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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 02, 1836
Page
4
The Hindoo Robber melodrama by Mr. Fitzball debuts at Covent Garden amid the era of eerie blue fire farces. The piece is noted for a Surrey habit of marking admissions not admitted after seven. Critics question the feasibility of fitting Macbeth by Charles Kemble and Fitzball’s melodrama in one evening.
A new operatic drama The Gaberlunie Man was produced featuring old Scotch melodies set to new words by Tully and Rede. The plot hinges on the question Who are you as characters misname themselves until James the Fifth confounds them. The performance highlights include strong music by Wilson and sharp critique of Oxberry as dialogue, with Miss Shirreff urged to temper rising vocal stretches.
A reader chides St James's Theatre for slow handling of the newspaper inquiry about the Misses Smith performance. The writer notes critics and reporters have no time for curtseying at stage doors or sending protocol between theatrical authorities.
John Reeve reappeared at this theatre on Thursday to a night marked by thunders of applause and roars of laughter. The memorable performance drew a large audience and lively reaction throughout the show.
The review condemns a Monmouth Street adaptation of Captain Marryatt’s work for dullness and falsified characters. It criticizes Mr. Rice for acting in weak material and odious language while praising his stage humor in Jim Crow as a rare high point of originality.
The Olympic Theatre announces its new treasurer as another example of the jack-in-office breed. An application for admission was answered that he was too busy to be spoken to, implying muffins, coffee, and flirtation with mistresses. Hooper’s era is contrasted.
Kate Kearney production delayed to Monday with sketches from Killarney scenes and a lively music program led by A Lee. Alderman Kelly named Lord Mayor, while Mr Green's balloon voyage from Vauxhall drew thousands and landed safely near Chelmsford after 55 minutes. Nouri Effendi moves from London to Paris. trade ties with Turkey praised and future envoy succession noted. Duck wins South Essex Horticultural Show prize for green peas.
In a letter to the public Mrs Graham details her late aerial voyage from Flora Gardens Bayswater on August 22, the perilous ascent with the Duke of Brunswick, the fall of about 1000 feet, her miraculous survival, and the aftermath at Dodginghurst. She notes no other visitors or claims beyond her husband and relatives and mentions support from local figures.
An inquest at the Bishop of Worcester’s palace revealed Charlotte Grouncell, a long time servant, delivered a daughter whose throat was cut. The postmortem showed the infant was born alive. the jury returned a verdict of willful murder. The Bishop asked for the room to remain open for attendees. Grouncell lies ill.
About nine oclock Tuesday night a man fell dead on the pavement in Kent Street Southwark. Captain Knapp, found with £2 12s a silver snuff-box pocket-book and a jewelled brooch, had just arrived from abroad and come up from Gravesend the same afternoon. A separate incident: Mr. Paine of Greenwich Hospital had 17 sovereigns and other money stolen from his omnibus ride to town though the thief remained at large.
A young man and a woman were charged with robbing Railton and Peascod of valuables at 242 Regent Street. The male, trusted to guard the shop at night, was arrested after a parcel was seized in Petticoat Lane. Boxes sent to Maldon reportedly contained linen and lace. The case reveals long-running thefts by the keeper and his companion, with remand for further inquiry.
A series of incidents unfold including a large blaze at Dodd’s carver and gilder premises in Clapham Common with most sheds and buildings burned but dwellings saved. A 14 year old boy drowns in City-road Basin but is rescued after quick acts by Rev Daniel and Chas Bowen. A wherry accident near Vauxhall stairs ends with multiple rescues near drowning. Gunfire injuries occur near Pentonville and Copenhagen fields harming Liscombe and his sister. A major rice mill and granary fire near Grand Surrey Canal destroys extensive buildings, with high damage and insured losses. A Hanover-square robbery sees a cheffonier broken into and a valuable watch stolen. A sour experience at Old Kent-road describes a fatally scalding accident in boiling fat. Also features eccentric anecdotes from New Orleans and an explosion at Liverpool Post-Office with eye loss, plus a Islington burglary and a French impostor tale, concluding with a gruesome Orleans crime involving Demartel.
A village alarm in Tovil as William Covus is charged with the willful murder of his wife Ann Covus. Post mortem shows a fatal fracture to the spine. witnesses recount arguments, intoxication, and a headlong fall. Jury finds willful murder. Covus committed to Maidstone gaol.
A Montreal Courier item recounts a black cock catching a mouse at a wall hole, dragging it out, stabbing it with the beak, and swallowing the creature whole in a curious incident. The anecdote contrasts with known tales of a cock and a bull.
The fragment, dated Killarney August 8 1825, presents Sir Walter Scott’s views on Ireland, education, and Catholic emancipation. He notes Ireland’s improving spirit, the role of constables, land use, and social change, while advocating gradual Catholic reform and education. The letter mentions Abbotsford, Dav id McCulloch, and social observations of peasantry and schooling.
The letter claims Alderman Kelly will not resign to support the Duke of Wellington and cites Hobler expecting the City Secretary post for the Duke. It notes royal approval of a statue plan for the Duke and a plan to fund it at Coleraine porcelain. It credits Sir Peter Laurie with the inscription and Winchester with Latin Greek renderings, while Humphrey proposes a trained guard to deter vandalism. It mentions subscribers excluded from Fool's Paradise and Joseph Ady taking the statue fund treasurer role.
A fragment notes Paddington, once a small village in the Crescent area, near Hyde Park, is said to already be bespoke for development and becoming one of the metropolis's wealthiest districts.
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