Cheap literature and fashion notes in a mid Victorian review
The piece surveys a popular fashion plate showing maids and ladies in eccentric dress with eyeglasses and booths, then praises Bohn’s new edition of Saracen’s Works at lower prices. It also notes Captain Marryat’s novel and a Timpe edited oil painting manual, highlighting cheap education and accessible works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreesar
Bohn
Ockley’ Yard
The Bull Fight of Smithfield and Easter Theatre Notes
A lively Easter Monday scene unfolds with Smithfield cattle parade and a comic clash as Sir Calipee and a city alderman collide with the crowd. Also reports Dundalk railway loan talks and a fatal fire accident near Seven Dials, plus Drury Lane review of The Desert spectacle with elephants and camels.
SADLER'S Wells and Olympic theatres Easter bill review
A mixed Easter program at SADLER'S WELLS features Bowe's Sane Shore tragedy, a new musical interlude The Rival Sergeants, and a farce The Bengal Tiger. OL YMPIC offers Mountaineers, Spare Bed, Joan of Arc burlesque, and a Shakespearean Midsummer Night's Dream revival with strong cast and notable scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadler's
WELLS
Eubarban
Bowe
Margaretta
Mies Julia Wallack
Charles
Atv. Scharf
Sereant O'Lyon
Mr. H. Mellon
The
Emerald
Miss Wallack
Great Fire at the Kent and Essex Wharfs London Bridge
A massive blaze at Alderman Humpherys Kent and Essex wharf near London Bridge devastated the Kent and Essex wharf and adjoining properties. Fire engines from multiple stations rushed to the scene, but the structure burned completely, with investigations later suggesting spontaneous combustion of bales of waste or shoddy as a probable cause. No exact origin could be established, though extensive water use and coordinated efforts by firemen and police were praised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ietsa Ramways
Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Company
John Russell
Earl of Roden
Lord Cremorne
Viscount Jocelyn
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Castle Blayney
Donndalk
Ireland
Clunes
Trafic
Clones
Hamilton
R. W. Collett
Canie Iire
Julio Russell
Dandalk and Enniskillen
Earl of Rodeo
Exchequer
Walkley
King Street
Benjamin Brathwaite
Freman
London Fire Establishment
Little Denmark Street
St Giles’s
Opein
Colf
St. Paul's Cataepost
Weermixarss
Tay Narozat Galieny
London
Vesuvias
Woolwich
Shearwater
Sir G. Webster
Oban
Isis
Woolwich Dockyard
Hutton
Island of Ascension
Admiralty
Froner
London Bridge
M.P
Alderman House
Heeve
Kent
Buennel
Counties
Humphey
Tear Die Tak
Mr. Humphery
Brn
Tooley Street
Ervc
Wark Bridge Road
Waterloo Road
Watling Street
Farringdon Street
Lusthwark Bridge
West of England
Watllogs
Braidwood
Enen
Metropolitan Police Force
Yates
Mr. Braidwood
Inspector Yates
Mr. Connorton
Fre Brigade
Jones
Waterloo Road Corps
Kent and
Essex
Mr. Breidwood
Clapham
Phoenix Fire Office
Hibernia
Mann's Wharf
Oorioia
Alderman Humphery
Montague Close
Bush
Dudmen
J. Humphery
Thames
Southwark
Phaoix
Manchester
Walla
Alderman Humphrey
Bankside
Wu. Payne
Bridgehouse
William Monroe
Hibernis Wharf
Owen M. Crose
Edward Hambleton
Thomas Brooks
Hay's Wharf
Hibernia Wharf
William Wilkinson
Southwark Bridge Road
Monroe
Opening of the Birkenhead Docks and Park Celebrations
Birkenhead hosts an Easter Monday opening of the docks, park, and Chester Railway extension with royal and civic figures, extensive decorations, receptions, and a 70,000 strong crowd. Lord Morpeth leads ceremonies aboard the Lord Warden while speeches praise Birkenhead’s enterprise, commerce, and public health, followed by banquets, a park visit, and fireworks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birkenhead Docks
Birkenhead Park
Chester
Cheshire
Mersey
Manchester
Bolton
Liverpool
Birkenhesd
Piera
Lord Morpeth
Weoda
Wallasey
Earl of Burlington
Mary Howard
Cavenish
York
Dock Commissi
Alpert Dock Parade
Ovis
J. Laird
Dock Commissioners
Mark’s Ferry
Lord Warden
Jobn Laird
Dover and
Folkestone
Birkenhead Dock Commissioners
Birkenhead Improvement Commissioners
Birkenhead Warehouses Company
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway
Chester and Birkenhead Railway
Lord Warco
Binley
Woodside
Redwing
Royal Mersey Yacht Club
Messrs. Hornblower and Brine
Lohearvals
Joseph Bailey
M.P
Monteegle
Cavendish
Titoff
Knox
Earl of Lincoln
P. Egerton
C. Leigh
Toole
London
Prince Albert
Prince of Wales
Army
Bevis
Ricketts
Birkenhead
All England
Birkenheed Park
House of Commons
Solieniae
Department
Venice
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marryat
Bentley
John Timbe
D. Bogue
Smithfield
Goswell Street
Holborn Hill
Rica
Smithfield’s
Islington
Whitechapel Road
Combs
Devonshire
Sussex Wold
Durham
Herefordshire Marches
Fenny Cambridge
Landon
Cambria
Galloway
Mearns
Plaza
Mantez
Picadora
Chiswelltreet
Knight
Sir Calipee
Barnlemy
Gramercy
the Theatres
Drury-Lane Theatre
Wallace
Mr. Bunn
Terpalchore
Moore
Lalla Rookh
Miss Measent
Mr. Rafter
Mr. Harley
Fadladeen
W. H. Payns
Old Drury
Milo
Louise
Adele
Giabelet
St. Louis, &c
Mile
Felicien David
Tully
Miss Messent
Nester
Rebecca Tenace
Rafter
David
Desert
Tom Moore
Harley
Raymarket
Revue
Olympic
Madame
Vestrie
Planché
Bar
Stern’ Morelist
P. Horton
Haymarket Burlesque
Buckstone
Mercury
France
Italy
England
Julia Bennet
Venus
James Bland
Mara
Miss Reynolds
Luve
Nein
Giselles
Buckstone Amic Universal
Colman
Joan of Arc
Joan
Posterp
Florine
Fleur de Lis
Graves End
Wild
Romer
Astley's
Sammer
Giaffiti
Barton
Sdlim
Zalieka
T. Barry
Abydos
Auber
Scribe
Allen
Mies
Anne Romer
Walton
Lefer
Shakapeare
Lewst
Covent Garden
Mendelsshon
F. Cooke
Loder
Sarah Flower
G. Smithson
Anne Rawer
Delavanti
Marshall
Compton
Snow
W. R. Beverley
Athens
Snodgrass
Friday
Crusoe
Ways and Means
Adda
Jillie Island
Clementina Wobbles
Mrs. Keeley
Wilhelmina
Mins Dickinson
Craige
Ohio
Merice
Rended
Axton
Bren
Wales
Commissionera of
Lord Monteagle
Viscount Morpeth
Chaiman
Birkenhead Dock Company
Cheshire Juncton Railway
Patapae
Birkenehead
Oregon
Columbia River
Yorkshire
Lord Lincoln
Barkenhead
Dock Warehouse Company
Rendell
Paxton
Howard
Cheshire Witches
Grand Lodge
Odd Fellows
Hornbin
Lancashire
Sattion
Rogan Zeanstey
Zoological Gardens
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!