Fragmented London notices mix science and scandal in history
A dense compilation covers court cases, forgery rumors, royal dining charges, a hotel liveried sale, and distant travel notes. It details a drunkenness accusation, its dismissal, a forged restitution letter, Madame Rachel’s trial, and curious vignettes from New York to London with travel, science, and local anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times of Monday
J. Stuart Wortley
Credit Fencier of England
Wortley
Mali Gazette
Salmon Trades in London Market at Sixpence a Pound
The Atheneum notes plans to begin destroying the Colosseum in Regent's Park soon. A lampooned line jokes about humanity erring, a drunken man mistaking a pig-pen for his home. Daniel Webster once said that would resembled a lightning struck gridiron in Rufus Choate's handwriting. Hood quips on a man and a lion meeting with the man fleeing and the lion's mane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Daniel Webster
Rufus Choate
Hood
Also Mentioned on This Page
Macistratres
Westminster
Selfe
Ingham
Madame Rachsgt
Central Criminal Court
Serjeant
Ballantine
Madame Rachel
Borrodaile
Lord Ranelagh
New York
Langham Hotel
James Russell
Topsham
Exeter
Crystal Palace
William Howard Russell
Chelsea
Madame X
Madame
Azure
Ohio
Toper
Mars
AusTralia
Suez
London
Southampton
Marseilles
King Theodore
Isle of Wight
Captain Speedy
Indian Civil Service
Auckland
New Zealand
Mr. Haines
Totnes
Harberton
Venus
Queen Victoria
George III
Baptist Chapel
Crewkerne
Bristol Mercury
Porras
Academy of Sciences
M. Flammarion
Belle
Froga
Siege
Gerizim
Makhnak
Jacob
Joseph
el Shellab
Mount Moriah
Omar
The
Atheneum
Colosseum
Regent's Park
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