Queen Victoria at Palace and Theatre Events
Queen Victoria and her suite arrived at the new Palace on Tuesday in a carriage and four, with a royal escort. She attended Otello at Her Majesty's Theatre, then presided over a privy council at Buckingham Palace. A drawing-room at St James's followed, and she visited the Pall Mall exhibition with the Duchess of Kent.
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al of Jancers
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James Dixon
Sheffield
Bristol
Norton
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Regent’s Park
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Estminster
Royal Palace
Hampton Court
Emily Montagu
The Puritani Triumph At Her Majesty's Theatre
The first performance this season of the Puritani drew an immense audience at Her Majesty's Theatre Queen Victoria and the Duchess of Kent attended. Grisi received overwhelming applause. Drury Lane and Haymarket notes follow with performances by Miss Elphinstone and others. The Stran Theatre reports decor upgrades and strong crowds led by Sam Weller and the Fitzpatricks with Mrs Franks a debutante of merit challenging Miss Daly.
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Her Majesty’s Theatre
Duchess of Kent
Grisi
Drury Lane
Gipsey
Mettonians
Haymarket
Miss Elphinstone
Julia
Knowles
Constance
Clifford
Young Glover
Mrs. Fitzwilliam
Helen
Webster
Lord
Walter
Strano Theatre
Sam Weller
Fitzpatricks
Franks
Miss Daly
Opera House tightens engagement rules for Italian vocalists
The Opera House manager enforces strict terms keeping Italian vocalists from singing at other concerts without permission. News notes Paris Italian opera plans and Italian singers arriving in Naples and London, with details on debuts and engagements.
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Prince of
Benedict
Drury-lane
Weber
Rossini
Paris
Mdile
Louisa Taglioni
Sylphide
Theatre San Carlo
Naples
Mdlles
Mariette
Ermenia
Royal Theatre de Fonda
Strauss
Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt Urged After Prison Death
A public outcry follows the death of Lewis Striffler in Whitecross Street Prison. The inquest cites severe asthma and malnutrition, blaming debtor-prison conditions and urging Parliament to pass the Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt bill. Coroner condemns creditors and government for allowing such misery.
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Senate
Exeter Hall
Apostles of Humanity
Payne
Lewis Striffler
Thomas M. Wadd
Thos. Hudson
North Audley-street
Wadd
Coleman Street
Messrs. Taylor and Co
James Burder
Desolate Riot on the Great Western Railway in London
Fears of attacks between English and Irish laborers on the Great Western Railway culmined in a clamp of mobs from Southall to Hayes. Police and the 17th Lancers intervened as crowds attacked workers, with numerous injuries and several ringleaders jailed after magistrates ordered trials.
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Great Western Railway
Southall-green
Bell
Spelman
Denton
Southall
Maidenhead
Southall Green
Thames
Oxbridge Canal
Bulls Iron Bridge
Hayes
Mr. Shackell
Bayley
Hanwell
Walmsley
Brentford
Clerkenwell
Ealing
Acton
Poole and
Morris
T Division
Hanger-lane
Growood
Hanger-hill
Macquad
Old Brentford
Aldridge
Shackell
Hawkins
Helditch
Bristol Gazette
Gloucester
Keynsham
Devonshire
Somerset
Price
Devon
Thomas Cross
Fred Biffes
Escape from Giltspur Street Compter by three convicts
On Sunday night three prisoners fled from Giltspur Street Compter. John Hurphries two years hard labour Richard Gifford one year and John Murray six months were the escapees. They climbed a wall and dropped into the Magpie and Stump tavern yard and may have entered New Street. Gifford had recent ties to a carpet-bag robbery.
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Brighton
Boulogne
London
Dover
Hence
Paris
Amboyna
Rolph
New York
Charles Pozzo di Borgo
M. Berkhausen
Bedford
Shillington Parish
Ampthill Union
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Chaplin
Canada
Stamford
Exeter
Navarre
Charles_V
France
Salisbury
Duke of Devonshire
Devonshire House
Portsmouth
Commerce
Stedimers
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General Scott
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Detroit
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Milan
Rome
Naples
Southampton
Guildford
England
Rio de Janeiro
Pernambuco
Bahia
Ayuntamientos
Don Carlos
Glasgow
Attwood
Birmingham
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
John Cockerell
THARE
Giltspur Street
John Hurphries
Central Criminal Court
Bard
Richard Gifford
John Murray
Magpie and Stump
Gifford
Accusation Rounds Montaupin Figures in Paris Plot Trial
The Paris journals note an accusation against Hubert the would be assassin a young Alsacian tanner with accomplices including M Leproux a 29 year old supplementary judge and Miss Grouvelle. Other items mention military movements toward Stora and Basque province unrest with 200 men surrendering to General Ytarve. Woolwich prepares for a royal visit and reforms touted while Islington and Westminster report fires drownings and prison cases with public charity and law actions.
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Hubert
M. Leproux
Tribunal of Vervins
Miss Grouvelle
Youlonnais
Attica
Algiers
Bona
Stora
Bora
Bayonne
Don Carlos
Murragaray
Ytarve
Quebec
234 Ul
England
Canada
Woolwich
Royal Artillery
Leigh Hunt
Sheridan ‘Knowles
General Register Office
Covent Garden
London Working Men’s Association
House of Commons
Joseph Huches
Hampstead Road
Burke
Charles-street
Drury-lane
University College Hospital
Compter
Gifford
Waller
Bates
Phil
Parish
Brackley Street
Golden Lane
Islington
Bow Street
Peter Robinson
Robet Vauderville
George Weiliams
Keya
Chelmsford
Old Bailey
Noormahal
Faulkner
New South Wales
Marklane
F. Roe
Bharylebone
Houss
Feltham
T Division
Shutt
Westminster
Joseph Eastwood
Tothill-street
Stratton-ground
New Way
Caroline Lucas
Elizabeth Manning
Frederick Epring
Jane Eddison
Gregorie
Newgate
Saxby
Manning
Lucas
Brixton
Union Hall
Vanner
Trail
St. George’s
Southwark
Ogen
Trill
St. George's
Calid
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Limerick
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