Exports rise and slump in early Victorian distress
The piece outlines a peak of production and foreign commerce in 1834 to 1836 aided by low prices and full employment, followed by a paralysis in later years. It cites booming exports to America, rising bank lending, and a surge in joint stock banks, with domestic demand failing to keep pace and causing a price and confidence revulsion. It also notes increased exports to Germany France and other nations during 1836 to 1841, as part of the broader economic context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Manchester
Leeds
Birmingham
America
Bank of England
England
China
Germany
Commercial League
France
Aolland
Uae
Indus
National improvements and the rise of mechanised industry
The passage argues that mechanisation replaces manual labour with new tools, creating short term dislocations but long term national gains. It cites Arkwright's machinery and the power loom as transformative, noting that nations adopting inventions gain production advantages, while workers face displacement but overall society prospers. It frames progress as essential to England's supremacy and industrial growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Germany
Holland
Belgium
France
Portugal
Italy
Turkey
East India Company
China
British West Indies
United States of America
Brazil
British North America
England
Lancashire
Arkwright
Chambers
Greece votes life senators amid Russian pushback and reform
News from Greece reports a 112 to 92 vote for life senate nominations, with 10-year terms favored by the minority. Metaxas resigns over the dispute while Mavrocordato and Colletti back Canaris as president of the council. Melas becomes religion minister and Crossos Mensel finance minister. A Lent fête at Athens garrison mines 20,000 attendees as the King and Queen attend. A gold cup from the garrison honors the constitutional King Otho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levant
Greece
Metaxas
Mavrocordato
Colletti
Council
Canaris
Melas
Crossos Mensel
Kallergi
Athens
National Assembly
Otho
Foreign Intelligence. France and Spain stir unease in Europe
Paris papers note the Chamber vote against division voting and discuss Russia's potential royal visit. France debates postage reform and religious tensions while Admiral Dupetit Thouars fund-raising flags amid monarchist opposition. Alicante falls to royalist forces as Spain reports executions. Portugal faces a lingering revolt near Almeida with continued stalemate and uncertain outcomes.
Burglary and strange robbers at Gravesend farm scenes
Reported burglary near Gravesend where Peter Aspinall’s pocketed money and a Bank of England note were stolen after assailants entered his house while a housekeeper and workers were present. The article details threats, a lockout, and eventual plunder of £30 and two £5 notes.
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Bundany
Murpza
Gravesend
Peter Aspinall
West Tilbury
Bank of England
Lamputa
Lambeth
Stangate Street
Kitchener
Stangate-street
Warren
Towner-street
William Guest
Novet Syste Orf
West-End
Leicestershire
London
Brighton
Dover
Wandsworth and
Clapham Union
Board of Guardians
William Rowbottom
The
Union
Wandsworth and Clapham
Somerset House
Old
New Bentford
Old Brentford
Thompson
Gea
Thames
Brentford
Unconfirmed clash reported at Coimbra university
On the morning of the 8th Coimbra university students purportedly faced soldiers in a souffie and were beaten off. Later reports claim they returned and overpowered the troops in a sharp conflict with some lives lost, but these details remain unconfirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bomfim
Diario
University of Coimbra
Turkish affair unsettled by ambassadors demand
A Constantinople letter dated the 27th reports great excitement among Ottoman authorities over a peremptory demand by the English and French ambassadors that the Sultan pledge to forego future executions for religious offenses. The Ulema has been summoned to aid the divan, a body the government greatly respects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Constantinople
Porte
Fires Ravage Cotton Shed and Village Barn Blaze
A late Saturday fire in a shed owned by W P Freme between Hoyle and Vendre streets near Victoria dock consumed 2000 bales of cotton and 100 to 150 tons of sulphur, with flames and a sulphur runoff reaching the docks. Building walls remain, damage estimated at least £20,000. A second report details a brutal murder near Wednesbury, while another fire at a Welwick barn destroyed the barn, sheds, two hay and clover stacks, one horse killed, insured, with £50 offered for the incendiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoyle-street
Stafefordshire
Horzisre Murpsr
Wednesbury
Staffordshire
John Crowther
Oakewell End
Crowther
Welwick
Yorkshire Fire Insurance
Repeal Association meeting and O Connell investiture in London
The weekly Repeal meeting at Conciliation Hall drew few attendees as funds from America were listed including Newfoundland 50 pounds Chicago 28 Charlottetown 40 Charlestown 50 Halifax 140 and Cape Breton 43 48. O Connell denounced the government bill on county franchise and praised Covent Garden’s reception of Irish solidarity. Mr O Connell was invested into the Holy Order of St Joseph and Mary in Virginia chapel London amid a large Irish crowd. he received a green cloak cross and Genoa velvet cap and addressed supporters at the Philanthropic Institution before leaving to public cheers. The issue of a Catholic Protestant marriage validity and a bigamy case was noted, along with other local items.
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Dosim
Repeal Association
Conciliation Hall
J. H. Dunne
America
Newfoundland
Chicago
Charlottetown
Prince Edward’s Island
Charlestown
South Carolina
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Cape Breton
O'Connell
Ireland
Covent Garden
England
Hasitherto
Order of St. Jos
Oxford
Cambridge
O’connell
Messrs. Moore
Foley
Church of Rome
Mr. O'Connell
Philanthropic Institution
Shadwell
Limerick
T. Kernaghan
Hsq
Enniskillen
Ballyshannon Herald
Charles Mathew
Temperance
Poor Law Commissioners
Cork
Lixnaw
Kerry
Mysterious Death After Locksmith Seizure in Glasgow
In St. Mungo Street a Scottish locksmith Thomas Burns, jailed for coal theft, returned to his shed to find his wife dead, dressed for a funeral. Neighbors report no violence, she had eaten nothing since his imprisonment, leading to theories of voluntary starvation or poisoning. Medical verdict not yet released, crowd gathers as officials investigate.
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St. Mungo-street
Charlotte Street
Hamilton-street
Thomas Burns
Glasgow
Bridewell
Coatbridge
Smith
Glasgow Journal
Death of Charles John of Sweden Ends a Sovereign Era
Hampanren March 16 reports King Charles John of Sweden died on March 8 at four in the morning. His son Oscar II assumed royal authority and vowed to continue Sweden and Norway’s government. The Times lauds his military rise, leniency to foes, and steady internal rule that left Sweden tranquil, prosperous, and positioned to defend Baltic interests.
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Sweden
Hampanren
Stockholm
Charles John
Oscar
Norway
Europe
France
Bernadotte
Charles John XIV
Pau
Ulm
Austerlitz
Prince of
Corps D'armée
Germany
Napoleon
Orebro
Charles XIII
Prince de Ponte Corvo
Brest
Russia
French Empire
Finland
Baltic
Death of the Earl of Lonsdale in York House Twickenham
The Literary Chronicle reports the death of the Earl of Lonsdale at York House Twickenham on Tuesday the 19th in his 87th year after several illnesses and influenza. It chronicles his lineage from Sir John Lowther through to the present line, noting his political influence, support for Pitt, and ties to Wordsworth. The piece also surveys contemporary literary figures and a new "Spirit of the Age" volume, contrasting critics and poets from Dickens to Wordsworth with commentary on Bentham and other writers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Lonsdale
Earl of Lonsdale
York-house
Twickenham
Bolton
Chambers
Earl
Viscount Sidmouth
William Lowther
House of Lords
York
Ord Lonsdale
Elizabeth
Richard Lowther
Cumberland
the Marches
Mary
Scotland
Ireland
John Lowther
James Lowther
Earl of Lonedale
Lowther
Swillington
W. Lowther
Augusta Fane
John
Earl of Westmorland
Westmoreland
Pitt
Appleby
Lord Eldon
Westmorland
Duke of Portland
Earl of
R. H
Orion
Smith, Elder
Hazlitt
Toenteen
Owenst Fourrier
Dickens
Martin Chuzzlewit
Pecksniff
Tennyson
Roger de Caverley
Horner and Co
Sentleman
William
Mery Howitt
Philip Sydney
Miss Bremer
Dr. Pusey
James
Gore
Captain Marryat
William Wordsworth
Leigh Hunt
Dor
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Aoes
Presse
Victoria
Journal Des Bebats
M. de St. Priest
Chamber
Chalons
Council of State
Combalot
National
Admiral Dupetit Thouars
College of Versailles
School of
M. de Beaumont
Gemaphore de Marseilles
Marseillaise
Totel de Noailles
M. Berryer
Berryer
Place de Rome
M. Ferdinand Barrot
M. Ledru Rollin
M. Ce Lamartine
M.guizot
M. de Lamartinie
M. Leury Rollin
Sebastiani
Maisov
M. Guiizot
Thiers
M. Guizot
Dupetit Thouars
la Vendee
M. Lafrancois
23Rd Light Infantry
Dupetit ‘Thouars
11Th Regiment
Savoy
Turin
Naples
Bordeaux
the Two Sicilies
Spain
Mapzio
Alicant
Roncali
Florencio Ceruti
Carthagena
Don Miguel de Senosiain
Roncaui
Madrid
Bené
Aranjuez
Valencia
Almanza
Samper
Sadie
Cabecilla Castrovilar
General Puig
Tandin Vilar
Lisnox
Almeida
the Metropolis
King of
Ee Se Literary Chronicle
Lord Ashley
Southwood Smith
Bootham
Humanity
House of Commons
Bentham
Jeremy Bentham
Dr. Smith
Thomas Ingoldsby
Cathedral Roos
Calibans
Prosperos
Ariels
Mirandas
Walter Savage Landor
Leigh Hunts
Wordsworth
Hunt
Leigh Hent
Mr. Wordsworth
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