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

February 2nd

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

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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

March 2nd

The Landing of Lord Gough at Southampton

Assasination of Prince of Musignano in Rome

Eruption of Vesuvius

March 9th

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price sixpence.

It features articles with prints from engravings including:

'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'

 

 

March 16th

March 23rd

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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,

 


 

May 11th

An eight page issue price sixpence.

It features many articles with prints from engravings including

May 18th

An eight page issue price sixpence.

It features many articles with prints from engravings including

 

May 25th

An eight page issue price sixpence.

It features many articles with prints from engravings including

 

June 15th

An eight page issue price sixpence.

It features many articles with prints from engravings including

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Sir Robert Peel on His Horse ' titled with facsimile signature - front page print from engraving

' Chess Problem by Mr Eichstadt of the "Berliner Schachzeitung"..'

' Bridewell Hall - Annual Dinner of the Governors of Bethlem and Bridwell Hospitals ' London

' Amwell Street School Rooms - Jubilee Dinner of the Clerkenwell Parochial Charity Schools '

' Lord Hollands Park at Notting Hill - The Scottish Fete of the Highland and Scottish Societies '

' Between Gravesend and the Nore - The Accident to the Nassau Balloon in the Sea '

Archaeological Institute

' Anniversary of the Archaeological Institute ' an engraved design

' Chrismatory from the Institute Museum '

' Archaeological Institute Fete in Exeter College Gardens at Oxford ' with illuminations

' Meeting of the Archaeological Institute - Professor Willis 's Visit to Christchurch Cathedral at Oxford'

' Sandals of Bishop Waynflete - The Founder of Magdalen College '

' The Bell of Stg Senanus Called Also The Cloghorn or Golden Bell '

' Family Coat of Arms '

' Birth Place near Chamber Hall Lancshire '

' Whitehall Gardens ' where he died

' the Governesses Institution at Liverpool '

' Cycas Revoluta i Bloom at Ravensworth Castle '

' Design for a Building for the Great Exhibition of 1851 by Joseph paxton FLS '

' Chain for the Mayor of Bath '

' Benares India - Terrific Explosion at the Raj Ghaut Ferry '

' The Guernsey Race Prize Cup ' Sleekburnc.

' Pony Phaeton Built for Queen Victoria '

Emigration to the United States and Colonies -:

' Embarkation at Waterloo Docks Liverpool '

' A Scene Between Decks ' men women and children

' The Departure ' on deck

' The Roll Call on the Quarter Deck of an Emigrant Ship '

' The Government Medical Inspectors Office ' see scan

' Searching for Stowaways Below Deck ' see scan

' Dancing Between Decks ' see scan

Art

'...." Too Truthful " - Painted by A. Solomon '

' ..... " The Arrival of the Coach, A Roadside Inn Miel a Century Ago " by T. F. Marshall '

' ..."The Stirrup Cup " by J. F. herring '

' ..." The Wind on Shore " by T. Creswick ARA '

' ..." The Angels Whisper " by J. J. Jenkins '

' .."The Highland Coronach " Painted by Mr M'Ian ' - the death of Niel Macdonald son of the Laird of Achtreachtan of Glencoe

'.." The Childs Prayer " by R. Redgrave ARA '

' .." Market Boats Arriving at Angers " by E. A. Goodall ' river scene in France with cathedral and castle in the background, and various other buildings

British Grasses

' Meadow Foxtail - Meadow Fescue - Sweet Scented Vernal '

' Timothy or Meadow Catstail '

' Smooth Stalked Meadow - Wood Meadow - Crested Dostail '

' Fertile Meadow - Wooly Soft - Italian Rye ' Sleekburnc.

' Annual Meadow - Hard Fescue - Ladies Tresses '

' Field Brome - Copcksfoot - Tall Oat Grass '

Paris Fashions

' Mornign Dress ' family at a table

' Cap and Straw Bonnett '

' Opera Dress '

' We nefer Met Again ' full page of music with engraved scene at top of page by Landells - Poetry by Edward Mordaunt Spencer and Composed by G. Herbert Rodwell

' The Washington National Monument at Washinton City USA '

' Mlle Emilie Vandermeersch ' and her performing birds - two engravings

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 Death of Sir Robert Peel

The Clerkenwell Parochial Charity Schools

Foreign and Colonial News

Chess

Metropolitan News includes:

Deputation of Newspaper Proprietors to the Postmaster General

TheBaking Trade - A Meeting of Bakers in St Martins Hall

Medical Reform

Mortality in the Public Institutions o fLondon

Mr Barry the Architect Sleekburnc.

Hospital for Consumption at Brompton

Accident at the Bricklayers Arms Station in Old Kent Road, Isaac Banks

Fatal Collision on the River at Bennetts Wharf

Births And Deaths - Numbers of deaths from Smallpox - Measles - Scarlatina - Hooping Cough (Whooping Cough ) - Typhus - Cholera etc

Ireland

Perilous Balloon Descent - MR Green in his Nassau Balloon

Illustrated London News Editorial

Late Postal Disarrangements by Thomas Miller

Court and haut Ton - Royal Comings and Goings

Country News includes:

New of the Death of Sir Robert Peel - at Tamworth - Birmingham - Liverpool

Hop Intelligence

Partial Destructrion of a Viaduct on the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway on the Esk

Adult Orphan Asylum

Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased

William Francis henry Petre - Lord Petre of Writtle Co, Essex died at his residence in Essex Street London

Richard Preston Esq of the Middle Temple

Robert Dillon Browne Esq MP for Co. Mayo

Imperial Parliament includes:

house of Lords and Commons

The Franchise ( Ireland )

Hyde Park - Exhibition of 1851

Smith O'Brien

National Education

Death of Sir Robert Peel

Business of the Session

Law Intelligence - The Will of the Late Queen Dowager Adelaide

Royal Bounty - For the Family of Lieutenant Breen of the RN who Died on the Island of Lipso to Miss Ann Breen and Mrs Breen

Intemperance of Parents the Cause of Idiocy

Stained Glass Window in the Cinque Cento Style at the parish Church of West Lynn

The Cholera in the East, Cochin China etc

Presentation to the Mayor of Bath Mister F. Dowding Esq

TheTheatres - Her Majestys - - - Royal Italian Opera - - - St James - etc

Monetary Transactions of th eWeek from Our City Correspondent

The Tide of Emigration to the United States and to the British Colonies includes:

Chart shwoing the numbers from 1825 to 1849

Australian and New Zealand with Sale of Land in Australia

British America - Canada - Nova Scotia - Prince Edward Island - New Brunswick - and the Sale of Land etc

Cape of Good Hope and Natal

West Indies

Hong Kong

United States - Plus the sale of land etc Sleekburnc.

Emigration from Liverpool with a list of names and addresses of some of the passenger brokers

the Medical Inspecdtors Office and the New Passenger Act etc

Imperial Parliament (II)

Our Foreign Policy - Vote of Confidence in Ministers - 27 and 28 June

Names mentioned in the columns of persons who spoke in the debate include Sir J. Walsh - Sir H. Verney - Sir R. Inglis - Marquis of Granby - Sir W. Molesworth - Mr Shafto Adair - Mr S. Herbert - Sir G. Grey - Mr Gladstone - Mr H. Drummond - Mr Cockburn - Mr Walpole - Mr Milnes - Sir Robert Peel (long speech, and probably his last) - Lord J. Russell - Mr Disraeli

The result of the vote on the above debate

British Grasses by T. Rowlandson

The Washington National Monument USA


August 17th

'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

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

September 7th

'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

September 21st

'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.

October 5th

'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'

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'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'

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'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

'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

'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

'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'

November 9th

'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

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

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

 

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