Royal signatures and gifts mark mixed 19th century miscellany
Prince Albert accepts vice patronage of the Royal Institution and gifts to Geyser’s crew highlight a long list of notices. Other items cover Dublin politics satire, police appointments, court cases, ship awards, ballooning, public fires, and prizefights, all sketched in brisk, era-typical fashion.
The Drama at Covent Garden and Princess's Theatre
A Monday night London theatre program showcases German opera fragments and English performances. Staudigl, Miss Clara Novello, Mrs. Shaw, and Miss Rainforth receive praise. Norma and Cinderella receive celebrated scenes, with a grand concert finale. At Princess's Theatre the Guzza Ladra is praised for singing, acting, and overall harmony, while Wieland's grotesque ballet and a new Haymarket comedy draw attention. A German Hospital concert in Hanover Square features Herr Ernst, admired for his instrument, with Moscheles and Tolbecque leading a cast of eminent performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covent
Benedict
Calcutta
Robert le Diable
Cinderella
Norma
Staudig
Clara Novello
Alice
Bertram
Pauline Garcia
England
Manvers
Prince
Giubilei
Baron
Stretton Dandini
Stretton
Miss Novello
Miss Rainforth
Standigl
Manverg
Miss Birch
Sivori
Princess’s Theatre
Drury Lane
Ebbex
Allen
Albert
Burdini
Monville
Bardini
Devil
Duvernay
Wieland
Asmodeus
Melanie Duval
M. Denise
Haymarket Theatre
Hanover-square Rooms
Herr Ernst
Germany
Italy
France
Ernst
Spohr
Sporting Intelligence from Tattersalls Race Day
Betting details on Goodwood Cup and Goopwood Stakes with two Epsom nags prominent. Odds drift and field prices noted for Mobarek Bacchus Sir G Heathcote and others, plus DepBy and Goopwoop Stakes figures across Thursday and Thursday night sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tattersall
Mobarek
Bacchus
Charritte
Gorhambury
G. Heath
Low Gorhambury
Forth
Lot
Ferguson
Braithwaite
Mubarek
T Aken
Meiklam
Aristotle
Kimber
Lord Glasgow
Martyn
Emilian
DepBy
John Day
Crockford
Knox
G. Heathcote
Lichtwald
Lord Englington
Guily
Baronet
Johnstone
Charles the Twelfth
Lucy Banks
Lord Eglington
Mr. Dawson
Duke of Richmond
Howe
Sir Robert
Meteor
Denny
Bowse
Great Boat Rack Between Tae Saint George s and Royal Academy Clans
A late grand regatta at Pamey showcased St George s and Royal Academy crews in peak form with spectators betting on the outcome. Training under Jem Parish and Robert Coombes, both crews appeared first rate, but a crab halted St George s early after they dashed into an early lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint George’s
Royal Academy
Pamey
St. George’s
St. George's
Jem Parish
Messrs Atkinson
Cooper
Reid
Carpenter
Cameron
Cox Swain
St George’s
St George's Wins Regatta After Fierce Thames Rowing Charge
The St George's crew edged ahead off Chandler's and passed Putney Bridge a minute faster than their rivals in a double sculls wager. Greenwich and Lord's cricket day drew crowds as Felix impressed with 105 for Marylebone and Wenman scored 49. The All England team won by 10 wickets after a rain-interrupted match at Lord's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. George's
Chandler's
Vauxhall
Putney Bridge
Avis
Henry Recatta
Westminster
Milbank
Éhat
Coombeses
Meekiff
Horseferry
Mills’s
Thames Bank
Middlesex Shore
Houses of Parliament
David Coombes
William Meekiff
Robert Evang
John Piper
James Coombes
Philip Flliss
Thomas Davis
Samuel Bloomfield
White
Green
Samuel Rush
Samuel Clarke
William Colwin
Andrew Bray
Thomas Coombes
George Parker
Parliament
Chandler
T. Coombes
Putney
Greenwich
Sophia Matilda
Thames
James Groves
William Bowen
John Funge
Humphreys
J. Cabel
Richard Jones
Pick
Funge
Groves
Jones
Lord's
England
F. Ponsonby
C. Taylor
Bist Lnst
Marslebone Club
Pilch
Box
Felix
Wenman
Barker
Marylebone Club
Mr. Kynaston
H E. Grimston
W. Pickering
A. Mynn
Good
Sewell
Adams
Hillier
W. Mynn
Marylebone
Dean
M. Craven
Earl of Verulam
Jane Grimston
Earl
Countess Ducie
Earl Aboyne
Countess of Craven
Countess of Clarendon
Stafford
Paget
F. Beauclerk
Marcus Hill
C. Hill
Viscount Grimston
C. Wellesley
H. Loftus
Alford
Lord Gardner
F.G. Halliburton
C. Russell
E. Russell
Capt. Grimston
E. Grimston
F. Grimston
Guy
Hillyer
Hawkins
Whittaker
Pavli
Grimston
Mee Kynaston
All England
Lillywhite
Northumberland
Durham
Cumberland
Westmoreland
Newcastle Journal
E Istern
Latest Intelligence on Her Majesty Visit to the Opera
Morning Post reports the state visit fulfilled with punctual royal entrance at 7:30. The audience cheered as Her Majesty and Prince Albert attended a grand scene, with Grisi and Lablache star performances, a notable duel of Ellsler and Cerito, and meticulous royal box arrangements by Lumley, reflecting a gala, highly dignified op era spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Costa
Corps de Ballet
Scenery de Circonstance
Gema
Brilliante
State Box
Martini
Grisi
Lablache
Fornasari
Her Majesty’s Theatre Possens
Michael Costa
Rossini
Rosina
Mario
Count Almaviva
Barbiero
Don Bartolo
Naples
Maestro di Canto
Ellsler
Cerito
Elister
Paris
Lumley
Elisler
Ellster
Prince Abert
Mr. Lumley
Royal balls and royal visits fill morning paper
The Morning paper reports plans for two state balls hosted by her Majesty on a magnified hospitality scale. It notes Prince George of Cambridge will travel to the Ionian islands, Corfu, for about two years. Royal visits include Duke Ferdinand and Prince Augustus of Saxe Coburg Gotha arriving in Southampton and proceeding to Buckingham Palace. A Grenadier Guards review in Hyde Park under the Duke of Wellington draws crowds with no noted incidents. Reports on Irish politics show Mr Murphy leaning toward imperial parliament while Mr O Connell pushes federal concepts. Rev Henry Blunt, former rector of Chelsea, dies at Sheatham rectory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Albert
Prince of Wales
Princess Royal
Princess Alice
Claremont
Prince
Princess of
England
Prince Augustus
Clementine
Ernest
Saxe Coburg Gotha
Hanover
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Apsley-house
Temple
House of Peers
Kew
Oxford Chronicle
Spruit
Foreign Office
James Graham
R. Peel
J. Graham
Abergavenny
Earl of Abergavenny
Eridge Castle
Tonbridge
Canterbury
George Henry Neville
Daniel Rowland
John
Lord Neville
Admiralty
James Hillyar
Charles Bullen
K.C.B
K.C.H
Britannia
Trafalgar
LuaLestoy
Glamorganshire Assizes
Baron Rolfe
Edward Thomas
Mary
William Howells
Pantrossyin
Jane Harry
Evans
Q.C
N. Carne
Crown
Chilton
W. Williams
Wakefield
Leeds Mercury
Greenwich Pirn
Stone Pier Company
Messrs
Grissell
Pete
Chancery
Waterloo Bridge
Portland Place
County
West of England
Gadsden and
Percival
Commissioners of Woods and Forests
Lowe
Agricultural Society of England
Derby
Earl of Hardwicke
Duke of Cleveland
Earl Spencer
Lord Morpeth
Everett
Wm. Franklin
Thames
G. Clive
Hammersmith
Wm. Delanous
Brentford
Thomas
Waterman's Company
Wood.mongers
Pentieman
Clive
Chelsea Bridge
Mr. Clive
Royal
Prince George of
Cambridge
Ionian Islands
Corfu
Duke Ferdinand
Princess Clementine
Southampton
Lisbon
Francis Seymour
Vauxhall
Suit
Buckingham Palace
Grarp
1St Regiment of Grenadier Guards
Hyde Park
Dr Ersorion
Repeal
Serjeant Murphy
Cork
Bon
Ireland
Murphy
O’connell
College-green
John Power
O'Connell
Enniscorthy
Dears
Henry Blunt
Sheatham
Gentleman
Chelsea
Richard Burgess
Debated sovereignty and a deadly Orleans rail accident
France reports the continuation and conclusion of its second page debate on England's sovereignty over a French New Zealand colony. Guizot defends France's rights while the chamber condemns conditions in hospitals. A serious Orleans railway accident near Etampes killed three and injured many as carriages were demolished after a late extra locomotive struck a stopped train. Spain and America updates follow with military movements, economic news, and canal labor unrest, while Wales records rising discontent with Rebecca uprisings and public disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
M. Dubouchaga
England
New Zealand
M. Guizot
M. de Boissy
Marshal Soult
Orleans
Galignani
Etampes
Messagerie Laffitte Et Caillard
Spain
Moniteur
Serrano
Mequinente
Daroca
Aspiroz
el Pardo
Madrid
Journal Des Débats
Narvaez
National Guard
Las Rosas
M. Mendizabel
Zurbano
America
Liverpool
Oxford
Rathbone
New York
Columbia
O'Connell
South
Baltimore
Catherine Gilmour
Cochrane
Paisley
Great Western
John Ward and Co
Ohio
United States
Kentucky
Illinois
Harlem
Canton Company
Paterson
London
Amsterdam
Hamburg
Bremen
Port-au-Prince
Canada
Montreal Herald
Corpus Christi
Liverrock
St John’s
N.B
Sable Island
Sourad Watts
Canmartaen
Cardiff
Dowlais Company
Russia
Messrs
Sirhowy
Carmarthenshire
Cardigan
Rebeccaiies
Porthyrhyd
Middleton-hall
H. E. Adams
Llanddarog
Llandowy
Minke
Chelsea
J. S. Harford
Blaisecastle
Cardiganshire
P. S. Miles
Leigh Court
Paris
Also Mentioned on This Page
Prince Albert Long
Royal Institution
Lord Prudhoe
Parxcely
Prussia
Constantinople
Beyrout
T. W. Hill
South Wales
Merthyr
Court of Chancery
Liverpool Times
Prescot
St. Helens
Couats Mantiat
Deschamps
Hull
Fitzgerald
York Herald
Lords of the Treasury
Board of Excise
Church of England
Church of
Rome
Ropsery
Luke Fitzcerany
Howse
Central Criminal Court
Lord Fitzgerald and
Wesci
Home Office
Globe
Woop
Wood
Chapelthorpe Chapel
Booth
Vauxhall Gardens
Birmingham
Currie
Karnaning Docks
Tower-hill
T. Tooke
John Hall
Tooke
Gattanr
Chalk Road
Islington
Edwarde
Pentonville
Terra Firma
Edwards
Coal
Drury-lane
Joseph Arling
The
Humane Society
Cape of Good Hope
Blaver
Quillemaine
Cleopatra
Port Elizabeth
Algoabay
Simon’s Bay
Lily
Tulloch
Dingwall
Billingham
Teed
Worcester Chronicle
Stratford Upon Avon
Ned Adams
John Sinclair
Lancashire
Sinclair
Adame
Lad
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