Descent from the Alps and Mezzotinto Origins
A fragmentary column blends a poetic journey from alpine desolation to a magical isle and gentle spring with a note on mezzotinto engraving. It traces a hermit ferrying the narrator, a queenly figure, and a later, didactic section praising mildness. The piece then recounts a debate over the true inventor of mezzotinto, asserting Louis Von Siegen over Prince Rupert with citations to rare prints in the British Museum.
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Alps
Crag
Dell
Prince Rupert
Lord Orford
Christopher Wren
Royal Society
John Evelyn
Chalaver
Louis von Siegen
Hesse
Cassel
Holland
Hugland
Chrles II
British Museum
Gaim
Von
von. Siegen
von Siegen
Ancient World Medal Found on Hotel de Ville Spire
A medal dating back over four centuries was found inside the old stone at the top of Brussels Hotel de Ville spire after a removal to place a winone. The relic, enclosed in a wade case then tin, depicts a lamb of St John with an inscribed legend referencing Martin V. A silver copy with the king’s name and city magistrate date VIII was placed in the new stone crown with the spire statue of St Michel.
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Hotel de Ville
St. Michel
Lamb of St. John
Martinus P
Martin V
Brussels
Brighton
Hayward
London
Hill
Copyholdier
Cuckfield
Carpue
W. T. Elliott
Brompton Lunatic Asylum
Robert Field
Jackson
Shoreham
F. Gell
Sussex
Hayward’s Heath
Hayward's Heath
Henry Palmer
Watson
Charles Goldsmith
London and Brighton Railway Company
Hawley
Ouse Viaduct
Copyhold-suls
James Jackson
Copyhold
London and Birmingham
Woodcock-hill
Matthew Hall
Orison
British College of Health
Lynch
Cheltenham
Morison
Universal Medicines
Hamilton-place
New-road
King’s Cross
Addresses to the Queen and petitions to end corn laws
A long coin of correspondence from Sidney Smith and supporters urges the public to petition Queen Victoria, detailing correspondence with Lord Radnor and Lord Kinnaird. The letters condemn ministerial prorogation, demand access to the monarch, and list numerous addresses to be presented. They frame the anti corn law effort as vital to liberty and constitutional balance.
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Great Britain
Duke of Richmond
House of Commons
Duke of Buckingham
Earl of Radnor
Lord Kinnaird
Earl of
Radnor
Kinneird
Arras
Home Secretary
Sidney Smith
Brook Street
Brook-street
Robert Peel
Duke of Wellington
Lord Radnor
Kinnaird
Metropolitan Anti-Cornlaw Association
Windsor Castle
Home Department
Byrox
Grosvenor-street
James Graham
Rapxvor
S. Smith
Metropolitan Anti-Corn Law Association
Food prices across Europe and navy contracts cited
The report compares flour, wheat, beef, and pork prices from Paris to London, Hamburg, Naples, and New York, noting London is generally dearer. It cites a navy beef contract raising costs, and argues a royal aristocracy subsidy through tariffs harms taxpayers while duties remain fixed. It closes with a local Berkshire social critique about farm-worker hardship and rent abuse in Brill amid corn-law politics.
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Marklane
Mondar
London
Paris
Lyons
Marseilles
Mulhouse
Senlis
Hamburg
Ancona
Naples
Royal Navy
United Kingdom
England
New York
India
Election notices from Cavan to Hereford and Wilton
Report of multiple 19th century electoral results: J Young re-elected in Cavan without opposition. East Retford to return Captain A Duncombe after his royal appointment. Hereford poll shows Pulsford beaten by Griffiths amid alleged intimidation. Wilton pocket borough confirms Viscount Somerton as member. Portman Square horse incident ends in rider’s death after a collision and shop window damage.
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Rogers
Ranby
Clarke
Barnby Moor
A. Duncombe
Hereford
Pulsford
London
Cambridge
Griffiths
Mereiwether
Ilfracombe
ae _ Witton
Richard Hetley
Lord Somerton
Edward Hinxman
Jon
Ascrnas
PortMan-squann
George Whitmore
Bakerstreet
Portman-square
Marylebone-lane
Mr. Whitmore
Greet
J. L. Curtis and Company
Bailliere
Moivai
Royal College of Surgeons
Keevil Street
Strange
Paternoster-row
Guest
Binmingham
Sawler
St. Ann’s Square
Manchester
Philip
Sorth Castle Street
Liverpool
Machen and Co
Dolier-street
Dublin
Hanper
High Street
Edinburgh
Ata Recipiens
Curtis and Co
Frith-streat
Sohe-square
Loaion
Harvey's Fish Sauce Ad Warns of Counterfeits
The ad warns buyers to look for the genuine Harvey's Fish Sauce label bearing William Lazenby on the back and Elizabeth Lazenby signature. It notes Essence of Anchovies remains produced with care at the firm's Portman Square warehouse 6 Edwards Street London, a long established source.
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Harvey’s
E ‘Lazenby
William Lazenby
Elizabeth Lazenby
BE. Lazenby and Son
Edwards-street
Portman-square
London
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Blofeld
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Duchess of Kent
the Treasury
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Nottingham
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Wilcockson
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Maidstone
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