Commission of inquiry on crab and lobster decline held in Edinburgh
The inquiry heard witnesses on seafood shortages and recommended a close season and size limits. Other items include Walsall applying the Artisans' Dwelling Act to 119 homes, Dudley sewage scheme funded by the Earl of Dudley, and lighting Cockermouth with oil lamps. Court cases cover Ashford aldermanic testimony, Liverpool burglaries, Bristol accident deaths, and the Archbishops charge on church unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Buckland
Spencer Walpole
Archibald Young
Edinburgh
Walsall
Earl of Dudley
Dudley
Cockermouth
Ashford
Headley
Society of Friends
Delasaux
Liverpool
Finzell
Bristol
Essrs
John Brown and Co
Sheffield
Industrial Bank
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Ouseburn Engine Works
Ouseburn
Archbishop of
Maskelyne
Donkin
Jerusalem
Gloucester
Timothy
Londonderry
M‘knight
Londonderry Standard
Life of the Prince Consort Volume II Issued
Theodore Martin’s second volume, issued with the Queen’s sanction, details interviews and letters between the Prince and the Duke of Wellington over appointing him Commander-in-Chief. It covers the Queen’s rebuke to Lord Palmerston in 1850 and events from 1848 to 1854 including protectionist debates, anti Papal sentiment, an assassination attempt, the Great Exhibition project, and the Don Pacifico affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Consort
Theodore Martin
Duke of Wellington
Lord Palmerston
Martin
Protection
Don Pacifico
Keynsham grant controversy and King Solomon wall claim
In a controversial debate, a school grant to Pembrey village faces scrutiny after the parish earlier built an extra school, while the Keynsham case is cited against duplicative provisions. Separately, Captain Warren reports discovering Solomon’s wall standing 190 feet high, with Phoenician masonry marks and stones weighing up to 100 tons, suggesting builders of King Hiram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FairrLay
Keynsham
Pembrey
Carmarthenshire
Copperworks School
Pwil British School
South Wales Press
Paleestine ExpLoraTion
Warren
King Solomon’s Wall
Holy House
Jerusalem
Tyre
Sidon
Hiram
Captain Warren
Egypt
Domestic Advertisements and Notable Remedies Pasted Advert
A collage of 19th century ads extols Epps cocoa as a wholesome breakfast aid and guards against disease through nutrition. Also cautions on counterfeit Paris Blue dye packets and promotes household dyes for fabrics. Holloway’s Pits and Ointment advertised as nervous remedies. A surgeon endorses Bunter’s Nervine for toothache with stated success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epps
Civil Service Gazette
James Errs & Co
Homeopathic Chemists
London
Recxurrs
Paris
Reckitt
Homse
Jupson
HoLlloway
E. Smith
Sherston
Cirencester
Cocoa varieties watered down with starch sold as soluble
Thousands cannot drink cocoa as varieties are mixed with starch to appear soluble yet become thick and indigestible. Cadbury's Cocoa Essence is genuine and three times as strong, yielding a refreshing beverage like tea or coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadbury
Marriages and Deaths in Reading and Taunton Notices
Marriages listed include Colborne Salmon in Reading and Fisher Griffith in Taunton with multiple clergy. Wood-Colenutt at Ryde and Holmes-Davies at Gospel Oak Congre gational Chapel also noted. Deaths record Hudson at Blackfriars and Alicia Dorothea Roberts in East Dulwich, plus Charlotte Cole of Castle Hedingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colborne
Salmon
Broad Street Chapel
Reading
Charles Goward
George Colborne
Hatherlow
Bungay
Emma Mary
Joseph
Fisher
Griffith
Taunton
J. Marsden
William Henry
Mr. Fisher
Hoorlands
Tomma
W. H. Griffith
Independent College
Wood—Colenuui
Congregational
Ryde
Theodore Hooke
W. Wood
Fishmongers’hall
London
Ruth
James Colenut
Hudson
Blackfriars
Flavius Josephus Hudson
Roberts
Ashbournegrove
East Dulwich
Alicia Dorothea
William Arnold Roberts
Cole
Charlotte
W. H. Cole
Castle Hedingham
Essex
Free Sample Packets of Horniman Tea Offered
Notuvia advertises free sample packets of Horniman Tea to all applicants to taste and compare quality. The importers invite requests for samples and provide the Pure Tea as supplied to their London agents at 29 30 31 and 32 Wormwood Street London.
Wanted part time teacher near Manchester
Advertisement for a high class school near Manchester seeks a part time teacher for up to twenty hours weekly. Aptness for teaching essential. Salary £30 with board and lodging. Apply to M.A., College, Bowdon, Altrincham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Bowdon
Altrincham
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Haute Savoie
Geneva
Mont Blanc
Jura
E.Y.D
J. H. Pattick
Fleet-Street
E.C
Station Road
Norwood Junction
Royal Avenue
King’s-road
Chelsea
Albert
Allesley Park College
Coventry
Thos. Wyles
F.G.S
Drill Hall
Edward Miall
Troud Ladies’ College
Beeches Green
Stroud
Gloucestershire
Misses Howard
Thunsday
Addiscombe High School
Moira House
Upper Addiscombe
Croydon
Surrey
Ingham
Connah
Adies’ Collegiate School
Column House
Shrewsbury
Salop
Noble
Brannan
Miss Noble
Oxford
Ournemouth
Heather Dean College
West Clif
Fletcher
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