Carnival celebrations and town patrol in SHACOMBE
The town hosted a busy carnival with processions from the mayor to the parish church, a guild sermon by Rev. Parr, and a large capped crowd including MPs. Police from county and metropolis prepared to deter swell‑mob activity while the town’s festivities continued with a theatre concert for fashionable attendees and visiting strangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parr
Shacombe
Mersey
Liverpool
Bevington
Evans
J’vans
America
Great Western
Liverpool Standard
Spalding
Mary Spencer
Quadring
William Howett
Loughland
Howett
Bill
Bolton
Queen and Prince Albert plan visit to Ireland this summer
The Queen and Prince Albert may visit Ireland in the coming summer or autumn. Meanwhile Mr O Connell travels from Dublin to Darrynene with Edmund Roche to attend to municipal elections and discuss tithes, tenure, poor laws and franchise expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Prince Albert
Debdlin Fecket
O'Connell
Imperial Hotel
Dublin
Edmund B. Roche
Darrynene
Chamber of Commerce
Blackwater
Cerk
Pythrox
Belfast
Lord Hamilton Chichester
Hanaper
Emerson Tennent
D. R. Ross
J. E. Tennent
W. G. Johnson
Liberal Party
Bates
Ross
Killibegs
Limerick
Gatway FisherMex
Claddagh
Dudley Persse
Persse
hexSour
Mr. Persse
Currenrue
Swindling Beggars Disrupted by M Levy in Princes Street
In Edinburgh a band of seven swindlers appeared near Princes Street during a week of many strangers. M Levy watched closely as crowds gathered and the group pressed into pockets of men and women, ready to strike at moments of dense movement. He prepared to act when they seemed successful in their depredations.
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M*levy
Gentemen
M‘levy
Swain
Europe
France
Duke of Brunswick
Fleurs
St. Pol
Melanie
Celeste
Madame St. Pol
England
Brisstt
Bria
Brissot
Brissét
Harissot
Count St. Pel
Edinburgh Thieves Catch Contested Pockets and Escorts
A batch of pickpockets was captured near the register office after a theft spree. Officers recovered purses and money totaling about £35 in gold. several suspects, including Dennis Munion and John Smith, were detained. One suspect threw a purse into the crowd, later recovered by police. Victims reported losses of £9 and a silver watch. Suspects were remanded to await conviction as the court proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Munion
Newcastle
John Smith
Edinburgh
Munion
Thomas Jenkins
Vauxhall
Henry Marshall
Linendraper
Albemarle-street
London
Leith
Samuel Young
Hull
Henry Bond
York
William Hutchinson
Smith
John Campbell
Bond
Armour
Campbell
Baillieohnston
Enrnsureu
Banco Dwar- Kanath Tagore
Hindoo
Baboo Dwarkanath Tagore
Baboo
Chootir Mahoon Chatterjin
Bryce
George Thompson
Joseph Gordon
W.S
James Campbell
Glasgow
George Ballingall
Cahill
Berwick
Her
Britain
Scotland
British Isles
Great Britain
India
Calcutta
Lelong
Srajesty
Hunter
Violent thunderstorm alarms metropolis in stormy evening
A Wednesday night storm brought vivid lightning and long thunder across the metropolis from seven to ten o’clock, causing widespread alarm among nervous residents as the sky lit up repeatedly and the wind and rain intensified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel
M‘bride
Quebec
Brunswick
Liverpool Journal
Percival Keene review in Marryat nautical tale critique
A London critique of Captain Marryat's Percival Keene praises the energetic seafaring tone while noting a lack of fresh material. It cites long-wrawn plots, with excerpts showing a boatswain and midshipman debating heaven and a plotted mason sign lesson that ends in a comic disciplinary mishap aboard ship.
Action With The Pirate Vessel
An eyewitness recounts a brutal shipboard engagement between the Stella and the Arrow schooner, with the Calliope seen in the distance. Wounded sailors crowd lower decks as the fight shifts to rigging and masts, ending when the frigate closes in and devastates the Stella, leaving a scene of slaughter and captivity, followed by a long reminiscence on haunted garments and a moral tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H Stella
Windward
Wedward
Leeward
Vincent
The Naval Engineer Memoir of a Sea Venture
An eyewitness recounts a daring escape from a burning ship as an explosion capsizes the vessel. Smoke fills the cabin while the wounded captain seeks a pistol. the narrator dives, escapes via the stern, and witnesses the wreckage and vast sea. The piece praises naval engineering and celebrates Napier, Nelson, and the engineers behind Britain’s maritime power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davin Vepnen
Esca
C.M.S.S.A
Frederick Bullock
R.N
H.M.S. Fearless
England
Welkin
Acre
Napier
Nelson
Instantaneous Daguerreotype Portraits Impress by Light
Article describes Claudet's rapid daguerreotype process producing lifelike portraits in about a second, with detailed steps using silver copper plates, iodine and mercury. It notes permanent results, new backgrounds, and prices for single and group portraits, plus background on related London publications and works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claudet
Daguerre
Royal Adelaide Gallery
Mesdames Cerito
Guy Stephan
Fleury
Monsieur Deaplaces
Mademoiselle Rachel
Albion launch and naval pageantry at Preston Guild
The Albion, a 90 gun ship, was launched amid royal presence and national pride. The ceremony featured Mrs Drake breaking a wine bottle, a ceremonial mallet handover, and remarks on the ship’s expected commission. Also reported are a Lancashire loss at Preston Guild, a burglary involving nine hundred pound notes, and a harbourside accident where a woman fell into the water but was rescued with injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treland
Westminster
Poet'’s Corner
John Thynne
Laaken
Suip Alpion
Albion
William Symonds
Lords of the Admiralty
Admiralty
Hawkes
John Marquis
Accrington
Preston Guild
Guild
Mr. Marquis
Mr. Grundy
Bank of England
Marquis
Blaeburn
Boulogn
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Percival Keene
Captain Marryat
Henry Colburn
Marryat
Peter Simple
Jacob Faithful
Lis Meagrenoss
Cross
Mr. Green
Keene
Ceat
Green
Pour Green
Literary Chronicle
North of England Magazine
Heaven
Monmouth-street
Rosemary-lane
Louis le Grand
M.S
Mademoiselle
Handy Andy
Widow Machree
Machree
Polytechnic Journal
M. Claudet
Loxpox
Knight and Co
Ely-place
Godtsmith’s Hall
Knight
James Cook
William Smith
Valnuts Pants
New Zealand
Charles Heaphy
Heaphy
Simpkhin, Marshall, and Co
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