MARATHON LINES AND DESERT READINGS IN OLD NOTES
The article surveys poetry and prose snippets on Marathon and Persian wars, a desert reading scene with a Bedouin reader, and praise for Buckhardt Reading Robinson Crusoe, plus enthusiastic notes on Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature Part X. It highlights classical themes, natural history illustrations, and the virtues of accessible literature for children and adults.
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Greenwich
Richardson
Marathon
Athens
Park
Buckhardt
Robinson Crusoe
London
Charles Knight
Bewick
Wintry Ward charity and price notes in the city church
Sunday service at St Michael parish marked a charitable collection for Wintry Ward schools led by the lord mayor and sheriffs. The report also details market prices for bread and various meats in leading London streets, noting occasional quality differences and widespread affordability. A separate feature describes Mr. Charles Barclay's lifesaving stint at Ross of Mull quarries and a study of Prosser's locomotive on wooden rails with safety guide wheels and potential benefits and limits.
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Wintry Warp Chality
St. Michael, Paternoster
College Hill
J. W. Vivian
Sheriff Musgrove
Wintry Ward
Tottenham-court-road
Oxford-street
Newcut
Lambeth
Lambeth-walk
Berwick
Wiltshire
Westphalia
Cheshire
Dorset
Ostend
Ross of Mull
Argyllshire
Skerryvore
Charles Barclay
Barclay
Bunessan
M.diarmid
Ross
Campbell
Tyree
Hynish
Wooven Bathways
Vauxhall Bridge
Prosser
Payne
Sage notes on debts and court procedure from a 19th century reader
A collage of questions and replies touching statute of limitations on debts, identification of receipts for court use, pensions and family claims, theatrical memories, estate and lease topics, and letters about legal notices. Includes commentary on editors, editors’ court cases, and public notices about legal procedures and transactions.
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A.C
Lady Randolph
Drury-lane Theatrical Fund
Lady Macbeth
Chester
Traver
Serlestreet
Lincoln’s Inn
David Graham Johnstone
80Idisant
Sydney Smith
America
Weekly Chronicle
University of Cambridge
Duke of Northumberland
Blood Royal
B. Y
Grand Duke
Michael
Russia
England
Herod
Buckingham Palace
Royal Mews
Bank of England
Tower
Thames Tunnel
Sir R. Peel
Zoological Gardens
Woolwich
Lord Bloomfield
Arsenal
Royal Buckhounds
Lector
Lecter
W. C.J C
F. Boyce
Yearsley
Saville-row
Morning Herald
Standard
H. B
J. A
Edinburgh
India
J. R
Liur Goin
Leicester
M. M
Richard Higgins
Davies-street
Marlborough-street
Higgins
M. Z
Scortano
Duke of Sutherland
Free Church of Scotland
Church of England
Church of Scotland
Ordnance surveys and Windsor drainage debate continues
Letters recount distrust of the ordnance survey as a tool for town drainage and the cost of such surveys, citing Windsor and London cases, with critics urging competition from civil engineers and warning against government control. Several reader queries on legal and tax matters follow, including partnerships, marriage legality, tenancy notices, and inheritance questions.
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Sutherland
D. Burcess
Windsor
Board of Ordnance
London
Liverpool Mercury
R. Peel
Ordnance Survey of Ireland
Observer
Portsmouth
R. H
R. P
Colonial Office
Newgate
T. L
Scotland
Time rules for sunrise sunset and high water in Britain
The article explains calculating sunrise and sunset by latitude adjustments and lists time corrections for high water at major ports. It also quotes Carlyle and praises reform, urging leaders to join the movement against Corn Laws and class monopolies, warning Lord John Russell to align with reform to avoid losing influence.
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Great Britain
Ireland
London Dock
Bristol
Cork
Cove
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Southampton
London
Kendal
Mr. Carlyle
Cobden
Bright
Lord John Russell
Robert Peel
Calendar notes and weather for November days in 19th century
The item lists liturgical readings for Sunday and next few days, astronomic data on moon phase and sun position, clock offset, day length and sunrise times, plus daily weather summaries from Legh and Meteo Ephem with Zadkiel interpretations. It records events from November 19 to 26 including St Cecilia birthday and Michaelmas term end, and notes cattle and horse fairs at Guildford and Boston.
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Legh
Meteo
Ephem
Zadkiel
Boston
St. Cecilia
Princess Royal
Guildford
St. Clement
Jolan Xviiii
The League Drives Elections and Attwood's New Plan
The Weekly Chronicle surveys late elections showing the League’s decisive influence in London Kendal and Salisbury, praises free trade as key to Whig success, critiques Ireland’s public prosecutions, and dismisses Attwood’s National Union as vague but potential force if grounded in practical aims.
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Lord Palmerston
Robert Peel
John Russell
London
Baring
Pattison
China
Kendal
Warburton
Lancashire
League
Salisbury
Bouverie
Mr. Cobden
St. Albans
Harwich
Carlyle
Dublin Crowning Blunder in Plea of Abatement
The piece comments on Daniel O Connell and fellow traversers challenging the indictment in Dublin. It questions whether the Plea of Abatement will stand, notes a supposed blunder by Cusack Smith for letting witnesses be sworn in the Grand Jury room, and suggests the Crown may have to restart prosecutions if the ruling undermines the case. It mentions Sir Robert Peel’s possible displeasure and links the issue to the Home Office and Horse Guards.
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T. B. Cusack Smith
House of Commons
Sam Slick
Robert Peel
Standard
Lord de Grey
Dublin
Mr. Cusack Smith
Mirabeau
Abbe Siyers
James Graham
William Follett
Wales
Frankland Lewis
Home Office
Dublin Evening Post
Smith
Lord Eliot
Ireland
Daniel O'Connell
Cusack Smith
Courts of Justice
Horse Guards
Attwood and Bentham The Greatest Happiness Principle Applied
The piece complains of Birmingham's atmosphere and its inhabitants, noting a clash of ideas. It criticizes Mr. Muntz as stubborn in debate, while expressing bafflement at local schemes and the meaning of their words. The tone is satirical about reformist passions and political discourse.
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Scotland
W. E
Mr. Muntz
Birmingham
London
Thomas Attwood
National Union
General Confederation of All Classes
Mr. Attwood
Robert Peel
England
Voltaire
Byng
Attwood
Jeremy Bentham
House of Commons
Anil
Parliament prorogation ceremony notes Lords robe delay
The House of Lords reassembled pro forma after the prorogation expired. Lord Chancellor led the ceremony, robed, and read the commission proroguing Parliament to December 19. Large attendance, with many ladies present, marked the unusual occasion.
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House of Lorns
Lords Aberdeen
Wharncliffe
Court of Chancery
Westminster Hall
House of Commons
Lord Wharncliffe
Earl of Aberdeen
Pulman
Commons
Lords
House of Lords
H. Ley
W. Gossett
Commone
H. S. Smith
Lords and Commons
Herring Luggers Return With Mixed Success At Yarmouth
The Fishery reports most luggers returning from Yarmouth and New Foreland with poor results. Nets torn by dogfish hindered catches, though some nearer boats fared better with about 1000 fish per boat. Herring sold in the streets for 20 to 30 shillings per fish amid a glut. codfish plentiful and cheap.
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Yarmouth
Brighton Gazette
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Frankfurter Zeitung
Court of Conservancy
R. Dobson
Sutton
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TuHe Queen
Roosenberg
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Victor Bobain
Courrier de Europe
M. Bohain
Palace-place
Scotland-yard
Bodkin
Central Criminal Court
Marie
Tuileries
Louis Philippe
Chére Amic
Cour Des Fontaines
Palais Royale
M. Fontana
Aix LA Chapelle
Trente Et Quarante
Gazette Des Tripunaur
Great Britain and Ireland
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