Metropolis Aldermen Laud Birth of Princess Royal
The court of aldermen and the court of common council gathered to present a loyal address to Queen Victoria on the birth of the princess royal. Aldermen debated attendance and expenses, and a committee drew up addresses to the Queen Prince Albert and the Duchess of Kent. A resignation letter from Alderman Harmer prompted a voting matter on the ward of Farringdon without. The proceedings featured light squabbles over hospitality and public allowances, with motions finally carried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Royal
Gibbs
Farncombe
R. L. Jones
Royal
Richard Taylor
Prince Albert
Duchess of Kent
Sherif Gibbs
Wells
Peter Laurie
Mr. Wells
Hisses
Humphery
Mr. Obbard
Alderman Wilson
Prince Albert An
Harmer
Alderman Harmer
Farringdon-without
Ingress-abbey
Kent
Central Criminal Court
Farringdon
Corporation
James Hanmer
Henry Woodthorpe
Alderman Farebrother
Woodthorpe
Copeland
Alderman Brown
James Harmer
Court of Common Council
Chapman Marshall
Hunter
White
Wilson
City of London School
Alderman White
Brown
C. S. Hunter
Alderman Humphery
Anderton
Stevens
Windsor
Guildhall
Paddington
Slough
Windsor Castle
Lord Mayor critics clash over economy and expense
In the court debate Mr. Lawrence condemned the late lord mayor for promoting grocers and travellers, while Mr. Wells pressed retrenchment and minimal parades. The motion for thanks passed, adjourning after a heated exchange. The Wrights Bank suspension followed with a regretful notice from Jolly Wincour. Greenwich hospital governorship remains open with Sir Graham Moore favored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Jones
Cope
Windsor
Pewtress
Chapman Marshall
Low
Mr. Wells
Storrace
Wheuts’ Bank
John Wright
Messrs. Wright and Co
Jolly Wincour
Henrietta-street
Covent-garden
London
Ireland
Athens
Greece
Greenwich Hospital
Edward Codrington
Byam Martin
Graham Moore
Corunna
Globe
Barker's Bank Suspends Payment Shocks Cambridge Pitt Club
A Cambridge banker's suspension of payment unsettles the Cambridge University Pitt Club linked to borough elections. The piece contrasts the vice-chancellor's refusals of Pitt Club dinners with the liberal Fox Club, mentions other local bankers, and notes church and civic tensions surrounding the Tory order in Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Barker
Cambridge University
Pitt Club
Graham
Christ's
Fox Club
Downing
Pitt
Fox
House of Clemmol
Manners Sutton
St. Mary's
Hanover
R. H W. Anderson
Esa
Huca Stowell
Yorkshire
Trance
France
England
Henry Annenson
Hugh Stowell
Manchester
Stowell
London
Exeter Hall
Huen Stowell
R. Hi.Anderson
High Petergate
York
Anderson
Church of England
Morning Chronicle
Romance of Jewish History and Highland Water Spirits
An early copy review highlights The Romance of Jewish History by the Mass sisters and Sir Thomas Dick Lauder's Secondary Tales. It recounts legends of the water kelpie and a mermaid from Strathspey with feats of necromantic lore and a magical bridle and mermaid stone passed through generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mass
Sir Thomas Dick Lauder
London
Henry Colburn
Dulnan
Strathspey
Loch-an-dorbe
Macgregor
Earth
Ben Nevis
Dreadful Disasters at Sea and Shipwrecks Reported
The Barque Amazon from Liverpool to Bombay suffered spontaneous coal fires in June and later lost its mainmast in July. Captain Campbell quelled the blaze, saved the ship after discharging coal, and completed the voyage to Bombay in four months. A French vessel wreck near Scilly yielded miraculous rescue of the crew, with two sailors buried at Scilly. The Comet and Ebberly wrecks near Plymouth and Pembray resulted in multiple deaths. the Eric Grecian of Waterford foundered off Bideford with all hands lost. Additional reports describe eight vessels sunk on Harwich’s Sunk Sand and a boiler explosion aboard the Antwerpen with stokers injured but recovering.
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Amazon
Campbell
Liverpool
Pembrey
Llanelly
Bombay
East India Company
Demerara
Brazil
Teignmouth
Scilly
Gallipoli
Havre
Shipping Gazette
Nerina
Everhard
Dunkirk
Bristol
Barnstaple
Plymouth
Newport
Plymouth Harbour
John Groves
Ilfracombe
Thomas Nott
Nott
Mr. Rogers
Rolle Arms
Ifracombe
North Devon Journal
Exsnerity
Ebberly
John Yeo
Pembray
Lord
Wm. Gregory
Gregory and Tucker, Drapers
Toran
Eric Graciain
Waterford
Commercial Rooms
Bideford
Grecian
James Buckland
Mulley
Lloyd’s
London
Orford Ness
N.E
Mary
Ipswich
St Matharines
Woman Committed For Stealing Own Shawl In Borough Court
Two women Harriet Ely and Mary Ann Williams faced felony charges after allegedly pledging a shawl owned by Williams and leaving with the shawl a 1s note and a duplicate. Police later arrested them. shawl, money, and duplicate were not recovered. Each was committed for one month. A separate report recounts a fatal accident as Samuel Hensby died after a gunpowder train exploded when a hot poker ignited it while he and his brother were handling materials to clear soot. several children were injured but survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Ely
Mary Ann Williams
Lunt
Pool Street
Williams
Maude
Manchester Guardian
Samuel Hensby
Henry
Samuel
Esser Herald
Wreck of the City of Bristol Ship near Worms Head
News from Swansea on November 20 details the wreck of the City of Bristol steam packet off Llangenneth sands near Worms Head. Only two crew members survived. the ship carried about twenty two crew and several passengers including two ladies and a child. A long account lists the crew and their families left unprovided for and notes cargo of oats barley lard bacon pigs cattle. A later report gives the cause as a navigational error or misjudgment in darkness and heavy seas. A relief subscription was started for widows and orphans with several bodies washed ashore and more expected from Irish steamers incoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swansea
Luwell and Co
Bristol General Steam Navigation Company
Bristol
Rhosilly Bay
Burry Holme
Llangenneth Sands
Charles
William Poole
Thomas Anstey
Llamadock
Poole
Anstey
Stacey
Helwick-shoals
Llangenneth
Carmarthenbury
John Stacey
William Moore
Richard Wright
John Wright
Joseph Nicholson
John Reed
Terence O'Brien
Sarah Jordan
James Cork
Thomas M‘cormack
Bristo
Waterford
Caldy Island
Rhosilly-bay
Barry Holme
G. Lowell
Caldy
James Stacey
Thomas Gollowick
William Grace
Edward Rogers
Luwell
Purnell
Rare stormy petrel found inland at Bagshot Heath
A seven inch stormy petrel, rare inland, was picked up on Bagshot Heath by Lord William Beresford during a hurricane. Also reported is a Friday night robbery at 127 Sloane Street Chelsea, where a jewel case containing two gold watches and several gold chains rings seals was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carey
Bagshot-heath
William Beresford
G. Hay, Esq
Sloane Street
Chelsea
Metropolitan Police
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