The French Constitution Debate and its Social Promise
A critique of the National Assembly as it shapes the new constitution in France. The piece questions abstract pledges of Liberty and Equality, defends property and labor, and notes Thiers and Tocqueville among the moderates. It warns of potential insurrection and highlights debates over arrest protections and state funding for religion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Louis the
National Assembly
Legislative Assembly
M. Matthien
Thiers
Letmartine
de Tocqueville
Daofaare
Thiere
Emile de Girardin
Prince de Joinville Letter on Louis Philippe Policy
A dated 1847 letter from the Prince de Joinville, written on the Souverain near Spezzis, criticizes the French king's policy and predicts constitutional strain. The missive conveys alarm at political events in Naples, Florence, and Spain, and argues the King’s age and actions threaten the monarchy and country, urging frank discussion within the Chambers. The document is presented with background from the Athbar of Algiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince DE Joinville
Louis Philippe
Athbar
Algiers
Duke de Nemoira
Spezzis
M. Guizot
Tuileries
Tan
Bresson
Naples
de Montessuy
Florence
le Pére
Sudan
Lord Palmerston
England
Italy
Austria
Switzerland
France
Palmerston
Spain
du Pere
Massacre of Missionaries Details from Sandwich Islands
Journal du Havre reports a massacre of Protestant missionaries in Cayouse territory along the Columbia. Dr. Whiteman and family, with colleagues and pupils, were killed by Cayouse fighters after suspicions of poisoning and treachery. A governor's expedition was authorized to pursue the culprits. fears of further outbreaks linger amid colonial tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal du Havre Haa
Sandwich Islands
Colombia
Society of American Missions
Whiteman
Cayouses
River Columbia
Aany Times
Waalatpou
Arma
House of God
Rogers
Abernethy
Columbia
Legislative Council of
Oregon
Lea
Watlatpou
Society of Missionaries
Hudson's Bay Company
Walla-Walla
Extraordinary Escape and Recapture of a Prisoner
A stylish young man duped Isle of Wight society claiming kinship to a Southampton banker. He feigned illness to escape Newport jail after evading surgeons, clambering over walls, and using a local inn to reach Ryde, then London. Police pursued across Derby Hull to Newport, recapturing him with aid from Inspector Tedman. two women aided his escape but unseen guilt. He had prior forged bills and a seven year transport sentence.
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Macuers
Isle of Wight
Southampton
Newport
Allen
Webb
Alexander Ford
Ford
Mae
Ryde
Bim
London
Tale of Wight
Isle
Afr. Campbell
Waterloo Bridge Road
Swansea
Benjamin Alexander Ford
Central Criminal Court
Millbank
Woolwich
London Police Commissioners
Metropolitan Police Force
Tedman
Bristol
Bath
King's College, London
Derby
Hull
Revell
Oxford Street
Ball
Bradshaw's Railway and Steam Guide
M' Manus
Montague Clifford
Wan Ford
M‘ Manus
Messrs. Smith and Co.'s
Messrs. Smiths’ Bank
Blyth
Walton Wight
Portsmouth
Osborne House
The Essex Poisonings in Ramsey Inquiry Opens
The Ramsey inquest into a poisoning case opened by coroner William Codd reveals a suspected wide network of wives poisoning husbands to profit from death clubs. Witnesses described a sickly death of Nathaniel Button in 1844 linked to a May Bush Friendly Society payout, with an ongoing probe likely to exhumations and further trials.
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RamseEr
William Codd
Essex
Weekly Chronicle
May
Chelmsford
Nelson’s Head
Codd
M‘ionen
Ramsey
Nathaniel Button
N.B
Nathaniel Burton
Great Oakeley
May Bush Friendly Society
Witcees
Button
Coffa
Mary Ames
Mra. Button
Abe
Neual
Kis Hom
London
Taylor
Apprehension of a Runawar Rate Collector in Selford
A Liverpool tax collector Thomas Curtis fled with £2000 to £3000, was robbed in Boston of the booty, then sailed back to Hull with his wife. He was arrested in bed by police, remanded for ten days, and bailed. The court will proceed for obtaining money under false pretenses, not embezzlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Curtis
Borough of
Selford
Liverpool
Boston
England
Suaels
Hull
Olice
William Jenkinson
Menchester
Charles Gibson
Harding
Curtis
Hyde Park
John Rennie
Improvement at Storp's Rooms and Ocean Monarch affair
A report details interior upgrades at Lloyd's Royal Exchange rooms including stone colour walls and granite like accents with statues of Prince Albert and Mr Haskisson. Separately, Bacon master of St Luke's workhouse is interred after his body washed ashore near Abergavenny following a shipboard flight from America.
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Bragman
Highlands
Scotland
Mar
Prince Albert
Braemar
Grampian Range
Aberdeenshire
Invarcauld
Craigheik
Invercauld
Castleton
Lochnagar
Balloch Bay
Cairngoram
Benaure
Brasmar
Invercauld House
Malcolm Canmore
Waverley
Farquhstson
Ashes
Fife
Greenbank Terrace
Farquharson
Sir A. Duff
Delgaty
Farquharsons
Duke of Leeds
Athol
Duke of
Marlodge
Perthshire
Leads
Marquis of Huntly
Earl of Aboyne
Duff
England
Duchess of Leads
Countess of Aboyne
Queen
Princess Royal
Prince of Wales
Prince Alfred
Alexander Ricardo
James Ross Farquharson
Francis Dundas Farquharson
George Murray Farquharson
John Athol Farquharson
Prince
A. Duff
Craig Clunie
Craigs
Adolphus Fitzclarence
Lord Brooke
Lord Cranleigh
James Murray
Countess of Gainsborough
Viscountess Canning
George Grey
M.P
James Clark
Alexander Gordon
Anson
Benjamin Hall
John
Lady C. Guest
Miss Guest
Challoner
Maxwell
Wallace
Wharton Duff
Leith Hes
John Lewis Ricardo
Ricardo
George Duff
James Dutton
John Murray Drummond
Strathallan
Devereux
P. Small Keir
Ann Chertons
Carnegie
Pittaron
William Farquhar
Archibald Clive
Her
Daucers
Invercanld
Balmoral
Walter Scott
Bir
Marquis
Huntly
Storp's
Royal Exchange
Lloyd's
Haskisson
Times
Lyddekker
Merchant Seamen's Society
Casrs
Cabitt
St. Loex's
Abney Park
Clapton
Bacon
St. Luke's Workhouse
Ocean Monarch
America
St. Luke's
Abergavenny
London
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M. Ledro Rollin
Dot
Treland
Ireland
Sesson
Dublin
New World
New York
Baunvece Guares
Hamburgh
Messra
Powley
Thzimby Grange
Shap
Penrith
Shap Beck
Paddy
Carlisle
Patrick
Loch-Na-Gar
Alfred Paget
Gordon
G.E. Anson
Balmora Castle
Byron
Ida
Parnassus
Grampians
Garwald
Insercauld
Balloch
Bowie
Her Majesty
Royal Circle
Barmonat
Invercauld Forest
Abergeldie
Farland Countess of
Aboyne
Maxwell Wallace
Turspar
Batsora
Royal
Charles Lyell
Yhe Geological Society
Balmonal
Balwore
Haddo House
Old Meldrum
Earl of Aberdeen
Victoria and Albert
Aberdean
Prince Consort
Lars Lond Horlanp
Lord Holland
Westminster Abbey
Baily
Newman Street
Monors
Ashton
Bright
Ratcliffe
Constantine
Kenworth
Walker
Winterbottom
Scott
Taseaker
Sefton
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