Destructive Gales Hit Ships and Coastlines
A sweeping storm from Friday to Saturday battered the seas and shorelines. The American ship Allen from New York foundered near Etaples Boulogne with the captain Heighton and ten crew drowned while the mate and five seamen swam ashore exhausted. Nearby vessels Devon Plymouth and a Prussian ship were driven ashore eastward. Carr Rock and Hasborough wrecks scattered across Welsh and Scottish coasts with heavy losses reported. The Ellen from Fareham perished near Bigbury Bay with cattle lost. the bark Bilton endured a fierce voyage from Montreal before wreck. the Ajax and other ships faced ruin and rescue efforts continued as coast guards worked through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Heighton
New York
Etaples
Boulogne
Devon
Plymouth
Yarmouth
Ramber
Whitby
Porle
Leith
Carr Rock
Hartlepool
Hasborough
Hasborough Sands
Milford
S.S
Llanelly
Trader
Dolphin
Penzance
Padstow
Trevose
Irica
Gunwallor
Coast Guard of
Isle of Whisthorn
Galloway
Helen
Elizabeth
Belfast
Prymottu
Eddgetone
Ditcham
Ellen
Beach
Clark
Fareham
Portsmouth
Perros
Coset
France
Attrill
Bigbury Bay
Mothecombe
Veesel
Eddystone
Ditchem
Trinity
Bilton
Newcastle
Montreal
Leila
E.S.E
Wnw
Leith Roads
Nelson
North Leith Steeple
Cramond Island
Dalmeny Houee
Caledo i Niar Mercury
Ajax
Cork
London
Jessie Torrens
William Skeadmaster
Coast Guard
Dunny Cove
Quebec
Liverpool
Clonakilty
Ballycotton
Tris
Shannon
Reduction of Tea Duty Draws Liverpool Meeting
A large Liverpool assembly met at the Sessions House to press a speedy, substantial cut in the tea duty. Leading MPs and merchants debated, endorsing a 23 24d per pound duty as exorbitant and urging ministers to reduce it to boost consumption, commerce, and social welfare. A memorial to the government was adopted for immediate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Liverpoul
Sessions House
Chapel Street
Thomas Thornely
William Brown
M.P
L. Heyworth
R. Gladstone
Rathbone
Bramley Moore
Hugh Hornby
Grant
N. Bushby
John Cropper
Hornfall
W. Nicholl
Winch
Samuel Holme
Adem Hodgson
Charles Rawson
Blackburn
Brodribb
Dixon
William Potter
Brockellbank
Association For the
Lord Sandon
Entwisle
China
Saxton
House of Commons
W’ Nicholl
Hear
Channel Islands
Newfoundland
New South Wales
Great Britain
United States
Brown
J.B. Moore
South Lancashire
Hugh Hordby
T. Berry Hborefall
Adam Hodgson
Thomas Blackburn
Harry Winch
Edward Broderibb
George Grant
Cropper
Vlewders
Government Rumor on Guernsey Police and Jersey Parole
A Guernsey newspaper letter dismisses circulating talk that Britain will impose a police mandate on Guernsey similar to Jersey’s. The writer argues the two islands’ parcel systems and disease conditions differ, making a single rule unlikely and unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guernsey
George Grey
Jersey
Legal Queries on Estates and Property Rights
Postal杂杂 notes collect various legal questions and opinions from readers. Topics include age of majority for inheritance, rights of married women, trusts upon death, and consequences of verbal agreements in property sales. Also included are queries about railway shares, tenancy notices, and debtors’ prison reforms with letters to the editor seeking guidance and precedent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.C. Lalgenileman
A.V
Coventry
Weekly Chronicle
Sip
Iva
Leva
Jam
Pax
Wimbledon
London
Queen's Bench
Queen’s Heach
Home Department
Jacobus
Fork
T. G
T.H
Salford
Himsself
Thomas Greenhough
Jones
Ifc
Jundun
Eastbourne
Liighton Guardian
Baristol
Great Western Railway
Brist
Hemett
Oas
Panigian Coxsogal Masxerns
Serret
Gaufier
Tribunal of
Correctional Police
Gaufer
Ak Partis Cive
Monsieur Serret
France
Wibunal
Guufierd
Galignoni
Milbank Paox
Bedford
Milbank
James Niblett
John Groves
Sloucester Inselzes
Caledonian Mercury
Dalry
Hanover Street
Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle
Tours
M. Malvein
M. Laury
National Guard
Rampa Snd
A Calendar of Sunrise Sunset and Tide Times
A calendar entry describes methods to compute sunrise and sunset across Britain and Ireland by latitude and degree adjustments. It lists high water times at major ports with hour and minute differences for various locations, followed by religious observances, moon phases, and Advent calendar notes for specific dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Ireland
London-Dock
Wen
Bristol
Ora
Cove
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead Harbour
Liverpool
Por
Glasgow
Southampton
Privilege of Parliament Clash in Manchester Church Notices
The debate over whether House of Commons resolutions bind third parties surfaces in Manchester when town commissioners posted notices on parish doors without incumbent consent. A magistrate’s bail and arrest of Rev. Mr. Molesworth provoke public outrage as the article argues the provisional committee system erodes accountability and risks defacing church property, demanding legal clarification and broader error review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Manchester
St. Clements
William Molesworth
Rochdale
Molesworth
Chadwick
Moleaworths
Lfe
Chitty
Blackstone
Mole
Molexworth
Provisional Committee Men Decision Praised by Press
The Court of Exchequer ruling in Reynell v Lewis and Wyld v Hopkins drew unqualified praise from a section of the daily press as it pressed all law and equity into the matter. The coverage applauded the judgment though some commentary questioned its wider implications for public policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provisional Committees
China
Merc
Times
Court of Exchequer
Reynell
Man
Ferrand
William Meredith
Jones
Mordaunt
St. Pancras
James Graham
A Threatened War Mood and Palmerston’s Image
A critical survey arguing the Spectator’s caricature of Lord Palmerston misreads the Foreign Secretary’s character. It contrasts the sensational “Beé Noir” portrayal with the real, steadier policy and underscores the dangers of inflamed rhetoric, urging calm judgment over reckless war talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Palmerston
John Tompkins
Peking
Lord Denman
Calla
Louis Philippic
Lera Palmerston
Barre
Dartford
Downing Street
Lord Palmerster
Wellington-street
Deting Street
Spectator
England
Lord Aberdeen
England France and Cracow in treaty disputes and Poland
A critique of Anglo French diplomacy, denouncing treaty breaches by both nations and questioning Poland’s liberty under northern powers. It argues national faith is eroded when flexible expediency guides state actions and laments ongoing violations of commitments, including Cracow’s status and Poland’s despotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Peel
France
Vienne
Pee
Montpensier
Cracow
Poland
Gore Moucherie of the Week and Royal Gossip
A London Gazette style note reports Osborne House prepared by Royal Command for a fugitive Queen of Portugal, with the Marquis de St. Aatsire allegedly withdrawn. The piece mocks foreign policy coverage and demands official contradictions from the French Embassy, lampooning sensitivity to international rumor and press exclusives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborne House
Portugal
Marquis de St. Aatsire
Quren
Cabarpe House
Marquis de St. Aulaire
Merald
Guisot
Aria
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Troors
Lisbon
United Service Gazette
Siaxs
Duke of
Lucca
Viareggio
James Richerdson
Besborough Terrace
Pimlico
Richartean
Ahove House
Richardson
Legal & Miscellaneous
Great Britain and Ireland
the Weekly Chronicle
Hardwick
Marlborough-street
St James's
Buzzard
London Library
James’'s Square
Tidd Pratt
London Literary Institution
Philological Society
the Statistical Society
London Library Society
Cochrane
Statistical and Philologics] Societies
Bendon
R. Nen
Grieges
Atale
Edinburgh
Great Western
Gravesend
Rochester
Paiule
Birmingham
Blackwall
Croydon
Oras
Decane
AROS
Leeda
Aula Midland
Seymingham Peere
Carliam
Laas Norfolk BO
Darlington
Eastern
Greenwich
Shefield
York & North Midland
Leeds & Hats
Selby
Chester& Birkenhead
Dundee
Arbroath
Durham
Sunderland
Kingstown
Paisley
Greenock
Helton
Bury
Preston & Wyre
Arbrosth
Forfar
Duck and Ai
North Sb
Tyne
Sun Eastern
North British
York
Vas
Austria
Switzerland
Gore Moucherie
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