Covent Garden Fund Festooned With Royal Support
The Covent Garden fund anniversary at Freemasons Hall was presided by the Duke of Cambridge with the Marquis of Normandy and other patrons in attendance. A donation of one hundred guineas from Queen Victoria’s private purse was announced, and speeches praised the fund’s aid to aged and infirm actors, with performances by Miss Rainforth, Miss Hawes, and others.
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Covent-garden
Freemasons’ Hall
Duke of Cambridge
Marquis of Normandy
Ible
Richard Onslow
Forbes
Lyond
Miss Grant
Miss Rainforth
Prince Albert
Princess Royal
Rule Britannia
Captain Forbes
Navy
Covent-garden Fund
Anderson
George Smart
Duke of Sussex
Seng
Hartigen
Bartley
Meadows
Roe
Covent-garden Theatre
George the Fourth
York
Kent
Sussex
House of Brunswick
Shakspeare
Peader
Burley
Missoun
Marquis of Armanby
Seuny Blagrove
Madame Vestris
Confessions of Wallace and Shaw Wallace on Dryad destruction
The two brothers confess to conspiring with Captain Loose to cast away the Dryad on its Cuba voyage to defraud insurers. Patrick Wallace details falsified bills of lading, staged cargo, and forged insurance claims while Michael Wallace describes meetings with Loose, bribes, and arrangements to destroy the ship. Both men give sworn statements at Newgate dated March 23, 1841, and are held on the Fortitude hulk at Chatham awaiting transport to penal settlements.
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Patrick Maxwell Stewart Wallace
Michael Shaw Stewart Wallace
Loose
Dryad
John Pirie
Captain Loose
Patrick Wallace
Cooper's-row
Liverpool
Santa Cruz
Cuba
Michael
London
America-square
Minories
Patrick
Stoll
Nicol and Co
Alliance Marine Insurance Company
Lyndall and Hall
Leadenhall Street
General Maritime Insurance Company
Lloyd’s Book
Silver Keys
General Maritime Company
London and Westminster Bank
St. Jago de Cuba
England
Frost
Wapping
Tredegar-square
Mile-end
P. M. Wallace
Newgate
Rio Janeiro
Rio
Cape Verd Islands
Blair
Cape Verd
Albion Insurance Office
Neptune
Messrs. Howden
Ainsley
Seldon and Johnson
Bahr, Behran, and Co
Falmouth
Jamaica
Michael Wallace
Redegar Square
Micnagl S. S. Wanlace
Chatham
London Society Schools Anniversary Toasts and Donations
An anniversary event at the London Society Schools celebrated the institution for unprotected orphans founded in 1709. About 200 guests heard speeches by Manvers and others, with toasts to the Army, Navy, and Church of England. Subscriptions totaled around 1450 pounds, with notable gifts from Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and various MPs and peers.
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X'S Society
London
Tose
G Seth
Tyre
Manvers
G. Murray
Earl
Renin
Canterbury
Eulds
M.P
Earl Howe
Neas
Sipet
the Marquis of Bristol
Mr. C. Bleaden
Kensington Gardens building plan approved for villas and road
The Kensington site will host a new road from Kensington to Uxbridge road and large villas with stables and outbuildings. Lodges and gates will mark the entrance, and the project, run by the woods and forests commission, is expected to boost royal revenues and offer a salubrious, elevated location near the metropolis. Mr Walter, Nottingham MP, entered the House of Commons in neutral terms with sponsors Sir I Burdett and Mr Fielden. Includes Bank of England quarterly liabilities and assets for Feb 2 to Apr 27, 1841.
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Kensington Palace
Kensington
Uxbridge-road
Her Majesty's Woods and Forests
Walter
Nottingham
House of Commons
I. Burdett
Fielden
Berkshire
Bank of England
Downing-street
Y Adelaida Wis
Rhis
Gente Ee Ganion
David M‘eareni
Dewatharine
Svith
Adelaide
Government Wharf
Custom-House
Guiana
John Pirie
Victoria
South Australian Company
Rapid
Truelove
M‘lauren
C. B. Howard
M‘laren
South Australia
England
A. Kuval
Starn
Colony
Europe
Mr. Gleeson
Devonshire
Holstein
Switzerland
Extraordinary Paris dispatch on Arabs and a chief punished
Paris reports a severe Arab crackdown including eight beheadings for killing French soldiers. Bert Aissa, a famed coin counter, is condemned to twenty years hard labor and degraded, amid massive crowds. Notes from Algiers and Toulon flag potential delays to a large expedition as debates on tariffs and press cases continue.
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Bora
Conathastine
Apon
Noghet
Bert-Aissa
Legion of Honour
Tahour
Serpent of the
Constantine
Toulon
Etna
Ben-Aissa
Algiers
Bugeaud
Milignah
le Commerce
Chamber of Peers
Chamber of Deputies
Duke d'Harcourt
France
la France
Gazette de France
National
Cuba
East India Company
China
Company
Bengal
Madras
Melvius
East India House
New Zealand
Port Nicholson
Waitamate
Thames
Platina
England
Cloudy Bay
Michael Murphy
Brougham
Best
Murphy
Cart
Kapiti
William Wilton
Raupero
Mana
Sound
Banks’ Peninsula
Europe
Taranaki
New South Wales
Regent's park to open to public with new five gate plan
A plan to open large portions of Regent's Park to the public includes five gates at specific points and emphasizes health and recreation for Londoners. A new Royal Park is contemplated east of the metropolis near Mile End with 300 acres, walks like St James's Park, and buildings to resemble Regent's Park.
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Regent’s Park
Regent's Park
Hanover-gate
Marquis of Hertford
Royvat
Registrar-General
Hydepark
St. James’s-park
Regent's-park
London
England
Ireland
Hon. Society of the Inner Temple
Saml
Carter Hall
John James Lowndes
George Boden
Francis Russell
Edward Raphael
Paris Seizes 2000 Kilograms of Horse Flesh in Octroi Raid
A Thursday operation by Paris authorities seized 2,000 kilograms of horse flesh hidden in restaurants selling meals under two francs. Police conduct broad restaurant searches as they tighten controls amid rising meat prices and quality concerns.
Islington court hears brutal assault and vagrant cases
A series of London courtroom reports detail a prisoner denied mercy and condemned for a brutal assault on a police officer. The narrative covers a ruffianly suspect’s attack on a constable, the officer's counterattack, and a judge's demand for punishment. Additional notes describe cowardly acts by vagrants, a public nuisance near Spitalfields, and a lighthearted yet improper intrusion case at a Peckham boarding school. The piece closes with coverage of a Lammas lane case and a sensational match of corruption allegations against a county magistrate, all highlighting law-and-order concerns in Islington, Lambeth, Kensington, and surrounding districts.
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Sre
Edward Hamilton
John Peperve
Traill
Union Hall
M. Powers
Hamilton
Mrs. Powers
Mr. Traill
Mls
Thad
London Wall
Marshgate
Kensington
Ann Field
Mrs. Field
Mr. Trail
Peperoe
Perinyim
Serjeant
North
Cyprians
Islington
Ininy
Mallett
Timothy Daly
No. 65
N Division
Daly
Richard Provost
Hatton-gardem
Combe
House of Correction
Spitalfields
Lambeth Street
John Henry Collison
G. C. Norton
Charles Ingle
Cannon-street
Blackwall
Norton
John Thome
Maltby
Howes
Goosegreen
Peckham
Kensington Police
Ricars
Poorn—LamMas Laxp
John Stanton
Walham-green
T. Paynter
Fulham
Victoria
Wm. Goater
Fields
Lammas Land
Medhurst
Henry ©. Moretare ,Dyer
Dyer
House of Commons
Secretary of State
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Cheshire
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Commissioner Stevenson
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No. 1
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