Royal appointments and aristocratic wills reflected in 19th century notices
Reports from the court announce G E Anson likely to become private secretary to Prince Anson, with Baroness Queen having held similar duties. Wills of Sir Francis Burdett and Lady Burdett Coutts reveal legacies, estates, and family arrangements. Additional items cover German banker Humboldt’s purchase, salaries of state ministers and judges, and assorted crime and social distress stories.
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G. E
Prince Anson
Albert
Queen
The
Inn
Anson
Levier Meijesty
Sam Fauxcis Buavett
Francie Burdett
Edmond Antrobus
E. Antrobus
Jun
E. Comean Ks
W. M. Coulthurst
Lady Burdett
James
Miss Burdett Coutts
Howard
Farcinson
Vetera
Linco
Wey
Sir Francis Barier
Otway Cave
Strand
Petoer Tove Aig Tand
Shee
Beed
Lady North
Viscountess Sandon
Cave
Trevanion
Meredith
Miss Coutts
Treasury
Home Department
Exchequer
Admiralty
Board of Control
Duto Board of Trade
Duchy of Dencaster
Ireland
Ordnance
England
Chamber of Peers
Paris
M.de Montalembert
Naples
Duke de Montpensier
Algiers
Orleans
Rouen
Havre
Avignon
Strasburg
Basle
Versailles
Africa
Melill
Santa Florentina
Rome
Pacca
Ikci
Pius VI
Clerkenwell
Doyle
Elderwalk
Islington
Limehouse
Sophia Saunders
Mies Edes
Near -Inchley
Ray
Aercepting
London
Botleman
Enfield
Vincent-street
Commercial Road
Charles Robinson
Charles-street
Middlesex Hospital
Surrey-street
Surrey Street
Eterm
Reet
Thor Lane
Wes Shinson
Barcus
Mr. Finlayson
Debraffice
Pinsoney
Court and Fashion on Her Majesty's Birthday at St James's
A detailed account of the royal birthday celebration at St James's Palace with a dawn parade in St James's Park. Her Majesty Queen Victoria and Prince Albert attended the drawing-room, bishops presented a congratulatory address, and the Guards performed in full dress amid royal spectators including Field Marshal Leopold and the Duke of Wellington. A royal salute marked the hour, while illuminations lit up clubs and royal tradespeople homes as crowds filled the metropolis into the night.
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St. James’s Palace
Prince Albert
St. James’s Park
1St Life Guards
George the Fourth
Foot Guards
Leopold
Duke of Wellington
Lord Fitzroy Somerset
James’ Macdonald
Marquis of
Douro
Edward Bowater
Marquis of Worcester
Charles Dalbiac
Grenadier Guards
Coldstream Guards
Scote Fusilier Guards
William Drummond
Scots Fusilier Guards
Buckingham Palace
St. James's Palace
St. James's
Don Pasquale
Mozart
United Kingdom
Departure of Duchess of Kent for the Continent
Doven April 24. Duchess of Kent with Prince Leiningen and suite arrived at Dover rail terminus in royal carriage for Boulogne. Salutes, formalities, and a swift passage on the Princess Alice to Boulogne marked her departure. Weather fine, reception cordial, journey to Paris set, with Fassions von May noting fashion trends in caps, bonnets, dresses and summer wear.
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Duchess OF
Ket
Cortinent
Rice Jones
Mercer
Reines
Cornwell
Smithett
77Th Regiment
Quey
Clarke
Royal
Archcliff-square
Payn
Royal York Hotel
Crosswall Quay
Princess Alice
Boulogne
Paris
Alice
Duchess of Kent
Prince of
Naples
Theprat oF THE Incomes Tax Rumor and an Inquest at Wapping
A Times report discusses a rumored extension of the income tax on fixed property and possible repeal of taxes on consumption, noting it as speculation from respectable quarters. An inquest at the Gun, Wapping, returned an open verdict of found drowned for Charles Jennings and John Ward, two watermen who perished when their skiff swamped near Gravesend while attempting to find another vessel. Ward’s body was found later near Shellhaven. both men were apprenticed watermen.
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Baker
Wapping
Charles Jennings
John Ward
Greenwich
Gravesend
Hope
Ward
Shellhaven
Essex
Bribery In Sudbury Election Reported To Parliament
Commissioners report extensive bribery in Sudbury's last election. They detail £3000 advanced by D Sombre with Villiers, £1500 by Bevan, £390 via Andrews, and other sums paid before and during polling, distributed through agents and unknown intermediaries. Many named electors and officials are implicated. a custom of transferring unpaid bills to the next election is cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Sudbury
D. Sombre
Villiers
Coppock
Burnard
Massey
Pratt
H. T. Jones
J. Clark
D. Jones
Taylor
Andrews
William Robert Bevan
John Jones
Llandovery
Robert Allen
Allen
Henry Thomas Jones
David Jones
Sir Charles Taylor
Jones
Thomas Ginn
Peter Alston
Cross Street
Weaver
James Berry
Church Street
Braintree
John
John Bulmer
North Street
Thomas Brown
Wigan End
William Barnard
Sepulchre Street
William Cross
Joseph Cook
George Dawson
King Street
Thomas Erith
James Bell Johnson
Charles King
Walnut Tree Lane
Sudbury Union
Francis Making
Colchester Union
George Pearson
Ballingdon
William Rolfe
Bullock's Lene
Richard Steed
Markethill
Bury St. Edmund's
William Tolladay
London
Joseph Wheeler
Joseph Goody
Church, Street
Golding Herbert
Samuel Hale
James Herbert
Messrs Duff and Peacock
William Warner
Friars’ Street
James Ablitt
Waggoner
Joseph Barker
Old Market Place
Edward Browing
Samuel Berry
Market Hall
Dansie Berry
Hugh Piper Barnard
Cleveland Row
Custom House
Benjamin Brown
Golding Constable
Ballingdon Street
Wm. Cook
Thomas Cook
James Coppack
Jacob Dansie
Friars
Johnson Double
Samuel Filer
James Frost
Baker Goody
Thomas Goody
Golding Hurbert
John Harrington
Teker
Samuel Hair
King's Head
Stephen Spurgin
John Smith
Chequer Lane
Straw Lane
James Smith
Samuel
Charles Villiers
Frederick Villiers
Walnut-tree Lane
Church Walk
John Wheeler
Millhill
Russell Gurney
Jonx Breec
Duelling in the Army Promulgated Rules for Reconciliation
The amended articles from the War Office discourage duelling by urging apology and redress for wrongs and allowing commanding officers to reconcile. If reconciliation fails, offenders face court martial and possible cashiering. Officers and seconds may be investigated. the piece cites Wellington on noble acknowledgment of error.
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Duke of Wellington
Henry Hardinge
Paris and Madrid News Share Global Turmoil And Stock Moves
Foreign dispatches recount debates in Paris on education and prison discipline, with notable French stock gains amid British support. Spain sees Queen Mother honored after Te Deum, while Italy faces Calabrian unrest and a near assassination attempt on Naples' king. Greece forms a new cabinet and Turkish affairs show Turkish forces mobilizing. Maritime fire destroys a Liverpool barque near Gravesend, and curious Philadelphia tax inquiries circulate alongside European theater plans.
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France
Paris
Chamber of Peers
M. Dupin
Otanelle
French Fonds
London Stock Exchange
Rouen
Orleans
Havre
Avignon
Strasburgh
Minister of the Interior
Chamber of Deputies
Boulogne
Avranches
Channel
Brest
Spain
Don Carlos
Espartero
Madrid
Luisa
Turkey
Mediterranean
Constantinople
Riza Pasha
Adrianople
Albania
Sir Stratford
M. Soumatri
Novogorides
Achmet Fethi Pasha
Reschid
Rumelia
Gregcr
Athens
Stanist
MM. G. Conduriotti
M. Mavrocordato
M. Coletti
M. Triconpi
M. Somachi
M. Metaxa
Marseilles
Naples
Calabria
Corps Diplomatique
Maria Immaculate Clementina
Royal Guard
Barbieri
Norma
Grisi
Virago
Pollio
Lablache
Oroveso
Feranti
Marie
Pullic
Grist
Mademoiselle Cerit
Torn
Brussels
Mr. Lumley
Costa
Her Majesty's Theatre
Rubini
Mario
London Docks
Gravesend
Essex
Tilbury Fort
Woodall
Liverpool
Cape of Good. Hope
Calcutta
Sydney
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Holland
London
Cotton Twist Redivivus to Richard Cobden MP
A 1844 letter from Cotton Twist to Richard Cobden denounces Lord Ashley Ferrand and Oastler as false propagators while urging the Anti Corn-law League to build education and outreach. It proposes a central education committee, local education committees, and normal schools of economical education with lectures, loan libraries, and sectional topics on free trade, shipping, and wage impacts, aiming to ground supporters in the facts and widen public understanding.
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Sia
League
England
Lancashire
Ashley-Oastler-Ferrand
Lord Ashley
Jack Cade
Ferrand
Peel
Oastler
Thornhill
Hupes
Hill
Church of England
Lord Abinge
Medias Res
Ign
Iit
Society of Friends
Bristol
NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING REPORTS
The day’s racing at Newmarket included Duke of Bedford's Espair beating Lord Glasgow's Rey Middleton by a length, with Ab. M. and 1000 Guineas entries noted. Mocha led edge to finish ahead of Mully Mogg and others, in a busy program featuring several match and stake events. Salvi debuted as a major tenor in Benedict's benefit, while New London Lyceum and Strand venues showcased plays and conjuring acts amid robust crowds. A Thames fire aboard Perseverance sloop caused a deadly tragedy, with coroner’s inquest detailing the blaze and the uncertain cause.
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Duke of Bedford
Robinson
Lord Glasgow
Rey Middleton
Pettit
Ab. M
Espuir
Lord Exeter
Mocha
Mann
Mr. Greville
Mully
General Yates
Pompey
Commerce
Mr. Osbaldeston
Miss Bay
Miss Etty
Espoir
Escrick
Nat
Martingale
Partisan
Merope
Voltaire
Baron Rothschild
Emerald
Lord Chesterfield
Captain Daintree
African
Jamaica
Colonel Peel
Slane
Seakale
Zenobie
Mr. Thornhill
Colonel
Zenobia
Ing Merope
Arid Vac
T.Y.C. Post
Aken
Elemi
Panther
Sis
R.C
Mr. Boyce
Coranna
W. Boyce
Czar
Danny Saxe
Benedict
Salvi
Donizetti
Lucia
Rubini
Ravenswood
Edgar
Venice
Lyceum Threatre
Madrid
Roscoe
Camilla
Mrs. Keeley
Keeley
Beatrice
Miss Woolgar
Leura
Miss Fairbrother
Kyrarand
Né Ower
Keeleys
Carlotta Grisi
Perro
Strand Theatre
Hrru Donren
St. James's Theatre
Fiyl
Hartz Mountains
Baker
King’s Arms
Limehouse
John Tummins
Goole
Regent’s Canal
Ratcliffe
Wiliam Brown
Nottingly
Yorkshire
Duchess of Kent
Belgrave Square
Quey
Jurs
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Temple, Mare
Cotton Twist
Richard Cobden, Esq
Cotton
Newmarket