Royal almonry payments and royal court notes antiquated
Miscellany reports charity disbursements to over eight hundred elderly and disabled recipients under the archbishop's orders, dining with the King of the French, possible appointment of General Murray to a royal post, and school and society notices. It covers St Paul’s School speeches, Lincoln's Inn gift, park thefts, a Shrewsbury disturbance, Abyssinian society talk, royal stag hunt, a large Clerkenwell fire, and galvanism notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Her Majesty's Royal Charities
Royal Gate
Royal Palace
Whitehall
Archbishop of
York
Joseph Hanby
Almonry
Bulwer
England
Madrid
Lord Lynedoch
George Murray
Ordnance
St. Paul’s School
Williamson
Westminster School
Croly
Mickle
Cumnor Hall
Brien
Robertson
Charles V
Charles Paston Cooper
Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn
France
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Russia
Austria
Bavaria
Poland
Holland
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
America
Robert Roberts
Joseph Wiliams
Liverpool
Wood
Shrewsbury
Whitehead
Spring Street
Shadwell
Erixotocican Socrety
Lower Brook Street
King
Major Harris
Abyssinia
Shoa
Harris
Caffa
Gochob
Major Harria
Bombay
Mathew
Shea
Ethiopia
Winpson
Prince Albert
Castle
Hillingdon House
R. A. Cox
Windsor
Ascot
Douro
Mastor
Wemyss
Bouverie
G. E. Anson
Hillingdon-house
Cox
Prince
Mr. Cox
Polehill
Earl of Rosslyn
Wyse
Seymour
Westend
Yatton
Hayes
Grant
Ruislip
Albert
Colonel Bouverie
Turner
Charles Street
Northampton Square
Clerkenwell
Whitecross Street
Farringdon Street
Leighton
Ashby Street
Taylor
Taylor's Row
St. John Street Road
Booth
Milliner, &c
Sun
Adultery Case vs Cardigan Withdrawn on Trial Day
Lord William Paget’s suit for damages over alleged adultery with the Earl of Cardigan’s ally was slated for trial in the Common Pleas but record withdrawn minutes before opening. Report notes the public, press, and jury attendance, the absence of a compromise, and a chaotic Guildhall scene with witnesses and solicitors surprised by the sudden withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Paget
Lord Cardigan
Common Pleas
Sleepy Hollow
Court of Common Pxxas
Caim
Pacer
the Barn
Canpiaan
Tindal
Guildhall
Woodruffe
Bebb
Powell
Earl of Cardigan
Hudson
Mold
Mr. Mold
Mr. Powell
Sergeant Channell
John Paget
Thomas Wilde
T. Wilde
William Paget
Oxford-street
Winter
Lord Cardigans
Court of Justice
The Queen's billiard table from Royal George salvage
Royal George timber salvaged after sixty years was formed into a billiard table for Windsor castle by Mr Thurston. The table, praised for its beauty and craftsmanship, includes a copper plate inscription from a hoop of a Royal George powder barrel and drew inspection from nobility, with Prince Albert’s prize oxen noted elsewhere in the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurston
Catherine Street
Strand
Portsmouth
Windsor Castle
Royal George
Prince Albert
Carriz
Baldwin
Windsor
Wemyss
Roesuck
Roebuck
Bath Chronicle
Morratiry
Loypon
London
China
Scotch Reformees' Gazette
Rider
Tenbury
Hereford
Cromwell
House of Commons
Royal Society
Anderson
Carluke
James Wyllie
Lazourn
Tut Hanks
Lords Commissioners
Admiralty
United Service Gazette
Drama and panorama notes from Haymarket and TrePort fair
The Haymarket stages Bulwer's Money with a new cast led by Mrs Nisbett and Mr Stuart, plus Risley performances that earned eleven-night engagement. Keeley Anderson and Phelps take the English Opera House to Easter. Burford’s Treport panorama shows royal visit scenes with Prince Albert and Louis Philippe, opened privately. Widow's Mirs benefits at Surrey Theatre aid poorer troupe members as Mrs Fitzwilliam plans Paris engagement and the Keans reportedly earned £900 in Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evely
Stuart
Risley
Aun
Webster
English Opera House
Keeley
Anderson
Phelps
PanoraMa of
TrePort
Burford
Leicester Square
Chateau D'Eu
Queen Victoria
Louis Philippe
Prince Albert
Earl of Aberdeen
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence
France
Prince of
Victoria and Albert
Archimede
Duke de Nemours
England
H. C. Selons
Fitzwilliam
Paris
Liverpool
Dublin
Gymnase Dramatique
Wiggins
Sporting Intelligence and Royal Foxhunt at Stoke Park
A bustling page features betting on Denxsy and other horses with strong odds and a note that next week’s sale and betting shift to Tuesday. Prince Albert and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar join Granville Penn’s party for a foxhunt at Stoke Park, riding through several covers before a hare is found and killed. The report also covers Burke and the Times coach trotting match, a later fatal pony death, and a staged river battle with Tass Parker. The piece closes with a fatal accident at Liverpool Zoo Botanical Gardens where a keeper dies after an alleged abuse incident with an elephant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Albert
Mr. Penn
Royal
Stoke-common
Mason
Chippenham
Burke
Bedford
George
Holborn
London
Shefford
Trorriye Marca
Royal Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Times
Thomas
Paize Ficutine
Tab Pouier
Tass Parker
William Gunston
London-bridge
Greenwich
Blackwall
Woolwich
Battle Field
Lee and Sidcup
M.gill
Palmer
Procter
Erith
Longreach
Dartford
Hay
M‘gill
Fidler
Gravesend
Gravesend, &c
Essex
Severn
Powick
Hereford
Liverpool Zoological Gardens
Zoological Gardens
Liverpool Mercury
Christmas Day Celebrations in London Workhouses
Details on inmate numbers and festive allowances across London workhouses and unions for Christmas Day. Inmates indoors range from Marylebone's 2,096 to Islington’s 330, with beef or pork servings, plum pudding, tea, sugar, porter, and tobacco varying by house. Outdoor poor totals and child provisions are listed, including Norwood, Drouet’s Brixton, and Mr. Munson’s grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marylebone
St. Pancras
City of London Union
East London Union
Norwood
Holborn
Clerkenwell
St. James’s
Westminster
St. Margaret’s
St. John’s
St. Giles’s
St. George's
Bloomsbury
Islington
Lower Edmonton
Enfield
St. Olave’s
Bermondsey
St. Mary’s Newington
Stone Yard
Camberwell
St. George the Martyr
Southwark
St. Luke's
Poplar Union
St. George’s
East
Munson
St. Saviour's Union
Lambeth
Hackney
Greenwich
Grove House
Brixton
C. Aubin's
Newgate
Cope
Giltspur Streat
Allhallows
Bethlem Hospital
City
Westminster Bridewells
House of Correction
Ilford
Woolwich
General Penitentiary
Milbank
Middlesex House of Correction
Coldbathfields
Whitecross-street
Queen’s Prison
Queen’s Bench
Fleet
Marshalsea
Archbishop of
Canterbury
Tothillfields
Christmas dining and aid at Royal establishments in London
A long list describes Christmas meals and allowances for Royal Chelsea Hospital Royal Military Asylum and Royal Greenwich Hospital naval veterans and soldiers, plus lunatic asylums including Bethlem Hanwell and Magdalen Hospital. It notes Newgate and other prisons offering beef bread and beer, with gifts and entertainments for inmates and debtors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Hospital
Chelsea
Royal Military Asylum
Royal
the Duke of York
Greenwich
Copenhagen
Nile
Trafalgar, &c
Bethlem Hospital Lunatic Asylum
Hanwell Lunatic Asylum
Connolly
Magdalen Hospital
Blackfriars Road
London-road
Southwark
Philanthropic Society
London Road
Christmas Amusements at Drury Lane
The opening scene satirizes industry and the march of intellect with a Genius of Idleness vowing to run a school of idleness. The acts feature a whimsical forest, a bear and cub, King Pepin, and Orson the wild man amid a banquet and transformative harlequinade with visual marvels and topical quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drury Lane
Valentine
Onson
Morton
Hance
Bruin
Pepin
Pan
Suite
Orson
Scullion
Louis Philippe
Her
Nelson
Covent Garden and Haymarket Programs Feature Fairy Tale Opera Extravangaza
The English Opera prices rise as Covent Garden and Haymarket announce festive productions. Haymarket presents J R Planche’s New Extravacanza based on the Fair One with the Golden Locks, detailing Graceful’s trials with three tasks aided by talking animals. Princess's follows with Tus Magic Mirrors, a burlesque at Drury Lane, where a Magic Mirror reveals thoughts and only pure minds see truth, delivering droll, music filled humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haymarket
J. R. Planche
Graceful
G. A.becket
Drury Lane Theatre
China
Tagrag
Bobtail
Pantomime Season Brightens London Theatres On Boxing Night
Shoreditch boasts local pantomimes with George and the Dragon at short distance, Blanchard and Ellar in Harlequin roles, and compliments for Astley’s Tam O’Shanter as an equestrian pantomime. Surrey and Adelphi present Harlequin Blue Beard and Harlequin Grammar with strong clowns. Olympic promises Jack The Grant Kitten, Queen’s hosts Par a Caxr, Par a Caxr with Baker’s Man, and Marylebone previews Harlequin and the Singing Mouse with Back as Clown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. George and the Dragon
Mabel
Heath
George and the Dragon
Blanchard
Ellar
Surrey
Olympic
Jack
Grant Kitten
Marylebone
George Barnwell
Ealster
Mons
Sadler's Wells Pantomime Echoes Grimaldi's Mantle
The piece recalls Joey the Clown at Sadler's Wells and hopes the new performer inheriting Grimaldi's mantle will echo the house’s classic humor, pleasing visitors who are discerning about this genre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadler's Wells
Joey
Grimaldi
Extraordinary Proceedings at St Stephen Walbrook Vestry
At St Stephen Walbrook a select vestry on December 22 1843 faced crowd disturbances as officers blocked entry. Aldermen Gibbs Humphery and police actions sparked claims of authority and a later inquiry, with doors guarded and disputes over parish rights and access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messra. Rock, Howett
Michel Grpss
Eppison
St. Stephen’s
Walbrook
Dr. Croly
Rock
Howett
Williams
Forrester
Mr. Howett
St.Stephen’s
Imessry
Humphery
Alderman Humphery
Guildhall
Rowe
Mr. Humphery
Irish Society
St. Stephen
Joseph C. Howett
Alderman Gibbs
Roe
St. Stephen's Church
Aldermar Gibbs
Gibbs
Alderman Hormphery
Breach of Promise of Marriage and Other Notices
In this item from the Cambridge Independent a Queen's Bench case reports Caroline Brett v S W Stone, a verdict for £250 after a minister deserted and remarried. Also noted is a monument to Admiral Benbow in Shrewsbury, a foundling infant at Albion Tavern Hyde Park, a Paddington omnibus accident injuring Mr Fraser, and a fire at Scrivelsby stack yard likely incendiary with wheat and barley stacks burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Brett
S. W. Stone
Court of Queen’s Bench
Lord Denman
Bristol
St. Mary’s Church
Shrewsbury
Admiral Benbow
Nelson
Jamaica
Albion Tavern
Albionstreet
Hyde Park
Fraser
Horncastle
Rawson
Henry Dymoke
Scrivelsby
Cambridge Independent
Royal Navy halts enlistments at Tower Hill and sends youths to Sheerness
Admiralty orders stop recruiting for the Royal Navy at Tower Hill while allowing Royal Marine School youths to join Perseus for distribution to ships. Earlier, 40 youths passed inspection and were sent to Camperdown, Sheerness. Meanwhile the barque Caroline, 548 tons, from Granada to St John, with 22 aboard, wrecked at Cranberry Point Maine. 18 perished. In Dartford, Jim Crow, Railway Jack, Goldsmith, and Parr staged matches for fives and twenties, drawing bets and cheers but ending with no decisive times or clear winner. Two disappointments marked the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Navy
Admiralty
Towerhill
Greet
Bell
Perseue
Royal Marine School
Perseus
Sheerneas
Dr. Bell
Camperdown
Sheerness
Cranberry Point
Goldborough
Granada
St. John
New Brunswick
Jim Crow
Railway Jack
Goldsmith
Parr
Dartford Road
Earl Moira
Shooter's Hill
Tun
Also Mentioned on This Page
Devonport Independent
Halse
Richmond-house
Torquay
Devonshire
Western Times
N.B
Crim
the Earl OF
Cardigan
Sporting Intelligence
Tattersall
Denxsy
Quin
Loadstone
Peel
Orlando
Lord Maidstone
Thornhill
Covent Garden
M. Juttien
Astley
Tam O' Swanten
Byrne
Adelphi
Silver Crescent
Mr. Wieland
T. Matthews
Queen's
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