Royal pageantry and European affairs across 1838 notes
The article reports Queen Victoria’s health improvement after Sunday services at St George’s Chapel, preparations for a Royal Pavilion arrival, and military and diplomatic movements involving Hanover, Holland, Spain, Russia, and Prussia. It also mentions Cabinet plans, naval surveys, charity gifts, and rail progress in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. George’s Chapel
Elleat
Lord Chamberlain
Foot Guards
Malta
Hanover
Comte de Perponcher
Holland
Furstenhof
Marquis of
Douro
Apsley House
Otway Cave
Tipperary
Dublin
Limerick
Suez
Desert
Ward
Royal Engineers
Cumberland
Oriental Herald
Robert Grant
J. R. Smyth
Scilly Islands
St. Mary’s, Scilly
Lord Barham
Charles Elphinstone Fleming
Lord Elphinstone
Baron Bolland
Globe
John Buchan
Portsmouth
Charles Napier
Nottingham
William Parker ‘Carrol
Ireland
Athlone
Court of Queen’s Bench
Queen
Queen v. Mantz
Madrid
Journal de Paris
Isabella
Paris
Spain
Duke de Bordeaux
Italy
Germany
Russia
Constantinople
Syria
Egypt
Don Francisco de Paula
Mexico
Price Tal‘Jeyrand
Princess de Beira
Vittoria
Zumalacarregui
Nicholas
Prussia
Berlin
Poland
Count Kolowrath
Great Western Railway
Reading
Thames
Maidenhead
Naples
Pimlico Institution
Deville
Roget
Tyrwhitt Jones
Vincent Cotton
Cambridgeshire
Kingland
Leeds
Alderman Holdforth
Liverpool
Denbigh Hall
Bletchley Cross Road
Fenny Stratford
Ayrshire
Kilmarnock
Bristol
Clifton
Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Company
Pembroke , Dock
St. Gowan’s
Geneva
Derbyshire
Strathfieldsaye
Walcot Park
Shropshire
Duke of Wellington
Earl of
Himalaya
Ruschenberger
Muscat
Scott and Cooper
Lincoln Chronicle
Armas
France
United Kingdom
ADELPHI-Novelty Delights with Farcical Flair and Music
The Adelphi novelty show draws full houses with a slender but pleasing burletta about Prince Aldobrandi and his jealous wife Lucretia. Mislaid lovers, a blind minstrel, and a clever ruse unfold amid stylish tableaux and music by Linley, praised by the audience. The Surrey Theatre program follows with The Rich Man and Douglas, featuring Mrs Owen and her son Master Owen in a notable Norval scene, earning praise for acting energy and emotional force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldobrandi
Mr. Webster
Lucretia
Diana
Enteretia
Actzon
Angela
Misa Shaw
Leoni
Mr. Collins
Angeld
Linley
Keeley
Page
Surrey
Home
Douglas
Owen
Miss Beaumont
Heslop
Norval
Randolph
Settlement of the British Legion affairs and notable trials
A commission led by Senor Ximenes and Colonel Wetherall will settle the late British Legion affairs with General Alava as arbiter if disputes arise. The Spanish minister backs the process as ensuring full justice. A separate report details a widowed woman coerced by a ghost to perform a kneeled pilgrimage. other items note Westminster rumour about exchequer bench vacancies and assorted legal and public notices, including insolvency fraud with the London Equitable Loan Company and a fictitious Duke backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senor Ximenes
Wetherall
Alava
British Legion
Marning
Cotese du-Nord
Lanvollon
Guingamp
Bulat
Westminster Hall
Baron Bolland
Exchequer Bench
R. Rolfe
BR. Rolfe
Sergeant Wilde
Lord Plunket
Ireland
John Campbell
Edinburgh
Penryn
Blackfriars Bridge
Jack
Cabie Et Armis
Bupsre
London, Equitable Loan Company
William Charles Hadden
William Hadden
Critique of the Hackney Carriage Act by Registrar Harvey
Daniel W. Harvey replies to Times questions on the new Hackney Carriage Act noting public complaints about interior passenger limits external plate changes and irregular fares. He argues for stricter regulation and a more accessible office process while urging mutual accountability between drivers and passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel W. Harvey
Times
Calcutta
Somerset House
Somerset-house
N.C
Stram Boats and Royal Replies Across News of 1838
A letter from Fox Maule to the Glasgow Lord Provost notes Lord John Russell will consider measures to prevent steam-boat accidents on the Clyde. The Plymouth Journal reports a mill accident where a fly and horse plunged into a mill site with rescue. the horse died. Kingston magistrates discuss paying poor rates to the Crown, delaying cases for legal aid. Kensington magistrates face questions over jurisdiction and legality of county vs city authority decisions. The Journal des Flandres cites a Cologne Archbishop’s plea to Prussia for justice and warning of potential appeal to the Germanic Diet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Fox Maule
Whitehall
John Russell
Clyde
F. Maute
Ayshford
Richards
St. Thomas’s
Exeter
Barnstable Inn
Exelane
Humane Society
Plymouth Journal
Kingston
Hampton Wick
George Seymour
Hampton Palace
Lord George
Poor Law Commissioners
Kensington
Kensington Square
Halswell
Brompton
Gore-lane
Kensington-road
Middlesex
St. Margaret’s
Westminster
London
St. Luke
Chelsea
Journal Des Flandres
Cologne
Prussia
Sire
Mingen
Christ
Case of Magnetic Somnambulism in Breast Cancer Surgery
Report from the French Royal Academy of Medicine details Madame Plantin’s cancer in the right breast with axillary swelling. Under animal magnetism she entered a somnambulic sleep, consented to surgery, and had tumor and swollen glands removed without distress. The operation lasted 10 to 12 minutes, followed by 48 hours of sleep and no pain. The committee listed names Bourdois, Double, Itard, Gueneau, De Hussy, Guersent, Fourquier, Leroux, Majendid e, Marc, Thillaye, Husson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Academy of Medicine
Paris
M. Jules Cloquet
M. Chapelain
M. Pailloux
Hospital of
M. Dronsart
Madame Plantin
Rue St. Denis
Hau
Madame Plautin
M. Cloquet
Hospital of St. Louis
MM. Bourdois
Double
Itard
Gueneau
de Hussy
Guersent
Fourquier
Leroux
Majendie
Marc
Thillaye
Husson
Prince Napoleon Arrives Incognito for Lord Mayor’s Day Pageant
Prince Napoleon arrived in town incognito from Leamington to enjoy the Lord Mayor’s Day pageant. He stayed at Blackfriars with views of the procession, was recognized by the crowd, and greeted with loud cheers of long live Napoleon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Napoleon
Leamington
Blackfriars
Bonaparte
Aylesbury
Common Council
Lord Minto
Uni‘ed
Straand
Adelphi
Liverpool and Manchester
Whiston
Lancashire
Liverpool
Manchester
Prescott
Charles Warburton
Samuel Jones
Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogene Parody
A satirical verse recounts a royal court scene with Lord Melbourne and Lord Durham. The mock tale follows parliamentary intrigue, a dramatic confrontation with Lambton, and a comic downfall of the Whigs contrasted with Tory glee and mockery in late 18th century political theater.
Taking a Sight in a Poetic Referencing Phrase
A fragmentary poetic description of the operation termed taking a sight, with a vulgar line about inability to form the tongue to glaze, cited from Lord Brougham's speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Brougham
Fictitious Attorneys and Other Public Grievances
A London issue reports clerks and pseudo attorneys driven from police offices after a Home Department order. It condemns the Town-hall nuisance and criticizes the new poor-law practices, including a Croydon bench’s six weeks for seeking work and guardians denying aid. It also notes a suicide attempt in Shoreditch, a poison case, and a shipboard drowning in Portsmouth with an inquest verdict of accidental drowning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State For the Home Department
Union Hall
Croydon
Board of Guardians
Benjamin Ellis
Ilford
Epping Union
Union
Cole
Shoreditch
Robertson
Leanes
Dixon
Horse Repository
Barbicar
Amphitrite
John Renshaw
John Sawyer
Esther Sawyer
Ann
Isaac
Martell
Portsmouth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Llanwy
Charles Mathews
England
Philadelphia
New York
Sinclair
Drury Lane
Braham
Rossini
Alonzo the Brave and the Fair
Imogene
Earl Durham
Melbourne Sween
Melbourne
Canada
Melboure
Lord Durham
Lord Melbourne
Plaguy
John Lambton the Proud
Lord M
Durham
Mackintosh
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