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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 08, 1837

Page

5

Mixed European Court and Royal News In Brief

The column reports the Duchess of Sutherland’s salary and a new service of plate being moved to Cadmonaeres House. It notes King Otho’s dismissal of a Lady Chamberlain, the Queen of Portugal’s health, and a planned Derby Mechanics Hall dinner under James Abercrombie. It mentions balloon voyage plans from Vauxhall, a Rhine tourist surge, church ordinations, and Cambridge University library stone-laying. It closes with varied items on crime, poverty, and demography in Warsaw.

Duchess of Sutherland Eame George Saymiar Duke of Cambridge Hanover Castora Hux Cadmonaeres House Pictosilly Germany Otho Greece Ecourt von Willy Quevn Portugal Duk de Terceira Spersor Robblor Talleyrand Staines Ascot Lord Milton Yorkshire Earl Fitzwilliam Dublin Castle Munster Reed Joan Russell Endsleigh Robert Newman Mamhead Marquis of Westminster Snyders Colonel Anson Reschid Bey Beuid Nise Derby Mechanics’ Hall James Atercrombi Vauxhall Gardens Green Nassau Scotland Laverateck Sarum North Durham Droitwich Dudicyeth Eee Tories Sfteen Evesham Rhine Wallace Glasgow Chronicle Br. de Bennot Madame Malibran Brussels Lincoln Ely Harlebury Stourport Worcestershire Cologne St. Ursula Cambridge Jesus College Trinity Frufuasor Peacock Temperance Hotel Barrackpore Lord Auckland Carrell Hogan P.P. of &J. Michael’s Dell Newcastle Edmund Pott Praen Liverpool Ireland Holland Elgium France O'Connell Henry Cule South Stoneham Southampton Baron von Muffling Berlin Duke Charles of Mecklenburg Council of State Anhalt Cothen Order of the Constantinople Gultan Frederic Joe Secretary of State Home Department Mactropolis Senate Amos Norcott K.C.H Col. Turner Warsaw

Escape of Brigadier Flitter Prize of Almaden Prison

Reports recount Brigadier Flitter’s escape after being captured at Almaden by Gomez. He endured harsh confinement at Lozcane depot and appeared largely forgotten by the government amid reform and military discourse.

Civic Entertainment for Queen Victoria in Landen Hall

A Landen civic committee plans a grand reception for Queen Victoria with a large audience, abundant music, and lavish décor. The project includes a royal table for fourteen, gallery expansion, private withdrawing rooms, and a public view of the hall between November 9 and a lord mayor feast.

Corporation of Landen Comamoaz Duke of Wellington George Smart Bladon Lovegrove Guidhall Victoria

Hopeful Stakes and Grand Duke Michael Stakes Racing Notes

The Hopeful Stakes for two-year-olds offered 40 sova each with Grey Comus and others leading bets. Grand Duke Michael Stakes for three-year-olds saw Ruby favored to win at 2 to 1, with Hybiscus and Milsank among contenders. The Buckingham Post Stakes covered two-year-olds Lord Exeter’s and Col Peel’s entries, won by the Lord Exeter pair. results include a close finish and a notable scull race at Strandlane with Parish and Sculthorp triumphing after a scull break.

Thornhill St. Patrick Mangelwurzel Conelly Bowes Peel Lord Exeter Sultan Ramona Lord Suffield Lord Chesterfield Sir Benjamin Miss Lydia W. Edwards King J. Weatherby Col. Peel A. F Greenmantle Mann Miss Cantley Strandlane James Parish J. Sculthorp Godfrey James Bryington F. Godfrey J. Tisdale R. Godfrey T. Anderson

The Olympic Revels at The Olympic Theatre

The Olympic Revels opened with Mr Farren as Squire Broadland in The Country Squire. Keely and others were praised, with Power at the Adelphi shining in Forever or The Pocket Book. Significant praise for Mrs Yates and Miss Taylor at Adelphi and St Jan rze. Power earns £20 a night at the Adelphi amid theatrical notes and musical chatter from Cheltenham to Westminster Abbey.

Farren Squire Broadland Madame Fanny Markham Keely Oddbody Charles Mathews James Vining F. Matthews Fair Widow Os Adelphi Yates Demon Smith Lyon Power Mr. Lover Ponsiss Arthur Deverannes le Brun Mrs. Yates O. Smith St. Janrze’s Farley Madame Sala Brooks Honey Norton Falgate Stirling New Strand Franks Powers Adelphi Bochsa Madame Pasta Miss Nunn Curioni de Bornis Cheltenham York Lincoln Whitby Haveringham Malton Gloucester Westminster Abbey United Kingdom London Sacred Harmonic Society R. J. Stevens Charter-house Gresham Royal Society of Musicians Hereford Albertazzi Nevelle Woodyatt Hawes W. Knyvatt Bennett Hobbs Maehin Phillips F. Cremer Lindley Blagrove Julie Regonde Overture Blanche Jersey Barnett

Elopement and crime scenes in Paddington and Bow Street

A London paper reports a elopement involving a heiress with £10,000 chased by her father and a Captain, plus a child theft case at Bow Street. Also covered is a fatal river body, the London Parcels Delivery Company ad, and a high voltage attempted murder of a police officer during a Southampton robbery.

Barnstaple Park Place Paddington Jand Sens Culotte Miss L Sthaling Ann Frances Beanet Bow-street Mr. Twyford Catherine Gilson William Mary Anne Gilson Prince’s Street Drury-lane Central Criminal Court London Docks Rotherhithe Hambrewharf Southwark Bridge City Compter London Parcels Delivery Company

The Lament of the Bereaved and Cypress Tree

A poetic lament about memory and loss set around a lone tomb and cypress tree. The speaker contrasts bright social scenes with the stillness of death and recalls a beloved, wandering through scenes of youth and beauty while the tomb remains central. The verses repeatedly ask what the world holds apart from that single tomb and tree.

Bride of Siena Love

Abel And Mabel Wise And Wiser

A humorous jest from the French by Tabourot about Abel urging marriage to Mabel and Mabel resisting, with a wittier moral on prudence and choice in courting.

Abel Mabel Tabourot

Riddle of a Gift in Wyatt Verse From Monthly Repository

A historical riddle about a lady giving and not giving a gift, posed by Sir Thomas Wyatt. The speaker states he received without taking, the gift being given willingly yet not given by force, and notes if she takes it back she cares not. The Monthly Repository attributes the solution to be a kies.

Sir Thomas Wyatt Henry VII Lokin Alderagate Little Britain Farringdon Freim Braidwood Watling-street Tacity Galive Gravesend London Fire-engine Establishment Biker Chalk Dover-road Darell Chatham Rochester Northfiel Sun-office Baker Sue Woolwich Bleckwall Greenwich

Extraordinary accident and fatal injuries at river and docks

A laborer on the brig Maria, Flint er, fell with a bar of iron piercing his side and back, likely fatal. Cab driver William Lock was hurled from his overturned coach after a collision with a heavy cart and is injured. Two Wright brothers, James and John, aged nine and eleven, were found dead under a coal barge after playing near the vessels.

Srig Flinger Maria Sunderland William Lock Fenchurch-street St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Faral Messrs Humphreys James John Wright

The Lucifer and Athlone Collision At Dublin Harbour

A government packet the Lucifer and the Athlone clashed at Dublin harbour while leaving Kingstra barbour. The Lucifer passed the light-house but damaged the schooner Margaret and Jane, bringing her into the old harbour with spars lost. Lieutenant Kinichinson aided the stranded vessel.

Lucifer City of Dublin Athione Kingstra Barbour Athlone Margaret Jane Barbur Kinichinson Harbou Silescky Bermondsey Giblett Wellington Street Londen-bridge Wis Rus Touwe Hr. G. Houseal Jones Scession Sines Herriage G. Henseal Aedhead M.A Calverley

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Flitter Almaden Gomez Flinter Lozcane West Kent Tunbridge Walls Lord Neville Edward Geary Riv Kamen South Shields H. T. Liddell Penryn Freshfield Reformers of North Wales Abergale North Wales Reform Association Lord de Roos Arnold K.H Royal Engineers Dublin England Slade Turkey Lang Patriotic Association New South Wales Trafalgar Square London and Brighton Railway Company Church Street John Rennie Rastrick Brignisa Gazette Coix Ar. Wyon Mary Copthall Regentstreet William Copthall Regent Street Upper Baker-street Sporting Ghrinigle Newmarket Charles Gould Hatton Garden William Terry Thomas Beard Thomas Pilley Hamble Hampshire Victory Inp Beard
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