At The Bar of The House of Commons - half page (hp) engraving. There is a taped tear to bottom of engraving.
The Late Lieutenant Frederick J. G. Saunders 84th Regiment.
Major Henry Frederick Saunders 70th Regiment.
The Levee at New Orleans - hp engraving showing steamboats (one named the Princess) being loaded/unloaded at a dockside.
The Overland Route to India:
Conveying Boilers Across the Isthmus of Suez - near hp engr. shows a man in Arab style dress smoking a pipe, sitting on a camel that has the boilers strapped to it's sides. A woman and child rest on the ground. Another man filling a water carrier. Two other camels resting.
Crossing the Isthmus of Suez - nr hp engraving shows galloping horses, pulling carriages called "vans", being driven through the desert . The article states that each van contains six people.
Sketches in Buenos Ayres, Brazil:
A Buenos Ayres Milkman - nr hp engr. a street scene him passing a cigarreria.
The Market Place at Santa Lucia, Buenos Ayres - nr hp.
London: Arrival of the New Bell Victoria at the Clock Tower, Westminster - full page (fp) engraving.
The Ascot Prize Plate for 1858: Queen's Gold Vase - Royal Hunt Cup - Ascot Cup.
Silver Vase with Lid, with Grecian Style Handles, Made by Messrs Hunt and Roskell - a testimonial that was presented to Adjutant, Captain F. M. Callaghan of The North Cork Rifles; engr of the item only.
Claret Jug and Salver Which Was Presented to Mr Francis Pettit Smith the Inventor of The Screw Propeller - engraving of the vase only.
Parliamentary Portraits: Serjeant John Alexander Kinglake MP for Rochester - Mr James White MP for Plymouth - Viscount Bury MP for Norwich - Mr George Henry Vansittart MP for Berks - Alderman William Taylor Copeland MP for Stoke Upon Trent - Mr John Laurie MP for Barnstaple - Mr William Laslett MP for Worcester - The Hon. Dudley Francis Fortescue MP for Andover - Mr Henry William Schneider MP for Norwich - fp showing an engraving of each man.
Launch of The Portuguese Screw Corvette Sagres at Limehouse - hp.Loght
The Atlantic Telegraph Cable: Stern of HMS Agamemnon - hp engraving showing the ship and the cable laying apparatus..."the stern of the Agamemnon with the sheave, over which the cable is paid out; the buoys hanging at the quarter for marking the position of the end of the cable, should it, by bad weather coming on, be found necessary to cut it"
Fancy Bazxaar at the Wellington Barracks, In Aid of Funds for the Central Association for Improving the Condition of the Wives and Families of Soldiers and Sailors - hp engr.
Statue of the Right Hon. Edward Burke, By W. Theed, in The Palace of Westminster.
Queen Elizabeth's Cradle - the article mentions the owner George Rippon Esq of Waterville.
Sketches at Canton, China:
British and Chinese Policmen.
Bengal Sepoy Sentries, Government Landing Place.
Coolies Mustering at the Sough Wall.
The New Entrance to Hyde Park, London:
Part of the Iron Railings. c.keenlyside
New Entrance Opposite Prince Albert's Road.
The Sepulchre of Mausolus at Budrum - info. aka Mausoleum at Halicarnassus; Bodrum, Turkey.
Speechmaking.
At the Bar of the House of Commons.
Foreign and Colonial News:
France.
Spain.
Sardinia.
United States approx 350wds- with mention of Mr Buchanan, Mr Dallas, General Persifor Smith, etc.
Fatal Flood in New Zealand apprx 200wds with a list of some of those drowned nr Wellington in the locality of the Barley Mow Inn, at the Upper Valley of the Hutt; mentions Mr Stannaway, wife and five children; Mrs Hagan and newborn, and Mrs Price the Nurse.
Havannah.
Montenegro.
Town and Table Talk on Literature, Art etc.
A Navvy's Funeral at Beckenham - a navvy named Thomas Ward of the Bromley Branch of the miel Mid Kent Railway.
Metropolitan News includes:
London Coroporation Bill and The City Coal Tax with mention of Secretary Walpole, Lord J. Manners etc. - 220wds.
Banquet to Major General Sir Archdale Wilson at the Oriental Club - approx 120wds.
St Ann's Society. Loght.
Royal College of Preceptors - approx 100wds.
The Photographic Society Exhibition miel at 1 New Coventry Street - approx 90wds.
Inauguration of The Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart House of Refuge - apprx90wds.
Plus more.
Obituary of Eminent Persons:
The Right Hon. Thomas Knox the Earl of Ranfurly.
Sir Samuel Stirling of Glorat, Co Stirling, who died at the Hotel Windsor, Paris.
Dr Francis Pemble Strong Esq MD. Info. formerly a Dr at Calcutta, India.
Details of the death of Lieutenant Frederick Saunders at Cawnport during the Indian Mutiny.
The Levee at New Orleans.
Editorial.
The Court - royal comings and goings.
National Sports.
New Bell for the Victoria Tower - info. Big Ben.
Imperial Parliament - The House of Commons, and Lords. Refs to The Oaths Bill; The Suez Canal; Medical Practioners Bill; etc.
Wills of the Right Rev. Daniel Wilson Bishop of Calcutta.
Music.
The Theatres.
Testimonial to Mister F. P. Smith Inventor of the Screw Propeller.
The Weather and Meteorological Observations at Kew Observatory.
Monetary Transactions of the Week From Our City Correspondent.
The Markets - prices of Corn; Bread; Hops; Coal; Meat; Cattle; etc.
The London Gazette announcements; Bankrupts; War Office Announcements.
Sketches in Parliament - observations from the political correspondent reporting from the House of Commons etc.
the Atlantic Telegraph Cable.
Paragraph on the Gold Mines on the Frazer and Thompson Rivers, in the British Territory to the North of Oregon etc - 100wds apprx.
Fine Arts: New Pictures by Rosa Bonheur; Herr Schoff's Collection of Indian Pictures; Photography on Ivory.
The Mutiny in India: Foreign reive Office Despatch dated Alexandria signed Green. East India Despatch (various): to Mr J. K. Dickinson, East India House; Benares Division; Allahabad Div; Rohilcund Div; Bengal, Arrah etc.
Excavations at Bodrum.0506
This is an original but USED antique newspaper not a scan and not a later re-print. The Illustrated London News was a newspaper founded by Herbert Ingram with the first edition appearing on 14 May 1842. It was the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper.
Twelve pages (24sides). It measures 395 x 290 mm (15.5 x 11.25inches). It has an age yellowed taped repair to one of the engravings (see scan). The spine is loose with binding witness marks where once bound, there is age yellowing to the pages. The images are in black and white unless otherwise stated. Some of the pages may be loose, and have minor cuts tears and blemishes due to their great age - anything more than minor will be mentioned in the main body of the description. The engravings vary in size. Any watermarks on images are for display only and not on the original engravings. This item will be packaged in a tube unless otherwise requested.
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