Island calamity relief grows in wake of earthquake
The text lists medical aid provided by both colonies and ships, names many killed and injured, and notes public sympathy and relief funding. It mentions Queen Victoria and royal family subscribers, and a 36 500 fr subscription list from Martinique earthquake relief efforts inspiring a Guadaloupe fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marti- Nique
Mme. Seigneuret
Légend
Malle
Bourdet
Mme
Dournaux
Louis Dares
Cassein
Catel
Houxs
Renaud
Angelin
Granier de Cassagnac
M. Bouvet
M. Crevaton
Jogn de Paix
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Guadaloupe
Pav
Disputed European finance and royal intrigue abroad
The dispatches report Banque suspensions in Valenciennes, a Paris railroad deal led by the house of Roschild, and ongoing tensions between France and Spain over Don Carlos. Revelations include budget figures in Spain, Prominent transfers involving M. Lesseps, and political shifts in Portugal and the Levant, with American, Mexican, and Caribbean notes threaded through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadaloupe
Paris
House of Roschild
Calais
Amiens
Boulogne
Valenciennes
Lille
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Don Carlos
BM. de la Rochejaquelin
France
Spain
M. Lesseps Woul
Barcelona
Presse
Fillemur
Gazette de France
Bourges
Lyons
Ainay
Etroits
Tete d’Or
Metropolitan Grocers and Tea Dealers Benevolent Society Meeting
The sixth annual general meeting of subscribers and donors at the London tavern reported rising prosperity and a £1000 investment to land. Total funded stock reached £7,400 with income £269, and receipts for the year totalled £1,634 2s 10d. Pensions amounted to £378 per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceresemongses’ Benevolent Institution
London Tavern
J. Webb
General Fund
Garden-stairs
Greenwich
Recorder
Commissioners OF Sewers
Guildhall
Peter Laurie
Alderman Gibbs
King
St. Marylebone
Marylebone Lane
Baker Street
Oxford-street
York-place
Portman-square
Omnibus
Marylebone
H. Tabrum
Joseph
Snowhill
Humphries
Dancombe
M.P
Lord Abinger
Baldrump
Cuffing
Feargus O'Connor
Shoreditch
Duncombe
London
Wilful murder suspected in Chesterton death nearAlsager
A 68 year old man, Thomas Holland, found nearly dead in a chesterton cart shed and later died. bruises abound, throat marks hint at strangulation, and money reported missing. Inquest returns verdict of Wilful murder against unknown person or persons.
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Bubslem
Sorrosep Muaper
Thos. Holand
Chesterton
Alsagor
Cheshire
Henry Crewe
F. Kelly
Ipswich
Cambridge
Kelly
R. Foster
A. Grant
Foster
Fitzroy Kelly
Red Lion
Manners Sutton
Liberal Party
Hoop
Richard Foster
Cartune
T. N. Eden
Africa
Whydah
Benin
Birdwood
Plymouth
Whydale
Sierra Leone
Admiralty
Liverpool
Manoa
Tur Wonkhouse
Robert Gladstone
Clements
Rushton
Clemente
Governor General Fairman appointment questioned in Ireland
The Limerick Chronicle notes Colonel Fairman as Trinidad governor designate but questions the match with Queen Victoria’s favored candidate. It urges journalists to confirm if the named officer is indeed the governor general and representative for the colony amid doubts raised by Lord Stanley’s choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limerick Chronicle
Fairman
Trinidad
Blenner
Duke of Cumberland
Orange Lodge
Lord Stanley
Queen Victoria
Revenue Police
Mayo
Newport
Achill
Newcomen
Deoags
Thomas Masterson
Dever
Amror
Iarian
Ana Lin
Jane
Toech
Dession
Frizwig
Oris
Enoch
Allo
Otton
Renee Ae
Peng
Copia D
Yin
Sutura
Ae Smith
Stene de Cada
Scots King Decision in Auchterarder Case and Session Ruling
In the Scottish church matter, the Lords of Council and Session upheld the lord ordinary interlocutor, reducing the deposition sentence against seven Strathbogie brethren, and ruled the presbytery’s minority must induct a qualified presentee. Also reports an earthquake felt at Dunoon near Lochgilphead, with vivid firsthand accounts and broader district impact. A railway tunnel incident details an Irish worker’s near-fatal sleep-on-track reach, fined by the sheriff. A superstition tale from Kilmarnock describes a woman's two-week fast as penance, ending with bread from neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Hodgson
Lavanasse
Herring
New-road
London
Liverpool
Wapping
Mr. Hill
James Lee
Haymarket
Menagarie
United States
Liverpool Standard
Manchester
Yorkshire
Lancashire
Rochdale
Todmorden
Cheetham Hill
Manchester Guardian
Newcastle.upon-Tyne
Nosty Og Exananv
Wakefield
Lord Ashley
National Union of
Coal Miners
Covat
Lords of Council
General Assembly
Seven Brethren of
Glasgow Courier
Snock
Dunoox
Danoon
Lochgilphead
Dunoon
Castle Toward
Scottish Guardian
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company
Bernard M‘mannamen
Glasgow Chronicle
Kilmarnock
Sheine
Handley Cross and other humorous sketches in prose
A review summarizing a triptych of Victorian prose: Handley Cross praised for lively sketches of eccentric characters and broad humor. a vivid tale of a conveyancer and his pupils at Lincoln's Inn highlighting legal pretensions. and a long excerpt featuring a lively sporting anecdote, with sharp dialogue and social satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jorrocks
London
H. Collum
Quarterly Review
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Foreign Intelligence
Franch
Madrid
Cortes
Great Britain
Ditto
I Pit Tortose
Gerona
Juan Prim
Joseph Burriel Ortega
Valencia
Portugal
Lisbon
Mary Wood
Chamber of Peers
Court of
Rome
Douro
New York
Acadia
Ryrie
Boston
Congress
Senate
R. Peel
Sir Robert
England
Washington
House of Representatives
Walker
States
Washington Ietter
Forward
Charles Bagot
Kingston Chronicle
Mexico
Texas
Campeachy
St. Domingo
Levant
CoxstaxthurLe
Belgrade
Alexander
Vatchenko
Belgade
Dragowiz
Corps Diplomatique
Constanchele
Hatti-Sherif
Bosnia
Malta
Ensign Maclachlan
42D
Charles Sullivan, Bart
Formidable
Morven
Dr. Martin
Matta
Valletta
Malta Naval Hospital
Martin
88Th Regiment
Victualling Office
Sir John Louis
Hayti
Americas
Tahiti
Society
Dupetit Thouars
Suh
Guindy
Madras
Gertrude
Madras Native Infantry
China
Malikel Bahbor
Frankfort Journal
Vienna
Frankfort
Saxe Coburg Gotha
Clementine
Coburg
Francis Charles
Austria
the Metropolis
Coeneneent Ausiseeeet
Norwich
Royal Hospital
Christ Church
Newgate
James Graham
CoLteck
College of Civil Engineers
Putney-bridge
Page
Civil Engineering
Kensington Oxley
St. Mary Abbot's
Kensington
Kensington Union
J. Percival
H. P. Barlow
Muloch
J. Hutching
Churchwarden Chesterton
Ireland
Scotland
Literary Chronicle
Snarle
Father
Portugal Street
Lincoln's Inn
Stubbs
Mr. Snarle
Charles
Old Stubbs
Mr. Bowker
Reptenen
Hadlow-street
Burton-crescent
Fae
Bill Bowker
Bill
Bowker
Zell
Ajax
Mr. Stubbs
Mr. Frost
Mr. Jones
Frost
Jones
Chambers
Beil
Aaron
Charles Grandison Salaam
Hugo Meynell
Quorn
Old Meswell
O'Kelly
We Eclipse
Eclipse
Florizel
Hightiger
Juniper
Lord Abingdon
Duke of Bolton
Charles Bunbury
Bradyll
Lord Clermont
Julliff
Foxhuntersbus
Lord Milsintown
Mr. Polteney
Mr. Panton
Duke of
Queensbury
Ranger
Rover
Pomponius Eco
Pamponius
Pomponius
Lord Queensbury
Old Q
Leicestershire
Meynell
Stone
Lambton
Lockley
Lindow
Loraine Smith
Rowland
Ace
Chuck
Prett
W. Cuantes Townsend
Macclesfield
Colburn
Townsend
House of Commons
St. Stephen's
Commons House of Parliament
William the Fourth
R. Onslow
W Ho
Richard Onslow
Sacheverell
House of Lords
Mir. Speaker
Mr. Speaker
Cowper
Speaker
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