The Queen and the Court in Early Victorian Times
The Queen appoints Lord Munster constable of the Tower and expresses sympathy to Mrs Cocking with a £50 donation. The Queen and the Duchess of Kent attend church in St James's Park. Mrs Anderson is named pianist. Diplomatic chatter from Gazette de France links Baron Fagel’s London visit to a possible alliance plot. Sir David Davis seeks a residence for the Queen Dowager on the Isle of Wight but finds no suitable mansion yet. Princess Elizabeth of England donates funds to Nanover infant school. The Queen attends a Semiramide performance at Her Majesty's Theatre.
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Lord Munster
Constanie
Winssor Castle
Henry Wheatly
Mrs. Cocking
Duchess of Kent
New Palace
St. James's Park
Chester
London
Anderson
Gazette de France
Baron Fagel
Netherlands
England
Queen Victoria
Prince of Orange
David Davis
Isle of Wight
Lindgravine
Mesge Hemburg
Princess Elizabeth of
Nanover
Her Majesty’s Theatre
Hereford
Musgrave
Cambridge
Farmer
Brather
Trinity College
Paris
Bishop Luscombe
Lord Lyndhurst
Georgiana
Lewis Goldsmith
Paisley
Lord Melbourne
New Jersey
Ellisboro
Duchess of
St. Albans
Mayo
George Robins
Dublin
Cheeney
Dover Street
India
Robinson
Worcester
Lloyd’s
Mendeilsoon
London, (Wich
Sacred Marmonic Society
Exeter Hall
F. Burdett
Pierre 3Uenaparte
Luciek Buonaparte
Napoleon
Fairaouth
William Cimbes
Henleyn-Thamies
Combes
Duchess of Gloucester
Mary
Law
Ellenn A. Tabeck
Great Britain
France
Atanse
Court of Justice
Tribunal of
Costances
Councel
Orleans
Hoare
Atkine
Sudds
Barker
Rouen
Cendacendea
Tringuer
Au Revoir
Aropenaker
Arnold
Palerm
Wormgood Semnbhs
Diario di Roma
Palermo
Michael Angelo
St. Paul
St. Peter
Vatican
Pepal
J. Gottlob Schneider
Old and New Gersdorf
Vstern
Raynor
Lincoln’s-ian Chambers
Carey-street
Gilbert
Alexander de “Umboldt
Prussia
Attia
Russia
M. Rose
Tipperary
Ruy
O'Connor
C.C
Cork
Arabella Leader
Thomas Leader
Dunscombe
Great Western
Kennet
Semning
King’s Meadow
Rogers and Mills
Lewes
William Molesworth
Warburton
Agency of Canada
Roebuck
House of Commons
Bulteel
Ibis
Liverpool
New York
Sennintt
America
John Constant
Canterbury
George Greer
William Heathcote
Hursley Park
Celeraine
E. Litton
Alderman Coseland
Stoke-upon-Trent
Alderman Copeland
Liverpool and Manchester
Derby Assizes
Coumedl
Various 1837 Paris and London society notes and notices
Reports from London Paris and Ireland cover a range of items including church appointments and royal intrigues. Details mention Bishop Musgrave of Hereford and Cambridge ties, Russian diplomacy moves, a Paisley weavers relief fund, a Duchess of St Albans bequest, a naval and banking world update, and local crime, science and transport notes across Europe with emphasis on titles, estates, and public works.
Theatricals At Haymarket Strand Victoria Surrey Notes
The Haymarket wraps up Macready’s run Friday under Tyrone Power’s comic foil while Dibdin’s Alexander the Great in Little shows at the Strand. Victoria features Mrs Honey in Woman’s the Devil and a strong Derby Freischutz cast. Surrey reports on Adelphi’s troupe and future Oxford Street theatre plans with stoking interest in star names and tours.
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Haymarket
Macready
Doeter O'Toole
Teddy the
Tiler
Power
John Jolistone
Charles Connor
Strand
Dibdin
Alexander the Great
Eld
Darius
Louis Lee
Surrey
Adelphi
Davidge
Victoria
H. Phillips
Wilson
Cooper
Miss Betts
Opera
der Freischutz
Phillips
Caspar
John Reeve
Madile Taglioni
Academie Royale
Paris
St. Petersburg
Fanny Eisler
Vienna
Celeste
United States
Keeley
Park Theatre
New York
England
Tyrone Power
Yates
Gladstone
Oxford Street
Honey
Ballesn Ascent for the Benefit of Wirs Gecking
Mr Green ascends in a Royal Nassau balloon at the Royal Gardens for the widow of the late Mr Cocking. Despite public sympathy, attendance was about twelve to thirteen hundred. Gas from New London Gas Company funded inflation. Surrey Yeomanry band and garden staff aided. Descent after fifty minutes lands near Laleham, Surrey, about twenty two miles from London. party returns to town by post around midnight.
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Green
Royal
Nassau Baloon
Mr. Cocking
Mr. Webb
The
Stock Exchange
Hughes
Cuthbert
MR. Green
River Thames
Laleham
Surrey
London
Royal Gardens
Racing and Regattas Across Hampson Area Sports
Extensive notes on horse races at Huntingdon and Brighton with entries for horses such as Eagle and Candia, plus match races and purses. Aquatic events feature Greenwich Regatta with watermen contesting sculls and prizes, followed by multiple regattas at Blackwall, Twickenham, and Deptford and cricket fixtures including Canonbury versus Eton on Shooting Field.
Duchess of St Albans obituary and theatre legacy
A London daily item reports the death of Harriet Mellon Duchess of St Albans after a long illness. It recalls her rise from modest means to fame on stage, her marriage to Thomas Coutts and later to the Duke of St Albans, and her generous charitable works. The piece details her early roles, public love, and the lavish will bequeathing major banking and property interests to her husband and descendants.
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Duchess of St. Albans
Grace
Matthew Mellon
Cheltenham
Portrmouth
Harriet
Drury Lane Theatre
Lydia Languish
London
Miss Prue
Iris
Cicely Copsley
Emily
Miss Parren
Lady Derby
Miss Mellen
Mitty
Betty
Tobin
Honey Moon
Miss Mellon
Volante
Thomas Coutts
Audrey
Fr. Coutts
Duke of
St. Alban’s
Charles II
Cleveland
Portsmouth
Richmond
Drury-lane
Miss Melion
Coutts
Lord Dundonald
Andrew Dickie
William Adam
Thomas Atkinson
John Parkinson
Esgrs
Province of
Canterbury
Mitford
Hardihood
Church of England
Wewitzer
Stephens
Foote
F. Burdett
Duke of St. Albans
Piccadilly
Highgate
Angela
Stratten Street
Beauclerks
Lincolnshire
Dudley Coutts Stewart
Duchess of
St. Albans
Francis Sandon
Marchioness of
Bute
Earl of Guilford
Georgina
Susan North
Colonel Doyle
John Doyle
Francis Burdett
Bri. Entwistle
York Theatre
Rumours of Peerage and Police Office Attendance Change
In Sunday morning chatter Sir Henry Parnell may receive a peerage while Dr Bowring stands for Dundee. An order in council sets police magistrates to 5 pm daily sittings, with 7 to 9 pm sessions ending. Reports cover a voyage with a colonel, Vesuvius exhibit at Surrey Zoological Gardens, naval appointments, thefts, a Hyde Park swimming match, and various court cases including a rape allegation and an insolvency sentence.
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Henry Parnell
Bowring
Dundee
Police Committee
Bonday
Graham
Lusiner
Wrenaut
Surrey Zoologicaal Garpens
Alount Vesuvius
Zoological Department
Canton
Belfast
Derry
Limerick
John Reeve
Sim BR. Peck
George Robert Dawson
Orange
Admiralty
Privy Council
Sir
G. R. Dawson
Dawson
O'Kane
Mehan
Sam
Epward Toy
Symmonds
Stratton-street
Piccadilly
Coventry-street
Rooeery
Yarnold
Liversmith and Jeweller
Great Margaret-street
Oxford Street
Hyde Park
David Gowers
John
Lawrence Devine
Devine
Strachan
Buckingham Street
Strand
Jena Clark
Hammersmith
Marylebone
William Johnson
Stacey
Wan
Cachrame-terrace
St. John’s-wood
Park Street
Dorset Square
Walker
Henry Fletcher
Maria Morgan
Morgan
Golden Fleece
Lower Road
Islington
Henry
Sullivan
Waddington
Laing
Stevens
Hopkins
Wm. Trole
Waterford
Thos, Norris
Cadogan Place
Belgrave-square
Marlborough Street
Lieut. Tracey
Tothillfields Prison
Norris
Queen Square
William Baker
Patrick Matthias Cumming
Monaghan
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Teaders
Thames
Darby
Sussex
Uteis
Wirs
Gecking
Sp&rting Chronicle
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Auotion
Huntingdon
Smith
M. Eagle
G. Edwards
Geo. J
Brighton
Tusursday
J. Day
Lord Chesterfield
Aquatics
Greenwich
Blackheath
Robert Wilson
Thomas Read
Harrison
Perceval
Read
Moran Vicronta Yacur Cius
St. Joan’s
Waterloo Bridge
Attwood
Blackkwall
Blackwall
Twickenham
Derrround
Barnard
Deptford
Loxpon
Tuz
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Eton
Canonbury
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Trimwell
Lewis
Whytings
Islington Albion
Clapton Clup
Garratt
Copenhagen Fields
Kelvedon
Writtle
Felix Hall Park
Essex
Clarence
Wandsworth
Hall
Camberwell
VauxHall
Wandsworth-road
Spring Rice
Abercromby
Irish Corporation
Lord Dernan
Moorfields
Boroven of
Lampeth
D’eyncourt
Pownall
Thomas New Ian
Bowen
Newman
Hornemonger-leve
Lucas
Grove-street
Park-street
Camden-town
North London Hospital
London and Birmingham Railway
Br. Entwisth
Axa
Sulifax
Steforashirs
Vr. Startan
Gentlerman
Stafford
Sass
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