Queen Victoria rides out and royal matters unfold in London
Queen Victoria leaves the New Palace with a high profile entourage including the Baroness Nehven and the Earl of Uxbridge. The abeyance of the barony of Vaux is granted to Mr. Mostyn, a wealthy Catholic from Oxfordshire. The Queen’s levee grows, coronation plans take shape, and foreign and domestic notices reflect a bustling court and city.
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New Palace
Baroness Nehven
Earl of
Mostyn
House of Peers
Oxfordshire
Prince of
Capua
Lord Palmerston
Duke of Cambridge
Hanover
Minasi
Duchess of Kent
Prince of Schwartzenburg
London
Queen Victoria
Paris
Commissioners of Woods and Forests
Royal Gardens
Kew
Ireland
House of Lords
Paris and Versailles
Courbevoie
St. Cloud
Otway Cave
Lord Charles Manners
Pechell
Castle Goring
Royal Bank of Scotland
Poole
Macarius
Hull
Mount Melleray
Waterford
St. Martin-in-the-Fiels
Criminal Court of Glaris
Landamman
Uri
Lord Howick
Durham
Berwick
W Smith
Prince Augustus of Prussia
Europe
Charles V
Spain
Brighton
Newcastle
England
Gloucester
Tewkesbury
Montague
Temple
Cotton
Court of Aldermen
Ballyshannon Herald
Rotheram
Wakefield
Gainsbrough
Downshire
Christ’s Hospital
E. Manchin
Divirio di Roma
Pantheon
Ripetta
del Orso
Tiber
Rome
James Eagle
Doddington Fen
Cambridge
Engand
Wales
Seine
Pont de Jena
Corfu
Pierre
Lucien Buonaparte
Penacas
Nice
Low
Bedford
Manchester
Marquess of Abercorn
Smyrna
Alt
Mehemet Ali
Alexandria
Cairo
Small
London and Birmingham Railroad Company
Camden Town
Henry Parnell
Dundee
Liverpool
Jamaica
Engleshue
Winchester
Canada
Theatricals round up at Drury Lane and Covent Garden
The Magic Flute at Drury Lane impresses with music and scenery though some singers falter. Covent Garden presents Coriolanus with Macready, while Oxympic stages What have I done with Kean's drawing power waning. Madam Vestris heads to New York, and Paris期待 Miss Kemble. Balfe Italian opera teased at Her Majesty's. Grecian Saloon and Waterman shows nicknamed entertainments with Moncrieff and Wilks.
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Drury Lane
Mozart
Planche
T. Cooke
Miss Forde
Mia Healy
Covent GarpEen
Coriolanus
Macready
Covent Garden
John Kemble
Bunn
Mr. Kean
Adeline Kemble
Grand Opera
Paris
London
Hervey Leach
Signor
Nano
Adelphi
Surrey
Fitzball
O. Smith
Hammond
Barnett
Corps Dramatique
Hooper
Balfe
Her Majesty’s Theatre
Shakspeare
Jack
Lablache
Shields
Moncrieff
Wilks
Frederick
Prussia
Cramer Plumer
Fashionable Heiress Seeks Suitor in Premier Duke's Circle
Gossip notes England's wealthiest heiress Misa Breseety finding a suitor in Lord F, grandson of the premier duke. A duchess helped arrange the match as visits flow between families once strangers. Also mentions St Patrick's Day lore and a Welsh biographical note, plus a Selsey marine's body washed ashore and a Maidstone piper.
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Leon
England
Misa
Breseety
S_d
St. James’s Palace
Victoria
Patarcox
Marca
St. Patrick
Owen
Aberilychwr
Pembrokeshire
South Wales
Padrig
Maurn
Maenwyn
Gwyn
Theodosius
Custonnin Llydaw
College of
Ultyd
Balerus
Rome
Maura
Wales
Patrick
Ireland
Hastinas
Selsey
Great Exeter Hall meeting on abolition of negro apprenticeship
A vast crowd gathered at Exeter Hall to petition Parliament for ending negro apprenticeship. Lord Brougham chaired with strong support, condemning the system as a form of slavery and urging immediate abolition. The gathering included M.P.s and notable figures, with a second session affirming the call for immediate freedom.
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Exeter Hall
Lord Brougham
Bodi
Baines
M.P
Gillon
Scholefield
Choo-tik-lay
England
Harvard
Hough
Miss Brougham
T le William, Allen, Esq
Sturge
Pease
Slander Angers Sir John Conroy and The Times Letters
A London clash over an 1838 Times paragraph attacking Sir John Conroy. Correspondence shows his lawyers seeking the author’s name to press criminal information against the paper’s writer, with replies from The Times editor and legal agents dating March 9 to April 16 in Lincoln's Inn.
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Puddiedock
John Conroy
Lincoln’s Inn
Times
Dobie
Lancaster-place
Waterloo-bridge
John Joseph Lawson
Messia
Williams
Alexander Dobie
Messrs
Wiliams
Books, Powell, and
Court of Queen’s Bench
Ardake
Powell
Broderig
Delightful Queen portrait by Dickenson among English gentlewoman themes
A stylish portrait of Queen Elizabeth by Dickenson of Bond Street is praised as a valuable companion to Ackermann’s recent superb work. The engraving by F C Lewis follows a J D Francis drawing and exudes graceful simplicity and cheerful animation. Poverty and crime contrast questions charity as bread and cheese to a workhouse is refused while beef to Newgate is readily accepted.
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Dickenson
Bond-street
Ackermann
England
Swandale
F C. Lewis
J. D. Francis
Newgate
Execution of Hertford murderers roach and fletcher
George Fletcher and William Roach, aged 20 and 18, were executed at Hertford for the murder of Sam Besinett. Crowds gathered as the condemned men prayed with the jail chaplain, expressed repentance, and addressed the onlookers declaring innocence before the drop fell at eight.
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George Fletcher
William Roach
Hertford
Sam Besinett
Roach
Riv
Greg
J. Ruvsall
Wilson
Taylor
Rach
Messie
Nicholson
Sigmere
The
Gael
Reach
Fletcher
Mr. Wilson
Jesus
Cranbrook Murder Trial Ends in Manslaughter Verdict
Samuel Kennard, a 65 year old Cranbrook farmer, was found guilty of manslaughter for firing a loaded gun at William Knight on February 25. The jury accepted defense arguments of lack of intent to kill. Kennard was sentenced to transportation for life.
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Manstong
Samuel Kennard
William Knight
Cranbrook
Deeds
Bodkin
Clarkson
Mr. Knight
John Knight
Kinardington
Milkhouse Street
Sammy Kennard
Datson
Robert Wood
Mr. Deeds
Letter on laudanum dose cited by Holmes in Cripps case
J P Holmes of 27 Margaret Street and 21 Old Fish Street asks the Werxig Chronicle to publish his note asserting a man may take half a pint of laudanum without harm though the WEEKLY CHRONICLE report omitted the passage. He fears misinterpretation could harm his practice.
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Werxig Chronicle
Emma Cripps
Holmes
J. P. Holmes
Margaret-street
Old Fish-street
Weekly Chronicle
Paris power struggle and war news cross channels
The Paris papers report Count MontaLivet demands M Gisquet be expelled from the privy council. A minister of commerce circular warns chambers of commerce about unsettled American banking affairs. Telegraph updates mention General Carratala resuming Minister of War duties pro tem and battles in Spain. Reeded dispatches describe riots in Saragossa, an incursion from Constantine by General Negrier, and St Patrick celebrations postponed due to illness.
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Morcine
Paris
Count Montalivet
M. Gisquet
Privy Council
Minister of Commerce
France
Americas
Moniteur
Bayonne
Carratala
Pardinas
Tallada
Castril
Basilio
Puerto Llano
Saragossa
Estella
Moreno
Bona
Negrier
Constantine
Farat
Phelps
Brighton
Daniels
Royston
Owen Swift
Swift
Ware
Vigurs
Inner Temple
Vigors
Messrs
Shrewsbury
Montague
Pashley
Greece
Italy
Pompeii
Thompson
Frederick Pollock
Westminster-bridge
Glennane
Sheppard
Great
George-street
Frome
Nichols
M'Cann
Parliament-street
New-road
Kitty Forbes
Kitty
Mr. Shutt
Bridget
Mike
Webster
Hatton Garden
Namieas Cadby
Hill
Clerkenwell
St. Pancras Church
Taylor
Miss Taylor
Jane Cannon
Limehouse-church
Newgate
Worship-Street
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Headon
Thomas Williams
London and Greenwich
Fry
Hotel de Castille
Almack’s
Lord Tenterden
Portmansquare
Kilsby
Naples
Messrs. Rothschild and Co
Coventgarden
House of Gottlieb Cantzter
Stockholm
Joan Conroy
the “Times
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