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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jun 14, 1840

Page

5

Queen narrowly escapes assassination at Buckingham Palace

Reports detail a royal concert at Buckingham Palace following an attempted murder of the Queen. The nation expresses gratitude as investigations focus on whether Oxford acted alone, with officials examining pistols, bullets, and wall marks while Oxford remains in Newgate under tight security. The public and press debate trial venue and procedures as authorities probe accomplices and motives.

Buckingham Palace Prince Albert United Kingdom Globe Gardiner’s End Birmingham Phillips Newgate Cope Oxford Partridge Zimes Privy Council The Morning Herald Hyde Park Corner Old Bailey Westminster Central Criminal Court Courvoisier Gould Henry Cunstenting Marquis of Normandy Edward Oxford Whitehall Normansy Her Home Office Newman Waterloo Qoanday Keave Lyxca Cortoy

Health update and travel plans for the Earl of Dunnam

The Earl of Dunnam continues to improve gradually. He cancels a Carlsbad visit per his medical adviser and plans to travel to Cowes with the Countess of Durham and Lady Lambton when able, possibly then to Lambton Castle if health dictates. Dover notes Lord Durham’s health improves. The Duke of Portland avoids injury after a fall en route to Portugal. The packet Linnet arrives from Mexico with 380,000 dollars, reporting Campeachy’s uprising and Santa Anna’s illness. 14,000 troops are marching to quell insurrection. The Opossum carries 18 tons of specie and is expected soon. The Vernon Indiaman voyage proves steam navigation can aid sailing vessels, taking 95 days to complete the passage from Bengal.

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Dowton Farewell Benefit Moves Crowd at Italian Opera House

The veteran actor Dowton receives a packed Italian Opera House crowd in a farewell benefit. Sheridan Knowles’s address and a moving curtain scene with Grisi and Mrs. Glover highlight a night of tribute to Dowton’s fifty-year stage career. Subscriptions remain open as the committee notes the event aided his later years.

Ma. Dowrow Farswell Dowton Sheridan Knowles Robert Bramble Humphrey Dobbins Robert Bartley Corporal Foss W. Farren Ollapool Harley Farmer Harrowby Webster Stephen Harrowby Meadows Charles Cropland T. Green Worthington Cooper Frederick Grisi Dave Our Suett Palmer Kemble Farren Jordan Siddons Orozembo Rolla Fassan Ormond Thalia Sheva Oliver Anthony Buskin Madame Grisi Madame Dorus Gras Miss Deley Miss Rainforth Braham Gretna Green Wrench Miss Kelly Enenisa Opera Houss Orger Walter Lacy G. Wild Baker Mark Lemon Esop Astley London England Ducrow Jane Grey Queen Mary Mr. Ainsworth Tower of London van Amburgh

Derby St Leger bets and Ascot Cup racing tosses

Sporting intelligence reviews Derby and St Leger betting movements for Ascot Cup with Don John Bloomsbury Flambéau and others shifting odds. Notes quiet settlements after Tuesday’s market, describes the Winxer Derby and St Leger engagements, plus horse Menagerie and Lord Chesterfield stud auction plans.

Tattersalls Turunsway Don John Bloomsbury Euclid Montreal Flambeau Quo Minus Lanercost Lord Chesterfield Ridsdale Duke of Rutland St. Lecen Dearsy Scoutt Lot Rawlinson Lord Westminster lLittle Nowell Undersey Robertson Muley Orville Charles Bunbury Eleanor Lacerta Lord Rous Marvel Cestus Zodiac Jerboa Gohanna Camilla Trentham Coquette Compton Barb Regulus Newmarket Wardan Richmond Jeffy Assassin Ascot Newcastle Paisley Forth South Morning Post Lord Alfred Paget Brixworth Northampton Warwick Blackstone Edge James Dearden Rochdale Manchester Caicket Marca Sussex England Lord’s Cricket Ground Lord's Cricket-Ground St. John’s-wood Prince Albert Brighton and Sussex Cricket Club Lillywhite Dean Pilch A. Mynn Broadbridge Prescott G. Langdon Steyne Brighton Dark

Teetotaller's drunken mishap at Mansion House court

Yesterday at the lord mayor's court a sallow teetotaller named George Hughes, self-styled member of the Camberwell Total Abstinence Society, admitted to being drunk after a lobster supper and brandy, injuring a fishwoman's stock while claiming the week of pledge-taking prompted his inebriation. The mayor warned punishment but offered leniency if damages were paid.

Mansion House George Hughes Trule Billingsgate Camberwell ‘Total Abstinence Society Giddy Marylebone Tiktare Marylebone Board Guarniaxs St. Marylebone Berners-street Metcalf Great Marylebone-street Green Oxford-street Hardwick Langham Marlborough Street Thomas Jones Henry St. James’s Place Went Central Criminal Court Mr. Kenry Worship Street Cuarce Poison Inc Margaret Maddox Broughton Athbidse Lethbridge Three Tuns Bridgwater-gardens Newgate Shackell Sarah Downs William Joseph Nokes Holmes May Norton

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