The Poor Man's Hymn and Other Pieces
A mixed column features Ebenezer Elliot's The Poor Man's Hymn seeking justice for workers, notes on Nazareth water wells, world salutations, disinterment of Catherine the Great, a court scene about a mare’s age, advice for married women, and poems on winter nights and a satire on counseling ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer Elliot
Rome
Nazareth
Lord Lindsay
Egypt
China
Cairo
Peter
Catherine the Great
Paul
Catherine
Alexis Orloff
Raikes
Ostler
Urchis
Andrew Park
North
Periodical notices and literary reviews analysis
The piece surveys October periodicals with praise for New Monthly and Old Monthly content on Gilbert Gurney Shakespeare criticism and Miss Norton. It highlights Fraser and Metropolitan items, notes Irish stories by Banim, and recounts a vivid scene from Nicholas Nickleby Part VII involving Kate Mantalini and a writ of execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New. Monthly
The
New Monthly
Theodore Hook
Gilbert Gurney
Shakspeare
Tyler
Henry of Monmouth
Courtenay
Ame Mara
Alfred de Rosann
British and Foreign Review
Fraser
Regina
Edward ‘Lytton Bulwer
Lord Brougham
Constable
Bourbon
Rome
Paris
Doctor Maginn
Dolly Duster
Banim
Winkle
Pickwick
Parbury's
Oriental Herald
Prince of Onde
East India Company
Roberts
Sectabulda
Nicholas Nickleby
Ralph Nickleby
Kate
Muntlehiney
Madame Mantalini
Scaley
Tix
Missis
Mr. Scaley
Mr. Sealey
Mr. Tix
Mantalisi
Mr. Mantalini
Tom Tix
Madame Mantzlini
The Mantalini Household Drama in Pickwick Abroad Style
A dramatic scene unfolds with Mr Mantalini in a frenzied dispute with his wife over perceived ruin. He threatens self harm while she pleads, then is restrained and led away. The narrative notes contemporary criticism of Pickwick Abroad and related works, with brief literary notices and engravings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Nickleby
Madame Mantalini
Alfred
Kate
Mr. Mantalini
Mantalini
Parbury
A. Ure
Longman
Pickwick
Sherwood
Samuel
E. W. Lane
Knight and Co
Messrs. Knight
Harvey
Somerville
British Legion
Pattie
Westminster Grenadiers
Campbell
Jackson
Chadwicke
Spain
Chadwickes
England
Cornwall
Plaza of
San Sebastian
Ensign Chadwicke
The
3D Regiment
Citadel of
A Sorverer or Axenor Detests Halberds in Punishment
A military officer who despised halberds used a large iron bomb shell strapped to a delinquent’s leg as a flogging substitute. During a parade, sailors nearby joked that a shipmate’s eyes would spot a suitable man in the ranks and questioned the punishment.
Railway notices on line expansions and progress across regions
Reports from various rail projects detail active work between Moseley Camphill and York extensions. Metrics show earth works hours, crews, and engines. confirmations of York extension and Leeds Manchester links. tramway disputes settled with arbitration. and foreign rail progress from Ireland to Havre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Eastern
Tonbridge
Maidstone
Canterbury Journal
Norra
Encranp
North of England Railway Company
York
Corporation of York
House of Correction
York Herald
Eastern Counties
Braithwaite
Eastern Counties Railway
Nonru Uniox
Ribble
Leyland
Preston Chronicle
Manchesterr
Sheffield and Manchester
Penistone
Humber
Lock
Manchester
Sheffield
Chesterfield
Tapton House
Messrs. Leather and Waring
London
Bricuron
Brighton Railway
Merstham
Croydon
John Britton
London and Birmingham Railway
OS Penrith
Cartisle
Penrith
Shap
Templesowerby
Kirbymhore, &c
Harraby
Kendal
Appleby
Westmoreland
Carlisle
Douxpdee
Arbroath
Dundee Advertiser
South Western
Ireland
Southern
Exeter
Bristol
Birmingham
Liverpool
Leeds and Manchester Railway
Littleborough
Rochdale
Durham and
Sunderland
Rattroop Vy
Market Harborough
Denbigh Hall
Rugby Station
Havris
Courrier Francsis
L’aimeble
Havre
Paris
Pontoise
Stevenson
Post Office Arrangements and London Dispatches
Notices from the Irish Post Office outline new express mail timetables to London via Holyhead Chester and via Holyhead Shrewsbury, with morning and evening dispatches from Kingstown and Edge Hill. Additional schedules from Bangor Liverpool Potteries and Chesterfield detail deliveries and later despatch times once lines open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post- Office
Irish Post-Office Department
London
Holyhead
Chester
Shrewsbury
Kingstown
Edge-hill
Metropolis
Trondon
Liverpool
Liverpool Albion
Bangor
Carnarvon
Hartford
Pwilheli
Pwllheli
Beaumaris
Gwyndu
Amlweh
Carnarvon Herald
London and
Birmingham
Potteries
Newcastle
Manchester
England
Ireland
Scotland
Bristol
Leek
Stafford Advertiser
Edinburgh
Matts
London Mail
Scotsman
Hereford
Abergavenny
Monmouth Cap
Cap
Llanvihangel
Hereford Times
Chesterfield
Birmingham Mail
Sheffield
Halifax
Derby
Derby Chronicle
Br'st Ol
Southampton
Ryde
Cowes
Newport
Hants
Worcester
Earl of Lichfield
Lancaster
North Union Railway
Lancaster Guardian
Naval Preparations of Russia Returning to Sebastopol Harbour
The harbor at Sebastopol hosts six first rate men of war and several smaller craft in calm water. Laborers level rock for fortifications while engineers build colossal defences and wooden walls. The piece notes Russia’s aim to command the sea and extend dominion across its territory. Also discusses legal contrast in injunctions and a duelling incident involving a former great seal holder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Sebastopoli
Britannia
Alliot
Austria
Also Mentioned on This Page
Railway Notices
Post-Office
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