Rebeccaites riot toll gates and Welsh agrarian meeting
In September 1843 at Wolfscastle and nearby towns, Rebecca outrages destroy Fishguard and Parkymorfa toll houses, with warnings against tolls. About 2,000 townsfolk watch as Llechryd and Pontardulais gates vanish, and a 300-strong mob disrupts roads while marines intervene at times. A Mynedd Mawr meeting debates tolls, poor law, tithe, and magistrates fees, urging unified rents and reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rt Mace
Wolfscastle
Fishguard
Parkymorfa Turnike
Rebecca
Parkymorfa
Cardigan
Velingigfran
Llechryd
Rebeccaiies
Pontardulais
Llanelly
Swanse
Vivian
Hafod
Swansea
Neath
Swansea Vale
Myxepd Mawr Mountain
Mynedd Mawr Mountain
Hugh Williams
Welch
H. Williams
Thomas
J. Morgan
Llanrymus
Carmarthen
Adams
William Chambers
Chambers
Rees 'Thomas
Gorsgoon
Stephan Evans
Cilearn
Noah
Wales
England
Becca
John Owen
Pakymmoria
Fishguard Trust
Richard Evans
Farmer’s Union
Rebekah
Miss Chromwell
Charlotte
Gate
English gentleman flees country after arson and threats
Mr Adams, a Carmarthen area landlord with a large estate, had his stacks set alight and house ringed by armed men. He has dismissed all workers and plans to depart. Threats against Mr William Chambers and farm destruction drive his family to leave the country while William stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Carmarthen
William Chambers
Belfast linen wages rise amid improved manufacture
Irisa Linen Trapt reports a 10d per web wage rise as Belfast area linen manufacture improves and expectations grow for further gains. West Hackney residents face distraint for parish rate payments dating back to 1790, with the Hackney rate burden continuing to 1871. A series of small asset seizures occur from anti slavery advocate Mr Scoble to editor Mr Miall and others. Commitments for non payment of assessed taxes show 212 confined from 1842 to mid year for game duty. Reports on Richard Dodd’s arrest for murder circulate without official confirmation from Home Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
West Hackney
Hackney
Scoble
Miall
Wilson
Poe
Richard Dapp
Richard Dodd
Cobham Park
France
Dodd
Home Office
Commissioners of Police
Home Secretary
Critic’s dispute over art and church practices in London
A reader letters page debates moral ideals in painting, the Eclectic style of Gaspar Poussin, and the public’s treatment of art. It also repeats complaints about Bristol post deliveries, St Paul’s cathedral gatekeeping, and clerical burlesque, ending with a curmudgeonly note on Wellington portraits and age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiesale
England
Mopern
Gaspar Poussin
O. P.Q
Weekly Chronicle
Bristol
Brislington
Bath
London
P.S
W.C
St. Paul's Cathedral
Sam
Hall
Huddersfield
Leeds
St. Paul's
P.S. Why
Canon Tate
T. C.L
H. Bailey
R.A
Duke of Wellington
Doncaster
Gurwood
Marlbro
Age
Penn
Borgo Allegri Named Quarter After Jubilant Day
The town’s quarter remains unnamed while residents recall the celebration that inspired the name Borgo Allegri, reflecting local pride in a day of rejoicing and communal unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cimabue
Borgo Allegri
Extraordinary Buckmaster lecture clash at Cuckfield
A southern counties stop in Sussex saw Buckmaster lecture against the bread tax to labourers, then a conservative Dr Byass launched insults and violence from an inn window. Wheat flecking and urging action drew heckling, water threat, and cheering as Buckmaster concluded amid uproar.
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Cuckfield
Buckmaster
Sussex
Dr. Byass
Cobden
League
Calculating Sunrise Sunset Times Across Great Britain and Ireland
To find sunrise and sunset times we use the place latitude from guides and adjust the London base by degrees around 51 30. Higher latitudes reduce sunrise and increase sunset by proportional 6 minutes per degree, lower latitudes add 80 minutes to sunrise and subtract 1 minute from sunset.
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Great Britain and Ireland
London Dock
Bristol
Cork
Cove
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Southampton
London
NeEspay
The Week Sunday to Oct 1 Ephemeris and Readings
The Week lists church readings for Fifteenth and Sixteenth Sundays after Trinity. It notes lunar phase dates 30th and 8th, solar declination, day length changes, sunrise and twilight times, and daily weather and ephemeris remarks from Legh Meteo Ephem Zadkiel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legh
Meteo
Ephem
Zadkiel
Tuourspay
St. Jerome
Triumph of Protection Policy in United States Debate
The Weekly Chronicle argues Sir Robert Peel’s delayed tariff concessions threaten the U S free market. It warns of Tennessee election results empowering Protectionists, potential German and Latin market competition, and dire effects on Iron trades in Glasgow, Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Merthyr Tydville if policy remains stalled. It likens Peel to a doctor mixing homeopathy and hydropathy and calls for decisive, courageous action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Robert Peel
United States
America
Europe
Free Trade Party
Robert Peel
Robert
Peel
Everett
Tennessee
Senate
England
Germany
Glasgow
Leeds
Sheffield
Birmingham
Wolverhampton
Merthyr Tydville
Saxony
Prussia
Mexico
Brazils
Times
Disturbances in Wales Grow Worse Across Struggle
The piece notes worsening unrest in Wales where both sides fault each other and seek remedy. The Move ment’s grievances widen beyond public issues to private property and the administration of public trusts, signaling deeper social and political tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wales
The Queen's Continental Return and Its Possible Good
The Queen returns to Windsor from Belgium where Flemish crowds greeted her warmly in Bruges Antwerp Brussels and Ostend. The piece argues Continental manners show restraint and proper dignity, suggests English observers can learn moderation, and hopes the Queen's travels foster religious tolerance and national unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Belgium
Chateau d’Eu
Bruges
Antwerp
Brussels
Ostend
Leopold
Church of England
Perdition
Rome
Lord Ranelagh and General Nogueras dispute
The piece debates General Nogueras's culpability linked to Cabrera's Mother's death, noting Nogueras was suspended by the Spanish government after Lord Clarendon's remonstrances. It questions Lord Ranelagh's role as accuser and accuses him of aiding a brutal figure, referencing a long standing stain on Nogueras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Nogueras
Lord Ranelagh
Lord Clarendon
Cabrera
Spain
Ranelagh
Island dispute and bank scandal loom in Bremen Gazette
The Bremen Gazette reports unrest at the Weser island Lun(en)plate over Hanoverian encroachments and state reclamation. It notes John Brown’s bank manager resignation amid a large cash overdrawn balance, and covers Irish and British local politics including appointments, trials, and a slave trade case postponement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremen
Weser
Lunenplate
Cantis le Banx
John Brown
Carlisle City and District Bank
Hamilton
Acheson Lyle
Ned
Baron Pennefather
John
Earl of Glengall
Pennefather
Dublin Evening Post
CrenTrat Criminal Couat
Erskine and
Cresswell
Pedro de Zulueta
Thomas Jennings
Thomas Bernardos
Clarkson
Serjeant
Bempas
Payne
House of Commons
Zulueta
Justice Erskine
M. Zulueta
Bompas
Liverpool
John Britten
Market Harborough
England
Smithfield
Wells
Somersetshire
Lancashire
Caledonian Canal
Ross-shire Advertiser
London Coffee and Eatinghouse Keepers’ Association
Anderton's
Fleet-street
Hare
Marquis of Westminster
Duke of Sussex
Marshall
Lanpronp
Willoughby d'Eresby
Stobhall
Perth
NapPoreon
Elba
Sismondi
Stirling Rees
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Progress of
Inn South Wales
Legal & Miscellaneous Correspondence
S.D
C.K
H. B
H. M
Lord Ward
Worcestershire
New Zealand
Post Office
J. K
C. H
Charles H
F. Yates
Locke
H.M.S
Atl
Worcester
W. B
Fou
M.F
Assumpsit
Gaspar
Isaac
Nicholas
Salvator
Mercury
The
Woodman
Apollo
the Weekly Chronicle
Jose
Ireland
Durango
Bilbao
Espartero
Don Carlos
Count Toreno
Paris
Zumalacarraga
la Vendes
Hig Ale Max
Nogueras
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