LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON AT ROYAL DRURY LANE
A benefit performance at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on Friday June 20 1934 features The Iron Chest with a cast including Sir Edward Mortimer Mr Warde Wilford Mr Cooper Adam Winterton Mr W Farren Samson and Miss Phillips among others. The program includes songs by Braham Betta Jempleton Harley and others followed by My Neighbour's Wife and a revived melodrama. Tickets available from Mr Parsons Box Office 10am to 4pm. Doors at six thirty performances from seven. Boxes 7s 6d, Orchestra 6s, Pit 3s 6d, Lower Gallery 2s, Upper Gallery 1s 7d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ROYAL
Drury Lane
Parsons
Edward Mortimer
Warde
Wilford
Cooper
Adam Winterton
W. Farren
Samson
Haley
Lady Helen
Misa Betta
London
Hotton-wall
Pylades Seizes Pirate Vessel Clemente Off South Atlantic
The Pylades under Commander Edward Blanckley arrives from the South American station with 400,000 dollars in specie, seizing the brigantine Clemente for lacking proper papers and suspect slave trade fittings. report follows on squadron movements, Brazil, Chile, Peru, River Plate, and Cape Horn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pylades
Edward Blanckley
Babia
Clemente
Guernsey
le Feuvre
Havannah
St. Thomas's Island
Africa
Rio Janeiro
Michael
Falkland Islands
Coquimbo
Dublin
England
Chile
Peru
Don Pedro
Portugal
Rio
Cape Horn
Robert’s Island
South Shetland
Chanticleer
Foster
Hastings
W. H. Gage
Shiffner
Sheerness
Tagus
Asia
Custor
Lord John Hay
Plymouth
Lord John Russell Opens Brixton Alms-Houses Foundation
On a sunlit Saturday four o'clock ceremony at Park Hill Brixton Lord John Russell MP laid the foundation stone of London Alms-Houses to mark Reform Bill passage in 1832. Festivities included a Guards band, a refreshment tent, and a silver-trowel ceremony with a Council account of events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord John Russell
Park-Hill
Brixton
Coldstream Guards
London
William
William Jenkins
Common Council
G. Ledger
Ledger
Escape of Captain Hayes the Swindler
Captain Hayes, famed swindler in Maldon, escaped from Borough jail after feigning illness. He concealed a hole behind his bed by removing bricks with three improvised tools, lowered himself by a rope, and vanished through the yard window. A note to the gaoler Brown claimed intent to stay hidden pending any chance to return to face consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayes
Maldon
Brown
Colchester Gazette
Interest on Costs in Lunatic Trustes Case Decided
In the Court of Chancery case In Re Frank a lunatic the question was whether Leigh the professional gentleman is entitled to interest on his bill of costs of 2000 to 3000 pounds. The Lord Chancellor expressed doubt that general lunacy observations justify such interest and would inquire further before ruling. The session also heard argument in the part board appeal of Wain v Rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leigh
Public Court Session Ends Quietly in Sir Edward Sugden Time
Vice-Chancellor completed all non-Sugden matters and adjourned at 10:45. No case held public interest, reflecting a calm docket and routine proceedings in the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Sugden
Court of King's Bench case over Thames river navigation and compensation
Sir James Scarlett and Sidney Taylor contested a mandamus against the Thames commissioners to pay Lord Boston 1200 and challenge the Quarter Sessions order. The court noted the act grants broad powers but requires jurisdictional clarity, while also addressing the Ouse Bank Commissioners mandamus regarding immediate bank repairs and fund use. The ruling discharged the rule against the Ouse Bank Commissioners and left open the Boston matter for mandamus execution after a full return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court OF King’s Bench
King
The
Thames
James Scarlett
Sidney Taylor
Lord Boston
Paren
Quarter Sessions
Mr. Praed
Lord Denman
Serjeant
Merewether
Ouse
Eau Brink
Ouse Bank
Kelly
Andrews
Arches Court Declares Marriage Valid in Hadley Case
Rev J Hadley sought nullity of marriage claiming false publication of banns by Hadley and a servant woman tied to Mr Shelley. Sir J Nichol notes voidness requires both parties knowingly false publication. evidence lacking for the female. Court rules the marriage valid despite cohabitation and child birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arches Court
Hadley
Reynolds
J. Hadley
J. Nichol
Court of Excise and Sherriffs Court Report
Court of Excise before commissioners . Thomas Hennerley convicted of possessing and running a private still in Commercial road. Distillery seized with copper, tubs, bladders, molasses and wash. Penalty 25 percent, goods condemned to crown. Sheriffs' Court before Under-Sheriff Burchell Suppory v Bertos action for injuries to chaise. Jury verdict for plaintiff. Damages five pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court OF Excise
John Mortlock
B. Paget
Percy
Thomas Hennerley
Commercial Road
Sheriffs’ Court
Burchell
Bertos
Smith
Lewis
Indecent assault and stamp act cases in London
Elderly Thomas Allison is charged with indecently assaulting 12 year old Ann Keen at No 42 Monmouth Street St Giles. Edward Stallwood fined 20 sovereigns for selling unstamped copies of the Man and jailed for six months. Tradesmen contest common informers under Michael Angelo Taylor’s Act as curbside obstructions are policed in Thames Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bow-Street
Thomas Allison
Ann Keen
Monmouth Street
St. Giles’s
Marlborough Streef
Edward Stallwood
No. 1
Middle Row
Holborn
Tilsey
Stamp-office
Stowell
Stringer
Commissioners of Stamps
Stamp Office
Dyer
Chambers
House of Correction
Marylebone
Ann Ball
Hoskins
Wm. Kenrick
Oxford-street
Charles Hinton
Protection Society
Ex-Resurrectionist
Byers
Hinton
Messrs
Rawlinson and
Strutt
Rawlings
Carter
Clarke
Wise
Hirton
Tottenham Court Road
Webb
Messia
Wabb
Mr. Hoskins
Husselton
Defeodant
St. Pancras
Thames
Conmon
Broderip
Michael Angelo Taylor
George HI
Smart
Sheering
Thomas Cansdell
The
Hoop and Horseshoe
Queen-street
Tower-hill
Cansdell
St. Katharine’s Dock
Costa
Edward Dowling
Grocer
King-street
Towerhill
John Dement
Westminster
Robert Gattenby
High-street
Shadwell
Ford
Symons
G. Deverell
Beagerip
Gattenby
Luke Carroll
Tower-bill
Carroll
Fatal accident on the Brighton coach near London Bridge
A Brighton bound Criterion coach suffered a catastrophic overturn after the coachman’s sudden brake. Sir William Cosway Bart was killed, others injured including a lady and Todhunter. A pole snap and coach overthrew near Artichoke Turn, with inquest planned and details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criterion
Brighton
London-bridge
Boroush
Stone’s End
William Cosway
Edward Kouatchbull
East Kent
Smith
Lever
Bridge House
Leith Hay
Todhunter
Eastcheap
Three Tune Inn
Quicksilver
William
St. Helen’s Place
Aldgate
Gracechurch-street
Sir William
Houghton
Alderman Wood
Pate Ie Spot
Horsemonger-lane
Calloway
Guy’s
Hosital
Croydon
Pensions Listed Without Known Dates
The Weekly True Sun notes there are additional pensions not dated in the record, with many other pension entries whose dates remain unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
True Sun
Marylebone Vestry Faces Legality Question Over New Members
A densely attended Marylebone vestry meeting debated the legality of forty newly elected vestry members. Speakers argued over the Vestries Act and morality, with Duke of Portland declining to sit, and a large majority eventually voting to confirm the minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marylebone
Brenton
Edwards
Metcalf
Kensett
Duke of Portland
Underwood
Jackson
Earl Manners
Earl
Hovendon
Hope
Wilson
Robinson
Clapp
Whiting
Green
Stanfield Commissioned for Trafalgar Picture
The United Service Club awards Mr Stanfield a 15 foot Trafalgar picture commission for 600 guineas after declining an earlier offer of 500 guineas. The fee reflects his demand for a minimum of 600 guineas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Service Club
Stanfield
Battle of
Trafalgar
Service Gazette
Edinburgh Election Dispatch Describes Dissenters Flank
The Edinburgh election report contrasts Dissenters who backed expediency over principle with a focus on Lord Grey, the four hundred who deputed to London, and the impact of a ballot that disfranchised two thousand voters. It praises Mr Aytoun’s candor and parliamentary potential while noting Whig influence and campaign pressures in Edinburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
London
West
Lord Grey
Heugh
Scotsman
Wade
Sheil
Aytoun
Sir John
Learmonth
Scotland
Mr. Aytoun
Yeu
Petore
John
Bonaparte
Higs
Aytonn
Joseph’ Hume
Joseph
Scarlett
Thomas “Dick, Lauder
Primo Buffo
David Crockett
Dudley
Kewpar
Cupar
Ands
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mining-lane
St. Katharine
Portsmouth
Park Hill
Captain Hayes
LAW Intelligence
Police
the Duchess of Kent
Hampton Races
Lord Winchilser
Eng Land
Winchilsea
Eastwell Park
St. Alban’s
House of Lords
Hell
SC Wincuitsza
Notrisgham
Tae
WREX
Lownie
Fisher
Lucy
Falkland
L.B
Viscount
Erch
Jane
Fox
Riabite
Graham
Isabella
Cathcart
Emily
George
Ant
Margatherine
Roberta
Aret
Gray
Mary
Reen
Alice
Hamilton
Sir Charles
Honyman
Catherine
Unter
Knox
Harriet Margaret
Laing
Margaret
Muskerry
Sarah
Baroness
Farsons
Traton
Lady Emily
Earl of
Duke of Leinster
Thia
Whittingham
Marylebone Vestry
Prince Talleyrand
Oxford
Shaw
Kilkenny
Limerick
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!