Theatre Listings At Drury Lane Covent Garden And Lyceum
The evening program features Bertram and The Regent at Drury Lane with a cast led by Bertram Denzis and Miss Clifton, followed by A Good-Looking Fellow. Covent Garden presents Claudius and Hamlet, then A Freischutz and Cinderella. The Lyceum and English Opera House show Cramond Brig, Nourjahad, and Before Breakfast, with doors at six thirty and performances from seven. High water at London Bridge noted for tomorrow.
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NEW Theatre Royal Lyceum
English Opera House
Cramond
James
King of Scotland
Wilson
John Howison
Williams
Tom Maxwell
T. Millar
Marian Howison
Miss Somerville
Tibbie Howison
Griffith
Maggie
Gilbert
Nourjahad
Schemzeddin
H. Phillips
Hasem
Mr. Oxberry
Harhaddan
Novello
Mandane
Fanny Healy
Zulima
E. Romer
Aristocratic Bias Undermines Merit in Military Service
A historical critique argues that aristocratic discipline corrupts the British armed forces, citing Dr. Thomas Bulkeley and the Martiano/Maitland circle in the Ionian Islands. The piece condemns promotions tied to connections, recounting Bulkeley’s suspensions and disputes over duty and charges amid high‑ranking interference. It highlights the abuse of power to shield officers and suppress meritorious service.
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Narter
Thomas Bulkeley
West India Regiment
Bulkeley
Trafalgar
Spain
Peninsula
Burkeey
82D
Ionian Islands
Thomas Matthan
32D
Thomas
Mediterranean
Mart Und
Buxeley
Martiano
Colonel Maitland
Bulke
Dr Bulkeley’s trial and the Corfu dispute with Colonel Lane
The account recounts Dr. Bulkeley’s arrest and forced return to duty by Colonel Lane after illness and refusal of leave. A court martial cashiered him, but the Duke of York placed him on half pay. He petitioned Parliament for reinstatement, amid broader concerns over aristocratic conduct and royal reactions to the Westminster fire.
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Bulkeley
Sir Thomas MattLawn
Bukketey
Matt Lane
Santa Maura
Corfu
Bukeley
Duke of York
Burkeley
Horse Guards
Buckingham
Dr. Buckeley
Financial intrigues and military rumors across Europe
Reports from Bayonne and Madrid discuss Spanish loan negotiations with usurers amid political upheaval. Insurgent bands under Murner Att advance toward Constantinople while General Muna inspires troops. Paris hints at renewed amnesty but offers no concrete policy change. Brussels and Berlin papers arrive, noting royal visits and official bel gian fortifications salary dispute.
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Bayonne
Bordeaux
Alexandria
Egypt
Menemet Ali
Syria
Mernemer Att
Constantinople
Allgemeine Zeitung
Madrid
Spain
ZuMa Lacarreevy
Bilboa
Don Canxos
Mtna
Navarre
NovoLeon
Muna
Paris
Fires Sweep Towns Across Europe in Uproar of Destruction
Destructive blazes rage in multiple locales including Avershack in Voightland where over 100 houses burned as of the ninth instant and still spreading. Tula’s arms factory region suffers a large conflagration affecting fire-office shares. Wenersberg in Sweden nearly razed on the fourth. Lisbon and Amsterdam market notes show debt and bond shifts amid the chaos.
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Avershack
Voightland
Upper Saxony
Tula
Russia
St. Petersburgh
Wenersberg
Sweden
Lisbon
Rothschild
Amsterdam
Dutcn
Amart. Synd
Brussels
Vienna
Tienna
Allgemeine Zeitung
Log from Gibraltar and Barbary voyage updates
Letters dated the 25th alt from Gibraltar report the Spanish brig Marte from Barcelona and Malaga bound to Thomas's with a crew of sixty and two gun ports. Barbary quarantine to Gibraltar ports reduced from eighty to ten days. Carthagena letters dated the 26th alt note cholera ceased there, communication restored, and business normal.
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Lucyp's
Gibraltar
Marte
Barcelona
Malaga
Thomas’s
Barbary
Carthagena
Diverse Global News From Riga to Manila and Grains Market
Letters from Riga report grain crop contraction by one-fifth and linseed priced at nine roubles. London Exchange at 10 13-16 while Canada reports drought and drought-impacted rivers, including the St Lawrence. U S cotton exports climb. New Grenada calm, Central America's capital moved. Ecuador in civil war. Manila report of the Charles Doggett ship attack with nine crew killed and captain wounded.
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Riga
London
Canada
Quebec
St. Lawrence
New York
England
France
Amsterdam
Hamburgh
United States
Liverpool
Havre
New Grenada
Columbia
Central America
Sonsonati
Guatemala
McRagan
Republic of
Ecuador
Fores
Bocaforte
Manilla
Charles Doggett
Batchetor
Fejee Islands
Barcnetor
Yellow Islands
Sandwich Island
Shipping Intelligence from Lloyds Arrivals and Losses
Downs Oct 18 to Oct 19 reports ships arriving from Quebec Xabia Calcutta Miramichi Canton and other ports including the Edward Whiteley Lord Nelson Trans Charlotte Royal Withiam Planter Janet May Sth Anger St Helena and more with noted damage and loss of boats aboard George Sutton and cargo thrown overboard at Labradore Falmouth and other ports listing vessels and routes across Atlantic and European ports.
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Lloyd’s. Downs
Whiteley
Quebec
Lord Nelson
Truste
Xabia
Orr Dover
Charlotte
Smith
China
Royal Withiam
Calcutta
Wellington
Forster
Miramichi
Portsmouth
Planter
Doeg
Janet
Pearce
Canton
Anger
St. Helena
St. Helena, 22d Ofugust
Artmouth
George Sutton
Archer
Labradore
Falmouth
Lady Mary Pelham Packet
Halifax
Lisbon
Shaggs
Malaga
Liverroot
Markets. Corn-Exchange and Smithfield Trade Report
Markets today showed moderate corn supplies with oats prominent as remnants of former markets. Trade brisker and prices firmer with fine wheat advancing while inferior grades barely sold. Beef and mutton quotes eased at Smithfield due to weather and larger stock, lamb scarce, fish scant. cattle numbers: beasts 2,070 and sheep and lambs 21,200. An earthquake struck Bologna on the 7th, causing some minor damage. A dark brown mare, 15 hands, belonging to Mr. Hooper of Norwood, was stolen from near the Jolly Sailor pub with a countryman seen riding away.
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Kent
Essex
Suffolk
Norfolk
Seceseee
Ditto
Poland
Rish
Smithfield
Bern
Lord Minto
Government of
India
Bologna
Hooper
Norwood
Jolly Sailor
London to Lisbon Money Markets Report from a Busy Postal Day
Mails from France Flanders Hamburg Lisbon and Halifax brought varied bond prices and market signals. Consols rose to 9144, Spanish bonds at 64, Portuguese Regency at 83, with mixed notes on sugar coffee and specie. Weathered ships and Lloyds notices show minor disasters, cholera at Fort George and steady stock exchanges amid limited trades.
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Cis
Stour Am A
Hank Brackees
India
Maney
Tis
Jan
Dublin
Stearn Compan
National Insurance Company
Preach Fonds
Rente d'Espag
Rente de Naples
Nemonth
Three Monte
Paidexican Mining Co
Anglo M Pire Insurance Company
Alliance Onpany Ecearsee Iso
Bolanos Mining
7 Co
Eeee
Brazilian Imperial Mining
British Iron Mining Company
Columbian Mining Go
Ank
Ireland
Csaseesees
General Steam Navigation Company
Real del Monte Mining Company
United Mexican Min. Co
Flanders
Hamburgh
Lisbon
Halifax
Paris
Spain
Lisbon Mail
Caledonian
Kirkaldy
Antwerp
Lloyd’s
Liverpool
Borbo Bank
Pernambuco
Bombay Gazette
Calcutta
Sith
China
East India Company
Bombay
Fort George
Stock Exchange
Consola
Mark Lane
Neptune
Martin
London
Ipswich
East Burrows
Crowman
Whitehaven
Brazil Bank
Brazil
Polls Open as Parish Rates Are Rejected at St Martins
The parishioners vote on the rate report at St Martins in the Fields, rejecting the private committee’s plan to cut salary and expenses. A grand Concert at the Mansion House draws interest for a broad audience, with no reserved seats. Reports note licensing disputes, church rate debates, and a reporter's access to a police hearing with minimal disturbance.
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Mansion House
Abbey
Birmingham
Tipperary
Clanwilliam
New Bailey
Manchester Guardian
Morning Herald
Manchester
Ross
Hereford
Labours
House of Commons
S. Collins
Regent a Petite Comedy Impresses Critics in London Debut
Review notes the French origin of the Regent translated for an English stage. Cardinal Alberoni’s plot to seize the Regency is interwoven with a tender, human side. Performances by Vining Bartley and Cooper receive praise. Cramer Humby Luc shine in supporting roles. The comedy is deemed successful and scheduled for a repeat showing amid strong audience approval.
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DnroRy
Lane
Planche
Regent
the Chronicle
Paris
Cardinal Alberoni
Philip Duke of
Orleans
France
Philip V
Spain
Palais Royal
Vining
Bartley
Cooper
D’aubigny
Old Bailey Judge Sentences Larceny Suspect for Three Months
At the Old Bailey Rudolph Lennard a German tailor was found guilty of stealing eleven sovereigns from a fellow tailor. The court ordered a three month term. In a separate shoplifting case Cannon Hinsley George Smith and William Jones were accused of taking nineteen yards of merino from George Webb. Smith was found guilty and sentenced to seven years transportation. the other two were acquitted.
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Brussels
Hamburgh
Berlin
Augsburgh
Lisbon
Lord Minto
London
Moniteur Belge
Duke of Weellincton
NEW Court
Rudolph Lennard
Henry Croog
Knightsbridge
Soho-square
Cannon Hinsley
George Smith
William Jones
George Webb
Shoreditch
Fin Smith
Webb
Smith
Old Court Indicts and Acquits in Ancient Theft Case
Elizabeth Robertson indicted for stealing a spoon. No witnesses appeared and the Common Serjeant acquitted her, ordering witnesses’ recognizances estreated. Robert Jones charged with stealing a mare. mare found with the suspect soon after theft. Jury could not agree at first, asked about possession. Common Serjeant urged the jury to find if reasonable doubt exists. Jury later found Jones guilty.
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Old Court
Elizabeth Robertson
Moore
Robert Jones
William Arnold
Queen-Square War With The Poor Basket Women
Mary Ann Phillips a poor mother of three faced a police court in Westminster for obstructing a footpath by placing a basket of apples outside a shop. She claimed necessity to earn a living. the court held the law strict but waived the 40 shilling penalty, confiscating the apples to the workhouse. Two boys faced similar charges with fruit similarly confiscated.
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Queen-Square
Mary Ann Phillips
Gregorie
Broadway
Westminster
Peinter
Poe
Municipal Inquiry Guildhall This Day
The municipal inquiry sat in the Lord Mayor's Court at eleven o'clock with Sir Francis Palgrave presiding. The town clerk presented extracts from municipal records dating to Richard III but had no time to copy them. A Court of Aldermen decision in the early wars ordered Merchants Skinners and Tailors to entertain each other at their halls.
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Francis Palgrave
Woodthorpe
Richard the
Skinners
Tailors
Military Plunder Debate After Fire at Speaker House
The Morning Post rebuts rumors of soldiers looting the Speaker’s cellar but reports disgraceful plunder by some troops. A police officer halted a private, who refused to surrender stolen goods until officers and an arm of command intervened. An arrest followed as the regiment’s officer ordered suspension for the offender’s unit.
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Solier
Government to allow limited captain retirements as rear admiral
The government will permit a limited number of captains to retire with the rank of rear admiral and half pay of 17s 6d per day. Correspondents and the publication have urged this justice to the First Lord of the Admiralty, hoping the boon will be liberal and broad in scope. No flag promotions have occurred for over four years, and admiral ranks have declined due to deaths.
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Neval
Military Gazette
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Serersace Bavi
Connors
Ditto Regency
Malls
Bourjarrived
Mre Aarited Energy Holland
Philip
Duke of Orleans
Mr. Vining
Dubois
Capt. D'Aubigny
Cowper
Duchess du Maine
Newcombe
Rose
H. Cramer
Theatre Royal
Bath
Justine
Humby
Fanchon
Somerville
Johnston
Narcissus Briggs
Theatre
Coperages
Veter
Freischutz
Ottocar
Yana
Bernhard
Seguin
Adolph
Templeton
Caspar
Bedford
Zamiel
W. OH. Payne
Miss Betts
H. Cawse
Herald
Sir C. Sutton
Maesty
Jess
Lord Beverley
Shipping Intelligence
City
Gottenburgh
Sovieve
Chilianese Senentereren Ul
Dania
Rececrernesees
Cseneers
Metalliques
Shaexes
Reat del Monte
Sroc Sco
Ccvcc
Seccence
Vartenet En Cransone
Eescscenscevcee
Rayner
Strand
Olympic
Lord Chambelain
Morning Post
Ricut
Poscr
Marylebone
Shutt
Spring Rice
Ilson
Phillips
Whitehall
Old Bailey
Police
Guildhall
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