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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 05, 1844

Page

7

Demise of Portiarp Duchess and Other Notices

An extensive miscellany section reports the death of the Duchess of Portland after a brief illness, with details on her marriage and family. It lists other obituaries and notices including the death of Sir Charles Wentworth, political correspondence, theatre news, theatre leases, public entertainments, Trafalgar Square work updates, river and steamship traffic, and a court case about a turtle dinner at the Mansion House, with a humorous judicial ruling on the fake soup. The items describe prominent figures, royal and political connections, and local civic events awaiting further developments.

Duchess of Portland Welbeck Abbey Nota Wat Heohn Scott Can Duke of King Portland of Litchfield William and Henry Bentick Merah ‘Hotte Evelyn Tenison Howard de Walden Mary Henrietta Bentick William Beckrorp Duchess of Hamilton Resina Bath Charles Wentworth Gore Went Halifax Charles Orth Fizwilliam Rockingham Earl of Ioaca Viscount Milton Fir’ares Trbial James Graham Musie India Leex MLB M.P. Paap. Bana Hogg Nottingham Walt Queens Counsel Westminster Hall Kinglake Butt Scott Phoenix Park Tomjoeaday Duke of Wellington Count Countess St. Aulaire Manchester House Bunn York Minstes York Gravesend Blackwall Brunswick Pier Egat India House George Pollack Haverfordwest Opyxina Trafalgar Trafalga Square Nelson George Lit Messrs. Ransom Trafalgar Square George IV Mansion House Meyorese Corporation Mmayoress Cour of Common Council Galbraith R. Dixon Lover Crewe Richards Jewson Thomas Royal Academy St. Paul's Cantotta Guisi Carlotta Grisi Lumley M. Pilet Paris Dover Folkestone Boulogne Drivine Embury Batty Astley’s Palmers Theestminster-Road Afernoon Abury Thames England Lord Castlereagh Lord Admiralty Earl of Wilton Earl of Dysart T. M. Wilson J. H. Pelly Rquess of Conyngham H. Chalmondeley Lord Harncliffe Duke of Rutland Henry Rae Banco Magnay Punch Denman C. J Alderson Chitty Sam West Tilbury J. Hargreaves George Thos. Wright Woodlands Elizabeth Mary J. Knight Tilbury Fort Willie Park Wenlock Viscount Newport Earl of Bradford Selina Louisa Forester Lord Forester Orlando Forester Broseley Bridgman Anson Charles Cecil Forester Trousseau Countess of Chesterfield Willie-park Castle Bromwich Lord Newport Birmingham Dearn Grorce Mugray Green-street Park-lane Francis Grant George Murray St. David's Duke of Rochester Countess of Rochester Frankland Russell Miss Murray Watsingham Lady Walsingham Robert Frankland Russell, Bart Caverdish Square Lord Walsingham Waterloo Captain Anderson Broadlie Peninsula Anderson Neilston Renfrewshire Glasgow Courier Anotheer William Furlong Wise C.B Hoegate-house Plymouth Prince of Wales Admiral Wise Sumana Algiers

Learned diction sparks thrift talk at a party

A contemporary narrator notes a guest astonished others by asking for a diminutive, silvered truncated cone shaped item. The description matches a thimble, noted with wit in the Quebec Gazette. The exchange highlights playful social banter and clever wordplay within a colonial setting.

Quebec Gazette

Audiences and 1844 military commissions in the British realm

April 29 audiences for royalty and foreign affairs by the Earl of Aberdeen and Sir Robert Chester. April 30 brevet commissions and promotions for Army officers including majors, lieutenant colonels, and Bengal units in the East Indies. Names span numerous regiments and colonial postings, reflecting imperial appointments.

Bunsincuam Palace Sjernerona Sweden Norway Prince of Oettingen-Wallerstein Bavaria Earl of Aberdeen Robert Chester van Orrice Thomas Ryan Edward William Bray Gustavus Logie Christie 3D Foot James Stepford Marcus Barr Peter John Petit Henry Havelock Charles T. van Straubenzee Patrick M‘kie FitzHerbert Cuddrington Joseph Boyer Oliver Arthur William FitzRoy Somerset Or Grenadier Guards Marmaduke George Nixon 39Th Foot William Langley Tudor Coronels East Indies Henry Clapton Barnard Bengal Native Infantry John Gavin Drummond Bengal Native James Alexander Bengal Artillery John Theophilus Lane Patrick Grant Birnie Browne Bengal Artilery Henry Mearys Graves Bengal Grenadiers Charles Grant Bradshaw York Reilly Bengal Empneers Frederick Brind Henry Clayton Bengal Light Cavalry Richard James Hulwell Birch Henry Joseph Guyon James Saunders Pestries Horshurg’ McDonald George Couphell Richerd Carmtley Bergal Light Cavalry Reiphange Porter Tines Pith Bengal Nat Pe Bengal Light Navile Amary Parker

Court and Insolvency Notices From Denbighshire Record

List includes commissions in Denbighshire Yeomanry with captains and cornet appointments, Court of Queen's Bench Easter Term proceedings set for May, and declarations of insolvency for numerous publicans, watchmakers, attorneys, bakers, victuallers, and tradespeople across England and Wales, with bankrupts, dividends, partnerships dissolved, and Scotch sequestration notices.

Roberts Evans Bengal Native Infantry James Gray William Curtis Thomas Young Bengal Grenadiers George Dalston Victoria Nueer T. S. Robinson Great Neston Eliza Man Shaw London Road Southwark G. Carreer Sheffield M. Prebble Strood W. Swann Great Yarmouth Fix W. Barthram Ravenrow Mile End J. Luckett Adam Street West Bryanston Square J. Thompson Spaldington Yorkshire Gerrett Cochrane Shoreditch William Curran Liverpool G. P. Trounsell King's Kerswell Devonshire R.N R. A. Jefferies Hast Street Walworth J. Bonny Walton Lancashire W. Cornhill Coleman Street W. Coningworth Agnes Place Waterloo Road R. N W. Ellerson Eynesford Kent G. Chamberlain Prued Street Paddington R Haim Bedford Street Tottenham Court Road E. Baker Lawrence Lane J. Shepherd Guisbrough J. Bryden Manchester T. Close Halifax J. Hall Bubwith R.H. Hoskins T. Ingham Iuddington Lincolnshire D. Bvgan J. G. Hatcher Tonbridge Wells G. Baker St. Alban’s Place Edgware Road J. Willey W. Maraden F. How London Read Notting Hill C. Collins Grandpont Berkshire Oxford J. Black Horwich J. Naylor I. F. Coyle Kensington L. Alman Bristol F. Mitchell Bride Lane T. Smith High Holborn J. Aspinwall A. Aspinwall Anchester W. Newman Hammersmith J. Collins Blackfriars Road H. Davis Gloucester Place Portman Square J. Maclean Somerset Street Whitechapel S. Wilcockson Chesterfield C. Johnson Rochdale C. Nicholls Wakefield G. ¥. Wright Madeley Shropshire J. Perry Birmingham G. E. Phillips Plymouth J . Pemberton Leeds G. Morrey Stratford On Avon J. Gould Sheen Staffordshire W. Gorton Gilbert Street Farringdon Street W. Armfield Northampton Draper C. Tapp Wigmore Street W. E. de la Vellesboisnet W. Espivent C. Williamson Regent Street Hosiel Stocken and Utton Halkin Street Belgrave Square Ivey and Henwood Camelford Cornwall Blundell, Spence, and Co Saville and Harroway Brighton J. and G. Siddall Doncaster Hodge and Davies Truro J. Watson Wath Upon Dearne Fry and Kilver Thomas and Hinton Market Drayton Wood J. Newton Wardour Street T. Peacock Tooley Street Milner Terrace Lambeth Whitecross Street Marshs and Shepherd T. Shepherd J. Marsh Belton and Co Rivington and Co St. Paul's Churchyard Waterloo Place Pall Mall G. Rivington J. and W. Goodale Derby H. Campbell Glasgow

Royal appointments and army promotions in early May 1844

The Queen elevates John Marquess of Bute as high commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Charles Fitzgerald is named governor and commander in chief of British settlements in the Gambia. A lengthy list of military promotions and appointments follows for officers in various regiments and corps, including Bath knights, Lieutenants, and Ensigns. Also noted are a chancellor nomination, marriage act registrations, sugar prices, bankruptcies, dividends, and dissolutions of partnerships.

John Marquess of John Grey H. G. Smith Military Order of the Bath James Dennis Regiment of Foot Thomas Valiant 40Th Regiment of Foot Alexander Campbell Lancers Thomas Wright 39Th Regiment of Foot Charles Robert Cureton George James Myatt Macdowell 16Th Lancers Joseph Anderson 50Th Regiment of Foot James Oliphant Clunie Ad Regiment of Foot Edward William Bray James Stopford East India Company James Rutherford Lumley Bengal Infantry John Hunter Liter Pipon Cornet James Stirling Stirling Stuart Purchase Newland 1St Regiment of Foot Thomas Graham Goodall Frederick KR. Mein Graham Alexander William Gordon Mein Thomas George Coles Gordon 25Th Foot Nenon Armstrong Foot Wellesley William Cumming Armstrong George Needham Cumming 35Th Foot Robert Henry Price Byurchase Matthew Sities Sankey Morton 56Th Foot William Dougherty Thomas Debenham Arth James Graham Montgomery Cecil Edward Bowen 85Th Foot O'Reilly Ewerd Wellesley 21D Foot Cubitt 7Th Light ‘Dragoons E $21 Foot Luke Fitzgerald Bernard Nicholls Francis Hutchinson Garner Bernard Duval Knox O'Reilly 69Th Foot Shirley 97Th Foot William Murray Moore Arthur John Lottus Murray Drought Richard Croasduile Lottus George Henry Wynyard West India Regiment Frederick Augustus Davidson Macdonnell Oliye Maximilian Burke Davidson Hosrita Starr Nicholas O'Connor 59Th Foot William Golfrey Watl Orrick Oroxance Royal Regiment of Artillery George Henry Vesey Olphert County of Middlesex Royal Eastern Regiment of Middlesex Thomas Mayer Carvick County of Wilts Royal Wilts Yeomanry Walter Long the Younger Olivier Charles James Thomas Conolly Long Edward Dugdale Backnall Estcourt Cornet Antrobus Richard Penradduck Long Awdry Wrirenart Samuel Charles Watson Buckle Peterborough Northampton Kent High Court of Chancery Baptist Huddersfield Unitarian Cheltenham Great Britain Henry Bicknett Grocers’ Company J. Harling Thornber Edge Barnoldswick Feday Ll Street Winchester C. B. Bayles Abingdon Berkshire Draper J. Jay London-well Ferehnreh Street W. H. Woodall Bish Withert

Birth Accouchement Extraordinary in Poplar

A Bethnal Green woman named Thompson, working as a hearth-stone vendor on North Street, Bethnal Green, went into labor unexpectedly while crossing East India Road, Poplar. A crowd gathered as constables aided, placing her in a wheelbarrow for delivery. Surgeon Mr. Ellison of Poplar directed immediate removal to the workhouse where the newborn was placed in a cradle provided by police.

Thompson North Street Bethnal-green East India Road Poplar Ellison Warkouse

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