Fighting at Porirua and Wellington siege report
Detailed account of the Saturday assault by about 20 natives on 42 soldiers at Boulcott's and Hutt stockade. Heroic British defense led by Lieutenant Page and Major Richmond, with casualties and the repulse across the river. Natives armed, militia confusion, and shifting allegiance as villagers seek safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand Spectator
Rangibacata
Porirua
Hargihaeata
Dasbreas
E Puni
Major Richmond
Maturoa
Pipitea Pan
A&th
Mr. Boulcott
Hutt Bridge
Fred
Meabachs
Page
Marlies Gringlow
Meuries
Mr. Boulcett
Thomas Hoseman
Kimeel
Richmond
E. Puni
Last
Hutt
Mr. Boulcot
M‘hardies House
Rengihaeata
Poriras
Wellington
Taita
Hichmond
Turnbull
Stanley
Calliope
Petoni
Galbraith
Es Pani
Waiweta
Pipitea
Tearo
D. Scott
Erilla
Kororarika
F. Puni
Rangibaeata
Pawaitanganui
LITERARY CHRONICLE Reviews and European Notes 1840s
The issue surveys new novels and travel writings with critical remarks on Sir Richard Bonnycastle Canada volumes and a Roman tale, plus essays on Canada’s loyalty, colonial life, and the false glamour of American manners, interwoven with notices on Hood’s Own and various Victorian publications.
Revolution in Geneva Sparks Short-Lived Insurrection
Paris reports a Geneva upheaval with a provisional government forming after a popular assembly challenged the Grand Council. Barricades rose in St. Gervais and the insurgents, aided by vendors, repelled militia as officials resigned. A general council voted to dissolve the Grand Council and establish a ten‑member provisional regime led by James Fazy and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Geneva
Vaud
Ultra Radical
Bed
Cgreneve
Reneva
Switzerland
Diet
Schwartz
Uri
Unterwalder, &c
Ivit
Free Corps
Grand Council of
Zurich
St. Gervais
Grand Council
James Fary
Confederation
Samuel Muller
Faubourg
Council of State
Dijon
the &H
Syndic
Bern de Genéve
Lake
Rhone
James Fazy
Louis Rilliett
Leonard Gentin
Bordier
Francois Janin Balthasar Decrét Castoldi
Pans
Moulinit Foutanel
Distressed Needlewoman and Asylum Debates Stir Public Mind
A deputation from the Distressed Needlewomen's Society urged the Female Penitentiary committee at Pentonville to adopt standard prices to curb underpriced work. Similar appeals reached the Model Prison and Milbank, with governors promising support. The piece critiques new asylums for youth and urges reforms in education and criminal reform before costly institutions. A steamship Enterprise voyage to Rotterdam ends in disaster on the return voyage as 40 to 60 sheep and twenty bullocks are lost or thrown overboard, with all crew safe in harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Herbert
London
H. Colburn
Run Lempriere
Teader
Lander
Perlus Averna
Julia
Buty
Paulus
Cicero
Catiline
Cataline
Triclinium
Lucia
Patiline
Crestilla
Dianna
Dickey
United Service
Clapham Academy
Eugene Aram
England
Mises
Wade
Thomas Hood
Vincent Wallace
Barry Cornwall
T. H. Tully
Anthony Nesbit
Longman and Co
Nesbit
K. Hopkeill
Richard Bentley
Evangelical Alliance
Ireland
Beckyaxs
Beckmann
Walter
Thomas Miller
Chapman and Hull
Turke
F. A. MicNet
M. Mignet
France
Cousin Nicholls
Thomas’ Ingoldsby
Eegg
Blackwood
Thomas Ingoldsby
Tappington Everard
Pentonville
Model Prison
Milbank
Honourable House
United Kingdom
Lord Westminster
Hook
Dreasten
Enterprise
Yarmouth
Norfolk
Rotterdam
Holland
Yarmon 7
Kidnapping of Armenian Priest at Constantinople Triggers Outcry
In Constantinople on September 23 a priest named Hobanes Koseyen, Armenian and Porte subject, was seized by the Catholic Armenian Patriarch with aid from an Austrian envoy and sent aboard a steamer to Trieste and Rome. The scheme involved a forged Austrian passport and dispatch toward Rome, provoking protests from the Porte and English authorities as an abuse of diplomatic influence. The priest escaped at Syrena, seeking American missionary asylum, while officials debate accountability and the Austrian embassy’s role in the unlawful act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Hohanes Koseyen
Porte
Trieste
Rome
Hobanes Koseyen
Vienna
Austria
Tokat
Kuseven
Ravah
Sidas
Asia Minor
Mase
Cwass
Pera
Devon Sturmer
Bard
Vesge
Ioquirth
Swyrna
Cate
Sisi
Melancholy narrative of Bishop Epailie murder at Yeanle Isle
An 1845 Sydney journal tale recounts the massacre of Bishop John Baptist Epailie of Sion and aides on Yeable Island. Natives attack as landing party seeks settlement. bishop slain by an axe blow, officials mutilated, and three rescue efforts fail. Bishop’s body is removed to the boat. he dies after three days and a half. Remains interred near Astrolabe harbour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aylesbury
Bucks
John Lee, Esq
F.rs
Hartwell House
Macnamara
The
Temple
Peace Society
Vattel
Law of Nations
Henry Clapp
Massachusetts
Chatham Barracks
J. Jefferson
London Peace Society
Atlantic
Risil
America
Exeter
Philadelphia
Burritt
Aliwal
Ferozeshab
Sobraon
Creatre
John Baptist Epailie
Sion
Milanesse
Nurvvisie
Isle of Yeanle
Sidney
Richards
Marine Watson
Astrolabe Harbour
Fremont
Chauraine
Chauraire
Waite
Mr. Chauraice
Debarcadere
Cape Prieto
Batavier
Rotterdam
Brunswick
Blackwall
Guy's Hospital
John Killerby
London
Iles Wis
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Surerpe Oy
Canterbury
Rochester
Sussex
Worcester
Fareham
Kingdom
Kentish Observer
Literary Chronicle
Lioxen Deernunston
Fasuioxan le
Countess of Blessington
Tondoo
Bratley
Countess of
Caxana
Richard Beary Bonnycastle
Loandon
Win
Canada
Canadas
Richard
Republic
Livingstone
Huchelaga
States
Haute Societé
Lake Simcoe
Brigham
Barrie
Toronto
Simcoe
Leadenhall
Upper Canada
En Hoatel
New York Albion
Queen Victoria
Lord Nelson
Windsor Castle
John
Jonathan
Sukey
Sakes
Jon Nathan
Jon
Nathan Hig—gins
Polk
Clay
Nathan
Mexico
Canada Company
Lake Huron
Virgin Forest
Richard Boneycastle
Britain
Victoria
Oregon
Hibernian Society
St. Patrick
Peter Pindar
Prouser
Fulvia
Alice
Umbria
Robert Fyne
Effingham Wilson
Fynn
Europe
Levant
Conauls
General
Hoon
Edward Moron
Hood
F. W. Faber
Birmingham
Cotton Ball
Cheadle
Earl of Shrewsbury
St. Wilfrid
Phaerica
Messrs. Faber
Mills
Hutchinson
Pugin
W. Hutchinson
H. Mills
Trinity College
Wiseman
Newman
Milan
Cambridge Advertiser
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