Illustration of the ploughing match, showing several gentlemen in the foreground watching men plough a field in competition.
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Grand Ploughing Match At The Royal Agricultural Society Of England Meeting

The public exhibition of ploughing in competition for the several premiums offered, took place in a field in the occupation of Philip John Miles, Esg., of Leigh Court, and situated near Beggar’s Bush, on the high road to Pill and Portshead.

The weather was, on the whole, less favourable than could have been desired; but the interesting nature of the operation, and its importance as a branch of the agricultural art, attracted a very large concourse of spectators, including a large proportion of practical farmers. The hour named for the commencement of the match was twelve o’clock; but for upwards of two hours before that period the roads in the immediate neighbourhood of the field were thronged by persons from Bristol, as well as from St. George’s, Abbotsleigh, and the surrounding villages, who were anxious to get a view of the proceedings.

Mr. Green in the Albion Balloon, Having Ascended from Vauxhall, 1842 (watercolor, artist unknown)
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Mr. Green’s Balloon Ascent

On Monday evening Mr. C. Green, the veteran aëronaut, ascended in his balloon, "The Albion," from the gardens of the Royal Standard Tavern Albert Saloon, at Hoxton. It was announced…
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Royal Observatory In No Serious Danger From Generator

Is all well with the meridian of Greenwich? The Astronomer Royal answered the question rather vaguely at the annual visitation of the Royal Observatory yesterday. His visitors included some of the greatest scientists in the land, and he had to pick his words.

He expressed general satisfaction with the report of the experts upon the relations between the Observatory and the neighbouring electrical generation station of the County Council. He trusted that if the recommendations were strictly carried out the work of the Observatory would not be seriously interfered with. At the same time he confessed that further experience when the generating station was completed and in full work might modify his view.

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50,000 Articles Lost

Taken in a Year from Railway Refreshment Rooms. When the justices on Friday made their final order authorising the opening of refreshment rooms of the new railway station at Newbury…
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Daylight Spook That Shrieks And Knocks

Queer Phenomena In Woking Residence.

YESTERDAY’S DOINGS.

Mr. Gerald Balfour Among the “Ghost’s” Large Audience.

[From Our Special Correspondent.]
Woking, Saturday Night.

The town of Woking is just now excited over a ghost which in several particulars presents features of novelty. Woking, except for a neighbouring cemetery. does not suggest spectres. for most of the town is new and bright sad cheerful, and the spot which the ghost —as it may for the present be called, in the of any other explanation—haunts is one of the brightest and most salubrious districts, covered with pretty modern villas.

One of these is at present occupied by Mr. George Holroyd, whose father is a member of the firm of Friary, Holroyd and Healy, the famous Surrey brewers. It is a charming house, obviously of recent date, standing in its own grounds. Its most attractive feature inside is a large hall, with a railed gallery running round it. Above this is the roof, for the house is one of two floors. This hall is the scene of the mysterious manifestations which have begun during the last fortnight.

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Knocked Down By A Cyclist

OLD MAN SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES SUSTAINED NEAR HEANOR

An inquest was held at the Thorn Tree Inn, Woodlinkin, Heanor, on Saturday, touching the death of Edward Bell, a miner, which occurred on Thursday night. The evidence of the widow showed that deceased had suffered from bronchitis for twelve years, during which time he had not been at work. On Saturday evening, April 30th, he was knocked down by a cyclist near his home, and from then until his death he was attended by Dr. Holmes, of Heanor.

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The Court and Haut Ton (May 14, 1842)

Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived in town at half -past four o’clock on Monday afternoon in an open carriage and four, escorted by a party of Hussars, from Claremont. The equerries in waiting, Colonel Arbuthnot and Colonel Wylde, followed in a chariot and four. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, and their attendants, occupied another carriage ; and the Dowager Lady Lyttleton, lady in waiting, and Lord Byron, lord in waiting, were in the last carriage. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were received at Buckingham Palace by the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and Lord Colville, lord in waiting on Prince Albert.

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London Dazed By Big Strike; Hikes To Work

LONDON —The largest city in the world awoke today to find itself as helpless as any little roadside hamlet.

Confident yesterday that there would be an 11th hour settlement of the general strike, London seemed really amazed today to find its transportation facilities at a standstill.

starting at 4 and 5 a. m., workers of all ages and walks of life began trudging toward their daily tasks in the city.