Manchester Strikes and Riots Over Wages in 1842
Reports from Manchester Stockport Ashton and surrounding towns describe widespread textile distress as power loom weavers strike for 1839 wage rates. Crowds confront mills, police disperse clashes, and magistrates seek peace while chartist leaders face arrest and trial in a tense industrial dispute.
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Manchester
Dyera
Owen
Gathorne
Ashton-under-Lyne
Aving
M‘douall
P.S
Ireland
Messrs. Morris
Salford
Mesers
Glossop
Meade
John Clough
Clough
Stockport
Monroay
St.Peter's-gate
Messrs
Bradshaw
St. Peter's-square
Wepw Espaz Mornixe
Messrs. Bradshaw’s
St. Peter's Gate
Ashton Boys
Chartist Association
Royal Military College vacancies fill by notable deaths
Morning Chronicle reports two vacant commissions at the Royal Military College due to the deaths of Lord Edward Somerset and Lord Vivian. It suggests Major-general Sir Arthur Clifton may succeed Lord Vivian in command of the 1st Royal Dragoons, and Lord Greenock, son of Lord Cathcart, could become colonel of the 11th Hussars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Shelton
Salter
Booth
Lord Dartmouth
Royal Military College
Edward Somerset
Lord Vivian
1St Royal Dragoons
Sir Arthur Clifton
Lord Greenock
Lord Cathcart
Britain
11Th
Prince Albert's Hussars
Morning Chronicle
Cambrensis
London
Newgate
Weekly Chronicle
James Pilling
Stalybridge
Shapley
Mnul
Batley
Sam
Mr. Shapley
Manchester
New Bailey
J. Puvany
Pilling
Gurney
Saya
Legal Correspondence and Public Notices Digest 1842
A compendium of court costs rules for Sheriffs Court actions, debtor and creditor queries, tenancy and property disputes, and ecclesiastical procedures. Includes notes on guardianship, inheritance, militia qualifications, and a dense array of reader questions with legal opinions and case references from 1842.
Reform Bill and torched hillside protest rhetoric
A writer cites a historic speech arguing that if reform demands are blocked, workers would abstain from labor and resort to peaceful torch-lit demonstrations. The letter urges examining the referred journalist's papers to reveal alleged duplicity and manipulation of the working class by the Tories.
Sunrise and Sunset Times for Britain and Ireland
A dated guide method for calculating sunrise and sunset for any location in Great Britain and Ireland using latitude and degree adjustments. It also outlines high water times at major ports with additions or subtractions for Bristol Cork Falmouth Hull Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow and Southampton, and notes further calendar information in Notices to Correspondents.
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Great Britain
Ireland
London Dock
Bristol
Cork
Cove
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Southampton
Chinese Fight Training and Naval Tactics Noted in Dispatches
The article discusses Chinese combat learning and endurance, noting their discipline and courage at Ningpo. It observes geographic obstacles like canals and land enclosures that delay armies, and questions the wisdom of advancing toward Pekin without stronger Chinese forces. It contrasts their cautious tactics with British expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Gough
Ningpo
T— Aba Mndan
Pekin
England Faces Tough Choices in Far East War
The author argues Britain must secure a decisive Chinese war outcome or risk a disastrous failure. He notes frontline troops reoccupy towns but frontier provinces remain hostile, fortifications rebuilt, and fire ships swiftly replaced. He warns against overreaching beyond Canton trade limits and stresses require a strong, well-supported campaign to avoid a repeat Afghanistan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clive
Wellington
England
Canton
Hugh Gough
Pekin
Cortez
Otumba
China
State of parties and Lord Eliot in Ireland debate
The passage praises Lord Eliot for steadying Irish governance and critiques the Orange faction and Dublin Orange men over Maynooth and education grants. It describes Cabinet patronage battles, candidate selections, and press reactions, warning that disunion grows as ally and opponent camps clash, with Eliot seeking moderation and unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Lord Eliot
Dublin
Orangemen
Maynooth
Jackson
Orange Party
Ward
House of Commons
Dublin University
Litton
Coleraine
Kilmainham
Smith
University of Dublin
George Alexander Hamilton
Dublin Evening Mail
Brewster
Lefroy
West
Exchequer
Lord de Grey
Mr. Litton
University
Hamilton
Mail
the Mail
Mulgrave Redivioas
Westport
Eliot
Pensions for Dennie Daughters and Clergymen Housings
The government grants £80 yearly pensions to four daughters of the late Colonel Dennie of the 13th foot, killed at Jellalabad. Lady Dover orders immediate preparation for two residences for parish clergy. New Barracks to be built at Ashton and Bury with expected outlay of £5,000 each, following prior plans.
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Dennie
13Th Foot
Jellalabad
Dover
Kilkenny
Ordnance Department
Ashton
Bury
Macclesfield Chronicle
Marriages and obituaries amid varied late news items
The column reports a Quebec mariage in progress, a septuagenarian bride and groom combined ages totaling 157, and the death of Gen. Lord Henry Somerset with funeral notices. It also covers railway and shipping news, printing for the deaf, convict embarka tions, cottage losses in Leeds, postal fraud safeguards, a Marlborough Street case of counterfeit coins, a drowning accident at Bow Common, and a thriving salmon season along several rivers with notes on conservation efforts.
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Rewsman
Cma O'Hara
Sligo
Otereno
Henry Somerset
G.C.B
Fdmarg
Grafton-street
Intei 'Eat
Beaufort
St. Petersburg
Circassia
Ring Gazette
St. Pete Et Ree Petersburg
Zabozelosi
Volun
Sir Grorce
Christchurch
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Auld Reekie
Glasgow Chronicle
Holyhead Bay
North Wales
Anglesea
George's Pier
Holy
Liverpool
Skerries
George’s Pier
Point Lynas
Liverpool Albion
Estasiisa Ment
Zablagen
Wurtemburg
M. Theodore Helgerad
Dublin
Tipperary
Cavan
Fermanagh
Meath
Henry Bailey
Ribandman
Waverley
Kingston Harbour
Leeds
General Post-Office
Camberwell
Sittingbourne
Smasaixe
Ann Leonard
Caroline Barneby
Marlborough Street
Oxford Street
James Williams
Maltby
Giblett
Barneby
House of Correction
Bow Common
Raddon
Royal Humane Society
Cheltenham
Gloucester
Stourbridge
Cheltenham Examiner
Hereford Journal
Newport
Pembrokeshire
York
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Preston
Wigan
South Staffordshire
West Bromwich
Dartmouth Arms
Eaton
J. Nock
T. Whitehouse
Hood
Fisher
Bilston
Himley
Linney
Joseph Linney
Powell
Birmingham
5. S. Briscoe
Dehane
Wolverhampton
Price
Brockmore
Dudley
Kingswinford
Brockmore-green
Mr. Whittingham
Mr. Powell
Wm. Adlington
Oak Farm Company
Brock
More Green
Adlington
James Bates
Reuben Plant
Briscoe
Bate
Stafford
William Woolfenden
Newton
Woolfensen
Her
Achton
National Charter Association
Woolfenden
Sheriffs’ Court
H. T
J.B
City
Ita
Lnaign
Burn
Marty Fair
Legh
E.N.M
Meteo
Ephem
Murphy
Fair
Tugzsway
Fox
N.M
Scotland
Holy Cross
K.N.M
Turrsway
Loth
Ephein
Fuipay
Frearcus O'Connor
Darlington
Northern Star
Feargus O'Connor
Hill
Star Office
O'Connor
Paddy
White Conduit House
Mr. F. O'Connor
Corn-Law Party
Batty’s Circus
the Times
Nottingham
Roebuck
Walter
Anti Corn Law League
Chronicle
Lord Ellenborough
Sanitary Report
Spectator
Times
Pall Mall
North
Windsor
O'Connell
Dalkeith
Jammie Forrest
Great Britain and Ireland
the Weekly Chronicle
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