IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

... HOUSE OF LORDS (THIS DAY). SCOTTISH MILITIA. In answer to the Duke of Montrose, The Earl of AsIERDEEN stated that he had previously been misunderstood. The militia in Scotland is to consist of 10,000 men, and is to be called up this year. Lord BsoOUGHAM expressed his approval of the proceedings of the British government, to prevent war, and strongly con. demned those of the Czar in encouraging ...

Published: Friday 03 March 1854
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 551 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

SECRET STATE PAPERS

... WE confess we have been startled by the character of the secre and confideutial corres- pondence between the RUSSIAN EixrEuon and the English government, which has just issued from the QUEEN'S printers. We deal in no ex- aggeration when we say that the State docu- ments which have been this week made public, exceed in interest and importance any that have seen the light since the ...

Published: Friday 24 March 1854
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1018 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

THE WHALE FISHERIES

... I I 2Vee following st, speciall cyosnpiled fors MAartood's Diredovy atnd Reister, ezhibits the number of ships lost in the Davis Straits and Greenland Fisheries, from 1816 to 1853, inclusive. 1816. 1829 n Name. Port. Tons. Name. Port. Tons. Earl Fife, Banff . 290 Rookwood, London ?? 363 1817 Jane, Aberdeen . 280 London, Hull. 310 Home Castle, Leith . 311 Daumtless, London. 286 1830. ...

Published: Friday 24 March 1854
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 755 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

THE INDEMNIFIED ELECTORS

... I I ON Friday, Sir JOHN HAND1ER presented a petition from Mr. JOHN HEWITT GALLOWAY, complaining very properly of the bad faith kept towards himself and others, by the proposal to disfranchise them, after an assurance that they would be protected from all forfeitures and penalties as the consequence of their disclo- sures. But the petition gravely goes on to as- sure the House that the ...

Published: Friday 31 March 1854
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 915 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

THE PRESTON LOCK-OUT

... I lTHfE pREBSTON LOOK-OUT. 'The income of the power-loom weavers on Monday last amounted to a a 2,00 te ief cantribatious being as follow0 Stockpoirb, 22451. I Preston, about 17wheo Over arwn A, to l shton. under-Lyne, 1201.; Hye 11;Oda, 1001.;:Ohurch Parish, iner; Btsle a bd 52. b ecrington, 811; Bolton, O8t01. the raley , ad. whod, 261. for i t the in oS the wct thee the camp pr 2d meeting ...

Published: Sunday 26 March 1854
Newspaper: Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4155 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

MAKING HAY FOR THE ARMY

... A pattern scoundrel has been brought before Parliament, and proved to have shipped several hundred tons of hay for the use of our cavalry horses on their way to the East. Each truse contained in the centre, shavings, straw, and all manner of filth, and in one was a dead lamb. The bay was wetted to make it weigh heavy, so that the horses might have perished for want of food, or, more than ...

Published: Sunday 26 March 1854
Newspaper: Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 419 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

THE MARK-LANE CORN ORACLES

... I U THE MAE2I-LANB CORN ORA C3S. I To THE EDcTou.-Str,-I have to. request a smali spae in your valuable journal for the following remarks upon the corn letter in the Mark Lase Bxpresw of the 20th inst. The Crdaker i3 again at the old trick: that is, according to Lis account, no fartter supplies of bread staffs are to be expected from America, as, he says, the latest advice3 from the United ...

Published: Sunday 05 March 1854
Newspaper: Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1507 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

BURNLEY MECHANICS' INSTITUTE

... I BURNLEY MNECHAMI INSTITUTE, I ANNUAL SOIREE. h On Thursday last, the members and friends of the Burnley t. Mechanics' Institution held their thirteenth annual tea party, and b it was, both as regards numbers and influence, one of the most f; successful that has been held in connection with the Institution. v In the spacious room at Salem School accommodation was found b for upwards of five ...

Published: Saturday 04 March 1854
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3791 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

LANCASTER

... . - I ImocEnsa, Lcwutxn.At the MusoC Hall, on Tuesday even. Ilg last, Mr. Frederick Grafton gave avery interesting lecture on Universal Stellar Creation, illustrated by numerours views anda large transparent orrery. Mr. Lovegrove also exhibited his splendid diorama of sacred, classic, alpine, and arctic scenery ; and Charles Marshall, Esq., also exhibited the route of the Over- land MaU to ...

Published: Saturday 25 March 1854
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1295 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

FLEETWOOD

... 1777LEEWOOD-. - I ?? series of lectures in1 course of delivery at the ex Meabanlcs' Institution, Fleetwood, previously noticed by us, pro- Al igresses sattsfactoril. On Monday night week, the third of the series was delivered by the Rev. G. Y. Osborne, on Omens, co- a incidences, dreams, andapparitlons,-a pleasing lecture; and, on i Monday last, a large and respectable audience was highly ...

Published: Saturday 11 March 1854
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1156 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

THE ALLEGED RIOT AT PRESTON

... TOE ALLEGED RoT. AT PRESTON. TO THE EDitOOR OF REYNOLDS'S NEWSPAPERl SIR,-As your valuable paper has ever advocated the rights of labour, and opposed the many tyrannical: acts of capitalists,-and as, likewise, your- paper has taken a very prominent part in demonstrating the justness of the claims of the factory-workers at- Preston,-You will greatly oblige the said body by -giving insertion to ...

Published: Sunday 12 March 1854
Newspaper: Reynolds's Newspaper
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1249 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: News 

BY MR. POOL

... VALUABLE FREEHOLD LAND. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. POOL, (If not previously disposed of Private Contract.) At the House of Mr. King, the Bulls Head Inn, Derby, FRIDAY, March 10, 1834, at Six o'clock in the Evening, subject to conditions then to be produced; ALL that piece or parcel of LAND, on tbe Uttoxeter Road, near the Toll Bar, in the pariah of Lillleover, and lata in the oceupation of ...

Published: Wednesday 08 March 1854
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 206 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: News