Amphi theatre fire disaster leaves many insured and uninsured
A London report details extensive fire damage across Amphi theatre structures with 250 dependents at risk. It notes no deaths among the crowd despite 20,000 sightseers, confirms Mr Ducrow uninsured with estimated losses near 10,000 pounds, and describes a relief meeting at the Spread Eagle to plan aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edical Laboratory
Mr. Bush
Mr. Raper
Sun
Mr. Gray
Mr. Lucas
Francis
Stangate-street
Astley
Ducrow
West
Spread Eagle
Mason Street
Lambeth
Laws
Messrs. Widdicomb
Shepherd
Conviction and Sentence of a Clergyman for Drunkenness IN PERFORMING THE OFFICES OF RELIGION
A Thames Ditton clergyman Reverend Welford Speer was found guilty of habitual drunkenness and conducting divine service indecorously. He was suspended for three years from official duties and benefits, with costs taxed against him, after a long ecclesiastical case.
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Ancnes’ Court
Bumper
Sorren
Herbert Jenner
John Burder
Winchester
Welford Speer
Thames Ditton
Surrey
Speer
England
Privy Council
Capt. Williams
de Bene Esse
Mr. Speer
Sir C. Sutton
Seeley
Charles Sutton
Mr.Speer
Mgr. Speer
Swan Inn
National School
the Swan
Sper
The
Ir. Speer
Orr Wien
Swan
Beadle
Her Majesty’s Dragoons
Lord de Roos
Manners
Royal Navy
Clark
Charles Sullivan
Speers
Booth
H. Jenner
Williams
Tegg
Carnes
Spéer
Trafalgar Square Trafalgar Monument Plan Discussion
The St Martin in the Fields committee met architect Mr Barry by appointment to settle Trafalgar Square levels and layout. Barry proposed lowering the National Gallery approach, adding steps, and possibly fountains with paired sides of the column. Parochial road adjustments will meet terrace elevation. classical figures to adorn the ends. costs borne by the commissioners of woods and forests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trafalgar-Square
St. Martin’s-in-the- Fields
Barry
Commissioners of Woods and Forests
Trafalgar Square
National Gallery
Lord Duncannon
College of Physicians
Commissioners of Woods and Forest
Benevolent Association Anniversary at London Tavern
The fourth anniversary of the Benevolent Association was celebrated at the London tavern Bishopsgate-street with Lord Viscount Sandon in the chair. Guests included Monteagle Doyle Tennent Twining Bunn Thornton Banks Bellamy Sheridan and others. Music and speeches praised the newspaper press and the Queen and Royal family amid festive toasts and performances by Miss Birch Rainforth and Miss Hawes. The gathering heard references to Portugal China and military affairs, with attendance from MPs and notable vocalists such as Lablache Standigl and Cooke.
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Buckingham Palace
George Houlton
George Hancock
Seymour Sadler
Sophia Matilda
Duchess of Gloucester
Georgina Bathurst
Samuel Higgins
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
Princess Augusta of Cambridge
Augusta Somerset
Major Stephens
Baron Knesebeck
Prince George of Cambridge
Prince Albert
Prince George
Cambridge
Weippert
Lausanne
Queen's Privy Council
Canterbury
Herr Staudigi
Miss Rainforth
Dorus Gras
Frederick Chatterton
Williams
Denby and Oaks
Tattersall’s
Jockey Club
Goysrnesses
Willis’s
King-street
St. James's
J. ‘Bean
Paul
England
Duchess of Beaufort
Cottenham
Parker
Thornton
Benjamin Bondgutbell
Thames Police
Chancery
Murper
Peter Barnet
Ballantine
Skibbereen
Cork
Andrew Bryan
Poplar
Skithereen
Jeremiah Hennigan
Barnet
Hennigan
London Tavern
Bishopsgate-street
Viscount Sandon
M.P
Tord Monteagle
John Milley Doyle
E. Tennent
Richard Twining
A. Bunn
R. Thornton
P. Banks
John Bellamy
Princess Royal
Miss Birch
Long
Herr Staudigl
Duke of Sussex
Army
Acre
Canton
Duke of Wellington
Stopford
Napier
T. Cooke
Hobbs
Horncastle
Francis
M. B. Hawes
J. M. Doyle
United Services
Portugal
Lord Sandon
Lyndhurst
Brougham
Newspaper Press Benevolent Association
Sheridan
Newspaper-press Benevolent Association
Hear
Heppell
Earl Mountcasher
George Murray
M. Lablache
Herr Standigl
Matrimonial Trouble Ends With Fines and Favors
In Bath-street City-road a man described as co editor of the Medical Times assaulted his wife and two constables while drunk. He was fined forty shillings or a month in the house of correction after a brief hearing. His wife and a second couple, Henry and Sarah Frost, faced similar charges for quarrelling and disturbance. they were discharged after testimony and mediation.
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China
Keshen
Macao
Elliot
Bocca Tigris
Heaven
Canton
Pekin
Wangtong
Anunghoy
J. G. Bremer
H. le Fleming Senhouse
Blenheim
Melville
Queen
Madagascar
Madras Native Infantry
Bengal Volunteers
Royal Marines
le Fleming Senhouse
Yang
England
Whampoa
Chusan
Singapore
Supreme Government of India
Calcutta
Hong Kong
Union Hall
Maria Pidgeon
Letitia Bridger
Black Horse
Brixton Mashway
Mr. Traill
Manchester
Worship Street
John Hunt
Medical Times
Broughton
Cornell G 122
Bath-street
Therisoner
Mr. Broughton
Sarah de Barr
House of Correction
Henry Frost
Sarah Frost
Shackell
Peel Tories and London Cheer Downing Street Fallout
A Morning Post and Sun framing clash follows the House of Commons division on ministers. Sir Robert Peel is greeted by a noisy crowd, but eyewitnesses dispute the cheer volume. Cabinet delays, health concerns, and shifts in loyalties color the political mood as ministers seek a majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Robert Peel
Baronet
Whitehall Gardens
Morning Post
London
Palace-yard
Robert
Privygardens
Post
Sir Robert Peel
Lord Alfred Paget
Globe
Daffield
Abingdon
Dawson Damer
Foreign Office
Lord Minto
Lord Duncannon
J. Hobhouse
Board of Control
Downing-street
Lord Melbourne
Buckingham Palace
D. Hallyburton
Forfarshire
Standard
Harland
Durham
General Gascoyne
Torres Cer
Marquis of Salisbury
St. Martin In
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Association
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Attwood
Burdett
Sir F
Cooper
E. I
Davenport
Eastnor
Lord
Grant
Sir A
Jenkins
Sir R
Jones
Ker
Marsland
Miles
Hoskins
Crawley
White
Davies
Col
Campbell
W. F
Langdale
Hon. C
O'Connor
Don
Shelburne
Walker
C. A
Lister
E. C
Dundas
Bassett
Fielden
Witzgibbon
Hon. R
W. C
Heathcote
Sir G
Howard
Johnson
British and American Steam Navigation Company
Macgregor Laird
Duke of Richmond
Earl of March
Yarmouth
N. S
Arbuthnot
Emerson
Bureaux Des Mouvements of the Marine
Conde de Palma
Chef de Nsureaux
Tonnerre
Azores
Angra
Gibraltar
Toulon
Styx
Westminster
King William-street
Charing-cross
Earl de Grey
Wood
Fox
Percy
John Swinburne
A. Trevor
Queen Adelaide
Admiralty
War Office
Middlesex
Wilson
Armstrong
Waldershare
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