A Curious Column on Fire and History in England
A fragmented column blends poetic reflections on a great fire with military escape tales. It details ruins of Britain’s symbols, a French dragoon clash, and a wounded retreat, then shifts to curious notes on civic lore, ancient cannon history, Chinese views of punishment, and a tip about pencil cedar to deter moths in drawers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily
AZOR
England
Thames
St. Bride
Cits
St. Paul
Albion
Pame
Little
Gover
Eiher
Bruce
Barbour
Werewater
Friar Bacon
Cressy
Froissart
IMSLICK'S DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SWEETHEART AND A WIFE
A long rambling sketch mixing rustic dialect and comic observation contrasts courtship and marriage. The piece explores seasons, courtship rites, and the transformation of a lover into a husband, ending with warnings about marital constraints and gendered expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imslick
Uke
Pitetterin
Uenose
Sreshe
Ventur
Accipient From Gunpowder Tragedy At Whitechapel
A 15 year old James Vernon and companion John Hanley set off gunpowder indoors in North Street Whitechapel. A spark ignited the powder, burning Vernon severely and sending him to London Hospital in grave danger. Police warn of similar dangers and urge care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Catherine Cree
Leadenhall-street
London
John Gager
John
James Vernon
North Street
Whitechapel
John Hanley
Leicester Square
Baker
Roebuck
Lower Tottenham
Jane Woods
Charles Birkett
Edmonton
Austin
Holt
John Murphy
R. Woolaston
European tensions rise as Espartero pressure and Madrid executions
Reports from Paris say Espartero demands Madame Munoz removal and threatens recalling the Spanish ambassador if refused. France expands frontier forces and ships to Spanish ports to protect residents. Madrid meanwhile saw execution by firing squad of Brigadier General Gregorio Quiroga y Frias for treason, amid a broad crackdown after the royal conspiracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Espartero
Madame Munoz
France
Manzrp
Isabella I
Peale
Spain
Don Gregorio Quiroga
Y Frias
Campo de Guardens
Madrid
Leon
Bonna Maria Christina de Bourbon
Deedalus
Martin
Liverpool
Africa
Iger
Niger
Soudan
Constantinople
Grruan Manxet
Germany
Hanover
Duchy of Oldenburg
Augsburg
Duchy of Brunswick
Berlin
Louis Philippe
Don Carlos
Christina
Morning Chronicle
Her
Prince Albert
Lord Hill
Earl of Haddington
Admiralty
Prince of
Wates
Court Journal
Tre
Duxley Wettington
Duke of Wellington
du Guex
Earl de Grey
Ireland
Viscount Melbourne
St. George's Church
Hanover-square
Lord Walpole
Earl of Orford
Harriet Bellina Frances Pellew
Fleetwood B. R. Pellew
C.B
K.C.H
Pellew
George Pellew
Norwich
York
Viscount Exmouth
Pollington
Henry
Frederic Walpole
Webster
Henry Hart
Mary Fox
Johnstone
Sibley
Town
Windsor
Sir Stratford Canning
Robert Gordon
Vienna
London
Court of Queen’s Bench
Henry Goulburn
Exchequer
Ernest Bruce
Privy Council
Boroveu Macist
James Graham
Home Department
Commission of the Peace
Lord Hontaxp
Little Holland-house
Lord Holland
Florence
Barzway
Birmingham
Derby Junction
Gloucester
Dundee
Arbroath
Eastern Counties
Glasgow
Ayr
Paisley
Greenock
Grand Junction
Chester
Crewe
Great North of England
Great Western
Hull and Selby
Lancaster
Preston Junction
Manchester
Blackwall
Brighton
Shoreham
Croydon
London and
Greenwich
London and South Western
Belton
Bury
Leeds
Midland Counties
Newcastle and
Carlisle
Northern and Eastern
North Midland
North Union
Preston and Wyre
Ulster
York and
Camberwell
Strand Union
Edsward Willoughby
Dowling
Lamagte
Church Street
Ball
Hine
Mr. Ball
Unsound Mind Case at Bow-Street and Local Fires
A series of court and inquest notes: Miss Fisher, admitted Oct 23, 1840, at Kensington Lunatic Asylum, exhibited violent, incoherent behavior and claimed women were men in disguise. The jury found unsound mind. Other items report manslaughter probes at Bow Street, incendiary fires in Herefordshire, a timber-yard death, poverty lighting needs, and the inquest into George Bennett, famed African traveler. Also details of a murder tied to George Barber and a shipwreck rescue at Table Bay with officer John Merewether.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Henry Parkes
William Webb
London Fire Establishment
Payne
St. George's
Mint Street
Webb
Parkes
Jonathan Roberts
General Post-Office
Friars-Road
Robert Blandford
Patrick Gashman
M Division
Robert Thomas Farrell
Evans
Stones’end
Borough
James Kindon
Edward Haines
Kinder
Adams
Braidwood
Ellen Tubb
Miss Fisher
Philp
Lunatic Asylum
Kensington
Vienna
Bow-Street
Hall
Jones
Scard
Abrahams
Packards
Central Criminal Court
John Lloyd
Penlead
Huntingdon
Herefordshire
Army and Navy Club
St. James’s Square
Standard
Smithey
Bedford-court
Covent-garden
Chandos Street
Rosemary-lane
King Street
Tower Hill
James Parker
Seaman and Snewin
Back
Hatton-garden
Bartholomew’s Hospital
West
Hackney
Suppen
George Bennett
Baker
Hackney-road
S. Robinson
Religious Tract Society
Africa
Erdict
Munper
John Smith
Houlston
Edward Kearsey
Shotfordhall
George Barber
Shetford
Waveney
Smith
Barber
Shetford Bridge
Skeet
Needham
Rogsby
Pulham
Rogaby
J. Muskett
Zsq
Mouille-point
Bucephalus
John R. Merewether
Fulcher
Mr. Merewether
Fie
Sergeant Merewether
Whitehall-place
London
Cape Town
Sucephalus
England
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Tonly
Professor Kidd
Robaily
Johnny
Dartmouth
Dene Legue
Earl of Een
G Rne
Thomas
Une Bullen
Eofily Bullen
Wiltshire
Elizabeth
Baptist Hickson
Viscount Cambden
Leg
Essex
Dhe Capels
William Capel
Eas
Edward Osborne
William Craven
Craven
Viscount Dudley On
Ward
Nitta Ward
Henrietta Maria
Charles I
Rome
Sedgwick
St. Aes
Victor Hugo
Messrs. Kindon and Bathe
Wellington-street
Blackfriars-road
Wellington-place
Blackfriars
Southwark
Messrs
Murray
Wellington Street
Blackfriars Road
Crafter
Roberts
Truscott
Watling-street
Kiteep
Morgan’s-lane
Joseph Parkes
Wellclose Square
St. George the Martyr
Lefs
Tower of London
Gibbons
White Tower
Ordnance Office
Colonel Peel
Mr. Moseley
Bowyer Tower
Science
Board of Ordnance
Ordnance Department
Peel
M.B
Hawke
M.bean
R.A
Parrett
Abraham Booth
Booth
Col. Peel
Bulcete
Mesars
Rundle
Bridge
United Kingdom
Tower
William the Conqueror
Sheffield
O & Grarmwe
Tower of ‘London
Chatham
Sheermess
Dover
Portsmouth
Gibraltar
City Police Committee
Guildhall
Turday
Alderman Copeland
Copeland
Lucas
Kelly
Farebrother
Marylebone
Mr. Long
Martha Prosser
Eliza Weaver
Benjamin-street
Clerkenwell
Whitehouse
Oxford-street
Weaver
Miss Prosser
Prosser
Marlborough Street
Peter Trenor
Thomas Gadney
Tollemache
Park Lane
George
South Street
Grosvenor Gate
King’s Head
King-street
Taylor
North Audley-street
Station House
Maltby
Hatton
Garden
Graves
Clarke
Field
Walker
High Holborn
Greenwood
Mr. Field
Mr. Greenwood
Mr Field
Newgate
Peter Welsh
Arbour
Benjamin Street
Dunn
Golden Lane
Brennan
Broughton
Golden-lane
Union Hall
Hicuwar Resseny
Richard Hitchman
Julias Thompson
Bristol Dick
Cottingham
Libarani
Albany Road
Commissioner Blunt
Sheriffs’ Court
Red Lion Square
Elizabeth Fisher
Aentleman
Barnes
St. Luke's Hospital
Henry Lambert