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This is the March 28, 1857 issue of THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS newspaper. It contains many more illustrations than its' American counterparts Harper's Weekly and Frank Leslie. This issue is in very good condition, the pages are flat, clean, and bright, except for some minor age spots from handling, but nothing serious, and they don't affect the engravings. Most newspapers of this period had 16 pages. This issue, with its supplement, contains 24 pages. 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. Additional pictures are available upon request. Please include your e-mail address.
ARTICLES:
THE ELECTIONS - The issue placed before the country is for a vote of confidence for Lord Palmerston. Lord Palmerston, aware of the weakness of his adversaries, and believing himself to be the Minister of the nation, boldly appealed to the people for their “Aye” on the question of confidence.
CURIOSITIES OF THE “CANVAS” - For the first time since the Act of Settlement we may see a General Election progressing in every Parliamentary borough and county town with no more noise or excitement than if the constituencies were really accomplishing a solemn and serious duty, instead of celebrating what Lord Derby called their saturnalia.
GENERAL ELECTION - TIVERTON - LORD PALMERSTON'S ADDRESS – Lord Palmerston’s address to Parliament announcing his candidacy for re-election.
MEETING OF MR. INGRAM’S SUPPORTERS – Mr. Ingram’s met with his supporters, at the London Tavern. The crowd was so large that many hundreds were not able to obtain access. His reception was most enthusiastic, proving his popularity in Parliament.
CULTIVATION OF COCOA AND COFFEE – The cultivation of cocoa and coffee ranks in importance to that of sugar as the great commercial produce of the West Indies, but as the laborers have been freed from the oppressions and cruelties of slavery, many of the plantations have not flourished in recent times. An extended discussion of this industry is accompanied by two engravings, which depict plantations on the island of Granada.
CHINESE INFERNAL MACHINES – The Chinese have used their ingenuity to contrive a new means of blowing up British ships of War. Two rafts connected by a rope and filled with gunpowder, are floated downstream. The idea is to get one of the rafts on either side of the ship and then detonate the gunpowder.
CHINESE PIRATE CRAFT – One of the greatest evils the merchants’ commerce of China Seas has to contend with is the immense number of pirate craft, which infest the channels of the numerous islands. Their swift vessels almost invariably attack in large groups.
THE PORT OF SHANGHAI – Shanghai is one of the most important places of Chinese trade now open to European traders. The port is well defended by strong batteries and forts. The trade for grain and sugar is immense. (See picture "The Port of Shanghai")
THE POISONINGS AT HONG-KONG - A pretty full account of this atrocious affair, was reported by the Hong-Kong Register. Two or three hundred people, altogether, had partaken of the poisoned bread, but no lives had been lost. Two engravings accompany this article “Shop of the Chinese Baker, Esing, at Victoria, Hong Kong”; and “Examination at the police office, of Esing, the baker, upon the charge of poisoning.”
NAVAL REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE CHINA SQUADRON – Approx. twenty vessels were commissioned for dispatch to China. A full-page nautical engraving depicting the fleet is presented.
SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT - The last struggles of a dying Parliament are seldom very dignified or very interesting. In the present case there has been a peculiarity. The House of Lords made a last, galvanized effort to prove the capabilities and the patriotism of its members.
THE “STRAND BUILDINGS” - A Philanthropic effort is now being made to provide the operative classes with a superior description of dwelling at a lower rent than they are accustomed to pay. A committee of noblemen, under the Laborers’ Dwellings Act, 1855, propose to erect a large Model Lodging house for families, upon a site in Eagle court, Strand, opposite Somerset House.
FOSSIL PLESIOSAURUS, RECENTLY DISCOVERED AT STREET, NEAR GLASTONBURY – The lias quarries of Street, a large village in Somersetshire, are celebrated for their fossil revelations of a remote period of the earth’s history. The specimen was found in the same quarry, which entombed the fine fossil of Icthyosaurus. An engraving of the fossil is presented.
GRANITE PAVEMENT, LONDON – The pavement of London, extending through more than 5000 streets, and exceeding 2000 miles in length, is one of our metropolitan marvels. One of the vast natural deposits is the granite quarry, at Rubislaw, within a mile of Aberdeen, which is mostly built of it, and is hence called “The Granite City.” Two engravings of the quarry are presented.
‘KING RICHARD THE SECOND” - The revival of this tragedy at the Princess' has given universal satisfaction, and the whole performance may be safely cited as an exhibition to which no rival in Europe exists. The Shakespearian dramas of England are presented with such illustration, that they have no rival in any other country. An engraving from “King Richard the Second”, at the Princess’ Theatre is presented. (See picture)
THE EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTIST – Mr. Cobbett’s painting “Beg, Sir!” is one of those pictures the subjects of which genius alone can redeem from silly and commonplace, but also exactly the kind of work in which that genius can most distinctly assert itself. An engraving of Cobbett’s painting is presented. (See picture)
EXHIBITION OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTION OF THE FINE ARTS – This exhibition is dominated by landscape paintings by such artist as Gilbert, Percy, Boddington, and the Williams family. An engraving of Mr. Moore’ painting “Haymaking in Switzerland” is presented.
INAUGURATION OF MR. BUCHANAN, AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES - The simple ceremony took place at Washington, on the 4th of March. The festivities were attended by a large number of citizens. Washington has probably never before been the site of such a large celebration. An engraving of the festivities is presented.
THE TOP SAWYER, AND HOW HE VOTED - A poem by Charles Mackay.
FASHIONS FROM APRIL – The advance of spring is creating activity in the magazines of our fashionable milliners and dressmakers. All are busily preparing for the sunshiny days when rich silk and gay colors will enliven our promenades. An engraving of the “Fashions For April” is presented. (See picture)
MEMORIAL OF THE LATE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY – The foundation stone of a memorial tower, to be erected on Scrabo Hill, county Down, Ireland, to the memory of the late Marquis of Londonderry, was laid with great ceremony, and attended by many residents and dignitaries. Two full-page engravings concerning this ceremony are presented.
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