News from India and the East in anxious times
The piece surveys mid 19th century news from India via Overland Mail, detailing regnal plots in Burma and Nepal, a bloody Nepali frontier episode near Segowley, and the swift, often dramatic dispatches altering imperial plans. It covers Jallandur disturbances, Jails of Rangoon, and comments on Napier’s Indus post, plus Bokhara reports and Bombay Calcutta money markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Gaul
Dambey
England
Somnaath
Lord Nilenborough
Elphinstone
Khyber Pars
Dublin
Isle of Light
Overland Mail
Bombay
Madras
Calentis
Fane
Bokbara
Nepaul
Muharajah
Guddee
Tharawaddee
Perkin Warbeck
Scinde
Charles Napier
Indus
John Southland
Nizem
Rajpootena
Tipperary
Meanee
Actimsis
Tound Poonth
Isle of Wight
Longacra
Beinde
Terrific Boiler Explosion at Leeds Foundry
A boiler explosion at the Round Foundry in Leeds near Victoria Bridge killed engineer Newton and a girl named Harris, with three others seriously injured. Inquests heard the blast tore roofs, threw a boiler three tons across a yard, and left investigators pondering water supply and safety valve failures as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lzens
Mesars
Fenton, Murray
Jackson
Water Lane
Victoria Bridge
Newton
Harris
Leeds General Infirmary
Messia
Beacock
Tanpett
Round Foundry
Leeds
Lxens
Enineer
John Newton
Harriet Harrison
Commercial Inn
Marshall Street
J. Blackburn
R. Beacock
Wilkinson
Williamson
Illiamson
Mesars, Pallan
Havslet
Blacklock
Archibald Blacklock
Smith, Beacock
Tarrett
William Anderton
Messrs. Smith and Co.'s
Longbottom
Messrs. Marshall and Co
Marshall
George Lodge
John Hinchley
Elizabeth Newton
The Currency Question in Birmingham Currency Reform Meeting
A Birmingham gathering of the Currency Reform Association urged Parliament to suspend the Cash Payments Act, restore monetary means and credit, and compel inquiry into monetary policy. Speakers pressed gold standards, bank independence, and protective measures to avert trade collapse and unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Feige
Gargory
Harlow
T. B
United Kingdom
Bank of England
House of Commons
Birmingham Currency Reform Association
T. C. Salt
R. Peel
Russia
London
Newdegate
M.P
Baring
Ireland
Mantz
England
Robert Peel
Tey
Hear
Mr. Muntz
Sir R Peel
Sir R. Pool
Cheerr
Posterity
National Bank of England
Aod
Hoe
Chears
Spooner
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Victoria
Elizabeth
R. Peo
Mr. Ricardo
Her. Spooner
Mr. Speaker
Mason
Explosion at Fireworks Shop Kills Two Boys in London
An explosion at No. 64 Little Surrey Street Blackfriars road injured three people including G Mordy and a boy, with two youths later dying. Firework materials ignited causing glass destruction and heavy smoke. Coroners adjourned but later returned a manslaughter verdict against George Mordy as proceedings followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceasus Christ
Christ
Axnnivat
Covat
Wrexson
Lord Byron
General Bowater
John Russell
Foreign Office
Downing Street
Ciead
London
G. A. Hamilton
Dublin Mall
Bompas
South Lancasatar
Villiers
South Lancashire
Wolverhampton
Alexander Benry
Manchester
Charles Towneley
Towneley
Earl of Sefton
Brown
Liverpool Times
Farnham County Court
Stephens
Heathcote
Frensham
Hotwells
Clifton
Bristol
Martha Welsh
Bird
Cotham Hill Villa
W. T. Welan
London Road
Lyn
Norfolk
Aeen
Martha Jones
Mrs. Bird
Misa Welch
Joseph Harcom
Bedminster Place
St. Vincent's
Observatory
John Blake
Edward Snon
Livga
G. Mordy
Little Surrey Street
Blackfriars Road
Mor
Guy’s Hospital
Robert Mordy
Edwar Vincent
Willian
George Mordy
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the News From
Rangoon
Kian Gin
Irawaddy
Prome
Tsa Kis Min
Tea Kia Min
Amerapoora
Tharawaddes
Tsa Kia Mio
Burmesa
Kin Tharawaddee
Borman
Avs
O Pomith
Ava
Moulmein
Segowley Cantonments
Segowley
Allen
Chappio
Ketmandoo
Palken
Jallunder
Bokhara
Banda
Abdool Samad
Stoddart
Sonaly
Wolff
Abdool
Calcutta
Wales
Han
Jesus Christ
Father
J. Townshend
Seymour
Polwilly
Townshend
James Wylie
Camboden
Wylie
Julie
Amieng
Bourges
St. Vincent’s Rocks
Harriett Webb
Abe