New Sheriffs of London and Middlesex Presented at Exchequer
William Evans and John Wheelton were presented to the Court of Exchequer for her Majesty’s approbation as sheriffs of London and Middlesex. The ceremony praised their loyalty and public service. An inauguration dinner followed at the London Tavern with speeches, toasts, and festivity.
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Iday
London
Middlesex
Baxone
Westminster Hall
Court of Exchequer
Eeraeer
G. Bankes
Ing
Denees
Baron Bankes
William Evans
John Wheelton
Wheelton
Manchester
Company of Cordwainers
Christ’s Hospital
Sheriff Evans
Carmarthenshire
Evans
Agai
Alderman Harmer
Aldeyman
Common Council
London Tavern
Bishopsgate-street
Lord Nugent
W. Crawfurd
M.P
Aitcheson
Venables
Farebrother
Harmer
Lainson
Kelly
Sir P. Laurie
T. Wood
Hobbs
Sheriff Wheelton
George Bankes
City of London
Crawford
Municipal Reform Drafts Council Ward Representation
The Guilthall committee on municipal reform proposes new ward divisions in London to reallocate common councilmen. Using a 240 total, wards would be classified by houses and rateable property, with reductions for large wards and increases from historic totals.
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Guilthall Committee
Farringdon
Bishopsgate
Corporation Inquiry Committee
Bassishaw
Lime Street
Dowgate
Candlewick
Cordwainer
Wintrae
Broad-street
Ridge
Walbrook
Aldersgate
Coleman-street
Altate E Ee
Portsoken
Cripplegate
Wrecked Yachtsman narrates voyage from Maldives to Cochin to Colombo
A shipbound voyage ends in wreck on a coral reef near the Maldive Islands. The crew survive on tiny islands, barter with islanders, then reach Cochin and Colombo en route to Galle and Calcutta, hoping for passage home to Glasgow within weeks. The captain secures aid and hospital care, and the letter notes overland mail and forthcoming government dispatches.
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Yougel
Glasgow
Bombay
Lochpril
Maldive
Maldives
Cochin
Cook
Malabar
Ceylon
Pointe de Galle
Galle
Leeward
Galle Hospital
Pointe de Gaile
Alji
England
Columbia
P.S
Overland Mail
London
Liverpool
Reminiscences of a Veteran at Upper Pitforthie Farm
An eighty one year old veteran Daniel Mackenzie a sergeant and pensioner of the 71st recalls his service from the Gibraltar siege to campaigns in the East Indies and the Cape of Good Hope. He describes red hot shot at Gibraltar the promotion of Corporal Hugh Fraser the Beagle Bay voyage, the Blue Mountains charge, Moore’s retreat and the Corunna wound. He notes earning 25 dollars for a captured dragoon’s horse and keeping a dragoon pistol as a trophy. A barber in King Street advertises giving proceeds to the Royal infirmary and Catholic schools.
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Upper Pitforthie
Arbuthnott
Daniel Mackenzie
Gibraltar
Admiral Rodney
73D
Daniel
East Indies
Hugh Fraser
Nigg
Ross-shire
Hugh
Boyd
Barbary
71St
Cape of Good Hope
Sir David Baird
Blue Mountains
Highland Brigade
Ferguson
Jansens
Home Popham
Beuues Ayres
David Baird
Corunna
D. Baird
King-street
Glasgow Chronicle
The Farmer's Daughter and a Country Love Tale in England
A long prose vignette satirizes country life and courtship as Captain Jenkinson courts Anne Field in a farmer’s home. Guardians balk, oaths fly, and a moonlit romance近 faces a comic, fate‑driven obstacle highlighted by rustic manners and social boundaries.
Not Guilty Verdicts Amid Allegeance Debate In London
The passage notes jurors sparing nineteen accused youths in a mercy leaning verdict amid confusion over terms natural allegiance and required allegiance. It references Dr Lushington and a learned argument on detention terms, and mentions a London periodical with poetry by a writer serving Apollo and Mars, illustrating divided duty.
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Ghac
Flushing
Chan E
Air
Great Britain
Lushington
London
Smith, Elder, and Co
Apollo
Mars
Mercury
Alligators at a Temple Pool and a Palace Ruin
A visitor describes fifty alligators near a temple pool in India, their ferocious feeding on a goat causing a chaotic melee. The scene ends with the fakirs protecting the alligators. Then Major Calder Campbell’s poem laments a ruined Beejapore palace, contrasting past grandeur with present decay and moral reflection.
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Dante
Martin
Hades
More Hall
Dragon of Wantley. A Ruined Palace AT Beejapore
Calder Campbell
Daguerreotype portraits in Paris draw crowd at Susse shop
In Paris at the Passage des Panoramas M Susse showcases a novel daguerreotype portrait. The portrait links the original money changer to the likeness with features clear and lights well managed, a Rembrandtish effect critics note.
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Paris
M. Susse
Louvre
United States
Great Britain
Barrie
William Ivv
Rochester
de Witt Clinton
Narragansett
Montreal
Lady Colborne
Britannia
David Jones
Montreal Courier
Fort St. Francis
New York
Ee Carrion
Stram
Herne Bay
City of
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M'Inro
Plac
Dryades
Earth
John Tomkins
Hyson
Desdemona
Gertrude
Wyoming
Ken
Anne
Captain Jenkinson
Field
Ann
John Wright
Fitz-Somebody
Lady Jenkinson
Times
Charles Jenkinson
Light Dragoons
Anne Louisa
Burley Field
Sycamore Grange
Salop
Mr. Label
St. James's Street
Jackson
Mary Crookham
France
America
Hobler
Atlon Shell
Ie Gap
John Bull
John
Lord Bubblebrain
Bubblebrain
United Service Journal
Colburn
Folkstone
Buffy
Boulogne
Kent
Dover
Henry Nazer
Middleburgh
Azores
Scheldt
Scilly
Joe Wills
Folkestone
Downs
Newgate Prison
Admiralty
High Seas
Don Juan
Brougham
Holland
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