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' Stove- Mantelpiece and Looking Glass for the Sultan of Turkey '

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Parliamentary Portraits

' Mr Charles Gilpin MP for Northampton '

' Mr Philip Wykeham Martin MP for Rochester '

' Mr john Townsend MP fo rGreenwich '

' General Perronet Thompson MP for Bradford '

' Mr John Dove Harris MP for Leicester '

' Mr ARthur Mills MP for Taunton '

' Mr Samuel Gurney MP for Penryn and Falmouth '

' Mr Richard Davey MP for Cornwall West '

' Mister John Thomas Norris MP for Abingdon '

Full page

' A Day at London Bridge Station ' two engravings

John Thwaites Esq Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works

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

Illustrated London News Editorial

The Court - Royal Comings and Goings

Country News

Metropolitan News Sleekburnc.

Jeddah - The Scene of the Late Massacre

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

Importan Inventions in Music Printing

 

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

' His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange '

' Queen Victoria Visiting the Tomb of Frederick the Great '

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

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

Foreign and Colonial News includes:

France

Spain

Prussia

Turkey

The United States with mention of The Yellow Fever

Cape of Good Hope

The Channel Islands Telegraph

Obituary of Eminent Persons includes:

Major General William Boulden Dundas

Richard Ford Esq Died at his House at heavitree near Exeter

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

Country News includes:

Banquet to Sir Charles Bright at Killarney

Queenwood College nr Stockbridge Hants

Another Excursion Train Run Into at Lostock Station

A Horse Killed by Wasps

Smallpox Avoidable with ref. to Dr Greenhow

The Atlantic TYelegraph

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

National Sports Sleekburnc.

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

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

Sleekburnc.

The Church - Preferments and Appointments

The Weather - Meteorological Observations at the Kew Observatory

Classified Adverts

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

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

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

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

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

' Music Saloon Recently Erected at Scarborough '

' New Lighthouse on Bishop rock, Scilly Islands '

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

' Brancepeth Castle Durham '

' Great Organ at Barmen, Rhenish Prussia '

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

' The Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition - Great Falls on Little Dog River at Great Dog Portage '

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

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

' The Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition - Ford of The Roseau River and Indian Fish Weir '

' Locality of the Late Great Meteor '

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

' Her Majesty En Route For Scotland at Dunbar Station '

Middle Class Education

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

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

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

Notes of the Week

The Royal Court in Scotland etc

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

National Sports

Chess

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

Raising the Great Bell at the Westminster Palace:

' Method of Raising the Great Bell '

' Sectional View of the Clock Tower '

' Moving the Great Bell '

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

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

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

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

Antelope Hunting in the Bangalore and Mysore region of India:

' Antelopes Startled '

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

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

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

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

' Toronto in Canada – The Crystal Palace '

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

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

The Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition:

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

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

Info. aka Ojibwe Ojibwa Chippewa or Chippeway

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

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

' Fountain to Be Erected in Front of Holyrood Palace '

' John Knox's Study in Edinburgh ' small engraving

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

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

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

Foreign and Colonial News includes:

France

Portugal

Spain

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

Holland

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

Australia – with news from New South Wales – Victoria

Destructive Fire at Jacmel Hayti – apprx 70 wds

India – with despatch from M. Stopford Vice Admiral

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

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

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

The Society Islands with mention of Tamatoa V of Tahiti

the Sandwich Islands – mention of King Kamehameha

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

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

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

Hopeian Collections in the University of Oxford

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

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

The Theatres

The Primrose by Charles Mackay – poem or song

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

National Sports

Metropolitan News (London) Includes:

St Pauls Cathedral Services

Births and Deaths

Departure of the Swallows

A Revolt in Morocco

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

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

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

Monetary Transactions of the Week from Our City Correwspondent

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

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

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

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

Charles Mackay in Brighton

John Knox's Study

Earthen Mound at hampstead – Letter to the Editor

Mr Thomas Carlyle ' front page

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

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

' The Austrian Twin Steamer " Bunyip " ...'

' Street Scenes in Lahore ' two wonderful engravings on a full page by W. Carpenter Jnr.

' A Swamp in Louisiana ' USA - Full page engraving

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

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

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

The Comet -:

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

' Telescopic Appearances of Donati's Comet ' seven engravings

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

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

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

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

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

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

' Old Houses at Moorfields in London '

The Emperor Napoleon and Free Trade

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

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

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

The New Indian Council Sitting

A Hindoo Fair

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

' The Weather - Meteorological Observations at the Kew

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

The Future of British India – Third and Concluding Article

National Sports

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

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

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

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

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

Monetary Transactions of the Week

The Right hon. Joseph Napier the Lord Chancellor of Ireland

The Markets

The London Gazette includes Bankrupts - Births Marriages and Deaths – Marriages (short announcements) include Mister Charles Henry George Carr to Phillis Sarah Seal at St Davids Cathedral Hobart Town Tasmania - - - Mr George Mermoth to Elizabeth Hayes Obbard at Denmark Hill - - - William Hastings Alexander Esq Miel to Caroline Theophila Cole Sleekburnc.

Adverts of the day


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

' Judge Sir John Taylor Coleridge '

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

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

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

Cremorne Gardens - The Maypole Dance - Full page

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

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

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

' The Triumphal Arch at Cherbourg ' - near half page

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

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

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

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

' The Late Alexis Soyer ' famous chef

' Soyers Barrack Cooking Apparatus '

' Bray's Traction Engine in The Westminster Road '

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

The Scottish Universities

Foreign and Colonial News:

France

Belgium

Turkey

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

Canada

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

British Columbia

The Overland Mail

Wrecks and Refuge

Obituary of Eminent Persons includes:

Lieuternant General Sir Frederick Ashworth

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

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

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

Illustrated London News Editorial

Palace of Tanjore

Queen's Birthday at Canton

Sir John Taylor Coleridge

The Atlantic Telegraph

The National Gallery - Pictures by Early Italian Masters

The Napoleon Cup

Grand Fete in Hamstead park

Metropolitan News:

Asylum for Female Ophans At Lambeth

School Church, St Peters Stepney

The Crystal Palace

London Letter Carriers Grievances ( Postmen )

Monetary Transactions of the Week - From the City Correspondent

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

Sir John Lawrence GCB

Chess Sleekburnc.

The Cherbourg Fetes

Epitome of News Foreign and domestic - Snippets of News

Louis paulsen the Blindfold Chess Player

Bray's Traction Engine

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

The London Gazette - Bankrupts - Births marriages

 

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

 

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

' Donati's Comet '

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

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

' Glass Roof of Reive The LAte Antwerp Bourse '

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

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

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

' Inauguration of the Townhall at Newcastle on Tyne ' interior

Queen Victorias Visit to Leeds

' Leeds - Woodhouse Lane ' full page print from engraving

' Boar Lane '

' Briggate ' Sleekburnc.

' The Town Hall ' double page print from engraving

' The Town Clerk Reading the Address to The Queen '

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

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

Donati's Comet

Machine for Ringing Church Bells

Illustrated London News Editorial

Metropolitan News

National Sports

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

The Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry and her Tenantry

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

New Townhall at Newcastle

Newspaper Stamp Returns

Monetary Transactions of the Week

The Markets

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

the New Indian Miel Department

The Port of Villafranca Sleekburnc.

National Education - Progress and Cost

Classified adverts

 

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

Raising the Great Bell at the Westminster Palace:

' Method of Raising the Great Bell '

' Sectional View of the Clock Tower '

' Moving the Great Bell '

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

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

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

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

Antelope Hunting in the Bangalore and Mysore region of India:

' Antelopes Startled '

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

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

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

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

' Toronto in Canada – The Crystal Palace '

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

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

The Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition:

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

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

Info. aka Ojibwe Ojibwa Chippewa or Chippeway

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

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

' Fountain to Be Erected in Front of Holyrood Palace '

' John Knox's Study in Edinburgh ' small engraving

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

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

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

Foreign and Colonial News includes:

France

Portugal

Spain

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

Holland

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

Australia – with news from New South Wales – Victoria

Destructive Fire at Jacmel Hayti – apprx 70 wds

India – with despatch from M. Stopford Vice Admiral

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

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

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

The Society Islands with mention of Tamatoa V of Tahiti

the Sandwich Islands – mention of King Kamehameha

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

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

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

Hopeian Collections in the University of Oxford

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

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

The Theatres

The Primrose by Charles Mackay – poem or song

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

National Sports

Metropolitan News (London) Includes:

St Pauls Cathedral Services

Births and Deaths

Departure of the Swallows

A Revolt in Morocco

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

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

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

Monetary Transactions of the Week from Our City Correwspondent

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

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

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

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

Charles Mackay in Brighton

John Knox's Study

Earthen Mound at hampstead – Letter to the Editor

 

 

 

 

 

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Illustrated London News - May 15th 1858

16 pages - Price 5d

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page 489 page 488
page 492 page 485
page (The Front) page 484

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' Torchlight Demonstration of Firemen at Fredericton New Brunswick '

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

' Testimonials Presented to the New Bishop Miel of Calcutta '

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

' A Hindoo Fair In Cashmere '

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

' Winter Moths '

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

' Fountain in Small Square Algiers ' small tear

' Moorish Fountain Algiers '

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

Hindoo Deities

' Trimurti The Hindoo Triad or Trinity '

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

Full page

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

' Cherbourg and Its Meaning '

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

' The Mutiny in India - Mail From Bombay '

' China '

' Massacre of Christians at Jeddah ' on the Red Sea

' Parliament '

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

' Victoria - The Chief Town of Vancouvers Island ' SleekburnC.

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

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

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

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

' Interior of Seaford Fort in Sussex '

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The Passport System

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

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

India SleekburnC.

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

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

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

Illustrated London News' Editorial SleekburnC.

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

Fine Arts

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

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

The Worcestershire Archery Society

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

Monetary Transactions of the Week

The Markets SleekburnC.

General Jacobs

The Laws of Banking - Bank Notes

Meeting of th eBritish Chess Association in Birmingham

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

Photographic Miniature Pictures

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The Elder Branch of The Rose Family of Kilravock SleekburnC.

The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots

 

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It features articles with prints from engravings including

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

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

'Music Saloon Recently Erected at Scarborough'

'New Lighthouse on Bishop Rock, Scilly Islands'

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

'Hop Pickers on the Road drawn by Phiz'

'Hop Pickers resting drawn by Phiz'

'Hop Picking' Full page

'Brancepeth Castle, Durham'

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

'Great Organ at Barmen, Rhenish Prussia'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'Donatis comet'

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

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

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

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

' The Llandudno Railway Opened on the 1st Inst '

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

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

' Chess Problem '

' Turning The First Turf of the Ceylon Railway '

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

' St Martins Church Birmingham ' Small engr.

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'Metropolitan News includes The Peter Thellusso Will Case'

The Abolition of Russian Serfdom

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

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

Notes of the Week

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

The Royal Court in Scotland etc

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

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

The Scottish universities

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

The Future of British India

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' The New Royal Pavilion Theatre, Whitechapel Road '

' Tesselated Roman Pavement at Dorchester '

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

' Scene from King John at The Princess Theatre '

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

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

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

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

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

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

' The Refuge for Female Convicts at Fulham '


Also Articles, no engravings including

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

' Foreign and Colonial News '

Illustrated London News Editorial

' Mr Gladstone and the Ionian Isles '

' The Court '

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

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

' Lord Elgins Visit to Japan '

' Metropolitan News '

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

' Old House in Fetter LAne '

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

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

' Holt in Norfolk - The New Gresham Grammar School '

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

' Ceiling of Astley's Theatre '

' Blackfordby Church at Ashby de la Zouch '

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

Foreign and Colonial News:

France with ref. to the trial of Monsieur de Montalembert

Spain and Portugal

Belgium

Prussia

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

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

Advance i Electrical Science - the Atlantic Cable

The Ionian Islands

Gold Mines in the Argentine Republic - Province of San Luis

Obituary of Eminent Persons includes:

Major General Nicholas Penny ADC to the Queen

TheVery Rev. Dr George Peacock DD Dean of Ely

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

Illustrated London News Editorial

The Court - Royal comings and Goings

 

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TASMANIA

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

NEW "DIGGINGS" IN AUSTRALIA

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

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

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

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

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

Sleekburnc.

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

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

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

' Port Adelaide - The South Australian Companys Swing Bridge '

' A Scene From Macbeth at ther PRincess Theatre '

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

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

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

' Fashions for December ' three dresses

' Broadwood's Pianoforte Manufactory at Horseferry Road Westminster '

' Another View of the Broadwoods Piano Manufactory '

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

The Mortara Case (small)

Foreign and Colonial News:

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

Spain

Holland

Prussia

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

Canada

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

China Sleekburnc.

Illustrated London News Editorial withy ref. to Lord Napier

The Court - Royal comings and Goings

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

The Order of the Bath

Preferments and Appointments in the Church

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

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

Metropolitan News includes:

The Bishop of London at Bethnal Green

Christian Misions to China and Japan

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

Meeting of the Royal Society

Metropolitan Tolls Sleekburnc.

The Whittington Club

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

Court of Divorce - Marchmont v. Marchmont

Whitechapel Ragged Schools and Church

The Weather - MeteorologicalObservations at the Kew Observatory

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

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

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' King Johns Palace at Stepney ' SleekburnC.

' Great Seal for the Royal Dramatic College '

' Lisbon Bar During a Gale of Wind '

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

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

' Bust of the Late Mr George Stephenson by Wyon '

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Proclamation in India

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

India and The Bombay Mail SleekburnC.

The Precession of the Equinoxes

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

The Model Farm At Whippingham near Osborne House Isle of Wight

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

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

Corfu

Her Majestys Indian Proclamation

Her Majestys New Title

Sunderland Seamans Lifeboat

The Smithfield Show

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

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

' Waverley Abbey Surrey '

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

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

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

Moose Hunting in Canada

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

' The Encampment ' Sleekburnc.

' A Bull Moose Feeding '

' The Attack '

Sketches from Madagascar

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

' The Travellers Tree - Urania Speciosa Miel '

' Bread Fruit - The Artocarpus Intergrifolia or Jack Tree '

' Mr John Bright MP For Birmingham '

' The New Adelphi Theatre '

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

' Chess Problem by Mr F. Healey '

' Major General Sir Edward Lugard KCB '

' Hindoo Festival in Cashmere ' engraving showing a hindu festival

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

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

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

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

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

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

' Ribbonism in Ireland '

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

' Metropolitan News '

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

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

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

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

' China from Our Special Correspondant '

' India - The Bombay Mail

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AUSTRALIA

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

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

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

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'St Nicholas Church Durham '

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

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

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

'Chess Problem'

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

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

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

'New Hydraulic Lift at The Victoria Docks'

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

'Bethlehem' From Laborde

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

'The Christmas Tree Drawn by J. A Pasquier'

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

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

'Snapdragon Drawn by C. Keene'

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

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

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

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

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

'The Officers New Barracks, Dover Castle'

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

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

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

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

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

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

'The Court at Windsor etc

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

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

'Mont Cervin or Matterhorn'

'The Acent of the Great Saint Bernard'

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

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

'The Shepherds Christmas by Eleanora L. Hervey'

'Bethlehem'

'The Christmas Tree and Christmas Holidays'

'Charades'

'On Religious Beliefs of The Japanese'

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

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AUSTRALASIA

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

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

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

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

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

GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION

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

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

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