Place of Birth and Libraries in Curious Columns
A reflective piece on the longing for one's birthplace and the sadness of distance. It compares global libraries, noting 250 000 volumes in a perfect private library and Germany’s 2 000 000 in public libraries, then contrasts American and European access to books. It includes sections on atheism metaphysics printing in China and the nature of women's attachment with moral observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
America
Paris
Germany
Negro Woman Redeems Family and Critique of Masters
A friend recalls a freed Black woman who, after liberty, labored to redeem her husband and five children, buying three of them and earning substantial wages as a sick nurse. The piece contrasts this with male licentiousness fueling slave trade and cites literary extracts on virtue and temperance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Washington
Martineau
Proclamations and Indian Empire Debate in 19th Century Review
The Howden and Westminster Review analyzes Lord Durham's proclamations and the Durham policy, arguing for a decisive leader who can implement justice and policy. It endorses an offensive stance against Russia, urging alliance with Afghanistan and a strong British pivot through Cabool to secure India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howden
Westminster Review
Durham
Lord Durham
Liberal Party
Great
Reform Party
Canada
Indian Empire
G. E. Westmacott
Westmacott
Hon. Company
Asia
Afghanistan
Russia
Herat
Poland
Sweden
Turkey
Persia
Caucasus
Wallachia
Europe
Great Britain
Central Asia
India
St. Petersburg
Sutluj
Ranjeet Singh
Cabool
Britain
Khorasan
Bokhara
Balk
Caspian
Indus
Indian Caucasus
Barnes
Jallalabad
Peshawar
Muhammad
Szimonowitech
F. de Porquet
M de Porquet
France
la Belle France
Somerville
British Legion
Coal trade dispute flares before lord mayor
In a tense session Mr Bradfield accuses coal factors and merchants of malpractice while Mr Metcalf defends the system as steady and public serving. The lord mayor expresses doubt about abuses and questions weighers and turns focus to a suspected injurious combination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metealfya
Coalmarket Committee
Bradfield
Bradford
Metcalf
Mr. Bradfield
Mr. Metcalf
London
M. Metcalf
Controversy Over Uncanonical Practices and Tea Society Notes
The present lord chancellor is said to have altered more judicial decisions than predecessors. A bishop warned Baptist Noel to abstain from uncanonical practices or face consequences. The Mepico Borantcat Society discussed tea cultivation, showing strict Chinese leaf handling and varieties like Howqua's Mixture. A Radical Political Union meeting in the Potteries saw the scaffold collapse during Feargus O'Connor's speech, with jokes about his prior failures and a note that women’s political unions have formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Baptist Noel
Noel
Mepico Borantcat Society
Sigmund
England
Potteries
Feargus O’connor
O’connor
Staffordshire
Feargus
North Trunk Railway proposed from London to Leicester
A new line named the North Trunk Railway would start at Islington and pass between Highgate and Hampstead then Finchley Barnet St Alban s Bedford to Leicester joining the Midland Railway. It aims to form part of a direct London Edinburgh route and faces opposition from the London and Birmingham Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Norta
North Trunk Railway
Islington
Highgate
Hampstead
Finchley
Barnet
St. Alban’s
Bedford
Higham Ferrers
Wellingborough
Leicester
Midland Railway
Edinburgh
London and Birmingham Company
Cheltenham and Swindon Railway Company
Cheltenham
Gloucester
Gloucester and
Birmingham
Tewkesbury
Droitwich
Gloucester Road
Bolton and Kenyon Junction
Hulton Park
Kenyon Junction
Leigh
Collier
Bolton
Manchester Times
Great Western Railway
Hanwell
Gipsey
Wharncliffe Viaduct
G. H. Cockrell
Haffenden
Saint George’s Hospital
Fleetwood
Preston and Wyre
Burn Naze
Poulton
Preston Paper
London and Southampton
Richard May
St. Thomas’s Hospital
Travers
Preston
Northampton Herald
Leighton
Intolerance Debate in Arches Court over Prayers for the Dead
The Arches Court heard Mary Woolfrey's case against Rev. Breeks on whether prayers for the dead align with the Church of England. The judge delayed judgment amid arguments over purgatory and authority, while observers note prayers' popularity despite doctrine. In Paris, Zoe Bigot witnesses a suicide from Notre Dame, and the fallen man is sent to the Morgue as Zoe is sheltered by police under Commissary Fleurian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Twist
Boz
Bentley
Miss Landon
Colburn
Rosa Matilda
Della Crusca
de Brooke
Mrs. de Brooke
Aubrey
Mary Woolfrey
Breeks
Arches Court
Sir Herbert Jenner
Addams
Woolfrey
John Dodson
Church of England
Claude Frolio
Paris
Tower of Notre Dame
Parvis
Rue de Masillon
Zoe
Zoe Bigot
Prefecture of Police
Fleurian
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Morris
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