Curious Column Mixed Tales and Murder Inquiry
A miscellany column recounts a drunken man kissed by a pig, parliament puffery about drafting acts, and long notes on Montgolfier balloons. It then details a Waterloo Road murder case with Eliza Greenwood, a suspect Hubbard, inquest testimonies, and a police investigation with multiple witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barleycorn
Waterloo Toad
Eliza Greenwood
No. 12
Wellington Terrace
Havin
Carter
William Hubbard
Waterloo Road
Glover
Bird
Hubbard
William Bird
Eliza
Mary Fisher
Field
L Division
Cooke
Strand Theatre
Waterloo-bridge
Mary Chambers
No. 6
Wellington-terrace
Inspector Field
Anderson
Joseph Spicknell
Boddy’s Bridge
Upper Ground-street
Blackfriars
Strand
Temple-bar
St. Clement’s Church
Times
John F. Cubitt
Beadle
Elizabeth Hubbard
Mr. Hubbard
Pentonville
Payne
Waterloo Bridge
Odd Irish Humour and Rapid Travel Tales
A fragment from a 19th century column mixes Irish humour with rapid travel feats and moral vignettes. It recounts a wounded laborer joking about attending his own funeral, a Bristol to Liverpool journey within thirty-five hours, the insanity and antics of Christian VII, Emperor Francis easing grief at a funeral, and notes on literary property with classic titles and authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrah
Jesus
Glastonbury
Bristol
Birmingham
Liverpool
Christian Vil
Denmark
Francis
Schonbrun
Burn
R, Jackson
Diplomatic Embassies to London Amid Grand Lodgings Crisis
The article details lavish arrangements for extraordinary embassies to London, listing France, Austria, Russia, Prussia, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, and Sardinia. It notes monumental house prices and shared mansions to host diplomats, with references to Ponsonby, Burlington House, Grillon's, and the Duke of Wellington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponsonby
Burlington House
Stuart de Rothesay
London
Europe
Duke de Grammont
George IV
Grillon
Willis
France
Louis Philippe
Charles the Tenth
Paris
Rheims
Marshal Soult
Dalmatia
Napoleon
Duke of Wellington
Marshal
Marquis D’eyragues
The
Hague
Marquis de Mornay
Centre Gauche
Duke de Vicence
Caulaincourt
Marquis de Bassano
F. ‘Baring
Lord Shaftesbury
Barbara Ponsonby
M. de Chateaubriand
Terpsichore
Sebastiani
Manchester-house
Baron de Bourqueney
Count de Rohanchabot
Duke of Leinster
Grillon’s
Duke de Nemours
Austria
Prince Schwartzenburg
Prince Trautsmandorf
Prince Esterhazy
Lord Mansfield
Portland-place
Russia
Count Strogonoff
Anatole Demidoff
Ural Mountains
Count Pozzo
Ashburnham House
Charles Pozzo
Crillon
Carlton Terrace
Strogonoff
Prussia
Prince Putbus
Mivart
Burlington
Holland
Baron van Capellen
Denmark
Holstein Gottorp
Isles
Anne
Baron Blome
Wastemburg
Wurtemburg
Mandelsloh
House of Brunswick
Belgium
Prince de Ligne
Marechal Prince de Ligne
Also Mentioned on This Page
Westmeath Election Committee
Ireland
Austin
House of Commons
House of Lords
Chapel Royal
Gillman
Coleridge
Montgolfier
Lyons
Zoological Gardens
Joseph Montgolfier
Pilatre de Rosier
Count de Laurencin
Marquis de Dampierre
Count d’Anglefort
Prince Charles de Lignes
Fontaine
Boulogne
Calais
Olivari
Bittori
Trambeccari
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