Webster’s Speech on Credit and Tariff in America
A London commentary reviews Mr Webster and the U S credit debate praising honesty over repudiation. It warns that national swindling damages finance, highlights tariff protections and the 1872 Compromise Act, and urges Britain to watch American protectionism as a cautionary example for future policy.
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MR. Webster
Webster
United States
Mr. Robinson
Europe
Burdeck
Robinson
Rothschilds
Vienna
London
Hamburg
Amsterdam
Jesson
United States Bank
Biddle
Illinois
Juston
America
Boston
England
Washington
Pan Adams
Hamilton
Madison
Rey
Ellie
Congress
Bnusa
Adam Smith
Robert Peel
Lord Ashburton
Ives
Total Wreck of a First-class Steamer Brigand
A letter from the Commercial rooms reports the iron steamer Brigand lost near the Scilly Islands after striking the Bishop Rock. Built for Bristol to Liverpool trade, she departed Liverpool for St Petersburgh with 27 aboard, struck rock in hazy weather, sunk after two hours, all crew saved in boats.
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St. Katharine’s Dock
Herald
Sampson Hawes
Hayle
Bishop-rock
Scilly Isles
St. Petersburgh
Liverpool
London
St. Agnes
Hunt
Engineering
St. Agnes’ Bay
St. Mary's
Scilly
Penzance
Bristol
Thames
Scilly Islands
Storm Tosses British Queen En Route to New York
The British Queen, from Cowes to New York, endured a ten hour ferocious tempest on the 19th, leaving all aboard fearing death. The ship now heads to Southampton, expected around the 2th. ratified by the Great Western Railway. Dover terminus plan for the South Eastern Railway praised as ideal for harbor access.
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Sovthametor
Cowes
New York
Atlantic
Southampton
Great Western Railway
Reading
Pangbourne
Tilehurst
Mitcheldever
Corsham
Berkshire Chronicle
Dover
Raiway
South-Eastern Railway Company
Cubitt
Hardwick
Dover Harbour
Beach Street
Fisherman’s Row
Archcliff Fort
Cheeseman’s Head
Dover Chronicle
Avon
North Midland Railway
Frederick Richardson
Utley
Forkshireman
Lyons
Rouge
M. Rouge
Gaitynani
Committal of Alice Lowe In Lord Frankfort Jewelry Case
At Marylebone police court on Saturday Alice Lowe faced committal for trial over alleged robbery of Lord Frankfort. The court heard depositions read aloud as Lowe, pale and sobbing, claimed the items were given to her to induce cohabitation. Lord Frankfort avoided the crowd after the proceedings.
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Alice Lowe
Marylebone
Weekly Chronicle
Clarkson
Adolphus
Woolf
Lord Frankfort
Manyienone Police Arrick
Southwick, Crescent
Hyde Park
Clerkenwell Prison
Hooker
G Aining
Mitchell
Lewis
Flower
Battoen-garden
Long
Sitling
Phillips
Lord F
Potenta
Central Criminal Court
High Street
Newgate
Lord Montford
Ijler
Bristol Acmanam's Baykrertcy Deed Upheld Against Gift Derivatives
Friday's flat meeting of commissioners rejected the deed of gift that would make the sale proceeds the private estate of Mr D W Acraman. The Rawway Traffic report lists weekly earnings for principal lines across many routes, with totals ranging into thousands. Bankruptcy cases include Messrs Wynn and Manchester Bank rumors, noting auditors, dividends, and potential total capital loss amid chancery suits.
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Acnaman
Baykrertcy
Bristol
London
Birmingham
Blackwall
Brighton
Croydon
Greenwich
London and South Western
Manchester
Leeds
Midland
North Midland
Northern and Eastern
Sheffield
South Eastern
York
Messrs
WinNey
Bank of Manchester
Extraordinary Case of Artificial Somnambulism and Clairvoyance
A Paris mesmerism case details Caliste, a cured patient, later used for demonstrations by M. Ricard and an observer. Caliste reads letters, names cards, and identifies hidden marks during sleep, while experiments test hearing, reading, and taste through controlled rapport and bandage methods, revealing extraordinary perceived powers and potential limitations.
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Medical Times
Caliste
M. Ricard
Paris
England
Paria
Cal
Kent Murray
Cotgrave
R.N
Mr. Jump
Ecarte
Capt. Cotgrave
Furecarte
Colonel Murray
Culonel Murray
Mr. Brookes
London
Polia
Sigar
Helf
W. Macrnersos
EexoLisa Newspapers in China and other items
An English newspaper in Hong Kong the Zung Kong Gazette may publish extracts in Chinese as it plans a Chinese edition. A note on Chinese learning English and a geographia reference. Also reports on embalming using galvanoplastic methods and new churches around Manchester. A mild season noted with grape crops. A clerk, Henry Cox, is charged with embezzling about £1600 and committed for trial.
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EexoLisa
China
Hong Kong
Zung Kong Gazette
London
Gazette
England
Yingkeible
Irelan
Holland
Paris Academy of Sciences
A M. Carnay
M. Soyer
Place Vendome
Manchester
Ten Churches Association
Manchester and Eccles Church Building Society
Chester
St. Silas
W. Butler
St. Thomas
Stretford
J. Clarke
St. John’s
Pendlebury
R. Wilmer
Sussexr Advertiser
Brentford Petty Seasions
Henry Cox
Messrs. G. and
J. Clark
New Brentford
Nagistrates
Board of Guardians
Brentford Union
Despatch on Chapo assault by British forces 1842
In a London Gazette despatch dated May 20 1842 Sir Hugh Gough details the British assault on Chapo during the Ningpo evacuation, describing landing, disembarkation from steamers, rapid height by height seizures and street fighting, and noting casualties among officers and troops while praising Parker and other commanders for coordination and bravery.
Regiment Totals Across Colonels and Regiments
The record lists unit totals by column: under Lieutenant-colonel Morris of the 18th Royal Trish with 22 officers and 470 other ranks. 49th regiment with 26 officers and 426 other ranks plus sappers. total 48 officers and 921 other ranks. Centre notes Lieutenant-Colonel Montemeri Detachment Royal Artillery with 2 officers and 26 other ranks. Madras artillery eight officers and 164 other ranks. Sappers two officers and 74 other ranks. rifle company. 36th Madras Native Infantry eight officers and 100 other ranks. total 15 officers and 363 other ranks. Left lists Colonel Schoedde 26th regiment 27 officers 52 other ranks. 55th regiment 16 officers 274 other ranks. sappers one officer and 25 other ranks. total 43 officers and 820 other ranks.
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Morris
Royal Trish
Montemerie
Royal Artillery
Madras Artillery
Rifle Company
Madras Native Infantry
Schoedde
Sappera
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London Gazette
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Chekiang
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Chapo
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Modeste
Richards
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Schuedde
Arclery
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Col. Schoende
Uuve
Pears
Montgomerie
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al‘ Lean
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Seth
Fawcett
Chapu
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Pratt
Stephens
Knowles
Gough
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