A Column for the Curious and Maritime Vignettes
A mix of verse and prose pieces from London Saturday Journal includes a patriotic refrain lauding the Queen and loyal sentiment, a sea shore anecdote about a wind instrument made from a bamboo stalk, a Commemora tive tale of a pillion rider and a butter trader in Joyce country, a discussion of the Port-soken Ward origins, notes on Britain’s physical advantages for industry, and snippets from Truths and Fictions of the Middle Ages plus a mournful poem The Lost Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labillardiere
Connemara
Buckram
Joyce Country
Norah
Henry I
Aightingale-lene
Britain
Coleridge
Jonathan Dorning
Canton
China
Old Country
The Young Lord in Modern Times and Pigs in Pride
An essayistic sketch contrasts primogeniture with modern aristocracy using a parable of pigs born to teats or tails. It traces the young lord's fate from poet patronage to wealth and power, noting burdens, temptations, and the social costs of lineage in an era of reform. It freights sharp vignettes of public, private, and satirical life under a changing monarchy.
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Mason Good
Charleses
Augustuses
Walpole
Nursling
Apollo
Midas
Temple-bar
Mre. Peachem
Barbara Wiggins
Ralph Wiggins
Tallow-Chandler
Miss Moidere
Moidere
Piay
Cassio
John
Runnymede
The Young Lord Stares Down a Changing World
In Henry Brougham's vein the piece laments a modern aristocracy in flux. It argues young lords face shrinking perks in church, fleet, army, and law, pushing them toward emigration to New Zealand as a viable escape from a future of diminished privilege.
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England
Jacky
Westminster
New Zealand
Saint Giles
Saint James
Thames
Wolf’s Loyal Grief Ends in Tragic Death Near Geneva
A Geneva lecture notes wolves' feur morale or natural dispositions. Madame M kept a tame wolf showing deep attachment akin to a spaniel. When left for weeks the wolf mourned, refused food, and upon the mistress return bounded with joy, then suddenly died after leaping to her shoulders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. de Candolle
Geneva
Buckewell
The Prince of Oude and East India Reform Meeting
A large gathering in London debated Indian governance and reform. Lord Brougham chaired a session denouncing colonial monopolies and underrepresentation in India, urging constitutional change, road improvements, and fair treatment for ryots. Speakers including O Connell and Ewart pressed for justice and accountability, urging a central committee to pursue reform.
Right of Search Case Before the Lord Mayor at Mansion House
In a City of Boulogne steamer case at Mansion House before the lord mayor and Alderman Pirie two ladies of respectability sued the searcher of the Boulogne vessel under the Customs Act. Mrs Wingrove and her sister described a forced search on board and below deck, with a long examination and undressing, amid warnings from the stewardess and searches of their band-box and bag. Miss Reed corroborated. The revenue solicitor noted directives that searches must be conducted in a specified manner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansion House
Pirie
Bush
House of
London
Boulogne
Isabella Brown Reed
Wingrove
the Revenue
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R. J
Uriel
Cherubim
London Saturday Journal
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Douglas
Jerrold
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Stentor
Oxford
Cambridge
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Brougham
Bove
Nati
British India
Prince of
Oude
Meer Abzak Ali
Meer. Kuram. Ali
Bombay
C. Forbes
Henry Shackary
Jeremiah Bryant
Daniel ‘O'Connell
W. Ewart
A. Chanman
F. Finch
Goodfellow
Briggs
Thompson
Nicholls
Sikea
Probyn
Bowring
Hodgkin
Thoming Frankland
Liverpool
Joseph Pease
Darlington
John Crawford
H. Blanchard
J. H. Tredgold
East India
Lord Brougham
India
Great Britain
France
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Athens
Senate
Rome
United Kingdom
Company
Lord Cornwallis
East India Company
Seraglio
Kowledge
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Ewart
M.P
O'Connell
West India
Charles Forbes
Blanchard
Oade
House of Commons
Ireland
Scotland
Belgium
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