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Newspaper
Empire
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 02, 1854
Page
12
A dense miscellany reviews Mrs Stowe as Sunny Memories and critiques Crystal Palace notions, plus notices on Cooper Parlor Library editions, Laing on European revolutions, Jesuit biographies in Dublin, Bathurst memoirs, cholera remedies, and a Queen praised waltz collection.
The Bank of England adopts a new plan to impress notes and cheques, replacing Perkins's process. The old method used five steel plates and multiple rollers to print the face, with twenty engravers handling signatures at £500 yearly each. The correspondent questions alleged advantages and urges comparison with the new system.
The Bank adopted a machine aided signing process to standardize notes since 1833, reducing costs and increasing uniformity. While human signatures varied, the new method yields consistent delineation, making counterfeiting harder. genuine notes differ only by amount or number.
An extended review praises Sadler's Wells for ten years of Shakespeare focused productions under Phelps and Greenwood, notes added performers including Frederick Robinson, and contrasts northern suburb theatre with nearby venues. It highlights faithful staging, strong cast, and the 1844 prospectus promising accessible drama at fair prices. The piece also covers contemporary entertainments at Lyceum Astley’s and Grecian Saloon with mixed reactions to new pieces Faust and Marguerite and other acts.
A collection of aphorisms and light humor touching virtue, vanity, and social manners. The piece critiques covetousness and pride, offers wry quips about honesty and silence, and includes anecdotes about social foibles, a Spanish beggar, and a Stark County fair prize list for babies.
Satirical notes describe Wardell closing Vauxhall for harvest weather and Prince saying he'd ruin any campaign if they add a in it. Cardinal Wiseman edits an index of England’s press and books with approval. Bomarsund fleet news praises Baltic action with allies and hints at Constast fall and Nicholas.
A murky column of 19th century sketches jokes and verses satirizing figures like Lieut Perry and the Czar of Russia. It riffs on manners, censorship and public figures with quips about lawsuits, taxes, and royal image care.
Ferguson sues jeweler Henry Mills for 31 pounds 6s over a 9 pound gold chain supposedly worth 7 pounds per shopman. Jury verdict sets 2 pounds in favor of plaintiff. Other cases include purse thefts on London Bridge with Cosgrove and Lee jailed for three months, and a charge of stealing a coat and rug by Lord Colville impostor.
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