The Smuggler's Wife and a Lurid Coast Tale of Love
A Hampshire town whispers about a cottage near the sea where Dudley Raymond and Margaret Seymour, once separated lovers, reveal a turbulent past. Margaret confesses experiments in science, a dangerous romance with Lord Lovel, and a life shadowed by smuggling and murder. Dudley’s disgrace and Lovel’s demise culminate in a fatal, concealed kiss and a driven, tragic fate for both lovers.
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Camilla Toulmin
Cribbler
Oui
Gil
Jovers
Thames
Jessamine
Dudley Raymond
Margaret Seymour
Margaret
Dudley
Esene
Fome
England
Lord Lovel
Hampshire
Tithstes
Emar Udley
Mandanes
Tadley
Karey
Marduch
Lars
Behors
Celerdhly Atesay
Rony Bak
David Rawlins
Viscount Lovel
Tord Lovel
Agaret
A Match of Affection by Mrs Aspyr
A narrative poem fragment recounts Emma choosing a match of affection over wealth and titles. The bride endures pressure from family and society while insisting on love, noting diamonds, London mansion, and a busy social life as rewards for a genuine match.
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Nicholas
Emma
London
Plato
Captain Courtley
Mrs Aspyr
Origin of Walking Sticks and Burmese Fables Echoed in Fashion
A curious Burmese tale about a walking stick mistaken for a tail opens this item, followed by extensive 19th century fashion notes. It covers similes, women’s education, love cautions, and a review of Penny Library and Encyclopaedia Britannica entries, ending with London fashion trends and praise for English milliners over French.
Fashion’s tyrant in dress and moral life
A moral critique of female fashion urges restraint in dress as a public opinion idol. It laments how fashion governs behavior from parties to temples, threatening virtue, while arguing neatness, economy, and purity deserve emphasis in Christian life.
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Gresser
Tess
John Hancock
God
Royal Academy of Music Faces Change in Leadership
The Royal Academy of Music would struggle without Lord Burghersh's support as pupils risk losing access to his muse's inspiring strains. A new appointment, likely popular with the King of Prussia, was offered to Mendelssohn but declined. Sterndale Bennett is suggested as a resident court minister capable of matching Rosini's operatic style for the royal audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Academy of Music
Lord Burghersh
Handel
Haydn
Mozart
Mendlesohn
Sterndale- Bennett
Prussia
Rosaini
Inquest on Richard Johnson fallen from London Bridge
An inquest at St. Magnus's vestry on Thames Street investigated the death of Richard Johnson a 34 year old marine stores dealer of Marylebone. The coroner heard that he fell from the parapet near Thames Street and died from a severe scalp laceration and skull fracture. No evidence showed how the fall occurred. Witnesses described his unstable behavior prior to the incident and unrest at his home. The verdict was death by a fall with no determined cause.
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Lonpon-neipox
St. Magnus’s_ church
Thames-street
Payne
Richard Johnson
Ogle-street
Marylebone
Charles Clark
Beadle
London-bridge
Croft
Fish-street-hill
Thames Street
Francis Emerick
John Hartley
Rochdale
Hamer Bottoms
Smallbridge
Gorman
Charles Manwaring
Salford
Manchester Guardian
Westminster Gas Works
William Lock
Westminster Hospital
Lock
City of Westminster
Horseferry-road
John Fatty
King’s Arms
Castle-street
Long-acre
Suppen
High Street
Whitechapel
House of Correction
Baker
King's Arms
Sunfavern Fields
Shadwell
Mary Johnson
Col. Chesterton
Wakefield
Rebecca Barlow
Vinegar-lane
Pater
Garratt
Jarunken
Harriet Moore
Ain
Mark Garratt
Turnpikegate
Stamford-hill
Matilda Cook
Ann Rawden
Cook
James Cook
Miss Cook
Evans
Mrs. Cook
Jones
Southwark-bridge
Road
William Carter
Surrey
Henry Frankham
Castle-lane
William Ross
Carter's tiger scare halts Brussels exhibition
At Brussels, Carter faced a dramatic tiger incident during a recent show. A raw meat basket provoked the animal to seize meat and leap, topple foot lamps, and cause panic among dancers and spectators before Carter calmly reclaimed the tiger for a rippled reception of applause despite cries and hisses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Brussels
Mr. Carter
Corps de Ballet
Journal Des Debats
Distress at Bolton and Bowring report debate
Bolton observers publish a response to Dr Bowring and Mr Mott on distress in Bolton. They challenge the assistant poor-law commissioner's findings and recount testimonies claiming deaths from want and misreporting, arguing for a fuller inquiry into laborer misery and government commissions.
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Literary
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Smith, Eider
Otwil
Persia
Arabia
Monboddo
Countess OF Blessington
Jake
George Bell
Napoleon
Madam Campan
France
James Yearsley
M.R.C.S
Yearsley
Peter Partey
Penny Library
John Cleave
Shoe Lane
Curiosity Shop
Encycloorepia Britannics
Lendai
Paridian
World of Fashion Monthly
Benin
Paris
Ats
Boxners
Avy
CarorEs
Vandyke
Orning
Petisse Bowes
Angleterre
Royal Ibrahim
Les Grandes Teileties
Diamitine
Alencon
la Damas de Perse
le Gourgouran
Royal Victoria
le Reps
Coburg
Cobourg
Bowring
House of Commons
Bolton
Bottox
Mortz
Poor Law
Mr. Mott
William Coop
Pearce
Titus
Bradshaw
Relief Fund Society
James Webster
Nancy Beswick
Nancy
Mott of
Havin
Naishy
Mr. Naisby
William Pearce
Janes Sristol
J. Gadsby
Free Press Office
Deansgate
Board of Guardians
Mott
League
Temperance Hall
Boston
James Bristol
Staton
the Chronicle
Guardian
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