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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 19, 1855

Page

12

Court and Courtly Guests Attend Royal Events

Royal attendance graces performances at the Royal Italian Opera and Gore House Exhibition. Diplomatic figures and nobility visit Buckingham Palace and London venues while military, naval, and royal household news fill a crowded social page.

Prince Albert Duke of Saxe Coburg Adelaide of Buckingham Palace Crimea Grand Hall Duke of Cambridge Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence Woolwich Dockyard Thunderer

Opening of the Paris Universal Exhibition Ceremony

In Paris the opening ceremony of the Universal Exhibition drew crowds to the Palace of the Exhibition. Emperors, princes, and diplomats filled the transept as Prince Napoleon read the opening address and the Emperor spoke of peace. Attendance rules, tickets, and services for visitors were detailed, including a post office and medical department at the Palace of Industry.

Fine Art Palace de l‘Industrie Bureau de Renseignements Palais de l’Industrie Paris

Exhibitor Counts at Paris Universal Exhibition

The Prince’s address notes no less than 20 000 exhibitors with about 10 400 foreigners. Nations listed include England 3 600 Germany 2 200 Austria 1 900 Belgium 700 Switzerland 500 Spain 330 850 Sardinia Tuscany 420 and the United States 3 000 4 000. Turks Egyptians Mexicans Chileans Peruvians also present. Regulations grant free access to Imperial and foreign officials and provide separate entrance cards for exhibitors and officials. Two admission cards for journalists are set by Prince Napoleon.

Paris Corps Diplomatique London Count Walewski Willis M. van de Weyer Legation Earl and Countess Clarendon Palmerston Edward Cust Renfrew Mure Portsmouth George Seymour K.C.B G.C. H Thomas Chrane Prince Albert United Service Gazette Chatham Crimea Balaklava 1Ith Hussars Breeze Windsor Patriotic Fund Princess Royal Prince of Wales Alice Helena Prince Alfred Burlington House Oxford Earl ‘of Derby Leignitz Prussian Silesia Mirror Russia England Holy Russia Lord Palmerston Charles Napier Furmer House of Lords Milord White Sea Gulf of Bothnia Petersburger Zeitung Goi Victoria Pianori Sam Czartoryski Rybincki Prince Czartoryski M. Adam Mickiewicz Tuileries le Z'ridua Des Peuples Count Branicki Worls Ministry of Foreign Affairs Walewski Sie France Grochow Lord Dudley Stuart Southampton Sharon Turner Lord Shaftesbury Dudley Coutts Stuart Horticultural Society Gore House Albani Dublin T. P. ‘Kennedy Rietany Frampton Duff Clewell Chadwick Byron Halifax Boston S&ec New York Wagham India Jerusalem Cornhill Lincolnshire Herald Royal South Lincoln Lineon Sitthorp Post Albert Prince Leopold Belgium Portugal Saxe Coburg’ Gotha John Couper University of Glasgow Couper Richard Millar M. Rousseau Carrientras Adams Madras Spectator Madura Queen Victoria Madras Fort St. George Danby Seymour Tanjore Trichinopoly Christian Times Lnte Robert Lugilis Aadilve House of Commons Eynie Henry Drummond Henry Layard O'Connell Emily George Cruikshank Prince Times Moniteur United States Hand of Justice Diplomatic Corps Crown Imperial Household Senate Legislative Corps Council of State Army Europe Austria Prussia Spain Cent-Gardes Napoleon Maria Christina the Invalides Prince Jerome Mathilde Esling Montebello Baroness de Pierres Bassano Cambacéres Marshals Vaillant, Magnan Germany Switzerland Sardinia Tuscany Sicily Holland M. Charles de Montigny Shanghai Imperial Commissioners Imperial Commission International Jury Palace of Industry

Banquet at Mansion House for Her Majestys Ministers

The Lord Mayor hosted a royalist banquet in the Egyptian Hall with most of Her Majestys Ministers and a large assembly of nobility. Toasts included The Queen The Church and The Army Navy and Parliament with speeches on war and public opinion.

Prince Albert Sir GC. Wood Lord Palmerston House of Commons John Russell

Artists Festival in Rome Featuring King Louis of Bavaria

A Rome arts festival on Saturday the 5th at Castel Giubileo showcased Omer Pasha and King Louis of Bavaria among masquerades. Donkey racing, sack racing, ring riding, and saltarello entertained artists and spectators while a Chinese umbrella shaded the royal patron.

Rome Daily News Campagna Tiber Castel Giubileo Olim Fidene Omer Pasha Louis of Bavaria Fidenate Ponte Salaro M. Carl Warner Pall-mall

Elephant ploughing on Barnum’s farm attracts daily view

An elephant attached to a large plough is shown on Barnum's farm visible from the railroad. It plows in fine style at a rate comparable to three double-horse teams. The report notes arrival and approval of flour cargoes from Chili, with about 30,000 sacks expected.

Barnum Cuitt Liverpool

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