The Wreck of the Hull Steamer Margaret
The article recounts the loss of the Hull and Hamburgh steamer Margaret, an iron 250 ton vessel with Archimedean screw, after a six day gale off the Dutch coast. Surviving crew describe taking to rigging, rafting ashore at Juist, and the deaths of sixteen passengers and others. subsequent arrivals name survivors, bodies found, and a calm captain praised for steering through the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Hawburgh
Rawlinson
Messrs. Pine
Hamburgh
Cuxhaven
Elbe
Heligoland
Hall
S.W
Sen
Rewlingon
Borkum
Caroase, &c
Rawiinson
Ander
Memmett
Turpin
Providence
Juist
Norden
Inter Emm
Mr. Archibald
Flest
John Hardman
William Maidee
G. Smith
Robert Couch
Robert Briggs
William Smith
Nathan Turpin
James Leefe
Jen Iwan
Henry Heath
Queen of Scotland
Bamburgh
Margaret
America
London
Archbold
Guernsey
Isle of Just
Spiekeroog
Familiens Vel
Christiania
Osse
Dorkrum
Jahde
Ijn
Weser
Norderdeich
United Friends
Hovey
Spiexeroog
Hesperas
Portamen
Stockholm
Ostend
French and British Naval Stations Relative Strength
The excerpt lists numerous naval stations across Africa and the Americas, noting ships like Archimede and Inflexible and features a mix of numbers and codes. It includes a Venezuelan funeral notice for Alejo Fortique, with details of the ceremony at Chelsea and the open ports debate in Belfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levant
South America
River Plate
West Indies
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific
Otaheite
Chine
India
Africa
France
Portsmouth
Toulon
Belfast
Dublin
Woolwich
Lord Bloomfield
R. S. Armstrong
Scott
Whapper Scott
Middlesex
Euston Square
Legal and Miscellaneous Correspondence Lost in 1845
A long compendium of letters and notices discusses legal remedies for solicitor negligence and varied parish tithing customs, plus public-works complaints, servant welfare ideas, and readers’ replies on taxes, auctions, and inheritance. The missive mix highlights private disputes, civic concerns, and antiquarian commentary.
Time rules for sunrise sunset and tides in Britain
Instructions detail methods to compute sunrise and sunset times from latitude, with adjustments in 6 minute steps per degree above or below 61 80. Also give high water times for major ports with listed offsets from London Dock timing. The passage includes a calendar note for November, 1841, with saints’ days, lessons, and lunar phase data, along with day length and twilight times.
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Cornwall
England
Weekly Chronicle
Fou
London
D.S. T
H.S.H
J. Grosvenor
Northampton
Juliet
Apollo Belvidere
Vatican
Rome
Julius II
Antium
Calamis
Pliny
Praciteles
Gray
Leeds
Blenkinsop
Thomas Guar
National Railway Projector
Exeter
Bfr
H. G
S. Brice
Westminster Hall
Law Court
Lave Court
Palace Yard
Tillotron
Sam
Algernon Sidney
Duke of Sutherland
Taralion
Hansen Tavnnion
Bull Head-court
Newgate
Street
William L
Panier
Z. B
Great Britain and Ireland
Bristol
Cork
Cove
Falmouth
Bell
Milford Haven
Prince of Wales
Monpar
Tuxsway
St. Martin
Wenpwaspay
Tnorspay
Fatpar
Cabinet in Labour Schism Sparks Political Tension
The Weekly Chronicle reports a growing rift in the Peel ministry with Cabinet meetings failing to yield decisive policy. It notes public pressure for a clear course amid rising wheat costs, potential famine risk, and calls for united action to avert economic harm.
Political crisis deepens over Ports and Free Trade plans
The Cumberland Paper discusses possible reconciliation between the Duke of Wellington and Lord Stanley, the fate of the Ports opening, and the Conservative Party's future under Sir Robert Peel. It analyzes a potential Fixed Duty, the Sliding Scale, and Cabinet tensions as Parliament's despatch looms and rumours spread about ministerial moves and press positions.
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Robert Peel
Providence
Morning Post
Northern Star
Cabinnet
Egein
Whitehar
Sir Robert Peel
Manchester
Dublin
Augsburgh
England
Bond
Liverpool
Russia
Holland
Belgium
Baltic
United States
Europe
Duke of Wellington
Lord Stanley
James Graham
Times
Harley
Hhis
Cumberland
Netherby
Duke of Richmond
Duke of Buckingham
Sidney Herberty
Dame Partington
Atlantic
Windsor
Robert Pee
Exchequer
Abel Handyish
Wellington-Stanley
The Standard Attacks Lord Ashley Defense
A newspaper clash over the Standard defending Lord Ashley against Times criticism. The piece mocks lofty praise, notes Ashley’s letters mishandling, a £100 bank note incident, and the lack of accountability, ending with questions about public life and civility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Ashley
Ashley
Times
Bie
Mra. Siddons
Potato Crop Failure and Its Far Reaching Consequences
The League warns the potato blight may wipe out a large portion of the Irish and English staple, with losses far beyond a third. The writer notes rotten, blackened tubers despite careful seed and soil, and cites rising prices, unreliable storage, and widespread decline from the disease across Europe and America. The piece questions the origin of the stock and seeks substitutes as millions rely on potatoes for sustenance.
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League
Ireland
Waltham Cross
London
United States
Europe
Geniuses Pounce O Connell O Connor on Repeal Rent
A heated critique notes Punch and Feargus O’Connor urge suspension of the OConnell tribute and a sustenance fund for Repeal. It argues against diverting rents to welfare, warning that famine cannot be traded for Repeal and stressing that the Liberator’s absence weakens the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punch
Feargus
O'Connor
Mr. O'Connell
Mr. O'Conner
O'Connell
Feargus O'Connor
Northern Star
Ar. O'Connell
Trish
O’connell
Ireland
Repeal Association
Warwickshire election in Shire Hall evokes Reform Bill ire
In Warwickshire a southern division by the late Sir John Mordaunt's seat elected Lord Brooke amid criticism of his youth and absence. Dickens defended the noble candidate as voters questioned his parliamentary allegiance. The piece laments aristocratic influence and urges Reform. Related notes mention Cashel’s representation change and art purchases in Manchester and Liverpool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sovta
Warwickshire
Erecros
John Mordaunt
Shire Hall
Dickens
Lord Brooke
R. Peel
Pitt
Cashel
Limerick Chronicle
Serjeant
Stock
Manchester
Liverpool
J. W. Allen
Times
Rochester
Murray
Worcester
Bromsgrove
King's Norton
Christ's Church
Moseley
Woythal
Bromegrove
Grammar School
John Adams
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Cleopatre
Isles OF
Bourbon and
Madagascar
Seine Rhic
Palinure
Few Zealand
Barcelona
Grenadier
Zebre Cerees Alsacienne
Eglantine
Malouine, Tactique
Melange
Loire
Indienne
Gassendi
Crgze
Cadiz
P Africa
Alger We
Marengo
Descartes
Amezon
West Indies and Gulf OF Mexico
Neptune
Andromede
Ae Thetis
Aeenee
Naiade
Cassard
la Genie
A Griffon
Buesard
la Perouse
Mercure cc
Proserpine
Seeee
Styx
Tennerre Peewee
Otaherite
Uranie
Somme
Nanes
Guopsa
Nemes
Gum Belle Poale
Cerevsee Hibernia
Warspite
Credle
Reccercesevene
Essesavee
Tyne
Ae Agile Cocveneescereere
Orestes Renee Narenene Floche
Sccerresecance
Siren Sevececevsepeee
Bescon
Hecla
Plate
Cceeseersanee
Melampus
Erigone
Ccceeesvseers
Cuibgor
Secavseerees Africaine
Teeweeeen
Vernon
Assas
North Star
Wee Coquette
Eis
Wets Fulton
Cyclops
Gorgon
Firebrand
NORTB
Vindictiva
A. Eurydice
Hyacinth
Persia
Pandora
Lark
Thunder
Agincourt
Samarang
Vestal
Penelope Acteon
Sealark
Albatroes Decane
Larne
Hecate
Thes Albert
Ardent
St. Vincent
Seenee
Queen
Trafalgar
Seeer
Rodney
Eeceees
Peters
Daring
Legal & Miscellaneous
Britain and Ireland
Lompoy
Mexuyeb
Tae Moon
Hines Bots
Seta
An Bundsy
the Weekly Chronicle
Labour
Nizamby
Scottish Pastoral Aid Society
Coms
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