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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Nov 03, 1839

Page

3

Miscellany notes on theaters and ships in distant lands

The page records varied items from royal support for winter theatre leases at Drury Lane and Covent Garden to plans for lace factory regulation and harbor improvements at Leith. It notes bankruptcies after the Imperial Bank of Manchester collapse, dockyard changes, a Richard Cewar-de-Lion tomb, hops pickers deserting work, and local court sentences, along with assorted global curiosities and notices.

Lord Uxbridge Drury-lane Covent-garden Mer Bon Nottingham Derby Leicester Gloucester Somerset Devon Nottingham Journal Imperial Bank of Manchester Leith Pier Maryh Antient Leith Richard Cewar-de-Lion M. Deville Rouen the Virgin Cardinal d'Amboise Mr. Barneby Worcester Chronicle Wiltshire Earl of Radnor Andover Wilts Herald Robt H. Clive M.P Hereford Church Building Society Duke of Wellington Haydon Walmer Castle Liverpool Loughley Loch Tarbslton Kilmarnock Journal Leipsig Prince Puckler Muskau Esther Stanhope Trapr William Baynes Hatter Eicester Messrs Jolly Berridge St. Martin's Leicester Mercury Arich Hollander Weber Tancredi Kensington John Chaplin King-street Hammersmith Police Courts Heather Aldwick Green Chichester Telegraph Great Britain Railway A Messrs. J. and C. Bailey Guest, Lewis Joseph Moody Moody Fela de Se Devizes Gazelle Ireland England Isle Montpoint Department Dordogne Monpar Edward Godfrey Leman John Leman Leicester Journal Western Times Bridford Christow Bell Yard Golden-square Barbican Wilson Plummer Broadway New Fork Newcastle Duke of Sussex Lambton Castle Newcastle Chronicle Joseph James Castlemorton Wigrechier & Erald Woronzow New Russia Bessarabia St. George's District Camberwell Church Road Henry Kemble East Surrey Academy of Sciences Paris Daniel New-street Billericay Elizabeth Bridges Rush Chelmsford Chronicle Marshall Turner Hull Wantage Letcombe Downs Oxford Herald Yorkshire Hussars Knavesmire York Bielby Lawley Lord Wenlock Middlethorpe

Drury Lane Season Opens With Lavish Scenic Effects

The new management at Drury Lane showcases enhanced scenic and decorative departments. Performances feature Le Lac des Fees and The Fairy Lake with strong vocalists Mrs Waylett and Mr Leffler, plus a transformed Exquisite, while Poole’s Turning the Tables and The Jew and the Doctor draw crowds. Wild Oats returns to broad applause and Hay Market reports a strong run for Bulwer's Sea Captain.

Metiaeus Zela Poole Dowton Abednego Collins Hay Market I. J. Bulwer Saunders Otley E.L. Bulwer Lyons Walter Raleigh Norman Macready Raleigh Bevonshire Elizabeth Countess of Arundel Adelphi London-bridge Wood Jack Sheppard Tyburn Tree Jonathan Wild Paul Bedford Keeley Ophine Lacy Drury Lane Rossini Hammond Miss Phillips America Morley John Barnett Covent Garden Mozart Dibrello Z. Barnett Farinelli Germany Frankfort-on-the- Maine Schnyder von Wartensee Bruschina Olympic Theatre M. Vanderburcht Shakspeare Berlioz Academy of Music Paris Sheridan Knowles

Newmarket Houghton Meeting Races Begin Under Unfavourable Weather

Sporting intelligence reports a damp Newmarket meeting with several false starts. Lanercost wins the Cambridgeshire Stakes by a length, Hetman second, Mickleton Maid third. Crucifix and Gibraltar share the Criterion Stakes, while Sal Volatile and Roxana contest the £50 Stakes, Roxana trailing by about six lengths. Handlen Plate winner is Lord Lichfield's Colt by Actzon. Other races include Proteus winning a foals race, Joannina taking the handicap for three-year-olds and upwards, and Grey Milton defeating Capote in a two-year-old race. Also noted is a report of two woodcocks shot at Derry Hill weighing over 14 ounces each.

Hereford Pencoyd Hersford Metternich Wiesbaden Count Munch-Bellinghausen Iet Presons Ryan Church-hole Rotherhithe St. Thomas's Enepiteh Grove-lane Camberwell Durham University Grey Earl Grey Wood J. S. Robson J. Robson Brunton St. Thomas's Hospital Mary Anne Ray Forestreet Lambeth St. Peter’s Counce Southwark St. Peter Park Street Winchester Halifax Journal Fabricius Nash Satan Epucatrox Carmez C. H. Webb Forebridge Hall Stefford Stubbs Weston-hall Stafordshire William IV Neve Hanne L. Wicknam Breadalbane Argyllshire Duke of Argyll Treasury Duke of Newcastle Worksop London Chesterfield M. Curmer M.de Balzac M.L. C Satrist M.u.c Les Actrices de Paris Orpheus J’rench Covent-Garden Strand Union Boardroom Surrey-street Captain Forbes Covent-garden Theatre Moseley Beazley Robins George Robins and Co Drury Lane St. Paul Payne St. Bartholomew's Hospital Louisa Murr No. 7 Elliott's Court Old Bailey Wakley Duke of York North Wharf-road Paddington Joseph Birch Charles Holmes Farden Droitwich Maida-hill Scott London Hospital Blackwall Carter Lord Nelson Trafalgar-street Walworth Frederick Coulash Newmarket Houghton Mr. Ramsay Hetman Mickleton Maid Lord G. Bentinck Gen. Yates Gibraltar T.Y.C Greville Proteus Lord Exeter Sultan Palais Royal Lord Jersey Joannina Robinson Shelley Adrian Lord Lichfield Duke of Rutland Duke of Portland St. Peray Feather G. Bentinck W. Day Grey Milton Wadeson Buzzard Margaret Capote Tly.c Abeve R. J. Rogers Miss Hawk Ae Rogers Mr. Petiis Romer Lord Lynedoch Hector Hawk W. Lewis Abergavenny Derry

National Education Correspondence Between Exeter Bishop and Lord Russell

Long exchange on education policy and church state relations. The Exeter bishop and Lord John Russell dispute parliamentary passages in a Privy Council pamphlet. They discuss secular instruction, religious instruction, and public funding, with steps toward a conference to align church oversight with national education needs.

Exeter J. Russell England Committee of Privy Council For Education House of Lords National Society British and Foreign School Society John Russell Marquis of Lansdowne Ereter Marquis Church of England Committee of Council Committee On Eduction H. Bavanien Coy BC Buckhurst Committee of Common Council J. Russert Privy Council On Education H. Extrem Lord John Russell

Mysterious Brentford death stirs town over wife Sarah Hope

In Brentford a death described as mysterious and suspected to be self-inflicted involved Sarah Hope wife of baker John Hope. Police inquiries reveal jealousy, intoxication, a clasp knife, and a backstory of tensions as coroner’s inquest looms to determine fault.

Brentford Sarah Hope John Hope Arnold Lowe Mr. Hope Hope Marquard Metropolitan Police Mr. H Cooper Farrell Richards Saiu Medhurst Hayes Bull Hughes Old Hops Hoogz

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