Mysterious west Indies steamer spotted off Blaskets
The Elizabeth Taylor arrived from the West Indies reporting a rakish black steamer seen near the Blaskets on Tuesday. The ship’s near-shore passage and lack of salute stirred unease among seafarers, though officials say the sighting may be innocent.
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Elizabeth Taylor
West Indies
Blaskets
John Maunsell
Charles Maunsell
Clonlisk
Shinrone
Woods
Roscrea
King's County Chronicle
Bowenp O'Flanerty
Godley
Edmund O'Fisherty
O'Flaherty
Kelly
Capel-street
Copenhagen
Denmark
England
Bansanocs
Nenagh
Tipperary
Mullowney
Commission Court
Dublin
Clark
Cecilia Devine
Whitegate
Cork
Williams
Cork Assizes
Priest Daly
Traversers
Edmund Sisk
John Halloran
William Galvin
John Condon
Baron Pizot
Sisk
Flalloran
Galvin
Condon
Riots and strange tales from Scotland in 19th century columns
The Scotsman reports on prison numbers tied to the Atrogre Riots and rising anti Catholic sentiment in mines. It notes Buckle fishermen parading a flannel clad cooper for luck, a fatal Barrhead riot stabbing, and a Highland hunter shooting golden eagles. Other items include a Kinross escape attempt, a Greenock man stranded in a cemetery shrubbery, and a Morarsnine pregnancy cantrip anecdote.
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Fisukames
Buckle
Buny
Barragapo
Barrhead
Gorbals Water Company
John Tosh
North British Daily Mail
Gotpel
Charles Cattanach
Maxwell Steel
Burt
Colonel Maclean
Ardgour
Highlands
Jack Suerpano
Thomas Drysdale
Kinross
Syme
Stautar
Greenock
Graham
Morarsnine
Elgin
Buckinghamshire Folklore and a Mormon Court Affair
A fragment mentions a folkloric remedy involving a black coffin, a cat, a child, and a dangerous beldanic ritual, with claims of cure and later recovery. It also reports on a police court case where Frederick Charles Robison, a Mormon preacher, accused Thomas Shaw of assault after allegedly breaking into a home, leading to Robison’s intoxicated justification and Shaw’s discharge.
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Dwynin
Morayshire
Kerontey
Bakine
Scatman
Munich
Liebig
England
Tate
Tle
Trorate
Frederick Charles Rubinison
Thomas Shaw
Thomas
Robison
Frederick Charles Robinson
Great
Salt Lake
Brigham Young
Aberdern Free Press
Dowager Duchess of Beaufort dies after brief illness
The Dowager Duchess of Beaufort expired at Westbrook Hall near Berkhamstead aged 83 or 84, after a brief illness. She was born January 1771, married in 1791 to Henry Charles, sixth Duke of Beaufort, leaving several children including the Marchioness of Cholmondeley and Lady Georgiana Ryder. Surviving children include Lady Elizabeth Orde, Lady Georgiana Ryder, Lady Louisa Finch, and Lady Mary Farquhar.
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of Beaufort
Duchess of Beaufort
Westbrook Hall
Berkhampstead
Granville Dudley
Georgina Ryder
Granville
Marquis of
Stafford
Henry Charles
Duke of Beaufort
Marchioness of
London
Gloucester
Devonport
John Clouter
Moricesquare
St. Paul's
Clouter
Talisman Bercery
Jeremian Sartit
Jeremiah Smith
Rye
Wersierax CoxFerrier
Great Britain
Herodstoot
Liskeard
Plymouth Journal
Messrs
Harvey and Hudson's Bank
Norwich
Bradford
Yorkshire
William Ivory
St. George's Tombland
Messrs. Harvey and Hudson's
Wymondham
Ely
J. A. Hodgson
Ward
Hoddgson
New Inn
Old Bailey
Hodgson
Smith
Crows Glassmakers
Shields
Atgtst
Crown Glassmakers
Tyne and Wear
Crown Glass
Sarah Newton
Rowley Green
Shenley
Barnet
Taylor
Guy's Hospital
Thmas Windsor
Ponkule
Minton
Mary Anne Fennerly
Thomas Burns
Windsor
Oresine
St. George's Hall
Liverroot
St. George’s Hall
Earl of Sefton
House of Lords
Lord Campbell
Liverpool Chronicle
Turke Cmipres
Lientsixe
Capel St. Mary
Ipswich
National School
Creapery
Wales
Welch
Weeafiich
Forest Wach
Davi Thomas
John Davies
William Davies
David Thomas
Manwaring
Davies
Leeds Northern
Bramhope Tunnel
J. Gott
Leeds
John Robinson
Stockton-on-Tees
Robinson
Wakefield House of Correction
Mary
Lambert
Mr. Ward
Mr. Clarke
Field
Lodge
Sarah Beard
de Lara
John Lee
Hayward
Assizes
Kiteep
Liverpool
Victoria Station
Sheffield
Grantham
Duke of Rutland
Longshawe
Manchester
Retford
Doncaster
Knottingley
Pontefract
Midland
Isfant
Blackroot
Blackpool
Mary Egan
Worsley-street
Manchester City
Love
Mercer
Chiseldon
Richard Hughes
W. M. Crowdey
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