07 Jun 1858
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Newspaper
Evening Herald
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 07, 1858
Page
1
The Queen held a Privy Council and Court at Buckingham Palace with ministers and nobles in attendance. Updates include Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's swearing in as Secretary of State for the Colonies, a Scotch Peer election announced, and various audiences and royal engagements. The Queen and royal household members attended services and opera, with the Prince Consort returning from Potsdam and other court movements noted.
An 1868 probate notice names Elizabeth Bailey and her siblings as potential beneficiaries in the estate of Dame Louisa Martha Larpent, with Octavius Ommanney seeking administration. The document also includes several Victorian advertisements offering loans, wines, spirits, and medicines from firms in London and Brighton.
Public notices promote multiple novels and authors including Maria Freeman and General Sir Charles Napier. It lists new works such as Mary Powell related titles and "Illiam the Conqueror" with formats, prices, publishers, and release timing. Delivery ready June 10th, preorders urged.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Downing Street. Present were the Earl of Derby the Lord Chancellor the Marquis of Salisbury the Earl of Hardwicke the Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr Secretary Walpole the Earl of Malmesbury Sir E B Lytton General Peel Sir John Pakington Lord Stanley J H Healey and Lord John Manners.
Italian troupe under E. T. Smith stages Lucia di Lammermoor at Drury Lane with Signor Naudin in Edgardo and Signora Donatelli as Lucia. Review praises vocal artistry, dramatic expression, and ensemble, noting strong conducting and overall high merit of Smith’s Italian opera series for the people.
Charles Dickens publishes a rare personal address in Household Words dated June 9 1858 to defend his character and deny circulating rumors about a private domestic trouble. He asserts lifelong fidelity to the public, warns against calumnies, and states the whispers are abominably false.
The session details numerous bills including bishops acting as trustees across dioceses, a clerk of nisi prius salary cap, reformatories maintenance proceedings statistics, Ordnance Survey staff numbers, and vaccination district restructuring in Ireland. Also noted are changes to marriage law clarifying validity of certain marriages and preserving rights to estates. Royal visits and noble entertainments are listed, with extensive society notices and upcoming travels.
The Horse Guards publish regulations for officer candidates seeking admission to the Military Staff College. Examinations will occur August 23 at home and various stations abroad, with a three-person board, number coding, and strict anti assistance rules. All stations must transmit papers promptly. successful candidates receive homeward passage money.
London society notes indicate_high profile arrivals and entertainments in the capital. The Duke of Cambridge plans to relocate his residence and receive his household at Gloucester House while Her Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz arrives with Prince Adolphus for a few weeks. Grand entertainments and receptions follow at Grosvenor House hosted by the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster. The Dowager Countess of Essex hosts a sotreé musicale in Belgrave Square. the Earl and Countess of Haddington arrive at Berkeley Square for the season. Earl Grosvenor and Lady Constance Grosvenor depart for German spas. the Archbishop of Armagh and Mr and Mrs Dunbar attend at Charles Street, St James's, with the primate reportedly in fair health. Bacon and Lady Rothschild host a dinner in Piccadilly. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertain at Cambridge House, with saloons opened to aristocracy and foreign ministers. The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress issue dinner cards for ministers at Mansion House on the 23d instant, with diplomatique guests expected. Grenadier Guards officers and gentlemen dine at the London Tavern, with Colonel Ridley presiding and Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar attending.
A London gathering of parliamentary reporters formed The Newspaper Press Fund to provide for age infirmity and incapacity among newspaper staff and for widows and orphans. The body debated whether to rely solely on member subscriptions or to appeal to the public for donations, ultimately voting to seek public support while honoring independence of the press.
The piece notes marriages on the horizon for J Campbell to Miss Burrough and potential matches for Lord Glengall’s daughter Colonel Charteris and Lady Affleck with Dr Whewell. It also reports a large English Debating Club audience in Leicester Square debating Derby vs Palmerston.
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