Invitation of Wisdom to the Young in Curious Columns
A reflective column blends poetic appeals to youth with moral exhortations about marriage and Godly rest. It surveys historical Massachusetts life, a Haydn anecdote, and miscellany vignettes including Amazons in Sikh lore, Lessing’s misrecognition, and notes on Chinese gratitude and Peel era religion and trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gome
Massachusetts
Salem
Richard Hutchinson
General Court
Matthew Stanley
John Tarbox
Jonas Fairbanks
Eyis
Ranjeet Sing
Cachemire
Persia
Punjab
Lotus
Ranjeet
Lahore
Dost Mohammed
Osborne
Tsae Ye
Colledge
Mongha
Robert Peel
Asia
Fair Land
Egypt
Heaven
Nimrod
Dseirh Or
Sre Sipyey Smitru
Paris
Ipisa
Norman Macdonald
Ford
Morpeth
Ireland
Drummond
Chronicle
Ald Ang
Feargus O'Connor's Petition Exposes York Castle Treatment
Feargus O'Connor writes from York Castle detailing eighteen months solitary confinement for political libel, harsh prison conditions, and comparisons to other inmates. He appeals to Parliament, cites affidavits from supporters, and argues the punishment is excessive and degrading, urging transfer to the Queen's Bench for medical access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Connor
Talfourd
House of Commons
Northern Star
Feargus O'Connor
York Castle
Sheweth
Northern Star and
Leeds General Advertiser
York
Court of Queen's Bench
Anthony Todd Thomson
Jaque
Hammersmith
Cooper
Queen's Bench Prison
Marquis of Normanby
Marquis of
O’brien
The
Newcastle
Zyne Mercury
William Taylor
Rochdale
Court of’ Queen’s Bench
Hague
Liverpool Assizes
Uison
Holroyd
Queen's Bench
The Murder of Lord William Russell verdict trial excerpt
Coverage of Courvoisier committal at Bow Street with remarks on rumours and evidentiary questions. Court proceedings show the prisoner’s health, defense hints, and potential later evidence, including a questioned seal impression and references to Russell. Further reports mix other courtroom items and dispatches from Paris, Madrid, and Istanbul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OL Cane
Norman Macuun
Chronicle
Susan Lloyd
Wm. Leeson
James Tracy
Sirr
Meath
William Leeson
Tracy
Scotland
General Assembly
Edinburgh
Strathbogie
Mr. Edwards
Marnoch
House of Lords
Edwards
Court of Session
Presbytery
Strathhogie
Patrick Robertson
Church of Scotland
Cook
Lord Aberdeen
Courvoisier
Bow-Street
Valet Courvoisier
Hall
Newgate
Flower
Russell
Hobler
Mr. Hobler
Mr. Russell
Mr. Flower
Mr. Hall
Paris
Marshal Valee
Medeéah
Bendah
Algiers
Medeah
Abd-el-Kader
Marcal
Orleans
Aumale
Madrid
Catalonia
Morella
Constantinople
Sheik el Islam
Council of Justice
Tribunal
Akiff Pacha
Egypt
Oxstrep
Hibernian
Cobb
New York
Mexico
Texas
Presidio
Rio Grande
Great Britain
Canada
Hibernia
Great Western
Cuba
Lloyd's
Liverpool
Downes
Calcutta
London
Mauritius
Ann
China
Thomas Coutts
England
Table Bay
Cape of Good Hope
Encrisa
Tsle
Oesel
Canal Rock
Gulf of Finland
Mancheaten
Hundred of
Salford
Heywood
Manchester
T. Lawler
Mr. Amberg
Messrs. Bancks and Co
Lawler
Queen Square
Quinn
Charles Field
James Watt
St. James's Park
Palace
Tierney
Home Office
Frederick Roe
Gregorie
Regent-st
Thornton
Mendicity Society
Worship Street
Snockine
Cackox
James
Alexander Nelsen
Jane Nelsen
Messrs
de la Rue
James Nelson
Broughton
House of Correction
Lambeth Street
Blackwall
William Seaman
William Warren
Chapman-street
Whitechapel
G. C. Norton
Taylor
Furnivals Inn
Bramah
Accidental Death of Captain Otway at Hyde Park Barracks
A Westminster inquest heard how Captain Waller Otway was crushed when his horse reared and fell, trapping him. The post mortem showed pelvis fractures and bladder rupture. witnesses, including Lord Clinton, described a purely accidental incident. The jury returned an accidental death verdict, while Admiral and Lady Otway received the era’s condolences and praise for naval charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inquist
Knightsbridge
Mr. Higgs
Westminster
Waller Otway
Michael Mann
Charles Clinton
Hyde Park
Green
Lord Clinton
Ayde-park
Rottenrow
Beadle
Cecil
Campbell
St. .James's Street
Grace
Astley Cooper
B. Brodie
George Reed
Lord Clarence Paget
Prince Albert
Cambridge
Otway
1St Life-Guards
Hyde-park Barracks
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Uni
Sir Philip Sydney
Howell
Bristol
Haydn
Afusic
Alcibiades
Athens
Socrates
Xantippe
Lessing
Atheneum
Simes
Feargus O’connor
Lord William Russell
Tuosas‘clankson
Thomas Clarkson
J. Sturge
Mesaris Renorter
Eantain
Mansion House
John Holmans
Mr. Josephs
Elizabeth Morris
John Granger
Fore-street
Edward Snell
Glover
Edgware Road
Marylebone
Wlliam Draymen
Francis Humbert
Hyde Park Hotel
Oxford-street
Humbert
Mr. Humbert
Captain Otway
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