History and Politics in a Catholic Reform Letter 1841
A pamphlet writer urges English Catholics to embrace democracy and common cause with Protestants to secure liberty and redress. The piece argues Catholic power waned due to lack of popular sympathy and corrupt instruments, contrasting past strength with modern decline, ending with a call to Peel and peers for religious liberty reforms. London, Oct. 22, 1841.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Peel
England
Kina
Phea
Ieee
David
Magni
House of Peers
Court and fashion at Windsor palace departure noted
Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Albert returned to Buckingham Palace with the royal party following the Windsor visit. The Duchess of Kent and Princess Royal appeared well though public rumor teased Windsor with reports of illness and accouchement. Privy Council met at Buckingham with ambassadors to be welcomed, and a Marylebone church wedding tied Vice-Admiral John Colville to Ann Law amid a blend of aristocratic announcements and royal ceremonial detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Prince Albert
Buckingham Palace
Duchess of Kent
Charlotte Dundas
Royal Horse Guards
Perceval
Hounslow
11Th Hussars
Earl of Ormonde
Bouverie
Princess Royal
Windsor Castle
Carolina Wilhelmina Amelia Skeggs
Duke
Dechambre
Jernigan
Robert Peel
Wharcliffe
James Graham
Maraince In Hien Jre
Marylebone Church
John Colville
Baron Colville
Ann Law
Lord Ellenborough
Wm. Towry Law
Diocese of
Bath and Wells
Ellenborough
C. E
Law
Colchester
Robert
Dallas
Kidbrooke Park
East Grinstead
Sussex
Lord Walpole
Pellew
Dublin Evening Packet
Amelia Frederica Gordon Lennox
Duchess of Richmond
Portland-place
East India House
India
Pembroke Liberal defeat sparks quo warranto probe
The piece describes long running Tory dominance over Pembroke freemen land voters, Liberal defeat aided by fictitious voters, objections to 496 voters, 394 votes upset, and 85 additional voters admitted without stamps, with quo warranto and revenue actions planned. It notes public outrage and legal challenges affecting future elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PemBroke
John Owen
Williams
Wedgewood
Mark Child
Morning Chronicle
Cuurci
St. Mary
Bury
T. O. Springfield
Peter Finch
Springfield
Bury Post
Office of Woods and Forests
Andrew Mann
Vauxhall-bridge-road
Royal Exchange
George the Fourth
Earl of Lincoln
Kensington Gardens
Mann
Hercules
Kent
New York
Ashford
Pluckley
St. James
General Steam Navigation Company
Albion
Southampton
London
Thames Ditton
Kingston
Vauxhall
Lancefield
William and Alexander Graham
Rushbrooke
Colonel Rushbrooke
West Suffolk
Arduous six mile hurdle race between Cootes and Towit
In Bury town a novel contest featured Cootes the pedestrian racing a hunter named Town over six miles with one hundred hurdles. Cootes finished the 100th hurdle in forty two minutes, beating the distressed horse Towit after many exchanges. Lord Uxbridge and others watched this stamina trial, deemed a display of man’s endurance over horse cleverness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honrs E
Cootes
Lloyd
18Th Light Dragoons
Towit
Lord Uxbridge
Lady Middleton
Burrell
Stoke-park
F. Campbell
Birkfield-lodge
Omy
Pontefract
Suffolk Chronicle
Kendal
R. Wilson
Coromer
Westmoreland
Burenside
Ambleside
Daniel Yarty
Matthew
Messrs. Combe and Delafield
Wakley
Angel Inn
St. Giles’s
John Ramsay
J. M‘laren
Charlotte-street
Angel
Eliza
Eliza Fenn
M‘laren
Destructive Thames Flood Wreaks Havoc Across London Streets
A powerful north and north east gale drove a sea surge along the Thames causing widespread inundation. By Monday afternoon water flooded cellars, shops, and streets from Wapping to Bermondsey, with boats used for transport and many properties damaged or ruined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thames
London-bridge
Wapping
Wapping Oldstairs
Newlane
Shadwell
Broderip
Wapping-street
Great Hermitage-street
Harrison’s Wharf
St. Katharine’s
Leith and Glasgow
Joseph Adams
Harrison's Wharf
Pelham
Caroline Hunter
Ploughalley
John Brander
Great Hermitage Street
Hunter
Crown Alley
St. Katharine’s Dock
Tyrrell
Blackwall
London Dock
Limehouse
Fishmongershall
Steel-yard
Calvert's Brewery
Westminster
Palace Yard
Westminster Hall
Cannon-row
Milbank-street
Vinestreet
Milbank Row
Vauxhall Bridge
Milbank Penitentiary
Hungerford Market
Duke of Buccleuch
Westminster-bridge
Blackfriars Bridge
Deptford
Nine-elms
Battersea
Blackfriars-bridge
Paradise-row
Rotherhithe
Tooley-street
Bermondsey
Horselydown
London
Execution Dock
Elephant-stairs
Rotherhithe-street
Elephant-lane
Thames Tunnel
River flood devastates London districts flooding streets and homes
Widespread inundation from a high tide and heavy rain swamped Bankside Bermondsey and Lambeth areas. Water reached basements and ovens, flooded warehouses, markets, and streets while sparing some higher ground. Cattle were endangered, embankments breached, and vessels forced from moorings as residents and workers scrambled to seal properties and rescue belongings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cogiec
Bankside
Helland Street
Pellatt
Doherty
Dowes
Guildford Street
Hawgood
Park-street
Union-street
Ewer-street
Wall
Belvedere-road
Copeland
Peto
Gris‘sell
Edward Street
Vine-street
York-road
Prince's Place
Wandsworth
Vauxhall-turnpike
London and South-Western Railway
Kennington-oval
Old Vauxhall
Brunswick House
Duke of Brunswick
Thames. the Houses In Fore-street
Lambeth
Church Street
Southampton Railway Company
Nine Elms
Stangate
Messrs. Searle’s
Crosier-street
Palace New-road
Bishop’s-walk
Vauxhall
Bishop's-walk
Battersea
Battersea Bridge
Redhouse
Tuggy's
Messrs. Hills
Battersea Fields
Chelsea
Swan-pier
Fulham
Matyear
Thames
Hammersmith Suspension Bridge
Nichols
King-street
Westminster
Red Lion
Chiswick
Kewbridge
New Brentford
Brentford-bridge
Isleworth
London Apprentice
Millbridge
Rochester
Stroud
Gravesend
Bromley
Enderby
East Greenwich
Greenwich
Hargrave
Royal Hospital
College
General Steam Navigation Company
Deptford
Bressrs. Horne
Messrs. Capel and Co
Surrey
Gravel Lane
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Histore and Politics
The
Free Trader
the Hunters’ Association
North America
Fata Colborne
United States
Lower Canada
Papineau
McKenzie
Upper Canada
Bouchette
Swanton
Vermont
Jones
Mosesquoi Bay
Montreal
Lake Erie
Lord Durham
Canada
Hunters’ Association
M‘kenzies
Nelsons
Coats
Baron Frattelin
Chevalier de Lorimier
Brian
Sasanen
Council of the
Eagle
Prand
Supreme Council
Maine
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Kentucky
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
Missouri
Iowa
Louisana
New Hampshire
New Brunswick
Europe
G. Arthur
Great Britain
Morin
Viger
Coat
Nélson
Richelieu
St. Lawrence
St. John
Rocky Mountains
Texas
Eastern
Middle States
St. Martin
Dr. Nelson
Ebiacelpiere
Charles Hindenlang
Nelson
von Saltz
Hindenlang
Bratish
Sultz
Quebec
Hunters
le Veque
Paris
Popeeet
Spineaul
Marshal Soult
M. Papineau
Louis Philippe
Tongland
M‘e
S—g
Irish Repeal Fund
America
Council of the Hunters
Russia
Philadelphia
Bremen
Germany
Westphalia
Antwerp
Rotterdam
Committee of Foreign Affairs of Congress
Caleb Cushing
Smith
St. Alban’s
M.C
Fairfield
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