Curious Musings On Poets, Forests, And Death Missteps
A column surveys poets and philosophers as oddities, notes a Liverpool cart owner who bets a mare will draw a heavy load, and describes the Mohurbange peacock forest in Orissa. It includes reflections on treating women, the St Lawrence river, and grim cases of mistaken death along with American album mania and Peru's buried city discoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Subanreeka
Orissa
East Indies
Bruhier
Zacchias
Lancisi
Philippe Peu
Guillaume Fibri
Pechlin
Kirchmann
Winslow
Falconer
Rigodeaux
Sonthweed Smith
America
Washington
Lefeure
Senate
Webster
Supreme Court
Marshall
General Jackson
Watts
Martineau
Ray
Peru
Garvey
Frescillo
Soula
Pompeii
Scientific Institution of Lima
Adventures Rich in Trinidad Fire and Jungle Flight
A reviewer surveys E L Joseph’s War ner Arundel tales set in Trinidad and South America. The He is drawn into a vivid dried journey through rushes on fire and wild fauna as a narrator recounts an Unpleasant Journey and perilous escape. The piece appraises other narratives including Fraser’s residence of Persian princes in London with lively court anecdote and cultural contrasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Arundel
E. L. Joseph
Bramlow
Canuco
Corony
St. Joseph
Hrumlow
Alta Gracia
Essequibo
Trinidad
Emeke
Savanna
Smithson
Yellow Lake
Terra Firma
Mackawel
Horne
Carony River
Baron de
Grenada
Suvi Galloway
London
Persia
James Baillie Fraser
Bentley
Fraser
Mehmandar
Mivart’s
Salissary
Timour
Ai-wahi
Hyde Park
Grosvenor-gate
Opera Field Maneuvers and Grimaldi Memoirs Amixed Portrait
Eyewitness account recalls Guards and horsemen on a field near Komalshah with flawless forms and bold charges, praised by observers including Lindsay. It segues into Joseph Grimaldi’s memoirs, detailing his rise from child actor to star, a Bath hospitality incident, and a dramatic deaf mute moment at Sadler’s Wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Lindsay
Sir Henry Bethune Lindsay
Komalshah
Wallah
Isheb Fraser
Horsemen of
Iran
Joseph Grimaldi
Bentley
Yerick
Gambo
Grimaldi
Joe
Drury Lane Theatre
Robinson Grusoe
Rochester
Maidstone
Sader’s Wells
George Harris
Royal Navy
Harris
Coventgarden
England
London
Sadler’s Wells
Captain Harris
Jack
Hugh Middleton
Joey Grimaldi
Bradbury
Highgate Hill
Bath
Higman
Gabriel
Guy Mannering
Grimsaldi
Wars in Africa and Africa apprenticeship atrocity report
A Paris dispatch notes rupture of peace with Adel Kader and possible troop actions. Reports also describe a London meeting on Caribbean apprenticeship abuses with vivid accounts of punishments in Barbadoes and the Caribbean islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aprica
Toulon
Adel Kader
Marshal Valee
Africa
Paris
Castellane
Achmet
France
Port Vendres
Friends of Humanity
City of London
Schole
West India Islands
Jatonica
Barbadoes
British Guiana
Grenada
St. Lucia
Massa
Assembly of
West India
Sambo
Dinner for Mr O Connell at Crown and Archer Tavern
A large gathering of around 400 Irish residents in England attended a dinner in the Crown and Archer Tavern Strand with General Sir George de Lacy Evans presiding. Mr O Connell spoke amid cheers, praising reform and Irish unity with EP MPs Hume and others in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Connell
Crown and Archer Tavern
Strand
Friends of Ireland
England
George de Lacy Evans
M.P
O’connell
Hume
Dublin
Empire
Duchess of Kent
Mr. O'Connell
Hear
Ireland
Spoettisweede
John Ball
Pithe
Kilkenny
Law Bills Slan der Reform and Birth Registration Notes
Mr. O Connell seeks leave to bring in a bill amending the law of slander. An inquisition at Honiton questions baptism certificates as birth proof, urging use of the new registration act. Perth dinner honors magistrates and clergy on the Tay. Letters from Guatemala promise completion of a transoceanic canal by next year. The Dedham Gazette mocks barkers using rewrite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Connell
Europe
Honiton
Winslow Jones
Devon
Ratle Tooze
Bird
Tooze
Tirrell
Perth
Thomas Graham
Tay
Graham
Union OF the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Guatemala
New Spain
Atlantic
Pacific
St. Jean de Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Barrette
Gulf of Popagua
Dedham Gazette
Weather Almanac Mockery in a Turbulent Row
A satirical exchange mockingly questions weather forecasters Murphy Morrison and the wind god, criticizing their mixed signals on sun rain frost and promising warmer weather next week if predictions improve. The piece likens them to two quarrelsome boys and mocks the press for sensational forecasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrison
Mechi
Murphy
Panorama Exhibit Showcases New Zealand Bay Scene
Mr Barford presents a Bay of Islands view from Marsden Vale at Leicester Square Panorama. The panoramic composition covers ships on placid waters, Paihia mission sites, native settlements, lush fern covered hills, and distant mountains. It notes Stewart Island, volcanic features, war canoes, tattooing, mat weaving, and local craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barford
Bay of Islands
New Zealand
Leicester Square
Paitia
Marsden Vale
Paihia
Huta
Stewart’s
Royal eagle captured after week of depredations
A golden crested eagle terrorized hares and game around Bee ningbrough Newton and nearby manors for over a week. Guns failed. traps failed. an old man trap finally captured the bird, injuring its thigh. It is now at Beningbrough Hall in Viscount Downe’s custody. Also a note on Bedouin coffee methods and a joke about Lady Esther Stanhope’s sanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beeningbrough
Newton, &c
Newton
Tindal
Beningbrough Hall
Esther Stanhope
Jerusalem
Marriages Died and Obituaries from an English Parish and Town
Notices report marriages in Surrey and Middlesex, a 90 year old groom and 84 year old bride, a 22 year old Miss Rogers’s sudden death in Falmouth, and multiple commemorations. Also lists deaths at Acton-lodge Bangor and Winchester, and remarks on MP Creevy and violinist Libon in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kew Church
Surrey
George A. Martin
Elizabeth Isabella
Major Johnstone
Royal Marines
Waler Smith
Friends’ Meeting-house
Winchmore-hill
Mark Capper
Ironmonger-lane
Cheapside
Ellen
Samuel Compton
Enfield
Middlesex
Inch
Tipperary
Michael Carroll
Bridget Barry
Falmouth
Miss Rogers
Capt Rogers
Windsor Castle
Bas
Bellavista
Pen~ryn
Davis
Acton-lodge
Hugh Montgomery
Blessingburn
Lichfield
Kingagate-street
Winchester
Harry?Lee
Winchester College
Laverstock
Finch
Belle Vue
Salisbury
Wet
Town
Creevy
Liverpool
Appleby
Thetford
India
Greenwich Hospital
Paris
Libon
Viotti
John II
Portugal
Madrid
Charles IV
Josephine
Mona Louisa
Charles the
Conservatoire
Thomas Hopkins
Beadle
Stationers’ Company
Buttaby
Also Mentioned on This Page
Buffalo
United States
Savan
Afalthusit
Lake School
Saint Lawrence
Labrador
Nova Scotia
St. Lawrence
Italy
Lebanon
Mr. O’connell
The
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