The Illustrated London News 1858



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Illustrated London News - May 15th 1858

16 pages - Price 5d

 

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This is how it was printed using 1 sheet of paper before being folded then cut.

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page (The Front)
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side one with the engraved images on (see the 12 inch ruler for scale)

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the other side with only text on

giving 16 pp

This is how The illustrated London News was printed, in 1858, using 1 sheet of paper

 

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The Livingstone Expedition - The Illustrated London News Apr 3 1858

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1858 Charles Dickens

 

 

Some Events of this year in the Illustrated London News

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The Indian Mutiny is put down and the administration of India is transferred to the Crown

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The Treaty of Tientsin ends the war with China

Lord Derby becomes Prime Minister of Britain

Frith paints the picture "Derby Day"

January 30th - Brunel's Leviathan was launched at Millwall later renamed Great Eastern, unprofitable and dogged by disaster

Charles Dickens

 

 

 

 

March 27

 

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Stove- Mantelpiece and Looking Glass for the Sultan of Turkey

The Mooruk in the Gardens of the Zoological Society in Regents Park ' a wonderful drawing by H. Weir - A species of cassowary ( Casuarius Bennetti )

' The Honduras Turkey ' an engraving from a drawing by J. W. Wood

' The 100th Prince of Wales Royal Canadian Regiment of the Line - Sergeant - Leiutenant - Lance Corporal in Fatigue Dress - Privats ' showing the various uniforms

' Arrival of the First Detachment of the 100th Regiment in the Mersey ' - an engraving showing the " Indian " screw steamer ship which arrived from Quebec .

' Scene from the Ballet of " La Bresilienne " at The Royal italian Opera House Covent Garden '

' Paris Demolitions - The Rue de la Montagne Sainte Genevieve ' before its demolition

' English Songs and Melodies - The Cheerful Heart ' full page of words and music by Sir H. R. Bishop - Poetry by Charles Mackay

Parliamentary Portraits

' Mr Charles Gilpin MP for Northampton '

' Mr Philip Wykeham Martin MP for Rochester '

' Mr john Townsend MP fo rGreenwich '

' General Perronet Thompson MP for Bradford '

' Mr John Dove Harris MP for Leicester '

' Mr ARthur Mills MP for Taunton '

' Mr Samuel Gurney MP for Penryn and Falmouth '

' Mr Richard Davey MP for Cornwall West '

' Mister John Thomas Norris MP for Abingdon '

' A Day at London Bridge Station '

John Thwaites Esq Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works

The Explosion of Two Firework Manufactories in the Westminster Road Opposite the Church of St Paul - Belonging to Madame Coton ( Frances Ann Bennett )

Illustrated London News Editorial

The Court and Haut Ton

Country News

Metropolitan News .

Jeddah - The Scene of the Late Massacre

Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased:
Sir John Key of Thornbury in the County of Gloucester died at his villa The Manor House at Streatham from an Attack of Gout, Captain John Sinclair Lost His Life at the Siege of Jhansi India aged thiry six, Lieutenant Charles Douglas died at the Fort of Roohea in Oude India aged thirty two

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September 11

 

Statue of Queen Victoria in The New Townhall at Leeds ' Full front page engraving

' His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange '

' Queen Victoria Visiting the Tomb of Frederick the Great '

' The Mayor of Leeds - Sir Peter Fairbairn ' full page print from engraving

Foreign and Colonial News includes:

France

Spain

Prussia

Turkey

The United States with mention of The Yellow Fever

Cape of Good Hope

The Channel Islands Telegraph

Obituary of Eminent Persons includes:

Major General William Boulden Dundas

Richard Ford Esq Died at his House at heavitree near Exeter

James MacGregor Esq late Chairman of the South Eastern Railway Co.

Country News includes:

Banquet to Sir Charles Bright at Killarney

Queenwood College nr Stockbridge Hants

Another Excursion Train Run Into at Lostock Station

A Horse Killed by Wasps

Smallpox Avoidable with ref. to Dr Greenhow

The Atlantic TYelegraph

Forcible Abduction of a Jewish Child - The child of a family named Motara at Bologna Italy

National Sports .

Monetary Transactions of the Week - From "Our City Correspondent"

The MArkets with ref. to prices of Wheat - Tea - Sugar - Coffee - Tallow - Hops - etc

. The Church - Preferments and Appointments

The Weather - Meteorological Observations at the Kew Observatory

Some Adverts

' Inauguration of the Statue of Sir Isaac Newton at Grantham ' Front page

' Moor Park Surrey ' near Farnham, the residence of Sir William Temple

' Fashions for October ' a dress in the new style "a six lis" - a day costume and an evening costume

'..." The Authors Reception by The Actors " by Maclise From the Aston Hall Exhibition ' Full page engraving from the work of Daniel Maclise with an explanation of the work in an article on the next page

' Celebration at Jersey of the Opening of the Channel Islands Telegraph ' shows the telegraph company office in Library Place St Helier

' Music Saloon Recently Erected at Scarborough '

' New Lighthouse on Bishop rock, Scilly Islands '

' Statue of Sir Isaac Newton Inaugurated Last Week at Grantham '

' Brancepeth Castle Durham '

' Great Organ at Barmen, Rhenish Prussia '

 

The Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition

St Boniface Cathedral, Red River

Great Falls on Little Dog River at Great Dog Portage

Professor H. Y. Hind, Geologist to the Exploring Party

Kakabika or Grand Falls, Kaminitiquia River, Lake Superior

Ford of The Roseau River and Indian Fish Weir

 

Locality of the Late Great Meteor

' Scene from The Rose of Castile at Drury Lane Theatre '

' Her Majesty En Route For Scotland at Dunbar Station '

Middle Class Education

Foreign and Colonial News includes France - Prussia - Spain - United States etc

Metropolitan News includes Opening of the Medical Schools - The Temple Church - Launch of a Floating Derrick at Blackwall - Births and Deaths numbers

The Illustrated London News Editorial with reference to The King of Prussia

Notes of the Week

The Royal Court in Scotland etc

Country News with reference Coal Pit Accident at Page Bank Colliery - Sir James Brooke in Liverpool - Conference of Young Mens Christian Associations at Leeds - An Heroic Family at Barmouth - Norton Priory Cheshire

National Sports

Chess

The Last Welsh Bard – Prize Painting at the Llangollen Eisteddfod by Mr William Jones

Raising the Great Bell at the Westminster Palace:

' Method of Raising the Great Bell '

' Sectional View of the Clock Tower '

' Moving the Great Bell '

The article refers to the bell as being "The Royal Victoria", " Big Ben "

 

' Towcester – The Flower Show in The Grounds of Mr George Gurney ' an engraving showing fashionable Victorian men, women and children, marquees etc

' Welcome Given in Melbourne Australia to A Primrose From England '

' The Page Bank Collier Pit on Fire ' an engraving showing the scene above ground at the pit head, durham

Antelope Hunting in the Bangalore and Mysore region of India:

' Antelopes Startled '

' Antelopes Driven From Cover with Hunter, Dogs and Handler in Pursuit '

' The Chase ' the antelope being chased by two Australian Kangaroo Dogs

' Preparing to Return ' the hunter with his two dogs and the antelope

From Sketches by Captain W. R. Goodall of the Military Train

' Toronto in Canada – The Crystal Palace '

' Inspection of the City of London Militia by Colonel Douglas '

' Chess Problem by F. W. M. of Halifax Nova Scotia

 

The Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition:

' Ojibway Encampment near the Falls of the Rainy River ' an engraving showing the lodges of the native american ojibway - a squaw suspending strips of sturgeon on poles to dry

A Warrior holding a stone pipe watching the white men taking his photograph – a canoe lying next to a lodge and other natives

' Portaging a Canoe and Baggage ' the engraving shows "Charlot" the Iroquois guide and "Wigwam" another guide, making ready a camp at The Red River

Ojibwe Ojibwa Chippewa or Chippeway

 

' West Smethwich in Staffordshire – St Pauls Church ' engraving of the church and grounds – info. near the Chance Brothers Glass Works

' Tomb of a Mussulman at Cashmere – Of Father of Sheik Imaum-oo-deen the Late Governor … ' – an engraving from a sketch drawn by W. Carpenter jnr.

' Fountain to Be Erected in Front of Holyrood Palace '

' John Knox's Study in Edinburgh ' small engraving

' Dyott's House in St Giles In the Fields '

' The Hill of Howth ' an engraving showing a view from a hill overlooking two islands – info. near Dublin in Ireland

The Cantonese – with mention of Lord Elgin – The Treaty – The Sum-Kum – Hong Kong – Sir Michael Seymour

Foreign and Colonial News:

France

Portugal

Spain

Prussia – Exerts of Letters sent to and from King Frederick William to William Prince of Prussia, Regent

Holland

United States dated New York 28 September with ref. to The Launch of the Steam Frigate "General Admiral" built by William H. Webb - - - Delavan House Albany – etc

Australia – with news from New South Wales – Victoria

Destructive Fire at Jacmel Hayti

India – with despatch from M. Stopford Vice Admiral

China - Outrage at Namtow – General Van Straubenzee

West Coast of Africa – wioth mention of The Royal African Mail Steamer Captain J. M. Delamotte – Lieut Glover Rn

Natal – Mr M'Kenzie of the Cragie Burn Estate Uncomas

The Society Islands with mention of Tamatoa V of Tahiti

The Sandwich Islands – mention of King Kamehameha

The Weather – Results of Meteorological Observations at the Kew Observatory and at Cambridge Obs. – temperatures, wind, rainfall etc

The Four Comets – Donati's – Encke's – Faye's – Tuttle's

Sir Isaac Newton on Comets – Letter to the Editor of the ILN from W.E. of Cambridge

Hopeian Collections in the University of Oxford

Raising The Great Bell at the New Palace at Westminster – info. Big Ben

Fire at the Page Bank Colliery – the article describes the scene as the bodies of the dead, incuding children, are brought to the surface by Mackay the Staithsman

The Theatres

The Primrose by Charles Mackay – poem or song

Two Children Carried off By a Balloon at Centralia in Illinois and brought down at New Carthage

National Sports

Metropolitan News (London) Includes:

St Pauls Cathedral Services

Births and Deaths

Departure of the Swallows

A Revolt in Morocco

Wills include The Right Hon. Alexander Sinclair of Mey - - - General Charles Payne late of Mutley near Plymouth - - - Philip Fonnanean Esq of Flintshire

A Fearful Balloon Voyage – From the Toronto Globe – an account of an accident near Adrian

Balloon Navigation Across the Atlantic with mention of Mr La Mountain – Messrs Wise and Steiner

Monetary Transactions of the Week from Our City Correwspondent

the Markets – Prices of Linseed – Wheat – Sugar – Tea – Tallow – Potatoes – Coals from Wylam, Haswell Gas, Tyne Main, Whitworh, Cassop, Kello etc – Cattle Market .

Chess – Mr Morphy in Paris – Another Exhibition of Blindfold Chessplaying – with a list of moves by Mr Boucher – Mr Bierwirth – Mr Bornemann – Mr Guibert – Mr Lequesne – Mr Potier – Mr Preti – Mr Seguin

The Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition – with mention of Professor Hind – Henry Youle Hind MA – James Austen Dickinson – John Fleming – Humphrey Lloyd Hime – Wigwam an Ojibway "Half Breed" Guide – Charlot Skan-a-sah an Iroquois Guide – Sir George Simpson Governor of Hudson Bay Company – Fort Garry – Mr Dawson

The Loss by Fire of The " Austria " Steam Ship – built on the Clyde for passage between Hamburg and New York – an account by a Mr Brews the only English survivor – approx. 1000 wds.

Charles Mackay in Brighton

John Knox's Study

Earthen Mound at hampstead – Letter to the Editor

Mr Thomas Carlyle ' front page

' A Hindoo Fair ' a wonderful print from engraving on a full page - info Hindu

' The New Indian Council Chamber ' sitting at the table are Sir Frederick Currie - Captain Eastwick - Mr Prinsep - Sir James Hogg - Sir Henry Rawlinson – M. Reive - Mr Mills - Mr Willoughby etc - info East India House Leadenhall Street

' The Austrian Twin Steamer " Bunyip

' Street Scenes in Lahore ' by W. Carpenter Jnr.

' A Swamp in Louisiana ' USA

Star of Night Serenade Composed by M. Enderssohn with Poetry by John Ellison ' words and music

' Bunyarrambite Waterfalls near Melbourne Australia ' a print from engraving from an original sketch provided " through the kindness of Mr Westgarth the Historian of Victoria " info. these falls are apparently on the Yarram creek of the River Goulburn eighty miles from Melbourne - I can't find any reference to Bunyarrambite Waterfalls in modern searches, possibly a spelling mistake.

Italy ' Civita Vecchia - The Town and Harbour ' a print from engraving showing the harbour entrance with the town in the distance - info Civitavecchia in the province of Rome, Italian region of Latium

The Comet -:

' Donati's Comet as Seen From the Cambridge Observatory on 11 October '

' Telescopic Appearances of Donati's Comet ' seven engravings

' St George's Church Doncaster ' - info St George's Minster Doncaster

' The Stanley Monument In Chelsea Old Church Restored by the Earl of Derby ' – info. Sir Robert Stanley

' Bazaar at Chatham ' print from engraving showing a military bazaar with a church in the background possibly The Garrison Church

' Royal Botanic Society Regents Park - American Aloe in Bloom '

' Kiosk in the Bois De Boulogne ' a summer house style building with ornate roof

' The Chancellor of Ireland - The Right Hon. Joseph Napier '

' Old Houses at Moorfields in London '

The Emperor Napoleon and Free Trade

Column on Thomas Carlyle plus a letter written by him from Craigenputtoch dated 25 Sept 1828 – Craigenputtock ( Scotland )

Foreign and Colonial News includes France - Prussia - Austria - Denmark - Russia - United States - Canada

India - The Bombay (Mumbai)Mail – Info. which deals with many aspects of news across India

The New Indian Council Sitting

A Hindoo Fair

Successful Exploration of the Australian Continent, Mr Gregorys Expedition - approx. 250 words

' The Weather - Meteorological Observations at the Kew

Donati's Comet – by J. Breen of The Observatory at Cambridge – apprx 1430 wds – info. James Breem the astronomer

The Future of British India – Third and Concluding Article

National Sports

Star of Night Serenade – Words by John Ellison – Composed by M. Enderssohn – a full page of sheet music

Bunyarrambite Waterfalls near Melbourne Australia – info. an educated guess from research puts this in the area of the Kingslake National Park– the article mentions the area being on the station of a John Aitkin Esq – Mr Ramsay who wrote the article after a visit to the creek – Mr Westgarth a Historian of Victoria who provided the original sketch of the falls

National Association for the Advancement of Social Science at Liverpool with mention of M rhastings Gen. Sec. .

A French Officer Threatening to Shoot an Editor – M. Filomine de Maricourt son of the Count threatened to shoot the editor of The Northern Express of Newcastle upon Tyne, Mr James Boliver Manson at his home in Ravensworth Terrace Gateshead

A Soiree at the Athenaeum at Boston – with mention of Mr Herbert Ingram - Mr W. H. Adams – Mr S. Jebb and others

Monetary Transactions of the Week

The Right hon. Joseph Napier the Lord Chancellor of Ireland

The Markets

The London Gazette includes Bankrupts -

Births Marriages and Deaths – Marriages:
Mister Charles Henry George Carr to Phillis Sarah Seal at St Davids Cathedral Hobart Town, Tasmania
Mr George Mermoth to Elizabeth Hayes Obbard at Denmark Hill
William Hastings Alexander Esq to Caroline Theophila Cole .

Adverts of the day

 

 

 

 

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The Royal Yacht Passing Through the Needles ' full front page print from engraving

' Judge Sir John Taylor Coleridge '

' India - Palace of Tanjore ' fro a Drawing by T. J. Rawlins

' Attack on the " Braves " Near the White Cloud Mountain at Canton '- near half page

' Foot Race at Canton by Coolies of the Military Train ' - near half page

Cremorne Gardens - The Maypole Dance - Full page

' The Emperors Cup for the Royal yacht Squadron Regatta ' known as the Napoleon Cup

' Hamstead Park London - Grand Fete in Aid of the Great Western Railway Widows and Orphans Fund '

' The Cherbourg Fetes - The " Pera " (ship) Leaving Southampton with Members of the house of Commons ' full page print from engraving showing the Screw Steam Ship

' The Triumphal Arch at Cherbourg ' - near half page

' Camel Jingalls ' small brass cannon mounted on camels - near half page

' The Cherbourg Fetes - Arrival of Her Majesty Queen Victoria at Cherbourg ' full page print from engraving showing the royal yacht being saluted, and the manning of the yards by sailors

' Chief Commissioner of The Punjaub - Sir John Lawrence GCB '

' Louis Paulsen the American Chessplayer - Engraved from a Photograph by Hesler of Chicago US ' .

' The Late Alexis Soyer ' famous chef

' Soyers Barrack Cooking Apparatus '

' Bray's Traction Engine in The Westminster Road '

This second part of the description features items of news articles etc but have no images associated with the subject matter unless listed above. They include :-

The Scottish Universities


Foreign and Colonial News:

France

Belgium

Turkey

United States with mention of The Mormons at Utah - - - General Walker

Canada

Australasia with mention of Discovery of a Monster Nugget of Gold at Ballarat

British Columbia


The Overland Mail

Wrecks and Refuge


Obituary of Eminent Persons includes:

Lieuternant General Sir Frederick Ashworth

Lieutenant Osbert D'Abetot Thackwell Killed at Lucknow aged Twenty Two

Miss Keigh Dunlop died at Broomfield, Ayr - She was celebrated in a poem by Robert Burns

The Death of the Marquis of Queensberry - Archibald William Douglas short announcement

Illustrated London News Editorial


Palace of Tanjore

Queen's Birthday at Canton

Sir John Taylor Coleridge

The Atlantic Telegraph

The National Gallery - Pictures by Early Italian Masters

The Napoleon Cup

Grand Fete in Hamstead park

Metropolitan News:

Asylum for Female Ophans At Lambeth

School Church, St Peters Stepney

The Crystal Palace

London Letter Carriers Grievances ( Postmen )


Monetary Transactions of the Week - From the City Correspondent

The Markets includes prices of Wheat - Linseed - Tea - Sugar - Tallow - Hay and Straw - Coals from Tanfield Moor, Gosforth, Ri8ddell, Eden Main, etc - Cattle - Meat - by Robert Herbert

Sir John Lawrence GCB

Chess .

The Cherbourg Fetes

Epitome of News Foreign and domestic - Snippets of News

Louis paulsen the Blindfold Chess Player

Bray's Traction Engine

Death of M. Alexis Soyer at "His Residence in St Johns Wood on Thursday Week"

The London Gazette - Bankrupts - Births marriages


  • Synopsis January to June Volume 32
  • COLOUR ENGRAVINGS - "Marriage of the Princess Royal" Special Section - 4 small scenes of castles on 1 page,
  • A Bridal Song - 2 page sheet music with colour design of cherubs, Their Royal Highnesses Prince Frederick William and the Princess Royal (1 page portrait). "Bridal Tour of the Princess Royal in Prussia" - Decorated title page w/ colour engraving Arrival of the Prince and Princess Frederick William at Antwerp (ships), Grand Entry of the Prince and Princess Frederick William into Berlin (2 page), Two Rivers Zweiflusse - sheet music w/ colour design
  • The important stories of this volume are: India, Transatlantic Sketches - Boston, American Firemen, Marriage of the Princess Royal, Transatlantic Sketches, Native Americans, War in Canton China, Sketches in Japan and Korea, The Mutiny in India.

 

  • Palace of the Nawab of Moorshedabad,East Indian Railway Water Tank at Barwarie Defended Against the Mutineers for Thirty two Hours (half page),
  • Moorish Girls Schools in Algiers,The Great Salt Lake City of the Mormons Looking West - the Salt Lake in the Distance,
  • Moorshedabad Emaumbarrie Durint the Mohubrum - From a Native Drawings,
  • Fashions for the Year (half), Islamabad Cashmere - A Mohommedan Funeral Passing (half),
  • Chinese Musical Party in Manilla (half), Billiard Room in Manilla (half), Barber’s Shop in Manilla (half), Twelfth Night Characters by Charles H. Bennett, Fireworks at Moorshedabad - From a Native Drawing, Transatlantic Sketches - Boston, Gold Medal Architectural Design for a National Gallery (half), Algiers From the Parade Ground, A Ride to a Picnic at the Pyramids (half), Delhi After the Siege (half), The City of Delhi Before the Siege (aerial view), Progress of Navigation (2 page), Chinese Harvest Hong Kong (half), Interior of a Chinese House at Hong Kong (half), Longitudinal Section of the Leviathan Steam Ship (2 page), Earthquake at Naples (5 small), Egyptian Railway Terminus at Alexandria (half), Fatsham Creek Engagement in the Canton River - From a Chinese Drawing (half), Sketches of Native Life in India, Landing of Frederick V. Elector Palatine at Gravesend on the Way to Marry the Princess Elizabeth in 1612 - from a Picture by A. Williaeetts, Plan of Sir Hugh Wheeler’s Position at Cawthorne (half), The Rano of Oodipor, Geological Section Showing the Proposed Submarine Tunnel Between England and France, Transatlantic Sketches - American Firemen, Torchlight Procession of the New York Firemen - From an Original Sketch, Marriage of the Princess Royal (many), Marriage of the Princess Royal and His Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of Prussia (2 page vertical), His Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of Prussia, Exhibition by the American Horse Tamer in the Presence of Her Majesty and the Court at Buckingham Palace (half), The Marriage of the Princess Royal - (colour), Emerald and Diamond Bracelet and Opal and Diamond Suite Presented to the Princess Royal (half), Investiture of His Royal Highness Prince William Frederick of Prussia With the Order of the Garter, The Leviathan Towed to Her Moorings Off Deptford (2 page), Prize Canaries at the Nottingham Poultry Pigeon Rabbit and Canary Show (half), Royal Fair Drawn Thru Windsor, The President of the United States Inducing the Hostile Tribes of the Pawnees and Poncas to Shake Hands, Transatlantic Sketches - Interview of Indians With the "Great Father" - Pawnee Chief Scalla-La-Na-Sharo or Only Chief (1/4 page), Pawnee Warrior Qu-u-ark or Buffalo Bull (1/4 page), Presentation of Pawnees, Poncas and Pottowattamies to the President of the United States at the White House Washington, The Royal Departure (many), The War in China, Departure From Gravesend of the Victoria and Albert Royal Yacht With the Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia (2 page), Josshouse at Canton (half), Royal Bridal Tour, Effects of the Earthquake in Naples, Bridal Tour- Arrival of the Prince and Princess Frederick William at Antwerp (2 page- ships), Birds Eye View of Berlin, The War in China, Dawk Walas (Postmen) of Bengal (half), Mode of Watering the Streets of Calcutta (half), Unshipping Elephants at Calcutta (half), Street and Bazaar in Peshawar (half), The Royal Bridal Tour Illuminations at Berlin (several), Royal Marriage Festivities at Berlin (several), Steam Launch Built for Dr. Livingstone’s Exploration of the Zambese River (half), War in China (several pages of smaller illustrations), Clock Bells for the New Palace of Westminster - Breaking up Big Ben (half), The East India House Museum, Bengal Sepoys Out of Uniform - From a Drawing by Mr. W. Carpenter, War in China - Attack on the Banterers Boat in Sai-Lau Creek Canton River, Military Train Going Up to Canton (half), Mutiny in India - Goorkahs of the 66 th Regiment in Their National Costume (half), Royal Bridal Tour - Entering the King’s Palace Potsdam, American Celebrities (6 portraits on 1 page - Fitzgreene Halleck, William Cullen bryant, Charles Anthon, Bayard Taylor, George Bancroft, Nathaniel Parker Willis, The First King of Siam - From a Painting by Mr. J. Roberts After a Daguerrotype, The Mutiny in India - Halt for Breakfast on the Road (half), Royal Wedding Bridal Procession in St. James Palace, Presents to the Prince and Princess Frederick William, War in China Attack on Canton - Bombardment (half page over 2 pages of ships), Marines Leaving Gunboat (half), Landing of the Allied Forces at Cooper’s Creek (half), The New Ministry - From Photographs by Mayall and Watkins, The Great Solar Eclipse, Exhibition of the British Institution (many different engravings of paintings), Royal Wedding Festivities in Berlin - Reception in the Hall of Knights (2 page), Royal Wedding Festivities - Procession of the Trades Passing the Palace, HMS Princess Charlotte in a Heavy Gale Off the Cape of Good Hope (half), Frontier Life in America - Comanches Carrying Off a Captive Girl (half page - from a painting) & Spearing Fish at Night (half), War in China - Military Train & Headquarters of the End Brigade Canton, Literary Celebrities of Boston U.S. - 1 page w/8 small portraits, Mutiny in India, Royal Wedding Tour

Entry into Berlin (2 page), Solar Eclipse As Seen From the Isle of Dogs on Monday Last (half), The New Ministry - 2 pages of portraits, Expedition to the Andaman Islands, A Change of Wind in the Downs - Merchantmen Making for the Thames, Cultivation of Arrow Root at Durban Port Natal, Frontier Life in America - 3 scenes - Hunting in a Canoe/Watching for Otter/Making a Canoe, Sporting Scenes in America - Chasing the Devil Fish in South Carolina/The Victory, Frontier Life in America - Pawnees Looking Out for Enemies/Trapping for Beaver, The Hoolie Festival, Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race (half), The Only Shilling - decorated sheet music, Baglee or Open Bath Near Old Delhi, Sketches in Algeria, Chelsea New Bridge (half page vertical), Indian Pheasants in the Gardens of the Zoological Society Regents Park (half), The War in China - Officers Quarters on the Walls of Canton/The Old Landing Place Canton, Transatlantic Sketches - The Mississippi River (2 pages w/8 views - a 2" long tear in the paper at the bottom of one of the pages but no paper missing), Constructing the Jackatalla Barracks Near Ootacamund Neilgherry Hills (half), The Yan Yean Waterworks Near Melbourne (half), The New Ministry, Sketches in Algeria, War in China - Wounded on Board the Hercules Hong Kong/New Years Presents, Penryn Slate Quarry (several), Danish Clipper Ship the Cimber (half), Indians of the Far West (American), Recasting the Great Bell for the Clock Tower Parliament (half), Sketches in Japan and Corea - Interior of Siwa Temple Nagasake/Desima Island/Approach to Siwa Temple, Sketches in Japan and Corea - Fusanki Corea/Coreans/Nagasaki, Native Officers and Soldiers in the East India Company’s Service, The Supposed Incurable Horse Cruiser Under Mr. Rarey’s Treatment (half), Scene of the Landslip at Wreckhills, Chiefs of the Soudan etc. Africa, The American Circus Alhambra Palace (half), Scene From The Huguenots at Her Majesty’s Theatre (half), Sketches in Algeria - Madame Luce and Her Monitors (half), A Moorish Bath at Tunis (half), Transatlantic Sketches - The Broadway St. Louis/Locomotive Engine on the Ohio and Mississippi Railway/St. Louis Mercantile Library Hall/Harrison House Vincennes Indiana, Night Chase of the Brigantine Slaver Windward by HM Steam Sloop Alecto, Costumes - Cagliani Island of Sardinia (half), Extinct Volcanoes of Central France, Sketches in Algeria, "Fitzoland" Winner of the Two Thousand Stakes (half), "Governess" Winner of the One Thousand Stakes (half), The Mutiny in India, Scene From King Lear at the Princess Theatre (half), Military Execution of a Russian Spy at Schumla (half), Baro Sound View in the Direction of Helsingfore/HMS Dauntless with Russian Prizes Passing the Swedish Fleet, Landing of Captain Hall in Stockholm (half), Mirage of the English Fleet in the Baltic (half), Bronze Statue of the Late Viscount Hardinge to be Erected in Tank Square Calcutta, "The Morning After the Gale" Painted by E. Duncan, The Queen’s Visit to Birmingham Royal Cortege Passing up the Avenue to Aston Hall, Queen’s Visit to Birmingham - Inauguration of Aston Hall, Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius - As Seen From Naples/The Mouths of the Great Streams of Lava, Sketches in China - Military Train Leveling the Cells at Examination Hall Canton/Bengal Sepoys Being Shaved, The Queen’s Visit to Birmingham - the Royal Cortege Passing Through New Street (2 page), etc

 


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' Greenwich Park Donati's Comet Seen on 17 Sept ' Front page - night scene

' Donati's Comet '

' Trophy Erected by the English Residents at Dinan in Honour of The Emperor of the French '

' Statue of Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy For the Townhall of Calcutta '

' Glass Roof of Reive The LAte Antwerp Bourse '

' Leeds Townhall - Group Of Figures Over the Entrance by Mister John Thomas ' full page print from engraving

' Harvest Home - Drawn by Godwin ' full page print from engraving showing a woodland scene and crowds of people enjoying a picnic

' The Red Breasted Goose at The Zoological Society Regents Park '

' Inauguration of the Townhall at Newcastle on Tyne ' interior


Queen Victorias Visit to Leeds

' Leeds - Woodhouse Lane ' full page print from engraving

' Boar Lane '

' Briggate '  .

' The Town Hall ' double page print from engraving

' The Town Clerk Reading the Address to The Queen '


' Celebration of the Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable at New York - The CIty Hall '

This second part of the description features items of news articles etc but have no images associated with the subject matter unless listed above. They include :-

Donati's Comet

Machine for Ringing Church Bells

Illustrated London News Editorial

Metropolitan News

National Sports

Country News includes the Great Bardic Meeting at Llangollen - - - Opening of the Rhyl and Denbigh Railway in North Wales - - - County Dublin Archers Meeting - - - Explosion at Herne Bay

The Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry and her Tenantry

Preferments and Appointments in the Church - -- The Wesleyan Methodist Connection

New Townhall at Newcastle

Newspaper Stamp Returns

Monetary Transactions of the Week

The Markets

Submarine Telegraphy - Letter to the editor from Jacob Brett of 47 Rue neuve st Augustin, Paris

the New Indian Department

The Port of Villafranca  .

National Education - Progress and Cost

Classified adverts

 


01 1490

' The Last Welsh Bard – Prize Painting at the Llangollen Eisteddfod by Mr William Jones


Raising the Great Bell at the Westminster Palace:

' Method of Raising the Great Bell '

' Sectional View of the Clock Tower '

' Moving the Great Bell '

The article refers to the bell as being "The Royal Victoria", " Big Ben " or "whatever its name is to be"


' Towcester – The Flower Show in The Grounds of Mr George Gurney ' an engraving showing fashionable Victorian men, women and children, marquees etc

' Welcome Given in Melbourne Australia to A Primrose From England ' full page print from engraving

' The Page Bank Collier Pit on Fire ' an engraving showing the scene above ground at the pit head – info. in Durham


Antelope Hunting in the Bangalore and Mysore region of India:

' Antelopes Startled '

' Antelopes Driven From Cover with Hunter, Dogs and Handler in Pursuit '

' The Chase ' the antelope being chased by two Australian Kangaroo Dogs

' Preparing to Return ' the hunter with his two dogs and the antelope

From Sketches by Captain W. R. Goodall of the Military Train


' Toronto in Canada – The Crystal Palace '

' Inspection of the City of London Militia by Colonel Douglas '

' Chess Problem by F. W. M. of Halifax Nova Scotia


The Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition:

' Ojibway Encampment near the Falls of the Rainy River ' an engraving showing the lodges of the native american ojibway - a squaw suspending strips of sturgeon on poles to dry – A Warrior holding a stone pipe watching the white men taking his photograph – a canoe lying next to a lodge and other natives

' Portaging a Canoe and Baggage ' the engraving shows "Charlot" the Iroquois guide and "Wigwam" another guide, making ready a camp at The Red River

Info. aka Ojibwe Ojibwa Chippewa or Chippeway


' West Smethwich in Staffordshire – St Pauls Church ' engraving of the church and grounds – info. near the Chance Brothers Glass Works

' Tomb of a Mussulman at Cashmere – Of Father of Sheik Imaum-oo-deen the Late Governor … ' – an engraving from a sketch drawn by W. Carpenter jnr.

' Fountain to Be Erected in Front of Holyrood Palace '

' John Knox's Study in Edinburgh ' small engraving

' Dyott's House in St Giles In the Fields '

' The Hill of Howth ' an engraving showing a view from a hill overlooking two islands – info. near Dublin in Ireland

The Cantonese – with mention of Lord Elgin – The Treaty – The Sum-Kum – Hong Kong – Sir Michael Seymour

Foreign and Colonial News includes:

France

Portugal

Spain

Prussia – Exerts of Letters sent to and from King Frederick William to William Prince of Prussia, Regent

Holland

United States dated New York 28 September with ref. to The Launch of the Steam Frigate "General Admiral" built by William H. Webb - - - Delavan House Albany – etc

Australia – with news from New South Wales – Victoria

Destructive Fire at Jacmel Hayti – apprx 70 wds

India – with despatch from M. Stopford Vice Admiral

China with ref. to the Outrage at Namtow – General Van Straubenzee

West Coast of Africa – wioth mention of The Royal African Mail Steamer Captain J. M. Delamotte – Lieut Glover Rn

Natal – with mention of Mr M'Kenzie of the Cragie Burn Estate Uncomas

The Society Islands with mention of Tamatoa V of Tahiti

the Sandwich Islands – mention of King Kamehameha


The Weather – Results of Meteorological Observations at the Kew Observatory and at Cambridge Obs. – temperatures, wind, rainfall etc

The Four Comets – Donati's – Encke's – Faye's – Tuttle's

Sir Isaac newton on Comets – Letter to the Editor of the ILN from W.E. of Cambridge

Hopeian Collections in the University of Oxford

Raising The Great Bell at the New Palace at Westminster – info. Big Ben

Fire at the Page Bank Colliery – the article describes the scene as the bodies of the dead, incuding children, are brought to the surface by Mackay the Staithsman

The Theatres

The Primrose by Charles Mackay – poem or song

Two Children Carried off By a Balloon at Centralia in Illinois and brought down at New Carthage – apprx 300 wds

National Sports


Metropolitan News (London) Includes:

St Pauls Cathedral Services

Births and Deaths

Departure of the Swallows


A Revolt in Morocco


Wills include The Right Hon. Alexander Sinclair of Mey - - - General Charles Payne late of Mutley near Plymouth - - - Philip Fonnanean Esq of Flintshire


A Fearful Balloon Voyage – From the Toronto Globe – an account of an accident near Adrian

Balloon Navigation Across the Atlantic with mention of Mr La Mountain – Messrs Wise and Steiner

Monetary Transactions of the Week from Our City Correwspondent

the Markets – Prices of Linseed – Wheat – Sugar – Tea – Tallow – Potatoes – Coals from Wylam, Haswell Gas, Tyne Main, Whitworh, Cassop, Kello etc – Cattle Market  .

Chess – Mr Morphy in Paris – Another Exhibition of Blindfold Chessplaying – with a list of moves by Mr Boucher – Mr Bierwirth – Mr Bornemann – Mr Guibert – Mr Lequesne – Mr Potier – Mr Preti – Mr Seguin


The Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition – with mention of Professor Hind – Henry Youle Hind MA – James Austen Dickinson – John Fleming – Humphrey Lloyd Hime – Wigwam an Ojibway "Half Breed" Guide – Charlot Skan-a-sah an Iroquois Guide – SirGeorge Simpson Governor of Hudson Bay Company – Fort Garry – Mr Dawson


The Loss by Fire of The " Austria " Steam Ship – built on the Clyde for passage between Hamburg and New York – an account by a Mr Brews the only English survivor – approx. 1000 wds.


Charles Mackay in Brighton

John Knox's Study

Earthen Mound at hampstead – Letter to the Editor

 

 

 

 


 

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  • cover has two pictures of Lucknow--The Townhouse of Captain F. Hayes, M.A. and another photographed from the observatory.
  • articles on foreign news items in different countries like France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, USA, Persia, China, and Australia.
  • full page picture and the caption underneath says "the palace of the Nawab moorshedabad.
  • two pictures and an article called an Indian railway station defended and the fort of Mhow.
  • lists of New books and that the Princess Royal and William of Prussia are getting married.
  • obituarys of eminent persons. like Earl Spencer, k.g., Sir A Dixie, bart.
  • pictures one is captioned Moorish Girls schools in Algiers. the other is the Great Salt Lake City of the Mormons.
  • Metropolitan news and theatres.
  • picture that says Moorshedabad Emaumabarrie during the Mohubrum
  • a few pictures detailing new schools in Jersey,
  • the Gurkah knife, and a
  • clock presented to Rev Dr Goulburn.
  • Islamabad cashmere's funeral passing.
  • on the next two pages there are articles named the Mutiny in India and hotel life in America.
  • Manilla town. one of a chinese musical partys, billiard room, barber shop, and a shoemakers shop. on the
  • next two pages there are details of chess tournaments and more new books.
  • illustrations of "Twelfth night characters by Charles Bennett.




 

 

 


38

  • On the cover is a full page picture and the caption says Queen visits Birmingham - the gunmaker' arch at Gosta green.
  • Article named Mutiny of India. Another article is called Transatlantic sketches -Savannah and the sea islands Charleston South Carolina. The other article is called summer amusements.
  • On the third page there are two pictures and articles to go with each of them. The captions are "Faith, hope, and charity" sculpted by J.Thomas. The other is "Ira Aldridge, the african tragedian as Othello"
  • pictures. The captions are "The Hon, John Alexander Macdonald, premier of Canada"
  • Obituarys for eminent persons liike Earl of Glengall and Admiral Sir Charles Ogle.
  • "a night ascent of Etna" "the crater of Mount Etna in 1800 from a sketch by Signor Gimmellaro", "ruins of the theatre at Taurominium with Mount Etna in the distance", " the crater of Mount Etna a few days prior to the late earthquake", "the cone of Mount Etna and the English house destroyed by recent earthquake"
  • "the Queens visit to Birming ham arrival of her majesty at Stoneleigh Abbey" and the second is "the Queens visit to Birmingham reading of the Birmingham Corporations address to her Majesty in the townhall"
  • "her Majesty's bedroom, Stoneleigh Abbey", "her Majesty planting an oak in the grounds of Warwick Castle", "reading of the addresss of the interim managers to her Majesty in the great gallery of Aston Hall"
  • On page 19 there are four medals and another pictures of the Queens visit that says the departure from Warwick Castle. The two medals they show they have the fronts and the backs of each of them. They are for "commemorative of the opening of Aston Park and Hall by her Majesty", and "commemorative of the marriage of the King of Portugal with the Princess Stephanie".
  • On the 20th page there is a big picture, there is a little paragraph about it also. The caption says " The best in the market, a shop door in Rome" it is a painting by Mrs. E Murray.

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eleven page issue price fivepence.

It features articles with prints from engravings including

  • 'Flying Fish With A Parasitic Growth on its Back'
  • Flock of Llamas, Just Imported from Peru'
  • 'Parasitic Appendage Attached To A Flying Fish'
  • 'The Pulszky Gems: Antique Bronzes and Carvings Etc'
  • 'The Late Mr. Robert Brown, Keeper of Botany in The British Museum
  • 'Mowing, Shearing and Cottagers Flower Show at Coleshill Park - The Distribution of the Prizes',
  • 'Prince Albert Laying The Foundation Stone of The New Wing of The Licensed Victuallers Asylum',
  • 'Accident at The Entry of The East India Docks, Blackwall',
  • 'The Italian Opera House, Covent Garden'
  • 'Paris Fashions For July',
  • 'Mucross Lake and Lough Leane, Killarney',
  • 'The Exchange, Coventry'
  • 'Glasses Used at Her Majestys Table, Aston Hall Manufactured by Messrs. Osler'
  • 'House at Highgate in Which Coleridge The Poet Died'
  • 'The Late Ary Schefter, The Painter'
  • 'The Centenary Fete of The Asylum for Female Orphans in Westminster Road, Lambeth: The Archbishop of Canterbury Saying Grace'
  • 'Ruins of The Late Fire at The London Docks' (at the South Stack Warehouse on the South Quay Building), 'Chandos Street Fore Engine Station', 'Fire Plug'
  • 'The Bazaar, Oodipoor, Rajpootana'
  • Also articles (no engravings) including 'Metropolitan News', 'Foreign and Colonial News', 'Naval and Military Intelligence'
  • 'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased including: -The Right Hon. Amelia, Viscountess Falkland,Youngest of the Five daughters of William IV,The Right Hon. Anne Constance, Lady Dunsany at Sherborne Lodge near Northleach, The Hon. Janet Sempill at The Isle of Cumbrae, County of Bute, Lieutenant Charles James Salmond aged 24 at Cawnpore, found killed in a grove of trees, Lewis Loyd, Esq of Overstone Park Northamptonshire',
  • 'Chess by E. S. Brewster, Massachusets, USA'

 


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  • Departure from Gravesend of Troops for India Ilst ' Front page
  • Monumental Table to the Memory of the Late Duchess of Beaufort Recently Erected in Badminton Church '
  • Worthing Water Works '

' Torchlight Demonstration of Firemen at Fredericton New Brunswick '

' Mary Magdalene at the Sepulchre Painted by H. le Jeune '

' Testimonials Presented to the New Bishop of Calcutta '

Sketches in India - ' Indian Cook House, A Novel Mode of Straining Coffee '

' A Hindoo Fair In Cashmere '

' The New Asylum For Fatherless Children at Coulsdon near Croydon '

' Winter Moths '

' Barren Island in the Bay of Bengal ' showing the volcano

' Fountain in Small Square Algiers ' small tear

' Moorish Fountain Algiers '

' Daughters of the Alhambra ' Spain - from a Painting by J. Phillip - near full page


Hindoo Deities

' Trimurti The Hindoo Triad or Trinity '

' Suraswati The Hindoo Goddess of Learning Music and Poetry ' or Hindu

Full page


Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including :-

' Cherbourg and Its Meaning '

' Foreign and Colonial News ' - France - Spain - Belgium - Italy - Prussia - Switzerland - Cape of Good Hope - Australia

' The Mutiny in India - Mail From Bombay '

' China '

' Massacre of Christians at Jeddah ' on the Red Sea

' Parliament '

' Barren Island ' with reference to the Frigate Semiramis of E India Company and Captain Campbell IN - edibley birds nests - the volcano

' Obituary of Eminent Persons ' includes Sir Thomas William Blomfield of Attleborough Norfolk and died at Brighton - - - Sir Henry Fitz-Herbert died at Tissington Hall, Derbyshire - - - Lieutenant Edward Cotgrave Parr Willoughby aged 23 was killed near Fort Roodamow near Bareilly - - - M. Aime Bonpland French Naturalist died at San Borja Brazil


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Cover article called

  • "Iindia, and the Queen's Government" there are also two pictures they are "Admiral Hamelin", of the French navy" and "Valley of Ilynvi" - turning the first turf for a new railway.
  • Foreign news from France, Spain, Prussia, Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, USA and China.
  • Theres an article called "Official account of the capture of Peiho Forts"
  • Obituarys for Countess Dowanger of Hardwicke,
  • Imperial parliment news
  • 2 x pictures one is "New Brazilian gun boat fleet", "The Royal London yacht club match:the "Julia" winning at Greenwich".
  • 2 x pictures one is "Mr. Charles Dickens reading "Little Dorritt" at St.Martens hall",
  • "Boxwood forest on the shore of the Black sea"
  • article on Charles Dickens.
  • section on new books.
  • Article about the Queen and Empress of the French having a meeting in Cherbourg
  • Articles about the Court, Miss Sophie Humler,
  • University of Melbourne
  • pictures on "Mdlle Humler, the celebrated violinist from a photograph by Mayall",
  • "Melbourne University",
  • "Hospital for consumption, Torquay"
  • "Cherbourg from the sea", "Cherbourg roads mooring for men of war"
  • "Cherbourg",
  • Metropolitan news,
  • Notes of the week
  • "Town and table talk on literature", music, theatres,
  • "Great musical festival in Zurich",
  • fashions for August",
  • Two for fashions called "Country of seaside dress (fig.1),"Promenade of carriage costume (fig.2)", "Ball dress (fig.3)"
  • "building erected at Zurich for the celebration of the Swiss National musical festival"
  • "Goodwood races 1858" 3 prize cups
  • pictures left to right "The Masque of Comus", "Battle between Hannibal and Scipo" 2. "Battle between Alexander and Darius", "The Lay of the last Minstrel" the other picture is "The road to Goodwood Chichester Cross"
  • Goodwood prize plate,
  • national sports,
  • Monetary actions of the week,
  • market,
  • London gazette.
  • new books

supplement pages

  • "the Agamennon" in storm", "breaking adrift of the coal on board the "Agamennon" "displacement of the cable on board the "agamennon" "Valentia" the title across the top of this is called laying the atlantic telegraph cable
  • "plan for submerging telegraph cables, by Mr. Charles Hoare"
  • "commemorative medal on the occasion of the Queens landing and embarking at Boulogne sur Mer 1855" articles "ocean telegraphy" "sketches in parliament"
  • Of sketches in parliment, chess,
  • Meteor was seen at Ochtertyre,
  • epitome of news foreign and domestic.
  • about the atlantic telegraph, pictures "Valentia-landing place of the atlantic cable" "Valentia-from the north" "Valentia:catamaran for under-running the shore end of the cable"
  • "animals exhibited at the meeting of the Royal Agricultral society at Chester
  • on outdoor amusements, wave-screen, and Royal Agricultral society
  • "sketches of native life in India" pictures left to right "Sikh horse" "Calcutta syce" "Native woman-upper India" "Sepoy encampment at Barrackpore" "Hunting leopard, Bengal" "Burmese harp"

2390

  • The Fetes at Cherbourg - Emperor Napoleons State Goldola Lighted fro the Diadem by the Hon Major Fitmaurice's Life Light ' Front page

    ' Statue of Napoleon I at Cherbourg '

    ' Inauguration of The Napoleon Dock at Cherbourg '

    ' Tents at the Railway Stastion at Cherbourg ' full page print from engraving

    ' St Matthias Church at Richmond in Surrey '

    ' The Crystal palace - Meeting of the Metropolitan Charity School Children ' shows a choir of children

    ' Sketches in India - Brahmin Students '

    ' Sketches in India - Trichinopoly Rock ' - info.Tiruchirappalli or Trichy Temple with a view of the Rockfort or Ucchi Pillayar koil above, aka Thayumanaswamy koil


    ' The French and English Squadrons Saluting at Cherbourg ' ships incl. Queen Victorias Royal Yacht " Fairy " with Diadem - Jena - Curcoa - Victoia and Albert - Bretagne - Arcole .

    ' The Queen in "The Fairy " Passing the Royal Yacht Squadron at Anchor at Cherbourg '

    Two wonderful prints from engravings on a double page


    ' Medal Commemorative of the Anauguration of The Church of St Isaac in Russia '

    ' The Senator for Massachusetts USA - The Hon. Charles Sumner ' from an engraving ty an eminent American engraver Mister Schoff of Boston from a painting by Wight of Boston .

    ' St Petersburg - Peter The Greats Palace in the Summer Garden '

    ' House at Deptford in Which Peter the Great Resided ' Sayes Court at Hughes Fields

    ' Caen College France '

    This second part of the description features items of news articles etc but have no images associated with the subject matter unless listed above. They include :-

    Great Britain and Her Alliances

    Foreign and Colonial News

    The Mutiny in India - From the Overland Mail

    Bombardment of Jeddah - Telegram Received at the Foreign Office from consul General Green at Alexandria

    China - From OUr Special Artist and Correspondent at Canton 19 Jun 1858

    Canada - from a Correspondent at Toronto 2 August - - - Discovery of Gold in British Columbia etc

    Major General Sir Hugh Rose

    Illustrated London News Editorial

    The Court - Royal Comings and Goings - Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in Germany Staying at the Chateau of Babelsberg amongst other places

    List of Arrivals a the Oatlands Park hotel at Weybridge - small

    National Sports

    Classified Adverts of the Day

    Are Englishmen Degenerating

    Chess Problem .

    The Hon. Charles Sumner - Senator of the United States fromthe State of Massachusetts



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  • Ashton Park Birmingham - The Band of Hope Fete ' Front page showing crowds and hot air balloons
  • ' Denmark - The Borsen at Copenhagen '
  • ' Norway - The Voring Foss on the Hardanger Fiord ' or Fjord
  • ' Jutlanders ' three people, two ladies in traditional dress and a fisherman .

' Meer Heidayut Ali - Rissaldar (Native Captain) of 4th Regiment of Bengal Irregular Horse ' a wonderful engraving from a sketch by Major General Carmichael

' The " Telegraaf " Iron Steam Boat, Recently Built By Messrs Fop, Smit, Jun., and Co of Kinderdyk near Rotterdam '

' Orestes and Pylades Carrying Away The Statue of Diana from Taurica Chersonesus - Prize Sculpture by Mr John Adams ' .

' Meeting of th eWorcestershire Archery Society in the Grounds of Lea Castle at Wolverley near Kidderminster ' - shows ladies and gents archery competition with a lady aiming at the targat

' A New Channel At Upton on Severn Opened 10 August ' - Improvements on the navigation of the river Severn near Twekesbury .

' The North German Lloyd's New Steam Ship " Hudson " ...' in full sail was built by Messrs palmer, Allport and Co at Jarrow on the Tyne .

' Mister Charles T. Bright The Chief Engineer of the Atlantic Telegraph Company '

' Brigadier General John Jacob CB of the Scinde Horse ' - "born at Woolavington near Bridgewater ( Bridgwater ) Somersetshire"

' Victoria - The Chief Town of Vancouvers Island ' .

' Donati's Comet ' a diagram engraving showing the path of the comet to the end of September

' Harvest Operations - Reaping - Carrying - Stacking - Gleaning ' a full page print from engraving

' The Reapers Son to the Harvest Moon ' a wonderful page print from engraving with the words to a song underneath the Engraving is by Herbert Shepherd

' The Hon. Artillery Company of London Practising With the Rifle at Seaford in Sussex ' .

' Interior of Seaford Fort in Sussex '

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This second part of the description features items of news articles, columns etc but have no images associated with the subject matter unless listed above. They include :-

The Passport System

Foreign and Colonial News from France - Prussia - Austria - Russia - Turkey - United States - Canada - Australia

China - Canton July 3 from "Our Special Artist and Correspondent"

India .

Epitome of News Foreign and Domestic - short snippets of news includes Miss Amy Sedgwick of Manchester - Riff Pirates - Mister James Disraeli - Henry Lamb a Pointsman Willesdon Junction - and much more .

Notes of the Week makes reference to the United States Treaties with China - - - Two Hundreth anniversary of the Death of the Greatest of Our English Kings Oliver The First (Cromwell perhaps) - - - Lord Derby

Wills - The Right Hon. Amelia Viscountess Falkland - - - Lieut. General Sir Frederick Ashworth of Chichester Terr Kemptown Brighton adn St Georges Place Knightsbridge - - - Sir John Key Bart., Chamberlain of City of London .

Illustrated London News' Editorial .

Country News includes Dr. Charles Mackay LL.D lectures - - Banquet to Mr Bright the Atlantic Telegraph Engineer - - Archery Meetings - The Cheshire Bowmen with a list of winners names etc. also a meeting at Spalding - - Fatal Boat Accident at Worthing the family of Mr George Tor and Mr W. Smith with thirteen adults and children drowned - - Testimonial to an Octogenarian Mr Charles Bridgeman at Hertford All Saints Church .

Fine Arts

The Livingstone Expedition - Approx. 800 words from a member of the expedition giving a detailed account of the reaching of the Zambesi - with mention of Captain Bedingfield - The Pearl - West Luabo - &c. .

National Sports includes The St Leger - Lord Derby - Grouse Shooting - Cricket and more

The Worcestershire Archery Society

The Atlantic Telegraph - An officer on board the Cable laying ship Corgon giving a detailed account of operations making reference to Bulls Arm Bay, Trinity Bay, Captain Hudson - St Johns - Newfoundland

Monetary Transactions of the Week

The Markets .

General Jacobs

The Laws of Banking - Bank Notes

Meeting of th eBritish Chess Association in Birmingham

' The Strawberry Plant - Letter to the Editor from Cincinnati Ohio from a N. Longworth

Photographic Miniature Pictures

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The Elder Branch of The Rose Family of Kilravock .

The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots


 

50

An eight page issue price sixpence.

It features articles with prints from engravings including

  • The Disaster to The Great Eastern: State of Her Grand Saloon During The Gale'(front page),
  • 'The Doncaster Cup', 'Statuette of Lord Elcho', 'Caller Ou, The Winner of the St. Leger',
  • 'Early Morning at Yarmouth - Arrival of The First Herring Boats of The Season' (full page),
  • ''The Disaster to The Great Easterern: The Big Ship Being towed Towards Cork Harbour',
  • 'The Civil War in America: The Great Falls of The Potomac' (full page),
  • 'Presentation of Colours to The 36th Regiment By The Prince of Wales at The Curragh Camp',
  • 'Square of The First Battalion of Grenadier Guards, To Which Brigaded with The 36th Regiment, The Prince of Wales was Attached',
  • 'Monument Recently Erected at Dives, Normandy, in Memory of The Departure of William of Normandy for The Conquest of England',
  • 'Paris Fashions For October',
  • "Suspense" by Sir E. Lanseer RA in the South Kensington Museum' (a large dog, full page blank backed),
  • 'International Exhibition of 1862 - View of The Nave' (double page),
  • 'The Yarmouth Troll or Beach Cart' (small, 'Plan of The Herring Bus'
  • 'Monument to The Royal Marines Erected in The Cemetery, Hong Kong, China'
  • 'Officers and Privates of The Hon. Artillery Company of London - Sergeant and Private in Heavy Marching Order - Quartermaster Ballin - Musketry Instructor Captain Field - Lieut Colonel Lord Colville - Capt Fox - Capt. and Adjt. Potts - Ensign Norton - Major Robinson - Sergeant N Skey - Lieut Dawes Artillery Division - Private - Horse Artillery Private Undress' (full page),
  • Also articles (no engravings) including 'Foreign and Colonial News', 'Metropolitan News', 'Country News', 'The Court and Haut Ton', 'National Sports', 'Naval and Military', 'Imperial Parliament',
  • 'Modern Italian Sermons in Old Florentine Stones'.

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  • 'Inauguration of The Statue of Sir Isaac Newton at Grantham' (front page) A bronze statue of him, made from Russian cannon captured in the Crimean War, on St Peter's Hill, Grantham
  • 'Moor Park, Surrey' 'Fashions for October'

'...."The Authors Reception by The Actors" Painted by Maclise from the Aston Hall, Exhibition' Full page

'Celebration at Jersey of The Opening of The Channel Islands Telegraph' St Helier

'Music Saloon Recently Erected at Scarborough'

'New Lighthouse on Bishop Rock, Scilly Islands'

'Signing of The Treaty Between England and China at Tien Tsin on June 26, 1858 - Hwa Sha Na - The Earl of Elgin - Kwei Leang - Admiral Seymour' wonderful full page

'Hop Pickers on the Road drawn by Phiz'

'Hop Pickers resting drawn by Phiz'

'Hop Picking' Full page

'Brancepeth Castle, Durham'

'Statue of Sir Isaac Newton, Inaugurated Last Week at Grantham'

'Great Organ at Barmen, Rhenish Prussia'

'The Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition: St Boniface Cathedral, Red River'

'The Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition: Professor H. Y. Hind, Geologist to the Exploreing Party'

''The Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition: Great Falls on Little Dog River, At Great Dog Portage'

'The Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition: Kakabika or Grand Falls, Kaminitiquia River, Lake Superior'

'The Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition: Ford of The Roseau River, and Indian Fish Wier'

'Locality of the Late Great Meteor' sketch map of the English Channel

'Scene from The Rose of Castile at Drury Lane Theatre'

'Her Majesty, En Route for Scotland, At Dunbar Station

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Also articles (no engravings) including: 'Metropolitan News'
Country News with reference Coal Pit Accident at Page Bank Colliery - Sir James Brooke in Liverpool - Conference of Young Mens Christian Associations at Leeds - An Heroic Family at Barmouth - Norton Priory Cheshire

'Donatis comet'

'Obituary of Eminent Persons includes Sir George Rich of Bostock Cheshire and Rose Hall Suffolk - Henry Warburton Esq at his house 45 Cadogan Place'


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  • The Birthplace of Mr Robert Stephenson MP CE ' at Willington Quay then Northumberland, Front page engraving. The article has the birthplace as Hillington. probably print error
  • ' Meeting of the British Association at Lees, The Horticultural Fete at Kirkstall Abbey ' Front page
  • ' The Reredos in the Cloister of Sherborne Minster '
  • ' Testimonial Recently Presented to Major General Hall, Late of the 1st Life Guards '

' Bas Relief, the Song of Miriam and Moses by Mr Gatley for a Mausoleum Near Edinburgh ' for the late Mr illiam Henry Millar

' The New East India Council - W. Arbuthnot - Mr Prinser - Lord Stanley - Sir Probyn Cautley - Sir John LAwrence - Mr Willoughby - Gen. Sir R. Vivian - Capt Eastwick - Sir H. Montgomery - Sir F. Currie - R. D. Mangles MP - Sir H. Rawlinson - Mr Charles Mills - Mr E. McNaghten - Sir J. Hogg ' Double page engraving

' Ruins of the Fallen House in Pilgrim Street, City ' Broadgate Ludgate Hill

' The Llandudno Railway Opened on the 1st Inst '

' Tablet in Amblecote Church to The Memory of Ensign Lyndon J. Grier ' died in the attack upon the Gwalior Mutineers near Cawnpore India

English Songs an Melodies ' Full two pages of music with poetry by Charles Mackay and Symphonies and Accompaniment by Frank Mori '

' Chess Problem '

' Turning The First Turf of the Ceylon Railway '

' Inauguration of the Ceylon Railway: east End of the Banwuet Bungalow '

' St Martins Church Birmingham ' Small engr.

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This second part of the description features items of news but have no images associated with the subject matter unless listed above. They include :-
'Metropolitan News includes The Peter Thellusso Will Case'

The Abolition of Russian Serfdom

Foreign adn Colonial NEws includes France - Prussia - Bavaria - United States etc

Metropolitan News includes An Unnatural Father, Mr Robert Johnston a Cutler in Grace Church Street

Notes of the Week

The Illustrated London News Editorial with reference to Lord Ellenborough, Lord Canning etc

The Royal Court in Scotland etc

Country News with reference Llandaff Cathedral - Exmouth Lifeboat - Forgerty of Turkish Coins at Birmingham - fire at Dublin Loss of Four Lives on Island Bridge Dublin - Death From Goitre in Somersetshire, a girl named Louisa Hartnell

Dreadful Fire in a Coalpit, The Page# Bank Colliery near Durham

The Scottish universities

Obituary of Eminent Persons include Sir Offley Penbury Wakeman of Perdiswell Count of Worcester died at Strensham Court near Upton Worcs - - - Sir Charles Des Voeux of indiville, Queens County - - - Colonel H. Vaughan Brooke CB Aide de Camp to the Queen died at Holyhead - - - The Right Hon. Elizabeth, Countess ofr Clanwilliam - - - The Right Hon Frances, Countess of Rosslyn - - - Frances MArgaret, Lady Williames Vaughan died at the family seat Rhug near Corwen Merionethshire

The Future of British India


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  • The Embarkation of Prince Alfred on Board The Euryalus on Wednesday Week ' (front page).
  • ' The New Gardens and Palace of The Tulieries and The New and Old Louvre'
  • ' Interior of a Sikh Temple at Umritzir, Reading The Grunt'h ' Full page print from engraving
  • ' Alderman David Williams Wire, The Lord Mayor Elect
  • ' The Quagga in The Zoological Societys Gardens, Regents Park ' (a zebra like animal)

' The New Royal Pavilion Theatre, Whitechapel Road '

' Tesselated Roman Pavement at Dorchester '

' General Castro, President ( ad interim) of Venezuela '

' Scene from King John at The Princess Theatre '

' Captain William Harrison, Commander of the Great Eastern Steam Ship '

' Action Between a Large Chinese Row Galley and a Small Cutter of HMS Amethyst in The Canton River '

' Model in Inkerman Stone of Monuments in The Crimea and At Scutari presented to Her Majesty By Capt. Brine RE '

' HMS Euryalus, The Vessel in Which Prince Alfred takes his First Voyage to Sea' Full page print from engraving

' The London Crystal Palace, Regent Circus, Oxford Street '

' Nathaniel Colby Coxswain of the Pakefield Life Boat ' the ship the Zemira taking coal from Newcastle to Lowestoft, struck the Newcombe Sand

' The Refuge for Female Convicts at Fulham '


Also Articles, no engravings including

' Bright Right and Bright Wrong ' with reference to Mr Bright and his speech at Birmingham

' Foreign and Colonial News '

Illustrated London News Editorial

' Mr Gladstone and the Ionian Isles '

' The Court '

' Country News includes Dreadful Poisonings at Bradford from Lozenges, seventeen dead '

' The Burning of the Eastern City Steam Ship - Rescue of the Passengers and Crew '

' Lord Elgins Visit to Japan '

' Metropolitan News '


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Shah Hamadan 's Masjid at Cashmere - drawin by W. Carpenter Jnr. ' Front page showing the interior of a mosque and muslim men in turbins - info. Kashmir

' Captain Urquhart Experimenting with His Life Preserving Raft onthe Thames ' .

' Weimar in Germany - The Statues of Goethe and Schiller ' - info., outside the now Deutsches Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle

' Ancient Fragments of the London Guildhall - Window and Buttress - - - Wiondow of the Crypt '

' Testimonial to Mr Augustus Eliott Fuller ' a large table decoration or ornament made by Messrs Widdowson and Veale of The Strand and represents a group of hop pickers from a drawing by Mr Gastenau

' Akalis Tower at Umritzer ' an engraving showing the tower in a lovely garden setting - info. Gurdwara Baba Atal at Amritsar

' A LAma of the Dalai Sect of Tibet - With His Praying Wheel and Trident ' a wonderful engraving from a drawing by W. Carpenter Jun.

' Statue of Dr Isaac Barrow - Inaugurated at Trinity College Cambridge '

' The Residence of the Late Mister G. Stephenson - Tapton House Near Chesterfield ' - referring to George Stephenson

' Old House in Fetter LAne '

' Henri Wienlawski - The Celebrated Violinist at Julien's Concerts '

' Madame Celeste as the Arab Boy in " The French Spy " At the Standard Theatre '

' Holt in Norfolk - The New Gresham Grammar School '

' Marylebone Workhouse - Experiments made with Stevens's Bread Making Machine '

' Ceiling of Astley's Theatre '

' Blackfordby Church at Ashby de la Zouch '


This second part of the description features items of news articles etc but have no images associated with the subject matter unless listed above. They include :-


Foreign and Colonial News:

France with ref. to the trial of Monsieur de Montalembert

Spain and Portugal

Belgium

Prussia

United States of America with ref. to a letter from a Lieutenant Tyler re the uprising on Snake River Walla Walla by Spkan and Pelouse - and other news


Country News mentions - Stephenson Memorial School at Willington Near Newcastle - - - Proposed Monument to Matthew Henry - - - Romsey Church Organ - - - Life Boat Services - - - Fatal Affray with Poachers at Bishop Burto nr Beverley - - - Joseph Skertchley a Daggermaker of Ashby de la Zouch - - - Frightful Accident at Thrybergh Coal co. at Kilnhurst near Rotherham .

Advance i Electrical Science - the Atlantic Cable

The Ionian Islands

Gold Mines in the Argentine Republic - Province of San Luis

Obituary of Eminent Persons includes:

Major General Nicholas Penny ADC to the Queen

TheVery Rev. Dr George Peacock DD Dean of Ely

Lady Frances Julia Maynard died at Shern Hall Walthamstow on Her Birthday .

Illustrated London News Editorial

The Court - Royal comings and Goings

 

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TASMANIA

The Tasmanian Legislature was opened on the 7th of September. On that occasion the Governor, Sir H. Young, announced that bills would be introduced to provide for the more effectual audit of the public accounts, to enable the Council and Assembly to deal with questions of their own privilege, to render Government employees ineligible to a seat in Parliament, to vest in the Judges of the Supreme Court the powers of the Land Claims Commissioners, to legalise and regulate the establishment of volunteer corps for the defence of the colony, to endow prize scholarships for Tasmanian youths to pursue their studies at English universities, and to incorporate the provisions of the new Divorce Law and Fraudulent Trustees Act in colonial legislation.

NEW "DIGGINGS" IN AUSTRALIA

The following is extracted from a letter dated Sydney, Sept. 11:- "There are some new diggings sprung up at the Fitzroy River, Port Curtis, which is on the northern boundary of Moreton Bay, that are causing immense excitement here. The principal diggings are surface. A 12lb. nugget has been found, together with 50oz., by one party. Sydney, we expect, will soon be deserted. It is confidently asserted by parties cognisant of the locale that the extent of gold-field in that district is over 100 miles in circumference.

All the steamers, small coasting-vessels, &c., are engaged taking passengers, freight, &c., up there. It is reported that it will prove the richest gold-field in New South Wales."


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Page 512

The last Australian mail, which was delivered in Dublin on Sunday week, contained 1400 registered money letters, transmitted by emigrants to relatives and friends in the old country.


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The Late Stanley Lees Giffard LL.D. ' front page

' The Summer Residence of the prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia at Babelsberg near Potsdam ' front page

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' Spending a Sou - From a Painting by Rebecca Solomons ' full apge print from engraving in the market place of a small town in the north of France - "a fruit woman ... a child in quaint attire and near by the childs mother who plies her distaff as she walks ..."

' Monument of Portland Stone at Carmarthen to the Oficers and Soldiers of the Royal Welch Fusiliers Who Fell inthe Crimean War '

' Captain Huish LAte General Manager of the North Western Railway '

' Port Adelaide - The South Australian Companys Swing Bridge '

' A Scene From Macbeth at ther PRincess Theatre '

' Birds From the Crystal palace Show ' a wonderful full page print from engraving from the work by H. Weir showing various birds including Parrots - Parrakeets - Waxbills - Mocking birds - Cockatoos etc

' Humble Fare - Painted by J. J. Hill, H. Bright and Earl - from the Flatou Collection ' a child with a donkey and a goat

' Home - From a Painting by T. Faed from The Flatou Colection ' a cottage scene

' Fashions for December ' three dresses

' Broadwood's Pianoforte Manufactory at Horseferry Road Westminster '

' Another View of the Broadwoods Piano Manufactory '

This second part of the description features items of news articles etc but have no images associated with the subject matter unless listed above. They include :-


The Mortara Case (small)

Foreign and Colonial News:

France with ref. to a letter to the editor of Moniteur from M. Montalembert

Spain

Holland

Prussia

United States of America with mention of - - Mister Buchanan - - Mister T. Francis Meagher - Origin of Thanksgiving Day - - Return of Henrietta Polidore rescued from the Mormons - - Judge Metcalfe and the Tomkins Arson Case on Staten Island ( Quaratine Buildings)

Canada

Telegrams from India from Secretary to the Government of India G. F. Edmonstone and also from H. L. Anderson in Central India

China .

Illustrated London News Editorial withy ref. to Lord Napier

The Court - Royal comings and Goings

Country News mentions - The Birmingham Cattle and Poultry Show - -- Ronan and Saxon Antiquities Thrown Up By The Sea in Cheshire - - - Charls Mackay at the Saturday Evening Concerts - - - Two Gamekeepers Shot in Cheshire .

The Order of the Bath

Preferments and Appointments in the Church

Wills include Major General The Right Hon. Lord Charles of Upper Belgrave Street and Conholt Park Andover (Son of the Duke of Wellington) - - - Lieutenant General Sir Charles Felix Smith KCB late of Pendyffryn in Carnarvon and of Onslow Square Brompton - - - Anthony Augustus Baron de Sternberg of New Burlington St


Obituary of Eminent Persons - Lord Lyons - The Right Hon. Edmund Baron Lyons of Christchurh in Hants died at the Seat of His Son in Law, Arundel Castle Sussex


Metropolitan News includes:

The Bishop of London at Bethnal Green

Christian Misions to China and Japan

Association for the Relief of the Poor of the City of London and the Parts Adjacent

Meeting of the Royal Society

Metropolitan Tolls .

The Whittington Club

One Hundred Felonies by One Man - Richar Barray an Irish Tailor

Court of Divorce - Marchmont v. Marchmont

Whitechapel Ragged Schools and Church


The Weather - MeteorologicalObservations at the Kew Observatory

The MArkets - Prices of Bread - Linseed - Tea - Sugar - Hops - Tallow - Potatoes - etc

The London Gazette - Bankrupts and Scotch Sequestrations - - Births and Death


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  • Rimley - Queen Victoria Inspecting the Aldershot Division ' front page
  • ' Prince Alberts Model Farm at Osborne on the Isle of Wight ' a wonderful full page print from engraving showing Barton Manor House in the background with farm buildings etc and Osborne in the far distance
  • ' His Royal Highness Albert Edward The Prince of Wales in His Uniform as Colonel In the Army '
  • ' The Smithfield Club Cattle Show - Mr Overmans Cross Bred Sheep - Duke of Richmonds Southdowns ( sheep ) - Mr Beale's Improved Leicester Pigs - The Prince Consorts Devon ( cows ) - MR Strattons Shorthorn ( cows ) - Mr Canes Sussex Breed ( cows )- Mr Heaths Hereford ( cows ) - The Prince Consorts Devon (cows) ' a wonderful double page print from engraving - a pull out supplement with engraved borders showing elements of farming

' King Johns Palace at Stepney ' .

' Great Seal for the Royal Dramatic College '

' Lisbon Bar During a Gale of Wind '

' Testimonial Presented to THe Rev E. Coleridge by Old Etonians '

' Plate For Presentation to Mr Capreol by His Fellow Citizens of Toronto Canada West '

' Bust of the Late Mr George Stephenson by Wyon '

' Bust of Mr Robert Stephenson MP By Mister Edward W. Wyon ' copies of the busts were presented to The Town Council of Newcastle on Tyne

' The Ionian Islands - Corfu From the One Gun Battery ' - Kanoni I think

Sketches in China ' The Temple of Honam - The Consecration of a Buddhist Abbot ' near full page print from engraving - info Henan also Zhongyuan Buddhism Temple

' The Poultry Show at Birmingham - Fantail Nun and Jacobine Pigeons - - - Owl Pigeons - - - Pouter Carrier and Almond Tumbler Pigeons - - - Gamecock - - - Polish Cock - - - Game Cock - - - Spanish Fowls - - - Dorking Fowls ' a wonderful full page print from engraving drawn by Harrison Weir

' Inauguration of a Life Boat " Duke of Wellington " and Life Boat House At Sunderland ' - lifeboat was presented by Miss Burdett Coutts - engraving drawn by Mr J. G. Brown Architect of Sunderland - the article makes reference to Captain Herd RN - Mr Melk CE Monkwearmouth Colliery Band - Mr W. French Mayor J. Candlish Esq

' The First Evening Service at St pauls Cathedral ...' .

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This second part of the description features items of news articles etc but have no images associated with the subject matter unless listed above. They include :-

Proclamation in India

Foreign and Colonial News - France - - Spain - - Portugal - - Prussia - - Austria - - Naples - - Switzerland - - Hanover - - United States with reference to Walkers Fillbustering - - - Cape of Good Hope

India and The Bombay Mail .

The Precession of the Equinoxes

Obituary of Eminent Persons includes The Right Hon. Thomas Hamiliton Earl of Haddington at his seat Tyninghame Castle Haddingtonshire (now East Lothian ) - - - The Right Hon. James Thomas Stopford Earl of Courtown died at his Seat Courtown Gorey County Wexford Ireland - - - Sir Joseph Bailey of Glanusk Park County Brecon Wales - - - Barbara Marchioness of Hastings died at Rome - - - Lady Clementina Villiers at Middleton Park Oxfordshire - - - Charlotte Lady Barrington at the Family Town house St Stephens Green Dublin .

The Model Farm At Whippingham near Osborne House Isle of Wight

Metropolitan News includes The East India Company - - - School for the Indigent Blind St Georges Fields Southwark - - - Collision on the North LLondon Railway at Hackney Station

Country News includes Death of A Centenarian Mr John Burton at East Barkwith Lincolnshire - - - Juvenile Jealousy at Bredbury in Cheshire - - - Serious Epidemic at Windsor - - - The Exmoor Forest Murder William Burgess who Murdered His Daughter Hannah Maria Burgess age 6 at The Wheal Eliza Mine

Corfu

Her Majestys Indian Proclamation

Her Majestys New Title

Sunderland Seamans Lifeboat

The Smithfield Show


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The Newly Opened Botanical Room at the British Museum Ilst ' Front page


' Osman Khan - Wuzeer to Shah Soojah ' from a drawing by W. J. Carpenter Jun.

' Waverley Abbey Surrey '

' Swifts Cottage, Moor park, Surrey ' engraving from a photograph by Mr Liddiard of Farnham

' The Ship " Bengal " Rescuing The Crew of "The Child of the Regiment " ..' two sailing ships in rough seas with a tender

' Farmhouse and Steading for a Farm in Oxfordshire Belonging to the Duke of MArlborough '


Moose Hunting in Canada

' En Route for The Hunting Ground ' horse and sleigh with hunters

' The Encampment ' .

' A Bull Moose Feeding '

' The Attack '


Sketches from Madagascar

' Antananarivo The Capital of Madagascar With The Procession of the Prince and Princess Royal Passing Along The Eastern Side of the Capital '

' The Travellers Tree - Urania Speciosa '

' Bread Fruit - The Artocarpus Intergrifolia or Jack Tree '


' Mr John Bright MP For Birmingham '

' The New Adelphi Theatre '

' Plan, Dress Circle Level, of the New Adelphi theatre '

' Chess Problem by Mr F. Healey '

' Major General Sir Edward Lugard KCB '

' Hindoo Festival in Cashmere ' engraving showing a hindu festival


' Villafranca from a Sketch by A. Leclerc' a beautiful view from the hill above looking down on the fort and harbour, Lazaret, etc - info. Villefranche-sur-Mer in France

' Nice ... A Seaport of Sardinia ' France - an engraving showing a view from a hill above looking down on the town and bay


' The Metropolitan Baths - The Vapour Bath - - - The Douche and Shower Bath Room - - - The Ladies Bath ' the new baths at 71 Jermyn St and 24 Bury Street same building but different entrances for men and women, manager is Mr Mahomed

' The First Windmill at Jerusalem ' erected on the instruction of Sir Moses Montefiore at the foot of Mount Zion a ¼ mile from Jaffa Gate

' Revolution House at Whittington in Derbyshire ' and surroundings - info. Revolution relating to that of 1688



This second part of the description features items of news articles etc but have no images associated with the subject matter unless listed above. They include :-

' Ribbonism in Ireland '

' Foreign and Colonial News - France - Spain - Belgium - Italy - Germany - Prussia - Sweden and Norway - Russia - The Ionian Islands - United States America with reference to Mr Dallas, Secretary Cobb, General paez, Edwin J. Dickens found dead at New York Hotel - Dr John L. Comstock - Australia '

' Metropolitan News '

' Country News ' includes Murder at Andover - - - Dreadful Colliery Explosion at Tyldesley

' Soiree to Messrs Gibson and Bright at the Free Trade Hall of MAnchester '

' Wills ' include The Right Hon. Henrietta Louisa Countess Dowager of Clonmel of Eaton Square - - - Sir Henry John Cadwell formerly of Quebec but late of Bath - - - George Watts Esq of Sporting Celebrity - - - Richard Habbrefield Esq of Springfield House, Lower Tulse Hill

' The Great Eastern Steam-Ship ' with a table showing the amount of tonnage since 1855

' China from Our Special Correspondant '

' India - The Bombay Mail

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AUSTRALIA

We have received our Australian letters and papers; the dates being Melbourne, October 16th; Sydney, October 12. The third session of the first Parliament of Victoria under the new Constitution was opened by his Excellency Sir Henry Barkly on the 7th of October. The fate of the Reform Bill in the Upper House was looked forward to with much interest. It was understood to be the intention of the Ministry, in case the measure was again rejected, to demand a dissolution of Parliament- a demand to which his Excellency stood pledged to his cabinet to accede on such a contingency arising. On the evening of the 15th of October the Ministerial budget was laid before the Assembly by the Treasurer. "We have to congratulate the colony", says the Argus, "on the proud financial position in which it appears she stands. At this moment the colony is free of debt. She will have a balance in the present year over and above the expenditure of £307,879 available for the service of the year 1859. The revenue of the present year is upwards of three millions, and, including the balance from the present year, the estimated revenue of 1859 is £3,691,879." Since the departure of the previous mail Sir Henry Barkly had made a tour of a considerable portion of the country, having visited Belfast, Arrarat, Clunes, Ballarat, &c. Everywhere his Excellency was received with demonstrations of loyalty."

The New South Wales Parliament has voted the sum of £50,000 for the establishment of postal service via Panama; and the Governor has put himself in communication with the rulers of the other colonies in furtherance of the objects of the vote.

The chief item of news in the accounts from the gold-fields is the failure of the Fitzroy diggings at Port Curtis. A great rush had taken place to that spot, and the disappointment was excessive.


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  • ' Chota Haziree, or Little Breakfast, in India' (front page)
  • 'Rebecca by E. Davies' a sculpture in The South Kensington Museum
  • 'Mausoleum and Mortuary Chapel in Memory of Assheton Smith Esq at Tedworth, Wilts'
  • 'St Nicholas Church, Durham - Interior'

'St Nicholas Church Durham '

'Mont Cervin or Matterhorn From Abovre Gumont, Val Tournanche From a Drawing by George Barnard'

'The Ascent of The Great St Bernard, Loading Wood for The Hospice near St Pierre' from a drawing by G. Barnard

'Messrs Gibson and Bright at The Free Trade Hall Manchester' Wonderful full page engraving

'Chess Problem'

'Sketches in China: Heads of The People, A Sketch at The Rev Mr Huleatts Rice Distribution at Canton'

'Sketches in China: A Thief Whipped Through The Streets of Canton'

'Drury Lane Theatre: Engaging For the Pantomimne drawn by M'connel'

'New Hydraulic Lift at The Victoria Docks'

'The Shepherds Christmas: A Sketch on Brighton Downs drawn by E. Duncan' Wintry scene of the shepherd and his dog with the sheep

'Bethlehem' From Laborde

'The Star in The East Painted by H. Warren' Engraving of the three kings on camels

'The Christmas Tree Drawn by J. A Pasquier'

'Christmas Holidays at the Polytechnic: The Electric Machine' Drawn by H. G. Hine

'A Christmas Play Before Queen Elizabeth Drawn by John Gilbert' wonderful double page

'Snapdragon Drawn by C. Keene'

'The Magic Lantern drawn by H. G. Hine'

' The Return of ld Christmas by James Godwin' Full page Engraving

'Rebuses Designed by Charles H. Bennet' Full page engraving of word puzzles

'Bells on Christmas Eve Drawn by S. Read' Wonderful night time country village and church scene, with poem

'The Tyldesley Colliery: Scene of the Late Explosion' near Manchester killing twenty four

'The Officers New Barracks, Dover Castle'

'The Buddhist Deity, Kanon' Japanese religion. Small Engraving

'Hymn of Universal Harmony' with engravings within shet music on two pages

Perils of Dawk Travelling in India 'Appearance of a Tiger and Flight of The Palkee Bearers' - - - 'The Traveller in His Palanquin Beset by Wolves, Hyenas and Jackals'

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Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including:
'Christmas'

'Foreign and Colonial News' includes the United states and The Presidents Message ( James Buchanan )

'Metropolitan News includes a"A Man With Many Wives... Gloucester Gale was taken before Mr Bleadon at The Marlborough Police court on Monday upon a charge of polygamy"

'The Court at Windsor etc

'Soiree to Messrs Givson and Bright at The Free Trade Hall, Manchester'

'List of New Naval catets, Royal naval Establishment' since 1851. A list of al the men and their first appointments or ships

'Mont Cervin or Matterhorn'

'The Acent of the Great Saint Bernard'

'Country News' incl;udes The Sanitary Condition of windsor - - - Shocking Death Through Stealing Rum - - - The Poisonings at Bradford Charles Hodgson, Chemist - - - The New Docks on the Tyne

'Merry Games for Merry Parties by a Bachelor of a Certain Age'

'The Shepherds Christmas by Eleanora L. Hervey'

'Bethlehem'

'The Christmas Tree and Christmas Holidays'

'Charades'

'On Religious Beliefs of The Japanese'

'A Gossip About Christmas Books'

'Obituary of Eminent Persons Includes Sir Arthur De Capell-Broke, Bart ( Or Capell Brooke )died at his seat, Oakley Hall, Kettering, Northamptonshire - - - Sir James Sutherland Mackenzie, Bart of Tarbert and Royston died unmarrie at Kensington - - - Commissary General Sir Randolph Isham Routh KCB died at his house 19 Dorset Square - - - Lieut. Colonel J. P. Hunt CB died at Walmer, Kewnt - - - Helen, Lady Page Turner died at Norwich - - - Benjamin Wyon Esq a Talented and distinguished engraver and medallist

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AUSTRALASIA

The Niagara has arrived with the heavy portion of the Australian mail. She brought home twenty-three passengers, and thirty boxes of gold, worth £137,722. The Australian mail which left Alexandria in the Niagara consisted of 80,000 letters, 90,000 newspapers, and 5,000 registered letters. The passengers by the Niagara were the first persons who travelled all the way by rail between Suez and Alexandria, the Egyptian railroad having been finished just before they arrived at Suez. On some parts of the journey by rail the passengers travelled at the rate of forty miles an hour. One of the most difficult and important railways in the world, and which has been some years in forming, is now completed, and the short route to India, Japan, and Australia can now be traversed by railway and steam-packet throughout.

At Sydney business was dull. The fresh gold diggings just discovered to the north of Sydney had excited much interest, and about 5,000 gold-diggers weekly were leaving Victoria bound for New South Wales. The Colonial Parliament is about to close a long Session, and out of the House, has ceased to be of any public interest. The Mayor of Sydney, Mr. John Williams, gave a fancy ball to about a thousand of the citizens last week, at the Prince of Wales Theatre. The following are the chief items of news brought by the Niagara from Tasmania:- In the House of Assembly a resolution has been adopted not to vote a salary to any public officer hereafter accepting a seat in the Legislature. By another resolution it has been determined to open to settlement Tasman's Peninsula, a district containing 140,000 acres of Crown land. The news from Fingal gold-fields, although not reporting any great results, is still of a nature to encourage men to persevere in looking for them. The estimates have passed the Assembly with little alteration.

Accounts brought by the Niagara from New Zealand are encouraging. The colony is prosperous. The gold-fields there are steadily increasing in value. They have now been discovered about eight months, and £100,000 worth of gold, in dust and nuggets, have already been obtained from them. They are situated close to Massacre Bay, where a boat's crew of the famous circumnavigator, Tasman, were massacred by the natives. This bay is fifty miles from Nelson, and in August last 1000 persons were at work at the diggings. The gold is of very good quality.

Page 597

Letters from Melbourne mention that the Patent Slip has been opened, and found to work most satisfactorily, but it was not of sufficient power, it was feared, for the largest class of vessels.

Letters have been received at Melbourne by a leading firm announcing that 368 pure alpacas, belonging to Mr. Ledger's flock, had been shipped from Valparaiso for distribution in Melbourne and Sydney. David Hughes, the solicitor who absconded some months since with liabilities and defalcations to the amount of £200,000 has been arrested in Australia. He had only £500 upon him.

GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION

The Government emigration-ship David M'Iver, 862 tons, Captain Robert Baillie, which sailed from Liverpool on the 4th of June, with 38 married couples, 123 single women, 101 single men, 36 girls between the ages of 1 and 12, 27 boys between the same ages, 5 female, and 6 male infants, (making a total of 374 souls, equal to 331 ½ statute adults) arrived at Sydney, New South Wales, on the 24th of September. Five deaths (two adults and three children) and two births occurred during the voyage.

The Government of New South Wales have deputed an agent to visit England to confer with the Colonial Office, in conjunction with some representatives of the colony already in this country, on the best means for establishing a mail steam service via Panama.

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