Drury Lane Easter piece Fortunio delights crowd
The Easter Monday crowd at Drury Lane enjoyed Mr. Planché’s Fortunio and his Seven Gifted Servants after Miss Helen Faucit’s Lady Macbeth. The review lauds the extravaganza’s wit, music, and stage cleverness while noting strong company performances and overall audience enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drury-Lane Theatre
Drury-lane
Mr. Planché
Fortunto
Macbeth
Helen Faucit
Lady Macbeth
Fortunio
d’Anois
Baron Dunever
Alfourne
Martina
Miss P. Horton
Wattean
Strong- Back
Lightfoot
Marksman
Fine-ear
Buisterer
Gourmand
Tippler
Alfourite
Mr. Hudson
Revival of Stepney Fair Returns to London Streets
A three day revival of Stepney fair drew up to 50,000 visitors. The event featured a theatre, booths, gingerbread stalls, and wonders including a pig faced lady and jugglers. Authorities say the revival follows years of suppression due to violence at suburban fairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stepney
Europe
Westminster Hall reopenings and court contrasts amid term start
The piece reports on Easter term opening in Westminster with the hall’s altered interior fenced for Parliament designs, the Court of Chancery, Vice-Chancellor’s Court, and Queen's Bench sessions. It notes discomfort in temporary judge’s rooms, procedural motions, accusations of libel, a seduction case in Gloucester, and a habeas corpus matter with custody disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Westminster Hall
Queen's Counsel
Frenco, &c
Covvete
Wennesday
England
James Wigram
House of Commons
Knight Bruce
Sittinas
Queen’s Bench
Fainay
Acs
Attorney-General
Henry Beauclerk
Police Reports From Marylebone and Chelsea Courts
A long police docket details charges from Marylebone, Vine Street, and surrounding districts. It covers Charles Baker accused of intruding into a bedchamber, four teenage girls jailed for riot at Marylebone workhouse, indecent assaults by a gentleman named George Dawson Lowndes, shoplifting and promiscuous conduct cases, attempted suicide, an Italian feud with a stabbing, and a rape case involving a relative at Brixton. The article records arraignments, remands, and outcomes, with remarks from Mr Rawlinson and Mr Maltby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Baker
Rawlinson
Maria Killett
Wells-street
Mr. Rawlinson
Queen's Theatre
Mr. Raslinson
Martha Jenkins
Mise Killett
Ann Barnicott
Brown
Inspector Bell
Dorxes
Mapytenoxs
Marylebone Workhouse
Maria Holton
Sarah Pope
Elizabeth Parsons
Lucy Williamsop
Mr. Jones
Marlecrough Street
Vine-street
Henry Martin
Strand
Riley
Winslow-square
Oxford-street
Poland-street
George Dawson Lowndes
Poland-stree
Martin
Titchborne Street
Rounning
Blackhorse
Coventrystreet
Titchborne-street
Mitchelson
Pullen
Wing Street
Inspector Beresford
Bow Street
Maltby
Bow-street
Twyford
Beresford
Queen-square
Mr. Maltby
Queensquare
Kensington
Westminster
Chambers
Vontner
Fitzpatrick
Artin
Mr. Riley
Skinner's
St. Martin’s Court
Coventry-street
Bankrupt Examination Reveals Personal Belongings Disputed
In a bankruptcy inquiry, items found in a bag included female apparel marked M E and M Edmonds, with disputing parties denying ownership. Witnesses testified about furniture sold by Champion and the messenger’s examination amid disagreements over facility and risk. Costs of the meeting were to be covered by creditors unless estate benefits arise, and the hearing adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bond
Bond Street
Gurney
Bond-street
Bell
No. 35
Champion
No. 12
Pritchard
Bankrpt
Davis
Indy
Atkinson
Beggar of ninety years before Worship Street court
In a through line of testimony at Worship Street, Nicholas Laecken, a frail French pensioner nearly ninety, was charged with begging after being found in Charles Square Hoxton. He recounted a long European military life from Napoleon to Waterloo, while witnesses described his poverty. The court ordered protection and care, with charity funds and parish officials arranging support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortunio
Vindicta
St. George
Tippler
Gourmand
T. Matthews
Lightfoot
Hudson
Miss Horton
Fortunic
Riquet
Taft
Mesdames Vestris
Glover
Clifford
Edwin Vernold
Messrs
Farren
Strickland
Brindal
Smart
Charles Mathews
Webster
Biquet
Haymarket Theatre
Common Pleas
R. R. Clarke
Midland
Riday
Green v. Wells
Gloucester
Justice Erskine
Meshery
Sergeant Talfourd
Nisi
Chambers
Maltby
Westminster
Jennings
Regent Street
St. Patrick
Masther
Johnson
Hardwick
John Clark
Messrs. Hill and Co
Hill
Witness
Clarkenwell
Sarah Weed
Combe
Samuel Knight
Harrison-street
Gray’s-ina-road
Miss Weed
Benjamin Staples
Mr. Combe
Ben
Ben Staples
Knight
Staples
Eddards
Srappino
Giovanni Ottolini
Giovanni Rabiotti
Cuance
John Moxingham
Samuel Bennett
George Luxton
Luxton
Coburg Arms
Victoria Theatre
Bennett
Bonner
Hart
Otp Veteway
Nicholas Laecken
Bingham
N Division
Charles Square
Hoxton
Nabon
Teasce
Moscow
Napoleon
Bonaparte
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
France
St. Helena
England
Grove
Curtain-reed
Kingaland Road
Mr. Grove
Roselane
Spitalfields
Broughton
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Mr. Emery
Giles
Fawcett
Jones
Emery
Miss Foote
Olympic
Messrs. Wild
Fitzjames
Ross
Turnout
Adelphi
Dent and Co
Love
London
Affghanistan
Cabros
India
Batty
Indus
W. Macnaghten
Akhbar Khan
Cabool
Khyber Pass
Jellalabad
Nott
Sale
Pollock
Lady Sale
Kyberee
Horse of Light
Astley’s
The
Pages, &c
Her Majesty
Candahar
Ghuznes
Caboal
Great Britain
Surrey
Blood Royal
Mr. Sweeny
Crown Jewels
Colonel Blood
Charles II
Stow
Blood
T. Archer
Greenwich
London-bridge
Canterbury
Large
Herne Bay
Margate
Fisher
Mallalieu
British Museum
National Gallery
Ryan
Union Plate-glass Company
Pocketnook
St. Helen's
Lancashire
the United Service Institution
China
Affghanistan, &c
Madras
Westminster Abbey
Thames Tunnel
LAW
Wepxers
Hazens
Bodkin
Miller
Maerylebone
William Edgar
Ducey
Howland-street
Lambeth
Greenwich Fair
Wagstaffe
St. Thomas's Hospital
Mr. Cottingham
Thomas Wren
Cottingham
Elizabeth Wren
Walcot-place
Royal Free Hospital
Gray's Inn-Road
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