Potato disease losses in Ireland and England prompt action
A Dublin Mansion House relief committee report cites dire prospects for the potato crop across Ireland with clergy and parish priests warning of famine next summer unless ports open to grain duty free. Reports from omission towns note substantial losses, disease spreading, and urgent calls for provisions and relief measures.
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Abbolton
Trent
W. Clarke
Treat Bridge
Mansion House
Dublin
Samuel Depard
Tyrrell
John Dalton
Newport
Tipperary
Charlton
Peter Toles
Darrius
Tullamore
Toler
F. Barton
Dysart
Scradbally
Ireland
Indiana
Wm. M.dermott
Springfield
Galway
Sol
Cumine
Rathdram
Derry Sentinel
Dosis
Mancion House Relief Committee
O'Connell
Goversuestt
Lord Heytesbury
Nessie, Kane, Lindley
Play- Sa
Spitalfields
Belgrane
Portugal
Nova Scotia
United States
New Brunswick
Prince Edward’s Island
Ecyer
Artm Bey
Egypt
Breap
Paorzssor Ligpic
Giessen
Germany
Mystery of a Cobham Park duel and a voyage to Woolwich
A Friday morning report of a possible suicide in Cobham park near Gravesend led to a long tale of a Waterman steamboat passenger who jumped overboard and survived a heavy blood loss. Letters found in his pocket revealed a duel claim and a wife at Beauvoir terrace. The man Palmer, a leather factor, later recovered after gunshot wounds and a complex sequence of events that blurred lines between self harm and a duel.
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Cobham Park
Gravesend
Lord Darnley
Waterman
Bellwater Gate
Woolwich
Phillips
Blackwall
J. P. Patmen
P.S
Beauvoir Terrace
Palmer
Smith
Coward
Beauvoir Square
Beauvoir-square
Mr. Palmer
Chatham
Cokman Street
Rochester
Vna
Cobham-park
Watermen’s Steam-packet Company
London
Reilly
Cobham
High Holborn
Starstreet
Fife
Halfpence Lane
Brewer's Pate
Cobham Hall
Fort Darnley
The London Bread Averages And The Standard Baker
A letter to the editor questions the standard’s bread price claims and mocks the baker behind Waithman’s column. It notes tenpence for a 4lb loaf with cheaper inferior bread elsewhere, and discusses market prices and quality concerns.
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Liu
Chia
Tyead
Standard
Turse
London
Waithman
Ferdinand Mendez Pinto
Dridgeshett Munchausen
E. W.C
Dora
Mary Cattell
C.M.G
Weekly Chronicle
Lancashire
Huale
Ford
J. D
Metropolian Benefit Society
Bowring
Earl of Radner
Buckingham
British and Foreign Institute
Punch
Ponch
Afr
Times
Windsor
Frederick Thesiger
Old Friends
Craven Lodge
Order of
P. H
W. F
Wu. Fielden
West Indias
Toole
Bermudas
Sorah
Lord Brougham
Peel’s Cabinet Prorogation Sparks Irish Famine Debate
The Times and Morning Chronicle clash over Peel’s drift in Parliament. Ireland faces potato crop failures and threatened famine while ministerial splits and a rushed prorogation stir fear of national strain. Railways mania looms with 1,263 schemes and 563 million capital, but critics warn most will fail and demand cautious reform.
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the Times
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Aucceas
The
Times
Mississippi
Itatiat
Cooke's
National
Parliament
Hull
Leeds
Leicester
Lincoln
South Midlands
South Midland
Liverpool
Manchester
Oxford
Sheffield
Worcester
London
Exeter
Falcouth
Penzance
Remington's
Rastrick’s
Rennie
York
Eastern Counties
Ely
West End
Kely
Great Eastern and Western
Vale of Neath
Hereford
Gloucester
Abergatwith
Central Wales
Welch Midlands
Newport
Abergavenny
Welch South Midland
Forest of Dean
Ross
Welch
Cooke
Hereford and
Neath
France
Spackman
Galway Charities and the Mary Herbert Tale
A 19th century Galway notice denounces alleged charity fraud surrounding Mrs Mary Herbert and certificate touting aid from C B Blake J P. The piece contends Mrs Herbert's wrecked voyage scams repeat annually with varying origins, husbands, and regiments, urging readers to beware Galway charities and avoid exploiting benevolence.
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Annals of Charity
Galway
Royal Armas
V. Rt
C. B. Blake
J.P
Mary Herbert
Lome
Providence
Mr. Blake
London
Fame
John Herbert
19Th Regiment
Malta
Ace
Herbert
Harlow
Yorkshire
Kent
Canada
America
Marr Hxapear
B.S
Bridgefoot-atreat
Dublin
Ireland
Birmingham Leads Liberal Movement In The Kingdom
A fragmentary editorial praising Birmingham for leading a Liberal movement amid national calamity. It argues Birmingham’s example should be followed by large towns and questions the Cabinet’s replies to merchant bodies. The tone condemns Premier laconicism and hints at political doubt about government direction.
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Birmingham
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Washington
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Railway Statistics
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