Medical Exposures and Poisons Review in Fifty Years Past
A critical discussion targets Jonathan Pereira and Dr. Williams for their lectures on nux vomica and morbid poisons. The piece mocks Pereira’s use of the toxin, cites physiological effects, and questions medical authority, while condemning Williams’ typhus treatment and contagion theories. It notes a new daily mail route between Cardigan and Carmarthen as a separate local update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan Pereira
Nux Vomica
Dr. Williams
Fas
Messrs
Skey
Cummin
Hope
Gammer Gurton
Jonathan
Majendie
Flowrens
Orfila
Qhlivier
Dregartz
Andras
Lallemand
Trousseau
Serullas
Watt
Williams
Elliottson
Louis
Andral
Chamel
London
Daily Mail
Cardigan
Carmarthen
Hoop's Comic Annual A humorous seasonable gift
A satirical literature page reviews Bailey and Co publication full of verse and prose sketches. It lampoons temperance songs and Irish types, parodies auction notices, and quotes Hood style pieces with humorous quips and asides for a New Year audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoop’s
Bailey and Co
Grand Junction
Temperance Society
Airborne banter and political critique in Bentley’s miscellany
A lively excerpt mocks air travel and tea on high voyages then shifts to commentary on British franchise reform. It praises the Working Men's Association pamphlet and includes a statistical table showing enfranchisement, electors, and male population, arguing for broader rights and a fact driven case for reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bentley
Loz
Borren House of Commons
United Kingdom
Working Men’s Association
Piace
House of Commons
Farle
Ae Tayer
East India Proprietors
West India Proprietors
The Charles Eaton Survivors Reported by Captain Lewis
Commander Duartes M Lewis records in June 1536 at Murray's Island that two survivors from the Charles Eaton, John Ireland and boy William Doyley, were purchased from natives after the ship was lost on barrier reefs. He notes all others were murdered by locals at Boydang. He plans to visit nearby isles and return with gifts to gain trust before sailing on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
His Majesty
Isabelle
Murray's Island
Charles Eaton
John Ireland
William Doyley
Captain Doyley
Bengal Artillery
Boydang
Duartes M
Lewis
N.B
Despatches From Isabella Searches For Charles Eaton Survivors
Memorandum from Cuartes M Lewis aboard His Majesty's schooner Isabella dated July 28 1836 describes searching islands northward for survivors of the Charles Eaton wrecked on the Barrier Reef about two years earlier. He recounts seeing skulls painted ochre on Boydang and other islands, burning remains and destroying the skull house, with plans to press toward Double Island Mount Adolphus and then Sydney to fulfill his commission. He notes burying a bottle with a letter and sowing parsley seed on the islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
His
Isabella
Halfway Island
Charles Eaton
Barrier Reef
Murray Island
William Doyley
John Ireland
Doyley
Bengal Artillery
Ireland
Boydang
Adreed
Double Island
Mount Adolphus
The Press In Spain and Christmas Prisons Relief
The article notes Spain’s press situation with ten daily morning and six evening papers, whose total subscriptions likely fail to cover costs. It describes London prison Christmas bounties including beef bread and porter, noting differences between debtors and criminal prisons and variations by institution, with alms from the Lord Mayor, sheriffs, and bequests, and contrasting Fleet and Middlesex practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Madrid
Corporation of London
Newgate
Giltspur-street
Whitecrogs
Middlesex
Fleet
Sears Lalsea
His Majesty
Deferring Irish Poor Laws Debate to Registry Focus
Mr Sheil urges postponing Irish poor law discussion until after the imminent registries. He argues unity against Tory tactics, stresses funding campaigns in key counties, and warns against distracting debates during the political crisis. He endorses immediate support for Donegal, Cavan, and Sligo through registry funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheil
Ireland
Dublin
Edmund Burke
Denepal
Sligo
Cavan
Carlow
Israel
England
Lord Mulgrave
Lord Downshire
Lord Melbourne
Downshire
County of
Down
Melbourne
House of Commons
Orangemen
North
Donegal
Longford
Luke White
Orange Party
Conolly
Perceval
Maxwell
Tipperary
Otway Cave
Registry Association
Horrific assault on Mary Lee by six men on a canal boat
The Gloucester Journal reports a brutal case from the city magistrates. Mary Lee, about 18, testified four men, James Rea Henry Parry George Jones and Joseph Wright, forced her onto a boat, then another boat, beaten and threatened with drowning. Other suspects were chased to Worcester and later held for the assizes on the capital charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arsc
Mary Lee
James Rea
Worcester
Henry Parry
Joseph Wright
George Jones
Prissners
Redmarley
Birmingham
Priscilla Coombes
Royal Oak
Jones
Bedenham
Parry
Bodenham
Rea
Bodesham
William Lee
Farry
William Jones
Bodenlam
Lee
Wright
Ann Bird
Eliza Wakfield
Witness
Gloucester Journal
Glasgow Town Council Fails to Freely Honor Sir Robert Peel
The Glasgow Reform Council blocks granting Sir Robert Peel the freedom of the city after an amendment argued the council owes its seats to a Reform opposed by Peel’s party. The vote signals a partial, ironic victory for Peel’s supporters and a setback for the Conservatives. A railway line from London to Birmingham is forecast to open sections in 1838. A river Thames death is reported near All Hallows Stairs with a middle-aged man found in mud and taken to the workhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosert Peel
Glasgow
Robert Peel
Rector
Reform Party
Douglas
Reform Council
R. Peel
London and Birmingham
London
Hemel Hempstead
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Mr. Spring
Waterman's Hall
France
Dorchester
Meux
Mr. Hood
Theophrastus
Rome
Marin
Emerald Isle
Donnybrook
Hitchin Hall
Belinda
Mr. G
Animalculus
Tuppin
Monck Mason
Frederick Gye
Brunswick
Serene
Suelyais
House of Commena
G & Large-Cum
Neral Evans
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