Prince Charles Stuart Ring Reaches Antiquarian Hands
In Aberdeen a renowned antiquarian possesses a ring worn by Charles Edward Stuart during his wanderings in Scotland after the 1745 uprising. The artifact, richly gold with a carnelian center, bears the initials C P R and the motto, and is deemed a treasure worthy of royal custody or museum display. A matching unpublished manuscript details hardships endured by Prince Charles in the Scottish highlands.
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Aberdeen
Prince Charles Stuart
Peter Buchan
Scotland
Henry Benedict Stuart
Duke of York
Cardinal York
George IV
Recut
Britain
Stuart
Cught
Wen
Charles Edward Stuart
Europe
Prince of Wales
England
Charles Prince Regent
Royal Cabinet
British Museum
Buchan
Prince Charles
Culloden
Carmarthem
Tivy
Carmarthen
Cardigan
Kenarth
Wim
William
Hull
Gainsborough
Lincolnshire
Poor Law Commissioners
London
LincsInshire
Edwin Chadwick
Leeds
Corporation
Walsall
Svuicipz
Staffordshire
Francis Yates
Yates
Windsor
Castle Inn
Worcester
Forlowine
W. H. Clifton
Britannia Squares
Clifton
Benc’s
The Civil List retrenchment and Queen's spared wealth
A letter to the editor critiques the Civil List figures and pleads for sweeping retrenchment. It compares past hardship under George III and George IV with modern royal expenditures, asserts ministers mismanage funds, and proposes cutting the Civil List by large sums to fund the nation’s needs. It imagines the Queen accepting modest means and urges Parliament to set a patriotic budget aligned with public welfare.
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Weekly Chronicle
Liz
Third George
Spring Rice
William the Fourth
House of Commons
George the Third
George the
George the Fourth
Soverei U
England
The Bench and the Bar in Random Recollections
A review of Colburns Random Recollections of the House of Commons criticizes misstatements and looseness in facts while praising the anecdote sections. It highlights Sir Edward Sugden’s tale of a barber’s son and a Cambridge candidacy as a notable anecdote.
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Serjeant Bigwig
Justice Prate
Serjeant
Vaughan
Edward Sugden
E. Sugden
Cambridge
Spring Rice
Edward
Murder in Westmoreland shocks Carlisle Journal
The Carlisle Journal reports a brutal wilful murder near Langdale in Westmoreland. Themes Munter a 32 year old butter-dealer from Kendal was shot near his home on a Friday night and found in lane with his head blown open. A coroner's inquest returns wilful murder by unknown persons. Two men, Wills and Sisson, are held for examination at Kendal House of Correction.
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Carlisle Journal
Westmoreland
Themes Munter
Langdale
Orton
Kendal
Hunter
R. S. Stephenson
Peron
Wills
Sisson
Kendal House
Coventry
Bow-street
Cock Lane
Serosa
Mizz Charlot Ann Elizabet Martin
Mizz
Charlot Ann
Count
Ferry Goot
Glasse Cakery
Charlet
Mister Count
Hamlet
Heaven
Earth
Misa Charlotte Ann
Abraham
Scotland
London
Lancashire
Ropert Holland
Corbould
Cruikshank
Huffman
Stothard
J. Reynolds
Queen Victoria
Moonbeam Palace
Elfinland
Robin Goodfellow
Oberon
Titania
Miller
Lord Frederick Fitzclarence Moves From Eaton Place Manor
Lord Frederick Fitzclarence has vacated his mansion on Eaton Place and now occupies suites at the Clarenc vu Hotel. Local society columns note the transition in residence and social circuits.
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Lord Frederick Fitzclarence
Mension
Eatonplace
Clarenc Vu Hotel
Ees
Remarkable Common Pleas Scenes and Animal Magnetism Parody
A long Sunday notebook recounts serjeant Onslow’s daily Common Pleas attendance despite blindness, a juror’s deafness gag with Lord Chief Justice, and a child witness in a trial. It also reviews comic annuals lampooning animal magnetism, a visit to a showman, and a mock correspondence about mesmerism.
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Bell
Baron Bolland
Ambassadors and prisoners in Spain tension rising
Sir George Villiers, the British ambassador in Spain, sought a temporary leave he did not intend to take. Mr Grayneisen and Captain Henningsen, held by Christiaos, were moved from the common prison to better quarters at Villiers’s request, but General Espariero refused their release despite a Queen’s government order.
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George Villiers
Spain
Gray Neisen
Henningsen
Christiaos
Villiers
Espariero
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Cornwall
Lancaster
Cerberus
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Berne
Germany
Ernest
Leipsic
Messrs
Emanuel
Simmons
Theobald
Spooner
Guildhall
Italy
Storrid
Allan Park
Mr. Justice Park
Bob
Lord Spencer
Duke of Bedford
Fountain-Head
Reuben Oxenham
Zucle
Swan River
Cape of Good Hope
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