Private Journal of Capt G F Lymm at Polar Discovery
A lengthy literary notice reviews Captain Lyon and Captain Parry's Arctic voyage journal. It praises Lyon and Parry, discusses encounters with the Requimanx and Hiquimaux peoples, barter customs, red snow, wildlife, and a theatre aboard the Fury. It recounts shipboard life, bears, a fox, shrimps, and Eskimo tattoo practices with vivid, period-tinged description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Lymm
Nf. M
Herta
Parry
Rye
London
Ricardo Lecture on Wages and Prices Causes of Cotton Decline
Friday's lecture by Mr M'Culloch examined how wages impact profits and price. He argued machinery lowers costs and cotton prices, boosting sales. The audience, including Lord Culthope and multiple MPs, gave a cordial reception and anticipated next on wages and profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M'Culloch
M‘culloch
Artizans’ Committee
M.C
Ivingdown
Lord Culthope
Lord King
Henry Parvell
Franklind Lewis
M. P
Lloyd
Meesrs
Jobo
George Awith
Messrs. Phillips
Sen
Memoirs of Drocet the Postmaster and Varennes Rebel
The article traces Drocet of St Menehould a harsh Montagnard who halted Louis XVI at Varennes and rose to power in the Convention. It covers his political zeal his attacks on rivals his imprisonments escapes truces with the Austrians and his later roles under the Directory and the Consuls. It notes his later exile death in Macon and kinship to General Drouot Count d Erlon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drouat
St. Methowkd
Louis XVI
St. Menehould
Montmedy
Varennes
Cande
Convention
Teibane
France
Ile
Mauhege
Moravia
Camus
Bournonville
Basle
Council of Five Hundred
Robespierre
Marat
Babeuf
Jacobin Society
Bith
Abbay
Council of the Ancients
Vendome
Grenelle
Switzerland
Meangy
East Indies
Teneriffe
Lord Nelson
Druet
High-Court of Vendome
Directory
Brurmaire
Macon
General Drouot
Count d'Erlon
Restoration Funds Signed For Holyrood Palace Repair
Edinburgh Observer reports government grant of four thousand pounds yearly for six years to restore Holyrood House. Plans include repairing the palace, reserving the Botanic Garden site, and possibly purchasing intervening houses to extend the Royal Park. Mr Reid to supervise as royal architect, with active steps to prevent further ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holrood House
Bry
Edinbwegh Obperwer
Protestant Liberalism Education in Kinmean Parish
A fragment from a Cork parish letter lauds Protestant benefactors for supporting schooling in Loughbeg Kinmean. It notes five pounds from RC charity and praise for Exg. Rogers and family who funded desks, forms, and schoolhouse comfort, with masters paid by parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
England
Weacounty
Cork
Loughbeg
R.C. B
Rogers
S Taper
Narrow escape ends in tragedy at schoolyard balcony fall
An inquest in Gray's Inn Jane heard a nine year old boy named Batting fell 27 feet from a balcony while attempting a playful landing after cleaning windows. Witnesses said boys were ordered to clean windows, prompting jury to criticize the practice and urge its discontinuation. Verdict: Accidental Death. Parish committee likely to ban such window cleaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tintas Stirling
Baldwin's Gardens
Gray's Inn
Jane
Batting
Maetely
Bors
Robbery of the Chester Mail Stamps Stolen
A parcel containing a large quantity of stamps was stolen from the Chester mail on the 17th last month. The loss was discovered days later and the Commissioners of Stamps have offered a 5001 reward. Bishop of Bow Street traces the affair for Henry Hesketh, Chester, stamp distributor for the district. The items listed include numerous quire and sheet stamps with varied prices and parchment skins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Stamp Office
Henry Hesketh
Bishop
Bow-street
Balloon Ascent From Leamington Spa by Mr Green
Aeronaut Mr Green launched a grand balloon ascent from Leamington Spa amid a large crowd. He lifted off at four o clock with scientific gear, soared guided by winds toward Oxford, then Northamp ton, descending after about an hour in a field owned by Montgomery in Milton. Locals cheered his safe return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Leamington Spa
Espanse
St Apask
Oxford
Mr Green
Northampton
Montgomery
Milton
Leamington
Lemington
Crowded University Club Scene With Gloucester Party
A Wednesday evening gathering at the University Club to host the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester drew well over two thousand guests into a space fit for six to seven hundred. The Duchess and Princess Sophia arrived after eleven, greeted by nobility, with refreshments in the dining room and a dangerous crush on entry. Guests, mostly ladies, wore fatigue and many paused on carpets long after daylight, as carriages overflowed and escape proved impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zerg
Forimy Ain
Lynn
Dick Dowlns
Answer
Parry
University Club
Duke and Duchess of Gloucester
Sophia of Gloucester
Marquis of Lansdowne
Earl of Hardwicke
Ics
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lyon
Borrow
Admiralty
Varry
Africa
North Pole
Artic
Subjeste
Savage Islands
Crantz
Rome
Tomé
Frobisher
Captain Ross
Pater Paterson
Spitzberghen
Reynard
Sir Anthony
Captain Absolute
Worthington
Fass
Mia Kettle
Amama
Esquimaux
Ricardo
Drocet
Luctsnes
Holyrood House
Chester Mail
Dublin
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