Epitaph and Beira Valor in One Page Reminder
Epitaph in Haddington churchyard praises Marcon Gray and Monteith’s Theatre of Mortality. General Sir John Colborne recalls a Beira siege on Oct 8 1813, charging the French, pursuing, and receiving their surrender after a bold sword request. Random Shots from a Rikoman’s.
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Haddington
Haddingtown
Marcon Gray
Monteith
Sir John Colborne
Beira
Sir John) Colborne
Rifles
John
Sir John
Rikomans
Domestic Affections and Curious Observations from Antipodes
A collection of antiquated anecdotes and excerpts on bereavement charity and social norms. It cites Dickens on sympathy after loss, Voltaire on begging versus advice, and notes on Beefeaters transforming from buffetiers. It also comments on describing battles, New Zealand women, and colonial manners with nostalgic, moralizing tone.
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Dickens
Voltaire
Madrid
Henry VII
Janee
Philosophers Duly Noted in Canal Freight Entry
A Birmingham to Dudley aquatic outing yields a witty canal record listing cargo as philosophers, draught thirteen inches and weight three tons. The clipping also preserves a notice from Mr Payne seeking a respondent at 8 Little Russell Street Bloomsbury, plus an Anecdote of Dr Young detailing his encounter with Cotten and reflections on faith, prophecy, and scripture.
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Birmingham
Dudley
Payne
Little
Russell Street
Bloomsbury
Young
Cotten
Newton
Cowper
Etters
New Musical Instrument Demonstrated by Lurgan Organist
The Befast News Letter reports Mr. Jenkinson, organist of Lurgan church, unveiled a novel instrument. A large violin body with no neck rests on a frame with more strings than a violoncello, bow action at one end, and a pianoforte style keyboard for the left hand. Removable strings via treadles and internal dampers prevent discordant piano tones, stops allow full chords in any key, and the instrument’s powerful tone rivals orchestral devices.
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Jenkinson
Lurgan Church
Ensenkine
Willful murder verdict in Hitchin case of Maria Brice
In Hitchin a coroner's inquest into the death of Dick Browne, allegedly poisoned with arsenic, concluded with a verdict of willful murder against Maria Brice, widow of the deceased. The evidence centered on intimate strife between Browne and his wife, threats, and witnesses detailing quarrels and suspicions of infidelity, with the jury finding clear proof of murder by poisoning.
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Sarah Browne
Brice
Hitchin
Easthall
Maria Brice
William Day
Ballard
Browne
Maria
Chet
Ann Pearson
Pateman
Sun Inn
Rebellion in Maranham Disrupts Trade and Planting Season
A letter from Maranham dated August 21 reports large scale rebellion in the interior with Caxias captured and sacked, losses estimated at £200,000 to £300,000. Communication to the interior is cut, rice and produce halted, and planters fear no crop next year. Portuguese volunteers drill, troops arrive from Pernambuco and Para, and bush warfare favors ambush. A recent battle near the city left 14 government dead and 108 wounded. the rebels’ casualties are unknown. The writer expects prolonged chaos until order is restored and notes ships leaving with reduced cargoes.
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Portugal
Pernambuco
Para
Quebec
Wilberforce
Sherbrooke
Violent altercation ends with stabbing and arrest
Witnesses describe a struggle where a prisoner grabbed a constable by the neck and produced a knife, wounding the officer. The prisoner was restrained by bystanders and later remanded for a week as investigators corroborated the testimony.
Curious Religious Movements Reach Across Continents
A revival is foreseen as Methodists spread in Europe and North America, Presbyterians travel Europe and Asia, Mora vians push eastward, Mormons march across the United States. In Paterson New Jersey fifty Mormons appeared at sunrise, twenty young women newly converted, dressed as primitive Christians. They sang, prayed, preached, and visited taverns and factories, drawing interest but no molestation as they preached the approaching day of the Lord.
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Christ
Glasgow
Kilsyth
Scotland
Greenock
Kilcyth
Kirkintilloch
Sessions House
Scottish Guardian
Brown
Edinburgh
Malan
Geneva
Maclaughten
Paisley
Middleton
Strathmigle
Burns
Dundee
Sommerville
Anderston
Martin
Bathgate
Dempster
Denny
Duncan
Rose
Dewar
Aberdeen
Glascow
Clyde-street
Hope-street
Hell
Glasgow Chronicle
Duncas
America
Relaion
Europe
Canada
Asia
Old Jerusalem
Chatham Street
Noah
Holy Land
United States
George Fox
Paterson
New Jersey
Joseph
Jordan
Fragmentary Religious Exchange From An Old Script
A ragged excerpt shows a religious gathering with Brethren and sisters discussing salvation through belief in the Scriptures. The text includes unrelated barter phrasing about selling flour and a barter notice from an "American Paper" in a casual, disjointed OCR fragment.
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Ligiona
Howard-street T
Paris journals and telegraphic update from Tudela
The Moniteur relays a dispatch from Bayouns dated October 1 describing the 20th Military Division reaching Tudela on the 25th of the previous month, with Espartero set to march against Cabrera with 33 battalions and 18 squadrons. Navarre enjoys tranquillity as the Queen’s forces consolidate peace. Also reported are new police court arrangements at Bow Street Queen Square and Thames Police Court, with officer reassignments, retirements, pensions, and the continuation of the Thames court at the water side to aid shipping interests.
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Paris
Moniteur
Sara- Rossa
Cabrera
Navarre
Dow-Street
Home Department
Goodson
Fall
Mace
Tyrrell
Davis
Queen Square Court
Shackell
Richard Mace
Bow-street
Queen-Square
Smith
Webster
High-street
Marylebone
Glibbery
Broughton
Thames Porrce
Thames Police Court
Benjamin Blaby
George Ellis
Thames Police Office
Thomas’ Sporle
Thamese
Moore
Metropolitan and
Thames Police
Mackenzie
Hatton-garden
Ballantine
Adam High
Boyd Silvester
Colquhoun
Bilveater
Bow-street Patrol
Douglas
Barber
Hawkridge
Thames
Hawkers and education clash at Westminster court
Helen Alacarthy faced hawker without license before Mr Hall in Bow Street. Magistrate discharged after solicitor Mr Sercombe argued case. Westminster Court of Requests heard a comic dispute between a publican and a coalheaver over a debt, with cross fires on education and honesty.
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Bow Street
Helen Alacarthy
Hall
Sercombe
Somerset-house
Surcombe
Westminster Court OF Requests
Thomas Hand
Jim Harris
Coalheaver
James Harris
Coaly
Clie
Orus
the Cour
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Robertson
New Zealand
Nature
North Island
Polack
Mary
Gardiner
Pole
Admiral Coheny
Iwr
Sussex
Sir W. S'vodt
Love
Mrs. GiumMan
Mason
Ing
James Edin
Bullock
Wil
St. Luke's
Chelsea
St. Leonand’s
Suonepirce
Commissioners of Police
Strand
Green
Arandel-street
St. Clement's
Merryweather
Long Acre
St Mary le Strand
Division of Police
Serjeant
Carter
Farringdon
Chandosstreet
England
Mr. Green
St. Clement’s
Miss Piper
Mrs. Billings
Bayliss
Taaves
Jasmine
Ogle
Belgrave-square
Court of Queen's Bench
Tisdell- Combe
Court of Queen’s Bench
Denman
Justice Hittledale
Justice Williams
Coleridge
St. Vincent’s Rocks
St. Vincent's Rocks
George Wintle
Wilder-street
Frederick Rogers
Elizabeth Stephens
Mr. Morgan
William Russell, Bart
Charlton Park
Gloucestershire
William
William Russell
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