Oddities and notices in a bustling miscellany column
A collage of short items including domestic mishaps, a balloon ascent halted by gas shortages, a bird with three eyes in a vase, theft restitution, unusual catches in fishing, pensions and parish relief, oddities from Cockney meetings on tolls, rail and bridge news, circus accidents, and local anecdotes from England and Ireland.
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John
Wyse
Waterford
Devikes Dock
Marsland
Woodman Inn
Wakefield
Preston
Brown
Henry Cowper
Tewin Water
Herts
Eliza Emery
Hoziers
Buckeys
David
Hozier
Eliza
Dantia
Springfield
Edward Wright
Wheatbridge Pottery
Derbyshire Courier
Bank of England
Magdalen-hill Fair
Devizes
S. Bennett
Bennett and Co
Bath
Liverpool
England
Beames
Bennett
Bay and Bun Bay
County Wexford
Ijrish
Lords Commissioners
George the Third
Kew
Warrington
Manchester
Manchester Guardian
Joseph Marston
South Winkfield
Marston
George III
Derby
Brentford
Mayo
Twickenham
Bowman
Berks Chronicle
Rowland Hill
Mr. Hill
Alr. Hill
Duke OF Wellington
Duke of Rutland
Board of Works
Messrs
Wyatt
Burton
Duke of
W Cllington
Southwark
Croydon
Tooley-street
Cambridge
Mereweather Turner
Dudley
Stafordshire
Worcester
Leicester Mere
Surrey Zoological Ardens
Gregory XVI
Lord Melbourne
Glasgow
Chelmsford
Poor Law Commissioners
Townsend
London
Monmouth
Ptake
John Russell
Ford
Newport
Harrison
van Buren
Jack Ass
New York
Exmouth
The
Sound
Mewstone
Henry VI
Ockwells
Bray
Maidenhead
Norreys
Egrtedrd Powper Mills
F. Robertson
Augusta
Geo
Southern Medical and Surgical Journal
Kelso Bridge
Kelso Chronicle
Tunstall
Russia
North America
Mersey
Siddons
Liverpool Albion
Byron
City of Dublin Company
Horse Channel
Mérsey
Abbinet
Boyne
H.M
Spithead
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Hopwood and Co
Leeds
Wilkinson
Courrier Francois
Sea Lion
Staffordshire Advertiser
Joux Burton Sour Meadre
Boulogne
John Bulls
Nimrod
Cock Tavern
Kennington-green
Waterloo
Vauxhall
Cope
Surrey
Middlesex
Metropolitan Police Courts
Metropolitan Police
Liberties
St. Luke
Christ Church
Spitalfields
St. Matthew
Boeions
St. Leonard
Shoreditch
Mile
New Town
Liberty of
Norton
St. John’s
Hackney
Glasshouse-yard
St. Mary
Stoke Newington
Tottenham
Edmonton
Enfield
Hackmey
Long Stanley
Lord Stanley
Tipperary
American and English Theatre Rivalry in New York Circuits
The winter theatrical season opens in New York with a Park versus National theatre rivalry. Forrest stars at the National in Othello Metamora Hamlet and the Gladiator while Miss Clifton leads the rival house. Price and Wallack shape teams with Kean arriving for a New York debut.
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Thestra
Bede
Henry
Betty
Northampton
Hamlet
Marquis of Northampton
Hammond
Doncaster
Dramatic Corps
New York
the Park
Old. Drury
National
Simpson
Dr. Bird
Miss Clifton
Wallack
de Reserve
C. Kean
Vandenhoff
Miss Vendenhoff
Alexandre
Shireff
Wilson
Mitchell
Browne
Drury-lane
Salter
Opera-house
Monier
Sefton
Miss Ayres
England
Liverpool
Price
Doncaster St Leger Racing Includes Historic First Heat Tie
Doncaster reports heavy rain and flooding affecting preparations and betting for the St Leger meeting. Charles the Twelfth opens strong in betting, with Bloomsbury Fitz-Ambo Euclid and others also in contention as crowds gather for the two day event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doncaster
Charles the
Bloomsbury
Euclid
Fitz-Ambo
Provost
Herman Platoff
Hyllus
Fitzroy
Sheffield
Red House
Goodwood
Liverpool
Derby
Ores
Duke and Duchess of Cleveland
Marquis of Westminster
Marquis of Normanby
Spencer
Scarborough
G. Bentinck
Kelburne
Hawke
Eglinton
Tenterden
D. Baird
J. Gerard
H. Goodricke
H.campbell
Rous
H. Browne
A. Jocelyn
M. Hawke
General Upton
Orde
B. m. Bee
Cartwright
Howard
F. Antigua, 3 Yrs- - - - Mr. Bowes's B. H. Epirus
Osbaldeston
Bee's Wing
H. Ft
St. Leger
Duke of Cleveland
Racing Club
Lord Westminster
Br. c. Launcelot
Touchstone
Scott
Lord
B. c
Doctor Caius
Mr. Blakelock
Curtius
Farley
Mr. Orde
Queen Bee
Launcelot
Interlude
Belshazzar
Retainer
Lot
Tugspay
Redhouse
Cleveland
H. Ff
Lord Eglinton
Ch. F. Opera
Denham
Yarburgh
Thornhill
C. c. Euclid
Conelly
B. c. Bloomsbury
Mulatto
Arcot Lass
Mr. Allen
Br. c. Fitz-Ambo
Tramp
Nerissa
Mr. G. Clark
Br. c. Drageman
Lt. Nicholas
Olive Leaf
Col. Cradock
B. c. the Provost
Rebecca
Col. Craufurd
Priam
Mr. Dixon
Hercules
Mr. Wormald
Comus
Charles
Lagat Bloomsbury
Malvolio
Aget Easingwold
Corsair
Bolus
Bloomabury
Dolphin
Nick
Lord Mayor
Purity Colt
Dragsman
Easingwold
Jahin
Mal- Euclid
Hinzal
Don
Timblé
Fitzambo
Mr. Ramsay
Alzira
OY Lanercost
Salutation Inn
Charles the Twelfth
Evo Miles
Kremlin
Lye
Cardinal Pits
Etty
Mr. Smith
Lord Chesterfield
Rowton
King’s
Memento
Quack
Lord Eglintoun
Mr. Milner
Humphrey
Mr. Golden
Mayflower
Derby Bertine
Muley Ishmael
Glenorchy
Perseus
Corn Laws and Public Distress Spark Political Debate
The Anti Corn Law Circular surveys rising hunger and unemployment, condemns poor laws, and critiques landowners. It cites Carlyle, Liberal critics, and fears a dragonlike popular hatred toward the wealthy as harvests fail in Britain Ireland and Cornwall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Carlyle
Britain
Williton
Tripp
Lord Egremont
Somersetshire Gazette
Egremont
Victoria
Lincoln Gazette
Lincolnshire
Lord G. Bentinck
Sir J. Rennie
G. Rennie
Conrnwall
Devoy
Great Britain
Ireland
Cornwall
Devon
Cheshire
Squirearchy
Chester
Liverpool
Chronicle
Louth
Smith
Huntingdon
Cambridge
Industrial Gains Amid Calls for Corn Law Reform
The article cites values from metals to coal and timber boosting national income, noting copper and tin from continent countries and land improvements. It highlights merchants' enterprise increasing estate values and rail and canal transport, while condemning the ongoing need for a corn law and high taxes on the poor to fund import duties and enforcements.
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Whitehaven
Lord Lonsdale
Clydesdale
Duke of Hamilton
Swaftham
Fleetwood
Sir H. Fleetwood
Harewood
Lord Harewood
Lowther
Devon and Somerset
Fellowes
Stawell
Chicester
Lucas
Everett
Bryan
Irond
Goop Stort
James Duff
M.P
Earl of Fife
Braemar
Wandsworth
Bainbridge
Battersea
Weller
Batersea
Bath and Cheltenham Gazette
Dorchester
Fordington Field
Cheltenham
Ruth
Boaz
Duke of Buckingham
Ichabod
Belgium
Liverpool and Manchester
Messrs. Fairburn and Co
Rsoin
Leeds Ercury
Times
Yorkshire
Alexandrosky
Leeds Mercury
Linx Trape
China
Canton
Coventry Herald
Glasgow Chronicle
Scotland
Africa
Feltham
Bae
Plymouth
Cork
Plymouth Chronicle
Bank of Land