University Reform motion to renew inquiry commission
In Oxford Chronicle notes Mr Christie P Weymouth plans to push a commission of inquiry on university reform in the next session. Also reported are a hospital election in Goodge Street with Dr Seth Thompson defeating Dr Woodfall, and updates on the Commercial Travellers Benevolent Society including funds, claims, and annual grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christie
Weymouth
Oxford Chronicle
Midplesex Hospital
Goodge-street
Tottenham-court-road
Fielder
Watson
Seth Thompson
Woodfall
Thompson
Dr. Thompson
Commercial Travellers’ Benevolent Society
London
Ludgate-hill
Chapman Marshall
John Key
Musgrove and Moon
Thomas Wood
T. Chapman
E. Tewart
Thomas Chapman
Bay
Sivemarty Faran
J. Mills
Ben Jonson
Great Warner Street
Clerkenwell
Mary Elizabeth Goodee
Robert Goodee
Great Bath Street
E. Goodee
Perth
William Frederick
Nassau
Henry Stephen Fox
Lord Holland
Washington
Richard Pakenham
Republic of Mexico
New York
Fox
United States
Sheffield
H. G. Ward
John Parker
Liberal Party
Leeds Mercury
Earl Fitzwilliam
Westminster Bridge
Birmingham
Derby
Gloucester
Brandling Junction
Dublin
Kingstown
Eastern Counties
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Paisley
Ayr
Greenock
Grand Junction
Great North of England
Great Western
Hall and Selby
Liverpool
Manchester
Blackwall
Brighton
Croydon
South Western
Greenwich
Bolton
Leeds
Midland Counties
Newcastle
Carlisle
North Shields
North Midland
Northern
Ulster
Cuess Maren
Mr. Staunton
M. St. Amant
M. Deschapelles
Staunton
William Bastie
Ballantine
Thames
John Welch
Welch
The Liverroot Theatre opens with cheap tickets in Liverpool
Liverpool theatres diversify and revive taste as the Liverroot Theatre lowers prices across boxes and pit to attract crowds. Madame Celeste stars in St Mary’s Eve and The World of Dreams with praised scenery while the Amphitheatre features Carter and lions. Glasgow notes Miss Helen Faucit draws growing audiences in refined acting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Theatre Royal
Madame Celeste
Mr. Webster
Haymarket
London
Carter
Theatre Royal Glascow
Helen Faucit
Faucitt
Glasgow
Epinsurncu
Mvste
Henry Bishop
Donaldson
Gauntlett
Fortune
Edinburgh
Madame Grisi
M. Gerard de Mercy
Seire
M. de Mercy
Grisi
Chelery
Vanziers
Mme. Grisi
Vaucresson
General Coutard
M. de Meley
Signora Favanti
Facuto
Cognoscenti
Lablache
Naples
Margaret Edwards
Miss Birch
Leipzic
Miss Delcy
Verona
Miss Austin
Palermo
Brussels
Miss Day
Master Day
Sporting Intelligencer notes on Tattersall races and royal hare hunt
The piece covers Tattersall's betting odds on several horses led by Ugly Buck and Rattan, the Buck hounds meet at Salthill with Lord Sheffield in attendance, and a detailed royal hare hunt with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at Langley and Colnbrook, including multiple hares found and killed and a Windsor party procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Her Majesty
Salthill
Lord Sheffield
Windsor
Hounslow
George Green-road
Wexham-lane
Slough
Stoke Park
Stoke-green
Stoke-common
Clayton’s Wood
Hedgerley
Bulstrode Park
Beaconsfield
Nottingham
Harrison
Dragon Inn
Halifax Road
Leeds
Leeds and Whitehall
Beehive Cricket Ground
Walworth
Patterson
Ned Wild
Jenkinson
London Stag
Badcock
Birmingham
E. Smith
Perch
Blackheath
Griss
London
the Stag
Stag
Smith
Prince Albert's Hangiers
Winpleson
Prince Albert
Duke of Wellington
Marchioness
Douro
Seymour
Staniforth
Wells
Untercombe
Rushout
Nash
Queen
Short
Langley Broom
Colnbrook
Mr. Bulkeley
Horton
Prince
Opening of the French chambers and royal speech
Reports from Paris describe the opening ceremony of the French Chambers led by Louis Philippe with a guarded reception. The speech praised harmony, economic prospects, and France’s relations, while noting Spain and Greece events and Algeria plans. Market notes detail bond prices and short Parisian reactions to the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Pacific
Spain
Greece
Isabella
Great Britain
Sardinia
Portugal
Algeria
Orleans
Roun
Havre
Avignon
Alicant
Madrid
Theatre de la Cruz
Journal Des Débats
Tunis
M. de Lagan
Tortoni
St. Cloud
England
Louis Philippe
Chamber of Deputies
Carrousal Bridge
Palais Bourbon
National Guard
Victor Hugo
Gens
Siam
Kine
Hotrano
Benuix
The
Netherlands
Ehrenberg
Treapec
Prince Frederick
Prince Augustus of
Wurtemberg
King William
Prince Albert
Hamburgh
Holland
Saippy F.be
Pool
Waterloo Dock
Meg of
Meldon
Calcutta
Sinclair
Messrs. Sands, Turner, and Co
Robert Baker
Writtle
Essex Agricultural Protection Society
Brazier
Baker
Chelmsford
Skinner
Great Elston
Roseenky
Leicester-square
Discomfiture of Busfield Ferrand at Rochdale Chartists
A Rochdale theatre meeting for the Liberation Fund turns chaotic as Busfield Ferrand faces a hostile crowd. Chartist chair Mackintosh leads opposing speakers while Livesey and Ferrand clash over Oastler's reforms, poor law politics, and alleged misrepresentation. The crowd erupts, a committee is formed to aid the Oastler fund, and Ferrand leaves amid hisses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Busfield Ferrand
T. Ferrand
Rochdale
Liberation Fund
Oastler
Busfield Ferrand
Mackintosh
James Barratt
Thomas Greenwood
Ferrand
Rward
Richard Oastler
Mr. Villars
Mr. Villier
Thomas Livesey
Mr. Villiers
Mr. Ferrand
Gregs
Ashworths
Chadwick
Horth
Bradford
Mr. Fielder
Oldham
Mr. Livesey
Mr. Fielden
Lives
Richard Cantler
House of Commons
Forsooth
Kings of
Hanover
Lord Howick
Bingley
Mr. Oastler
Harlequin and King Pepin pantomime at Drury Lane
A Christmas pantomime review describes Harlequin and King Pepin at Drury Lane. Idleness spawns a workless school while Industry rescues the scene with a bustling countryside tableau of windmills, trains, reapers, and charity children. Orson, Valentine, and King Pepin clash in a comic sequence ending with a lively harlequinade and a Nelson tableau amid applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valentine
Orson
Constantinople
Blandiman
Pepin
Prince Hanfrey
Carlotta Grisi
Payne
Nelson
Letter clarifies assassination claim linked to Anti Corn Law League
A Times reader disputes Mr Ferrand MP and corrects a misattribution about a private Anti Corn Law League meeting in Manchester. He recounts a July 1842 deputation by shopkeepers to Peel's ministers, their failed interview with Peel, and a public meeting led by local merchants condemning the widespread distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Robert Peel
League
Ferrand
Abel Hexwood
Manchester
THE
Federal Movement
Sharman Crawford
Fleury Caulfield
Earl of
England
Ireland
Henry Caulfield
William Sharman Crawford
the Times
M.P
Anti Corn Law League
Robert
Lord Ripon
Lord Ashley
Com Exchange Inn
Jullien’s Covent Garden Opens With Notable Musical Entertainment
Covent Garden opened on Tuesday night with M. Jullien delivering familiar programs previously seen at the English Opera House. The theatre appeared elegant with floral festoons and laurel, bright lighting, and a large promenade inviting social gathering. The show drew a numerous audience across boxes and platforms, and the dress circle offered refined listening while the promenade accommodated many loungers.
Fair One with Golden Locks in Haymarket Burletta
Review of Mr Planché's fairy burlesque The Fair One with Golden Locks at Haymarket. Praises J Bland as king and Miss P Horton as Avenant Graceful, notes humorous crow and owl scenes, and a spoof on romance and villainy with a pantomime flair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haymarket
Planché
Grimm
Hanuman
Avenant
Alexander VI
César Borgia
Mr. Planché
J. Bland
P. Horton
Lucy Long
Julia Bennett
Tilbury
Ambassador
Othello
Iago
Christmas Theatres Through Princesses Charm At Princess's Theatre
The Princess's Theatre staged a Christmas program featuring Don Pasquale with Paul Bedford as the Don and Madame Eugenia Garcia as Norina, followed by the Keeleys in Twice Killed. The novelty piece Magic Mirror or the Hall of Statues, a musical burlesque set in China, showcased elaborate costumes, lantern dances, and a subplot involving Emperor Sing Song and treasury troubles resolved through clever schemes and romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keeleys
China
Conzeu
Sheleaf
Sing Song
Conger
Imperial Palace
Pekin
Tin Twang
Poo Poo
She-leaf
Hi-Shi-Hito
Hi-Ski-Hi
Mirza
Paperpate
Tag Rag
Congou
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Sporting Intelligencer
Tattersall
Scott
John Day
Crockford
Lichtwald
F. Ongley
Marquis of Westminster
Cockamaroo
Bebington
Busfield
Edward Armstrong
Roscommon
Clerkenwell Police Court
George-street
St. Giles’s
Greenwood
Rawhey
George Street
Hall
Bow Street
Rawley
Mr. Greenwood
Mould
House of Correction
Taylor
Division of Police
St. Giles
Maissey
Bow-street
Jardine
Deslavcrive
Merrin
Waterloo-place
Commercial Road East
White Horse Gate
Cooke
Braidwood
Alliance Fire Office
CaiLtp
Wakley
St. Pancras
William Davis
John.street
Tabernacle
Tottenham
Court-Road
T. H. Cooper
TRE Kirk
ScorTnanp
Epinsmnen
Court of Session
Lord Jeffrey
MN Division
Axted
Cherry Garden-Street
Bermondsey
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