Events of this year in the Illustrated London News

• Millard Fillmore becomes 13th President of the USA on the death of Zachary Taylor
• R. W. Bunsen produces his gas burner
• Alfred Lord Tennyson becomes Poet Laureate on the death of William Wordsworth
• Large emigration continues to USA and the colonies from Britain, 4 out of 5 are Irish
• Birmingham, England Messrs Hinks, Wells and Co.employs 564 people manufacturing pens using 2½ tons of steel per week to make 35,000 gross of pens per week
• July 2nd - Sir Robert Peel died after being thrown from his horse

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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Vol 16 -- Jan to June 1850

• New Austrian constitution; student shot in Vienna for refusing to extinguish cigar;
• Carthaginian Antiquities;
• Drainage Plans for London;
• Larkin's Patent Egg-beater;
• Longfellow's "Evangeline" Review;
• Mutiny in India; Births &c in Ireland;
• Kangaroo Hunting;
• Great Fire in Lambeth;
• Panorama of the Polar Regions;
• Ireland's Poor-Laws;
• Remarks on the Sabbath;
• A String of Valentines;
• Antiquities discovered in Westminster;
• Balloon Ascent at Vauxhall;
• Rabbit Shooting;
• Attempt on the Life of the King of Prussia;
• Dioramic Views of Australia;
• Assyrian Inscriptions

January 12th

• The Military, Naval, And County Service Club, St. James’s Street – Principle Drawingroom
• Reform Banquet In The Theatre, Wellington, New Zealand

Protectionist Meeting At Lincoln
Homeric Table (The Shield Of Achilles) – Designed By John Henning, Jun, Esq, For The Gallery Of The Right Honerable Lord Northwick

The Great Seal Of California

The Turkish Fleet In Bashika Bay

The Dardanelles The Battery And Stone Shot

The Dardanelles – Fort Of Chanah-Kalesi, From The Middle Of The Channel

Priest Of The Greek Church Reading The Gospel At The Altar

Exterior And Interior Of The New Greek Church London Wall

Scene From The Pantomime Of ‘Harlequin And The Dragon Of Wantley’ At Sadlers Wells Theatre

Scene From The Extravaganza Of ‘Frankenstein; Or The Model Man,’ At The Adelphi Theatre

Scene From The Opera Of ‘Le Val D’andorre’ At The St. James’s Theatre

Interior Of The New Olymipic Theatre, Strand

Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte

The St Marylebone Baths And Washhouses

The Corn Exchange And Market Hall Just Erected At Lichfield

Dr. Ginacinto Achilli

January 19th

price sixpence.

It features articles with prints from engravings including:

• 'Death of the Lion Queen in Wombwells Menagerie at Chatham' Ellen Bright a young girl of seventeen (front page)

'The Great Square in Alexandria, Present State of the Proposed Church for The English Protestant Residents'

'St Pauls Church, Malta, Built at The Expense of the Late Queen Dowager, Adelaide'

'Pax, At New College, Oxford'

'The Notts Testimonial to Lord George Bentinck, In The market Place, Mansfield'

'Silver Inkstand Presented to The Incumbent of St Mary Le Tower, Ipswich'

Sports on the Ice 'Sledging in Berlin'

'Sports on the Ice: Skating Race on WHittlesea Wash'

'Captive Jews By The Waters of Babylon Painted by Bendeman'

' Torquay From The Road to Dartmouth'

'The Artisan's Home, Spitalfields, The Coffee Room'

'Robinson and :ees Ptent Bread Making Machine' - 'Bread Making Machine, Ovens' - 'Furnace'

'The Last Appeal, A Ballad' words and music, full page
Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including:
'The Metropolitan Water Supply, and Teh Dwellings of The Poor' with reference to Sir William Clay, Bart'

'Foreign and colonial News'

'Imperial Parliament'

'Pbotiaru pf E,omemt Persons Recently Deceased includes Ensign Daniel Augustus Sandford age 20 - Edward Dubois Esq at his house in Sloane Street - Lady Mary Leslie - Mrs Bartley'

'The Court and Haut Ton'

'Metropolitan News'

'Torquay'

'Deputation to Lord John Russell on The Tea Duties'

'Naval and Military'

'Country News'

'Extensive Savings Bank Defalcations' St Helens and Scarborough'

January 26th

• French and English Freedom,

Anticipated repeal of Window Tax,

the Protection movement in Ireland,

the Total Destruction of a Chinese Piratical Fleet,

Australian Aboriginals,

Launch of the 'Earl of Hardwicke' whaling ship at Cowes,

February 2nd

• Opening of the Session in London,

Flooding of the Thames (engraving)

a report on the Progress of the New Houses of Parliament,

The Queens Speech,

The Great Protectionist Meeting in Lincoln,

destruction of a Piratical Chinese fleet (engraving),

February 9th

• Tree of Liberty Cut Down in Paris ' Front page
• Banquet Geven at Wellington to Native Chiefs of New Zealand '
• Reception of Hungarian Exiles in Philadelphia
• The Tenantry and Pitmen Assembling at "The Towers" at Poynton ' in Cheshire to celebrate the coming of age of the son of Lord Vernon, The Hon Augustus Henry
• Presentation of The Address to The Hon. A. H. Vernon at Barlowfold ' in Cheshire
• Theatrical Performance in The Rubens Room at windsor Castle - Scene from Julius Caesar ' with a list of the actors taking part
• Great Central Railway Depot Detroit Michigan, US '

  ' Opening of the British Institution - "The Miller's Home " Painted by T. creswick ARA '

  ' The Post Office Painted by F. Goodall '

  ' Chess Problem by Mr W. Horner '

  ' Lord Methuen ' Frederick Henry Paul

  ' The Village of Killard ' Ireland and The New Poor Law

  ' Great Fire in Guildford Street, Belvidere Road ' Lambeth

  ' The Fire Brigade ' Lambeth - a fireman up a ladder with the hose whilst others steady the ladder

  ' The Fire Brigade ' Lambeth - Firemen and volunteers manning the pumps and the engine at the premises of Mr George Myers of The Ordnance Wharf - Info..with properties damaged in Pedlars Acre - Guildford St - York Rd and Belvidere rd

  ' Tree of Liberty on The Boulevard St Martin at Paris '

  ' Sword and Watch of Oliver Cromwell '

  ' Rare Winter Birds Recently Shot in Yorkshire - Black Throated Diver - Pink Footed Goose - Waxen Chatterer - Red Throated Diver - Sclavonian Grebe - Red Breasted Merganser '

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

  ' The Greek Difficulty '

  ' Foreign and Colonial News ' with reference to France and the riots and The Association des Marchands de Vin adn Rue Jean Robert - - - United States with reference to the Nicaragua Difficulty, The Forest and MaCready Riot and more

  ' Country News ' includes Game Law Vengeance at Grove Wood Wotton - - - Extensive fire at the Village of Ashwell Herts - - - Another Savings Bank Robbery, Hull and Aylesbury -

  'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased includes Margaret Countess of Wemyss and March died at Gosford House near Haddington - - - Sir Riggs Falkiner in Regent Street London - - - Sir Felix Booth of Portland Place and Great Catworth in The County of Huntingdon died suddenly at York Hotel Brigthton - - - William Russell Esq of Brancepeth Castle, Formerly MP for Co Durham died at Brancepeth Castle Co Durham - - - Ann The Dowager Countess of Plymouth died at Brook Street - - - Sir William Joh Struth died at Bognor - - - Mr John Mather of Sheffield and Doncaster died at Edinburgh

  ' Ireland '

  ' Banquet to New Zealand Chiefs at Wellington ' with a list of the chiefs includint Te Puni - Henere of Pitone Pa - Matahiwi - Te Kepa of Waiwetu - E. Tako - Manihera of Ngauranga - Arawa Karaka of Whareroa - Te Matia - Te Puke - Watanue of Ohau and others

  ' Sale At Marlborough House ' effects of the Late Queen Dowager Adelaide

  'The Court and Haut Ton at Windsor etc'

  ' The Science of Deep Draining '

  ' A String of Valentines ' poems

  ' Telegraphic Communication with France '

  'Naval and Military Intelligence'

  'Metropolitan News includes Clergy Orphan Corporation - - - The Royal Institute of British Architects and ref to Mr Sidney Smirke Vice president - - - Agend Poor Society - - - Metropolitan Water Supply with reference to Mr John Laude Tabberner - - - Equalisation of the Land Tax - - - Supply of Water to the Metropolis - - - The Lock Hospital and Asylum - - - Violent Gale in the Metropolis - - - Fire In Watling Street - - - Births and Deaths - - - Bygone Winters

  ' The Markets '

  ' The London Gazette ' with Bankrups

  ' Births Marriages and Deaths '

  ' The Condition of Ireland '

• great fire in Guildford Street, Lambeth,
• the destruction of the 'Tree of Liberty' in Paris,
• "The Country Post Office" by F Goodall,
• 'Julius Caesar' being performed at Windsor Castle,
• 'Great Central Railway Depot, Detroit',
• an Irish village (Killard) which became a ruin,
• winter birds in Yorkshire,
• Hungarian exiles in Philadelphia,
• a banquet at Wellington for New Zealand chiefs,
• two illustrations of the 'coming of age' celebration of one of Lord Vernon's sons (2,500 workers attended).
• The Greek Difficulty,

February 16th

VOLUME: XVI
EDITION: 413

• Stag Hunt in the New Road of Tuesday
  Floating Railway Across the Forth, Between Granton and Burntisland
  Colours of the 31st Regiment Placed Above the Monument to the Officers in Canterbury Cathedral
  Ruins of the Convent of Franciscan Friars at Dunwich
  The County Hunt Ball in the New Hall at Reading
  Fire in all Saints' Church at Manchester
  Wreck of an Indiaman / Mr. Daniell
  Darjeeling or the Bright Spot
  The Hour Glass / H. Le Jeune
  The Rivals / J. Sant
  Opening of St. Martin's Hall, Long Acre
  Scene from the Play of Fiesco at Drury Lane Theatre
  Theatrical Performances at Windsor Castle - the Green Room
  Bust of Mr. Hullah
  A prison of shame - perhaps a penal settlement - stared him in the face
  The Meteor of Monday Night As Seen Near Hampstead
  The Meteor As Seen from the Fulham Road
  Ruins of the Recent Fire at Ashwell
  Mr. James Colman, Aged 100, February 14, 1850

ARTICLES (Title or subject/author)
The Taxes on Literature, Education, And Religion
Stag Hunt Extraordinary
Foreign and Colonial News
Imperial Parliament
Railway Intelligence
Church Universities
- London Union on Church Matters
- Oxford
- Cambridge
Floating Railway Across the Forth, Between Granton and Burntisland
Colours of the 31st Regiment Placed Above the Monument to the Officers in Canterbury Cathedral
Nooks and Corners of Old England - Ruins of the Franciscan Convent, at Dunwich
The County Hunt Ball at Reading
Conflagration at Manchester - Destruction of All Saints' Church
Calendar for the Week
To Correspondents
The Illustrated London News
Court and Haut Ton
Law Intelligence - Court of Exchequer
Postscript
Latest Foreign News
Metropolitan News
Naval and Military Intelligence
Wreck of Indiaman
Darjeeling
Exhibition of the British Institution
Music - Sacred Harmonic Society
Foreign Musical News
Her Majesty's Theatre
Burford's Arctic Panorama
Chess - to correspondents
Chess problem / with diagram
Epitome of News - Foreign and Domestic
Chess in the Metropolis - Mr. H. vs. Mr. S.
Chess enigmas
Country News
Ireland
National Sports
Monetary Transactions of the Week
The Markets / Robert Herbert
The London Gazette
Scene from the New Play of Fiesco at Drury Lane Theatre
Opening of St. Martin's Hall
Theatrical Performances Windsor Castle
The Theatres - St. James
Splendid Meteor, Seen on Monday Night
The Late Fire at Ashwell
A Centenarian

SHORT STORIES / SERIAL NOVELS (Title/author)
The Fear of the World or Living for Appearances / the Brothers Mayhew

February 23rd

VOLUME: XVI
EDITION: 414

• Cottage at Snig's End - Front
  Snig's End - From the Road
  Cottage at Snig's End - Back
  Explosion of a Steam Boiler in Hague Street, New York
  The Piraeus at Athens
  Mica Bay or Lake Superior
  Suspension Bridge Across the Dnieper in Russia
  Russian Bullock Carts
  Reception of Lord Gough at Calcutta
  Rabbit Shooting Near Tunbridge / Duncan
  A Westmoreland Trout Stream / H. Jutsum
  Myrrha / H. O'Neil
  Newgate
  - Corridor
  - The Chapel Yard
  - The Chapel
  - Punishment Cell
  - Dining Ward
  - Ward for Condemned Male Prisoners
  Burford's Panorama of the Polar Regions - the Investigator Snow Walled in for the Winter
  Col. Chatterton, M.P. for Cork
  University Hall Gordon Square
  The Kneller Hall Training School, Whitton
  Paris Fashions for March

ARTICLES (Title or subject/author)
The Chartist Land Delusion
The Chartist Estate - Snig's End
National Sports
Foreign and Colonial News
Imperial Parliament
Terrific Steam Boiler Explosion in New York
Mica Bay
Naval and Military Intelligence
Athens and the Piraeus
Great Suspension Bridge in Russia
The Road to St. Petersburgh
Calendar for the Week
To Correspondents
The Illustrated London News
Literature
Metropolitan News
Country News
The Advertisement Duty
Church Universities
Lord Gough's Return to Calcutta
Rural Sports - February - Rabbit Shooting
Music - London Sacred Harmonic Society
Society of British Musicians
Pianoforte Concerts
Foreign Musical News
The Theatres
- Drury Lane
- St. James
- Sadler's Wells
- Olympic
- Adelphi
- New Strand
- Surrey
Court and Haut Ton
- the Court at Buckingham Palace
Political and Fashionable Reunions
Epitome of News - Foreign and Domestic
Chess - to correspondents
Chess problem / with diagram
Chess by correspondence between clubs of Reading and Penzance
Chess enigmas
Law Intelligence - Court of Excheque
State of Newgate
Parliamentary Portraits - Lieutenant Colonel James Charles Chatterton, K.H. M.P.
Burford's Panorama of the Polar Regions
University Hall, Gordon Square
Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased
- Francis Godolphin Lord Godolphin / illustrated
- Rear Admiral Sir James John Gordon Bremer, K.C.B. K.C.H. / illustrated
- Charles Thomas Conolly, Esq. of Midford Castle, County of Somerset
- James Barnwell Tattnall, Esq. Commander, Royal Navy
- John Caldecott, the Astronomer
- Julian Busby, Esq.
Ireland
Railway Intelligence
Monetary Transactions of the Week
The Markets / Robert Herbert
The London Gazette
Kneller Hall Training School
The Great Seal of Oregon Territory
Paris Fashions for March

SHORT STORIES / SERIAL NOVELS (Title/author)
The Fear of the World or Living for Appearances / the Brothers Mayhew

March 2nd

• 'The Great Exhibition of 1851,

The Landing of Lord Gough at Southampton

Assasination of Prince of Musignano in Rome

Eruption of Vesuvius

March 9th

• California and the slavery question,
• The opening of the Croton aqueduct supplying New York with water,
• Visit of Louis Napolean to the Garrison of Paris
• the new designs for the front of Buckingham palace, and many many more.
  

March 16th

• Launching of the frigate Nankin ,
• Emigration to Natal,
• Explosion of the powder mills at Hounslow,
• Design for Nelsons column,
• the latest Operas
• Biting comment about facsimilie Swiss cottages being built near London.
  

March 23rd

• 'Lady John Russell's Assembly on Wednesday Evening at Downing Street, The Refreshment Room' (front page)

  'The great Exhibition of 1851, Levee at The Mansion House on Thursday'

  'Banquet in the Egyptian Hall at the Mansion House'

  'Scene from Der Freischutz ( The Wolfs Glen ) At The Royal Italian Opera'

  'Proclamation of The Successful Candidates for The Department of The Seine, At The Hotel De Ville, Paris'

  'The Britannia Tubular Bridge Across The Menai Straits Sketched from The Anglesey Shore' wonderful full page

  'The Britannia Tubular Bridge, Entrance From The Bangor Side'

  Britannia Tubular Bridge 'Interior of the Tube - Mr Stephenson Driving The Last Rivet'

  Exhibition of ANcient and Mediaevel Art 'Candlestick' - 'Ewer Ware of Henry II of France' - 'Salt Cellar' - 'Metal Pyx' - 'Silver Gilt Shrine' - 'Roman Drinking Vase' - 'Clothworkers Company's Cup, Pepys' - 'Bronze Vases, Romano British' - 'Terra Cotta Bust of Lorenzo de Medici, By Michael Angelo' - 'Founders Cup, Emanuel College, Cambridge' - 'Ivory Tankard'

  'Extensive Fire at The Great Southern and Western Railway Station, Cork'

  'British Institution Exhibition "The First Impression" painted by H. Selous'

  'Water Carrier at Hampstead'

  'British Institution Exhibition, "The Frozen Mill" painted by C. Branwhite'

  Also articles (no engravings unless listed above ) including:
  'The African Squadron' The Slave Trade

  ' Foreign And Colonial News'

  Church & Universities

  Imperial Parliament

  'Court and Haut Ton' At Bucingham Palace and the Prince Consorts Levee'

  'The Gorham Case'

  'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased includes Anna MAria, Countess of Scarborough - Leutenant General Elias Walker Durnford of the Royal Engineers died at his residence in Tunbridge Wells - William Ramsay Ramsay Esq of Barnton in Mid Lothian - Sir Thomas Marrable KT Secretary to the Board of Green Cloth in the Lord Stewards Department of the Royal Household - Dr Boyrenson of the Hon. East India Companys Service died of Jungle Fever at Kaira, Bombay'

  'The Royal Italian Opera '

  'Metropolitan News'

  'The Gorham Case, Meeting of the Clergy'

  'Country News includes Explosion of Fire Damp at Haydock, Lancs Thirteen Lives Lost (listed) - Dreadful Accident at St Vincents Rocks, Clifton, Bristol, Miss Craven daughter of Mr Craven solicitor of the Firm of Plupper and Craven, fell to her death

April 20th

VOLUME: XVI
EDITION: 422 (with supplement)

• 
  Portici - the Recent Residence of the Pope, Sketched from the Sea
  W. Keogh, Esq. M.P. for Athlone
  Presentation of a Memorial to Dr. Tait at Rugby School
  Epsom Spring Meeting - Great Metropolitan Steeple Chase: the Jump at the Brook / illegible
  Exhibition of the National Institute No. 45 - Galliotti the Astrologer, Shewing Louis XI - the First Specimen of Printing / R.S. Lauder, R.S.A.
  Opening of the Aberdeen Railway - Dee Bridge and Aberdeen Terminus
  Grand Banquet to the Lord Mayor of London at Hastings
  Silver Mounted Mess Box, Presented by Prince Demidoff to the 79th Regiment of Cameronian Highlanders
  J.C. Calhoun, Esq.
  Madam Tussaud
  Rev. W. Lisle Bowles
  The Azorian Orange Schooner

Supplement:

The Punjab - Native Troops in Camp
Husyn Abdal in Punjab / G.T. Vigne, Esq
Sheringham's Ventilating Valve
The Decline of Greenwich Fair
- The Dwarf's House as Seen in Front of the Show
- Uncomfortable Position of the Dwarf in the House as Seen Sideways and in a Section
- Probable Effect of the Disbanded Menageries
- the Final Destiny of the Bear
Driving Horses to the Stock Yard
Bushing It - Camped for the Night
No. 7 Byzantine School - Virgin and Child
No. 53 Jan Van Eyck - Virgin and Child
No. 67 Lucas Van Leyden - St. Peter and St. Dorothea
No. 64 Israel Van Mechely - The Presentation in the Temple
Bust of Mr. Alison by Park
Bust of Mr. Macaulay by Park
Picturesque Sketches of London - the Adelphi Dry Arches / J.W. Archer

ARTICLES (Title or subject/author)
The Taxes on Knowledge and Opinion
The Pope's Chateau at Portici
Foreign and Colonial News
Lord John Russell and the Press
California
Imperial Parliament
Parliament Portraits - William Keogh, Esq. M.P. for Athlone
The Lord Mayor's Grand Banquet to Her Majesty's Ministers
Calendar for the Week
To Correspondents
The Illustrated London News
Court and Haut Ton
National Sports
Grand Metropolitan Steeple Chase at Epsom
Retirement of Dr. Tait from Rugby School
Exhibition of the National Institution
Opening of the Aberdeen Railway
The Theatres
- Her Majesty's
- Royal Italian Opera
- Princess
- Surrey
- Sadler's Wells
- St. James'
- Drury Lane
- Strand
Music - Concerts
Memoir of Mr. Platt
Town Talk and Table Talk
Mercantile Marine Bills
Naval and Military Intelligence
Ireland
Chess - to correspondents
Chess problem / with diagram
Chess match by correspondence between London and Amsterdam clubs
Chess in the Metropolis - Greenaway vs. Horwitz
Chess enigmas
Epitome of News - Foreign and Domestic
Grand Banquet to the Lord Mayor of London / illustrated
Superb Testimonial
The Azorian Orange Schooner
Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased
- Lieut General Sir James Bathurst, K.C.B.
- John C. Calhoun, Esq.
- Admiral Hills / illustrated
- The Rev. Canon Eaton
- Lieut. Skene
- The Rev. John Rowland Berkeley, of Cotheridge, County Worcester / illustrated
- William Beer
- Madam Tussaud
- The Rev. William Lisle Bowles / illustrated
The Gorham Case
Church, Universities
Metropolitan News
Monetary Transactions of the Week
The Markets / Robert Herbert
The London Gazette
Husyn-Abdal, in the Punjab
Prizes for the Industrial Exhibition of 1851
New Sounding Line / illustrated
Sheringham's Ventilating Valve
Shaw's Patent India Rubber Air Gun / illustrated
Mr. Shepherd's Inventions
Iron Hotel for Port Natal
Use of the Eagle Desk in Churches / W.S.G.
Literature
Composite Columns No. IV / Albert Smith / illustrated
- Foreign English / illustrated
- The Decline of Greenwich Fair / illustrated
To Correspondents
Australian Emigration from the Sketch Book of a Settler
The Wallerstein Gallery
Exhibition of the National Institution
Fine Arts
- Scheffer's Christus Remunerator
- Cumbal and Chillianwala
- Battle of Trafalgar
- American Scenery
- Pastel Painting
Music - Amateur Musical Society
Death of Madame Dulcken
The Shrove Tide Carnival at St. Petersburg
Busts of Mr. Alison and Mr. Macaulay by Park
Picturesque Sketches of London, Past and Present / Thomas Miller

TITLE: The Illustrated London News
DAY: 4
MONTH: May
YEAR: 1850
VOLUME: XVI
EDITION: 424 (with supplement - View Of Rome )

ENGRAVINGS
I. Full page (or double page or near full page) engravings (Title or subject/illustrator)
The Procession from the Church of San Giovanni Laterano to St. Peter's

Interior of St. Peter's - the Pope at the Grand Altar

II. Smaller than full page engravings (Title or subject/illustrator)
Return of the Pope to Rome - the Procession at the Church of San Giovanni
New Railway Station in Tithebarn Street, Liverpool
Exhibition of the Society of Painters In Water Colours No. 59 - A Group of Pilgrims in Sight of St. Peter's Rome painted by Carl Haag / Horace Harral
Cattle Drovers
Roman Wine Cart
Ecclesiastics
Pifferari
Fashions for May
- Crinoline Hat for Opera
- The Tulip Bonnet
- Straw Hats for Promenade
- Crinoline Hat
- Straw Bonnet
- Paris Fashions for May
- Lace Jacquette
A song of spring
The Finding of Romulus and Remus / Pietro Da Cortona
Key to the Large View of Rome - List of 42 locations throughout Rome
Rome Illustrated and Described
- The Capitol
- Piazzo Di Spagna
- Monte Cavallo
- Arch of Drusus
- Tomb of Cecilia Metella
- Basilica of Constantine
- Temple of Vesta
- Chariot Race in the Circus Maximus
- Baths of Caracalla
- Arch of Titus
- The Colosseum
- Santa Maria Maggiore
- The Pantheon / W. Thomas
- The Ancient Forum / W. Thomas
- French Academy / W. Thomas
- St. John Lateran
- Piazza Del Popolo
- Castle of St. Angelo
- Fountain of Trevi
- From the Walls, Near the Porta San Pancrazio
- Porta San Pancrazio
- Villa Santucci - Head Quarters of General Oudinot
- Farnese Palace
- Ponte Molle
- Students of the Propaganda College
- Osteria - Playing at Bowls
- Artists Models on the Steps of the Trinita De Monte
- Playing at Morra
- Caffe Greco

ARTICLES (Title or subject/author)
State of France
Foreign and Colonial News
Ireland
Mysterious Robbery and Murder
Imperial Parliament
Naval and Military Intelligence
New Railway Station, Tithebarn Street, Liverpool
Exhibition of the Old Water Colour Society
Sketches in Rome
Calendar for the Week
To Correspondents
The Illustrated London News
Court and Haut Ton
Metropolitan News
Town Talk and Table Talk
The Theatres
- Her Majesty's
- Royal Italian Opera
- Princess'
- Drury Lane
- Lyceum
- Sadler's Wells
- Surrey
Music
- Concerts
- Musical Events
Foreign Musical News
Fine Arts
National Sports
Chess - to correspondents
Chess problem / with diagram
Second chess match by correspondence between London and Amsterdam
Chess enigmas
Epitome of News - Foreign and Domestic
Fashions for May
A Song of Spring / Poetry by Desmond Ryan, Esq., Music by Edward Loder / illustrated
Church Universities
The Gorham Case
Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased
- The Bishop of Clogher / illustrated
- Sir Samuel Henry Piers, Bart / illustrated
- The Rev. Charles Montague Doughty of Theberton Hall, County of Suffolk / illustrated
- Sir Thomas Cartwright, G.C.H. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Sweden
Art Union of London - Distribution of Prizes
Monetary Transactions of the Week
The Markets / Robert Herbert
The London Gazette
Rome - A Memoir on the History and Topography of Rome / William Joseph O'Hea
- The Tiber
- The Walls
- The Streets and Palaces
- The Churches
- The Basilicas
- The Obelisks
- The Fountains
- The Villas
- Climate
The Illustrations

POEMS / LIMERICKS (Title/author)
Imperial Rome / Childe Harold, Canto iv
The Disasters of the Imperial City / Childe Harold, Canto iv
Modern Rome
The Ruins / Childe Harold, Canto iv
The Colosseum / Childe Harold, Canto iv

May 11th

An eight page issue price sixpence.

It features many articles with prints from engravings including

• 'Rook Shooting in Penshurst Park' Kent (front page),
• 'The Paris Fete - Illumination in the Place De La Concorde',
• 'M. Eugene Sue'
• 'Institution for Cretins at Interlacken, Switzerland'
• 'Captain Austin's Expedition sent in Search of Sir John Franklin',
• 'Flemish Greybeard Found at Westminster',
• 'Mr. Green's Signal Balloon,
• Dispatches, and Parachute, for The Arctic Expedition'
• 'Exhibition of The Royal Acadamy - "Psyche Returning From The Infernal Regions with the Casket of Beauty" by T. Unwin - "Zecharia XIII" painted by J. E. Millais - "James II in His Palace of Whitehall, Receiving the News of The Landing of The Prince of Orange in 1688" by E. M. Ward ARA - "Francesco Novello Di Carrara and The Lady Taddea Escape from The Emissaries of Galeazzo Visconti" painted by J. C. Hook'
• 'University of London - The First Conference of Degrees in the Hall of Kings College',
• 'Parliamentary Portraits - The Right Hon. Andrew Rutherford MP (for the Leith District), Lord Advocate of Scotland',
• 'An Ancient Egyptian Lock and a Description of Mr. Chubbs Lock',
• 'Jewels Presented to Madame Grisi',
• 'Cordingly's Floating Bath',
• 'Mr. J. Wallack as Dr Petgoose in the New Play of The Catspaw at the Haymarket Theatre'
• 'The Steam Brig Governole Built for The Sardinian Government'
• 'Shetland Ponies Purchased for the Pacha of Egypt',
• 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',
• 'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased includes 'Lady Sarah Finch daughter of Earl of Aylesford, aged 27 - M. De Blainville of The Natural History Museum in Paris on his way to England in a Carriage on the night Train - William Roche Esq in Limerick'
  

May 18th

An eight page issue price sixpence.

It features many articles with prints from engravings including

• 'The Grand Saloon at Devonshire House' (front page),
• 'Site of The Canterbury Settlement in New Zealand',
• 'Comparative Sizes of Dinornis, Ostrich and New Zealander and Fossil foot of Dinornis',
• 'Fete of The Royal Company of Archers on The Links of Montrose',
• 'Extraordinary Accumulation of Postage Stamps',
• 'The Return of His Royal Highness Prince Albert and His Grace The Duke of Wellington from The Review on Wimbledon Common',
• 'Capture and Destruction of Thirteen Piratical Chinese Junks in Mir's Bay by H. M. Steamer Medea',
• 'The Pas de Trois Des Graces at Her Majestys Theatre',
• 'Warwick May Fair show - The Procession near The Corn Exchange',
• 'The English Chapel Upper Town, Boulogne Sur Mer',
• 'Kings Norton Church, Leicestershire, Struck By Lightning',
• 'New Reading Room at The Bank of England opened on Wednesday'.
• 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',
• 'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased includes - 'Lord William Hervey Secretary to The British Embassy at Paris, - Francis Philips of Bank Hall, Co Lancaster, - Lady Isabella Head Brydges of Wootton Court Kent, - W. C. Townsend Esq QC, - Sir Alexander Gibson-Carmichael of Skirling',
• adverts of the day

May 25th

An eight page issue price sixpence.

It features many articles with prints from engravings including

• 'Grand Ball at Devonshire House on Tuesday' (front page),
• 'M. E. Drouyn de Lhuys - The French Government and the Greek Question' (front page),
• 'Lichfield "Greenhill Bower" on whit Monday - The Procession Passing the Statue of Dr. Johnson', '- Sergeants at Mace, Sword Bearer, Crier', '- The Morris Dancers', 'Procession up Hoad Hill,
• The site of the Memorial near Ulverston', 'Memorial to Sir John Barrow, Bart', 'Cottage at Dragley Beck, in which Sir John Barrow was Born',
• 'The United States Mail Steam Ship Atlantic entering the Mersey', 'Grand saloon of The Atlantic',
• 'The British Mail Steam Ship Asia', 'After Deck of The Asia',
• 'Accident to Her Majesty's Steamer Cuckoo at Jersey',
• 'Turpins Oak at Finchley',
• 'The Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway - Dundanion',
• 'The Rev. Mr Graham',
• 'The Late M. Guy-Lussac',
• 'M. Halevy',
• 'Exhibition of Ancient and Mediaeval Art - silver Ewers, Salvers representing the Triumphs of Dorea 17C - Fragment of Greek Vase and Restoration - Bronze Vase found near Bari', 'Tulips - Holmes King - Victoria Regina (grooms) - Triomphe Royal' .
• 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',
• 'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased includes Sir William Feilden, Bart of Feniscowles,
• Sir George William Prescott, Bart Late of Theobalds Park Herts, - Sir James Flower, Bart of Lobb, County of Oxford, - Sir William Kay, Bart of East Sheen Surrey, - Michael James Robert Dillon, Earl of Roscomon',

June 15th

An eight page issue price sixpence.

It features many articles with prints from engravings including

• 'Christ with The Disciples in The Corn Field by Henry Warren' (front page),
• 'Ascot Races - Rhedycina Winner of the Oaks Stakes at Epsom', 'Wanota, Winner of The Ascot Stakes', 'The Queens Gold Cup The Emperors Vase, The Royal Hunt Cup',
• 'The Serpent Charmers at The Gardens of The Zoological Society Regents Park',
• 'The great Conservatory in The Gardens of The Horticultural Society at Chiswick',
• 'Blue titmouse's Nest in a Letter Box near Hornchurch from a sketch by Peter Bearblock of Hornchurch' (small),
• 'Scene from Halevys new Opera of La Tempesta at Her Majestys Theatre', 'Signor Lablache as Caliban', 'Madae Sontag as Miranda',
• 'St Barnabas Church and College Pimlico', 'Interior of St. Barnabas Church, Pimlico',
• 'General Andre Santa Cruz', 'Lord Naas, MP for Kildare',
• 'Testimonial Presented to The Rev. J. Airaux Jeremie DD by Students of Haileybury College',
• 'Discovery of a Roman Vlla near Pau - The Valley of Gan near Pau', 'Discovery of Roman Villa - Ground Plan', 'The Mosaics' (nine in all),
• Also articles (no engravings) including 'Sunday in England',
• 'Foreign and Colonial Intelligence',
• 'Law Intelligence',
• 'Imperial Parliament',
• 'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased and includes Sir George Talbot Bart. of Belfast, - James smith Esq of Deanston, - Lieutenant Colonel Thomas George Fitzgerald of Turlough Park, Co. Mayo', -
• 'The Court and Haut Ton',
• 'Metropolitan News',
• 'Town Talk and Table Talk',
• 'Chess',
• adverts of the day
• It measures 400x275mm (16x10.75").

ENGRAVINGS
I. Full page (or double page or near full page) engravings (Title or subject/illustrator)
n/a

II. Smaller than full page engravings (Title or subject/illustrator)
The Late Sir Robert Peel, Bart / Smith & Cheltnam
Landing at Stockholm of Her Royal Highness the Princess Louisa of the Netherlands, at Biskopsudden in the Park at Stockholm
Ascent of M. Poiteven on Horseback in a Balloon from the Champ De Mars, Paris
Wreck of the Brig Retriever in the Boccases Trinidad
California - the Fremont Hotel, San Francisco from a Recent Sketch
The Earl Cathcart Steamer Aground Among the Islands of the River St. Lawrence
The Funeral Procession Passing Drayton Manor
The Tenantry Assembly at the Lodge
Exterior of the Church at Drayton Bassett / Smyth
Interior of Drayton Bassett Church
Room in the Master's House, Harrow School
Watering Places of Enrland - Herne Bay and Pier Kent
Folkestone Kent
French Plays - Scene from Racine's Phedre
The Funebral Cypress
Gigantic Land Tortoise - A Present for Her Majesty
His Royal Highness the late Duke of Cambridge, K.G. G.C.B., & C.

ARTICLES (Title or subject/author)
The Post Office Question
Foreign and Colonial News
Imperial Parliament
Court and Haut Ton - the Court at Buckingham Palace
Epitome of News - Foreign and Domestic
Royal Marriage at Stockholm
Extraordinary Balloon Ascent
Church Universities - University College, London
The Gorham Case
Wreck of the Brig Retriever
California, San Francisco
The Earl Cathcart Steamer
Calendar for the Week
To Correspondents
The Illustrated London News
Metropolitan News
The New Postal Derangements
Funeral of Sir Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel as a Statesman
The Public Sentiment on Sir Robert Peel's Death
Harrow School - the Speech Day
Country News
Central Criminal Court - the Late Outrage on the Queen
National Sports
The Watering Places of England
- Herne Bay
- Folkestone
The Funebral Cypress
Gigantic Land Tortoise
Mdlle Rachel's Performances
The Theatres
- Her Majesty's
- Royal Italian Opera
- Haymarket
- St. James'
Music - Concert
Monetary Transactions of the Week
The Markets / Robert Herbert
The London Gazette
Death of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge / illustrated
Chess - to correspondents
Chess problem / with diagram
Second chess match by correspondence between London and Amsterdam
Chess in the Metropolis - Buckle vs. Smith
Chess in te provinces

August 17th

• 'Site of the Building for The Great Exhibition of 1851'
• 'At The Northernmost Chincha ( Guano ) Island'
• 'Tigre Island - The United States Garrison'
• 'The Village of Schestedt on the Road from Schlewswig to Osterade.'

'General Schleppegrell, Killed in The Battle of Idstadt.'

'Explosion of the Laboratory at Rendsburg.'

'Ruins of the Great Fire at Gravesend - High Street Looking North'

'Ruins of the Great Fire at Gravesend - Looking West'

'Picture Gallery of The Late King of Holland in The Palace of the Hague'

'The Late Sir Lancelot Shadwell, Vice Chancellor of England.'

'Reverse of an Ancient Cross found at Cork.'

'The New Free Grammar and Commercial School at Loughborough.'

'Founding of the New School at Loughborough - The Procession.'

'Madame Fiorentini as Norma'

'Mrs Grahams Ballon on Fire '

'The New High Civic Cross, Bristol.'

'The Large Cat living at 175 Oxford Street weighs 25 lbs.'

'Great Exhibition of 1851 - Prize Medals ( £50 each ) M. Gaybard - M. Wiener - Mr Hancock (three designs)'

" Aholibah " Painted by E. Armitage

" The Guard Room " Painted by L. Haghe

' Miss Frederika Bremer'

' Election Saturday at Eton - Regatta and Fireworks'

'Model of Amphitrite by J. Thomas'

'Marble Statue of the Poet Campbell by W. C. M. Marshall To Be Placed in Westminster'

" Sweet Summer Time " Drawn by Gavarni

' Cornwall ' - Small map

'The " Giants Punch Bowl " in St Agnes ' - Small engr

' Mandrill baboon in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regents Park '

' Sniggling For Eels ' in the River Lee (Between Ware and Blackwall )

'Summer Residence of the Kara ... Family in Tambov - 1150 Versts From St Petersburgh ' a Russian Noble

' Chapel of the Consumption Hospital At Brompton '

' Ancient Doorway Discovered at Burton upon Trent '

' Ruins of Brambletye House Miel Sussex '

' Portable Crane Shower Bath '

Emigration of Distressed Needlewomen - ' Emigrant Needlewomen on Deck '

Emigration of Distressed Needlewomen - ' Emigrant Ship Between Decks '

Supplement

' State Dining Room at Buckingham Palace '

' Richmond Deeps ' - ' Teddington ' small engravings

' Stirrup of Queen Elizabeth '

' Silver Salver of 17th century Work '

The Late Insurrection in Ceylon - Kandy Sketched From Under Castle Hill '

Burning of the Aged High Priest of the Great Temple of Kandy '

' Toddy Drawer Ascendcing a Coconut Tree '

' Major Davy's Tree '

' The Commandant's Quarters at Matele '

Ceylon ( Sri Lanka ) - ' Attack on the Warriapola Store '

Ceylon - ' Attempted Escape of a Prisoner at The Bridge Near Matele '

Ceylon - ' Kandian Chief, Father of Loco Banda '

Ceylon - ' Interior of a Court House in The Kandian Provinces '

' The Late R. J. Wyatt ' the death of the accomplished sculptor at Rome

' .." Tuning " Designed By the Late R. J. Wyatt '

'New Church on Mount Aboo in Rajpootana East Indies ' ( Rajputana now part of Rajasthan state )

' Marble Tomb of th ePrincess Sophia Just Erected in the Kensal Green Cemetery '

' Monument to Captain E. J. Brown of The Bengal Engineers Erected in Bursted Church Sussex ' who fell in the Scindian War

Also articles (no engravings) including
The Ceylon Inquiry

Foreign and Colonial News

Imperial Parliament includes Business of the Session - Breach of Privilege - Sunday Post Office Regulations - The Chartist Land Scheme, A Scene Prevented

Country News

The Illustrated London News

Court and Haut Ton at Buckingham Palace

Metropolitan News includes Robberies in Places of Worship - Fatal Accident on the River - Wilful Destruction of the Ordnance Maps of the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers - Births and Deaths with numbers of deaths from diseases such as Cholera Smallpox Hooping ( Whooping ) cough etc

Conflagration at Gravesend ( fire ) with a list of the owners and the properties burned down

Obituary of Eminent Persons includes:- The Right Hon Sir Lancelot Shadwell Vice Chancellor of England - - - Windham Henry Earl of Dunraven died at Adare Manor County Limerick - - - Job Walden Hanmer Esq died at his chambers, Lincolns Inn - - - The Hon Charles Ewan Law MP Recorder of London at his residence in Eaton Place

Railway Intelligence-

Eastern Counties Railway - Strike Among The Drivers Firemen &c

Chess

The Gorham Case

The Grand Industrian Exhibition

British Agriculture by Thomas Rowlandson

An arctic Newspaper The Nepaulese Ambassador

Fishing Excursions up the Thames

A Few Facts About Matrimony

General Willisen

August 24th

• Departure of english members of the peace congress for Frankfurt - HP
• Attempt of a brazilian slaver to run down HMS V Phoenix on the coast of Africa - HP
• State sword for the emperor of Hayti or Haiti
• The right Rev Dr Fulford, Lord bishop of Montreal

Ostend

Departure of Jenny Lind from Liverpool for America - HP

Railway viaduct over the Tweed , at Berwick - HP

A full page on a visit to the salt mines of cheshire - with 3 one third page engravings entitled individually :

The Marston salt pit

The shaft - Descent of the Bucket

Regent street, Marston pit

and on the reverse of this page a further image entitled : Evaporating house and salt pan

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Also Articles (no engravings unless previously mentioned) including:

An educational experiment

The peace congress at Frankfort

Inundations in Belgium

Obituary of eminent persons recently deceased including :

Sir Edward Bowyer smith of Hill hall and Horham Essex

Rt Hon Charles Arbuthnot of Apsley house Piccadilly

The dowager Lady Wenlock of Denbies

Sir Martin archer Shee of Brighton

The narrow escape from drowning of Mr Charles Barry Baldwin MP

Eight persons drowned near liverpool opposite Eastham including Eliza Walker , James and william spencer, W Blackie, John Youd, Nancy McFall, John Duncan, John Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard of Bell street

Roman catholic synod at Thurles in Tipperary

The rt Rev Francis Fulford

Fall of the Bricklayers arms railway station : Loss of Life

Jenny Lind's departure for america

Railway viaduct over the tweed at berwick

A Visit to the salt mines of Chester

a full page music score with words - Words by S N Elrington Jun and arrangement by Professor sn=mith - entitled : The dark hair'd Gypsy of the sea

August 31st

price sixpence.

It features articles with prints from engravings including

• 'Her Majesty's Visit to Castle Howard' ( front page),
• 'New York American Line Ship', 'Cornelius Grinnell', 'The Hold of the Cornelius Grinnell',
• 'The Late Sir Martin Archer Shee',
• 'The New Safety Gun',
• 'The First of September, The Luncheon drawn by Duncan',
• 'Portrait of Louis Phillippe ex King of the French',
• 'The Great Wool Floor at the London Docks',
• 'The Bricklayers Arms Railway Station after the Late Accident',
• 'A Scene from the Legend of Florence at Sadlers Wells Theatre',
• 'Banquet given by The Mayor of Southampton to the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of London'.
• 'The Queens Visit to Dover Harbour',
• 'Canal Boat at the Horseshoe Fall Niagara',
• 'A Lump of Gold from California',
• Also articles (no engravings) including 'The death of Louis Phillippe',
• 'The Value of Surgical Mechanics in Medical Juris Prudence',
• 'Death from drinking a bottle of Brandy for a Wager - Joseph Stonestreet aged 25',
• 'Robberies at the Euston Terminus',
• 'Fire at Limehouse',
• 'Death from Lockjaw, verdict died from Tetanus by a puncture from a rusty nail',
• 'The Removal of the Marble Arch',
• 'Town Talk and Table talk',
• 'The Submarine Telegraph between Dover and Calais',
• 'Obituary of Eminent Persons Deceased - Viscount Newark, - Sir Charles Vincent Loraine of Kirke Harle, Northumberland, - Sir Charles Blois of Cockfield Hall, Suffolk',
• ' Wills and Bequests including - Duke of Cambridge, - The Rt Hon. Sir Lancelot Shadwell, - The Right Hon William Henry Francis Lord Petre, Baron of Writtle',
• The Epitome of News Foreign and Domestic',
• 'Monetary Transactions of the Week',
• It measures 400x275mm (16x10.75").

September 7th

• 'The Canterbury Colonists, Scene at Gravesend on Monday' (front page) Also an article entitled 'The Canterbury Association, Farewell to The New Zealand Emigrants'
• 'Violent Display of Popular Indignation Against The Austrian Marshal Haynau, At Bankside'
• The Royal Visit To Scotland 'Visit of The Royal Party to The Cricket Ground, At Castle Howard'
• 'Reception of Her Majesty at Berwick Upon Tweed'
• 'The Railway Station At Edinburgh'
• 'Entrance of The Queen into The GreatCentral Railway Station, Newcastle upon Tyne '
• 'Reception of Her Majesty at The Great Central Railway Station, Newcastle Upon Tyne '

'The Royal Procession to Holyrood'

'His Royal Highness Prince Albert Laying The Foundation Stone of The National Gallery at Edinburgh'

'Chess' by Mr Staunton Miel '

'Funeral of Louis Philippe, ex King of The French: The Chapelle Ardente at Claremont' with black borders around the engraving

'Funeral of Louis Philippe: Entance to The Vault in The Chapel at Weybridge - Count de Paris, Duc de Nemours, Duc D'Aumale and Prince De Joinville' with black borders around the engraving

'Funeral of Louis Philippe, The Procession Leaving the Palace at Claremont' with black borders around the engraving and page

'The Warwick Race Plate, 1850'

'Lancaster Castle'

'Court and Haut Ton at Balmoral'

'Obituary of Eminent Persons includes Sir Peter Pole, Bart died in Welbeck Street - Joseph Bailey Esq of Easton Court MP for Herefordshire died in London - Sir Edward Alexander Campbell CB - M. Honore De Balzac a french novelist - The Right Hon. Charles Watkin Williams Wynn DCI FSA of Llangedwin, MP for M9ontgomeryshire, The Father of the House of Commons'

September 14th

An eight page issue price sixpence.

It features articles with prints from engravings including

• 'The Late attack upon Marshal Haynau at Messrs Barclay and Perkins's Brewery - The Coal Cellar at The George, Bankside - The Bedroom in Which Marshall Haynau was Concealed - Escape of Marshal Haynau in The Police Galley' (front page),
• 'The Synod at Thurles in Co Tipperary - The Bishops Robing - The Procession from the College to The Cathedral', 'The Right Rev. Dr. M'Hale, Archbishop of Tuam', 'Sitting of The Synod',
• 'The French President in The Rue St. Jean, at Caen', 'Grand Ball at Caen', 'Sketch en Route to Cherbourg', 'The President en Route to Cherbourg', 'Harbour and Town of Cherbourg', 'The French Squadron in Position at Cherbourg', 'The Royal Yacht Squadron Saluting the French Squadron - sketched by the Hon. Dudley Pelham', 'Ships' Boat Race at Cherbourg',
• 'The Grand Musical Festival in Gloucester Cathedral', 'Gloucester Cathedral - The Porch',
• 'The African Exhibition at The Cosmorama, Regent Street'
• Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased including Admiral Robert Dudley Oliver at Dalkey, Dublin, The Rev. James Ingram at Trinity College Oxford, The Very Rev. Holt Waring, Dean of Dromore, Baroness Rothschild at Gunnersbury Park, Ealing, Chief Justice The Rt. Hon. John Doherty',
• 'The Total Loss of The Indian Indiaman',
• 'Country News',
• 'Metropolitan News',
• 'Canterbury Settlement, New Zealand',
• 'Chess',
• 'The Markets',
• It measures 400x275mm (16x10.75")

September 21st

• 'Doncaster Races, The Dead Heat for The St. Leger Stakes, Between Voltigeur and Russborough, Bollingbroke Third (front page)
• 'War in Schleswig, Holstein Troops: Repose in Camp - Holstein Chasseurs and Night Fire, Signal Post - Schleswig-Holstein Chasseurs on The March - Outpost Duty, The Vidette, Holstein Cavalry Man'

'The French President Quitting the Squadron at Cherbourg'

'Aerial Navigation: M. Petin's Stysem of Aerial Navigation'

'Doncaster Races, The Road To The Course' - 'Doncaster Race Course'

Festivities At Chippenham 'The high Street, From The Bridge, Arrival of MR Neeld MP' - 'Opening of The Great Cheese MArket, At Chippenham, September 12, 1850., The Market Hall'

Cheese Making 'Revolving Curd Breaker' - 'Improved Lion Cheese Press and Cheshire Curd Cutter'

' 'Temporary Barrack at Ballater For The Queen's Guard of Honour'

'The Coronation Stone at Kingston upon Thames'

'Ruins of th Priory of Mount Grace, East Harsley, York' (small)

'New Church of St. Edward, At Romford, Consecrated on Thursday September 19th'

'Chancel of The New Church at Romford'

'New Corn Exchange at Ipswich'

'Chess'

'The Doncaster Race Cup 1850'

'Plan of the Improvements in Progress in St. James's Park'

Also articles (no engravings) including 'The Land Question in France and Ireland'
'Explosion in the City and Great Destruction of Property - Fireworks Factory at Weaver Street Spitalfields'

'Country News'

'Accident on The Eastern Counties Railway - Nine Lives Lost'

' 'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased includes Sir George Baillie Hamilton KCH British Minister at Florence died at the Villa Normanby, Florence from a rupture of a blood vessel in the chest - Thomas Thistlethwayte Esq of Southwick Park, Hants'

'Enthusiastic Reception of Jenny Lind at New York'

Also articles (no engravings) including 'The Land Question in France and Ireland'

'Explosion in the City and Great Destruction of Property - Fireworks Factory at Weaver Street Spitalfields'

'Country News'

'Accident on The Eastern Counties Railway - Nine Lives Lost'

' 'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased includes Sir George Baillie Hamilton KCH British Minister at Florence died at the Villa Normanby, Florence from a rupture of a blood vessel in the chest - Thomas Thistlethwayte Esq of Southwick Park, Hants'

'Enthusiastic Reception of Jenny Lind at New York'

'Grand Explosion at Seaford Cliff'

September 28th

No. 448- vol. XVII.

• The capture of Her Majesty's fleet (navy) of four slavers off coast of Brazil,
• the great explosion at Seaford,
• Lewes Sheep Fair. Other major articles concern France, Louis Napoleon, 1848 Revolution , Ireland, Australia, and events in the United States (i.e., gold, emigration, and statehood of California, disputes concerning Texas and New Mexico, statehood of Utah, issue of slavery, Congressional concerns).
• Bourbon or Bonaparte?- concerning Louis Napoleon ,
• 1848 Revolution narrowing itself and the numbered days of the Constitution. (nobody had a good word to say for it.) Article says the Constitution is dead!!
• Portrait of Jenny Lind- taken immediately before departure for America. Pg. 2 (254):
• Continuation of Article on French from previous page.
• Article concerning Jenny Lind's concert in New York Details on Foreign and Colonial Intelligence, including but not limited to more on France and Louis Napoleon,
• Hesse-Cassel,
• Section on United States covering steam ship America, passage across the Atlantic in eleven days, congress position on California as a free-state, boundaries between Texas and New Mexico, contemplation of admission of Utah (Morman country) as a state, Fugitive-Slave bill, abolition of slave trade in district of Columbia, resignation of Hon Mr. M'Kennan as Secretary of Interior, controversies over New Mexico and Texas, comments of California gold and emigrants.
• Sections on current events of Australia and India, and local happenings in England. Pg. 3 (255) Epitome of News- Foreign and Domestic- more current events concerning all aspects, including but not limited agriculture, railroad, factories, emigration, Story of an extraordinary robbery and attempted murder of Mr. Cureon. Account of the wreck of two excursion Steamers: The Superb and La Polka., including picture. Account of capture of four noted slavers by Her Majesty's steam frigate, Cormorant on the coast of Brazil. Pg 4 (256) Continuation of article on capture of four slavers off coast of Brazil, along with illustrations. Also included is an article on the Schleswig-Holstein War. Pg. 5 (257) Article on Societies for promoting Christian Knowledge and propagating the Gospel in foreign parts. Includes illustrations of Exeter cathedral- anniversay of the Societies for Promoting christian Knowledge. Article on Athletic games at the Royal Military (Woolrich Academy) along with great illustrations of high jumping and CUTTING LEAD!!! Pg 6 (258) More concerning affairs of Hesse-Cassel. Comments concerning week of Court of Balmoral. Comments concerning private bills introduced.Information concerning Churches, Universities, i.e,. Election of Rev. John Wilson as President of Trinity College, Appointment of Re. George Bellamy to Charles' chapel, vacancies, more details. Orbituary of Bishop of Meath, Lord William Clinton, John Jardine. Comments on preparation of flax without steeping. Additional information concerning California, its gold, New Mexico and Utah (Deseret of the Mormons), question of slavery as regards to both of them., Anglo-Saxon miners, California's refusal to fraternise Spanish, Portugues, and Italian blood, lots more detail. Pg 7 (259) Articles concerning the Freehold Land Movement and Finsbury Freehold Land Society. Article on the Great Explosion at Seaford (scientific explosions to blow up chalk cliffs and throw out debris into the ocean!! Pg 8 (260) continuatiojn of article on great explosion at Seaford along with great illustrations. Pg 9 (261) Comments on the Rhuddland Royal Eisteddvor, Rhuddlan Castle, Procession to Castle . Pg 10 (262) Continuation of reports of events at Rhuddland, announcements of dramas and events at theatres, Country news, coal trade article. Pg 11 (263) Comments concerning Australia, Article on Chess problems, and solutions, with chess board illustration. Article on the Irish Amelioration society and manufacture of peat charcoal. Pg 12 (264) - continuation of Irish Amelioration Society article, including illustrations of the Bog of Allen from the canal side, cutting turf and preparing it for the rick, one of the retorts for burning the turf into charcoal, and a model station at Derrymullen on the Bog of Allen. Pg 13 (265) Illustrations for Paris fashions for October, and article. Also article on Antiquarian discovery at Rochester, England of early English Arch Pg 14 (266) Articles on National sports, money transactions, and the markets. Article on late fire near the corn-exchange and the associated losses. Article on the Lewes Great Sheep Fair. (cont. on Pg 16 or 268) Pg 15 (267) Page of Advertisements only Pg 16 (268) Continuation of Page 14 (266) concerning articlea on Lewes Great sheep fair, with illustration, and large illustration of ruins of great fire in Mark Lane near corn-exchange.

October 5th

• 'Pheasant Shooting drawn by Duncan' (front page
• 'Chinese Symbols or Writing: Great Chinese Empire Imperially Appointed in the Province of Chih-le of Tsingho, Taoutal Formerly in the Province of Che-Keang of Ningpo, Shashing and Tae Chow, Taoutal, Chin Cheke etc'

'General View of The Great Wall of china, From The Sea'

'Monumental Slabs at the Eastern Terminus' Wall of China

'Tower on The Great Wall' of China

'The Great Wall, seen From The Top of the Tower'

'Scene at The Grand Review at Versailles'

'Emigration to Australia, Farewell Group Meeting of the Familyh Colonisation Loan Society'

'Westminster Ragged School Children in Claydon Park'

'The Parsonage at Frimley'

'Town and Country Children drawn by Gavarni' with poetry

'Chess'

'Roman Remains Discoverd at Lymne, Kent '

'Flue Tiles, Quern and Other Roman Articles Found at Lymne'

'Launch of a 14 Year First Class Ship at Dundee'

'New Church At St Ann, In the Isle of Alderney '

'Mr Peter Borries Patent Safety Iron Twin Steamer'

'Great Tenant Right Meeting at Kilkenny'

'Wreck of The Superb as Seen Through a Telescope, From Jersey'

'Castle Garden, New York'

'The Tate Testimonial, Richmond, Yorkshire'

'Silver Inkstand, Presented to Lieut. Colonel Spnce'

Also articles (no engravings unless listed above ) including:

'The Government and The Public Health'

'Pheasant Shooting neaqr Tunbridge'

'

'Foreign and Colonial News'

'Arctic Expedition, The Fate of Sir John Franklin'

'Metropolitan News'

'Tremendous Conflagration a Fire at Little Guildford Street and Templars Cottages'

'Rhuddlan Royal Eisteddvod'

'The Court'

'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased includes Chandos, Lord Leigh of Adlestrop County Oxford died at Bonn on the Rhine - Gustavus Lambart Esq of Beau Parc, County Meath'

'Country News includes Howden Yorkshire, Great orse Fair - Great Sale at Yanwith Hall'

October 12th

• Great Exhibition of 1851: Progress of The Building in Hyde Park' (front page)
• 'Schleswig-Holstein: Danish Artillery and Infanrty - Map of The Seat of the War - Plan of Friedrichstadt'
• 'Schleswig-Holstein: Burning of The Lesser Camp, at Kochendorf' - General Krogh, Commander in Chief of the Danish Troops' - 'Rendsburg'

'The Worester Diocesan Training School at Saltley near Birmingham'

'Orphan House, Ashley Down, Near Bristol '

'Minster Lovel, Oxon' The new estate of eighty two cottages, a view taken from the Oxford and Cheltenham Road at the west end of the crescent

'The Owner of the Vineyard Paying His Labourers painted by Rembrandt'

'Harp of Mary Queen of Scots'

'Plan of Cape Riley'

'Cape Riley, At The Entrance of Wellington Channel, Barrow's Straits and Remains of Encampment'

'Grisly Bears, in the Gardens of The Zoological Society, Regents Parkl'

'M. Hassenpflug, Minister of Justice and Finance of the Electorate of Hesse Cassel'

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Also articles (no engravings) including 'Foreign and Colonial News'
'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Decreased includes John Fane Esq of Wormesley, County Oxford - Sir William Pilkington, Bart - Sir William Pilkington, Bart died at his seat Chevet Park near Wakefield - Sir henry Thomas Oakes, Bart at Londonderry in Ireland'

'Country News'

'Great Sale of articles at Coleby in Lincs by Messrs Farebrother Clarke and Lye

'Violent Storm and Loss of Life'

October 19th

• 'The Late Queen of The Belgians, From a drawing by M. Baugniet (front page)
• California: San Francisco and Sacramento 'San Francisco, General View' - 'Blay Place, San Francisco' - 'Political Meeting at San Francisco' - 'Sacramento, General View'
• 'Scene of The Accident to The Pacific Steam SHip, on Leaving New York '

'Surprise of Holstein Patrol' The War

'Saint Hubert, Painted By Albert Durer' - 'Dead Christ, Painted by Caracci' - 'The Death of The Virgin painted by Martin Schon' - 'Christ giving The keys to St Peter Painted by Rubens'

'Robert Stephenson Esq MP for Whitby'

'St Lawrence Church, Barton'

'Church of The Holy Trinity, Haverstock Hill, Consecrated on Tuesday Last'

'Chancel of Trinity Church, Haverstock Hill'

'St Martins Northern Schools, Castle Street, Long Acre, Opened on Thursday Last'

'Regalia of Scotland: Crown Sceptre, Sword and Lord Treasurers Rofdd' - 'Jewel of St Andrew' - 'The George'

'Part of Holyrood Palace and Abbey'

'Path of the New Planet Victoria Amongst The Stars'

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Also articles (no engravings) including:
'A New Reform Movement of Politicians'

'Wills of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased includes The Right Hon. Chjarles Ewan Law, Recorder for London - The Late Right Hon. Charles Watkyn Williams Wynn MP'

'Foreign and Colonial News'

'The Liverpool Plate Robberies'

'The New County Lunatic Asylum, Colney Hatch

'Sussex and Surrey P

Police, The Frimley Murder'

'Extraordinary Attempt to Rob and Murder buy Means of Chloroform'

'Burglary and Desperate Attempt at Murder at Birmingham by Christopher Heely, william Wallace, George Green, Henry Jones and Henry Thomson a London Gang'

'Burglary, A Rober Shot, William Dyson near Regents Park'

'The Frimley Murders, Confession of One of The Prisoners' The murder of The Rev. G. E. Hollest near Guildford

October 26th

• 'Murders of The Two Princes in The Tower (Die Sorne Eduards IV) painted by Hildenbrandt' (front page)
• 'Inauguration of The Statue of Queen Isabella II At Madrid'
• 'Louisburg Harbour, Cape Breton'
• Funeral of the Queen of The Belgians 'The Procession' - 'The Internment in the Church at Laeken'
• 'Nimrod Sculptures Just Received at The British Museun: Human Headed and Eagle Winged Bull' - 'Human Headed and Winged Lion'

'School Fete at Codrington College, Barbados'

'National Concert at Her Majesty;s Theatre'

'New Cattle Market, Reading'

'Mayoralty Chain for the Corporation of Carlisle'

'St Marys Church, West Brompton, Consecrated on Tuesday'

'Prize Rabbits at The Rochester and Chatham Show'

'Colossal Prize Bride Cake Exhibited at The Albany State Fair'

'Colonel Von Der Tann, Chief of The Staff of General Willisen'

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Also articles (no engravings) including 'Right of Way in The Wilderness'
'Foreign and Colonial News'

'Final Opening of The Britannia Bridge' Anglesey

'The Late Robbery in The Strand' at the firm of Messrs Williams and Clapham, Jewellers by a Charles Kelly

'Country News'

the Chess Congress of 1851'

'The Burglary at Mr Holfords in The Regents Park ' by William Dyson'

'Extensive Robbery of Jewellery in The Strand from the House of Messrs Clapham and Williams, Silversmith and Jewellers near the Craven Hotel'

'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased includes John Thomas, Lord Stanley of Alderley at Alderley Park, Cheshire - Lord William Beresford next brother and heir presumptive of the Marquis of Waterford, died in Regents Park Barracks age 38 - Major General Sir Ephraim George Stannus - The Rev,. George Thackeray DD FLS Provost of KIngs College, Cambridge died at his residence Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square - The Right Hon. Sir William Henry Fremantle GCH died at his seat Hally Grove, Windsor Park'

It is in good condition. The spine is loose where once bound with other issues. The corner edge is a little worn

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Also articles (no engravings) including:
Also articles (no engravings) including 'The Land Question in France and Ireland'

'Explosion in the City and Great Destruction of Property - Fireworks Factory at Weaver Street Spitalfields'

'Country News'

'Accident on The Eastern Counties Railway - Nine Lives Lost'

' 'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased includes Sir George Baillie Hamilton KCH British Minister at Florence died at the Villa Normanby, Florence from a rupture of a blood vessel in the chest - Thomas Thistlethwayte Esq of Southwick Park, Hants'

'Enthusiastic Reception of Jenny Lind at New York'

'Grand Explosion at Seaford Cliff'

November 2nd

• Dr Wiseman, Appointed by the Pope Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster' (front page)
• 'French Fleet in Torbay' (front page)
• 'Kah Ge Ga Gah Bowh, TThe Ojibbeway Chief, Sketched During The Temperance Meeting in Drury Lane Theatre'
• 'Peruvian Mummies'

'The State House Ohio' 'Glen Tilt, near The Marble Lodge'

'Chess'

'Tercentenary Anniversary of Kings School, Sherborne'

'Fashions: Walking Dress, Male and Female etc'

'The Late Duke of Palmella'

'Scene from "Serve Him Right" at the Lyceum Theatre'
Also articles (no engravings) including 'Foreign and Colonial News'
'The Bishop of London on the Re Organisation of The Roman Catholic Hierachy in England'

'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Decreased includes Major General Sir Patrick Ross, The Governor of St Helena - Emily Harriot, Dowager Lady Suffield at Blickling Hall Norfolk - Sir William Wrixon Becher of Balygiblin - William Blacker Esq of Armagh - Thomas Richardson Esq of Castle Eden County Durham - The Right Rev. John Inglis DD Bishop of Nova Scotia died at Curzon Street Mayfair'

'Court and Haut Ton at Osborne'

'Country News'

'The Late Jewel Robbery in The Strand from the shop of Messrs Williams and Clapham 13 & 14 The Strand'

'Recent Burglary at The Regents Park, at the premises of James Holford Esq, Holford House, Regents Park'

• 'The New Recorder The Right Hon. J. A. Stuart Wrtley MP' (front page)
• 'The New Lord Mayor, The Right Hon. John Musgrove'
• 'The New Vice Chancellor Sir R. M. Rolfe' Front page
• 'The New President of The Royal Academy, C. I. Eastlake Esq' front page
• 'Opening of The Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway: Whitehaven Bay'
• 'Whitehaven and Furness: St. Bees College - St Bees Priory Church'
• 'Whitehaven and Furness: Braestones Station'
• 'Whitehaven and Furness Duddon Sands Viaduct' - 'Broughton Tower' - 'Broughton' - Arch at Broughton Station' - 'Furness Abbey'

'The New Lord Mayors Show 1850' Double page

'Chess'

'Fireworks at The Merchant Seamens Orphan Asylum, Bow Road, on Tuesday'

'Catesy Hall, Gateway Ashby St Leger'

'The Ortlan'

'Launch of HM Steam Frigate Leopard at Deptford, on Tuesday'

'National Concerts at Her Majesty;s Theatre, The Berlin Choir' - 'Herr Neithhardt'

'Mr Westland Marstons NEw Play of Philip of France and Marie de Meranie at The Olympic Theatre'

'Miss Goddard'
Also articles (no engravings) including
'The Papal Agression'

' 'Foreign and Colonial News'

'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Decreased includes George Augustus Henry Anne Parkyns, Lord Rancliffe died at his Seat Bunny Park Nottinghamshire - Richard Edwards Esq of Roby Hall, County of Lancaster '

'The Court and Haut Ton, The Court at Windosr Castle'

'The Fifth of November

November 16th

• Opening of the Spanish Cortes - 2 half page engravings : The royal procession to the new palace of Congress - Opening of the Cortes by Queen Isabella
• The Building in Hyde Park for the great Exhibition of 1851 - General view of the works from the west - DP
• Mademoiselle Jetty Treffz - SHP
• Scene from the new play of the Templar at the Princes theatre - HP

The new Victoria regia house exterior

Sash bar machine

Old mode of Glazing

The Ridge and furrow roof

The new victoria regia house interior

Paxton's gutter

The Building in Hyde park for the great exhibition of 1851 - General view of the works looking East - FP

Reid's patent vertical power loom - interior section and : end view - 2 small drawings

The Building in Hyde park - 2 further Full page drawings showing general views of the works progress

The Buildings in Hyde park - Glazing the roof - Base of column - Drilling Machine - Punching machine ( there is a tear in this last image)

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Also Articles (no engravings unless previously mentioned) including:

Explosion and extensive loss of life at the Houghton pit near Newbottle Durham

Blowing up of a Turkish 3 decker

Fowler's new plough

The great exhibition of 1851

The movement against the papal aggression

The Roman catholic view of the papal aggression

Jetty Treffz or Henriette de Th****d (that's how they printed it - maybe the name was a secret)

Obituary of eminent persons recently deceased including : Lady Carden of Nuor appleton hall York : Lt Col Francis Andrews Daniell of Daresbury chester : Henry D'Esterre Hemsworth of Shropham hall Norfolk : Will of Thomas Thistlewayte Deputy Lt for Hampshire

November 23rd

• Carriage for his Highness Said Pacha
• The emperor of Russia's steam Yacht ' Peterhoff ' - SHP
• Provincial industrial exhibition of Canada, held at Montreal - The North Hall - HP
• Provincial industrial exhibition of Canada, held at Montreal - The South Hall - HP

Paying the workmen

The sash bar machine for the great exhibition building in Hyde Park- HP

Silver candelabra for the crown prince of Sweden - SHP

Woodcock shooting - HP ( by H Weir )

Herd of reindeer in the gardens of ther zoological society regents park - SHP

Winter exhibition of modern British art - Pilot boat going out - Painted by E Duncan - HP

Ruins of the great fire at Bermondsey - SHP

Bakewell's copying electric telegraph

Sketch and autograph copied by bakewell's electric telegraph

M Jullien's concert at Drury lane theatre - The Corps de Tambour - HP

Sketch from the new drama ' Jessie Gray ' at the Adelphi theatre

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Also Articles (no engravings unless previously mentioned) including:

The Papal vindication

The west Indies

Total loss of the emperor's steam yacht

India and China

Obituary of eminent persons :

Sir Lumley Skeffington of Skeffington hall Leinster

Alexander Raphael of Surbiton

Sir Phineas Riall of Paris

The countess of Balcarres and crawford of Haigh hall near wigan lancashire

North Surrey district school, Penge, Near Norwood

Great Industrial exhibition of 1851

The court at Windsor Castle

Oriental Diorama

Woodcock shooting

The Papal Aggression - meetings

Jenny Lind in the United states

Destructive fire at Bermondsey

Ingenious voting machine

The copying electric telegraph

Sadler's wells

Grand national concerts

November 30th

An eight page issue price sixpence.

It features many prints from engravings including

• 'The Great Exhibition building in Hyde Park - Testing The Girders' (front page),
• 'Launch of ' The Dragon Fly' Steamer on Lake Windermere',
• 'Remains of Cockermouth Church' (small),
• 'Boat Catastrophe, and the Lalla Rookh in Distress off Worthing',
• 'Professor Gottfried Kinkel' (small),
• 'Joseph Labitzky',
• 'The Common Flax',
• 'The Great City Meeting at Guildhall - Exterior', 'The Great City Meeting in Guildhall',
• 'Anti Papal Demonstrations at Salisbury',
• 'The Church of Santa Pudentiana at Rome',
• 'Winter Exhibition of Modern British Art - Happy Hours by G Dodgson',
• 'Fragment of the Parthenon Frieze, found at Marbury Hall' (small),
• 'Middle Temple Hall - Mr Serjeant Miller's Farewell',
• 'Paris Fashions for December',
• 'The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Unloading Girders and Painting Machine',
• 'Hawk Owl' (small),
• Also articles (no engravings) including
• 'Foreign and Colonial News',
• 'Splendid Meteor seen in Gloucestershire',
• 'Extraordinary Dwarfs in Boston USA',
• 'Metropolitan News',
• 'Knebworth Theatricals',
• 'Country News',
• 'Naval and Military Intelligence',
• 'Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Decased - Lord Nugent, Sir Richard Nagle Bart, Lieutenant General Sebright Mawby., - Sir Francis Hammond, - Colonel Keate, - Vice Admiral Sir Charles Richardson',
• 'Wills of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased - His Majesty Louis Philippe, Late King of The French',
• 'The Court and Haut Ton',
• 'Police',
• It measures 400x275mm (16x10.75").
  

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