Explosions at D'Ernst Firework Factory Kill Three
A coroner's inquest heard how George Tibbutt and others died in a massive blast at Mr. D'Ernst's firework factory in Doughty Street. Eyewitnesses described destroying flames, scattered bodies and a warehouse blown apart. Firework materials, including maroons and squibs, were found amid the wreckage, with experts debating whether the blast was accidental or sparked by a light in the oven range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Lion
Lambeth-walk
George Tibbatt
Doughty-street
D'Ernst
Sid
D’ernst
Paper, &c
John Whiting
Mr. D'Emst
Wm. Cotton
Bird-street
West-square
Tibbutt
Metropolis
London
Portsmouth
Treadio Mig
Theodore D'Ernat
Eeplewion
Jory
Foreign Intelligence From Paris to India and Malta
Paris papers report no news on the quintuple slave trade treaty as Guizot states the crown will not ratify but open to modifications. Insurrection rumors in Spain widen with generals departing to frontiers. In India news from Calcutta notes a long steam voyage, storms and a looming Kabul crisis. Malta reports a fatal duel between Lieut. Adams and Capt. Levick behind Fort Ricasoli, Adams dying the next day amid investigations and royal Malta fencibles’ involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Mauguin
Chamber of Deputies
M. Guizot
London
France
Spain
Orleannais
Christiae
Orleans
Urbistondo
Piquero
Clavernay Campillo
Frontiers
Bordeaux
Dax
Bayonne
Fata Dugr
Malta Times
Fort Ricasoli
Lieut
Adams
Her Majesty
88Th Regiment
Levick
59Th Regiment
Jeffreys
88Th
Mattei
Royal Malta Fencibles
Lieut. Adams
Tevick
Malta
Society of Ancient Britons St David's Day gathering
On St David's Day the Society of Ancient Britons held a charity festival at the Free Masons Tavern with about two hundred gentlemen including the Earl of Powis, the Bishop of Durham, and other dignitaries. The event featured Welsh toasts, a Welsh anthem, and a procession of children aiding the Welsh Charity School. Donations totaled £1,180 with notable contributions from royal and noble supporters.
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Messrs. Collyer
Fitzwilliam
Parry
Young
Calkin
Ransford
J. O. Atkins
Callin
Prince of Wales
London
Lord Powis
Earl of Powis
Hopkins
England
Prince Albert
Principality of Wales
Mr. Fitzwilliam
St. David's Day
Mr. Parry
Wales
Cornwall Baron Wilson
Welsh Charity School
Sergeant Atcherley
Queen Dowager
Duchess of Kent
Duke of Newcastle
W. W. Wynn
Sba
Plymouth
Joseph Pizzey
General Brock
Forster and Co
Wiliam, Gooch
Aéra
Niger
Africa
Pizzey
Goate
James Munroe
Brock
Ballanting
Thames
Munroe
Central Criminal Court
Acra
Evang
Jun
Fogg
Thames Police
Devonshire-street
Mile-end
Evans
Gooch
Pizsey
Exeter
Devonshire
Loypox and Brackwatt
London Tavern
Wm. Routh
Yunswick
Herne Bay
Margate
Ramsgate
Dover
Thomson Hankey
Captain Page
British Empire
Ireland
Stepney Old Church
St. Paul's Cathedral
Westminster Abbey
Matthews
Ballantine
Shadwell
Blady
Ellis
Tower Hamlets
Merropolis
Metropolitan Improvement Society
Colonel Sykes
J. E. Grey
Lancaster
Ordnance
Metropolis
Indian Crisis Deepens as Forces Engage in Two Mile Pursuit
Gallandry leads his men using scrapers and pursues the king's troops for two miles. Captain Hearsey loses 80 men, killed and wounded, including Lieutenant Spry and Mr. Nesbit-Agra Ahkbar. Reports from Calcutta indicate alarm at the governor-general's request for reinforcements, fears of Shah Soojah's fall, and possible abandonment of Dost Mahommed. Insurrection spreads in Oude with 50,000 Nepaul troops readying for aggression. England faces heavy costs to quell religiously tinged rising while Cabool's garrison contemplates capitulation under harsh terms. The Times notes alarming India news and doubts about sepoy fidelity.
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India
Malta
Alexandria
Calcutta
Valetta
Matta
Gorgon
Suez
Sandheads
Madras
Point de Galle
Aden
S.a
Luzon
Philippine Islands
Cabool City
Candahar
Peshawar
Pollock
R. Shakespeare
Caucurts
Jellalabad
W. Macnaghten
Bala Hissar
Azaf Khan
Gool Mahomed
Bala Begh
Oopg
Arma
Sultanpore
Udiyan
Gallandry
Hearsey
Spry
Nesbit
Agra Ahkbar
Messager
Courrier Francais
Shah Soojah
England
Dost Mahomed
Affghanistan
Marseilles
India News
Caboos
Hindustan
Cabool
Shahi Sanjah
Arrival of His Excel lency the Lieut Governor West Indies
The St Vincent Gazette reports Colonel Sir Richard Doherty arriving by packet from the Firefly and landing amid fort salutes. He was sworn in before the council, addressed both houses, and met the legislature. News from Jamaica notes praiseworthy navigation and a seafaring update including the Seagull voyage and the Emma wreck. Disturbances in St Lucia Anguilla St John’s earthquake Dominica finance dispute over jail repairs.
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St. Vincent
Richard Doherty
Firefly
Millar
Fort Charlotte
Colonial Artillery
Falmours
West Indies
Her
Seagull
J. Parsons
Falmouth
Barbadoes
St. Lucia
Martinique
Dominica
Guadaloupe
Antigua
Montserrat
Nevis
St. Christopher
Tor
Duff
92D Highlanders
Spyers
Jamaica
West India Islands
Sr. Lucia
Graydon
Rosean
Death of Lieut Adams and strange fire incident
A fragmentary report notes Lieut Adams' funeral attended by many. It describes a fire scene where Mr Levick's ball allegedly passed into an opponent’s arm and lodged in his body, with inconsistent phrasing about firing and loading details.
Election of Bullock as city judge and civic meetings
A special court of aldermen swore in Mr Bullock as city judge after a Monday ceremony in the Central Criminal Court. Later readings cover the fifth annual meeting of Tattons Institu tion, London Group Junction Railway finances, a Marylebone public meeting on corn laws, and the annual London tunnel company assembly. Reports detail chartist activity in Birmingham and various local incidents including accidents, fires, and a Doncaster fatality.
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Central Criminal Court
Bullock
New City
Johnson
Tattons
Freemasons’ Tavern
Adeney
Harrison
Stult
Walker
Tomkin
London
Junctiox Raitway
Basingball Street
Wm. Cash
Maryirsonge
Marylebone
House of Commons
Sankey
Webley
M.P
Feargus O'Connor
Hume
Savage
Hurde
Feargus O’connor
Ridley
Macconnell
Smart
Sir B. Hall
B. Fall
Phaiwe
B. Hall
Baronet
Daxty
Tuames Tuxyest Company
Benjamin Hawes
Wapping
Messrs. Grissell and
Peto
Bank of England
Hyde Wollaston
Windus
Chance
Ellison
Adams
Alexander Crichton
Frederick Luard Wollaston
W. Whitoore
Frederick Boucher
M.J. Brunel
Hounsnow
Peter Thomas
William Colvin
C. B
T. Curtis
Harvey
Tast
Bhut
John Trish
William Fox
Messrs. Curtis and Co
Fox
Hounslow
Hatton
Bedfont
Fire devastates Bridewell hospital premises and nearby homes
A major blaze gutted the Bridewell hospital premises, causing extensive damage estimated at least £7,000. Tenants Hare and Co. and other occupants suffered heavy losses, with several insured only partially or uninsured. A faulty flue and a spark from workshop activities are cited as the likely cause.
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Messrs
Remnant and
Edmonds
Paternoster Row
Priest
Waterstreet
Ward
King Edward Street
Davidson
D'Arblay Diary and British Works See Weekly Review List
The article lists upcoming literary items and periodicals such as The D'Arblay's Diary Coronel Napier's XCursione Shores of the Mediterranean The British Fidig Magazine and others. It notes plans to publish further volumes and contributions in a forthcoming issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D'Arblay
Coronel Napier
Mediterranean
Fidig Magazine
London
Cruikshank
The Governess Grace Tyes for What We Are
Brom Colburn Nt in Mi offers a cryptic note about education tapes and sliders, with chattering remarks and references to Vat and ire. The fragmentary text hints at a publicized or staged exchange but lacks clear events or names to anchor a full summary.
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Brom Colburn
Grace Tyes
Monstrous Vandalism and Civilization Debate
A lengthy argument questions whether industrial progress and cotton manufacturing aid civilization more than literature and the arts. It defends Shakespeare against utilitarian critique, argues civilization rises through mental development and beauty, and cites Watt, Arkwright, and a Leeds anecdote about prize money used for books and pictures.
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Laite
Ratielle
Michael
Manis
Stein
Ty Turer
Africa
Ore
Mathers
Shakspere
Persia
Noah
Watt
Adam
Lanz
Enging-Akers and
Gicsoe
Laing
Ra Michael Angelo
Canora
Glasgow
Dan Tosturer
Tran
Leeds
Birmingham
Mr. Laing
Conceit and Contempt in Knowledge and Race
A fragment reflecting on how knowledge grows humility and how arrogance marks the learned. It cites Panthe and future ignorance, then recounts a rude Englishwoman who travels with a black maid and is insulted by a shopman who calls her mistress massa, highlighting racial contempt.
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Pantze
Marea
Massa
The Flower Alote Across a Foreign Plain
A refugee poet longs for a distant isle beyond the sea as he waters memories. He recalls cottage homes birds and rural pleasures, verdant fields and stars in a dreamlike homeland. He gazes on a simple flower, moisture in his eyes, and whispers of longing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iim
Wandering Vagrant Writes On Walls in Stormy Night
An elderly homeless man in a bleak city night scribbles unintelligible phrases on walls with chalk while police warn him away. Rain pelts the streets. crowds disperse after a birthday gathering, yet the man remains fixated on a distant voice of happiness. He contemplates prayer or charity, wanders near Charing Cross, and is halted by a constable as patrols press him to move along.
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Doncaster
Joseph Bell
Job
Martin
John Dunstan
Dunstan
Orly
Bell
Portcastle
Doncaster Gazelle
Liverpool
Usse
Stapuixe
Thomas Tompkins
Roland
Frederick-street
Rushton
Newport
Fun
Thomas Hopkins
Paul Lawrence
Hurley
Elizabeth Lawrence
Lawrence
Tommy
Thomas Hughes, Esq
Hell
Tommy Hopkins
Betsy Lawrence
Ironmouth
Merlin
Newgate
Miki
Thang
Earth
Tim
Piness
Charing-cross
Stetsly
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Foreign Intelligence
Madrid
21St Ultimo
Senor Gonzalo
Senor Lujan
21St Ui
Barcelona
Catalonia
San Sebastian
Carrequerri
Aibed
O’ronnell
Alcala
Don Carlos
M. Tamariz
America
United States
Britton
New York
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Marion
Baltimore
Montevideo
President
Jepson
Mokina
Cape de Verd Islands
St. Nicholas
River Plata
Hartwell Reef
Sweden
Fayal
Boston
Canada
Congress
Washington Irving
Washington
Tyler
Webster
Forward
the Treasury
Girard and Pennsylvania Bank of
the Metropolis
Tapor Street
Blackfriars
G. Davidson
Stereotype
King Edward-street
Tudor-street
Bridge-street
Taplin
City Police
Henry Roa
Ofice
William-street
Chancery-lane
Farringdon-street
St. Bride's
Watling-street
Braidwood
Joseph Sturge
Waterloo Rooms
Chronicle
Birsingham
W. Page
O'Connor
White, Mason
C. O'Connor
Blackstone
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