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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Apr 12, 1840

Page

5

Miscellany notes on slavery abolition and crimes from Liverpool to Nice

The item covers a new Africa abolition society with Buston as chairman and notable subscribers. a Liverpool arrival with 300000 dollars. post office cautions against sending glass and sharp items. a Vereran Tower note. murder missionaries Williams and Harris. a storm at Nice. a moved northern district headquarters. a large will and carriage processions for Lt General Sir William Thorston. Drury Lane Theatre Fund dinner and fundraising highlights.

Africa Thomas Fowell Buston Sir Thomas Dyke Acland T. D. Acland Lord M.P Ontario Liverpool Lima Derbyshire Chronicle Her Majesty’s Theatre Chesterfield Castlereagh Lichfield Bruce, Gardner M. Stanley R. Errington Duke of Beaufort Vereran Tower Ineerness Courier Messrs. Williams and Harris South Sea Islands H. Enfield Wales Nottingham Nice Tae Anny Armagh Belfast Lady East Green-street Park-lane Westeurn Scots Fusileer Guards Rossmore Madame Lafaye Mile Cappelli France Luddesdon Kent Hoxatt Cashel St. George's Hospital Lin Hong Kong Wurtemberg United States Mayence Rotterdam National Debt Commissioners Regent’s Park Buckinenam Duke of Buckingham Grace’s Park Avington Peachers Stowe Carter tCoroner Mornang Post William_ THORSTOR K.C.B Greenford Stanhope Lodge Sir J. Macdonald Arthur Brodie K.C 85Th Light Infantry Wood C.B Brown Rifle Brigade Duncan M‘dougal William de Bathe Deshore G. R. Gleig Watts Belstead Drury-lane Theatrical Fund Freemason's Tavern Royal the Duke of Cambridge William Curtis Bart Henry Smyth Ros Cooke

Norma Opens with Emilina Tosi at Covent Garden

A London audience greeted Mademoiselle Emilina Tosi in Bellini's Norma marking the season's first performance. Ernesta Grisi as Adalgisa and Lablache as Oroveso drew praise, while Kemble’s Benedick at the Theatre Royal displayed keen mastery. Bettoni’s English debut and a new Legacy Hunting burlesque complemented the theatrical week with strong audience response.

Bellini Norma London Mademoiselle Emilina Tosi Pasta Mademoiselle Tosi Ernesta Grisi Adalgisa Lablache Oroveso Covent-Ganpen Charles Kemble Benedick Mr. Keimble Arbour Claudio Diddear Leonato Prince Farren Hero Molle Maria Luigia Bettoni Italy Mlle. Bettoni Taglioni Fanny Elssler Bettoni M. Saxoni Les Champs Elysées Olympic India Prince’s Theatre Tae Orms Madame Grisi Dover Her Majesty’s Theatre Park Theatre New York Morning Herald Caradori Allan Covent-garden Dowton Mr. Meadows Covent-garden Theatre Butler St. Petersburg Paris Signor Marliani Howell Metropolitan House of Commons Lord Chamberlain Taunton Nisi Prius Erle Edwards Mr. Serjeant Bompas Mr. Rowe

Turf betting and race notes from Tattersall's Monday

Betting on the Tur Dursy run heavily on the four main favorites with Angelica, Launcelot, Confederate among leaders. Odds shift for Bokhara and others, while bets on Angelica and Confederate against the field dominate Two Thousand Guineas prospects, with various horses priced and taken. Also reports from Epsom Spring Meeting and Croxton Park races, plus a deer chase incident and Cheltenham and Oxford Cambridge rowing news.

Tattersall's Launcelot Confederate Theon Bokhara Monops Muley Ishmael Wardan Gambia Janus Rowton Lord Orford Angelica G. Bentinck Derry John Day Mr. Houldsworth Marquis of Westminster Duke of Cleveland Duke of Grafton Capt. Gardner Jersey Mr. Etwall Melody Col. Anson J. Gill Prince Albert Albemarle Assassin Lord Exeter Lord Kelburne Lord Westminster G. Heathcote Mr. Fowler Mr. Coombe Lord G. Bentinch General Grosvenor Wipram Lord Exeter Gloucester Ferguson Harkaway Turf Club of Cheltenham Hampton Canty Sir Felix Biistard Mystery Alexander March Mr. Boast Mr. T.mason Haidon Mr. Canty List Capt. Wells Lord G. Paget Captain Biistard

Abinger to retire from exchequer bench unclear. Brougham rumored

The Herald notes no foundation for Abinger retirement and Brougham succeeding. It also covers social events, committee hearings on Ludlow and Cambridge elections, and prison reform remarks by the Marquis of Normandy. The Marylebone vestry discusses parish rating control and local accidents and obituaries.

Lord Abinger Exchequer Lord Brougham Mouffet Thomas Baring Labouchere Ludlow Talbot Clive Austen Milner Gibson Manners Sutton Cambridge Charles Temon Marquis of Normandy Marquis of Lansdowne Russell Whitworth Russell King's Cross Caledonian Asylum Her Majesty Albert Ernest Kembles Hamlet Kemble Ellen Tree Hayuanker Tanarre Haymarket Theatre Marquis of Normanby Viscount Powerscourt Cantilupe Earl of Uxbridge Adolphus Fitzclarence Fitzpatrick Robert Grosvenor Nathaniel de Rothschild Earl and Countess of Chesterfield Earl of Hillsborough Mr. Methuen B. Hall E. Baker Lady Morris Earl of Bradford Cholmeley Conroy Thomas Moore Watkin Wynn C. Maynard Duke and Duchess of Cleveland Alphonse le Karr Les Guépes Prince Albert Dover England Roya Society of Musicians Freemasons Great Queen-street Royal the Duke of Cambridge Lord Burghersh J. Campbell J. Hall A. M‘donald J. Fitzherbert Marylebone Vestry Sir Benjamin Hall Bart Poulet Scrape Benjamin Byers Oxford Street Oxford-street High Street St. Giles's Richard Hyans Paddington Middlesex Hospital Richard Cheesemore Arthur-street King’s-road Chelsea St. George's Hospital Macainrey Messrs English Bow Middlesex John Middleton London Hospital Mile-end-road Goodall F. Hodgson Bakewell King's College Juvenal Eton College John Lonsdale Hodgson Henry Wootton Henry Saville King’s College Eton Barnard

Violent rape attempt leads to police remand and discharge

A detailed report covers two men Levy and Goodman charged with attempting to violate a thirteen year old girl named Sarah Jonsager at No 7 Still’s Buildings Hounsditch. The lord mayor discharged the defendants after witnesses failed to appear, citing paid witnesses and tainted testimony.

Levy Goodman Sarah Jonsager Seguier Still Hounsditch Mason Newgate Marylebone Bennet Polygon Somerstown Rawlinson John Hammond Riva Thomas Chambers Tonbridge-place New-road Greenwood Morrison Morison Hygeist Universal Medicine Somerset-house Stamp Office Sykes York Lord Brougham Mr. Greenwood Old Bailey Court of Chancery Mr. Thomas Yorkshire

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