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DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE

... on the gui vive with the expectation of beholding the actual throne whereon the kings oi Nineveh have sat. There a curious story relating a portion of the Nineveh remains. You may perhaps remember that Layard deplored very much the loss two of his most ...

A MANCHESTER DON QUTXOTTE

... field belonging M. Mourot, situated between the river Nez aud the road from to Oleron, the farmer discovered some mosaics at short depth below the surface. Among the residents here this year a young Englishman of sixteen years age, Baring Uould, who, having ...

... had from 3s up to 4s per week ; and now since the Ten Hours Act came into force, their wages vary from 3s 8d up to 4s 3d. In short, as far I can learn, their wages are as good under the Ten Hours' Act as they weie under the Twelve Hours' Act. Of course the ...

Published: Wednesday 24 April 1850
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1956 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Local Intelligence

... patented by A. P. How, Esq., which appears to be much superior to the filters formerly in use. These have generally in a short time become choked or stopped up with impurities from the water, so as not only to entirely stop or seriously impede the passage ...

Published: Wednesday 24 April 1850
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2886 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

OCCASIONAL SKETCHES

... Dr Alexander was called upon near the close to supply the lack of service on the part of another speaker. His speech was short; but every sentence spread *out like comet into a long tail of cheers. We set him 'down instantly as remarkable man. We heard ...

Published: Wednesday 24 April 1850
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3281 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE

... street and commenced using him with great violence. Mrs Dawson, seeing her husband ill-used and another navvie going up, ran a short distance to a publichouse for some assistance. She was only away few minutes, but before her return her husband's brother, ...

SCOTLAND

... at the same time, and for the same purpose, were a young couple, with their first child. Here is the singular part of the story. child of the young couple was the first grandchild the two older men,—one of the old men being the father of tbe youthtul ...

IRELAND

... IRELAND. Disappearance of Irish Government Official. The Dublin Freeman's Journal ot Thursday tells extraordinary story about the sudden disappearance of a George Mathews, a confidential clerk in Dublin Castle, to whose care distribution regium donum ...

Dundee Courier

... incredulity at the story to which he was called to listen; and sure we are that the English people will learn with not less surprise that the system isopenly defended by some of the ablest advocates of democratic institutions in America. The story, as our readers ...

Published: Wednesday 08 May 1850
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2044 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

The Chilian Indians.—The following extraordinary events in Chili have been communicated to us on retpectabla ..

... appeared most conspicuously at Newcastle in 1846. and at Norwich in July of the last year. The first prizes were awarded to short heavy fat carcases, wherein tbe only properties were weight of offal and an abundance muscular fibre, loading every exertion ...

Local Intelligence

... still coldness of the weather, or out of bashfulness in presence of the surrounding multitude we cannot say, but for some short time after all was ready 'she shewed hesitation to leave ...

Published: Wednesday 15 May 1850
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2131 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

England

... increases aboui eight minutes in the space one day. The Factory Labour Question —Lord Ashley has published a letter to the Short Time Committees of Lancashire and Yorkshire, stating that he finds his present Parliamentary position with regard to the l'en ...

Published: Wednesday 15 May 1850
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3268 | Page: 1 | Tags: none