Cousin Jack and The Gordian Knot Review in Brief Notices
A London publisher review notes Cousin Jack by Suracey Brooks shows promise but imperfect craft with characters and plot underdeveloped. It contrasts with The Gordian Knot series, praising printing and potential. The Idylls of the King volumes are also commended for accessibility and introduction quality.
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Cousin Jack
London
Sampson Low
Ambrodse
Jack
Haa
Godd
Suracey Brooks
Bradbury, Evans, and Co
Arthur
Macmillan
King Arthur
Thomas Ory
Tennyson
Scottish Reform League to hold July conference in Glasgow
A Glasgow meeting of the Scottish Reform League resolved to convene a Reformers conference on July 7 to plan united action for the coming election. In other items, collieries in South Staffordshire plan wage cuts, a Napier city honor was approved, and harvest prospects were noted along the Sea of Azoff. The Miles by-election committee opened hearings amid bribery and personation allegations.
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Scottish Reform League
Glasgow
Staffordshire
Common Council
Robert Napier
Sea of Azoff
Baistol
Exgorron Perirron
Miles
Serjeant Ballantine
Witt
Lord Brovugham
Henry
Brougham and
Vaux
Brougham Hall
Westmoreland
Cannes
William
England Man Bequeaths All Real and Personal Property
The text reports a man declaring his deed lost or destroyed and gifting all his English real estate to his brother William with full heirs and assigns, and all his personal estate to him. It also covers weather, harvest prospects, and a court libel case involving Risk Allah Bey, detailing his background, marriage, inheritance, a murder-linked trial, and a libel suit against the Daily Telegraph.
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England
William
London
Ireland
Mechi
Kelvedon
Essex
Metropolitan Association For
Marquis of Westminster
Association
Pimlico
Gatliff
Dartty TgeLeerapa
Queen’s Bench
Risk Allah Bey
Lewis
Charles Readly
Rish Allah
Bingham
Brussels
Risk Allah
Allah
Osman Effendi
Daily Telegraph
Telegraph
Serjeant Parry
Baker Greene
Lawyer Defendants Defeated in High Courts Damages Set at 960
The plaintiff and counsel Mr. Coleridge Q C and Serjeant Ballantine led the defense in a lengthy trial. Rish Allah testified for two days as the court examined his unusual life. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff awarding damages of 960.
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Mr. Coleridge
Q.C
Ballantine
Rish Allah
Miscellaneous Notices From A Busy Era
Gleanings note several items including lightning melting telegraph wire in Illinois, probate evidence in Melbourne and Chili in the Tichborne case, emigrants sending money to Ireland, two mocking-birds at the Crystal Palace, Ramagte steamer Eagle berths for summer, a new dog law authorizing police action, a retort about sour beer at a school, and the origin of singer Ninsson Malle Nilsson's talent from a roadside inn encounter.
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Illinois
America
J. P. Wilde
Probate Court
Tichborne
Melbourne
Chili
Ireland
Crystal Palace
Crystal Fountain
Ramagate
Richard Mayne
Ninsson
Jan
Malle. Nilsson
Holloway’s Pills and Ointment Promise Complete Cure
Advertises Holloway’s pills and ointment as a universal remedy for angry or indolent sores and all skin diseases from impure blood. Claims long-lasting cures with daily ointment use and a course of pills, noting safety and absence of mercury or harsh substances.
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Hontoway
Holloway
Births Marriages and Deaths notice from Victorian era
Births list names and dates including Macfie Singleton Wallis. Marriages record Renwick Saunders Renwick Gillespie Ware Dawson Field Farr Gostage Morgan Lucas Whitehead Roberts Coles Chadwick Baron Schofield Woodcock with partner names and wedding dates across England and New South Wales.
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New South Wales
W. Slatyer
Arthur Renwick
Edinburgh
B.A
Sydney
F.R.C
George Renwick
Eaq
J.P
Hklizabeth
John Saunders
Renwick
Gillespie
Fivenes
Redfern
Adam Thomason
William Slatyer
William Condie
Christiana
James Gillespie
Collingwood Lodge
Liverpool
Ware—Dawson
Independent Chapel
Dudley
John Ware
Ware Brothers and Co
Salisbury
Marianne Clarke
Baptist Chapel
Wokingham
Berks
J. Aldis
Reading
Samuel
Samuel Gostage
Kingstreat
Elizabeth Anne
James Morgan
Emsworth
Lockwood
Ann Whitehead
Rastrick
Roberts—Coles
Chepstow
John Thomas
London
William Roberts
Jane Coles
Chadwick—Baron
Tabernacle Baptist Chapel
Blackburn
R. Cameron
John Chadwick
the Baptist Church
Milnes Bridge
Yorkshire
Isabella Smith
Milea Baron
Schofield—Woodcock
United Methodist Free Church
Pye Bank
Sheffield
J. Adcock
James Schofield
Parkwood Springs
Eliza
John Woodcock
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