Emigration, trade figures, and unrest in Canada and U S
A Canada and United States focused update notes emigrant totals to August 1841, exports from Quebec and Montreal, and Canadian wheat and flour trade. It reports on Upper Canada harvests, ingenuity in avoiding foreign flour duties, military movements around Kingston, a London district arson with a 200 reward, a large Cornwall fire, imperial and U S military considerations at Temiscouta, rumors about MLeod, frontier patriot activity, a Sac and Potawatomi clash, a Louisville mother killing three children, the Erie tragedy and German immigrants’ losses, and a cork dust mattress tip for life preservation aboard ships. It closes with notes on the era’s slave conspiracy trial outcomes and overseer testimony gaps.
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Quebec
OTA Crete
United Kingdoms
Canada
Montreal
British North America
British West Indies
Upper Canada
Europe
Clitheroo
Kingston
Robert
London
Lord Sydenham
Cornwall
Portland
Maine
Temiscouta
Portland Argus
M‘leod
New York Courier and Enquirer
Canadian
United States
Council Bluffs
Missouri
Hooper
Louisville
Mississippi
Erie
Pai
W. J. Walter
United States’ Navy
Patrick
OVERLAND MAIL AND MEXICO AND BRAZILS NOTES
Telegraphic dispatches from India report the Great Liverpool delivering Indian mail from Bombay dated July 19, with troop mobilization ordered by the emperor and actions by Parker and Pottinger toward China. From Mexico and Brazil, packets Hope and Linnet arrive with cargoes and news of Mexico's dire finances, Texian tensions, and Rosas’ Buenos Aires forces. mutinies aboard Monte Video ships and the Mexican senate’s loan rejection dominate reports from Vera Cruz and Havana.
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India
MansriLugs
A.u
Matra
P.s
France
Liverpool
Bombay
China
Parker
Henry Pottinger
Sesostris
de la Susse
Athens
Mexico
Brazils
Her Majesty's Packet Hope
Crezer
Tampico
Vere Cruz
Havana
Her Majesty's
Penguin
Vera Cruz
Webb
Texas
Linnet
James
Rio de Janeiro
Bahia
Pernambuco
Monte Video
Rosas
Buenos Ayres
Lavalle
Ulysses
Wilder
Coe
Senate of Mexico
House of Alaman and Co
Royal Botanic Society holds second annual meeting at Regent's Park
The Royal Botanic Society met in a marquee at Regent's Park with Dr Sigmond presiding. Officers were elected including Earl of Surrey as president and Duke of Richmond on the council. The report noted a 141 new members and improved finances while praising garden improvements and band performances by Col Cavendish and the 1st Life Guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Botanic Society
Ardens
Earl of Surrey
Duke of Richmond
Marquis of
Normandy
Bisho of
Durham
George Bishop
Alfred Francis
J. W Freshfield
R. M. Grindlay
E. Prior
E. Majoribanks
Commissioners of Woods and Forests
London
the East India Company
Botanical Societies
Dublin
Calcutta
Burgess Camac
Col. Cavendish
1St Life Guards
Freemasons’ Tavern
Lincoln’s Inn-Fields
Adney
St. James’s Street
Stultz
Friends of the Institution
Tiethien
Stultz donation and Hardy steamer rescue at Weeping
A report notes Mr. Stultz donated a large plot at Haverstock Hill for an institution building and offered to fund it, adding £5,560 to the relief fund. Separately the Greenwich steamer Hardy, sank after anchoring near Weeping, was raised by local workers and towed to safety, with Waterman No. 2 aiding passengers. Marmion’s owners liable for damages.
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Stultz
Greenwich
Wepping
George Neale
Hardy
Waterman
Colonial Society
Colonial Clubhouse
St. James's Square
Earl of Mountcashel
M‘leod
New York
D. M.dougal
M. Martin
Thames
Admiralty
Bullock
Fearless
North Seas
Woolwich
Bridge
London-bridge
Chelsea
British Americax Lawn Company
N. Gould
Gillespie
Her
Canada
Robert Gillespie
Peter M‘gill
George Moffat
Fraser
Quebec
Murdoch
Kingston
Lord Sydenham
Lower Canada
Lower
Upper Canada
Sprvatherps
Destex
All Saints’ National School
Spicerstreet
Mile
New Town
Robert Grosvenor
Prince Albert
Spitalfields
France
Belgium
Spitalfields School of Design
Cockerill
Wilkinson
G. East
H. Taylor
Dyce
Lord Grosvenor
Marylebone
Tne Vestry
H. C. Wilson
St. Marylebone
Webb
Royal Exchange
Gresham Committees
London
Houses of Lords and Commons
London Exchange building progress and reform meeting notes
The text describes strengthening piers with iron, layout changes from square to oblong merchant area, and expected rental over £10,000 annually as London’s Exchange nears completion. It credits architect J Tite and the Gresham committee, plus Lloyds and Royal Exchange firms, with merchants awaiting a worthy Exchange. It also covers a reform association meeting at Parliament Street, chaired by Webb, confirming rules and electing officers, with thanks to the reform press. A brig from Dundee delivered a tiger in miniature to the queen, and a royal visit by Mr Edward Cross to recover the animal from the Arab, with plans for Buckingham Palace. A Sunday robbery in Regent's Park involved a gold watch, chain, seals, and key taken from Miss Louisa Agassiz, described as a man with short stature and weak eyes.
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Gresham Committee
Richard Lambert Jones
Lloyd's
Royal Exchange Assurance Office
J. Tite
London
Crntral Reroné Regratraations Association
Exq- Lawp
Central Reform and Registration Association
Parliament-street
Webb
Reform
Dundee
David K. Thoms
New York
St. Katharine’s Dock
Edward Cross
Surrey Zoological Gardens
Thoms
Taylor
Cross
Buckingham Palace
Rossery
Louisa Agassiz
Alsop’s Terrace
Newroad
Regent’s Park
L. A
First firing of experimental mine under Pasley at Woolwich
The report describes Colonel Pasley’s first-ever firing of an experimental mine by the royal sappers and miners during a Woolwich display. Spectators watched the mudcaked surface and divers recover timber and casks’ handles. Later, Lt General Lord Vivian and other officers joined a farewell dinner as the master-general to the ordnance department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasley
Royal
Wooolwich
Lord Vivian
G.C.B
G.C.H
Woolwich
Royal Artillery
Ordnance Department
Lord Bloomfield
Ordnance Corps
Ireland festival to honor defender of nation
The Dublin Morning Register reports a grand festival in Ireland to celebrate a noble defender, with plans on a magnificent scale. Tickets promised soon, with noble hosts and eminent attendees from Lords Listowel to Oranmore and Talbot de Malahide, plus Moore the poet.
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Lory Morretu
Ireland
Listowel
Rossmore
Cremorne
Stuart
Ebrington
Clanricarde
Lurgan
Oranmore
Talbot de Malahide
R. W. Carew
John Kennedy
Percy Nugent
D. Jephson Norreys
More O'Ferrall
A. F. St. George
Dublin Morning Register
Lord Morrrra
Linerick
Limerick
William Roche
London
Mr. Roche
Moneeth
W. Roche
Beq
Morrer
Perysioxs
de. Auster
Cangy
Anater
Carey
Danta
Dublin Evening Post
Relief Meeting in Renfrew County for Paisley Unemployed
A Paisley relief gathering chaired by Sir William Napier considered aid for 2,592 unemployed locals and dependents. The group reported £830 spent and £630 in subscriptions, with £200 debt, and noted hopeful work by Mr. Spiers for 40‑50 weavers. Generous pledges included £600 from MP Hastie, and Lord Glasgow echoed support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County of
Renfrew
Paisley
William Napier
Relief Committee
Spiers
Burnbrae
John Maxwell
Pollok
Hervey
Paisley Relief Committee
Gibson
Hastie
Earl of Lasgow
Edinburgh
Scotsman
Bread in Diet and Textures from Gibbons Merle’s Dictionary
A 19th century extract reviews bread science, arguing coarse flour with bran aids digestion, yeast quality matters, and water yeast interactions boost nutrition. It surveys bread types from brown to economical mixes, with methods for leavening, kneading, and baking across several regional traditions and recipes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
William Strange
Gibbons Merle
Humphrey Davy
Paris
Ankind
England
Saxony
M. Bourdon Daguiscy
France
Society of Agriculture
Cam‘peigne
The Strand Notes on Food and Artful Anecdotes in India
A collage of oddities and reportage including a European reader’s recipe notes for bread and rolls, a digest of books on Dibdin songs, and a long tale of umbrellas and a mysterious stranger, interwoven with sketches from colonial life in India and a comic Chinese tailor anecdote.
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the Metropolis
Magnesian Lime
Stone
Thomas Jackson
Baker and Sams
Henry and
John Lee
Samuel Grimsdell
Eaee
Grissell and Peto
Piper and Co
Jobo Jayussses
John and Joseph Little
Webb and Conss
Joseph Bennett
Bridger and Co
Wm. Cubitt
Nicholas Winsland
H. Ward and Co
Birmingham
Chepstow
Puepkiow
Llandaff
Chertsey
Thomas Lacoste
E Reddish
Abbey River
Lacoste
Mr. Reddish
G. Lacoste
Charles Geo. Noel
John Dean Paul
Sir Salisbury Davenport
K.C.B
Robert Cooper
Pebworth
William Fielder Croome
John Francis Davis
Compton
Thomas Easthope
William Henry Gornonde
John Bransby Purnell
John Francis Vaughan
Robert Martin Popham Wall
Anthony Berwick Lechmere
Harwich
Tat Farry
Hewett
Fairy
William Hewett
Royal Navy
Southwold
North Sea
Shearwater
Ipswich Express
Sxocxing
Eastham
George's
Thomas Kewley
Samson Moore
George's Pier
Kenley
Sutton
Sir R. Bulkeley
Moore
Mr. Smith
Whitty
Nottingham
Samuel Smith
Ramsgate
Edward Thomas
Oxney
Gloucestershire
John Smith
Jeremiah Sandwell
Spithead
Royal Gzorce
John Skelton
the Weekly Chronicle
Scotland
Literary Chronicle
Wellington-street
Strandry
Tur Q Sons
Charles Dibdin
Messrs
How
Parsons
Djaa
Dibdin
Blackwood
Ladies’ Magazine
Smith
Raphael
Milton
Michael Angelo
Somerset-loose
Theyramids
Rosity
Pry
Eal Eetrom Bentley
Agra
Mr. 1
Rei Dent
British India
Bengal
Finuer
Leontes
Charley
Rascal
Win
WA L
Kinstein
Massa
Tolesi Massa
Bealleys
Sollicy
Cell