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Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Mar 27, 1842

Page

5

Trials and statues mark a busy London week

Reports from Cambridge court where Mr Long of Manners an in the contest faced bribery charges, with penalties of £500 and disqualification. Updates on Income Tax protests, a major Hawardenrelated court case in Toulouse, Piccadilly improvements and a Wellington statue, plus drownings and notable deaths.

Exhibition review praises varied portraits and landscapes

The private view of the nineteenth exhibition shows a strong leaning to landscape, with notable works by J. B. Pyne and J. J. Hill. criticizes hangings as sometimes biased toward members’ works, yet highlights admired pictures including The Missal and A Passage in the Life of a Man. Also notes new Colosseum display plans and extensive museum openings across London.

Harlstone J.T. Hill Cheddar J. B. Pyne Pyne Shoreham Sussex H. O'Niel Raffael Phaedria H. le Jeune Ewins A.J. Woolmer Watteau Weald Kent C. Sims Genevia A. Egg S. E. Thorn E. Prentis Mrs. Tibbs Mr. Tibbs Tibbs Island of Hell J. Bateman Miss J. Joy W. Shayer Piag Cooper Moreland Christopher Sly J. Peel Shakespeare Sly Richard Conqueror F.S. Cary A. Soloman Dolly Varden W. P. Frith W. W. Scott J.J. Hill Hurlstone

London Theatre Roundup Signals Seasonal Shifts in Opera and Plays

The article notes Grisi’s delayed appearance due to confinement with Persiani Martini and Frezzolini set to share prime duties. It covers Adelphi and Olympic Theatre fare, Cherubini’s funeral, new panoramas, and the Exeter Hall singing school’s expansion led by Mr Hullak with 2,000 pupils, plus drawings and arithmetic classes, praising Conservative-era educational efforts.

Grisi Her Majesty's Theatre Persiani Martini Frezzolini Adelphia Theatre Bedford Marmaduke Magog Yates Olympic Theatre Rayner T. P. Cooke Luke the R. Honner Hila Rosenberg Baker Barry Royal Circus London Westminster Road Circus Surrey Theatre Astley’s Theatre Haymarket Theatre Mademoiselle Celeste Charles Kean Taracopy Her Majesty Prince Albert Gisippus Macready Covent-garden Robert Peel Charles Somerset Miss Kemble Planché Madame Vestris Miss Murray Messrs Harley Bland G. Horncastle Miss Ballin Mr. Gilbert Earl Fitzhardinge Berkeley Hunt Cheltenham Theatre Richard the Third Duke of Brother Jonathan Mme. Frezzolini Sig. Poggi Rome George Ronconi Cherubini St. Roch Solon New York van Amburgh Brixton Clapham Waterloo Burford Committee of Privy Council On Education Exeter Hall John Russell Great Britain M. Wilhem France John Hullah Lords of the Council On Education Privy Council Mr. Hullak Birmingham Manchester Liverpool Hastings Derby Reading Henley Nottingham Cheltenham Edinburgh Dublin Greenwich Hospital Battersea Normal School National Society Ormal Model Norwood Dupuis Butler Williams Mulhauser Pestalozzi M‘leod Irvine Lord Wharncliffe Reid

Beard Opens Portrait Studio at 34 Parliament Street

Beard of the Polytechnic Institution introduces improved portrait methods inclining to whole-length images with added colours by his own process. He claims rapid, precise likenesses with lifelike flesh tones and drapery, rivaling miniature art and possibly challenging traditional portrait painting. The method promises breadth of natural effect and quick sitting times.

Beard Polytechnic Institution Parliament Street

Derby betting dull as Attila fades in sporting intelligence

In the Derby scene no favorites show strength this afternoon with Attila drifting to 8 to 1 and about £300 staked, while Auckland and Chatham fall from favor. Palinaire and Espartero improve slightly and several large bets are placed on other horses, though overall money moved little. Oaks and Chester Cup offer no fresh action.

Tattersall Attila Auckland Chatham Ballinkeele Oxford Street Lord of Holderness Palinurus Espartero Seliceur Bowes Cakster Mr. Holmes Vulcan Lord Westminster Marshal Soult Greville Rory O’more Col. Anson Rhodanthe Densy Col. Peel Forth Mr. Goodman G. Clark Pettit Ramshay Lord Verulam Robert de Gorham Meteor Scott Artful Dodger Tord G. Bentinck Tripoli Miltown Mr. Allen Mr. Etwall Passion Exeter Amina

Large linen shops fail amid price pressure in Whitechapel market

Merchant failures surge in the linen and drapery trade as competition drives prices down. Manning of Whitechapel, long known as a cheap shop, has entered bankruptcy and plans a sale at Brooks's in the Borough next week at very low rates. A related item notes Mary Ann Nicholson, about 35, was brought to Westminster hospital with dislocation of the jaw from yawning upon waking, the joint on one side already reduced and the other pending.

Colosseum Regent's Park Holy Land Arabia Petra Asia Minor Rhodes Antioch Palmyra Nineveh Damascus Joppa Petra Nazareth Bethlehem Bethsemane Holy Sepulchre da Vinci N. Poussin Rubens Titian Eastrn British Museum Museum of the United Service Institution Middle Scotland Yard Whitehall East India Museum Leadenhall-street East India Company Tippo Saib Museum of the Society of Arts John-street Adelphi London Missionary Museum Bloomfield Street South Sea the Royal College of Surgeons Royal Asiatic Society Grafton-street Bond-street The Linnean Society Soho Square Entomological Society Kirby Royal Botanic Society Botanic Society Bedford 'Street Covent-garden Institution of Civil Engineers Great George-street Wesminster Royal Institution of British Architects Grosvenor Street Geological Society Somerset House Numismatic Society Exeter Hall Royal Institution Albemarle Street Mathematical Society Crepe Street Spitalfields London Mechanics’ Institution Southampton National Gallery Trafalgar-square Charing-cross Hampton Court Palace Dover-street Charles Bagot Eaton, Square, &c Burford Royal Adelaide Gallery Polytechnic Institution Woolwich Greenwich Hospital Chelsea College Tower Westminster Abbey St. Paul's Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Horticultural Society Chiswick Physic Gardens Chelsea Royal Botanical Society Regent’s Park Zoological Society Surrey Zoological Gardens Walworth Government School of Design Somersethouse Royal Observatory Greenwich Royal Astronomer Royal Society Williams and Mortram Mottram Commissioner Evans London Board of Guardians Boards of Guardians White Her King Street St. James's St. James's Palace Manning Whitechapel Brooks Westminster Hospital

Dreadful Telegraph explosion at Greenock mourns many lives

A river steamer Telegraph exploded near Greenock after a high pressure boiler failure. Thirteen known dead, many wounded, and rescue and investigation follow as ships, biers, and medical aid mobilize. Names of victims and injuries reported. concerns over valve management and high pressure engines persist.

Greenock Telegraph Hemesburgh Greenock Quay Helensburgh Ewing Gairloch Glasgow Hedderwick Hedderwick and Co Tontine Hotel Royal Tar Captain Ewing William Bannatyne Hedderwick and Rankine Dow Keith James Johnston Waterloo House George Leck Dugal Cameron Duncan Kennedy Lauchlon Cameron Earl Grey T. M.queen Daniel Sinclair James Johnstone Tarbert Lochlomond Jacob Laird Row Mr. Laurie Gilchrist La‘d Wm. Bannatyne Bogle Hedderick Caddenhead Govan Broomielaw John M‘neil George Leek Painter Alexander M‘coll David M‘alpine Duncan Cameron Crawford Garelock Gareloch Our Quay

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