The Three Tasks and a Lover’s Flight in Ireland
An extended excerpt recounts Jack’s flight with a noblewoman from a tyrant master across rural Ireland. Jack uses clever tricks and a magic filly to outpace pursuers, aided by the lady’s hidden aid through perilous rites. The tale blends humor, danger, and romance with vivid Irish life and landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Crathur
Tilly
Thedad
Bekase
Spalpeen
Tack
Wate
Beday
Wast
Jardon
Bedad
Wurther
Acushia
Acushla
Hawthorn
Erin-gobragh
Jace
Estate correspondences mix of legal and personal notes
A column of legal Q A style notices covers intestate widow rights, court relief, tax matters, tenancy liability, and small advice fragments. It blends dated instructions with reader letters and brief weather and calendar notes, reflecting a 19th century weekly issue tone.
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Josephus
Court of Equity
W. Gee
V. G
Capias
Thomas Chislett
Fou
Thos Jones
M. EK
H.O
Hoases
America
W. Bo-- Fou
Jane
Election of Twenty More Children at Kennington Lane School
The Monmouthshire Merlin reports the election held on Tuesday at the Kennington Lane school-house for the admission of ten boys and ten girls, adding twenty children to an institution already supporting many, with notable renovations to its funds and facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monmouthshire
Merlin
Victuallerbs’ School
Kennington-lane
Time of Sunrise Sunset and Tide Off Britain and Ireland
Instructions detail calculating sunrise and sunset by latitude thresholds and adjusting by six minutes per degree. It also lists high water times at major ports relative to London Dock, with Bristol Ork Cove Falmouth Hull Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow Southampton.
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Great Britain and Ireland
London Dock
Ates
Bristol
Ork
Cove
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Southampton
Ratification of the Ashburton Webster Treaty Reached
The Boston and Halifax steamer Britannia brings news of Senate ratification to 39 with 9 against the Ashburton Webster treaty. The agreement defines a new boundary, grants navigational access on St John, preserves land grants, and sets commissions to survey lines, with Atlantic slave trade limits and extradition provisions. The article lauds Lord Ashburton for tact and urges cautious implementation to maintain peace.
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Great Britain
United States
Boston
Halifax
Britannia
Senate
Lord Ashburton
Webster
Foreign Affairs
St. John
Maine
New Brunswick
Rivera
Massachusetts
Bangor
St. Croix
St. Lawrence
St Lawrence
Detroit
St. Clair
Lake of St. Clair
Spain
Portugal
Africa
Cuba
Brazils
New York Courier
Inquirer
America
Washington
New York
Mr. Webster
Canada
England
Her
West Indian Islands
Faul
Ireland - Litton quarrel and Irish education feud
The Dublin Evening Mail criticizes Lord Eliot and the government over the Scriptural Education plan and patronage disputes in Ireland. It links Irish clergy, Protestant operatives, and Lady de Grey to a broader fight over governance, education, and appointments, while warning that tariff policy and American trade choices will shape future politics.
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Litton
National Education
Dublin Evening Mail
Lord Eliot
Louis le Desire
Louis
James Graham
Melbourne
Ireland
Robert Peel
Swift
Mr. Litton
Congrave
Heaven
House of Commons
Lord Stanley
West
O Connell
Sergeant Warren
Warren
Judge Jackson
Dublin
Gregg
Enniskillener
Lady de Grey
Lord de Grey
Mr. Paisley
Jord-lieutenant
Enniskillen
Blackguard
Mr. Gregg
Jam Sayis
George Alexander Hamilton
Paisley
Hamilton
National Board of Education
Mynooth College
Bronterre
Feargus
Lord Asibultun Mission Marks A Great National Work
The issue surrounding the Lords mission is hailed as a remarkable diplomatic achievement. The settlement, though involving concessions on both sides, ends the long dispute over boundary lines and land as envisioned by historic proposals. The result promises lasting peace with the United States, earning praise for the government and the leader who guided the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asibultun
Holland
United States
Long Looked For Come At Last Southwark to Gibraltar
A critical portrait of Sir Robert Wilson tracking his political rise from Ultra Radical to Ultra Tory. The piece notes his shifting allegiances from Reform Bill support to later governorship prospects, mocks his career path, and reflects on the broader Whig–Tory shift in the ministry. It questions the stability and sincerity of political leaders amid changing fortunes and condemns dishonest paths to office.
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Robert Peel
United States
America
Germany
England
Prussian League
Southwark
Gibralar
Calais
Cadiz
Sir Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson
Lord Grey
William the Fourth
Robert
Quondam
Lord Durham
Genoa
Louis XIV
St Matthew's Day Observances At Christ Church Newgate Street
The lord mayor aldermen and sheriffs with royal hospital governors attend divine service at Christ Church to hear Rev W Harrison preach and then hear orations on royal hospitals by four Cambridge-bound scholars. Eight poems to be recited in Latin, Greek, English, and French on various historic themes. Regulation of river steamers enforced with penalties for racing. Ancient coins found in Brighton. Public guide to income tax issued by E Smith and W Strange.
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Threadneedlestreet
Maxhay
Edward VI
Threadneedle Street
Waterloo Bridge
Henley
Shadwell
J. Jarratt
Bond
Street
Webb Street
Lambeth
Waterloo Road
Hunter
Warrington
Jones
John Wren
Robinson
Mr. Wyatt
St. Matthew's Day
Royal Hospitals
Christchurch
Newgate-street
W. Harrison
Christ’s Hospital
Magdalen Hospital
Duke of Cambridge
Christ's Hospital
University of Cambridge
George E. Pattenden
P. W. Hammill
W. H. Brown
W. Romanis
George B. Pix
A. S. Harrison
Saul
Endor
J. S. Beniford
Prince of Wales
Alfred the Great
M. A. Leicester
Arthur Chubb
Langham D. Cale
James G. Gill
Nelson
Edward the
Edward T. Hudson
Thames
Weat Street
Brighton
London
E. Smith
Wellington-street
Strand
W. Strange
Paternoster-law
Three Kingdoms
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Perth
Weather Murphy
Legh
E.N.M
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Ephem
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Murphy
St. Matthew
Tatuaspay
Satourpay
Brean
Bacco
Weekly Chronicle
Cubas
Camberwell
Battersea Bruccali
Mugwlrate
Diamias
D. H
Waterford
Curraghmore
County Waterford
Kruedlenburg
Upper Saxony
Mellicus
Nicholson's Charity
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Camp
Affghanistan
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Kyber
Cabul
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Elphinstone
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Prussian Commercial League
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