Windsor workhouse tragedy prompts coroner’s inquest verdict
Burdened by poverty and neglect a dying infant and its mother endure three days in a Windsor union shed with no fire and scant food. The post mortem cites natural disease but the jury condemns cruel treatment, noting a brick floor bare roof and water gruel, with the family housed in the vagrant room and lacking shoes. Names of witnesses and officials appear in testimony and verdicts.
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Windsor
Windsor Union
Chymists
Willises
Kensington Union
Pummell
Joal Richards
Thomas Percival
Edward Brooks
William . Lawrence
James Edkins
William Harley
John Rashleigh
John Wicks
Mark Tuck
Henry March
Richard Barnett
James Hitchcock
France and Dutch finance and press clash over Spain and England
Foreign intelligence notes French papers attacking England while Spain, Carlists, and Christian conspirators draw liberal wrath. Hague reports Dutch stock plan prompts conversion options, with majority preferring par. Journal des Debats cites a surge in January imports of foreign linen, warning Britain’s competition jeopardizes France’s flax trade and domestic spinning and weaving.
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Paris
Spain
France
Esch
England
Journal Des Déebats
Tate Tour
Nian
Hague
M. Rochus 6En
Journal Des Débats
Journal
Madrid Cortes debate on Carlist Christino conspiracy
The Madrid report notes a Cortes discussion on a suspected Carlist Christino conspiracy said to be forming in France. President Gonzales says France offers no aid and Spain will not meddle in neighbors' affairs while pursuing remedies with French authorities. A separate Beyrout incident involves a British major and a pipe vendor, culminating in a court decision against the Arab.
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Madrid
Ist
France
M. Mendez
Vigo
Gonzalles
M. Gonzales
Zeatoas
Spain
Wreck and commerce news from the week in London
Reports from Liverpool and New York detail the Rochester and England packets arriving with late papers. Senate debates on revenue plans temper with Calhoun and Clay positions. Mexico, Texas, and Ostend incidents, with a City of Edinburgh wreck aftermath. Public notices recount vestry acts opposition and Seamen's Hospital Society fundraising.
Santa Anna Readies Army as Americans Suffer in Mexico
Reports from Mexico say prisoners in the Santa Fe expedition endure harsh treatment, forced labor in chains, with Santa Anna bent on not releasing them until war pressures compel action. He has ordered 34,000 troops raised, stations planned near Vera Cruz and the Texan line, alarming New Orleans and southern cities. Public meetings demand federal action and punishment for Mexico’s insults. Louisiana legislature adopts resolutions and the Bank Bill forcing cash payments. Texas advices reach January 30. Congress likely adjourns February 1. Cotton market rises in New Orleans on improving English news and Ashburton mission. money is easy, London exchange down.
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America
Liverpool
Rochester
Woodhouse
New York
England
Senate
Clay
Calhoun
St. Clay
House of Representatives
Committee On Foreign Relations
John Quincy Adams
Girard Bank
Pennsylvania
United States
Mobile
State Bank
City of
Mexico
United States Revenue Cruizer
L.otero
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Jalisco
Zacatecas
Santa Anna
Vera Cruz
New Orleans
Louisiana
Texas
Congress
Lord Ashburton
London
Brighton Bank Failure Sheds Light on Wigney Crisis
The Brighton Wigney bank collapse spreads anxiety as creditors move to appoint assignees. Reports detail a Glasgow connected shawl factory debt, large withdrawals, and expected public meetings to decide on liquidation. Depositors include the Brighton commissioners and Court of Requests.
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Birmingham
O'Connor
Ducrow
Cromwell
Brighton
Wicxey's Banx
Isaac Newton Wigney
M.P
Clement Wigney
Merrifield, Cooper
Attree
William Catt
Bisho Stone
Larckerpeth
Lord Howard
Union Bank
Hatt "and Co
Nb and Co
Daint-Ptack
Lindon
Tiralon
Bank For Safety
Stoas
Worthing
Manon
Wigney
M. Wigney
Glasgow
Cochrane and Co
Young
Masterman ‘and Co
I. N. Wigney
Court of Requests
Shen
Theo
Dank Tapis
Tts
Tall
Tidttow
Roe Wu Wik
Chatham
Coxrisaion
Muapea
Ireland
Robert Murray
88Th Regiment
Ione
Henry Shaw
Hicks
M‘nare
Belfast
Lisburne
Shaw
Mr. M‘nare
Murray
Mr. M‘nere
East Indies
89Th
England
Edward Sipnry Piux- Kett
85TH
Gasti Rison
Plunkett
George Whittombe
Victim found? Crowded tale of cudgel and missing body
Fragment from a 19th century report describes a battered cudgel, hair in blood, and fear of an inhumane murder near the Welland. Police search without result and locals speculate on a sinking round tower scene in Windsor with ominous predictions and a levee amid public alarm.
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Welland
Stamford Mercury
Mane
London
Windsor
Datchet
Bonifaces
St. Paul's
Hounslow
Dee
Dr. Dee
St. James'a Palace
Robert Peel
Ireland
P.S
Meeting on mixed marriages at Irish Presbyterian Assembly in Belfast
The General Assembly of the Irish Presbyterian Church meets in Belfast on Monday to decide its stance on the government bill settling mixed marriages. A Scots deputation attends as discontent mounts over parliamentary moves and Conservative politicking. Separately, a report on the ironmongers company tenants in Ulster details evictions in Derry, calls for leases, and criticizes rent hikes amid broader landlord control.
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Presbyterian General Assembly
Belfast
Ireland
Church of Scotland
Cunningham
Edinburgh
Buchanan
Glasgow
Irish General Assembly
Waroxrsatz Erection
IRON
Lonpox
Derry
London
James I
Ulster
Beresford
Meath
Trohmongers
Scriveners
Purlicus
Whitechapel
Trish
Ironmongers
Beresfords
peEpaieiens
Longford
Sxibbon
Notley
Meath Assizes
Carroll
James Caffray
Keating
Caffray
Prigoner
Feling
Barnes
James Dobbs
Epy
George Wyse
Thomas Wyse
M.P
Waterford
Napoleon Alfred Wyse
Bardarsides
George
Dickson
Q.C
Wyse
Simon Newport
Game Paper
Literary Chronicle Excerpt from Madame d Arstay Second Volume
Passage from Drang and Letters of Madame d Arstay edited by her niece in London reviews short specimens from volume II. It notes an amusing long tale about George III and his Queen to follow, then presents The Great Unkissable with scenes of Mrs Lambart Mrs Thrale Miss Burney and others in a social tack.
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Dr. Johnson
Mr. Pepys
Lord Lyttelton
Lytteltonians
Shenstone
Mr. Cator
Pope
Lyttelton
Mrs. Thrale
Mr. Cater
Dr. Jonson
Merlin
Mr. Crutchley
Confuss
Piozzi
Famille Borni
Mlle. Burney
Thrale
Dr. Burney
Joshua Reynhold
Gainsborough
Reluctant Visitor and Pig Play at Drury Lane
A comic scene unfolds as Crutchley and Seward dread a Berkshire visit, exchanging dry jests and shifting plans. The piece shifts to Douglas Jerrold’s Cakes and Ale, detailing The Manager's Pig and a pig driven drama, with Tinfoil the manager wrestling with theatre satire and a pig’s theatrical career.
Pleading To Actions In Insolvent Court Leads To Scolding
In Insolvent Debtors' court on Monday the insolvent claimed his attorney pleaded to an action without his knowledge. The chief commissioner lamented that in the country insolvents blame attorneys and vice versa. He wished to jail attorneys rather than insolvents. A separate report notes a steamer accident aboard the Hiro delle near Macon to Chalon. A deck worker fell and a pipe tube entered his head, causing delirium and severe danger to his life.
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Stvcmnan Accipent
Patriote de
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Soden
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British Museum
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