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Events of this year in the Illustrated London News

• Suez Canal was opened by the Empress Eugénie of France
• Holborn Viaduct and Blackfriars Bridge, London were completed
• Leo Tolstoy completes War and Peace
• Hector Berlioz dies, aged 66

February 13th

• The Spanish Revolution: The Governor murdered in Burgos Cathedral. (article with front page illustration)
• The Albama Convention: Between Great Britain & the United States. (article)
• France: The death of Princess Baciocchi (the Emperor's cousin) & death of Marquis Leonel de Moustier (Foreign Affairs Minister).
• Enthronement of the Archbishop of Canterbury: The procession passing up the Nave of Canterbury Cathedral.
• Historical Figures in Canterbury Cathedral
• Royal Institution Lectures: Mr. Fergusson's discourse on Tree and Serpent Worship, in the recently discovered Indian monuments (described in his book), which comprises illustrations of mythology and art in India, in the first and fourth centuries after Christ.
• Funeral Procession of the Prince Royal of Belgium leaving the Palace of Laeken.

• The new Bishop of Lincoln & his ancient Palace
• The death of Admiral Sir James Gordon, Governor of Greenwich Hospital.
• Fetes of the Victory of Egypt at Cairo: the Dromedary-Race + Regatta at Ismailia, on Lake Timsah.

• Fetes of the Victory of Egypt at Cairo: The Ball with Prince & Princess of Wales invited.

• The New Overland Route and the Railway Tunnel of the Alps
• The Exhibition of the society of Female Artists in Conduit-street
• Mr. Henry Leslie's concerts resumed at St. James's Hall

February 27th

• five woodcut engravings of the Prince and Princess of Wales in Cario, Egypt.
• woodcuts of the new Ministry; Lords of the Treasury.
• a woodcut of the burning on shore of a slave-dhow to escape capture.
• a woodcut of the cutter HMS. Daphne capturing a slave-dhow off Brora
• Meeting The Reformed Parliament: Procession Of The Speaker Of The House Of Commons To The Bar Of The House Of Lords (Front Page - Politics)
  The Prince Of Wales In Egypt: The Dahabieh Or Nile Boat, For The Prince And Princess ()
  Saloon Of The Nile Boat ()
  The Prince And Princess Of Wales In Egypt: The Palace Of Esbekieh, Cairo ()
  The Prince And Princess Of Wales In Egypt: The Viceroy Introducing Mrs Santon To The Princess ()
  The New Ministry: Lords Of The Treasure - Rt Hon W E Gladstone - Mr C Glyn - Rt Hon James Stansfeld - Rt Hon Robert Lowe ( With Portraits)
  Ball Supper In The Galerie De Diane, At The Tuileries, ( - France, Paris)
  The Empress Eugenie's New Abyssinian Page ( - Royalty)
  The New Court Costume ()
  Scene Of The Recent Accident At South Woodside, Kelvinbridge, Glasgow ( - Scotland)
  Supression Of The Slave Trade On The East Coast Of Africa - The Cutter Of H.M.S. Daphne Capturing A Slave Dhow To Escape Of Brora ()
  Running On Shore Of A Slave Show To Escape Capture ()
  All Saints Church, Sheffield ( - Yorkshire)
  Travelling In Africa: The Rain-Pool By The Way ()
  

May 1st

• Workmen waiting to be engaged in Paris.
• A State Banquet at the Tuileries.
• The New Ministry: Portraits of Earl of Clarendon, Duke of Argyll, H A Bruce, Earl Granville, E Cardwell.
• In Commemoration of the Duke`s (Wellington) Birthday.
• Colombia Market, Bethnall Green, London.
  Colombia Market, Bethnall Green, London. The Quadrangle.
  Lismore Castle, Ireland.
  Townhall, Burlsem.
  Conflict between workmen and Soldiers at the Seraing Ironworks, Belgium.
  Rthe Amir of Cabul, on his way to Peshawar.
  Bicycle Tournament at Liverpool.
  

May 8th

• Sculptured Marble found in the Forum of Constantine at Constantinople.
• The Bazaar at Constantinople.
• Grand Mass in the Tuileries, Paris.
• View of Londonderry, Ireland, visit by Prince Arthur. Excellent view.
• The Volunteer Review at Portsmouth, attack on Southsea Castle.
  The Volunteer Review at Portsmouth, attack on King Williams Gate.
  The Volunteer Review at Portsmouth, accident.
  The New Pier at Scarborough. A good engraving.
  Art Supplement
  "Undine" sculpture by A Munro.
  Portrait: E J Poynter ARA
  Portrait: George Mason ARA
  "Bernabo Visconti" by Giannetti.
  "Persuading Papa" by J Pettie.
  "Fair Helen of Kirkconnel" by J Archer
  "The Prodigal`s return" by E J Poynter.
  "The First Time of Asking" by W Hemsley.
  "The Unwelcome visitor" by E Ansdell.
  

May 15th

• The Devon Valley Railway in Scotland. 4 views as follows: Castle Campbell, Near Dollar, The Rumbling Brig & Gorge in the Burn of Care.
• The Paris Halles Centrales.
• Execution of Prisoners in Cuba
  Belfast from Newtownbreda, Ireland.
  2 s Illustrated article of the Art Collection in the South Kensington Museum, London. 11 relics shown.
  Statue of Richard Oastler at Bradford.
  All Saints church, Sehore, Bhopal, India.
  St Jude`s Church, Brockwell Park, Brixton.
  Ely Lough, Lough Erne, County Fermanagh.
  The Windings of Lough Erne.
  New Building of the Tuileries, Place du Carousel. P
  

May 22nd

• The New Chapel of St John`s College, Cambridge.
• The Crimea revisited. Lord Raglan`s HQ.
• The Crimea revisited. Balaclava.
• "The Rich Widow" by D W Wynfield.
  Review before the Emperor, Bois de Boulogne, Paris.
  Inspection of the Essex Rifles Militia at Colchester.
  Port Erin - Isle of Man: Prince Arthur`s visit.
  Peel Castle - Isle of Man: Prince Arthur`s visit.
  Castle Rushen - Isle of Man: Prince Arthur`s visit.
  The Elections in Paris; A Meeting in the Low Quarter.
  The Elections in Paris; A Meeting in a Fashionalbe Quarter.
  Memorial Fountain of the Late Marquis of Waterford.
  Bushmans cave, Eland berg, Kat River, South Africa.
  

June 5th

• The Royal Thames Yacht Club Match: Finish Of The Race (Front Page)
  South Staffordshire Industrial Exhibition At Wolverhampton ( )
  A Brood Of Partridges ( - Game Birds)
  Cruise Of The Naval Reserve: The Squadron Making For The Rendezvous Of Scilly ()
  The Crimea Revisited: The French Cemetry ()
  The Crimea Revisited: Graves Of British Soldiers ()
  The New Treaty Port Of Hakadadi, Japan ()
  Paris Fashions For June ()
  Pretender, Winner Of The Derby ( - Horse Racing - Epsom)
  Fireworks At The Crystal Palace ()
  The Elections In France (Two s
  

some of the content July to December

• Blackfriars Bridge on the Thames (double page panoramic)
• The Queen's Visit to London at the Opening of the Holborn Valley Viaduct
• Opening of Suez Canal: Blessing the Canal at the Port Said in Presence of the Imperial and Royal VIsitors
• The Queen's Visit to London at Opening of the Blackfriars New Bridge
• Prize Cattle Pigs and sheep at the Smithfield Club Show
• The King's rescue
• The Grand Processin of the ecumenical Council in St. Peter's at Rome
• Removal of Mr. Peabody's remains fromt he Railway to the HMS Monach at Portsmouth
• Troop Review at Windsor,
• Education of Agricultural labourers,
• Insurrection in Cuba,
• Great Room at the Academy,
• Paris Fashions,
• French Atlantic Telegraph,
• Queens View Lake Lucerne,
• Cape Anteater,
• The Russian Cemetery,
• northisde of harbour of Sebastopol,
• steam boiler expolsion at Bingley Yorkshire,
• Bermuda floating dock,
• Reception of the Viceroy of Egypt,
• Stafford House,
• Central Hall of Royal Academy,
• summer Evening in Paris,
• White War Horse,
• French Atlantic telegraph laying (many engravings),
• New Baths and Pumproom Hotel in Bath,
• Choral Festival of Royal Horticultural Society,
• Crystal Palace,
• Sutherlandshire Gold Diggings,
• Crimea Revistied (digging for cannonballs),
• Moreton Bay Fig Tree of Australian Banyan,
• Cerberus Turretship Melbourne Harbour,
• Opening of Alexandria Dock at King's Lynn,
• Christening of the Infant son of the court of Flanders at Brussels, pigeon shooting match of the Hurlington Club, Mr. Spurgeon's orphanage Stockwell.. Wimbleton Rifle Meeting: THe London Scottish Drinking the health of the winner of the Quueen's Prize, Hen Pheasant and Young by Harrison Weir, Scenes from Wimbleton Rifle Meetings, Antiquities of the Crimea, Rock cut church at Inkerman, Remains of Church of St. Vladimir at Kherson, Orpahnage Asylum at Watford, Launch of Screw Corvette Thalia at Woolwich Dockyards, The Sailor's Orphans Girl's Home at Hampstead, Bermuda floating dock at Porto Santo, Linlithgow, Meeting of Royal Agricultural SOciety at Manchester, Prince and Princess of Wales :anding at Throstle Nest in Old Trafford on the Bridgewater canal, Prize Cattle and goat, Opening of the Albert Dock, the trophy at the Officer's Ball of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment at Willis Rooms, SIr Frederick Arrow laying the last dstone of the Wolf Rock Lighthouse off Land's End, George Peabody statue at the Royal Exchange, Reception of the Prince and Princess of Wals at the Railway Station at Hull, Messrs. ClLayton and Shuttleworth's Works, Twin-Screw Turretship Captain, Agricultural Museum, Bowling Street Westminster, Princes Louisa laying the first stone of the second pair of buildings of the National Cottage Hospital, Ventor, Crown Prince and Princess of Denmark, Meeting of the Lay members of the church in Lincoln,. Race for Doggett's Coat and Badge, Stamford Races Clifden Cup, Scenes from the National Artillary Association at Shoeburyness Shooting for the Queen's Prize, Princess Teck inaugurating a drinking Fountain in Regen's Park, Marriage of Crown Prince of Denmark with Princes Louisa of Sweden, Fireworks at Christiania, Opening of the French Senate, Cromwell House ighgate, Hospital for SIck Children ormond Street, Fairlie's steam carriage for short distances, Men of the 8th Bengal Calvary at Kurtub, Royal Victoria Yacht Club Regatta, Croquet tournament at Highgate, Castle Cornet and new Harbour of St. Peter Port Guernsey, 100th Anniversary of the birth of Napoleon, Te Deum at the Invalides, Exeter Westgate Quarer, North Street Exeter, Fore Street Exeter, Gukildhall Exeter, ROugemont Castle Exeter, Russian Memorial Military Church, fireworks at the Trocadero,London's Working Men's CLub, Kiosk for the sale of bibles in Seville, Reception for the Duke of Edinburgh at Auckland, New Zealand, Tuileries Palace New Buildings, Custom House CopenHagen (Prince and Princess of Denmark), Presentation of colours to the 91st Argyleshire Highlanders at Dover, Plymouth and Devenport, TOrpedo from HMS Cambridge, Open air theatre at Paris, Lichfield Cathedral, The Yacht Kate of Three Tons sailing around Great Britain, Chinese deer at the zoological societ's Garden, Danish Royal Wedding entering Copenhagen beneath arch of Holmen's Canal, FGarden of Rosenborg Copenhagen, the Erdington Orphange near Birmingham, Japanese Imperial FLeet Attacking the Rebels of Hakodadi, Bay and Harbour of St. jago de Cuba, Corsica Landing at Bastia, International Exhibition at Amsterdam, Holy Trinity Church WIldbad Wurtemberg, Hose where Napoleon I was born at Ajaccio, Funeral of Baron Henri Leys (Belgian Painter) Antwerp, Loch Lomond from Inch Tavanagh Highlands, Philanthropic DSociety's Farm School Redhill Surrey, New Townhall Stratford Essex, Arrival of Channel Fleet with the Lords of the Admiralty at GIbraltar, THe Queen in the Highlands, Ben Venue Loch Achray and the Trosachs, Gathering Bilberries, SKetches from Northeast Coast of Scotland, St. Paul's Rock in the Atlantic Ocean, Flemish Painter Baron Leys, Andaman Monkey Smoking a Pipe, New Promenade at Douglas Isla of Man, views of the Imperial Visit to Corsical, the Fetes in Belgium, Ostens, Bay of Kawau New Zealand, Bay of Islands New Zealand, Funeral of Lady Palmerson in Westminster Abbey, Island of Shadwan in the Gulf of Suez where Bombay Main steampacket Carnatic was wrecked, Boat Race, Wreck of Avonmore on Cornish COast, Prince Arthur in Halifax, Ball in Halifax, Closing of the Woolwich Dockyard, Monument of Geneva of the Union of Geneva with the Swiss COnfederation, Registration of the Livery in Guildhall Yard, St. Mary's Scilly Isles, Swiss National Festivalat Genevea, the Phoenix Tower on the CIty Walls of Chester, , City of Chester Watergate Row, the Prudhoe memorial Convalescnet Home at Whitley NOrthumberland, THe new COrn Exchange and Market at Shrewsbury, St. Andrew's Cathedral in Inverness, Destruction of the ships by fire in the Bordeaux Harbor, Scene of Fire and Explosion at Bayswater, Landing of Prince Arthur at QUebec, Native South Africa Camp at Daka Zambesi Valley, Chester Water Tower, Stanley Palace Chester, New Townhall at Chester, Gulf of Suez, the Holborn Valley Viaduct Looking East, St. John's Episcopal Church Alloa, Destructive Fire at Bordeaux, Marquis de Lavalette, New Free Balcony Church Glasgow, Prince of Wales Opening New Townhall in chester, The Fenian Amnesty Meeting At Cabra near Dublin, 200th Anniversary Festival of the Native's Society at Winchester, Ancient Hindo Temple at Bindrabund, Tomps of Dunhill Fields Cemetery (including John Bunyan, Dr. Isaac Watts, Thomas Stothard, Daniel Defoe, Mrs. SUsan Wesley, Liettenant General Fleetwood, Rev John Rippon), Butt SHooting a cherry (kids' play), Scenery of New Zealand, Wairarapa New Zealand, Kauminga Creek Wairarapa, Grosvenor Hotel Eastgate Street Chester, City Road Chester, Fort Beaufort South Africa, Story of the Tower and the Gunpowder plot, Lord Derby Speech, Lodge Gate Knowsley, Knowsley Church, Knowsley Park looking Toward Liverpool, The Lake in Knowlsley Park, Knowlsely House, The Late Earl of Derby, SHooting Range of the 3rd Manchester Rifle Volunteers, Unitarian Chapel in Todmorden, Dr. Moberly Bishop of Salisbury, The house in which Sir Joshua Reynolds was born in Plympton Devon, The thames subways at towers, Canadian Provinces Confederation Medals, works of the Metropolitan District Railway on the Thames Embankment at Westminster, Hall of the Skinner's Company, Bonnet and Hat fashions, robes and mantles fashions, Alderman Robert Besley Lord Mayor Elect of London, The Holborn Valley Viaduct, Statues for the Farbingdon Street Bridge, Blackfriars Bridge on the Thames (double page panoramic), Smithfield Metropolitan Meat Market, , Inssurection in Dalmatia, Bocche Di Cattaro from Porto Nuovo, Prince of Wales at Scarborogh Fireworks, Paris Entrance to Cemetery of Pere La Chasie, the Amsterdam Sea Canals, Haymarket Theatre, Great easter Leaving the Harbour, Murree in the Punjaub, Wesleyan College in Lausanne, St. john's Church Hoylandswaine near Penistone, Funeral of Mr. Paebody in Westminster Abbey, Ruins of the Cumberland Lodge Windsor Park after the fire, Prince's Theatre Manchester, GOvernment House Lahore Punjaub, Dort Holland Railway Bridge Works, Paper Chase of the thames Hare-and-hound club at Roehampton Bottom, Underground meeting at the Puteaux quarries at the Paris Elections, Funeral of Admiral Warden at portsmouth, Playa Pbra Cove in Strait of Magellan, Lamberth, Pall Mall, Cape of Good Hope, Foxhound accident at Kenilworth, Disaster on the Rhine near Dusseldorf, Sketches of Lincoln including the Jew's House, Lord Lytton, Opening of Suez Canal, trinity United Presbyyterian Church in ROchdale, Lord Napier of Magdala reception, Regatta, Prize Turkeys and Ducks and Pigeons, Confirmation of Bishop Temple at Bow Church in Cheapside, Granvale Church, Emperor of Austria ascending the Great Pyrimid of Giza,
• Ragged School on Clare Market,

November 13th

• Queen Victoria at the Surrey End of Blackfriars Bridge ' Front page
• Farromgdon Street Passing the Holborn Valley Viaduct ' wonderful full page print from engraving
• Smithfield - Passing by The Metropolitan Meat Market ' Full page print from engraving
• Queen Victoria Opening the Holborn Valley Viaduct ' a double page print from engraving - One of the Buildings is Negretti and Zambra
• Presentations to Her Majesty on the Holborn Valley Viaduct ' full page

' Scene at the Globe Theatre ...'

' The Prince of Wales at Scarborough - A Fireworks Display - with Hotels and Park in the Foreground '

The Jour Des Morts at Paris and The Entrance to the Cemetery of Pere la Chaise ' full page print from engraving

' Blackfriars New Bridge ' double page print from engraving

' Chess Problem by Mr H. E. Kidson of Liverpool '

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Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including :-
The Late Mr George Peabody

Foreign and Colonial News includes France and references to " La Lanterne " - - Italy and King Victor Miel Emmanuel - - And More

Metropolitan News with reference to Miss Elizabeth Soul and the Alexandra Orphanage for Infants at Hornsey Rise - - Plus more

' Country News includes A Whale Cast Ashore at Longriddy - - The Fenians - Professor Edward Caird - - And More

Weekly Return of Births and Deaths - Reference to numbers having died of Measles - Zymotic Diseases - Smallpox - - Typhus - - Kiarrhoea - - Enteric Fever - Whooping Cough - - Phthisis - - and more

The Court at Windsor Etc

Illustrate4d London News Editorial

Mr Byrons New Play at The Globe

Letters From Dr Livingstone

'Obituary of Eminent Persons includes The Right Hon. Sir Richard GrosvenorThe Marquis of Westminster died at Fonthill in Wiltshire - - - Mr George Peabody The Great American Philanthropist died at Sir Curtis Lampsons Residence Eaton Square London - - - John Bruce Esq FSA - - - General Robert Bartlett Coles - - - The Rev John Clarke Haden Precentor of Westminster Abbey '

Wills and Bequests incudes Lieutenant Colonel Sir Trevor Wheler of Limerick House Leamington Warwickshire - - - Robert Bright Esq of Bristol and Abbots Leigh Somerset - - - Wiliam Edgar Esq of Piccadilly and Eagle House Clapham Common - - - Charles Moore Esq MP late of Mooresfort in Tipperary and 19 Grafton Street

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