Court and personal news from a London social week
Tur Queen hosted dinner-parties on Wednesday and Thursday with notable guests including the Dean of Windsor and the Provost of Eton. Mr Kean’s company performed Hamlet with cuts for the court. The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas and other nobles left on Friday. The Times reports ministerial reshuffles after Lord Auckland’s death, with Sir Francis Thornhill Baring named First Lord of the Admiralty and possible cabinet changes anticipated. Also noted are Pontefract Recorder appointment, a Windsor parish council, and Lord Palmerston’s absence due to an accident. Earl Talbot died at Ingestre Hall aged 71, with Viscount Ingestre heir. The Evenement notes Guizot’s Paris return delayed to March.
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Tur Queen
Windsor
Eton
Hawtrey
Hamlet
Mr. Kean
Marquis
Eari
Fortescue
Times of
Lord Auckland
Francis Thornhill Baring
Admiralty
John Russell
Department of the Admiralty
James Graham
Lord Minto
Pontefract
B. Boothby
F.J. Baring
Kanda
Viscount Palmerston
Cabinet
Broadlands
Baines
Q.C
Tatpor
Ean Talbot
Ingestrehall
Staffordshire
Ingestre
M. Guizot
Paris
Rosiy
Burpett Courrs
London
Sir Francis Burdett
Baronet
Francis
Vicars
Sir Francis
Liverpool
Edinburgh
Edinburgh News
Manchester
P. Clark
Messrs. Clark
Whittington Clius
Whittington Club
Metropolitan Athensium
Douglas Jerrold
Woodstock Petty Session Hears Prosecution Over Cakes
At Woodstock a case under the Lord's Day Act was heard about selling halfpenny cakes to a boy. Barton faces fines and a certiorari to Queen's Bench after magistrates delay judgment until the higher court rules. The judge argued the act may not cover selling cakes to children.
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Woodstock
Robert Barton
Bunterer
Ensham
Henry Jordan
Josiah Wall
Wagner
Oxford
Hunt
Witney
Olice-Inspector
Barton
W. S. Bricknell
Court of Queen's Bench
Post-orriog
France
Enc.anp
M. Thayer
M. Latitte
Boulogne and Amiens
Dover
Boulogne
South Starfornsuiaz
Lord Talbot
Viscount Ingestre
Staffordshire
Birmingham Mercury
Literature and Public Notices in 1849 Press Review
A dense survey covers religious and literary works, including Grant’s two discourses on church authority and sacraments, plus reviews of Tracts for Popular Literature, Brand’s Popular Antiquities, and volumes on education, history, and devotional writings. It notes praise, critique, and notable patrons, with literary notes on The Latter Rain and The Christian Life.
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B. Grant
B.A
London
Theospel
Brewen
Worcester
John Churchill
Soho
Brand
H. G. Bohn
York-street
Covent-garden
Henry Ellis
British Museum
Bohn
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Hermon
Houlston
T. and
F. BuLlock
Partridge
Oakey
Leeds
Heaton, Simpkin and Co
Paternoster-row
I. Simpkin and Co
T. Binney
I. Binney
Jackson and Waford
Congregational Union
R. Montcoming
M.A
Oxon
Arthur Hall
G. Milner
D.D
M.a.la
Yorkstreet
Covent- Garden
J. Whatman
Kirkmahoe
Macphail and Co
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