Grimms Tales and Voyages in South Australia
A London review praises a Grimms collection with illustrations by Cruikshank and others, excerpting The Waits of Bremen about a donkey dog cat and cock band, then recounts W H Leigh’s South Australia travelogue with notes on sharks snaring, Aboriginal scenes, a prison anecdote, and police executions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamwer Grethal
Garvan Farry Tatgs
London
John Green
M. M. Grimm
Cruikshank
Grimms
Bremen
Sud
Asa
Grimalkin
Chanticleer
Buss
Puss
Encounter Bay
Adelaide
South Australia
Samson
Allen
Diogenes
Newgate
Jamaica Bill Dominates Parliament Debates and Factory Reform
Debates on Jamaica Bill highlight imperial powers over colonies while Factory Bill faces amendments to limit child and female labour. Lords discuss Prisons Act echoes, silk and lace factory inclusions, hours limits, and education provisions amid cross-party contention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiswilliam
Earl of Harewood
Lord Browawam
Cantersoay
Her
Privy Council
BroveHa
Jamaica
Marquis of Normanly
Poperty
House of Assembly
Assembly
Parliament of
England
Earl of Hanzwoor
House of Assembly of
Duke of Wellington
Common Pleasas Resulee
College of
Maynooth
Harver
F. Maye
House
Brerherton
Lord Ashley
P. Thomson
Salford
O’connell
Frauen
Baings
Hinper
Ceene
Ashl
Macclesfield Union
Manchester
Board of Trade
Hzarucors
Lord Asbury
Villiers
Fae
Wiveranam
Inspector Home
Lixpurnst
Arliament
J Marquis
Charles the Second
Assembly of
Marquis
Normandy
Colonial Office
Wamnery
Lord Lymdhurst
Hearghear
Glenela
Tug Marquis of
Noruaxsy
Loxo Brovucua
Viscount Melbourne
Earl of Mansingcpy
Legislative Assembly
Lord Searoap
Marquis of Normansy
Lord Brovcham
Earl of Mansfield
Aboard the Ocean Hunt for Sharks and Snakes
An account describes sailors catching a large shark after a baited line party, then recapturing a severed mate and hauling it aboard. A Port Lincoln scene follows with a cobra-like snake captured by rope and a fierce tarantula versus scorpion battle ending with the captured arachnids preserved in a jar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River
Blackee
Occiput
Adelaide
Aniniais
Eport
Domingo Billy
Port Lincoln
Jack
Calcutta Kite Nuisance and Cruel Vengeance by Fort William
A letter from Calcutta describes kite pilfering of food by kites and adjutants. The author recounts killing two kites, discarding their bodies, and a crowd of fifty birds gathering as jurymen. Cruel tricks with a marrow bone and powder are blamed on idlers for the adjutants’ deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
Thessand
Fort William
Napoleon's Tomb Tales On a Desert Isle Visit
A travel account describes an audience with a scarred old guard at Napoleon's tomb in St Helena. The sergeant blocks entry, jokes about Admiral de, and the party finally reaches the tomb amid a picturesque valley. They note locals collecting dirt as souvenirs and record poems in a visitor book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. Brace
N.I
Napoleon
London legal labyrinths and Wordsworth memories recounted
A wandering correspondent describes Fleet Street law offices as crowded, dirty, and hierarchical with many clerks and practitioners. He recalls an old stagecoach tale with Wordsworth and Coleridge before contrasting a Jerusalem panorama and a French dance cancan performed with decorum versus excess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tempie-bar
Fleet-street
Grub-street
Blackwood
Also Mentioned on This Page
Partlet
MR. Korbes
Hinze
Cat
W. H. Leigh
Smith Elder, and Co
Leigh
Australia
South Australian Company
South Australian
Kangaroo Island
The
Nicobar
Indian Seas
Cape of Good Hope
St. Helena
Mr. Leigh
Lanpareo
Sydney
Mary
Canaries
Jack Ketch
Imperial Parliament
House OF Commons
Evant
Gould
Pease
Housh
Lord Broucham
Viscount Myluournge
Lord Broucuam
Canterbury
Lonp Ellen Soneugh
Lincoln
Archbishop of
Ashley
Scheels
R. FP
Mag LE
Gil
Wordsworth
Coleridge
Baldock
Hertfordshire
Tait
Jerusalem
el Khobb
Damascus Gate
France
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