The Opium Question and British Responsibility in China
A British critical examination argues Opium trade immorality, condemns the British monopoly, and asserts national liability for Opium losses. It scrutinizes Captain Elliot’s powers, Chinese actions at Canton, Lintin, and the depot, and calls for indemnity to Indian merchants while awaiting Parliament’s papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Lintin
Whampoa
Bengal
Canton
India
Elliot
England
Captain Elliot
Morning Chronicle
House of °Mmons
East Indian Company
Behar
Benares
Salt and Ne Revenue Board
William the
Macao
Lord Palmerston
Lord Napier
Boccan Tigris
Eking
Bocca Tigris
Lin
Treasury
Moe
Queen’s court at Buckingham Palace welcomes Guizot
On Saturday her Majesty held court at Buckingham Palace to receive credentials from M. Guizot, ambassador from the King of the French. He was presented to Prince Albert. A royal dinner followed in the state banqueting room. On Tuesday a court addressed congratulatory messages on her marriage from Oxford University and London’s lord mayor and commoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckingham Palace
M. Guizot
Prince Albert
University of Oxford
Duke of Wellington
City of London
Horrible Treatment of Orphan Children Apprentices
In Limerick Assizes Philip Henry Holland and Frances his wife faced indictment for cruelly beating two young wards, Mary Ann Alcock and Henry Pagolas, with cords, canes, horsewhip, and cat o nine tails. Medical examiners testified to severe injuries and the court found both guilty, with sentences of nine months imprisonment and a £500 fine for Holland, plus weekly confinement in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Henry Pagolas
Protestant Orphan Society
Wicklow
Mary Ann Alcock
Dublin
Mary Ann
Mrs. Holland
Mr. Holland
Bennett
Queen's Counsel
Dame Street
Limerick
Mallow-street
Mr. Freeman
J.S. Thwaits
Gibson
Pagulas
Perrin
Philip Henry Holland
Frances Holland
Popular Amusements and the New Police Act 1840
A report on Shrove Tuesday football in Middlesex and Surrey parishes. London authorities allowed play in Twickenham and Kingston while Richmond opposed it under the new police act. Police confronted crowds in Richmond with 300 officers and arrestees faced fines and imprisonment for disturbances and resisting officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
Surrey
Kirby
Twickenham
Cole
Jeff Sharp
Kingston
Commissioners of Police
Richmond
Richard Mayne
Whitehall
Place
Metropolitan Police
Bicknell
Turner
George-street
Messrs. Paynton and Price
Joseph Aston
Samuel White
Charles Norman
Robert Atkins
John Merchant
John Newman
Newman
Thiers forms new French ministry at the Tuileries
The royal ordonnances of March 1 1840 appoint M Thiers president of the council and foreign minister in place of Marshal Soult. The new cabinet lists ministers for foreign affairs justice war interior commerce public works public instruction and finance with several resignations noted. The move aims to secure English alliance support and avoid defeat in parliament as stocks rise on the announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Afoniteur
Thiers
Louis Philippe
M. Thiers
Chamber of Deputies
Department of Foreign Affairs
Marshal Duke of Dalmatia
Tuileries
Justice and Religion
imi _Ittreseecess
Cubieres
Schuicder
Roussin
Duperre
M. Remusat
M. Datchetel
M. Gouin
M. C. Gordaine
Count Jaubert
M. Dufsure
M. Cousin
M. Villemain
T. M. Pelet
Finance
M. Passy
Commerce
Commerce and Agriculture
M.cunin Gordaine
Foreign Affairs
M. Masson
Sancene
M. Mallac
Interior
M. Piscatory
M. Legrand
M. Quenault
Moniteur Parisien
M. Leon de Malleville
M. Dupin
Ministry of Justice
Des Derbats
Robert Peel
Constitutionnel
Secret Service Fund
Marshal Soult
Count Mole
Gazette de France
Riot witness assaulted as hillsmen terrorize SH riots
Wm Harris of Blackwood, a witness against rioters, was set upon near Gelly Groes and Blackwood by men from the hills. He suffered severe injuries but may recover. A known culprit may lead to arrest of the gang persecuting witnesses. Also, Captain Bellew’s bearer saved a child from a fall at a fort bastion, leaping into the river to rescue the eight year old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Harris
Blackwood
Gelly Groes
Afonmouth Merlin
Bellew
Asiatic Journal
Madrid under siege as Cortes disturbances rise
The Moniteur Parisien reports Madrid placed in a state of siege after early unrest in the Cortes and outside protests. Espartero’s forces take Segura, with 274 prisoners and cannon seized. Balbao enters Madrid as order is restored, while the municipal government is urged to suspend sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Madrid
Moniteur Parisien
Bayonne
Espartero
Segura
Saragossa
Cortes
Cordova
Exaltados
M. Arguelles
I. Pena Aguayo
M. Calderon Collantes
C. M. Calderon Collante
M. Olozaga
M. Isturiz
Interior
Balbao
Ayuntamiento
National Guard
Quiroga
Olozaga
Guadalajara
la Granja
Perez de Castro
Phare
Carlists, Up To Istult
North
Centre
O'Donnell
Cabrera
Also Mentioned on This Page
History and Politics
Thellighison
M. Vivien
M. Teste
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!