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Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper
NOBLE DEALERS IN GAME
... Too many of our aristoeraey, with griffins and phuenixes emblazoned in their coach panels, might with due significance exchange the fabu- lOU8 creatures for the domestic realities of hares and pheasants, these noblemen are such whole- sale dealers in game. Certain dukes and mar- quises are, in fact, little more than poulterers with coronets. Now, we see no reason why nobles men should not turn ...
OUR CONTEMPORARIES
... fl$PORNTEMPORARIES. I it Sgk o, IN Tu! CRXNEA.-rlimee.)- TO , home of the vigorous proseution of the we tB s bere eversody is in earesat; but since the gt g September that great business seems to have 8tb Qf t-jy still. Who is to blame for this miserable etood ?? act to the great and glorious tra- ad Ir 0 atob of which was Alma, the second In. the third the repulse of the 18th of June, the ...
THE RELIGIOUS WAR IN BELGRAVIA
... I WNSTENTON AaAINST LIDDRIL AND OTRnnzS, AND iBRAI AGAINST LIDDSLL AND Oxnnaa.-The argu. ments In these cases, with regard to the church furni. ture used at St. Barnabas, Pimlico, and St, PatI'3, Knightsbridge, have already appeared in our journal. The Court of Consistory gave its decision on Wednesday. Dr. LuBhington, after a voluminous snmmning up, said ;- 1st. As to St. Paul's, that a ...
THE ARMY
... THE~ ABRM' WAR OFF1C, DEC. 7. Oth ?? of Drwoon Guards-Cornet F. N. Aetley to he Ltetweeant, without pare0Aoee, vice Pelre, deceased. I0th Light Drngaas-;Cwruet S. Vyse to be Lieutenant, by purotsoe, vice Wiliams, ft'o retires. . * I 185kh Light ?? R. A, Clernent to be Lieu- Ceenot5 by pueroiriso, vioc Gosad, promoted. R~oyal Ar'tillery Fi3 d -Sureeon of the Second Class W. korry to be ...
THE TRAGEDY AT HANGO HEAD
... An official report at the circumstances attending the attack upon the boat of her Majesty's ship Cossack, at Hango Head, hag been made at the request of the ad- miralty by Mr. Louis Geneste, who proceeded on shore with the flag of truce. Mr. Geneste, in his narrative of this unparalleled mas- sacre, says :- Before we had proceeded forty to fif : paces from the boat, a heavy fire was suddenly ...
THE NIGHTINGALE'S NEST
... When some patriotic historian in the next century sets him down to write an impartial an- counu of England's share in the Russian war, he will be sorely puzzled to find his great historical characters-to discover the modern Joshua or David, Marlborough or Wellington, who led our armies to a higher-destined war than those mighty men of old ever dreamed of fighting. We are still trying ...
THE SMALL FLEET OF ENGLAND
... SCREW GUN BOATS. Of the small class of high-pressure screw gun boats (230 tons) we believe there are about thirty.six afloat, and between eighty and ninety iu course of construc- tion at the various merceantile establishments. By next March it is anticipated thbtt we shall possess an equipped fleet of no less than 130 of this serviceable class of ves- sels. We believe that not a kingle screw ...
THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY REPORT
... The publication of a report by a special committee of the shareholders in the Eastern Counties railway is a startling event in the railway world. The committee was appointed at a meeting of proprietors il the Lon- don tavern on the 31st of August, mainly in canse- quence of disclosures by Mr. Henry Bruce. We can only give the principal points and sabstanceof the report. The board of directors ...
UNITED ORDERS PROVIDENT ASSURANCE COMPANY
... UNITED ORDERS PROVIDENT ASSURANCE CO.IPANY. A meeting was held on Thursday, Nov. 29, at the Literary and Scientific institution, Pimlico (E. C. Whiteburst, Beq,, hl the chair), for the purpase of explaining to the working claseea the value, or rather duty of life asourance, and of a really saf sickness assurance. One el the directors of the United Orders Provident Society and General Assurance ...
ARMY STATIONS, DECEMBER 1, 1855
... ARMY STATIONS, DECEMBER 1,1855. let Life Guards, Hyde-park. 48, C. ot G 6pe; Chb aM. 2nd Life Guards, Windsor. 0th, Crlmea; Wiester. i.L Horse Gds. Be epark. 4th Crimea; Tempemore, let Dragoon Guaod., Crlmea; 48th, Crimea; FarkMet, lleter. 49ts, Crimea; Fermoy, il, Dublin. 0t, Crlmea: Iermoy. 8rd,DublI. litMalta; Bury. 4th, Crimea, Newbridge, 5dBengal; Chstham, th Crimea; Newbrldgs. f3rd, ...
WORKMEN AND WAGES
... BOOT AND SHOBOIAKEBS' STRIKE. To TAs DnrvoT.-Sir,-At the present time a strike exists among a body of iren, the importance of whose laboar ought not to be under-rated during a time of war. The boot and shoemakers employed by one of the government contractors, dissatisfied with the rate of remuneration to which they have been reduced, requested the firm above alluded to - Messrs. Al- mond, of ...