Miscellany and parliamentary notes from a late 19th century page
A collage of witty passages on pipes and actors, civic petitions in Newcastle, royal movements, lecturer notes, and brief dispatches. The column reports on river ice delaying ships, O'Connell's Dublin meeting, Orloff's appointment, and various Irish and British notices, dinners, and legal snippets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Rooney
Larry
Mr. Lover
Bentley
Newcastle
Pera Rath
House of Commons
Count Orloff
Alexander
Russia
Prince Lieven
Bologna
Shakespeare Cliff
Dover
Lytton Bulwer
Roebuck
Bath
Cork
Waterford Chronicle
Bristol and Exeter
Long Ashton
Constantine
Severus
Manchester Journal
Augusta
Duke of Somerset
Duchess of Kent
Lord Melbourne
South-street
Carlow
Independent Club Room
Leinster
Duke of Wellington
Marquis of Normanby
Clarendon Hotel
Ireland
Squeers
Nichlas Nickleby
Vanstry
John O’brien
Curran
Pellingham
Preston
Ledbury
Hereford Journal
Wm. TV
Wm. Follett
Histro Cas
Omniers
O'Connor
Frost
John Russell
Winchester Guardian
Marquis of Westminne
Perry
Chronicle
Aberystwith
Halifax
Diocese of
Ripon
North of
Belfast
Downs
Russell
France
England
Friends
J. Thorogood
Chelmsford
Juan Graza
Zarand
Transylvania
Edward Jenks
Queen Street
Seven-dials
Gillon
Villiers
Jonathan
Corsica
Restonica
Holbein
Lord Bacon
Hans Holbein
Henry VIII
Foreign Prince enthralls audiences in crowded HB drama
The Monday performance of the comic piece Foreign Prince features Jim Crow in a spoof of courtship and bigamy, with notable turns by Rice as Jim Crow, Shaw, Keeley, and Beverley. Local allusions include Lord Durham and Wakley, while Madame Grisi signs with the King's Theatre and Covent Garden hosts the Queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avelph
Mr. Rice
Jim Crow
Dabble
Saville
Old Dawkins
Callenford
Jim
Emily
Miss Shaw
Dawkins
Ebenezer
O. Smith
Beverley
Rice
Lord Durham
Mr. Wakley
Middlesex
Madame Grisi
King’s Theatre
Drury Lane Theatre
London
Ja Grisi
Laporte
la Porte
Galignani
H. Phillips
Macready
Rooke
Amelie
de Bennot
Herr David
Leipsic
M. Tilmont
Paris
Covent-garden Theatre
Lady Portman
Spring Rice
Caroline Barrington
Earl of Fingall
Major Keppel
Colonel Wemyss
Mr. Webster
Haymarket
Bristol
Fine Arts Review of The Life of Our Saviour Engravings
The Life of Our Saviour engravings from Ward and Co. offer 23 biblical subjects in a single Gothic framed sheet priced sixpence, praised for beauty and educational value. Hodgson and Graves profile Mr Curtis in a fine engraved portrait. Shores and Islands of the Mediterranean previews a twelve part series with plates on Sicily Gibraltar and more with Wright providing prose analyses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Ward and Co
Paternoster Row
Apostles
Paul
Christ
Egypt
Jesus
Caiphas
Messrs
Hodgson
Graves
Curtis
Freebairn
Wyon
Surti
Bates
Mediterranean
Messrs. Fisher
Sicily
Leitch
Barbary Coast
Major Temple
Calabria
Gibraltar
Malta
Ionian Isles
Allen
Royal Engineers
G. N. Wright
Prase
Madre Chiesa
Palermo
Wright
Burglary loot listed from multiple houses in London area
A Friday night collection of valuables reported stolen from Mrs Watson of Crown-court Od-street-road and from John Harper in Deptford and Mr Knight in Lower Grosvenor Street. Items include ivory inlaid desk with portraits and jewelry such as diamonds rubies emeralds gold chains rings and watches plus coins snuff boxes and pearl pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Watson
John Harper
Deptford
George Lewis
Old-street
Mr. Knight
Grosvenor Street
West India intelligence and other notices
Reports from Jamaica show labour unrest with planters fearing crop loss as wages rise. Governor urges workers to return at fair wages and Lord Glenelg directs militia disbandment. Barbadoes contemplates a permanent West Indian judicature with a grant of £4387. Also notes arrivals, deaths, resignations, corn law petitions, by elections, and a Bristol man’s sudden death after a fainting fit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West India Islands
West India Mail
Delight
Demerara
Trinidad and Barbadoes
Jamaica
Lord Glenelg
Barbadoes
House of Assembly
West India
Virgin Islands
James Walker
Trinidad
Faylmouth
H.M.P. Delight
Long
West Indies
St. Domingo
Admiral Paget
Bermuda
Peninsula
Iberia
Cooper
Adert
Norrington
Mexico
Ludolf
Berkeley
Admiralty
Grey
John Barrow
House of Commons
Committee On
Courier
Villiers
Stratt
Adey
Wakley
Herbert Jenner
McElancholy
Bristol
London
Altworth
Reform of Public Lands and Emigration in North American Colonies
The lord high commissioner outlines rampant mismanagement of public lands in Upper and Lower Canada and other provinces, citing inaccurate surveys, delayed titles, and land speculation. He urges a shift to representative government, municipal institutions, and imperial control of lands to spur settlement, reduce emigration, and strengthen loyalty to the crown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
North American
New Brunswick
America
Upper Canada
New York
Michigan
Erie Canal
Lower Canada
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward’s Island
House of Commons
Treasury
Lord Goderich
Toronto
England
Prince Edward's Island
Quebec
Montreal
Louisiana
United States Confederation
North America
Post-Office Department
United Kingdom
Ireland
Halifax
Newfoundland
Sewell
Legislative Union
Canadas
Supreme Court of Appeal
United Legislature
Legislative Council
Roresson
Oepire
Durham’s North America Report Condensed For Crown
Summary of the Durham Report on the affairs of British North America presented to Queen Victoria by the Lord High Commissioner Earl of Durham. It outlines governance, colonial relations, reforms, and paths toward reconciliation and constitutional change in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British North America
the Earl OF Durham
Queen
Also Mentioned on This Page
T. Harrison Curtis
Texas
Union
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