Royal Progress Through Cambridge Draws Enormous Crowd
Crowds line streets as Queen Victoria travels from Melbourne toward Cambridge. Mounted gentlemen from local counties, Odd Fellows riders, and hundreds join the royal procession. A grand laurel arch in Trumpington Street, illuminated stars, and a ceremonial mace exchange mark the welcome before the procession proceeds to Trinity College.
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Elbourne
Newmarket
Buntingford
Herts Yeomanry
Earl of
ardwickgford-Heutensut
Whittlesea
Horeeback
Cambridge
Melbourne
Yeomanry
Cambridgeshire
Odd Fellows
Owever
Trumpington
Trumpington Street
Victoria
T. Stevenson
Gmnce
Trinity College
Royal Visit to Cambridge Ends with Chapel Service
Her Majesty and Prince Albert visit Trinity and Kings College Cambridge. The procession through the quadrangle, public cheers, and a ceremonial address precede a Royal Chapel service at King’s College. Attendants, carved thrones, and painted east window featured, followed by Trinity Lodge illumination and a fireworks display.
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Her Majesty
Her
Dodge
Prince Albert
Lady Mount Edgecumbe
Miss Stanley
Marquis of Exeter
Earl Delaware
University
Lord Lyndhurst
Univer. Aity
Cambridge
J. Rumilly
King’s College Chapel
King's College
Trinity College
King’s College
Queen Elizabeth
Our Church
Trinity-lodge
Trinity Nodge
Tas Dungan Batsery Cases and Voter List Inkling
Indictment at late sessions against Wilkingon and Ward over bribery tied to a disputed election, but jury ignored the bill. A Framstead overseer explains printed voter lists differ due to eight years of remaining stock. Also notes a ship wreck account and a dramatic rescue in Cornwall.
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Wilkingon
Ward
Herts County Press
Columbia
Seal Island
Liverpool Albion
St. Agnes
Joseph Daddow
Victoria Inn
Goonlaze Common
West Briton
French naval reform plans loom in official circulars
A detailed circular to harbours outlines expanding steam fleet, wood or iron ships, iron prow spar, stern and prow helms, towing roles, and new harbor commissions. It also notes secret agents in England watching the Duke of Bourdeaux and hints at a possible royal visit to England next year.
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Mazine
Chambats
Navy Department
Royal Navy
Lieuten
Paris
England
Duke of Bourdeaux
Courrier Francais
France
Presse
Webster
United States
Third Arrondissement
M. Victor Lagrange
Charles Lagrange
Lyons
M. de Saint Didier
National
Naples
Sicily
Abd-el Kader
Africa
la Démocratie Pacifique
Metropolis News Readers Meet Over Stamp Tax Stand
A large gathering at the Crown and Anchor discusses the price war on cheap stamped newspapers. Delegates report the six man deputation’s plea for fair pay and a penny per paper, while publishers vow to stand firm. A consensus forms to boycott stamps on papers not giving vendors a penny.
Greek Revolution Reverberates in Marseille Reception
The crowned monarch forgives little as Otho rebukes Calergi during a tense audience. Calergi withdraws after the king blocks a defense. Public and military opinion turns painful, though Calergi is later appointed commander of the capital’s national guard. Greek dignitaries host a Marseille dinner for Coletti. British agents acknowledge the new government while Russia signals possible protest.
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Semaphore de
Marseilles
Athens
England
France
Russia
Greece
Otho
Calergi
M. Calergi
M. Coletti
Paris
Eagle
Polish refugees blamed for staged shot at Russian emperor carriage
The Francfort Journal and Prussian State Gazette report a staged incident at Posen used to expel Polish refugees. A September ukase imposes military service on Polish Jews from January 1844, with 20 to 25 year terms and substitutes allowed, ending a 105,299 silver table annual levy.
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Francfort Journal
Russia
Posen
Grand Duchy
Poland
Nicolas
Attgsburgh
Lord Aberdeen
M. Guizot
St. Domingo
Bologna
Borgo
San Pietro
San Donato
Spinola
Vannicelli Casoni
Muratori
Pesaro
Fort San Leo
Fire at No 2 Borough market and adjacent premises
A fire at No 2 Borough market destroying Mr Friar’s premises and damaging surrounding houses. Fire brigade from multiple stations fought the blaze for about ninety minutes before containment. Origin unknown.
Murder in Mount Tabor Suppressed Details In Halifax
Provincial report recalls the July Mount Tabor murder in Yorkshire where Joseph Dobson killed his father John Dobson at his home on July 4. After quarrels the son borrowed a gun from a neighbor and returned to shoot the weaver in front of his wife and children.
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Halifax
Weekly Chronicle
Mount Tabor
Yorkshire
John Dobson
Joseph Dobson
Parricide and county election clashes in Liverpool and Manchester
A detailed report covers the Dobson murder case with a coroner's verdict of wilful murder and subsequent capture near Huddersfield. It also recounts anti corn law league activities in Manchester with Pattison's London victory, plus Kendal liberal candidate discussions and large miners meetings in Northumberland and Durham urging Parliament action on coal export duties and ventilation.
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Joseph Dobson
Speight
Huddersfield
Jonathan Jieach
York
Seiverpool
Liverpool
Dublin
Liverpool Times
Kkendal
Kendal
Henry Warburton
M.P
Bridport
G. W. Wood
Warburton
G. Bentinck
Tarisf
Manchester
Merctine
London
National Anti Corn Law League
Free-trade
Cobden
Bright
Durham
Joseph Brotherton, Esq
Alderman Callender
Alderman Brookes
Messrs
W. Rawson
T. Bazley
Jun
T. Woolley
W. Bickham
W. Lockett
S. Lees
John Rawson
J. Whitaker
W. Morris
W. Harvey
Thomas Harbottle
W. Dixon
League
Pattison
Manchester Guardian
Middle Harrogate
John Wood
Commercial Inn
H.stead
Deodand
Francis Binns
Wewcastle
Northumberland
Black Fell
Newcastle
T.S. Duncombe
Eeq
Feargus O’connor
John Tulip
South Hetton
Duncombe
Thomas Wakinshaw
West Cramlington
Andrew Fleming
Fawdon
Mr. O'Connor
Beasely
Mr. Roberts
Gateshead
Preston
William Isherwood
Buryford
Eccles Shorrock
Expouction Case in Cork: Suspicion of Seduction and Arrests
A car from Clonmel brought a young woman and a well dressed girl to Cork where the driver Haley reported the pair to police. A magistrate was summoned after the man, named Dr., admitted abducting the girl from Adare. The girl Mary- was placed under care while her friends are notified.
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Bianconi
Clonmel
Haley
Westropp
Adare
Mary
Cork
Murty O'Sullivan
Castletown Beerhaven
Bantry
Castletown
E. O'Sullivan
O'Sullivan
Bantry Bridewell
Trenwith
O'Sulliva
Jupes Anp Jury Society
Dublin Evening Post
Free Church Assembly opens with address to Crown
At the Free Church Assembly in Edinburgh the opening day featured D Chalmers reporting that he sent the church address to the home secretary and received a reply from Sir James Graham dated June 8 1843 praising loyalty and urging steadfast obedience to civil power. The assembly then discussed church finances and subscription drives for the Sustentation Fund with a formation of a committee to circulate the appeal. Nearby notes report reaction to secession and riots in Ross and Cromarty, troop deployments, and a separate item on a dramatic suicide by a surgeon in Broughton Place, the aftermath and a servant's escape.
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Rying
Borough Market
Brat
80 M
Braidwood
Friar
Jacob Burns
Portugal Street
Castor
Strand
Soho Square
Fetch
Wood
Mr. Wood
Burns
Parra
Temple-bar
Kidbrooke Farm
D. Coataworth
Morden
Southwark-bridge Road
Surrey
Watling-street
Weat
England
Waterloo Road
Sun
Inspector Farmer
Cutlerstreet
Petticoat-lane
Whitechapel
Messrs
Rosetta Levy
Mary Ann Haynes
London Hospital
Carter
County of
Richard Bailey
Dolphin
Union-street
Kennington Road
Wagstaff
Robinson
Butler
Mansion House
Beadle
City Court of Requests
Basinghball Street
Free Church Assembly
Chalmers
Free Church
James Graham
Whitehall
Church of
Seland
Church of Christ
J. R. G. Gnawa
Edinburgh
Marquis of
Sustentati Fund
Monteith
Dunlop
Forrest
Speirs
Sheriff Monteith
Fox Mn
William Campbell
Collins
James Ev
Mackgill Crichton
Colvert
Tuhee
Prixt
Dewar
Murarz
Altho
Mathil
Dun Warder
Ross and Cromarty
Athens
87Th Regia
Kidd
Fort George
Inverness Courier
Broughton-place
Ube
Hastie
Caledonian Mercury
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King's College Chapel
Foreign Intelligence
Jeharon
Spain
Madrid
Senate
Garnica
Roca de Togares
Montalvan
Posada Herrera
Posada Herrera Were Selected For That Purpose; and Messrs. Cromera
Alcon
General Palafox
M. Medrano
Saragossa
Duke of
M. Silvera
Junta
the Metropolis
Mazrixe
Crown and Anchor
Wild
Hutton
Horne
Hall
Thompson
Fielding
Hartnell
Spilling
Glenny
Cleave
Hetherington
Curist’s Hospital
Benevolent Society of Blues
Christ’s Hospital
London Tavern
Bishopsgate Street
Charles Tew
Sidebotham
Thomas Nixon
William Crouch
Northern and
Eastern and
Eastern Counties
Shoreditch
Joint Board
Sheffield
Masterman
Bidder
Northern and Eastern Railway
Newport
Henry Bosanquet
Daniel Whittle Harvey
Eastern Counties’ Company
Duncan
Salomons
Tite
Middlesex
St. George’s
Hanover Square
Paddington
St. Mary
Islington
St. Leonard’s
St. John’s
Hackney
Mile-end
Oldtown
Kensington
Ealing
Norwood
St. Martin's
St. James's
St. Pancras
St. Marylebone
C. Wood Pavement
Cheapside
Metropolitan Wood Paving Company
Perring
Bow Church
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Guildhall
Aberdeen
Preston Chronicle
Sunderland
Torbock
Featingley
Forbock
Oakum
Board of Guardians
Unatic
Ireland
Scotland
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