The Dean and His Groom and Other Domestic Passages
A column of short pieces and anecdotes from a 19th century periodical. It includes a tale of the dean paying a servant bribe for favors, reflections on domestic life for women, advice on bread eating, a sketch on personality and public duty, notes on ancient artillery, the nautical dance in India, Roman timekeeping, and moral exhortations on honour and jealousy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheltenham Chronicle
Sicily
Catana
Rome
Quinctus Marcius Philippus
Scipio
Cicero
Cobbett
Ireland Inland Navigation and Suir Improvement Proposal
The Second Report on Railways and projects for Ireland urges inland navigation on the Suir as the best path to prosperity. It cites Shan non Navigation Company gains, urges Clonmel and Dublin capitalists to form a Suir improvement firm, and criticizes delaying a river navigation plan. It also discusses India British policy, Russia threats, and the enduring value of the British connection in India for trade and governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
House of Commons
Hansard and Co
Suir
Clonmel
Waterford
Sair
Carrick
London
Glasgow
Liverpool
Bristol
England
Scotland
Dublin
Shannon Navigation Company
The
Shannon
India
Great Britain
Russia
Baily § Co
Cornhill
Persia
Europe
Friends of Humanity
Britain
British India
Poland
East
West
India’s growing trade capital and cautionary call to action
A British commentary argues India’s potential to supply essential goods at better terms, urges capital from England to boost cultivation, and warns against rushing into ruinous ventures. It urges immediate policy action to keep India under British influence and prevent Russian despotism from spreading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Anedia
England
Poland
East
Europe
Fraser’s Magazine
Regina
Agamemnon
Eschylus
Institute of
Temperance Society
Dublin
Thomas
Thomaas
Thamas, Petrie
Patie’s Mill
Glorious Temperance Society
Thamas
Great Britain
Joe Hume
Wyld
Franklin Woore
London Oracle
Murphy
Railway To Windsor Branch Proposal From Slough
A Friday Gazette notice states an application will be made in the next Parliament session for an Act to build a two mile branch railway from the Great Western near Slough to Windsor. It notes visitors may ride by omnibus for sixpence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caunter
Daniel
Henry Wickens
Kidd
Wickens
Windsor
Great Western Railway
Slough
Cockaigne
George the Fourth
Owen
Bacon
Tom
Calcutta
England
India
Victoria
United Kingdom
Ireland
Orangemen
Hanover
Britain
Elizabeth
Lord Alfred Paget
Victoria Conroy
Elphinstone
Lord Melbourne
Parbury’s Oriental Herald
Windsor Fair
Eton College
Windsor Express
Suffolk
Coddenham
Reed
Bosmore
Montreal Transcript
Montreal
Quebec
Brougham
Melbourne
Glenelg
Victoria Hotel
Lord Brougham
St. James’s-street
M‘gill Street
St. Paul’s-street
Notre Dame-street
Place d’Armes
Canada
Lord Glenelg
Cornwall
Fort Covington
Gray’s Creek
Rouse’s Point
Chatham
Thames
United States Army
CaputeHouc
Macquer
Berniard
Mr. Cavello
Bernard
Thompson
Vision of a crown land system in a humane reform essay
The writer argues that property causes social evils and proposes one vast crown land estate managed for common good. Roads, rails, harbors and health programs would be financed from land rents, with education and welfare prioritized. He urges union between rich and poor, experimental communities, and voluntary civic programs to elevate labour.
The Costs of Reform and Industrial Waste in a Wartime Era
The text argues war expenditures surpass national rent and critiques a rotten borough system. It links health harms from dry polishing dust to industrial waste, cites Vandeleur at Kalahine as an economist example, and discusses economies of scale in food preparation and housing, noting inefficiencies in kitchens and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandeleur
Kalahine
Limerick
Also Mentioned on This Page
Swift
Sir Arthur Acheson
Deanery
Sir Arthur
Arthur
Gibbon
Mahomet
Constantinople
John II
Segend
Terpsichore
Yzar
Barry Cornwaltt
Rottenborough
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