Pantomime Lifts Spirits With Nursery Characters On Stage
The scene opens in a church yard with tombstones bearing defunct crimes as Mother Bunch summons spirits. Figures like Mothers Goose Jubbard and Red Cap appear in lively nursery tale fashion and call upon the Queen of the Fairies. Jack becomes the hero with Prosperity guarding him from Ruin, as transforms trigger life and laughter. Adults and children smile at the bustle and Arabs perform feats of strength to conclude a successful, orderly show.
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Mother Bunch
Mothers Goose
Jubbard
Red Cap
Jack
Hig
London Museums See Record Crowds on Boxing Day
crowds flocked to the British Museum the entire day with nearly 30 000 visitors by 4 pm, double the Boxing Day turnout of 14 600. constables kept order as attendees viewed Magna Charta and other treasures without incident. at the Royal Polytechnic Institution the crowd exceeded 1500 at times, with stairway congestion and praise for the microscope and other exhibits. the royal polytechnic notes the new Cary microscope’s power and a highly accurate undercliff model of the Isle of Wight. the Chinese collection draws interest amid China Britain peace and wartime topics, featuring china, porcelain, birds, embroidery, art and trade items. visitors include nobility, scientists and residents of London.
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British Museum
Reason
King Ohn
Runnymede
Royal Polytechnic Institution
Cary
Goliath of Gath
Isle of Wight
Boscawen Ibbotson
England
China
London
Marble statue of Madame Malibran in Lacken mausoleum
A white marble statue of Madame Malibran has been placed in the Lacken cemetery mausoleum erected by M de Bennot. The circular interior features a cupola with the statue partly visible through openwork doors and angels painted on the cupola. A bass relief will depict the Genius of Music weeping for the singer’s loss.
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Madame Malibran
M.de Bennot
Lacken
Malibran
Tse
Paisox
Pestoxville
Pentonville
P.P
Reading
Gloucester
Bath
Tar O'Connon
Leicester
Leicester Mercury
Thomas Cooper
Agnes Diamond
Castle-street
Westminster
Dawson
Charing,cross Hospital
George Allen
Bridewell
Whitecrogs Street
Averys
Miller
Sunmer's Hill
Warbleton
Sussex
Trade and Politics in London and Manchester Tax Debate
A wide page-wide discussion reports London ward protests against the Income and Property Tax Act as unjust and oppressive. It cites Bridge and Queenhithe wards and parallels with Tower Broad-street and Langbourne criticisms, noting surcharges on rental returns and perceived mismanagement by surveyors. The report ties local outrage to national aims for repeal and highlights distress, including deaths and mental strain among taxpayers. It also covers editorial praise for abolition, reactions in Edinburgh, and the broader constitutional critique of the tax as an intrusion on home privacy and freedom.
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Bridge and
Queenhither
Tower
Broad-street
Langbourne
Bridge Ward
Queenhithe
London
Mr. Welsh
de Ay
India
Waterloo
John Bull
Morning Chronicle
Caledonian Mercury
Robert Peel
Edinburgh
Posse Comitatus
England
Rack
Penny Cyclopedia
Insolvent Traders Seek Certificate in Tokenhouse Yard Case
In a bankruptcy hearing before Commissioner Evans, merchants from Tokenhouse Yard sought a certificate after four years of losses in foreign consignments left their debts around £80,000 and the estate paid about sixpence in the pound. Creditor opposition was not pressed, and the bankrupts secured their certificate.
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Toesor
Desxeas Ann Duxcan
Evans
Eden
Fonblanque
Fonblangas
Commissioner Fonblanque
Wepwzspay
F. W. N. BaYher
Lewis
Lewis and Lewis
Lewis and Lewis, Appeared For the Insolvent, and Mr. Beglie
Beglie
Grinsell
Illustrated London News
Evang
Commissioner Evans
Police Reports from Guildhall and Surrounding Courts
A long, ill-structured report covers arrests for insanity in custody, street disturbances, and various court actions. It details Harriet Jay’s detention, James Haynes’s assault on a constable, numerous Christmas day drunken charges, a desertion case under the Mutiny Act, a fatal stabbing in Whitecross Street involving the Meagan family, and a separate naval assault with a mate aboard the Chance. The piece also notes a false imprisonment concern by a police officer in Stepney and a Greenwich police entry case.
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London-bridge
Chapman Marshall
Sir Chapman Marshall
Leigh Street
Burton Crescent
Church-street
Camberwell
King's Croas
Judd Street
Sir Chapman
Compter
Bawden
Milton
Kent
James Haynes
Jardine
White
Cratstyag
Worbhi
Coaner
Murpes
Michael Meagan
Whitecross Street
Ellen Regan
Meagan
Catherine Singleton
Hannah Cotter
Meagan’s
Broughton
Thomas Leary
Division of Police
William Richard Bland
Whitecross-street
Jack
Cotter
Meri Singleton
John Rice
Inne Cross Street
Deevas
Parry
Playhouse-yard
Parry's
Mick's
Jerry Regan
Playhouse Yard
Meagans
G 1H
Mrs. Parry
Mr. Wright
Frederick Wright
Whitecrose Street
Golden Lane
Cecil
Goswell Street
Ellis
Tom Leary
Henry Williams
G Division
Singleton
Ale
Greenwich
Turn Barres
John Consens
Greenwich Court of Requests
Mary Green
Turnbull
Mr. Jeremy
Jeremy
Stanzas on Jerusalem ruin and Protestant church
A fragment from a private setter critiques the Mount Sion church ruin in Jerusalem with call to rebuild and unite Jew and Christian under a common faith. It references prophets, Christ, and a foundational rock, urging rapid restoration. Also: progress of machinery, curious astronomy, and odd anecdotes from the era.
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Jerusalem
Mount Sion
Jeuussrem
Israel
Christ the Redeemer
Urim
Christ
United Service Gasette
Ricnaxn
Folly and scams drive cholera cure hoax ad in London
An outrageous 18th century advertisement and medical hoax promises a cholera cure from polluted mixtures and filth emptied into sewers. It touts fake treatments by Doctor Sir Rhubarb Pill and companions, with claims of ventilation through mud, mesmerism, and absurd “gold from wheat” schemes, reflecting public gullibility and sensational marketing.
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Rhubarb Pill
London
Lis
Greham
Bath
Booham
Chandos
Buckinghamshire Yeomanry
Inglis
Merry Andrew
Heving
Goulburn
Henry Stanton
Esquire
Stanhope
Winkworth
Specimens of French advertising and other notices
A mixed set of 19th century advertisements and reader letters: a French ad boasting hams cure, promising gentle women and calm children. an ad for a hair growth pomade offering payment only after success. a substitute coffee made from sweet potatoes. a note from Captain Singer about mustang brew. and a humorous Hard Times letter to the editor from a New York paper.
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Havana
Jno
Singer
Mustang
Texan Times
Hurrah for the Holly evergreen wreath poem
A reflective poem extols the holly as evergreen joy and truth across seasons. It urges weaving a wreath of holly berries to banish melancholy, inspire delight, and teach sincerity, praising its enduring spirit and festive symbolism. The piece emphasizes resilience, merriment, and the guiding lore of holly through age and change.
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United Kingdom
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Tu Tis
Penleaze
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Lord Palmerston
Spain
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LAW
Queen Square
William Trotter
Mr. Bond
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Loud
Douglas
Taylor
58Th Regiment
90Th
Bond
Desert
Cluereenwele
John Shamrock
Bagnigge Wells Read
Turnmill-street
Clerkenwell
Penny
Whiting
Kirby-street
Hatton-parden
Mr. Combe
Charles Griffiths
Robert Lakeman
Robert's Row
Islington
Staunton
Lakeman
Thames Office
Magoyn
Sair
Riven
Robert Haye
Chance
Millhole
Rotherithe
Broderip
Robert Horrow
Witness
Bateman
Lieerty
Tad
Susannah Elizabeth Dale
Hagar
Charles-street
Stepney
Mr. Broderip
Mr. Brinlerip
Arthur Harvey
Halesworth
Framlingham
Woodbridge
Norwich
Jadimarowski
Russia
Karatgain
France
Talma
Laferriere
Perha
le Globe
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Braxs
Dai
Leeds Times
Kentucky Feeman
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