Notable London Norse and National News Summary
Mr John Crossley MP and Rev Dr Mellor return from the United States. Sir M H Beach opposes Sunday closing of Irish pubs. Middlesex Asylums Board votes against Hampstead smallpox hospital. Derby School prizes awarded by Marquis of Hartington. A robbery and a missing passenger linked to a railway incident. Chinese prince visits Plymouth to study public schools. Smithfield Club Christmas Show opens with Prince of Wales winning Champion Cup. Death of MP Davenport prompts Lib/Lab candidacy. Dundee factory strike affects 20,000 workers. Bethnal Green adopts Free Libraries Act. Severe storm hits Potteries. La Plata steamer sinks in Bay of Biscay with many missing. Pauperism declines with yearly tables. Rev George Obern dies during a Newbury sermon. Legal cases in Stock Exchange conspiracy. Bethnal Green burglary pistol case. two Egyptian Nile surveys announced. Vicksburg failed negro assault. sheriff reinstatement aim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Crossley
Mellor
Halifax
United States
M. H. Beach
Glasgow
Midland
London
W. Rathbone
M.P
Washington Hall
Liverpool
Ublic
Middlesex Asylums Board
Hampstead
Duke of Argyll
Castle
Inverary
Andeighbourhood
Derby School of Art
Marquis of Hartington
Ilton
Pat Tuxford
Retford
Birmingham
Carlotta Patti
Adelina Patti
Plymouth
England
Imperial Court
Smithfield Club
Agricultural Hall
Islington
Prince of Wales
Edward Watkin
Exeter
John Coleridge
Davenport
St. Ives
Francis Lycett
Charles Praed
Jimes
Mordaunt
Dundee
Bethnal Green
Potteries
Bay of Biscay
la Plata
South America
Gareloch
Antenor
Gravesend
Mr. Henley
Siemens
Her
Brest
George Obern
Primitive Methodist Connexion
Newbury
Arma
Aspinall
C. Knocker
Whyte
Muir
S. G. Fry
Mansion House
The
Stock Exchange
Eupion Fuel and Gas Company
Central Criminal Court
Bethnal Green-road
Soudan
Nile
Darfour
Kordofan
Equator
Albert Nyanza
Vicksburg
Quinine effects and a playful Paris letter
A compilation notes varied topics from 19th century wit and literature to scientific findings. It covers society quips about postal cards and Brigham Young, a Philadelphia Centennial plan for the Great Eastern, a Paris voting machine concept, and a detailed Lancet report on quinine’s nervous system effects with dose-dependent outcomes.
Art Journal promises Landseer sketches for coming year
The Art Journal will publish a large number of sketches from prominent collectors’ portfolios by the late Sir Edwin Landseer. Lord Lytton is said to be working on a long romance in verse. Theodore Martin’s Life of the Prince Consort has new pages up to 1848. The Mill Memorial Fund considers a new statue by Woolmer, and Livingstone journals will be published in England. Britannica ninth edition is to be released with major revisions and additions from top writers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Journal
Edwin Landseer
Lord Lytton
Atheneum
Theodore Martin
Prince Consort
Messrs. Smith, Elder and Co
Louise
The
Mill Memorial Fund
Foley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mure
Paisley
Brigham Young
George II
Wolfe
Qoh
Moses
South Carolina
Sam
Great Eastern
Philaelphia Harbour
Apvic—e Gratis
Parisu
Glenelg
Inverness-shire
Paris
Rusticus
Herr Heubach
Professor Binz
Bonn
Kollliker
Heubach
Hitzig
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