The Bless Thee Our Sister Portrait and Verse Montage
An Oxford style miscellany features a dramatic blessing for Rebeka as she departs with Eliezar, followed by sermons on priestcraft and moral hints. The page includes reflective poems, warnings about drinking, and antiquated Norman times, with autumnal verse praising life and duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebeka
Tomas Berguer
Bethuel’s
Tree
Labaa
Laharoi
Ham
Eliezar
W. Landor
Thetford
Norfolk
Jane
Hartshorn
Stani
Victoria
Cornelia
Gracchi
Major Mitchell
Australia
England
Stephen
Paragyan Gaucho Candioti and Paraguay Dictator Francia
The review highlights Robertson's Letters on Paraguay and a vivid portrait of Candioti the Santa Fe Gaucho, praised for wealth and style. It also discusses Francia's rule, his use of espionage and terror, and a proposed English-Paraguay trade alliance with Britain as imagined by Francia's envoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British and Foreign Review
Germany
Messrs. Robertson
Paraguay
Republic
Francia
Pampas
Candioti
Aldao
Peru
South America
Senor Candioti
Norway
India
Santa Fe
Buenos Ayres
England
Empire
Great Britain
Don Juan
Ma Ay
Spain
Portenos
Atlantic
Plate
Parages
St. James’s
Britain
Paraguay and England to forge an alliance in London
The narrative recounts Don Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia of Paraguay proposing a commerce and political alliance with Great Britain. The envoy would present Paraguayan samples at the House of Commons bar and seek a British minister while Francia plans to send an envoy in return. The narrator ferries the dream and contemplates the awkward consequences of such a mission amid political norms and fear of ridicule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
House of Commons
Paraguay
St. James’s
South America
Great Britain
Don Juan
Francia
Court of
Senate of
Rome
Republic
St. Stephen’s
Political and Commercial League
Population and emigration in New Zealand and surrounding regions in 1838
An 1838 report outlines New Zealand's population by native, white resident, white visitor, and mixed races. It cites estimates ranging from 100,000 to 180,000 for the isles and notes 1,800 to 2,000 British residents. It details white visitors, maritime contact since 1791, and the varying British and French influences shaping early colonial demography and relations with natives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Saxe Bannister
Stewart's Island
New Zealand Association
House of Lords
Reinhold Forster
Captain Cook
Montefiore
Coates
Church Missionary Society
W. Gate
Northen Island
Queen Charlotte's Sound
Cook’s Straits
Stewart’s Island
Dusky Bay
North Island
William IV
River Thames
England
Polack
Bay of Islands
Tasman
Cook
Surville
Marion
Vancouver
North Cape
Northrnn Island
Southern Island
New
Europe
M. Marion du Fresne
M. Marion
centralised management and parliamentary press controls discussed
The column cites Captain Saumarez on Chelsea and Kensington asylums exposing overcrowded lunatics and restraints. It then recounts 1819 debates in the House of Commons over a seditious meeting bill that would fine or imprison political meeting attendees and restrict reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saumarez
Chelsea
Kensington
House of Commons
Hume
Brougham
Lord Castlereagh
Kersal Moor
The Kiss of the Virgin Torture Device Explored
A historical account by Mr. Pearsall details the Jungfern Kiss torture in Germany. He locates the machine in Nuremberg and Feistritz and describes a deadly construction of blades, cages, and a waterborne disposal, with a Vienna tower noted for similar use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archeologia
Society of Antiquaries
England
Feistritz
Nuremberg
Pearsall
Vienna
Night Watch Reform to Join City Police and Budget Report
London reports detail the incorporation of the current night watch into the city police by December near six divisions with station-houses and an inspector in charge. The force size and cost are outlined, noting about 40 000 pounds yearly for the night-watch and 7 000 491 pounds for day and other patrols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mr. Dillon
Edinburgh
Birmingham
Radical
Radical Association
Birmingham Journal
Brighton
Mary Ann Preston
Isaac Newton Wigney
Wigney
Also Mentioned on This Page
Michelas Wickleby
Mantalini’s
Kate
Nicholas
Alphonse
Mrs. Nickleby
Papa
Mama
Mrs. Wititterly
Mr. W
Mr. Wuitterly
Tumley Snuffim
Sam
Henry
Exeter
Mr. Wititterly
Julia
Boz
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