith
Walter Campbell
Islay
Wm. Molesworth
Hut
Oes Deve
John Russell
Dreadful Steam-boiler Explosion on the River
On Thursday afternoon the Victoria Hull steamship suffered a boiler explosion after a collision with a collier off Ratcliff. Five men died or later perished, including chief engineer Jacobs and second engineer Colville. Passengers and crew fought fire, with Topaz aiding and Dreadnought Hospital Ship taking the injured. Eighty passengers escaped serious harm. two horses on deck were unsettled. The event mirrors a prior 1838 accident on the Victoria with multiple deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Hull
Erith Reach
Allen
Blackwall
Galley-quay
Lower
Thames-street
Ratcliff Cross
London Dock
New Crane Dock
Shadywell
Topaz
Fox
Gravesend
Jacobs
William Colville
Suterhig
Stoker
Mansell
Wapping+wall
Southern
Ellen Gardener
Bell
West
Nope
Glasgow
Thames
Barton
Rotherhithe
London Fire-Brigade
Francis
Thames Tunnel
Murder trial opens as Hubbard faces Union Hall crowd
A crowd gathers opposite Union Hall as William Hubbard is brought to the dock for a suspected murder. Inspector Field and Sergeant Price present evidence while Hubbard, in a burgundy coat and crape, listens as the case unfolds including a controversial anonymous letter alleged to name him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Hall
William Hubbard
Oustay
Jeremy
Hubbard
Grinsell
L Division
Field
Sergeant Price
Inspector Field
Mr. Jeremy
Eliza Grimwood
Wellington-terrace
Doughty-square
Mile-erid
Stafford-street
John Waters
Cavendish
Goswell-road
Carter
Surrey
Sr. Okey
Waterloo
Waterloo-road
Strand Theatre
Catherine Edwin
Edwin
Thomas Grimwood
Grimwood
Price
Mary Fisher
Charles
Lambeth
Goswell-street
Clerkenwell
Islington
Pentonville
Holloway, &c
John Waters Cavendish
Highbury, &c
Highbury
Twopenny Post-Office
M‘millan
Wellstow
Bays
Thomas
J. Waters Cavendish
Newcut
Westminster Bridge
Horsemonger-lane
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History and Politics
George IV
Spitalfields
Buckingham Palace
Adelaide
Buckingham - Palace
Constitution-hill
Piccadilly
St James’s-street
Pall-mal
Cockspur-street
Charing-cross
Whitehall
Parliament-street
Westminster Abbey
Earl of Albemarle
Hyde Park
Pelham Clinton
Duke of Newcastle
Mary
Henrietta Bentinck
Duke of Portland
Duke of Somerset
Laura Fitzroy
Duke of Grafton
George Smart
George
London
Westminster
St. Paul’s
St. James’s
Windsor
Canterbury
Taunton
Chelmsford
Waterloo Road
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