Mixed 1842 notices from Oxford to Liverpool and Calais
A miscellany of 1842 items reports Oxford chemistry talk on a poetry professorship contest, bankruptcy examinations in Arundel, new Calais light details, Crews at sea, postal tricks, tea demand upticks, and a tragic inquest into a one month old infant found dead in a tavern, with witness statements and coroner adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maupitips
Mau
Bordeaux
Swansea
Sin America
England
Aubi
Ether
Sherborne-lane
Payne
Elizabeth Lind
Bristol
Sky the Great
Western Railway
Ellen .Colstock
Paddington
Fuller
King William-street
Bonner
Ouerstershire
Yorkshire
Wig
Hull
Eay Fuller
Ward Beadle
Nene
Tai
London Opera News Preview at Lumley’s Italian House
Mr Lumley, director of the Italian Opera-house, travels to Paris for openings and engagements as a busy season is anticipated. A survey under the lord chamberlain’s order improves subscriber accommodation while the venue plans a February 26 opening with possible delay for rehearsals. Deshayes, Loewe, and Donizetti’s Maria Padilla are mentioned among the early novelties. Covent-Garden presents Elena Uberti, with Miss Kemble delivering notable Norma-like arias. the performance sparks praise for Kemble’s singing and the elaborate stage settings. A new melodrama Elizabeth Lazarus, or the Widow and the Lawyer, appears at another house, with mixed reception and a crowded pantomime to follow. The Sacred Harmonic Society notes a presentation of a silver tea-service to J. N. Harrison, while Mrs Hone stars at the Binmucanu Theatre and Rubini’s Paris-Madrid sojourn is cited with a lucrative Queen’s engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hen Masusty
Lumley
Paris
M. Deshayes
Donizetti
Maria Padilla
Milan
Covent-Garden Theatre
Elena Uberti
Miss Kemble
Mercandante
Pacini
Sigifreda
Count Uberti
Mr. Leffler
Ubaldo di Collatto
Mr. W. Harrison
Mr. Stretton
Guido
Norma
Covent Garden
Harrison
Rainforth
Suaney
Elizabeth Lazarus
Widot
Jasins Glasscock
J.T. ‘Haines
Surrey-audiente
Tina
Davidge
Harmonic Society
J. N. Harrison
Sacred Harmonic Society
Exeter Ball
Binmincuam Theatre
Hone
M Rubini
Italy
Madrid
Queen's Theatre
Sporting Intelligence and betting at Doncaster races
A lively betting scene with heavy wagers on favourites including Auckland and Wiseacre, finishing prices listed. Doncaster entries show record numbers for 1842 1848 stakes and renewals. Leeds Intelligencer notes a Shrewsbury hunt ball with Duke of Buckingham’s tenants signatures and a prize fight in London between Walker and Mason ending with Walker victorious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Robert de Gorham
Wiseacre
Joanna Colt
Dodger
Auckland
G. Heathicote
Col. Peel
Lord Vernlam
Westminster
Treen
Cooke
Duke of Grafton
Doncaster
Leeds Intelligencers
Shrewsbury
Duke of Buckingham
Bucks
Baron Rothschild
Aylesbury News
Londo
John Walker
Fred. Mason
the Bulldog
Mason
Walker
Prince Albert lays first stone of the Royal Exchange
Prince Albert participates in a grand ceremony at the Guildhall with the lord mayor and ministers to lay the first stone of the New Royal Exchange. A vast pavilion, inscriptions, coins, and a glass bottle are used in the cornerstone ritual followed by a sumptuous banquet in the Mansion House with royal pomp and toasts to the Queen and Prince Consort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guildhall
Prince Albert
Royal Exchange
Council
Guildhall Yard
King-street
Duke of Wellington
Gresham
R. Peel
Lord Stanley
J. Graham
Earl of Aberdeen
Earl of Haddington
Fitzgerald and
Vesey
Earl of
Ripon
Earl of Jersey
Earl Delaware
E. Knatchbull
H. Hardinge
Goulburn
Corporation
Windsor
Trinity House
Queen
R. L. Jones
Mercers’ Company
Chamberlain of London
Royal
Or Majesty
Times
Barnes
Mercers' Company
Journal of
Europe
Oxford
Tower of Babel
Adab
Prussia
Theopper
Obbard
J. G. Elmes
Gibston
Henry Thomas
Goldsmiths’ Company
H. Melville
RK. Peel
Fry
Frio
Mesorah Robertson
Land
Léfiler
Ms. Wilson
Adelaide
England
Preas
Mansion House
Robert Peel
Bry i
Marquis of Exeter
Newman
Bridge-house
Thomas Gresham
London-bridge
T. G
Thames
London
Royal ‘Exchange
Queen Victoria
Victoria
Wall, Fionshine
Lion Keo
Ee Stone
NEW Royal Exchange
Mr. Barnes
Architect
London Lord Mayor's Banquet Toasts to Royal Family and Duke
A grand London banquet honors the Prince of Wales and Royal Family with cheers. The Lord Mayor commends Bishop of London, Sir Robert Peel, and Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, praising public works, peace, and commerce. The Duke responds with gratitude, lauding peace and national strength. The Lady Mayoress is toasted for her benevolence and public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of London
Prince of Wales
London
Royal Exchange
Rule Britannia
Jord
Baronet
Robert Peel
R. Peel
Board of Trade
Earl of Ripon
Anayor
Phig
Tima Ji
Meikle
Merlin
Duke of Wellington
Duke of Wellngton
O. Selton
House of Lords
Lacy
Messenger propelling engine may transform railway propulsion
Mr. Conder unveils a new Messenger propelling engine likely to revolutionize railway propulsion by replacing the rope systems used on Blackwall and other lines. A French commission has begun examining the engine for potential adaptation to France’s new rail routes.
Banquet at Mansion House Honors Lords and Commons
Royal ceremony report covers toasts to the lady mayoress and the House of Commons, praise for the empire’s unity, and remarks by Lord Stanley. The crowd cheers as Prince Albert attends the banquet with dignitaries, amid reflections on the constitution and commercial empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Commons House of
Lord Stanley
House of Commons
United Empire
Spain
London
Denman
City of London
Masterman
Bar of England
Lord Imayor
Prince
Albert
Appointment of Queen's counsel at the Court of Chancery
Lords weigh new Queen's Counsel holdings and rulings on contempt warrants. A habeas corpus rule is granted in a Lincoln arrest case. In Tinnit, Liverpool is ordered domicile for a lunatic commission. The Porters of Billingsgate dispute porterage rights and private wharf taxation and next Winchester assizes will hear the case. Hyslop v. Murcatte ends with the bill dismissed and costs awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court OF Chancery
Teeanay
Queen’s Counsel
Queen's Counsel
Wilbraham
Matthews
Kee
Teed
Lowndes
William St. Thomas Crarge
Pashley
Lincoln
London
Grosvenor-street
Lord Langdale
Rolls
Fleet
George
1St William
Purvis
Walker
Kenyon Parker
James Russell
Tinnit
Wakefield
M‘christie
Liverpool
Tinnie
Whitmarsh
Roupell
Anderson
Loftus Wigram
Lord Mayor of London
Coompe—Exchequer
J. Knight Bruce
Lord Mayor
Corporation of London
Porters
Billingsgate
Harvey Coombe
Thames
Staines Bridge
County of
Middlesex
Yenland
Yendele
Kent
Common Council
Corporation
James the
Savoy
Duchy of Lancaster
City of London
Winchester
Hyslop
Bank of England
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Express
Garbet
Watube Standard
Brasenose College
Wilens
And
Green
Hopkins
Drewett
Catats
Lloyd's
Admiralty
Calais
Jens Barrow
Hydrographic Office
Calais Harbour
Fort Rouge
Porte
Alexander
Jerusalem
Vienna
St. Peterson Univers
Fortescue
Ratern T'ines
Boston
United States
Columbia
United Kingdom
North America
Charles Lemon
West Cornwall
Dublin
Vicennia
Society For the Conversion of the Jews
Escade
Congon
Foreign Office
Aberdeen
Lord Aberdeen
Cannixo
John Aderson
DupeRs VII
Presidency of
Fort William, Vital
Lady Combermere
Africa
Niger
Jessel
Bonny
Clarence
Mio Po
Soudan Riden
Brighton
Boner
Ued
Ulin
Isshermen
Aén
Black
General Navigation Company
Black Forthe
Shoreham Harbour
Sporting Intelligence
Trowel
Bottle
Mallet
Level
Prince Plumb-rule
Lewis
General Scott
Mallen
Dry
I Lore Oneioks
Balerno
I Globe
LAW
Rolls Court
Wennxes Bay
Wahicat
Mauiper
High-street
County of Kent
Stephen Hughes
Batten
Mitre Tavern
Henry Maunder
Pemberton
Shebbeare
Kindersley
Parry
Mann
Timewell
Watson
Edward Munn
James Timewell
Connaught Terrace
Timewell and Co
Stanhope Terrace
Uxbridgesed
Bea? Neas
Howeve
Munn
Bilton
Epps
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