Continental and Iberian unrest and Balkan intrigues
A December report details European tremors with Madrid under martial law after riots, Spain’s ministry facing upheaval, and General Narvaez and Cabrera triggering deadly actions in Murcia Valencia and Alicante. It notes Italy moves toward a Confederal Diet led by Austria and growing strains in Portugal Italy and Hungary, plus Russia and Turkey shifting forces and sensitivities amid broader regional tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Russia
Count Mole
Paris
Poland
Revue de Paris
Abd-el-Kader
Tedjini
Ain Madie
Algiers
Marshal
Vallee
Milahs
Constantine
Tunis
Spain
Madrid
Montalvo
Puerto del Sol
National Guard
Narvaez
Arvach
Ayuntamento Or
Corporation of
Frias
Murcia
Valencia
Alicante
Don Carlos
Oraa
Cabrera
Portugal
Saxe-Coburg
Lisbon
Italy
Austria
Sardinia
Piedmont
Naples
Sicily
Papal States
Tuscany
Lucca
Parma
Ancona
Hungary
Hanover
Berlin
Charlemagne
Luneville
George IV
Duke of Cumberland
Kingdom of
Duchy of Posen
Prussia
Franconian Mercury
Vienna
Hassan Bey
Austrian Albania
Circastia
Don
Sea of Azeph
Constantinople
de Boutenier
Asia
Chrzanowski
Warsaw
Freece
Otho
Senate
Greece
Sir E Lyon
Ionany
Contested town matters and local incidents reported
The report covers opposition to town incorporation amid party tensions, concerns over gaol costs, royal visits, and court moves. It notes Grantham debt recovery bills, a tragic death in Nuneaton, a bishop’s secretary residence plan in Liimecin, and other varied local incidents including a Watford rail accident death verdict and Winchester college disciplinary actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brightom
Seymour
Brighton
Windsor
Grantham
Foston
Caythorpe
Witham
Bytham
Ainsby
Pickworth
Plungar
Statherne
Leicester
Massa
Willingham-house
Rasen
Nuneaton
Joseph Knight
Cox
Swan
Ian
Moon
Knight
Dee
Waterford
Clonmel
Carrick
Suir
Shannon Navigation Company
Watford
Winchester
County Hall
Beckett
Itchen
St. Catherine’s Hill
Quick
Barter
Studdy
Selwyn
Norman
St. ‘Catherine’s Hill
Worsley
Duke of Bridgewater
Peter Berry
Thos; Sharples
John’‘Mann
James Harding
Berry
Wm. Waterhouse
Robert Taylor
Maude
New Bailey
Manchester
Waterhouse
Indictments for Marine killings at Chatham inquest verdict
The inquest reports that twelve men were arraigned over a deadly attack on marines at the Old Barn and Navy Arms in Chatham. Charles Jeffcott died from head injuries and erysipelas after the assault. Willful murder verdicts were returned against Callaghan Lyons Connell and eight others as principals or aiders. Robert Ross, the first victim, is buried with military honors as the case proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ball
Jones
Lees
Sheldrake
Charles Jeffcott
Melville Military Hospital
Kift
Robert Ross
Robert Lees
Thomas Sheldrake
William Jones
George Ball
Melville Hospital
Richard Hinde
Josiah Power
Royal Marines
John Callaghan
John Leeks
Navy
Callaghan
Bartholomew Brasner
Navy Arms
James Barrett
Robert Grisnell
Leeks
Ross
Morris Lyons
Jeffcott
Brasner
Connell
John Noonan
Timothy Lawler
John Ninan
Lawler
Lyons
Rose
Rosé
Farrar
William Rose
Crown and Thistle
Chatham
Marines
Henry King
67Th Regiment
Morris
George Howard
Sykes
William Rae
Rae
Wilful
John Connell
Joshua Sykes
Robert Farrell
Robert Johnman
Dennis Doyle
Maidstone
Admiralty
War Office
Sudden Death of a Married Woman at Newnham Street
An inquest at Victory, Newnham-street, Edgware Road, on Elizabeth Pestall aged 22, wife of an artist, found she died from rupture of a blood vessel in the brain after a fainting spell while preparing her two children for an airing. The jury called it a visitation of God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wostan
Victory
Newnham-street
Edgware Road
Elizabeth Pestall
Nicholls
Davey
Great Western Airway
London
Maidenhead
Gregory
Birt Johnson
Thousand Isles
Bill Johnson
Brockville
Cooper
United
Service Journal
Socranism
Walton
Thomas Powell
Birstol
Lloyd Johns
Manchester
Leeds Mercury
Melancholy mystery of three lives lost on the Wong
The Westmorland Gazette reports that John Huddlestone, Thomas Gillespie, and a boy from Kentmere perished during a fishing trip near Hayes Water in the Staveley area. An inquest at the Low Bridge Inn registered a verdict of found dead, with death attributed to exposure in severe weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westmoreland Gazette
John Huddlesn
Thomas Gillespie
Stavele
Huddlestone
Staveley
Bankhog-house
Kentmere ‘Hall
Gome
Hayesater
Bankho House
Gillespie
Handlestone
Low Bridge Inn
Kentmere
Reginald
John Huddlestone
Hayes Water
Bank House
Kentmere High Street
Thomas
Henry Hogarth
Garburn
Troutbeck-park
Kirkstone
Patterdale
Gladgrove Gill
Jobe Huddlestone
Parish Board Votes to Fight Pauper Burial Fees Suit
The Marylebone Board of Directors resolved to defend a Spiritual Court suit over pauper burial fees claimed by Rev Dr Spry. Critics accused the rector of overcharging while the parish faced costs, noting his £3000 annual stipend and Canterbury prebend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marylebone
Potter
Grainger
Kensitt
Canterbury
Church of England
Langham, Sapsford
Lincoln Mercury
74Th Regiment
Gravesend
Chatham
West Indies
Lord James Beresford
Ceylon
Mansergh
21St Fusiliers
51St
Light Infantry
van Diemen’s Land
Woolwich
Royal Marines
Royal Artillery
96Th
Dublin
New South Wales
86Th
Stockport
Forbes
61St
Clonmel
22D Regiment of Foot
Cole Island
Belfast
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Country News
Wong
Stmorelang Mountains
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