The Drama and The Stage in The Monthly
Periodical extracts discuss the drama’s fate with Hood’s appointment at Colburns New Monthly and praise for a specimen from the Old Monthly. It notes Mr Malready Stephens and Macready, their seasons, and the drama’s regeneration, suggesting limited progress but rising hope for actors and critics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hood
Colburn
New Monthly
Hood
Martinuzzi
Martin Muszzy
Malready
Stephens
Macready
A Sketch of the Road and a Jolly Frenchman
A satirical sketch recounts a stout French traveler aboard a crowded coach and later aboard a stage, his booming E English phrases and muddled antics prompting laughter and awe. The piece contrasts French merriment with English prejudice about French cooks and carriages, ending with a grim related examination of asylum cruelty and forced feeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hood
Colburn
New Monthly Magazine
Pope
Jranhoe
Monsieur Jacques
Monsieur Mallet
Morbleu
Lord Yolville
France
George Iit
Romeo
Blgars
Irving
Falstaff
Paris
Calais
Garm
Renchman
Baltieet
Asitles
The Enthusiast at the Pyramids and Irish Tales
A collage of excerpts recounting historic curiosities and social sketches. It opens with a Bentley miscellany style meditation on ancient royalty and insanity, moves to Irish process servers and remote tales, then shifts to comic and observational pieces on a mythic Irish king, a ghoulish ball of brains legend, and a vivid London coal carman portrait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bentley
Vite
Eoley-Atreet
S. C. Hall
Treland
Laura Lyngsby
Lot
Kng
Connal Ciernach
Meisgeadrha
Ceat
Ulster
Meisgendrha
Thadg
Rath Criona
Cormac
Thady
Fearaidhack
Moran
Maoin
Moebwua
Guaire
Medina
Gusire
Mochna
Bothur-as-Mias
Clive in India and An Anacretic Fable Digest
The narrative extols Clive's military genius in India, noting his courage, judgment, and ability to convert unpromising materials into conquests. It credits his fame with benefiting Britain yet questions his limited political sagacity. The section shifts to an Anacreontic fable about Cupid and a Privy Council education committee lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clive
India
Thornton
Cruikshank
Cupid
Venus
Debates on Navy Promotions and Finance Policy in Parliament
The Lords discuss naval promotions, defending Admiralty practices and revealing reasons for recent officer advances. Viscount Melbourne critiques the Exchequer Bill funding approach while Parliament weighs deficit remedies and future finance strategies amid prorogation tensions and corn law considerations.
Debates on corn laws and slave trade in the Lords
A Lord discusses the need for a mature, comprehensive review of corn laws, wage distress, and treaties, warning against hurried changes. He criticizes monopolistic pressures and highlights slavery issues, detailing a reported Megpurinaism system in India with gruesome murders of travellers for their children and the sale of the victims to Brinjarah and prostitute networks. The testimony underscores calls for clearer laws and decisive parliamentary action in the next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loerds
Susana
Demerara
Berbice
Minto
Board of Admiralty
Board ‘of Admiralty
Lord Ingestre
Admiralty
Navy
Earl of Minto
Syria
Crozier
Captain Ross
Ross
Charles Elliot
Granville
Charles Adam
Parkin
Scott
Robert Stopford
Earl
Low
Thomas Hastings
House OF Lords
Lord AnnnGer
Earl of Carnarvon
Administration of Justice
Frogmore Lodge
Royal Gardens
Riddle
Marlborough
Clayton
Earl of Shaftesbury
Lord Wharncliffe
Marquess of Normandy
Marquess of Normanby
Lord Ellen Bonough
House of Commons
Duke of We Ineron
Marquess of Norstanuy
Exchequer
Earl of Raptor
Buckinghamshire
Radnor
Ireland
Cork
England
Earl of Radnor
Duke of Wettinarow
Melbourne
Lord Kinnarro
Duke of Welliveron
Ricamont
Robert Peet
Duke of Richmond
Robert Peel
Brooshain
East Indies
India
Sleeman
Getlaman
Bhurtpore
Khema
Nursing Dass
Blurtpore
Nanoo Sing Brinjarah
Kurroulee
Jeipore
Javen ‘Dass
Husseengunge
Heera Dass
Rookmanee
Muttra
Teella
Dass
Mudhoo Dass
Byragees
Dewa Hookma
Teelake
Gungaram
Brinjarahs
Balluck Dass
Chatter Dasa
Neput Dass
Hunooman Dass
Jumna
Gokool
Dewa Brinjarah
Kheir
Thuneissir
Kaner Dass
Roopla
Chumer
Caventer
Dhuan
Beebeepore
Beebespore
Beebecore
Kees Proses
Ramani
Mussulman
Kurnaul
Thunesseir
Goorbuksh
Dhuan Sing
Begree
Jhajjur
Goorbaksh
India Department
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the Magazines
Sam Uite
Polytechnic
Jim
Bonaparte
Duke of Wellington
Limerick
Castle Connell
Long Jim
Nick
Faustus
Pat
London Life
Knight
Coalheaver
London
Thames
Fleet Street
Strand
St. Paul's Cathedral
Tom
H.R
Privy Council
Wharncliffe
Duke of Buckingham
Henry Goulburn
Lord Stanley
Granville Somerset
James Graham, Bart
Imperial Parliament
Viscount Menbourne
Viscount Melbourne
Board of Trade
Hear
Pepescitare
Earl of Rivon
Lord Melbourne
Lord Ripon
Lord Mytnounne
Riron
Earl of Ripon
Duke of Westington
Lord Brovanax
Poor Law Commission
Earl Rapsor
Lord Carrerp
Earl of Extentorover
Bengal
Madras
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