Potatoes and prices spark town council action in Edinburg
Regraters at the panvier market bought large potato quantities from farmers before sale, driving prices to 1s 2d a score while district prices stood at 4d to 6d. Citizens protested, prompting mayoral scrutiny and town council orders to indict anyone engaging in the extortion for the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom. Logan
Edinburg
Eseter
Western
Times
Folestone
Drita
John Hunter
Hunter
Hammerden Major
Parkfarm
W. N. Finn
Finn
Ford
Yinter
Folkstone
Kilmarnock
65Th Regiment
James Yool
Glasgow
Chatham
Wewport
Newport
King’s Arms Hotel
Major Montgomery
Mellon
Erskine
Fickele
Thomas Phillips
W. Brewer
Lewis Edwards
Samuel Hom
Boyce
Montgomery
Mr. H
Col. Boyce
Major M
Homfray
45Th
India
Westgate
Brasor Stack
Captain Grey
Ensign Stack
Sth
45Th Regiment
Duke of Wellington
Toulouse
Sir Thomas Phillips
Humber
Mr. Homfray
Thomas
Captain Mellon
ST. George
Plymouth
Falmouth
77Th Regiment
Royal Artillery
Oriental
Gibraltar
Malta
WAR WITH CHINA AND OPium DEBATE IN LATE AGE TALES
A long miscellany from Bentley’s Miscellany and other Victorian writings explores the opium trade with China, clashes over war aims, and China’s cultural artifacts. A lively domestic dialogue weighs mercantile motives against morality, contrasting Chinese porcelain with British aversion to war.
Trial and Conviction of Rev Hugh Stowell for Libel
In Manchester a libel trial arises as Rev Hugh Stowell of Christchurch faces charges from a Catholic priest of St Patrick's over a Maynooth linked speech. The advocate contends Maynooth fuels sectarian bias while police attest to a penance tale meant to degrade Hearne. Witnesses recount the alleged incident and Stowell denies the libel, with proceedings detailing letters, witnesses, and legal arguments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Stowell
Maynooth
Zarstang
Manchester
St. Mary's
St. Patrick's
Ireland
Pitt
Hearne
Smedley-lane
Mgr. Hearne
John O'Hara
Gibson
Stowell
Goulden
London
Gentleman
Herne
Aman Lonner
Tadnes
Pratt
James Crook
St. Augustine
Cresswell
Courts of Justice
The Great Well Pashnap Tale From Afuntilly Magazine
A fragment from Afuntily Magazine recounts a tale of a rich well containing a weed like pashnap that grew for five years. Workers and neighbors pull it up after the master orders its removal, revealing a root twenty one feet long and a body as wide as the well. Chloe the poetess is noted, and short epigrams from The London Magazine close the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colburni
Grimaldi
Cardinal Wolsey
Claude Lorraine
Nero
Cleopatra
Junius
Ophelia
Minerva
Laman Blanchart
Bentley
Peter Popkins
Dicky Strrz
Suett
Strand
Snett
Marm
Dicky
Anon
Mr. Suett
Joan Reeve
John Reeve
Kensington Road
John
Cottey Cryser
Thomas Heal
Hood
Enfield
Cartwright
Johnny
Mr. Cartwright
Billy Carmody
Danny Gorman
Siz
Ned Halloran
Ned
Micky
James Rooney
Mick
Patsy Mungavan
Dublin
Rody
Rooney
Merelf
Billy
Ireland
Father Mathew
Ennis
Sam Rennels
Bill
James
Gort
Shekales
Lord Gort
Mr. Vereker
Cooleshamarogue
Marlborough-street
Beresford
C Division
Long
Mr. Long
Southampton
London
Silver Street
Goldensquare
Pantheon
Notre Dame
Cathedral
Montmartre
Cupenser
Joe
Romanville
Bonardet
Madame Bonardet
M.bonardet
Gazette Des Tribunaux
Bricuton Gazette
Holmes
Brighton
Charles Hill
America
Wallack
Mr. Wallack
Richard
Hamlet
Macbeth
Hill
Wrallack
Shakspere
Duartes Kean
Old Ship Hotel
Dickins
Ain
Also Mentioned on This Page
Literary Chronicle
Westminster Review
Hooper
Queens of
England
Agnes Strickland
Colburn
Afghanistan
Captain Havelock
Cadell
Sir E. L. Bulwer
Eugene Aram
Sanders
Ottley
MacGillwray
Scull, Webster, and Gey
China
Canton
Tom
Wilkie
Mount Vesuvius
Elliot
Lord Melbourne
Lord Palmerston
Celestial Empire
Birmingham
Lin
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Fiddlesticks
Defoe
Sumatra
Crusoe
Siam
Horace Walpole
Nan King
Europe
Paradise
Earth
Heaven
AE Onade
Hesan
Royal Academy
Commissioner Lin
Afuntily
Chloe
le Brun
Boulogne
London Magazine
Kate
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