Queen's London visit and European news from Windsor to Brighton
Reported movements of Queen Victoria from Windsor to Buckingham Palace and Brighton for receptions, outlines of royal plans to Naples Malta and Cort, and notes on health of the Queen Dowager. Also covers European affairs from France Spain and Prussia, plus assorted society, crime, and local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Sabine’ Council
Buckingham Palace
Wytclinéost
Win Arastle
Brighton
Rrr
Naples
Malta
Veonnas Artenlina
Hasti
John Russell
Cashiobury Park
George Gray
Bombay
Buccleuch
Hawick
Murray
Broughton
Kirkcudbright
Garrick Moore
Corunna
Galloway
Forbes
Oshender
Duncan Chisholm
Coldstream
Canada
Chisholm
Inverness-shire
Arthur Williams
The
Lancers
Marquis of Hastings
Royal Society of Musicians
Mary
Louis Philippe
Paris
Exico
France
Spain
Caspe
Palais de Justice
Fohr
Tuileries
Pape
Nicholas
Napoleon
Marshal Lannes
Valenciennes
Vienna
Blacas
Bohemia
Samuel Haan
Nuremberg
Frankfort
Coblentz
Cologne
Munich
Duchess of
Braganza
Stankiewitz
Crelak
Cracow
Pozen
Rhenish
Prussia
Athens
Bath
Corsham
Wilts
Gloucester
London
Manchester
Joseph Rayner Stephens
Messrs
Fielden
Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Berry
Wolverton
London and Birmingham Railway
Court of Queen’s Bench
O’connell
Exeter
Hartleyrow
Charles Severn
London Medical Society
Stratford-upon-Avon
St Peter
Great Britain and Ireland
Charles III
James III
Henry IX
Cardinal York
Geo. III
David Tudor
John Conroy
Florence Balfour
County Louth
Ireland
Peter Lawson
Hunter-square
Edinburgh
Calcutta
Uxbridge
West Midesex
British Association
Bristol Channel
Helms
Holborn
St. Alban’s
Theatrical Chit Chat and Opera Prospects
The week yields little novelty in theater with Guillaume Tell at Drury Lane facing cast challenges. Kean thrives in Glasgow as a new Hope Street theatre rises, and lions depart Drury Lane for Strand shows. Madame Thillin debuts in Paris with Lady Melvil as a Belgian composer adds music. A Bavarian baron joins Munich Opera as Weidmann in Otello Zampa Fra Diavolo amid speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drarty-lane
Charles Kean
Glasgow
Hope-street
Drury-lane
Strand Theatre
India Dispatches Describe Kabul Force and Frontiers
Overland despatch from India via Marseilles arrives. Details cover Bombay Madras Calcutta dates October and September. Sir Henry Fane to command the force for Cabul with Macnaghten as civil commissioner. Recalcitrance of Captain Barret and Shah Shoojah’s restoration debate noted. Burmese affairs and Rangoon letters signal weak embassy presence. Rana Jawan Singh dies with eight female victims in a Hindoo ritual tragedy. Fane wary of Goorkha frontier and Nepal border force gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Marseilles
Bombay
Madras
Calcutta
Caubul
Bengal
Ferosappore
Henry Fane
Macnaghten
Cabul
Barret
Shah Shoojah
Burns
Herat
Shah ‘Kamran
Rangoon
Benson
Bayfield
Therawaddy
Rana Jawan Singh
Oodeypore
Goorkha
Nepanl
Accident in Windsor Street Causes Minor Injuries
An omnibus accident in Windsor Street Uxbridge left several riders with injuries minor only. Mr Geary the elder dislocated a shoulder while others suffered scratches and torn clothes as the coach outran control after the driver took a passenger on the box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsorstreet
Uxbridge
Tollit
London
West Drayton
Windsor-street
Geary
Windsor Express
Eye
Cornwallis
Suffo K Chronicle
R. Thomas
Abergavenny
Romney
Thomas
Llanwenarth-bridge
Mr. Thomas
Williams
Hereford Journal
Shepherd
Sandford
Marcham
W. Lennard
Renwick
Messrs
Julian Skrine
William Campbell Gillan
Lacken
Anglo-Belgium Bank
England
Belgium
Brussels
Gulielmi IV
Polytechnic Institution
Regent-street
Letter from William Hassanp Denying Elza Grimwood Murder Accusation
In a correspondence to the Weekly Chronicle the man named Wu. Hassanp rejects being the murderer of Elza Grimwood. He says he never left England, explains his whereabouts with his mother, and asks the paper to publish a contradiction to false reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weekly
Chronicle
Sin
England
Hassanp
Collision of Manchester and Liverpool with Grand Junction Trains
A morning collision on the Manchester and Liverpool line near Hayton stone quarry injured several passengers after the Grand Junction train failed to heed signals. Four carriages were destroyed, with one mail passenger severely hurt. Investigations by both railway boards follow, noting weakly built carriages and uncertain blame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Liverpool
Grand Junction
Hayton
Dundey
Manchester and Liverpool
Manchester and
Hayton Stone Quarry
London
Smith, Downes, and Co
Calico-Printers
En-Square
Liverpooley
Last China ship of East India Company sold to Norway
The final China ship of the East India Company, ending its tea trade monopoly in 1842, has been sold to Norway. The vessel, larger than any British warship, marks the end of a powerful historic fleet under Frederick VI. and Frederik der Liette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DePren Hacen
East India Company
Norway
Frederick VI
Frederik der Liette
Port-Mall
Carlton
Reform Clubs
Carlton Gardens
Board of Guardians of the
Bath Union
Gubli
Poor Law Commissioners
Bath
Chronicle
AndRew Serra Hay
Rawlings
Victualling
Plymouth
Bowen
Francis
Andrew Leith Hay
Sir Andrew
Chancerylane
Andrew
Mr. Francis
Boulogne
France
Rouen
England
Attwood Urges Unity of Birmingham Political Union
Tomas Attwood, addressing the Birmingham Political Union, extols peaceful, legal action to overturn famine producing laws and defend liberty. He warns of powerful opposition but asserts the union’s growing discipline and mass support, urging forty nine delegates to assemble in London under law to press reform. The letter emphasizes morality, law, and public opinion as paths to victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attwood
Birmingham Political Union
Lord Melbourne
Birmingham Union
England
Polignac
Birmingham
London
Pa Hs Nickly
War Council
Tts
Tomas AtTwoop
Ryde
Isle of Wight
Cabinet Council Sketch Reveals Parley on Reform and Ireland
A dramatized dialogue from the Somerset Gazette portrays a first cabinet council with all ministers present. Melbourne and Lord John debate the People’s Charter Canada Russia and the Corn Laws, planning tactics, concessions, and how to manage the Lords and Commons as they seek to hold power. The piece ends with Tweedledum and Glenelg’s imagined return to Windsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Gazette
Cate Sugar
Melbourne
Russell
John
Sir John Hobhouse
Palmerston
Glenelg
Canada
Russia
Lord Howick
Lord John
Mandy
Hobhouse
Durham
Chselbourne
Sir John
Celborne
Windsor
Poland
Howick
Grote
Wen
Os Regals
Rice
Morpeth
Thompson
Feath
House of Commons
Ireland
O'Connell
Wellington
Ore Russell
Commons
Dépent
Breunt
Firefly Docking Incident and Post Office Debates
Sailor fell overboard as the Firefly neared Hull basin. extraction followed as crew hauled him aboard amid comic banter. Separate notices discuss post office reforms, embezzlement concerns, and a village arsenic case linked to a familial dispute.
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Hull
Gabe
Jack
O’neill
Ross
Dublin Evening Post
Haut Rhir
Meideres
Eprrontal
Morning Advertiser
Encounter With Pirates Off Trimgana Near Gulf of Siam
A letter from HMS Wolf first lieutenant recounts a cutting out action against pirates near Barnes Island and the capture of a large China junk. He describes fierce fighting, heavy casualties on the pirate side, and a court tally awarding prize money and prisoners. Captain Stanley received a sword, and Singapore residents hosted a grand dinner aboard the ship. The crew then proceeded to England per orders via Falmouth Packet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkins
Truro
H.M.S. Wolf
Bay
Bengal
Trimgana
Gulf of Siam
China Sea
Soolo
Barnes
Stanley
Honourable Company
Diana
Twentty
Singapore
England
Falmouth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wiscellany
Elza” Grimwood
Collingwood-street
Mile End
Avambhar
Mr. Attwood
A. Cabinet Council
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