You are Bidding on and early issue from the Second Volume of the Famous Victorian newspaper THE ILLUSTRATED TIMES



This issue comes from the day of The Execution of Celebrated Victorian Murderer WILLIAM PALMER 'PALMER THE POISONER' OF RUGELEY, STAFFORDSHIRE which leads to a page and a quarter lead article on CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
There is also an almost full page article entitled THE CONVICT PALMER,
- Efforts to Save Him
- The Rev. T. Palmer's Letter to Lord Campbell
- - Palmer's Demeanor
- De Omnibus Rebus
- The Insurance – Mrs Ann Palmer
- Mr Bladon's Decease

PLUS a short article with illustration, on STAFFORD JAIL, where Palmer was incarcerated, ruminating on the feelings inside and outside the jail with Palmer incarcerated.

William Palmer (6 August 1824 – 14 June 1856), also known as the Rugeley Poisoner or the Prince of Poisoners, was an English doctor and murderer. A court convicted him for the 1855 murder of his friend John Cook, whom he had poisoned with Strychnine. He was also suspected of poisoning several other people including his brother and his mother-in-law, as well as four of his children. Palmer made large sums of money from the deaths of his wife and brother after collecting on life insurance, and by defrauding his wealthy mother.

Palmer was hanged in public the year following his conviction, Charles Dickens called Palmer "the greatest villain that ever stood in the Old Bailey.

At the time of publication of this newspaper in 1855, the British Empire had recently ended Crimean War and was expanding its colonial footprint.
Crimean War: British and French forces continued their campaign against Russia, culminating in the capture of the southern forts of Sevastopol

CRIMEAN WAR ARTICLES ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED -

THIS ISSUE IS FROM SHORTLY AFTER PEACE WAS DECLARED

This was fairly soon after the time of the time of the IRISH POTATO FAMINE By 1855, the immediate devastation was transitioning into an era of massive emigration, fundamentally reshaping the demographics and political landscape of Ireland and Britain Which led to a rise in the 'Fenian Movement, and calls for Home Rule


This was also the height of the BRITISH RAJ, and has articles on INDIA and the Sub Continent –


AMONG OTHER ARTICLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS include the FOLLOWING

These are all marked in BLUE below

This came to me in a bound volume of the year's magazines, which, unfortunately, had too much damage to the spine and cover to sell as a whole – It seemed a shame to throw these papers away, particularly as they have some marvellous etchings of early Victorian life. Hence, I have removed them from the volume and am selling them at a low start price.

The newspaper has some light wear and buffeting commensurate with its age – Mainly where it has been removed from its original binding - apart from this and some light marks it is in excellent condition for its vintage.

We are a small family business, who wish to give our customers satisfaction. To this end, we would be obliged if you could read the following.

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