Mystery surrounds alleged attempt to murder Mrs Steedman
John Brankenridge, confined to a lodging in Cirencester, stood charged with an apparent assault on Mrs. Steedman at her home in Fitzroy Square. Witnesses described severe head wounds and blood at the scene, with Mrs. Steedman later stating the prisoner struck her with a large walking stick before fleeing. Brankenridge claimed drunkenness and denied harming her as he was remanded on £200 bail for Monday fortnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardwick
Mary All the Ofice
Bigghooerj
John Brankenridge
Steedman
Cirencester Witsitzroy Square
Mr. Hardwick
Foley
S Division
Caroline Steedman
Shipping news and colonial growth amid local improvements
The British Queen bound for New York was spoken after seven days at sea by the Robin Hood near Bristol. South Australia reached 12,000 inhabitants and invested a million in land and houses. A Charterhouse church project is underway in Goswill Street with demolition to reveal the new site. An inquest in Pontefract found fatal accident from sails at a wind-mill while passing between them. The Hereford side won a cricket match of 100 guineas against Monmouth. Liverpool gaming crackdown faces a £200 fine against a Waterloo hotel grand stand for roulette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide
South Australia
Goswill Street
Charterhouse School
Bower
St. Luke’s
Foster
Pontefract
Sarah
William Hughes
Baxter
Pasiecat
GuiNlossi
Monmouth
Hereford
Bentleys
Hereford Times
Liverpool
Lancaster County Police Court
William Rathbone
Dowling
O ‘Police
William Lynn
Waterloo
Aintree
Rathbone
Lynn
The Bride of Messina at Covent Garden Dramatic Scene
Covent Garden heats with The Bride of Messina drawing full houses. Madame Vestris as the Greek boy delivers graceful singing and stage presence, Keeley and Marshall/Ballin provide lively ballet and humor, while The Greek Boy music by Mr. Lover accompanies elegant scenery and an engaging afterpiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covent-Garden
Lover
Adriatic
Keeley
Madame Vestris
Moore
Jolly
Beauty
Cupid
Hayuarser Treatie
Macklin
Maywood
America
Sir Pertinax
Rodolpha
Egerton
Stixling
Mr. Phelps
Mr. Webster
Butler
Her Majesty
Dominions
Maison
Vendre
Versac
St. John Horton
Theatre Royal
Edinburgh
Miss Crisp
Lise
Mr. Fleming
Pierre
Mrs. Garrick
Lady Watford
Queen Anne
Baker
Floriville
Musard
Signor Negri
Tolbecque
Harper
Platt
G. Cooke
Hatton
Baumann
Richardson
Lazarus
Laurent
Jun
Streather
Patey
Richards
Saynor
Thomas
Thurlwall
Dunsford
de Folly
Decorated theatre stage and new promenade concerts in London
The recèas stage at the theatre features an arched roof and Watteau style wall designs by Mr. P. Phillips. A light wire gauze covers the balcony to reduce heat. Promenade concerts are planned at Leicester Square with a 150-piece orchestra and performances by Musard and Barnett. Madame Giulietta Grisi departs for Paris. a female pianist Madame Lodent is arrested for forgery in Spa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watteau
P. Phillips
Rossini
Mozart
Boudieu
Musard
Strauss
God Save the Queen
Mr. Baumann
G. Cooke
Harper
Guillaume Tell
Bassoon
Clarionet
Cornet-A-Piston
Signor Negri
Messrs
Baumann
Lazarus
Laurent
Balfe
Prixcrss
Oxford Street
Willy
Dando
J. Bannister
Adelphi Theatre
Washington Irving
Leicester Square
Metropolis
John Barnett
Morris Barnett
Prince's Theatre
Braham’s
Express
Indiana
Monsieur
London
Boulogne
Dover
Drury-lane Theatre
Hiver
Rooke
Reynoldson
Madame Giulietta
Worthington’s
Paris
Her Majesty's Theatre
Laporte
Madame Lodent
Conservatoire de Musique
Spa
Brussels
Tattersall's racing notes from Newmarket meeting
A detailed report from Newmarket's October meeting covers results and betting across key races. Winners include Wahab in the Buckenham Stakes and Amurath in the Grand Duke Michael Stakes, with notable placings by Abydas, Benedetta, Gibraltar, Jeffy, and Stamboul, plus various forfeit and betting details through the Rutland and Queen's Plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tattersall’s
Newmarket
Buckenham
T.Y.C
Mr. Wreford
Bc Wahab
Sultan
Margellina
J. Day
Lord Exeter
Abydas
Velvet
Wahab
Chesterfield
Fulwar Craven
Br - Benedetta
Tren
Mr. Thornhill
E. O
Bird
Duke of Grafton
Limerick
Colonel Peel
S . Br.c
Benedetta
Messene
E.O
Exeter
C Amurath
Darling
Lumley
Mr. Payne
Rous
F Langolee
Funeral of Princess Augusta of Windsor 1840
The private interment of Princess Sophia Augusta, daughter of King George III, at St George's Chapel Windsor on October 2 1840. Big crowd gathered around Clarence House, Windsor, Frogmore, and St James's for the royal funeral rites. Processions included Ninth Lancers, Life Guards, and various nobles, with a solemn lying in state at Frogmore lodge and a ceremonial burial at St George's Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czagmontal
Sophia Augusta
King George the Third
Royal Chapel of St. George
Clarencehouse
St. James's
Frogmore
Royal Household
St. James's Street
Piccadilly
Knightsbridge
Kensington
London
Ninth Lancers
Duchess of Kent
Sophia
Duchess of Gloucester
Mary Pelham
Princess Augusta
Windsor
Eton
Metropolitan Police Force
May
Inspector Hughes
Gillman
Frogmore-lodge
Cavendish
60Th Rifles
Molyneux
England
Great Western Railway
Bayswater
White Hart
Cumberland
Lodge
William IV
St. George
Scotland
Ireland
Hanover
Brunswick
Getlemen
Mionming
Royal
Horpse
Norroy ‘Ine
Clarenceux
William Woods
Herald's College
Castle Vingin
Frogmorelodge
Rifle‘corps
St. George’s Chapel
Queen's Royal Regiment
First Life Guards
Saul
Sher
Regiment of
Life Guards
Windsor Castle
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Regiment of Foot
St. George's Chapel
Norroy King of Arms
Dean of
King of Arms
Her Majesty's Household
Cenlenesher
Sophie
Auguste Filie Natu
Sussex and Campridge
Duchess of
Gloucester
Frogmorehouse
George III
Crown
Fregmore
Prince Albert
Pacha's Refusal to Listen. Local Notices and Accidents
Extracted items show the Pacha's final refusal as per a Constantinople letter to Lloyd's, plus local items: Lord Lieutenant vacancy in Derry, Ludlow dinner for Colonel Salwey, Herefordshire MP retirement and Conservative replacements, Blackfriars Bridge opening, post office letter volumes, a fatal London Birmingham rail accident, Grace Darling wreck fund details, cloth hall trade, and a Nottingham church notice about a meeting on road to aid the Poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd's
Constantinople
Alexandria
Sir Robert Alexander Ferguson, Bart
Londonderry
Derry
Lord Garvagh
Cononel Salwey
Ludlow
Colonel Salwey
Stafford
Edward Foley
Herefordshire
T.B. Maynors Baskerville
Joseph Bailey
Blackfriars-Bridge
Earl-street
Stamford-street
Surrey
London
London and BrimMineHam
Birmingham
Woolverton
Boxmoor
Grace Dantine
Grace Darling
Forfarshire
Grace
Duke of Northumberland
W. N. Darnell
Archdeacon Thorp
Archdeacon Singleton
Wm. Darling
Newcastle Journal
Nottingham Review
East Bridgford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sporting Intelligence
Algiers
Sandiland
Oswald
D.I
General Yates
Gibraltar
Mr. Tren
Fitzroy
Lynedoch
Jeffy
Lord
Amurath
Scutari
Duke of Bedford
Gibralter
Mr. Beresford
Bob Peel
W. Day
Emilinus
Ophelia
Col. H. White
R. C
Lord ‘Exeter
Stamboul
Mr. Batson
Barbakin
B. M. Post
Calypso
Denpy
Peel
Sir Hans
Duke of Cambridge
Prince George of Cambridge
Miss Wynyard
Jef
Ealer
Knights of the Garter
Garter
Bailey
Royal Undertaker
Buailey
Mount-street
Grosvenor Square
Clarence-house
Jalouat
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