Ireland Debates Victrical Cover and Irish Centralization
Irish papers discuss Exmorion Victrical Cover amid limited Dublin Trades Protection Society attendance. Deputation planned to seek Parliament action and petitions to both Houses. Press commentary ranges from condemnation to cautious approval of centralization and union policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin Trades Protection Society
Chamber of Commerce
Freeman's Journal
Mercantile Advertiser
Ireland
Evening Mail
Banner of Ulster
Northern Whig
Cork
Advocate
The
Irish Freetraders
Friends of Agricultural Improvement
Her Majesty's
Belfast College
Hodges
Belfast
Jenny Lind Declines Offer for Imperial Concerts
The article notes Jenny Lind turning down an offer of about thirty thousand pounds to sing at imperial concerts in Russia. Her decisive objection centers on Hungary. Punch hails Lind as a superior artist outshining imperial authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenny Lind
Abolitionism, Texas census, and California symbols in 1850s press
American papers debate Congress, slavery, and Union threats as abolitionists push reform. Notices report Texas white and colored populations, electors, and growing newspapers. California unveils arms with Minerva and Eureka motto, while a New Yorker describes a possible ancient gold mine find. Canadian papers discuss annexation and responsible government in Toronto.
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Plymouth Rock
Pennsylvania
George Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Liberator
E. H. Nevin
First Presbyterian Church
Mt. Vernon
Presbyterian Church
Old School
Horace Greely
New York Tribune
England
London
Manchester
Satan
Tartarus
Texas
California
Minerva
Sierra Nevada
Eureka
Diggine
Murphy's Diggins
Republic
Toronto Examiner
Overseeing Charge Dismissed in Norfolk Assizes
At the Norfolk Assizes J Jones of Marsh Gibbon was acquitted of feloniously killing a pauper Luckett during transport to a Buckingham union house. The case highlighted neglect but the judge ruled the overseer acted under orders and the jury agreed. Grand jury later considered manslaughter charges against King.
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Down
Justice Ball
Baron Lefroy
Galway
County Down
Orangemen
Dolly’s Brae
Lanpiorp Ourracse
Limerick
Bevan
Glen Bevan
Fitzgerald
Croom
R. Maxwell
Theserisoners
Theitzgeralds
Gould
R.M
Ireland
Norfolk
J. Jones
Marsh Gibbon
Luckett
Union House
Buckingham
University of Oxford
Jones
King
Justice Talfourd
Salisbury
Sidney Herbert
Goodfellow
Collett
Belittling Nicknames and Heraldry Jests Across Papers
The Church and State Gazette jokes about Dr Hook being a bird or person, while the Gateshead Observer insists he is a weathercock. A wealthy man recalls opting for plain dress over heraldic arms, noting his original coat lacked arms when he arrived in L-.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church and State Gazette
Hook
Gateshead
John
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American Scraps
LAW and Police
Farranzis
Times
Laycock
Neale
Humbéy
Sheffield
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