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CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS

... of the boats, and ablconded with tthe other one, after setting fire to the vessel fore and aft. At eight a.m. time American ship Minstrel, Captain Clifford, and the English brig Jusanna, Captain Grove, luckily hove in sight. Observing the Reindeer's signals ...

Published: Monday 28 July 1862
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2409 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

A WANDERING MINSTREL

... A WANDERING MINSTREL. Re was a mite of a man; perhaps not moror ?? four times the height of his whistle. As to burlk, a poacher might almost save stowed him awa- in n's s *Oit pocket, and not been seriously incommnoded. MiS v ciothing- would probably ...

Published: Saturday 23 September 1893
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2921 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

GILMORE'S AMERICAN BAND IN LEEDS

... GILMVORE'S AMERICAN BAND IN LEEDS. Yesterday tbe band of the 22ind'RegIment, N.G.S&, New York, better known as Gilmore'a' American Band, gave two'concerts in the Circus, in Cookridge-street, Leeds. it was at 'first intended that the concerts should be ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1878
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1552 | Page: 8 | Tags: News 

Next Loeofellow, no American poet ia better known than the genial aad venerable bard who passed away in his New

... Next Loeofellow, no American poet ia better known than the genial aad venerable bard who passed away in his New Hampshire heme yesterday. But, unlika Longfellow, John ! Gkeenleaf Whittiek had to work his way up- . ward through conditions that left neither ...

Published: Thursday 08 September 1892
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3014 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

THE OPENING OF CONGRESS

... great enough to justify uneasiness. The conduct of the American Government with respect to the Fenians cannot give us ground for complaint, but the interest mani- fested by a large section of the American public in the movements of the insurgents is anything ...

Published: Friday 07 December 1866
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1476 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

THE FIRE AT CHICAGO

... dollars were subscribed for the relief of the sufferers. . One firm subscribed dlO,000. It was etasted that the Christy Minstrels and Mr. Bateman, of the Lyceum, had' offered their oo-operation. The President of the Bradford Chamber of Commerce (Mir. ...

Published: Friday 13 October 1871
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1302 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

MR, BRET HARTE'S LECTURE IN LEEDS

... Bret. Harte, whose subject was The Araonauts of 149. The social interest taken in this visit of the distinguished F It American was manifest from the unusually crowded l attendance of members, whose close attention was amply I y rewarded by his racy ...

Published: Wednesday 02 February 1881
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1231 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

A SHAKERS' MEETING

... a band of lunatics. It appeared to me much more of a bur- lesque overture than any I ever heard performed by the Christy Minstrels. The yard was covered with grass, and a stick marked the centre of the fountain. Another song was sung, and the Elder pointed ...

Published: Friday 11 February 1870
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 996 | Page: 8 | Tags: News 

A BRADFORD MUSIC-HALL DESTROYED BY FIRE

... or dramatic license to the premises. Only so recentlv as last week an application for a temporary license to a company of minstrels wias refused. ThLs course on the part of the magistrates resulted in con- siderable agitation among a section of the community ...

Published: Monday 01 July 1889
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 785 | Page: 8 | Tags: News 

ROYAL VISIT TO ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL

... ho said, was one of the largcst and most ancient of the metropolitan fsospi- als, having been founded in 1,103 by Rahere, Minstrel to Henry I., and who afterwards became prior of the monastery of lit. Bartholomew the Great. On the dissolu- tion of the ...

Published: Friday 15 May 1868
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1160 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

LATEST NEWS

... AIM0AeI Fx8MrRa.-The British- American squadron, which will be employed this season in the ?? of Eritlah.American Fisheries, will com- prise the Phebe, fr-igate; the Niobe, the Mallet, the Dart, and the Royalist. The Minstrel gunbeat will also be em- ployed ...

Published: Monday 31 May 1869
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1323 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

LIBERAL CONVERSAZIONE AT YORK

... e Stdphensouis party (piantst, Mr. T. Robinson) ; andd Mr. -S. 1 T. Robinson'ii party; variety minstrel entertainments, N l Blarunn's world-renowned American living waxwomks, IH e &c. hc. At half-past eiaht Mir. Pease, M.P., Mr. F. S] .I Luckwood, Q.C ...

Published: Saturday 09 January 1886
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 833 | Page: 10 | Tags: News