Curious Column Mixes History and Verse Across Topics
An assortment of quotations and notes on topics from Parliament’s London influence in 1046 to Adultery laws, nobility, memory, and notable figures like Cromwell. It blends anecdotes about ancestors of the Leeds family, Voltaire, Suwarrow, and the Navy, interspersed with poems and moral reflections on life and destiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Oliver Cromwell
Dr. South
Cromwell
England
Mary
Henry the Fourth of
France
James
Duke OF Leeds
Edmund Osborne
Leeds
William Hewit
London
Old London Bridge
Osborne
John Philip Baratier
Schwabach
Anspach
Madame DU Barre
Louis XV
Paris
Chivanx
Barre
Seduser
Cannibalism and famines in world history and fiction notes
A survey of cannibalism from seventeenth to eighteenth century famine episodes, including shipwrecks in 1727, sieges of Paris, Jerusalem, and Baghdad, Brazilian warfare rites, and the man eating society among Indian tribes. Also reviews Miss Cerner’s historical questions and Detrosier’s general knowledge pamphlet with brief literary notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Donovan
E.q. M.rila
C. London
Ella Podrida
Dr. Kitchener
Stedman
Galen
Anderson
Great Drewin
St. Andrew’s
Paris
Henry
Jerusalem
Bagdad
Samaria
Spenser
Ireland
Munster
Petras de Ozma
South America
Pedro de Cieca
North American Review
Furope
Miss Mangnail
Julia Commer
Mesars
Longman and Co
Miss Staneweli
Miss Cerner
Greece
Rome
Miss Mangeau
Latour
Duel to the death over gambling ends in tragedy at Port au Prince
In a Port au Prince gaming house a naval captain and Captain St Every agreed to a duel over a disputed stake. A pistol duel followed after dice determined life or death. The commandant killed St Every, then continued bravely serving in the English cause until mortally wounded at Ivois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neerses
St. Domingo
South America
Tropics
St. Every
Port-au- Prince
Society of
Port au-Prince
Monsieur le Commandant
Captain St. Evary
Monsieur le Commmandant
Captain St. Every
Thomas Aitlend
Ivois
Tisuron
Blackwood's Magazine
London
Christie
Olympus
Tyburn
Arabia
Lord Barrymere
Hughes Ball
George Robins
Maugraby
Alexandria
Quarterly Review
Mediterranean
Loughear
George Robine
Mr. Green
Mr. Ingilby
George Canzing
Devon
South
Gov. Rubins
Babbicombe
Bay of
Naples
Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges remembered in obituary note
A late obituary details Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges who died near Geneva on the 8th. It recalls his early poetry including Echo and Silence praised by Wordsworth and his role as literary antiquary founder of Censura Literaria Restituta and British Bibliographer. It notes his seclusion at Lee Priory, financial troubles from pursuing a barony, and his amiable character and venerable appearance in later life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Egerton Brydges
de Bruges
Ford
Grosjean
Geneva
Wordsworth
Censura Literaria Restituta
Quarterly Review
Southey
Egerton Brydges
Lee Priory
Kent
Baron Chandos of Sudeley
House of Lorda
Samuel Ezerton Brydges, Bart
Baron Chandos
Sudeley
Chandos
Suikley
George Withers
Boulogne affair of Volant and Cottigny sparks trials and divorce talks
Boulogne sur Mer Sept 14 The affair between Monsieur Volant master of horses and Monsieur Cottigny continues to stir town gossip. Witness examinations close doors as couriers file depositions for possible trials in Boulogne or St Omer. Debates over domicile breach and infraction of domicile loom, with divorce and partnership dissolution discussed as possible outcomes. Madame Volant has nearly recovered from a wound and reportedly attempted suicide twice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Procureur du Roi
M. de Cottigny
Madame
Madame Volant
M. de Cattigny
M. Volant
M. Velant
Hirsh Court of
Canai
St. Omer
Boulogne
de Cottigny
MM. Volant
Nizt
M. de Couttigny
Chamber of
Casamerce
Donai
M.de Cottigny
Oll
Rue de l’Hopital
Cholera in Italy alters traveler’s route to Venice
A letter from Venice recounts panic over cholera in Rome and Tuscan states. The writer describes people fleeing, quarantine at Aguapendismti, guards at hospitals, mob violence against foreigners, and a failed Rome lodging rent dispute before continuing via Ancona to Ferrara and finally Venice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Orvido
Terni
Rome
Tuscan
Aguapendismti
Leghorn
Ancona
Papel States
Ferara
Shipwreck and emigrant distress on a lake steamer voyage
The Journal du Havre reports the loss of the French brigades captain Millot after collision with the Mary Ann near Start point during a gale. Six crew perish. seven survive, landing at Falmouth after sinking near Plymouth. A second note on Great Britain steamship in Lake Ontario describes dire emigrant conditions with nearly 1,000 souls aboard including over 700 Irish and others from Britain and Europe, living in squalor amid rain and filth, provoking prejudice in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal du Havre
Millot
Rio Janeiro
Tamburgh
Start Point
Lordon
Madras
Caroline
Fowey
Good
Falmouth
Mary
United States
G. B
Ireland
England
Scotland
Wales
Germany
Switzerland
Free Country
Quebec
Bard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Canute
Thames
Harold
Ethelbert
Maximilian
Varmont
New Hamphire
Voltaire
St. Barthelmi
Marquis de Villette
Madame de Villevreille
Suwarrow
Prussia
East Indies
West Indies
Ionian Isles
Canada
Edwards
Mammalia
Cheshire
Grand Junction Railway
Preston
Dreams
Land of Dreams
Rory O'More
Litereature
Rowland Detrosier
Detrosier
Praser
Regina
Nimrod
Bath
George Rebis
Watkins
West
Man of the
Metropolis
Shakespeare
Duchess of Devonshire
Carlton House
Prince of Wales
Fox
Russell-square
Montreal Transcript
Neantelle
Hughes
Hughs
Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges
Boulogne-sure Fer
Italy
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