This is the June 13, 1857 issue of THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS newspaper. This newspaper contains more than twice as many pages as it's American counterparts Harper's Weekly and Frank Leslie, and has many more illustration. This issue is in very good condition, the pages are clean and bright, except for some minor age spots around the edges of the pages from handling, but nothing serious, and they don't affect the engravings. The pages are flat, with no tears. As can be seen from the list of articles and illustrations this publication contains many historical stories of the time, and reports of the issues that faced the people of Great Britain at the time.
ARTICLES:
DRAWINGROOM MISERIES: – As the war in China has languished and Europe is at peace, Parliament is in a state of stagnation, and Palmerston and Disraeli fold their arms in dignified expectation.
SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT: – Whatever the Government chooses to initiate or to support will be carried, and nothing else. A strong Ministry in such a case is a promoter of dull debates, and can afford to be gracious and patronizing.
INAUGURATION OF CALTHORPE PARK, BIRMINGHAM: - This park, presented by Lord Calthorpe as a place of public recreation to the artisans of Birmingham, was formally inaugurated by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. A full-page portrait of the Duke of Cambridge and another of the inauguration ceremony, and a third of the formal presentation to the Township of Birmingham, are presented with this article.
MORMON TEMPLE IN SALT LAKE CITY: - The Mormons of the Great Salt Lake City, Utah Territory are in the process of erecting a Temple. The building will have six towers – three at each end – symbolical of the two priesthoods (the Melchizedec and the Aronic) by which the church is governed. This temple, when completed, will be one of the greatest ornaments of the Great Salt Lake City, as it will occupy one of its most commanding positions.
THE LATE GILBERT ABBOTT A'BECKETT: - Who died at Boulogne-Sur-Mer, August 30th, 1856, has been removed to his final resting place in Highgate Cemetery.
THE GREAT SEA SERPENT IN TABLE BAY: - We have received a drawing and letter from Dr. Biccard containing an interesting account of the sea serpent seen by him and others off the old lighthouse at the entrance of Table Bay on the 16th of last month.
THE ASCOT RACE PRIZE PLATE: Engravings of the three prize cups and descriptions of each are presented here.
THE ASCOT CUP
THE QUEEN'S VASE
THE ROYAL HUNT CUP
ANTELOPE-HUNTING IN INDIA: - The accompanying sketch represent the sport of killing Antelopes with the Chetah or Hunting-Leopard, as practiced in India.
HAWKING IN INDIA. - Hawking is a sport much in vogue in Northern and Central India among the nobles and zemindars.
THE NEW PARLIAMENT - LIST AND PLACES REPRESENTED, AND THE NAMES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS.
OPENING OF THE BOSTON, SLEAFORD, AND MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY: The following engravings accompany this article.
SLEAFORD CHURCH AND MARKET PLACE
REMAINS OF THE CASTLE, SLEAFORD
HANBECK QUARRY CUTTING
WILFORD, SKETCHED FRON THE RAILWAY
SLEAFORD CASTELE. - Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln, surnamed the "Magnificent," built this castle, in the reign of Stephen, besides others at Newark and Banbury.
ANCASTER. - It was also selected to give a ducall title in the last century- to Robert Bertie, earl of Lindsey, who was created Duke of Ancaster by George II., in 1715.
HANBECK QUARRY CUTTING. - Hanbeck was once the property of Hugo de Wake, a member of one of the most celebrated baronial families of Lincolnshire, and nearly allied to the Royal family of England.
WILSFORD. - This village originally termed Wivelsford, is situated upon a small brook, rising in the hamlet of Willoughby, adjoining Ancaster, and eventually falling into the Sea.
GRANTHAM. - From the Conqueror's "Domesday Book," we find Grantham had formed part of the property of Editha, the Queen of Edward the Confessor, and that the Abbey of Peterborough also possessed land here before the Conquest.
THE MOSTER SHIP AT BLACKWALL. - The design of the Great Eastern is a marvel in that it contains no vertebral column. She is, in fact a ship without a backbone or ribs. The midship potion of the ship was built first and the fore and aft were joined afterward.
THE KING’S VISITORS: - A poem by Charles Mackay.
INTERESTING ANTIQUARIAN DISCOVERY IN BIRCHIN-LANE, LOMBARD-STREET. - The modern celebrity of this metropolitan thoroughfare is great. Addison called it "a certain street of the greatest credit in Europe," which it maintains to this day. The olden bankers, Sir Charles Gresham and Sir Martin Bowes, who settled here, were also goldsmiths. Pieces of roman pavement have also been discovered in Birchin-Lane.
THE ROMAN GALLERY, BRITISH MUSEUM: - An engraving of the corridor, or the Roman Gallery, of the British Museum is presented with this article.
CARVED DOORWAY IN WATER-LANE.
CRICKET IN MANCHESTER. - The Manchester cricket season of 1857 promise to be marked by energy and spirit; and the various clubs in the neighborhood, numbering above a dozen within four miles of the Exchange, are preparing to carry on the noble and athletic game with unusual eclat.
MR. AND MRS. GERMAN REED'S NEW ENTERTAINMENT: The accompanying engraving is a scene from Miss P. Horton’s new entertainment, at the Gallery of Illustration, Regent Street.
ILLUSTRATIONS:
THE "GREAT EASTERN" STEAM SHIP: CONSTRUCTION OF THE CENTRAL COMPARTMENT, AT MILLWALL.
SKETCHES AT ADEN:
NEGRO
QUEEN'S MAN (86TH)
ADEN POLICEMAN (HINDOO)
HINDOO WOMAN
SUMAULAY (ARAB GIRL)
THE BEACH AT ADEN: A RUSH FOR THE CANTONMENTS
AN AFTERNOON IN THE TROPICS: INDIAN OCEAN
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, K. G., GENERAL COMMANDING-IN-CHIEF
INAUGURATION OF CALTHORPE PARK: THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE PLANTING A TREE
PRESENTATION OF THE ADDRESS TO H. R. H. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, IN THE TOWNHALL, BIRGMINGHAM
MORMON TEMPLE IN COURSE OF ERECTION IN GREAT SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH TERRITORY, U.S.
TOMB OF GILBERT ABBOTT A'BECKETT, IN HIGHGATE CEMETERY
"THE GREAT SEA-SERPENT" SEEN AT THE ENTRANCE OF TABLE BAY
THE ASCOT RACE PRIZE PLATE:
THE ASCOT CUP
THE QUEEN'S VASE
THE ROYAL HUNT CUP
PLAN OF THE HANDEL FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA, AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE
ANTELOPE-HUNTING WITH THE LEOPARD IN INDIA
PARTRIDGE-HAWING IN INDIA
SLEAFORD CHURCH AND MARKET PLACE
REMAINS OF THE CASTLE, SLEAFORD
HANBECK QUARRY CUTTING
WILSFORD, SKETCHED FROM THE RAILWAY
THE "GREAT EASTERN" STEAM- SHIP, 22,500 TONS
THE CORIDOR, OR ROMAN GALLERY, BRITISH MUSEUM
ROMAN PAVEMENT DISCOVERED IN BIRCHIN-LANE
CARVED DOORWAY, OLD SHIP TAVERN, WATER-LANE, BILLINGSGATE
ROMAN PAVEMENT DISCOVERED IN BIRCHIN-LANE
THE NEW CRICKET-GROUND, MANCHESTER
SCENE FROM MISS P. HORTON'S NEW ENTERTAINMENT, AT THE GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION, RECENT-STREET
THE "GREAT EASTERN" STEAM-SHIP"
UPPER-DECKPLAN
SECTION SHOWING COAL-BUNKERS AND SALOON
MIDSHIP SECTION AND PADDLE ENGINES
AFTER SECTION AND SCREW ENGINES
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
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