Antarctic Expedition Returns After Four Year Ocean Quest
The country congratulates the Erebus under Captain James Ross and the Terror under Captain Crozin for a four year Antarctic voyage filled with successful magnetic, meteorological and geographic observations. They reached the Antarctic Circle, studied new lands, logged ice barriers, and returned to London amid high praise from officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ross
Crozin
England
Cape
Hobart-town
van Dieman’s Land
Auckland Islands
Campbell Island
Antarctic Circle
S.E
S.W
Pole
S.S.E
Baring
van Dieman
Antarctic
Wilks
Szcoxd Yean
Sydney
Bay of Islands
New Zealand
Chatham Islands
Mount Erebus
Ross
Falkland Islands
Clarence Island
Captain Weddell
Graham Land
Weddell
Gulf
Gulf of
Erebus
Terror
Capes
Bransfield Strait
Roan
Scilly Islands
Folkestone
London
Admiralty
Lord Haddington
Literary Gazette
Destruction of the Schooner Catherine by Native Attack
Reports from Sydney describe the April destruction of the 164 ton schooner Catherine Bannatyne off the Isle of Pines. Pirates and natives boarded and opened fire. the powder magazine exploded, killing crew including a captain's adopted child and a steward, while two on the foretop fought back. The vessel drifted into the sea as survivors endured injuries and a lengthy, perilous voyage to Sydney aboard the Narwhal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Catherine
Burden
Bannatyne
Isle of Pines
M‘leod
Finnie
Baker
London
Dr. Monroe
Pines
Joe
Captain Bannatyne
N.W
Norwhal
Provosto Railway to Oxford opens in nine months
The new Provosto line is under construction at Didcot where it joins the Great Western railway. Officials expect the railway to be ready for opening to Oxford within nine months, marking a major regional rail expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Great Western Railway
Didcot
Loss of the Regular East Indiaman on voyage to Bombay
The Regular East Indiaman left the Thames for Bombay February 22. On July 8 a leak from heavy storms forced pumping, passengers kept unaware at first. By nightfall water rose to deck beams. passengers and crew evacuated to boats. Captain Carter stayed aboard until the ship sank. At dawn boats drifted east, signaling distress with a shawl. The French frigate Cleopatra rescued the passengers and crew, who soon recovered aboard the frigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thames
Bombay
Carter
Cleopatra
Rescue at sea after ship Regular sinks amid Cape gale
Captain Carter and crew abandon ship Regular after 560 ton voyage from London to Bombay and China. In a brutal May gale they abandon two boats with 18 in the launch and 20 in the pinnace. After days adrift 2 French vessels La Cleopatre and Alcmene rescue all aboard. Captain Carter thanks M Roy of La Cleopatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
W. R. Carter
Londo
Bombay
China
N.W
Cape of Good Hope
la Cleopatre
Alcmene
Mauritius
Cleopatre
England
Carteer
Roy
Regular
Teg
W. R. Canteen
M. Roy
Riotous Conduct by Crew of Belgian Brig Le Comte de Flandres
At Ramsgate on Monday magistrates heard a serious case from a riot among crew members of the Belgian brig Le Comte de Flandres dismasted last year after a storm. Ant on Popleman Jean Vandervelder and Van Sprybroek fought police, with Popleman stabbing Cramp and Vandervelder injuring Cooper with a fork. Popleman and Vandervelder were committed for trial at Maidstone gaol. Van Sprybroek discharged with a caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Canham
M. Montefiord
J. H. Sicklemore
J. A. Warre
Prince’s Place
King-street
Ellis
Cooper
John Cramp
Popleman
Cramp
Vandervelder
Grisby
van Sprybroek
Maidstone
King Street
Modern Painters praise Turner and the old masters in critique
A review extols Turner's landscape genius, contrasts his methods with Gaspar Poussin Salvator Rosa and Claude, and defends the old masters against harsh critique. It analyzes Turner’s foreground perspective, the interplay of light and distance, and praises Cuyp Salvator Poussin and Cuyp while praising Turner’s Venice and Rivers of France canvases. The writer endorses the modern art's living vitality and hopes for England's artistic rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roem
Landscarpe
J. M. W. Turner
R.A
Oxford
London
Smith, Elder, and Co
Turner
Gaspar Poussin
Salvator Rosa
Claude
Salvator
National Gallery
Isaac
Milton
Congreve
Ben Jonson
Gaspar
Westminster Abbey
Henry the Seventh
Apollo
Cuyp
Huntsman
Dulwich
France
Nature
England
Teutonia
Renewal of the Anti Corn Law Agitation at Oxford
At Oxford the anti corn law campaign reopened with Cobden and Bright addressing a county meeting in the County Hall. They argued that the corn law failed farmers and laborers, citing historic price promises and tracing protection’s costs, while Lord Campoys and others backed a moderate fixed duty and free trade amendment carried by the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Cobden
Oxford
Messrs. Cobden
Bright
League
Cobden
Oxfordshire
Langston
Lord Campus
Roebuck Tavern
Lord Campys
Lord Norreys
M.P
Harcourt
Henley
Cooper
Bond Fide
House of Commons
Norwich
London
Edward Knatchbull
Robert Peel
Lord Camoys
Lord Kinnaird
Perth
Tosa
Europe
Durham
Herley
Towle
Times
Brown Supports Free Trade and Donates to Anti Monopoly
A Liverpool Albion report states W. Brown Esq head of Brown Shipley and Co. has endorsed perfect freedom of trade and contributed fifty pounds to the Liverpool Anti monopoly Association funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool Albion
W. Brown
House of Brown, Shipley, and Co
Liverpool
Liverpool Anti-mnopoly Association
Importation of Cattle and Fruit from Rotterpau
On Wednesday evening the steam packet Batavier with Captain Dunlop arrived at St. Katharine's wharf from Rotterdam. It carried about sixty passengers and nearly 2,000 packages of pears plums and walnuts totaling about 1,490 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotterpau
Batavier
Dunlop
St. Katharine’s
Rotterdam
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Antarctic Expedition
Literary Chronicle
Venice
Canaletti
Mr. Turner
Academy
Mercury
Highgate Hill
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