Debates on Cruel Sports Show Class Decadence
A satirical tract condemns prize fighting and pigeon shooting as indicators of moral decline among the upper classes. It contrasts royal patronage of fighting with modern police attention and laments fashionable ladies applauding bird hunts at Hurlingham, arguing such cruelty reflects broader aristocratic decay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Battersea Park
Red House
Hurlingham
Shepherd’s Bush
Fulham
Hurlingham Park
Aristone
Epsom
Putney
Crystal Palace
Unpowsten centenarian traced through life insurance
A Times notice notes Jacob William Luning died June 23, 1870, aged 103 years 1 month 4 days. His life was insured with Equitable Assurance Society, age 32 at policy start in 1799, supporting claims of extreme longevity. The policy is to pay nearly six and a half times the original sum, a historic payout for life insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
Jacob William Luning
Equitable Assurance Society
G. Cornewall Lewis
Luning
Equitable
Court Official and Personal Heroes Display
A long report recounts a state concert at Buckingham Palace with 160 performers from Italian Operas, Philharmonic, Sacred Harmonic Societies, and Her Majesty's private band. It covers the Windsor Association events, prize distribution, royal visits to Aldershot, Osborne, and the Workmen's International Exhibition, plus various appointments and imperial tours through 1871. The piece notes royal remarks, medals, and upcoming travels, including letters from Miss Nightingale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckingham Palace
Philharmonic
Sacred Harmonic Societies
Her Majesty
Prince Consort
Windsor
Earl Granville
Foreign Office
Earl of Kimberley
Viscount Halifax
James
Sir Barnes Peacock
Privy Council
Aldershot
Prince of Wales
10Th Hussars
Frederick W. Farrar
Arrow School
Indsor
Osborne
Leopold
Louise
Beatrice
Thames Embankment
Princess’ Louise
Princess of Walesa
Prince Albert Victor
Prince George
Princess Louise
Suite
London
Dover
Channel
Brussels
Denmark
Pritca
Copenhagen
Sever ‘É’vlock
Society of Arts
M. de Lesseps
Marlborough House
Prince and Princess of Wales
Prince Arthur
Quebec
England
Duke of Nemours
Puen House
India
D. A. Lange
Bombay
Stephen Blair
Bolton
Blair Hospital
Ayrton
E. J. Reed
C.B
Navy
Joseph Whitworth
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