Notices and obituaries from the General Post Office and London
Notices posted at the General Post Office announce the next mail to Egypt India Malta Greece and Ionian Islands on January 1 1844 and December 14 respectively. Reports describe the deaths of General Jon Taylon in Haymarket his age 75 and the captivity of Stoddart and Conolly possibly alive with updates from Bokhara. Also covered are Captain Burt’s death and other local items, including improvements near Covent Garden, educational conferences, railway traffic returns, and various society notices.
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Xpra
General Post
St. Martin’s-le Grand
Lombard-street
Charing Cross
Egypt
India
General Post-office
Malta
Greece
Ionian Islands
Southampton
Street
Coronel Stoppart
Carrarn ConoLty
Lord Aberdeen
Leyard
Wolff
Bokhara
Mussulman
England
Vival Voce
Astordis
Stordas
Colonel Stoddart
Conolly
Grover
McElanchony
C. Burt
Piddletown
Burt
Royal Engineers
West Indies
Mr. Reeks
Jackson
Dorchester
Capt
Reeks
Adjutant Bart
Sherborne
Sir James Shaw
James Shaw
City of London
Doctor's Commons
John Shaw
A. W. Robart’s
Benjamin Scott
A. Gordon
John Cass
Aldgate Church
St. Lawrence
Old Jewry
Portsoken School
Botolph School
Aldgate School
Academy
Kimarnock
Scotland
Academy of Riccarton
Prince of Wales
Princess Royal
Duke of Wellington
Covent Ganveen
St. Paul’s
Covent Garden
Paine
Long Acre
King Street
Temple Bar
Hart Street
Duke of Bedford
Commissioners of Woods and Forests
Home Department
Albert
Globe
Lonpox
Yorkshire
Lancashire
London
Liverpool
Raffles
John Kelly
William Bevan
Blackburn
S. Job
T. Haigh
Robertson
Wood
Samuel Blackburn
Manchester
Vaughan
R. Fletcher
Samuel Fletcher
Shaw
Sheffield
York
Barnsley
Huddersfield
Halifax
Charles Hindley
Leeds Mercury
Birmingham
Derby
Gloucester
Brandling Junction
Eastern Counties
Edinoe
Glasgow
Paisley
Ayr
Greenock
Grand Junction
Great North of
Hull
Selby
Blackwall
Brighton
Croydon
South Western
Greenwich
Bolton
Leeds
Midland Counties
Newcastle
Carlisle
North Shields
North Midland
Northen
Dustin
Colles
John Mace
Church-road
St. George’s
Ballantine
Thames-street
Thomas Berraby
Thomas Wilson
Kroomen
Mace
Buckingham Palace
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Poultry
Woolwich
India House
Stockine
Harriet Jones
London Hospital
Whitechapel-road
East India Docks
Mr. Halse
Richmond House
Torquay
Bem
Devonport
Halse
No. 5
Pelham-crescent
Brompton
Bohemian Girl Benefit At The Dramatic Theatre
A Cheltenham based company shows a full house for Mr Batre’s benefit. The Bohemian Girl stars Miss Rainforth and Mr Harrison with Mr Borram Dee and Balfe ensemble. a concert features Mrs Balfe. A new farce The Trumpeter’s Daughter by Haymarket author Muller is well received. Notables visit Balfe’s opera, and the Davin Regs and late actor histories are noted with reminiscences.
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Mn. Batre
Donizetti
Miss Rainforth
Mr. Harrison
Borram
Signor
Cheltenham
Balfe
Stretton
Italy
Scala
Balfe Donizetti
Madame Dulcken
Benedict
Thalberg
Norma
Haymarker
Binks the Bagman
Muller
Mr. Strickland
Asses
Philipon
Mr. Webster
Paris
Awain
Lyons
Madelon
Archer
Davry-Lave Theatre
Duchess of Bedford
Duchess of Montrose
Duke of
Devonshire
Duke Fitzjames
Duke of Beaufort
Marchioness
Blandford
Douro
Conyngham
Earl
Countess of
Errol
Earl of Chesterfield
Earl of Munster
Londonderry
Cornwallis
Colborne
Braybroke
Lennox
Conroy
de Bathe
Graham
Bruce
Forbes
Duke
Davin Regs
HayMarket
Ireland
Grimaldi
Sadler's Wells
T. P. Cooke
David Rees
America
Liverpool Theatre
Jonathan
London
James Brown
Drury-lane
Duchez
Haymarket Theatre
Crack
Gabbard
Buckstone
Webster
Rees
Dublin
Cork
Liverpool
Manchester
Bets and odds from Tattersall's May pay day
Sporting intelligence notes heavy wagering on multiple horses including Scott's lot Loadstone and T'Auld Squire. Bets range from 6 to 1 against Scott's entry to 1,000 to 40 against Bowes's T'Auld Squire. Several horses backed to near totals of £200 with various sums laid across contenders.
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Scott
Quin
Loadstone
Bowes
Goodman
Lord Maidstone
Mr. Wreford
Scott’s
Lot
T’auld Squire
Runnin Rein
Campanero
Vatcolt
Peel
Orlando
Vane
Murder of Charlotte Fox at the Robin Hood Stockport
A middle aged bailiff, George Fox, killed his wife in the Robin Hood at Middle Hillgate Stockport. He beat her and struck her head on a slapstone during a Friday night incident. An inquest found a verdict of wilful and deliberate murder against Fox. He surrendered, was held for trial in Chester.
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O’connell
Ireland
the Times
The
Morning Herald
Mr. O'Connell
Fingall
Repeal Association
John O’connell
England
Castle of
Dublin
Pitt
Hellish
George the Third
Lord de Grey
Sugden
Elizabeth
Castlereagh
Clontarf
Mr. Steele
Wellington
Caligula
George Fox
Stockport
Hudson
Vernon Street
Elizabeth Hallworth
Robin Hood
Middle Hill Gate
Charlotte Fox
Orlando Oldham
Mr. Oldham
Bowers
Fox
Rayner
S. Hallworth
Hillgate
John Minshull
Middle Hillgate
G. Fox
John Street
Coppock
Betty Day
George
John Rayner
Higher Hillgate
Stout Chase Through Maidenhead Ends Near Granby Inn
A large field attended a memorable hunt near Maidenhead. The Scotch deer Highlander fled along the Great Western railway dodging a passing 30 mile per hour train, then led hounds through parks and farms for over thirty miles before being captured at the Marquis of Granby tap-room after a two hour and three quarter pace. Observers spoke of a remarkable escape for the pack and riders. Separately, Lord George Bentinck and associates intensified efforts to identify gambling participants, with potential indictments aimed at London gambling-house proprietors if implicated. A racing season summary shows total stakes of £186,471 with 1,460 starters, led by Cotherstone’s £13,790 win. notable earners include Colonel Peel, Lord G. Bentinck, and Lord Eglinton.
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MasEsty
Sun Inn
Maidenhead
Great Western Railway
Reading
Shottisbrook
Lawrence Waltham
Riscombe
Charity Farm
Billingbear-wood
Warren Farm
Hurst
Lodden
Sandford Mill
George Bentinck
Russell
St. James's
London
England
Scotland
Wales
Cotherstone
Colonel Peel
Lord G. Bentinck
Lord Eglinton
Belvoir Castle
Her Majesty
Prince
Chatsworth
Belvoir
Chesterfield
Derby
Duke of Devonshire
Nottingham
Duke of Rutland
Marquis of
Granby
John Manners
Charles Manners
Leicestershire
Grand
Stanton
Stanton Tower
Croxto Tance
Queen
Prince Consort
Lord Hardwicke
Lady Portman
Newman
Emancipation
Croxton
Duke of Wellington
Earl of Wilton
Prince Alice
Her
Bably
Castle
Sir Montague
Georgina Cholmeley
Christopher Turner
Cecil Turner
Litchford
Gregory Gregory
Harlaxton
Hall
Wharton
W. Fletcher Norton
Elton
Runaway Postmaster Reward For Re-Arrest
The postmaster general of the United States offers a reward of 300 dollars for the rearrest of Thornton H. Freeman, postmaster at Carrollton Missouri, said Freeman having been arrested as a robber of the mail and made his escape from the marshal. An Expensive Pauper dies in Chelmsford union workhouse after long parish charges. cost estimated at £837 12s. Essex Herald reports fires in Tattershall area, including Billinghay stack loss and rapid Sleaford engine response.
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United States
Thornton H. Freeman
Carrollton
Missouri
Freeman
John Harris
Writtle
Chelmsford Union
Essex Herald
Tattershall
Billinghay
Bailey
Norwich
Sleaford
John Rhoades
Fortescue Arms
Stamford Mercury
Municipal Reform in London Ward of Farringdon Without
A Friday meeting in the Central Criminal Court discussed a proposed bill to amend the 11th George I act governing London elections. Sir James Duke and Mr. Taylor led talks on voting rights, ward representation, and parliamentary reform to restore universal city voting and adjust ward boundaries.
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Farringdon Without
Central Criminal Court
James Duke
Common Council
St. Thomas’s Day
R. Taylor
Mr. Taylor
George
George the
Broad-street
George I
London
Taylor
Bridge Without
Court of Aldermen
Aldersgate Ward Meeting Pushes for Civic Improvements
A Friday Aldersgate ward gathering in the Cit Sir Peter Laurie’s board room endorsed a report urging extension of occupying premises, tax payments, and improved corporation measures. The motion, seconded by Mr Besley, passed 21 to 8 amid jokes about aldermanic horse theft. amendment opposing parliamentary interference failed.
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Aldersgate
Cit
Peter Laurie
All
London
Besley
Sir Peter Laurie
Mr. Besley
Henry
Sir Peter
Appeals decide housing and voter qualification cases
The Court of Common Pleas ruled on appeals from Stockport Chatham and Lewes. Stockport held eighteen weavers renting rooms with shared power under one rent as a building under the act. Chatham kept a rope maker voter on the register, finding landlord tenant relations despite lodging arrangements. Lewes expelled a name for misdescribed qualification as a single house. An Army return shows 73,966 officers and men in Great Britain Ireland and colonies in Jan with Ireland home to 15,522. Fire at Turnham-Greene destroys much of a mansion but is contained. no fatalities.
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Wellington
Ireland
Dotage
Mr. Steele
Sugden
de Grey
Elizabeth
Castlereagh
Mulgrave
Morpeth
Fingal
Lamerts Pullantarorte Society
Frida
Lambeth Philanthropic Society
John Bull
Tyer’s Street
Lambeth
John Hunt
Messrs
Bristol Channel
London
Abbott
Thomas Gresham
Royal Exchange
Barry
Trafalgar
Praxiteles
Athens
Neptune
BaRxr
Gregory
Newgate
Iuwacy
Hartley
Leeds
Manchester
Ashton
Stalybridge
Bradford
Orleans
Merinos
Court of Common Pleas
Stockport
Chatham
Borough of
Lewes
Army
Great Britain
India
Royal Artillery, &c
Turnham-Greene
Samuel Hoadley
Turnham-green Terrace
Turnham-green
Fire Brigade
County Fire-Office
King-street
Fogo
Union Fire Office
Queen's Chatsworth visit wowed with gardens and rites
On Friday at Chatsworth Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were welcomed by Duke of Devonshire. They toured the Painted Hall, state rooms, and the famed conservatory and rockwork grounds. A tree-planting ceremony, grand dinner, and ball followed with extensive illumination.
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Chatsworth
Duke of Devonshire
Prince Albert
Louisa Cavendish
England
Lord Leveson
Haddonhall
Bikewell
Her Majesty
Paxton
Mr. Paxton
Derby
Queen and Prince Depart Chatsworth for Belvoir Amid Vast Cheers
Royal progress from Chatsworth to Belvoir with the Queen and Prince Consort greeted by thousands at Derby and Nottingham stations. Crowds line arches from Kampton to Melton Mowbray as Albert, Prince of Wales, and the Duchess of Rutland witness Belvoir hunts and receptions before Windsor return.
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Queen
Prince Albert
Windsor
Her Majesty
Prince
Belvoir Castle
Duke of Rutland
Leicester
Kampton
Waltham
Cavendish
Thorpe Arnold
Melton Mowbray
Belvoir
Albert, Prince of Wales
England
George Hotel
Earl of Wilton
Iodge
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Sporting Intelligence
Tattersall’s