Total Wreck of a First-class Steamer Brigand
A Bristol report details the loss of the iron steamship Brigand after striking the Scilly rock near St Agnes while en route from Liverpool to London, with 27 crew abandoning ship in two boats. The vessel sank about seven miles from the rock in 45 fathoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Scilly Islands
Liverpool
Wexford
London
St. Petersburgh
St. Katharine’s Dock
Herald
Sampson Hawes
Hayle
Bishop-rock
Scilly Isles
St. Agnes
Hunt
St. Agnes’ Bay
St. Mary's
Scilly
Penzance
Thames
The Customs Board Sees Sudden End to Fraud Probes
The customs landing department sees an abrupt halt to fraud and peculation investigations as government plans a full inquiry commission. Seven senior surveyors faced suspension rumors were denied. cases involve Dowding, Fenning, Rolls, Bells, and Penning amid disputes with Hastings and Barnby. A Northleach inquest into Charles Beale’s death exposes prison abuse claims and starving conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fravi
Customs
Landing Department of the Customs
Board of Customs
Treasury
Deane
Bewral
Dowding and Fenning
Tiese Centieraen
Hastings
Barnby
Dowding
Burnby
Fenning
Rolls
Fennine
Bells
Penning
Southampton
Northleach
Charles Beale
Northleach House of Correction
Cheltenham Board of Guardians
Hollis
White Lion Jon
William Hollis
Board of Guardians
Cheltenhaw
Gawler
Cheltenham
Ife
Cheltenham Dispensary
Joseph Rowley
Gloucester County
Gloucester
Sawyer
Beale
Jim
David Hartley
Cheltenham Hospital
Ackworth
Charles Brale
London Road
Thomas Kennedy
George Inn
Castler
Major
Peel and the Tariff and the Corn Laws debate
A rearguard of Tories shifts tone on Peel's corn law as farmers face market stress. Reports detail speeches at Hertford and broader market effects from Axminster to Tralee, Dublin rents, and a push for rent reductions. The piece cites imported beef and pork flows, village fairs, and timber duty changes, with divergent regional price trends and calls to alter landlord tenant relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Peel
John Tyrell
Hertford
Tole Russel
Ile
R. Perl
Smithfield
Anti Cornlaw League
Axminster Fair
Tavistock
Malton
Braintree Fair
Ireland
Tralee
Dallinaslee
Drogheda
Robert
William Bennett
Lewsey
Bedfordshire Agricultural Society
Berwick
Berwick Paper
Sarah
Brewer
Falmouth
Corunna
Halifax
Ifalifiir Guardian
Fontes Sarten
Liverpool
Liverpool Albion
Bond
Bristol Mercury
Warretenn
Hull
London
York Herald
Robert Peel
Glasgow
Stutftish
Timner
Sunderland Times
Taror
Aberystwith
Carnarvon Herald
Oxiab Satpeigg
North American
Brunswick
New Brunswick
Caledonian Mercury
Hamburgh
Sheffield
Fargate
Challenger
Sheffield Iris
The Nanos at Home and the Return to England review
A literary column reviews The Nanos at Home or the Return to England and The Misen's Davouver by Ainsworth, with digest on Native Merchants of Madras, Catamarans, and Ranelagh and Vauxhall entertainments. It notes humorous scenes in The Nanos tale and praises the vivid colonial sketches and public amusements across London and Madras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanos
England
India
London
Henry Colburn
Othor
Madras
Madras Roads
Ranelagh
Ramelagh
Gardena
Royal Hospital
Chelsea
Ranelagh House
Catherine Jones
Lacy
Drury Lane Theatre
Gentleman Lacy
Messrs. Crispe and Meyonet
Anelagh
Michael Festing
Ning
Comus
Europe
Earl of Ranelagh
William of Orange
Vauxhall
Hayman
Hogarth
Handelas Orpheus
China
The Thames View Recreational Party On Summer Terrace
A summer scene along the Thames depicts a lively recreational party at an aquatic hotel. Guests lounge on a roof and Judle turret parlours while music and wine enliven the air, creating a charming retreat famed by its cool breezes and enchanting river views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thames
Beau Villiers
Somerset House
Charles the Second
Thither
Queen Mary
William the Third
Aquatic
The Chinese Shoe Fashion And Foot Deformities
The observer notes extreme foot binding effects including a broken instep high arch and toes bent under the foot. He compares Canton and Macao habits, mentions the use of high heels, and observes women walking on tiny pedestals with a mincing gait and children balancing with arms outstretched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Macao
Canton Compradore
Christmas Day in China Amid Warlike Posturing at Macao
On Christmas Day in China Kesheu faced a looming summons to action, with noon Monday set for hostilities if no satisfactory reply came. Amid festive feasting aboard Hooker and Lane’s Macao fleet, sailors jostled for roast beef and currants as boats ferried goods, while discipline remained intact and merriment spread among crews far from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Curzon
Mr. Ouseley
Ascot
M‘alpin
Louisa
Ouseley Sahib
Mr. Ascot
Aman
England
Ouseley
Quieley
China
Kesheu
P. Hooker
Lane
Macao
Hooker
Itinerant Artisans and Chinese Street Life in Macao
A vivid travelogue portrait of Macao’s itinerant workers. A money changer, ambulatory blacksmith, portable barber, cooks, fruit sellers, and basket carriers populate the streets. A Chinese medical practitioner operates from the square, selling pills and cupping cures while traders hawk frogs as food. Through bustling markets and mobile trades, the author sketches daily life and cultural notes with vivid detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neptune
Senate House
Macao
China
Property Taxes and Metropolitan Inequality Debate
A Westminster Sessions report notes Middlesex rental rose by £51,282 last year to nearly £6 million while assessed taxes fell, suggesting growing rich poor disparity and implying a property tax as fair. A Blackfriars Hall meeting supports the Charter and aids families of government victims with resolutions and donations.
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Westminster
Middlesex
Cuartist Prisonens
Hall of Science
Blackfriars Road
Drou
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Ou Ata
Peel
Royal Parick
Lewes
East Sussex
Manchester
Greig
Bank of Manchester
Soane-et-Loire
Germolles
Tremayes
Lafay
Literary Chronicle
Hindustan
Carpenter
Hervey
Emen
Cheelestake
Tauke
Mrs. Cheapstow
J. Elliot Bingham
R.N
H. Culburn
Board of General Education
Hyde-park-corner
National Museum
Femple
Muuch
June
Ani
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