March of Science and Solomon Pools in Ancient Echoes
A Maldon letter laments farming with steam power and praises Boulton's engine progress. The piece describes Solomon’s Pools near Jerusalem, their aqueducts, and a meditation on ancient wisdom and vanity of empires. It includes notices on poets, rulers, telegraph progress, and various historic curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maldon
Seine
Boulton
Birmingham
St. James’s
Mr. Boulton
BITE ATFURE Jane Lomax themes a mother’s crime tale
A Victorian review of a novel narrative unfolds around Diedrich Hoffac a parsimonious German on his deathbed. His forged will and the scheming wife spark a suspenseful plot about guilt money and detection. The critique praises Jane Lomax as a beacon and notes the contemporary works on etiquette and cookery and a moral tale of Peery Carroll in a courtroom scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Lomax
Diedrich Hoffac
Walth
Joel Lo Iax
Joel
Bristol
Hockaard
Groek
Singh Agratch
Maine
Tess Awey
Apether
Kida
Hida
Ehidd
Agati
Mr. Kind
Lord Chesterfield
Fr. Kidd
Saunders
Otley
Sister Isle
Michael Carroll
Peery Carroll
Flere
Peery
Michael
Carroll
Michael Carrol
Musha
Hima
Michaul
Ma-Bauchal
Plain Advice on Wills by John H. Brad Esq
This notice reviews Brad's Plain Advice on Wills with forms and explanations for making wills at any family level. It notes inclusion of the late Willa Act and codicils, aims to prevent litigation, and highlights its usefulness to professionals and property owners. It also touches on the Monthly Chronicle and various periodical extracts and articles in politics and naval life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Brad
Legacy Office
Monthly Chronicle
E. L. Bulwer
M.P
D. Brewster
Lardner
Henslow and
Phillipa
N. A. Vigors
Wakley
Sir Hussey Vivian
Lord Worsley
John Russell
Ward
Bulwer
Pendarves
Harvey
House of Commons
Apple Pie Forrest The Celebrated Tragedian A Fable
A traveler seeks supper at an inn with a stale rancid pie. The hostess lauds a later richer pie while the guest praises neither. moral exposed that praise can be mere puffery to humbug the town. A satire from 1836 on pseudo renown and public flattery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Min
Hoateas
Old Drury
Ep. W. C
Witty King Forces Wigs On Judges And Clergy
In a humorous tale, King Charles asks Rochester to persuade obstinate lawyers and bishops to adopt wigs. A select audience views wig patterns, then the judges and bishops switch to full and close wigs, aligning with royal fashion and pleasing the king.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Charlies
Burgundy
Lunacy Commission at Park's Head Inquires George Booth Mind
A commission of lunacy held at the Park's Head Strand to assess George Booth of Cronch-hill Hornsey 29 and heir to £300000-£405000. Testimony from several Hornsey inhabitants described severe mental incapacity with 16 years of impaired intellect. Booth replied to questions with erratic answers and was deemed non compos mentis by the chief commissioner and jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park
Strand
Pullimore
C.K. Murray
Blunt
George Booth
Cronch-hill
Hornsey
Booth
Coweress Street
Lord Chaselor
Wright
Hichard Eyken
James Nash
London
Bosth
Fnow
Surcess
Highgate
Mr. Booth
Witness
Mr. Sasw
Snow
Hallam
Witnness
Blackfrners’bridge
King’s Arms Tavern
Kenington
Francis Stephens
Fulham
Stephens
Sidmuth
Droxnahire
Metropolis
Falhan
Varius
Infanticide and public charity in troubled France and a London visit
A French society aids foundlings amid rising infant mortality while state budgets swell for care. In London a country gentleman visiting the House of Commons is shocked by hostile indecorum and laments the political class he sees ruling England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon
Jeruealem
Jerusalem
Marziz
Selames
Plantus
Erence
Botthins
Paulo Borgese
Boxvoglio
Esmund Ailen
Shakspeare
Corneille
Racise
Crichton
Butler
Otwayne
Camogns
Vaughen
Carvantes
Churchill
Lloyd
Bickercreff
Migh Kelly
Paul Hifman
Purden Jones
Earl of Essex
Bayee
Starne
Penary
Mre
Menvy
Atlantes
Sellet
Feoté
Sc&t
France
Statucerd
Liverpool Telegraph
Watton
Helyhead
Szeonda
Basil
Kragisvitz
Servia
Arn
Mary
Macom
Captain Back
Paris
L’outre-Mer
Lusdon
House of Commons
England
Trial for Alleged Patricide in Aylesbury
The trial of William Francia Adams for the alleged murder of his father in Aylesbury ran from Friday into Saturday. Key testimony described the body in the cow-house, a gun, blood, and a secretive cover up. the jury acquitted Adams after an eighteen hour courtroom drama that drew strong public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aylesbury
William Francia Adams
Richard Judge
Themas Worster
Aza
Mr. Adams
Fox-hill
Mr. Kelly
Samuel Perkin
Bone
Saeerves
Wing
Blak
Tae
Nellet
Ke'ly
William Cooke
William Toors
Adams
Education in Spitalfields and Bethnal Green Push for New Schools
A society organizes to extend education in Spitalfields and Bethnal Green. They report about 14,000 children ages five to fourteen in Bethnal Green, with only 1,500 to 2,000 receiving daily instruction, planning a new school for 300 boys and 200 girls on Hare Street Fields and further schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spitalfields
Bethnal-green
Hare-street- Fields
Bristol Zoological Gardens
Also Mentioned on This Page
Curious
Parr
Dr. Parr
Reasory
Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Genoa
M. Isnardi
Colognetto
Republic of Genoa
Doria
Madrid
Spain
Anacreon
Love
Beauty
Cupid
F. de Porquet
Raff Hall
Colburn
John Maltrayers
Weil
Acral
Wscfa
Chronicles of the Sea
Clark
United Service Journal
J. Barrow
Lord Howe
Drumstick Club
Parbury’s Oriental Herald
British India
India
Apple-Pie
Forrest
Charles Kean
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