Watermen and Steam Navigation firms plan winter dividends
The Watermen's Company aims to declare a ten percent dividend this year and build a reserve, while the Iron Steamboat Company will match last year's payout. The General Steam Navigation Company continues expansion with new vessels to launch in spring, after reporting strong profits and rare casualties. A royal funeral for Chief Rabbi Solomon Hirachel proceeds with a large processional ceremony at the North Street Jewish burial ground in Limehouse, drawing notable figures such as Baron Rothschild and Sir Moses Montefiore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aide ‘Ac
Atermen
Watermen’s
Adelphi
Woolwich
Iron
Sto
General Steam Navigation Com
General Steam Navigations Company
Ransi
Solomwon Iasl
Solomon Hirachel
Hileend-road
Bury-street
St. Mary-axe
S. S. Asshur
Holy Ark
Antleman
Israel
Gates of Hope Charity
Jews’ Free School
Jews’ Charity School
Baron Rothschild
Moses Montefiore
Asshur
Sir Moses Montefiore
Isaac L. Goldsmid
David Salomon
Philip Samuel
Denis Samuel
Simpson Samuel
David Wire
Evy
Philip Salomon
Louis Lucas
Lemon Hart
C. Ke
Phenix Tavern
Shadwell
Bowkett
Jonathan Duncan
Ar. Duncan
England
Furi
Sean
Piueto
Dateca
James Gran
Vir
Duncan
Adel Io
Destructive fire at bonded store in Anne-street Dundee
Alarming blaze at Mr Oliver Wingate’s bonded store in Anne-street Dundee devastated the upper flats with cotton, grain, wines, teas and more destroyed. Five fire engines fought the flames from dawn to afternoon, gutting the building while nearby structures faced risk. loss estimated around £5,000 with extensive property damage and hunting for cause. The report also notes a separate Perth assizes case where Isabella Turnbull faced a long transportation sentence for arsenic poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Steprono
Lady Stopford
Robert Stopford
K.C.B
Blackheath-hill
Stepford
Hounslow
8Th Royal Hussars
Hounslow Barracks
Hounslow-heath
Bainbridge
Liverpool
Liverpool Mail
United Companies
Southampton
Leigh
Pollard
Ruth Corridaw League
Ferrand
Corn Jw
Andrews
Laishley
F. Cooper
Oliver Wingate
Anne-street
Jamaica Street
Argyll Street
Glasgow
Denpland
Perth
Esabella
Blakey
Anne Blakey
William Blakey
Advocate
Dundee
Laughter and Opium Tales From a China Voyage
A humorous letter from a British voyage in Chinese waters recounts opium mishaps, floating towns, and a gun-brig duel with mandarin boats. The narrator describes river life, rescued Chinese children, and the crew’s wish for land excursions while critiquing imperial views and wartime tension.
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Cape
Canton
China
Parkington
Lin
Dr. Watts
Dibuin
Nod
Morlius
Bedfordshire
Honen
Thames
Sadler's Wells
Tau
Pia
Lnaasairs
Limeeli
Abel Uyere
Monjesty
Cmding
Taek
Amd
Adalol
Pt Cagtdit Manage Ward Bisunit
Herod
Burdue
Gustavus
Stirld
Victoris
Susan
Ceupes
The Flight and Death of Eugene Daverny in Spain
In the Peninsular War era a French officer Eugene Daverny rides alone from a halted regiment and is pursued by guerillas. He is lured to a cottage by a Spaniard ally, discovers a tragic scene with his lover Anna, and is sealed inside as the cottage is set ablaze. The corpse of Anna and Daverny perishes as the pyre glows, a grim episode remembered in Fraser's Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brompton
Chatham
Swaile
Bank of England
Death
Brompton
Sciile
Tehberg
Jane
Saath Bay
Lagiani
Saydanapalus
Hussars
Eugene Daverny
Leon
Valladolid
France
Marmont
Ciudad Rodrigo
Wellington
Joseph
Daverny
Spain
Eugene
Rome
Napoleon
Anu
Donna
Magene
Platt Savage
Dania Petard
Providence
Phippe
Tans Sare
Cansine
Eranthaother
Dean
Owas
Bae ¢Lock
Venr Lite
Shane
Anna
The Fat Gentleman’s Mismatched Dinner Debt
Julius Augustus Giffin attends a dinner from a stranger at the Crown and Sceptre, loses calm, pays a heavy tavern bill for the proffered dish and music, and trudges home past jeering crowds. He is mugged between Deptford and New Cross, losing watch and cash before finally reaching his cottage in wearied shame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fraser's Magazine
Fraser
Ashburton
Kent-road
Greenwich
Rankin
Newmarket
Gillin
Giffin
Julius Augustus
Nankin
Judias Augustus Giffin
Hiestranger
Gere
Dignum
Julius Augustus Gillin
Apollo
Gitlin
Harriet
Newcastles
Lasban
Innankin
Mr. Gith
Digey
Nankie
Augelo
Angelo
Npss
Pring
Gath
Corti
Tals Anges
Cugains
Rico
Dignuson
Newcastle
Crown and Sceptre
Mr. Giffin
Thames
Custan
Kent Road
Julius Augustus Giffin
Ieenwich Church
Deptford
New Cross
A Junior Barrister and the Courtroom Farce
A letter from a young barrister recalls twenty five years since his call to the bar at Lincoln's Inn. He recounts a comic first speech in court, a failed rule nisi, and the sarcastic press critique that followed, while noting the era's literary items and a French Queen Victoria spoof by Berenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bentley
Friexe
Lincoln's Inn
Gray's
Doe
Cotterham
Bacon
Thaukl
Blair
Tron
Banxaus Urineiuss
Also Mentioned on This Page
East-court
Scotland
Literary Chronicle
Colpurn
New Moxority Magazine
Colburn
Thomas Hood
Ainsworth's Magazine
Edinburgh
Ludwig Alland
Victor Hugo
Berenger
Monsieur Comme
Ilfaut
Reranger
Phare
Reuavon
Tanee
York Minster
Yorkminster
Kentucky
Kentuck Yeoman
New York
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