Revenue and Convention Items From 1840s Trade and Portents
Mixed report on government revenue for the years and quarters ending April 1840 and 1841, detailing decreases in post office receipts and customs, plus increases in excise stamps and taxes. Also summarizes a five-power convention with the Porte on Dardanelles closure and potential accession, plus notes on various political and social items including legal cases and a Windsor castle robbery inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office
Morning Chronicle
Porte
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Pacha
Firmann
Pachalic
France
Great Britain
Austria
Russia
Prussia
Mehemet Ali
Egypt
Hatti
Morning Post
M‘lsov
Crittenden
Leod
Nolle
Manchester
Jupician
Alton
Llinois
Forlinois
Judge Smith
York
Metropolis
London
Covent-garden Theatre
Doncaster Gazette
Shelton
Lane
House of Commons
Labouchere
Metropolitan
Deptford Dockyard
Field
L Division
Iis
Hammersley
Robbery at Windsor Castle Suspect in Custody
Windsor Monday afternoon report on Richard Lovegrove the man accused in the Windsor castle depredations. He arrived from Paddington with Needham, surrendered to Windsor officials, and sparked a private examination to be held with lord chamberlain and magistrates. Rumors and secrecy surround the case as searches target Windsor tradesmen and officials confer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Earl of Uxbridge
Wizard
Buckingham Palace
Richard Lovegrove
Banister
Blunt
W. B. Harcourt, Esq
Berks
St. Leonard's
Long
Saunders
Lovegrove
Gilman
Windsor Police
Winpson
Harcourt
Voules
Pitt
R. Ledger
Mercier
Donaldzon
Lord Chamberlain’s
Gillman
Police
Paddington
Needham
the Castle
Earl of
Uxbridge
Charles Stuart Voules
Earl of Txbridge
Dramatic season ends with Joseph in Egypt first in country
Mehul's grand oratorio of Joseph in Egypt was performed by a German company for the first time in this country, with Mellinger Haitzinger and Madame Schumann as leads. The choruses earned praise, especially the strong German pieces, before a mixed bill of opera and concert at Aventral Theatre and Royal Society musically noted events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daway-nang ‘Theatre
Mehul
Joseph
Egypt
Sacred Harmonic Society
Exeterhall
Jacob
Benjamin
Herr Mellinger
Herr
Haitzinger
Schumann
Phillips
Beethoven
Idelio
Aventral Theatre
Agnes St. Aubin
Yates
Davidce
Davidge
Surrey Theatre
T. P. Cooke
G. Stansbury
Tax Roya Society of Musicians
Royal Society of Musicians
Freemasons'hall
Lord Howe
Lord Burghersh
Parry
Kutch
England
Germany
Weidemann
George the Third
Vincent
Haymarket
Handel
Signora Storace
Crosshill
Mr. Knyvett
Salomon
Burney
Historian of Music
John Parry
Horsley
Bishop
Maid Marian
Hart
Hind
Miss Hawes
Moscheles
Earl Howe
Prince Albert
Princess Royal
Adams
Ornery
Adelphi Theatre
Orrery Snd Epperanns
Diorama Showcases Nativity Shrine and Auch Cathedral Art
A Saturday private view at the Diorama highlights two Renoux works. The Shrine of the Nativity in Bethlehem glows under candlelight and midnight mass spectacle, while the Interior of the Cathedral of Auch near Toulouse is praised for truth in pavement and perspective but noted to lack some lighting. The piece emphasizes lighting, color brilliance, and Rembrandtish effect amid musical accompaniment and reverent mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
David Teberts
M. Renoux
Jesus
Auch
Toulouse
Moses
Tattersall’s racing odds shift in a crowded room
Sporting intelligence from Tattersall’s notes a packed Monday scene with brisk bets on Coronation Van Amburgh Rosalie and others. Major exchanges show Rosalie under pressure, Van Amburgh rallying, wagers on 2000 Guinea Stakes and Chester Cup with varied odds and heavy stakes on multiple entries such as Eringo Wahab Palemon Ralph and Galaor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tattersall
van Amburgh
Rosalie
Eringo
Palemon
Knight of
Ralph
Galnor
Wahab
Marshal Soult
Duke of Wellington
Morning Star
Gammon
Thornhill
Wreford
Albemarle
Jersey
Lord
Vansittart
Duke of Rutland
Sir Hans
Lord Westminster
Peel
Anson
G. Heathcote
Lord Lichfield
Mr. Ford
Crawford
G. Bentinck
Pest
Clark
Allen
Ford
Westbrook
Mobarek
Rossliec
Galaor
Iph
Cameleon
Rosalie c
Prince Caradoc
Cuester
Gallipot
Bellona
Eastern Question Deepens as Pacha Prepares for Resistance
A long dispatch from Constantinople details the Ottoman Porte resisting Mehemet Ali’s reforms, the emboldened pacha rallying 60,000 men, and fresh conscription plans. It notes 26 ships in the fleet, plague among crews, and diplomatic fatigue among the four powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Egypt
Malta
Alertndria
Constantinople
Porte
Mehemet Ali
Pacha
Lord Ponsonby
Alexandria
M.de Pontois
M. de Percival
Prussia
Austria
M.de Medem
Russia
St. Petersburgh
Corps
Redschid Pacha
War Department
Damietta
Cairo
Ibrahim
Beyrout
Seyd Bey
Nile
Ibrahim Pacha
Soliman Pacha
Malta Chronicle
United Service Gazette
Castor
Puris Naturalibus
Vanguar
Hastings
Suda Bay
Candia
Charles Napier
Marmorica
Napier
England
Liverpool
Charles Adam
Mediterranean
Royal Marines
Syria
Marseilles
Alecto
Apollo
60Th Rifles
Ellis
West Indies
China
Paris
Bombay
Macao
Elliot
Hong Kong
London
Hone Kone
Canton River
Lamma Island
Ty-tam Bay
Ly-ee-mun
Hong Kong Bay
Lamma
Lantao
Globe
Canton
The Queen's Stag Hounds Run from Beaconsfield to Chesham
A detailed account of a stag hunt chasing Rob Ray from Beaconsfield through Penn Wood and Little Kingshill to Chesham Bottoms. The field included Lord Kinnaird and Lord Beresford among others. The run covered about twenty two to twenty three miles in under two hours and a quarter with strenuous fencing and rough conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen's Stag
Beaconsfield
Rob Ray
Marquis of
Breadalbany
High Wycombe
Penn-wood
Little Kingshill
Aylesbury
Missenden
Hunt’s Green
Lee
Chatteridge
Hawridge
Chesham Bottoms
Mr. Field
Tring
Lord Kinnaird
Lord W. Beresford
G. Wyse
Watkin Wynn
Mr. Worley
Captain Maxwell
Ascotheath
Stoke-common
Prince Albert
New Forest
Searle
Oxonians
Oxford
Bethel
Richards
Mountaine
Boyd
Hodson
Menal
Woolaston
Cambridge
Croker
Denman
Taylor
Redley
Cobbold
Penrose
Kenman
Vials
J. Croker
Westminster
Putney
Thamzs
James Axford
Maton
Maddington
Thames
Wingrove Cooke
Fshing
Samuel Kemp
Teddington
County of Wexrorp
King’s Head Inn
Egham
Staines
Chertsey
Sir Charles
Gexeenal Wrnpuam
Sussex
Surrey
Wyndham
Méon’s
Godalwing
Frederick Mangles
Bath Protestant Operative Association Meeting in Gascoyne-place
A correspondent reports a select assembly in the Infant school room detailing Tory criticism of the government and fears of popery, following a prior defeat at the Assembly rooms. An error in attendance figures is corrected, noting the room’s capacity around 2,000 and the claimed 4,000 to 5,000 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord
London
O’sullivans
M‘ghees
M‘neils
P.S
Higgs
Hereford
Porter Street
Newport-market
Ann Radson
Market-street
John Frost
Trias
Assize Report from Kingston City Court Case Gridlock
Kingston assizes heard multiple cases including Mason v. Locke Krxo over extortion charges under Elizabethan law. Verdict favored plaintiff threefold plus treble costs after evidence of improper sheriff charges and manipulation of sale methods. Additional tr percent disputes reflected in Taxtor v Weston on church-rate distress and a fraud case against an Independent Assurance Company associate. Gloucester murder trial for Pearce case detailed, with judge noting constable status questions and potential manslaughter verdict due to lack of proper authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Sergeant Channell
Charnock
Thesiger
Platt
Hamed Rosier
Newland
Rosier
Phelp
Lord Denman
Weston
Surrey
Christchurch
Baron Parke
West Muipprrsex <Assurance Company
Williams
Garney Peared
Creasy
Esquires
Gloucester
Sarongpay
VeErey
Justice Coleridge
John Thomas the Elder
William Thomas
James Porter
James Nutt Pearce
Bristol
John Thomas the Younger
James Pearcs
Greaves
A. M. Skinner
Godson
John Thomas
Gough
Old Thomas
George and Dragon
Redfield School
Porter
Pearce
Thameses
Young Gough
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Saint Te Eac
Tomsett
Bexhill
Loxpon Corren
Associa- Tox
Anderton's
Fleet-street
John David Loder
Bath
T. Tomkinson
Dean Street
Soho
Middlesex
William Collard
Cheapside
Commissioner Evans
Thomas Hamlet
Hamlet
Prince’s Street
Leicester Square
Holditch
Longacre
Twells
Evans
Chaffers
Queen-street
John Houlditch
Long-acre
Howard
Co. Lenkrupt
Oxford Street
Crace and
Chas
Ecorators
R. Clarke
J. Or
Mr. Miller
Jacobson
Streat Foo
Henrietta-street
Samuels
Burger
Duke of Portland
George Robins
Windsor Castle
Sporting Intelligence
The
Levant Mail
Assize Intelligence
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