Fontaine the Presbyterian minister and pirate hunter in Ireland
The narrative recounts Fontaine embracing Presbyterianism to avoid recusancy, turning to trades to support his family, and innovating cloth finishing. He later led a refugee church in Dublin, built a coastal fort plan, repelled pirates with his household, and ultimately surrendered after a siege. His pension ended active life, with Memoirs finished in Dublin and later published in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of England
Fontaine
Duke of Monmouth
Jeffreys
Jacques Fontaine
Dublin
Ireland
Duke of Ormond
Son
Catalonia
America
Bay State
New York
Autocracy in Poland and Russia Review
A critique by Julian Alten and Dr. Lotsky surveys tyranny in Poland and Russia, praising Alten for vivid exposure of serfdom and portraying Moses with humanist grandeur while cautioning about miracles. Strabo and new busts for Kossuth, Mazzini, and Fox are discussed alongside a striking fossil tree find and notes on Paris Exhibition preparations and North West Passage illustrations. The piece also covers the Educational Exhibition at St Martin's Hall and calls for a permanent museum of education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Russia
Iuttan Allen
Trubner and Co
Julian Alten
United States
Nicholas
Allen
Kossuth
Mazzini
Fox
W. J. Fox
M.P
Oldham
Signor Bezzi
Neville Bernard
Sheffield
Ebenezer Elliot
Merighi
Earle
Ifo
Holyoake and Co. Fleerstreet
Broomfich Freestone
Bailie John Davidson
Airdiv
Inmense
Wilson
Polar Circle
Baring's Island
Melville Island
ST. Martin's Wall
Society of Arts
Council of the Society of Arts
Crystal Palace
Sydenham
Hyde Park
St. Martin'’s Hall
Museum of Education
Friends of Education
Desideratum
Museum of
St. Martin’s Hall
Remarks on ancient geography and modern historical compendiums
A review discusses Strabo’s view of world boundaries and the circumnavigation idea, praises The History of Russia by Walter K. Keatz for faithful detail, and notes contributions from Karamsin Tooke Segur. Also mentioned are De Foe memoirs, Horey respiration lectures, Muspratt chemistry, and The Englishwoman's Illustrated Paper with fine illustrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Walter K. Keatz
Bohn
Kelly
Karamsin
Tooke
Segur
Peter the Great
Daniel de Foe
Caddon
Dickory Crooke
Walter Scott
Thomas Horey
Churchill
London
Layard MP Visits Aylesbury Before Eastward Journey
Mr Layard MP for Aylesbury visited his constituency last week before leaving for the East to observe the proceedings at Constantinople and Varna. He does not intend to remain long abroad and expects to return to England soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Layard
Aylesbury
East
Constantinople
Varna
England
Opera season in decline at Drury Lane and Lyceum
Review of recent offerings at the Rorav Orgia and Lyceum. Madame Caradori and Mille headlined Norma Semiramide and Sonnambula while Haymarket expands with Reeves for Balfe opera The Bohemian Girl. Anticipates a busy autumn with new stages opening and reimagined repertoires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drury Lane
Madame Caradori
Mille
Agnes Bury
Brooke
England
Covent-garden
Malle
Biry
Caryatides
Lyceum
Balfe
Reeves
Thaddeus
James Tully
Hay
Larkstone
Haymarket
Stkagy Theatre
Hammond
Charles Dickens
Romer
Gradgrind
Barrett
Bounderby
Vacxnat
Cremorne
Storer Zootodeat
Vauxhall
Wardell
Green
Mr. Cowell
Macbeth
Rangoon
War-office
Lindley Murray
Priscian
St. James’s Theatre
John Daly
Pericles
Olympic
Adelphi
New Weather Glass From Gum in Camphor Bottle
A writer describes using gum flakes in a camphor bottle as an inexpensive weather indicator. When the flakes rise, a change to windy or wet weather is predicted. when they settle at the bottom, calm or clear conditions follow. The method is proposed as a low cost alternative to expensive barometers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chalmers
Wit and Wisdom and A Dublin Caricature Laughs
A collection of quips and witticisms from public life. Notes include a Paris book on abolishing the Channel, Lord Granville urging universal education, and a stage manager clashing with a careless actor. At Barra’s ladies’ celebration about 900 attendees hear a toast denigrating old bachelors. A Dublin carman and a joke about the Post Office provoke broad laughter amid quips about modern life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Lord Granville
Barra
Dublin
Sackville-street
Sackville-street, As They Passed the General Post Office
Pat
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Moses
Jous Lotsky
Panslavia
Lotsky
Strabo
Suegipax Muspratt
Mackenzie
Glasgow
Lofts
Strand
the Drama & Public Entertainments
Star
Old England
New
Spenser
Shakspeare
Bacon
Atlantic
Pacific
Mrs. Stowe
WIT and Wisdom
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