Attar of Roses and Indian Swan Killing Note
A column of curiosities cites attar of roses price five guineas an ounce and a test for quality, Indian swan hunting by night drift to stun with a pine fire, royal drinking parties of Ranjeet Singh, and a portrait of Malibran's eccentricities and gentle care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Wellsted
Townshend
Rocky Mountains
Malibran
Madame Malibran
Madame Melibran
Mysterious death of Liverpool merchant Bibby shocks port
A prominent Liverpool firm owner Mr. John Bibby of Bibby and Sons is found dead in a pond near Aintree after a night missing from Friday. An inquest at Bootle Primrose hotel heard testimony on the coachman ride, possible robbery, a found pocket book, and signs suggesting death occurred when he fell into water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aintree Racecourse
Bootle
Primrose
Henry Ambrose
Standpark
Sefton
William Martin
Joseph Ledburn
John Bibby
Joseph Webster
Litherland
Aintree
Henry Simpson
Batt-street
Everton
Castle-street
Royal Bank of Liverpool
Dale-street
Royal Bank
Bibby
Mr. Taylor
Evertonhill
Mr. Bibby
Kirkdale Village
Liverpool
Kirkdale
Primrose Hotel
Tyrrell
Liverpool Police
Thomas Abram
Black Bull
Walton
Sefton Arms
Stand-park
Ledson
Stand Park
Henry Baker
Orwell Road
Mr.Ledson
Annn Owens
J.B.B
Harrison
T. Wainwright
Vioienne
Jones
Seaforth
Wainwright
IMCO
Simoo
Topsham
M.A
Chandler
Sanger
Oxford-stront
Bateman
Castlé Street
Leicester-squire
Burcley and Sons
Barrington Street
Givford
Sarand
Doditington and Co
Charlita
Deaths and accidents flood the news in London and beyond
A string of inquests reports drownings and suicides across districts. Witnesses describe a drowning verdict in a Stand Park case, a self inflicted death by a George Fry at Old Bailey, and a Gloucester area steamboat accident with three died. Additional inquests cover River Thames fatalities and a Ickenham hanging, with verdicts of accidental death and temporary insanity. The piece notes railway line progress from Gloucester to Birmingham and coaching shifts post opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Bailey
George Fry
Elliott
Monk
Price
Guin
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Loch Long
Glasgow
Hunter’s Quay
Dunoon
Holy Loch
Alexander Rose
Eccles
Dorrett
Glebe-stairs
Rotherhithe
Dublin
James Sullivan
Henry Banks
John Stammers
Philip Phillips
James Godfrey
Sullivan
Hungerford
Greenwich
George Anslowe
Goswell-street
Glebestairs
Ratcliff-cross
Anslowe
Phillips
Stammers
Deptford
New England
Stonestairs
Ratcliff
Banks
Godfrey
Thames
John
Adams
Globestairs
Royal Humane Society
Fara Steis-poir
White Swan
College Hill
Thames-street
E. W. St. John Mildmay
P. St.John Mildmay
Rose
Wm. Clarke
Parkstreet
Grosvenor Square
Coach and Horses Inn
Ickenham
Uxbridge
Wakley
James Winch
T. T. Clarke
Middlesex
Swakeley-ball
Sarah Winch
George Hawkins
Mr.Clarke
Swakeley Hall
Bullock
Mr. Clarke
William Cotton
Edlin
Winch
Usbridge
Cheltenham
Gloucester
Birmingham
Bromscroye
Gloucester Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ranjeet
Ravjeet
Burra Tomacha
Irra Tomacha
Great Tun
Osborne
Louvre
Paris
Az.urs
France
Italy
le Cat
Charles James Fox
Lord Holland
Sir James Wackintosh
Lingard
England
WW. Scott
Bonaparte
Wilberforce
Byron
Moore
Sheridan
Hannah More
Cowper
Southey
George JV
C. Bury
Mir
Murray
Lord of the Isles
Lalla
Rookh
Smith
Crabbe
Mr. Murray
Wordsworth
Rienzi
Marryat
Trollope
Hanah
Randall
Nicholas Nickleby
Eustace
Sir R
Sy Y
Bremner
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Morning Post
Stanley
Shaw
Satan
PSHE
London
Edinburgh
Dublin Life Assurance Company
Charlotte-row
Alexander Robertson
Golden Perch
Limerick
N.B
J. Cheek
Hamberlain
British Museum
Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons
Ilies A
Uvuvie Jules
Broad Street
Bloomsbury
Holborn
THORN
Yarmouth
India
Alexander's
East India Magazine
High Holborn
Land of
H.R.H
Duchess of Kent
Treasury
Grimstone
G.j.guthrie
F.R.S
Penryn Arms Hotel
Bangor
Bvywood
T.W. Grimstone
Broad-street
W. Bicknell
W -Grimstone
King Street
Long-acre
Morbo
Yarnett
J. D. Elliott
Lisle-street
Leicester-square
Saunger
Oxford-street
Prant
Strand
Johnson
Cornhill
Orp
Royal
Post
J. L. Curtis and Company
Soho
Selo-senare
Ndependent
West Middlesex Assurance Company
Bazaar
Baker-street
Portman-square
James Alexander
Samuel Eyre
Robert Ferguson
Thomas Hope
J. D. Hustler
Thomas Knowles
George Willams
H. R. Perkins
Thomas Price
William E. Taylor
John Wilson
William Whittaker
G. E. Williams
G. Cubitt
Norwich
Barclay and Sons
Icker
WM. Dicker
Temple-bar
Oxford
Street
Johnston
Cornhith
Dickers
Utler
Seidlitz
Thomas Butler
Cheapside
Davenport and Stedman
Waterloo-place
St. Pits
Carefix
Lair
May
Evesham
Mr. Prout
Lai
G. May
Thomas Prant
United Kingdom
Blair
Thomas Prout
Lefay
Team Lefay
Stirling
Highstreet
Whitechapel
Signor Lanza
D’anna
Sicily
Lauza
Principad Depôt
No. 2
Seymour-street
Enston-square
John Armstrong
Russell-square
Joan Anmstrone
Joan Anstrone
Mons
Berquier
Calais
Pichon
Genvau
Bologne
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