Destruction of toll-houses leads to deadly Pontardulais riot
A petty session in Arthen assessed damages for three toll-houses in Iskannen and Pvely districts after July and August burnings. A later Pontardulais riot involved Rebecca faction attacks, arson, and the shooting death of 70-year-old toll keeper Sarah Williams, with post mortem findings confirming death by chest bleeding from gunshot.
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Iskannen
Croas Llewyd
Minkey
Tunnery
Carmarthen
Chambers
Llanelly
Pontardulais
John Joneses
Principality
South Wales
John Jones
Becca
Rebecca
Rebeccaites
Welch
Pontardoulais
LiaNneLiy
W. Chambers
Gelbygilney
Hendy-gate
W.bonville
Griffith Henry
Thomas Samuel
John Thomas
Jenkin Henry
John Bowen
John Hugh
Samuel Griffith
Walter Hopkin
Jon
David Evans
Richard Davis
David Davis
Black Horse Inn
Llanedy
Sarah Williams
Hendy
Margaret Thomas
B. Thomas
J.C. Cook
Cerebrum
Cerebellum
John Hughes
David Jones
Jones
Hughes
Lewis Davis
Toll reductions and Rebecca unrest in Cardiganshire and Carmarthen
Trustees at Abystwith vote to cut tolls on carts to 2d and on the carriage line to 1d and to seek act changes to lower charges. A Carmarthen meeting on rural police faces strong opposition, with Rebecca cited as a grievance. Reports detail hayrick burnings, armed mobs, troop delays, and rising violence around Pontardulais, Hendy gate, and Pontyberem as authorities consider military law and court actions.
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Lower
Cardiganshire Trust
Abystwith
Carmarthen
T. Williams
Rebecca
Abergwilly
Times
Hall
South
Wales
The
Carmabrthen
Adams
Middleton Hell
Middleton Hall
Love
Mr. Adams
Mr. Chambers
Llanelly
England
Chambers
Hendybridge-gate
Pontardulais
Pontyberem
Glamorganshire
Swansea
Pontardulais Gate
Hugh Williams
John Hughes
David Jones
John Hugh
Pontardalais Gate
William Lewis
Captain Napier
4Th Dragoons
Dr. Bird
Liverpool Reform Rally Deepens Ireland Self Rule Drive
A Liverpool demonstration in support of repeal drew Daniel O'Connell junior and supporters, ending in clashes with anti repeater carpenters as police restored order. Father Mathew then lectured in Birmingham, urging temperance and moral reform with pledge ceremonies at multiple venues.
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Birmingham Jory
The
Advertiser
Muntz
Liveerpool
Liverpool
Tepeal
Daniel O’connell
O'Neill Daunt
Ryley
Murphy
Dublin
James Lennox
Fitzgerald
Ireland
B. Kearney
England
O'Connell
St. John’s Market
Whitby
Dowling
Father Mathew
Birmincham
Apostle of
Temperance
Wilkins
Atperenes
Birmingham
Dee’s Royal Hotel
Belmont-row
W. Barlow
Kenrick
West Bromwich
Shadwell-street
Wiseman
George Spencer
Gentleman
Peter the Hermit
Wilberforce
Oscott College
Legal and Miscellaneous Correspondence Digest 1843 note
A long reader letter column covers legal advice and parliamentary questions. Topics include witness calling discretion, officer salaries, tax disputes, landlord repairs, guardians and Brentford testimony, inheritance, marriage legality, voting rights, licensing, and academy admission processes.
Extensive robbery of watches and silverware in Exeter
Police report a burglary at Trimble and Co. pawnbrokers in Gandy Street Exeter. Thieves stole eighty-two hunting and lever watches, a gold consul watch, many spoons and ladles, a gold chain, and other valuables. A £20 reward is offered for information leading to detection of the culprits.
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Bow-street
Messrs
Trimble
Consul
Monte Vinto
Maldonado
Rivers
Solis Chico
Bustos
Rivera
Republic
Flores
Fructooso Riven
Don Melchor Pacheco Y Obes
Westminster
Lord Ashley
Viscount Grimstone
Lord Prudhes
Stratford Canning
Exchequer
James Graham
Wakley
Fox Maule
John Russell
Thomas Duncombe
St. James's
Mr. O'Connell
Repeal Association
Dublin
Lord Clonbrook
Tyro
Lord Clonbrock
Ware
London
N. Cobham
Addington Park
W. Canruan
Mercadier
Montpelier
Galignani
Deal Pier
William Caimes
Thomas Sissons
Borough Court
Manchester
Barry
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith’s
Tos. Banst
Chie
Beswick
Maybury
Bank of North and South Wales
Hindley, Lowe, and Co
M‘nab
J. Robinson
Calendar for Britain and Ireland sunrise sunset times
A calendar for Great Britain and Ireland from September 17 to 24 gives methods to find sunrise and sunset times by latitude and adjustments per degree. 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.
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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
The Week Sunday September 17 with celestial notes and weather
Sunday entries present calendar details for fourteenth and fifteenth Sundays after Trinity. It lists holy lessons for morning and evening, lunar age, solar declination, day length, sunrise and twilight times, and daily weather summaries including Legh and Meteo Ephem Zadkiel notes across September 17 to 24.
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Legh
Meteo
Ephem
Zadkiel
Poictiers
Newbury
St. Matthew
George the Third
Mr. O Connell Manifesto reviewed with cautions
The Weekly Chronicle critiques Mr. O Connell s manifesto noting a lack of depth and accuracy while agreeing on some policy points. It questions anti Irish and anti Catholic rhetoric and warns that belligerent framing could hinder reconciliation and progress for both nations.
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Ireland
O’connell
O'Connell
England
Scotland
Times Versus Government and Quarterly Review Clash
The Times attacks both the Government and the Quarterly Review, mocking the latter for professing fidelity to the Administration while condemning its insistence on reform. It debates Ireland, Wales, and policy options, weighing war versus concord and praising or condemning religious observance linked to royal duties.
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the Times
Quarterly Review
Robert Peel
Quarterly
Times
Pgs
Ministry of Sharing
Wales
Ireland
Croker
Great Britain
England
Damocles
Political inflexibility blamed in Times and Peel critique
The piece rails against inaction in national policy, urging negotiation over obstinate stasis to avert bloodshed. It attacks the Times and Quarterly Review for pretensions and poor handling of church and education issues, and mocks Peel’s broad politics while urging steady governance over party rhetoric.
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Providence
the Times
Quarterly
Robert Peel
England
Scotland
Ireland
Quarterly Review
Times
Sir Robert Peel Health Doubt Fails to Hold Ground
The article rebuts circulating reports on Sir Robert Peel’s health, arguing no breakdown and noting Peel’s renewed vigor after the session. It contrasts Peel with other officials and urges continued bold policy over expedients, while touching on recent foreign dispatches and domestic political concerns.
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Robert Peel
House of Commons
James Graham
Sir Robert Peel
Derbyshire
Public Deception and Peel’s faltering leadership analyzed
A critical polemic argues perpetual political vacillation until a government upholds sensible principles. It blasts Sir Robert Peel as a risky pilot, unfit to weather storms, and urges him to acknowledge that true reform requires economical changes he once opposed. The piece warns of Ireland’s peril and the erosion of Peel’s prestige since 1841.
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Robert Peel
Ireland
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