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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jul 22, 1838

Page

5

Royal Court Fun, Appointments, and London News

The piece notes the queen at a state ball with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, services at the Chapel Royal, and possible Windsor absence. It reports arrivals and visits, a new Persian envoy with cashmere shawls, royal approvals of artworks, and drawings for a coronation. It covers weather impacts, appointments, parliamentary timing, crime, and various society notices across London and abroad.

Duke Duchess of Cambridge Cambridge-house Chapel Royal St. James's Windsor Buckingham Palace Brussels Chateau Neuilly England Hussein Khan George Hayter Duchess of Kent Hohenlohe Thomas Dighton Guildhall Hyde Park Lord Dundas North Riding of Yorkshire Duke of Leeds Amory A’beckett Duke of York Viscount Melbourne Viscount Sidmouth Westminster Forster Owen Lee London Fulham Keate Duke of Norfolk Isaac Heard Limerick David Roche Joinville Brest America Joseph Buonaparte Spain Clonmel House of Commons Messrs. Feilden Todmorden Thomas Wood Johnson Bond Alderman Wood St. Paul’s St. Petersburg Hamburg London and Birmingham Denbigh Hall Rugby Bridgewater Tiverton Radical Association of Perth Dorset Charmouth Lord Ward Stockton Shropshire Staffordshire Posen Grosen University of London Shakspeare Bristol Canterbury Kelvedon Essex Wiltshire Murphy Admiralty Royal Library Buckingham House British Museum George III Henry VIII

The Italians at Her Majesty's Theatre and double novelty at EnclisH OPERA House

The Italian Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre drew a large crowd with Luccia di Lammermoor and Prova d'un Opera, featuring Persiani Grisi and Lablache. A new double novelty at EnclisH OPERA House, The Queen's Command, purportedly Shakespeare, drew brisk attendance and mixed applause.

Her Majesty’s Theatre Luccia di Fanny Elsler M.guerra Haymarger Sheridan Knowles Celeste Hill Ranger Macready Sergeant Talfourd Covent-garden Webster Enclish Opera House William Shakspeare London Bishop, Horn Miss Poole Messrs. Frazer E. Seguin Shakespeare Thomas Lucy Justice Shallow Popinjay Mr. Brindal Dramatic Corps Earl of Leicester Mr. Baker Stakspeare Queen Elizabeth Mrs. Lovell Laurel Shakspeare Matilda Miss Rainforth

Departure of His Royal Highness The Duke de Nemours

Report notes the departure from London Bridge on Wednesday morning for Boulogne en route to Paris. It also covers Roebuck joining the northern bar, Warren starting practice on the circuit, and his Blackwood Magazine articles. The Birmingham Railway terminus project details and Marshal Soult’s warm English reception are discussed, praising peace and cross channel civility.

Duke DE Nemours London- Bridge Boulogne Paris Roebuck M.P Bath York Assizes Bliss John Reed Warren Blackwood’s Magazine Birmingham W. Cubit Thos, Chapple Marshal Soult England France Soult Maria Malaga Palarea Pascual Escalante Bon Sens Madrid Bayonne Managorri Havre Buenos Ayres Rosas Toulon Liverpool Messrs George Wildes and Company United States of America Harton-Garpren Henry Witham Lincoln’s Inn Laing London Brighton Charing-cross Vere-street Lombard-street Marylebone-street Mansion House William Henry Jarvis Sophia Robinson Bow Marylebone Henry Bridport Thomas G. Finmore Fitzroy-square Finmore Middlesex Hospital House of Correction Worship Street Caroline Rawlings Ann Hawkins Broughton Union Hall Traill Mr. Ferrers

Destruction of the Royal Victoria Balloon at City Road

Crowds gathered as Mrs. Graham attempted a Victoria balloon ascent from the Royal Standard gardens. A violent gust tore the balloon, the car collided with a gallery and chimney pots, gas escaped, and the craft collapsed. police restrained the mob while Adams clung to the ropes. Vauxhall balloon then seen sailing toward Essex.

Graham Royal Victoria Royal Standard Tavern Shepherdess-walk Independent Gas Company Haggerstone Brading Royal Standard Jepson Shoreditch Smith Adams Harland Essex

Riotous Europe and Crime Headlines Sail On

Pique brings dispatches from Lord Durham to Portsmouth, while Captain Grey returns to Quebec with US assurances to curb frontier piracy. London reports on execution delays for convict Rickey, famine in India, factory abuses, balloon inquests, steam-boat accidents, Paris theatre fire, and a wave of urban crimes from High Wycombe to Marylebone.

Pique Portsmouth Lord Durham Quebec Great Western Earl of Durham Grey Washington United States Upper Canada Jean Ricxry Central Criminal Court James Hamilton 12Th Lancers Justice Park Cope Michael Kelly Vandeleur Rickey Hampton Court Home Office John Russell East Indies Europe Calcutta Lord John Russell England Lord Ashley Lord BrowncHam Beer Brain Mechanics’ Institution Lord Brougham Graham Stirling John Fley Barbara Newman Marylebone Lane Bell Royal Standard Tavern City Road Green Primrose London and Westminster Company Westminsterbridge Carey Westminster Bridge Theatre du Vaudeville Paris Rue de Chartres St. Thomas du Louvre Place du Palais Royal Marlow National School London Brown Lower Thames Street

Orange Merchants Dinner At Peckham Rye Celebrated

The Orange Merchants twelfth anniversary dinner at the King's Arms Peckham Rye drew a numerous elegant company. Mr Solomon presided and proposed the Queen’s health and that of the Duchess of Kent. Toasts honored civil liberty and the press. The event ended with a ball to four in the morning and praised the stewards for fine arrangements.

Orange Merchants King’s Arms Peckham Rye S. Solomon Covent-garden Solomon Duchess of Kent J. M. Josephs

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