Queen Victoria Honors Crimea Victors with Medal Ceremony
The Queen distributed medals to about 400 officers and sailors in a Crimean victory ceremony. Eminent figures including the Earl of Lucan Lord Bingham Colonel Leslie and the Earl of Cardigan received praise amid cheers. Royal Navy personnel and parade followed with Royal cheers and a closing salute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crimea
Mars
Earl of Lucan
Lord Bingham
Leslie
Earl of Cardigan
Thomas Troubridge
Royal Navy
Blue Jackets
Hardy
Jack
Naval Branch
Duke of Cambridge
Life Guards
Queen
Buckingham Palace entertain Crimea veterans with royal dinner
After medals were distributed to Crimea war veterans at St James's, the Queen hosted an extensive royal reception and dinner at Buckingham Palace attended by the Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, various royals, and senior officers. The event featured music by Royal Marines, a riding-school dining setup, ample provisions, and informal moments of camaraderie among sailors and soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BUCKINGHAM _PALACE
Crimea
Palace
Prince Consort
Prince of Wales
Royal Marines
Duchess of Kent
Duchess of Cambridge
Princess Mary
Duke of Cambridge
Mecklenburg Strelitz
Duke of
Saxe Coburg
Gotha
Hohenlohe-Langenburg
D. Steers
House of Commons
Viscount Hardinge
Lord Panmure
Buckley
Biddulph
du Plat
England
Earl Spencer
Her Majesty
Prince Albert
Mary
Princess Royal
Royal guests cheer as Queen leads through grand attendance
A royal reception features Queen Victoria and notable visitors, with Lord Chamberlain and Marquess Spencer leading cheers while Viscount Wardinge and Lord Panmure stay late. The scene includes the national anthem and remarks on cholera in Warsaw and police court notes about a man named Howard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viscount Wardinge
Lord Panmure
Morton Peto
Howard
Ponaxa
Warsaw
Poland
London Corn Exchange Market News Amid Change in Weather
The London Corn Exchange reports a firm Wheat trade and rising prices across country markets after a favorable weather shift. Fresh Wheat supply was short and Spring Corn limited, with slow demand late in the day. Barley and Beans remained firm, with limited trade in Leeds and nominal prices noted on Derby day at Epsom.
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Smithfield
London
Copenhagen
Newgate
Leadenhall
Boxnover
Moxpay
York Regents
Kent
Essex
Lincolns
Sussex
Oe Loee Hay, &c
Smrtufield
Barbadoes
Mauritius
Ceylon
Trinidad
Corn Exchange
Monobay
Leeds
Epsom
Bankruptcy Annulled Listings in London Gazette May 1855
The London Gazette dated May 18 1855 records multiple bankruptcy annullments and appearances at Basinghall street courts. Merchants, tradesmen, and manufacturers from Liverpool Manchester Nottingham and beyond face May 30 dates or later for public notices Before concluding entries list Moore Wimborne Minster Dorset and J. Lowe Northampton place Holloway road among others with May 23 26 29 30 deadlines.
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P. Plumer
New-City
Basinghall-street
Kitchener
Newmarket
H. Townsend
Chandos-street
Westminster
Poulterer
Shaw, Furnival’s-inn
S. Frampton
Wimborne Minster
Dorsetshire
Moore
Wimborne
W. P. Grant
Cambridge
Basinghall Street
Birmingham
W. Tomkys
Wolverhampton
District Court
Price and Stuart
J. Lemlinson
Nottingham
Freeth, Rawson
Butcher
Bristol
Bevan and Girling
T. Hitt
Exeter
Carrier
Stogdon
J. Etheridge
G. M. B. Michell
Liverpool
Littledale
Bardswell
J. Noble
Fenwicke and Aspinall
G. Healey
Preston
Manchester
Chapman and Roberts
J. WH. Johnson
Lerwick
Sheriff _ Court room
J. A. Galloway
Glasgow
Globe
J . D. Macdonald
Lassintulloch
Rannoch
Perthshire
Perth
Tursday
H. Holland
A. D. Toovey
J. Wyatt
Aldermanbury
Linklater
Lise Lane
Charles-street
Shaw
Furnival’s.inn
H. Thomas
Walsall
Staffordshire
Saddler
Wilkinson
Births Marriages and Deaths Chronicle Fragment
On the eighteenth at Worthing a stillborn daughter. At Llanelly House a premature son died after hours. At Enfield a marriage unites Francis Withers and Fanny Challis. At Canterbury Rev G Taswell weds Elizabeth Chea hyre. Numerous deaths listed including Major General Forbes aged 59 and J B Emmens aged 54.
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Worthing
J. F. , Fitzgerald
K.C.B
M.P
Llanelly House
Carmarthenshire
G. J. Thomas
Bart
C. F. Norman, Redox
Portishead
Enfield
Francis
G. Withers, Esq
Liverpool
Fanny Maria
T. Challis
Enq
Canterbury
G. Taswell
Elizabeth Arabella
W. J. Chea Hyre
St. Martin's
Leicester
R. H. H. Mends
R.N
Admiral Mends
Emms Maria
Thomson
H.M. 67Th Regiment
Aden
C. J. Yyen, Esq
N. I
Bombay
Von
Calcutta
Oriental
W. N. Forbes
W. B. Emmens
Labourers’ Friend Society
Exeter-hall
Bishop’s Itchington
Warwickshire
J. Waugh
Leamington, Spa
Bath
W.H. Saunders
Cork
Kerry
Ireland
Exeter
Lord Spencer
Compton
15Th
Hussars
Lower Brook-street
G. C.D’ Aguilar
K.C
South Ockendon Hall
Essex
T. B. Sturgeon
D. Milton
Duke of Clarence
Lisson-grove
Camberwell
Hardy
Walbrook
City
Royal Hotel Guide praised by Times and Chronicle
Extracts praise a forthcoming Royal Hotel Guide that lists proprietor, bed and meal charges and private rooms to help travellers compare inns across the three kingdoms. A Bond warning cautions against counterfeit Bond's Permanent Marking Ink and identifies the genuine article and the inventor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weekly Chronicle
the Times
Three Kingdoms
Bond
E.R. Bond
John. Bond
Long Lane
West Smithfield
London
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King of Hanover
H. Davy
Charles N. W
Oxford
London Bridge
Bank OF England
M, Marshall
Carr's
F. Cheadle
Stone
Weaveland
Hinda
Stafford
H. Thompson
Ilkestone
Derbyshire
Smith
Clay
Wakefield
Millowner
Evans and Son
D. Hughes
Beld
Merionethshire
Draper
R. Hart
West Hartlepool
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Hodge and Hale
A. Hewitt
Grobe
J. M'Gregor Drummond
Crieff
Drummond Arms Hotel
Grant and Co
Banff
Fife Arms
A. Peden
Loudoun
Ayrshire
George Hotel
Kilmarnock
Bricer
Eh Pri
Wed
South Sea
India
Buenos Ayres
Vcore
Granada
P. Ct
Great Western
Blackwall
Brighton
South Coast
Gondon
North Western
East Lancashire
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Lincolnshire
Sheffield
Midland
Worcester
South Devon
South Wales
Thirsk
York
Newcastle
Berwick
North Midland
Caledonian
Edinburgh
Great Southern and Western
FoneiGh
Bn Northern
France
Paris
Lyons
Rouen
Havre
Lond.& Westr. Bank
East& W.ind
Stek
London Docks
Steck Commel
St. Katharine Dks
Sten
Gen
Steam Nav.Couw
Globe Ass. Comy
Pen. &OritlStm.Co
Royal Exch.As.Co Steck
Course OF Exchange
Amsterdam
Frankfort
Rotterdam
Petersburg
Cveusweeeure
Imperial
Monda T. British
Fr. A. Wahezat
Danitzic and Konig
Ham
Rus
Norfolk
Suff.,&Linc
United States
Tyronn
C. Rail
Enese
The
London Gazette
Royal Hotel
United Kingdom
Royal Hotel Guide
Crystal Palace
Strand
AVIES
Palmer's
Windsor
M. P. Davies
BON
St. Martin’s-lane
Westminster County Court
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