Britain the giant of prodigious power and reach
An 1841 statistical survey argues Britain’s productive force equals 78,981,766 effective men with vast property, population, and income distributions. It notes Ireland’s industry, England’s consumption links, and the nation’s roads, canals, railways, and steam power underpinning exports, shipping, and agriculture amid European comparisons.
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United Kingdom
Ireland
France
England
Lord Liverpool
House of Lords
Britain
M‘culloch
Italy
Netherlands
Royal Agricultural Journal
Dover Paris mail plan: 25 hour day route via Dover and Calais
Reports from Dover note government plans to establish a swift day mail from London to Paris with a Dover Calais transit. Mail would depart London at nine, reach Dover at one, Calais at five, and Paris by ten next morning. A Dover jetty and small Calais steamer would aid entry and exit, addressing shallow waters. Westmoreland bobbin trade rises with higher wages. Archbishop of Paris Lent rules allow eggs butter milk except Passion Week, with meat on most days funded by alms.
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Dover
Paris
Calais
South Eastern Railway
London
Westmoreland
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Westmoreland Gazette
Carmelites
Tsar Decree Orders Jewish Resettlement Frontiers
A czarist ukase orders removing Jews from frontier areas within three to four years, with allowances for those who run manufacturing shops to stay. The decree promises a five year tax remission upon their displacement and outlines exceptions for established factories.
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Ukase
Rejection of Porter as secretary of war confirmed
The senate confirmed the rejection of Mr Porter as secretary of war by an immense majority with only three in support and 42 opposing. A resolution also moved to compel the president to give the British government 12 months notice under the Oregon convention. A Portsmouth arrival reports Calhoun has withdrawn his presidential pretensions.
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Otaheite
Queen Pomanz
Tahiti
South Seas
Dupetit Thouars
Pomare
Lord Cowley
M. Guizot
Cabinet Council
England
M.guizot
Moniteur
London
Pritchard
Ofaheite
Paris
M. Thiers
Otabelle
Otahelte
Journal Des Debats
M. Frederic Dolle
France
Court of Assizes
Hoe
Queen Christina
Nimes
Rhone
Te de la Barthelaise
Vaucluse
Montpellier
Narbonne
Gen
Bertrand
Napoleon
Cambridge
New York
Porter
Senate
House of Representatives
Oregon
Portsmouth
Calhoun
The Kine or Swepex and Danish Succession News
The Athenaeum reports the King of Sweden Sweden experienced a restless night with leg pain while listening to journals and bulletins. Copenhagen notes Princess Royal of Denmark may be enceinte, potentially altering succession and Russia Denmark relations. Ancona reports Judge Alessandrini attacked by a masked assailant. he survives but is gravely wounded as public order shifts during political trials.
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StockHolm
Aftensblad
Copenhagen
Denmark
Frederick of Hesse
Alexandrina
Russia
Cologne
Sovur HamMeton
Oriental Company
Liverpool
London
Gibraltar
Cadiz
Lisbon
Oporto
Vigo
Ancona
Alessandrini
M. Allessandrini
Carant
Metropolitan News: Charity Meetings Across London
A London Tuesday saw the spring election for the Merchant Seaman's Orphan Asylum at the London tavern with Captain Henry Nelson presiding. Other notes report Bible Society distributions to Chinese readers, Royal Free hospital plans for a new wing, and multiple charity meetings across London including Free Church, Journeymen Traitors Benevolent Asylum, Humane Society, Orthopaedic Institution, and University College annual summaries.
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Seaamen
London Tavern
Henry Nelson
Writminster Auxiliary Bible Society
Hanover Square Room
Marquis’ of Cholmondeley
China
British and Foreign Bible Society
England
Jord
Roral Fase’ Hosrrran
The
Royal Free Hospital
Gray’s Inn Road
Robert Grosvenor
R. C. Packman
West End
Lord Robert Grosvenor
West-End
Samuel Gurney
Free Causee
Scottand
Friends and Advocates of Free Church Principles
Robert-street Chapel
Duke Street
Grosvenor-Square
Patrick M. Stewart
Bay
Stewart
Alexander Beith
Wm. Buchan
James Smith
J. McNaughten
Alexander
Dr. Forbes
R. Steuart
Muschet
Wm. Browley
James Mortis
W. Stevenson
P. M. Stewart
Paisley
Beith
Mr. Smith
Journeymen Taitors' Benevolent Asylum
Bloomsbury Square
P. C. Scarlett
Quarles
Harris
F. Keish
Little
University
Ege
University College
Gower Street
Earl of Auckland
Potter
Kidd
Lord Brougham
Leicester Stanhope
Chaos in Victorian School and Society Rife with Distress
Fragment describes a debate on a college’s purpose plus a list of officers including Lord Brougham and the Earl of Auckland. It continues with tragic vignettes: Micah Ryan dies after needle injury, Mrs Boone’s husband buried wrongly, and a tailor society’s grand apprenticeship metaphor. A Waterloo bridge suicide is noted.
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Hutton
Warburton
BBC
Lord Brougham
Earl of Auckland
John Taylor
F.R.S
M. Clarke
W. D. Christie
Earl Fortescue
James Heywood
S. J.loyd
James Thornely
M.P
Thomas Alers Hankey
Micah Ryan
Vittoria Street
Islington
Regent Street
Gravel-lane
Southwark
Boone
Dyerstreet
Gravel-Jene
Wandsworth
Robins
Finz Waritina
Journeymen Tailors’ Benevolent Society
Arabia
East Indies
Atlantic
Waterloo BripGt
Middlesex
Waterloo Bridge
Provincial Hale Mantrorpinc Bank Note Scheme
A con artist in a provincial town cut a £50 bank note into halves and used the halves to induce others to supply money. He then exchanged the halves for £200 in notes before absconding, leaving behind a trail of misdeed and distrust.
Repeal Association Meeting In Ireland Discusses Peaceful Struggle
Ireland, Feb 26. At Conciliation Hall John O Connell presided over a sparsely attended Repeal meeting. He urged patience and peace while noting no help from England, and announced halting distribution of repeal papers. O Connell quoted London letters praising English sympathy yet urging constitutional, legal agitation and perseverance to restore Ireland. The group raised 624 and 16 shillings in rent, and £290 from America, with debate on the trial and government actions.
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Destin
Repeal Association
Conciliation Hall
John O'Connell
England
House of Commons
O'Connell
London
Ray
Covent-garden
Great Britain
Ireland
Daxitt O'Connell
T. M. Ray
Smith O'Brien
America
Freeman's
Napier’s India adventures in a fearless life of travel
The piece reviews Lieut Col Napier’s two volume London book full of hunting, daring escapades, and vivid sketches from India to Spain. It highlights graphic bullfighting scenes, mountain dress, and Arabic Levantine customs with strong opinions on cruelty and colonial encounter.
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Boxort
Asia
Africa
India
Coloney E. Napier
London
Colburn
Napier
Barbary
Spain
Egypt
Mount Lebanon
Lodge
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Leicestershire Mercury
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Smithy Brow
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Smedley Lane
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Regent Road
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Messrs. Johnson and Sinclair
Literary Chronicle
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Syria
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Emir Solyman
Aurora
Cairo
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Hong Kong
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