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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Aug 13, 1837

Page

4

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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