Auctioneers and a fly of Ireland to a distant land
A long excerpt surveys auctioneers like George Robins as connoisseurs of art and science, highlighting their stagecraft and language. It contrasts English auctioneering with American methods, detailing bid signals and repeated dollar chants. The piece also includes notices on cattle balls found in Ireland and digressions on self-importance, poetry, and reflections on nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapman
George Robins
Peru
Lancashire
Ali
ABC
Astroney
Mr. Robins
Nice
England
America
Actioneer
Philadelphia
Miriam Briggs
Cry
Jackson
Ainsworth
Ireland
Yorkshire
Obadiah Muggins
Salem‘vet
Lower Clapton
Huntington
Mwaya
Swift
Owen Glendower
Hotsur
Mazarine
Tom Hill
Horacemith
Colburn
SixenLaz
Charles de Behr
Germany
Hall
William Osborne Rich
Steele
Bowditch
War Office
Snow
War-Office
Bowdit
Windsor
Central Criminal Court
Monte Sacrurtixe
Margiep FemMarr
Eliza Watson
Enoch Jones
Haberdasher
City-terrace
City-road
George Frederick George
Beritage
Newgate
Broughton
John Bean
Hastings
London
Bank of Engraving
Smith
Magiman
Baker
Union Hall
Francis Hill
Edward-street
Dockhead
Cottingham
Eliza Stephens
Staunton
Dreadful gales wreck ships and claim lives near Portland
Reports detail the Mercury wreck with six mariners aboard and two drowned after a beam-ends capsize near Lundy. Inquests identify accidental death as the verdict. The Mischief also reports five lost with a barque damage off Bristol. Shamrock, a Dublin packet, is feared lost as storms sweep the Irish Sea with multiple vessels reported damaged or driven ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Queen
Spithead
Montague Trevor Molesworth
Francis Peel
Robert Peel
J. B. Grindon
Alexander Mackay
James Reed
Cumberland Basin
The
Portsmouth
Bristol
Lundy Island
Joseph Hollis
Mackay
Reed
Joshua Ninnim
Thomas Berry
Witness
Thomas Sangar
John Barrett
James Gilrny
Collins
Sangar
Berry
Molesworth
Hollis
Prouse
Admiralty
Downes
Richard Downes
Liverpool
Lisbon
N.N.W
Joseph Holmes
Thomas Abbott
John Hoffman
Wm. Blackmore
Alexander Colion
Shamrock
Dublin
Bristol General Steam Navigation Company
John Hyde
Bailey
Star
Cork
Milford
Messrs. Lowell and Co
Pater
William Barry
SuamRock
Aberystwyth
Agenoria
Wexford
Kingston
Galway
Newry
Limerick
Wellesley Bridge
Liverroot
Halifax
Ann
Lima
Bootle Bay
Emily
Pernambuco
Clarence Dock
Isaac Atherton
New Orleans
Egremont
Cheshire
Rock House
Clevedon
French Deputies Debate Over Treaty Right of Search
Paris chamber debate on the 1841 treaty with Great Britain overshadows cabinet policy. Lefebvre's amendment condemns the treaty, aiming to block ratification while ministers push for unity against liberal censure. Press reaction notes a shift away from British policy and toward future alliances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
Chamber of Deputiies
Soult-Guizot
London
England
M. Billault
Thiers
M. Jacques Lefebvre
M. Lacrosse
Dulaire-Passy
M. Guizot
MM. Billault
Lacrosse
M. Lefebvre
M. Dupin
Chamber of Deputies
Great Britain
la Presse
M. Thiers
Siecle
Bourbonnais
le Siecle
Windsor Castle
Prussia
Prince Albert
Robert Peel
Waterloo Gallery
Times
Bexcu
Francus O'Connor
Feargus O'Connor
Northern Star
Thesier
F. O'Connor
Mr. O’connor
Mr. O'Connor
Anstey
Rugby
Mr. Anstey
Monteaux A la Francois I
Ladies Magazine of Fashion
Presentation of Colouns to the 72d Highlanders Banquet
A grand Windsor banquet celebrated the presentation of the new colours to the 72d Highlanders by the Duke of Wellington. Colonel Richardson and officers hosted at Sheet-street barracks with a royal horse guards attendance, plus a Castle Hotel dinner for NCOs and a larger private meal for privates and families. The event featured a royal regalia display, a band led by Mr. Ricks, and toasts to royal families and the Duke of Wellington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauking Dinnens
Colouns
Highlanders
Infantry
Richardson
Royal Horse Guards
Duke of ‘Albany's Highlanders
Sheet-street
Duke of Wellington
Windsor
Arbuthnot
Ricks
Rundell and Bridge
Chater
Castle Hotel
72D Highlanders
Royal Horse-Guards
Blue
Lindsey
Prince Albert
Prince of Wales
Prussia
Europe
George the Fourth
Messrs
Rundle and Bridge
Windsor Castle
Waterloo
White Tower
St. Sonne Chapel
St. George’s Hall
Weekly Chronicle
Argyll Place
Jordan
Elliott
A. A. Murray
J. J. Scotts
Buckingham Palace
A. Munaway
J. J. Scoles
St. Mary, Whitechapel
London
Lillycrop
French
St. Gesitee’s Chapel
St. George's Hall
Fire sheds light on Tower armoury losses and ecclesial disputes
The Birmingham Advertiser reports clerical resistance to new church practices and notes a dean’s rebuke. It details the Tower armoury fire losses, listing muskets, swords, pistols, and other stores, with authorities planning preservation of intact pieces and possible reconstruction. The crown jewels remain in secure custody as Parliament debates the armoury’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Gawler
South Australia
England
Adelaide
Common Pleas
Guildhall
Justice Erekine
T. Wilde
Rail Court
Great Western RaiLway Company
Talbot
James May
Berkshire
Charles Williams
Sonning
Great Western Railway
Aisi
Great Western Ramway Company
Reading
Richard Woolley
Justice Williams
Oxbeary
Seuismatics
Birmingham Advertiser
Williams
Garbett
University of Oxford
Birmingham
Board of Ordnance
Stacey
Ghusan
Woolwich
Messrs
FALSE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AT ST ANDREW'S WORKHOUSE
Saturday inspector of weights and measures summoned several tradesmen before a magistrates bench at St. Andrew's workhouse. Margaret Purcell denied fraud but was found guilty of obstructing the inspector and fined 40s. Others including Robert Webb and Daniel Forty were fined 40s for underweights and adulterated scales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeve
St. Andrew’s Workhouse
Gray’s Inn-Lane
Witham
Margaret Purcell
Little Guildford-street
Brunswick-square
Chandler
Toner
Mr. Witham
Mr. Reeve
Drury Lane
Daniel Forty
Drurylane
Charles Jones
White Lion Shreet
Hhandler
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Luke
Jin Woods
Burwear
Sonnet
Philomela
New Monthly
Earth
Jove
Moore
Bourne
EBM
Liver
Vienna
Count Colloredo
Munich
Paul Esterhazy
Uysburg
Birmingham and
Derby Junction
Birmingham and Gloucester
Brandling Junction
Seeeeereenes
Chester and Birkenhead
Dundee and
Arbroath
Glasgow and
Ayf
Glasgow
Paisley
Greenock
Grand Junction
Chester
Crewe
Great North of
Lancaster
Preston
Greenwich
London and
Brighton
Croydon
London and South Western
Manchester, Bolton
Bury
Manchester and
Leeds
Midland Counties
Wiens
Newcastle and Carlisle
Newcastle
North Shields
North Midland
Manchester
North Union
Liverpool & Manch
Toll Ay
Preston and Wyre
Sheffield
Ulster
Eeees Deis Dris Me Haczeneds
York and
Nelson
Foreign Office
Earl of Aberdeen
Earl of Haddington
Duke OF Cleveland
St. James’s Square
Katherine Powlett
Harry
Duke of Bolton
St. John of Basing
Elizabeth
Robert Russell
Earl of Darlington
South Lelop
Sophia
John
Earl of Poulett
William Powlett
Augusta Milbanke
Louisa Meyrick
Arabella Arden
Henry Vane
M.P
Barnard
Suicreyor J. Sms
Susan Jillett
Mr. Vincent
Frederick Sima
Harlow
Essex
John Haskew
Freshfield
Robert Bamford
James Yaya Tippett
Thomas Hall
Thomas Hall, of the Long Annuities
Timothy Surr
Cock-hill
Ratcliffe
Romford
Bomford
Tippett
W. H. Williams