Dramatic Season Notes Across London Theatres
Reports from Drury Lane and Covent Garden highlight Balfe in William Tell and a new Oliver Twist adaptation. Royal attendance includes the Quyeen and Lord Byron among others. Teloi The Queen's Theatre presents Take Your Choice with Hooper embarking for Paris. Laporte lists star names Persiani Grisi Croft and Rubini for a busy season. Rossini Coppola Donizetti operas and new ballets previewed. The Bath theatre hosts Charles Kean. Oxford Musical Festival slated for June 11 12 13. Colosseum to reopen in March with grand concert and Musardian vocal pieces.
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Miss Cavendish
Lord Byron
C. A. Murray
Mr. Rich
Colonel Wemyss
Opioni
Oliver Twist
St. James’s
Queen’s Theatre
Hooper
Paris
Tur QueEy
Laport
Madame Persiani
Signora
Ernesta Grisi
Madame Croft
Taglioni
Elslers
Conlon
Signor Guerra
Rossini
William Tell
Coppola
Nina
Donizetti
Lucretia Borgia
Eliza d'Amore
Mercadante
Briganti
Fieveranti
Charles Kean
Bath Theatre
Oxforp Musical Festival
Colosseum
Miscellany of notices and short items across journals
A varied roundup reports literary criticism on a new work linked to Oliver Twist, political and public notices, biographical notes, costs of prisons, a Great Northern railway inquiry, and local curiosities. It includes a railway tunnel progress update, a hunting accident, donations by Lord Camden, and other brief items from 1838 era publications.
Liverpool Great Steeple Chase Attracts Dense Crowds
The Liverpool Great Steeple Chase at Aintree drew immense crowds and a distinguished attendance. Lottery won the five mile race by two to three lengths ahead of Seventy-four with Paulina third. Tragically Dictator fell and died after a last round. The event featured many fences and a long course, with a mix of lead changes and notable mishaps.
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Liverpool
Aintree
Elmore
J. Mason
E. Mostyn
Mr. Oliver
Lord Chesterfield
Paulina
Martin
Stephenson
True Blue
Barker
Beiting
Agat
Russ
Agsat
Daxon
Nun
Lottery
Charity
Railroad
Conrad
Beecher
Cannonball
Barkston
Jack
Pioneer
the Nun
Rambler
Rust
Thompson
Harry
Oliver
T. Ryan
Jones
M‘donough
St. Nicholas
Knaresbro
Webb
Callaghan
the Wanderer
Johnson
T. Rawlins
T. Scott
Harvey ReElected Southwark MP After Unopposed Vote
In Southwark on Wednesday Mr. D W Harvey was elected unopposed to fill a parliamentary vacancy created by his own appointment as Registrar of Hackney Coaches. The High Bailiff announced the unanimous show of hands amid cheers as Mr Harvey addressed electors, vowing faithfulness despite years of perceived persecution.
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Harvey
Hackney
J. B. Wood
D. W. Harvey
Colchester
Southwark
Wood
Wynn
Mr. Harvey
Temple
Paris and Brussels War News and Catalonia Siege Update
Paris ministers warn electors over warlike propensities as election battles loom amid commercial distress in France. Reports from Brussels say calm will prevail, and Belgian stocks rise. In Spain, Baron de Meer hands Catalonia to a new command after Agen’s fortress siege. Grays police seize 500 pounds of smuggled cigars from an East Indiaman.
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France
Paris
Beltrum
Onor
Brussels
Spain
Baron de Meer
Catalonia
Agen
Balaguer
Trempe
Thames
Grays
Essex
Don Carlos plots and Parliament work fill London notices
London columns report Don Carlos facing military distrust and a possible abdication plot led by Espartero. Other items note Lord Ebrington becoming Ireland’s Lord Lieutenant Baron Fortescue, a Great Western Railway accident, Parliament stone-laying, corn law debates, and local court actions plus a Dublin Carlow election dispute.
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Lord Ebrington
Spenser
Drury-Lanee Theatrical Fund
Freemason’s
Duke of Cambridge
Harley
Paris
Madrid
Don Carlos
Mareto
Maroto
Isabella
Espartero
Great Western Railway
Langley Marsh
London
Wade
Sutton
Ashfield
Marchester
ColBurn
Marryat
America
Arthur Woods
Henrietta Young
Scott
Wood
Dundee
Ireland
House of Peers
Baron Fortescue
Castle-hill
Even
House of Commons
Lord Howick
Cayley
Villiers
Exsiott
Gregorie
Hyde Park
Cabman charged with plundering James Kickup
John Brown a cabman faced charge on suspicion of stealing from James Kickup of Seymour Mews Somers Town. Kickup testified his wife eloped with Brown taking over £1000 plus cash, and the magistrates expressed regret at the situation and pledged to help the prosecutor.
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Tree
Francis John Nichols
Staples Inn
Mortimer
Gray’s Inn Road
Doanes
Purdy
Hall
Bocking
Archer
Newgate
J Ohn Flazle
E Division
Carrier-street
St. Giles’s
House of Correction
Worship Street
Shelton
Edmonton
Sir John Barleycorn
Old-street
Old-street-road
Mr. Broughton
Green-Yard
Hatton Garden
Carin. Con
John Brown
James Kickup
Seymour Mews
Somers Town
Kickup
Mr. Bennett
Corn Law Tracts and Public Opinions on Repeal
A review of recent pamphlets on the Corn Laws and repeal. It critiques Barnett Blake, Arthur Ashpitel, and others, noting motives and arguments for protecting or reforming corn taxation. The piece surveys titles from G Mann Cornhill, Pelham Richardson, Effingham Wilson, and Ridgway, with a satirical tone toward the advocates of free bread and universal suffrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnett Blake
G. Mann
Cornhill
Blake
England
Arthur Ashpitel
Shakspeare
Ashpitel
Pelham Richardson
Effingham Wilson
Francis Blake
Bart
House of Lords
Ridgway
United Kingdom
J.D. C
Clencher
Deserter linked to historic Irish murder case in Plymouth
A former 15th Light Dragoons man now with the 85th Regiment in Plymouth citadel is arrested as a deserter. On his belongings papers implicate him and others in an old Irish murder, with hopes he will become a key witness. He is held in solitary in Plymouth jail.
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15Th Light Dragoons
Dublin
85Th Regiment
Plymouth Citadel
Ireland
Plymouth
Loxpon Fasarons
Marcu
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