New Fairy Legend of Kate Kearney Proves a Hit at Queen's
The New Fairy Legend of Kate Kearney or the Fairy of the Lakes opened at Queen's Theatre Monday and drew strong praise for music and dancing. Behind the scenes trouble nearly halted the show, but the cast recovered with charming performances by Mrs Waylett and Mr Manvers. The reviewer commends the Irish melodies, ballet interludes, scenic views of Killarney, and the overall lively production, noting some missteps by a few actors.
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Queen's Theatre
Kate Kearney
Mr. Collier
Rawlinson
Kate
Mate
Filadaune
May
Laury
Yale
Messrs. Miller and Thorne
Killarney
Fisher
Waylett
Manvers
Collins
Macarthy
Santer
Fairy
Lukes
Miss Treble
Rose
Miss Stoker
Covent Garden Review mockingly damns the 1836 overtures
A London theatre notice savages the Covent Garden orchestra led by Mr Thomias praising only the orchestral playing while blasting slow tempi in Beethoven Mozart and Haydn finales. It mocks the Hindoo Robber overture and criticizes the Macbeth score and Osbaldiston’s music for lacking merit.
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Covent Garden
London
Thomias
Mr. Thomas
Beethoven
Mozart
Haydn
Rodwell
Osbaldiston
English Opera House Review Sees Dulness and Decay
Poor Leffler stands solo in glory as Miss Betts performs Miss Shirreff’s business at the English Opera House. Romer's opera is barely sung, the finale unperfect. The committee’s burdened by dullness, the orchestra led by J Collins, called The English Paganini, is weak. The two Collins sons show promise but need better training.
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Leffler
J. Collins
Braham’s St James Theatre blamed for stingy musical setup
Critics attack Braham for cutting costs at St James Theatre by staffing a small orchestra and underpaying leads. They praise Mr Stansbury as talented yet fault his unsteady leadership and sluggish tempi in Der Frieschutz overture. They urge upgrade of instruments and direction to satisfy patrons.
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ST. James’s Theatre
Braham
Astley
Stansbury
Bochsa
der Frieschutz
Braham's Theatre Debut Review and Musical Critique
The piece critiques the London theatre and orchestra quality, noting flat lower notes on wind instruments and the open air vs small theatre setting. It mocks Mr Braham's theatre naming, praises Miss Smith and Miss Stanley’s singing yet advises less pretension, and mentions upcoming appearances by Braham, Bennett, and Rainsforth with a call for more established names.
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Braham
Smith
Jiss Smith
Donizetti
F. Stanley
London
Barnett
Monsieur Jacques
Mr. Braham
Barnetts
Loders
Balfes
Mrs Harris Shines in Clavi at Sadler's Wells
At Sadler's Wells the review praises Mrs Harris for a strong performance in Clavi taken at short notice. Manager Mr Osbaldiston is credited as lucky and versatile, successfully directing both aspects of the production.
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Sadler’s Wells Theatre
Bulgarian uprising on Servia frontier rare relief escape
An Augsburg Gazette letter from the Servian frontier describes a Bulgarian liberation movement with 16 000 armed volunteers marching on Shekerkoi. Servian authorities delayed action, arrested leaders at Krajugewatz, and claimed the revolt ended with executions. A second section covers a British yacht race at Gravesend noting light winds and near-shore tactics. An inquest at Worship Street reported Thomas Hughes died by self-inflicted throat wound, verdict temporary insanity. A Wells tombstone epitaph mocks the rhyming error.
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Servia
Augsburg Gazette
Bulgaria
Milosch
Shekerkoi
Krajugewatz
Yacat Cros
Westen
Brilliant
Gem
Blackwall
Gravesend
Greenhithe
Greenwich
Baker
Thomas Hughes
Worship-street
Thomas Eagles
Tilt
Nio
Miller
Wells
Richard Woodeapon
Wooncock
Insolvent Debtors Court Case Runs Through Frauds and Vessels
The court heard claims against insolvent Thomas Holland Edge and others for fraudulent debts to tailor Mr Earp and cloak trades. Separate matters included Victoria Theatre manager Daniel Berry facing discharge, a collusive arrest case, and a Dutchbox fraud against Jane Tucker alias Jane Puckeridge with numerous London tradesmen seeking payment. The proceedings reveal fraud flags, vessel concerns, and multiple discharge decisions.
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Thomas Holland Edge
Thomas Holland
Earp
Woodroffe
New Street
Covent-garden
Ma. Harp
Harp
Forbes
Victoria Theatre
William Bond
Pickering
St. Bride’s Parish
Cooke
Court of Common Pleas
Joseph Wray
Salford
Manchester
London
Jeffeot
Surrey
Bowen
Bodmin
Charles Ward Roberts
Stocks
Horner
Portsea
Afr
Thomas R. Kemp
Threadneedle-street
City
Royal Navy
Mediterranean
Roberts
R.N
Bellingham Graham
Harriet
Dover
Portsmouth
Messrs. Grant
Mr. Nicholson
Nicholson
Sir Bellingham Graham
Jack Grigg
Sir Bellingham
Kemp
Green
Guildhall
Jane Tucker
Jane Puckeridge
Bodkin
Poland
Strand
Perkins
Eavill
Nichols
Wilcox
No. 16
Beaufort Buildings
James Ray
Miss. Wilcox
Mr. Bodkin
Grove-terrace
Upper
Lisson-grove
Brentford Petty Sessions A Woman Charged With Housebreaking
Violetta Alerawler an eighteen year old girl faced Brentford petty sessions on a housebreaking charge after a Twickenham property was found set for arson and ransacked. Francis White testified he saw the suspect and a companion flee the Whitton common house while smoke poured from a chimney. The bench fined her forty nine shillings and eight pence costs or six weeks in the House of Correction.
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Violetta Alerawler
H. Trimmery
Henry Pownall
Allaway
Twickenham
Francis White
Hounslow
Whitton Common
Montgomery
Brentford
Whitton
Brookes
Therisoner
Newgate
Court of Requests at Kingsgate Street Causes a Laughing Court Scene
A comically fraught case unfolds as Daniel David Few disputes 16s 6d rent with landlord Peter Thomas. The loquacious plaintiff denies owing and entertains the court with rambling anecdotes while the rent book reveals a nine shillings overcharge. The apothecary case features Mrs Squab accusing a bachelor of misusing funds and neglecting four cats, with the commissioner ordering repayment of a sovereign and warning of magistrate action if needed.
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Daniel David Few
Peter Thomas
Daniel
Commissioner Dubois
Commissioner
Thomas
Sarah
Squab
Brunswick-square
Mrs. Squab
Actor and Theatre Manager Face Claim Over unpaid Dramas
At the Southwark Court of Requests Mr G B Davidge proprietor of the Surrey Theatre faced a claim by chorister Joseph Atkins for twelve days of pay after he and others were summoned to rehearsals for The Lord of the Isles and Paul Clifford. Davidge halted production citing terms dispute with Mr Collins, leaving Atkins unpaid.
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G. B. Davidge
Surrey Theatre
Joseph Atkins
Paul Clifford
Percy
Ludkins
Hatton-garden
Davidge
Collins
Theatres and extra choristers dispute over rehearsals
In a court room Mr. Atkins claimed pay from Pax Clifford for attending rehearsals of The Lord of the Izies. The defence argued payment by theatre proprietors for extra choristers was unusual and the witnesses failed to prove their customs favored him. Commissioners declined to order Davidge to pay, though the case was hard on Atkins.
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Lewis
Atkins
Pax Clifford
Davidge
Inverness Court Admits Youth Guilty of Murder
John Mackintosh a 21 year old was tried for murder at Inverness while evidence showed a drunken brawl led to Simon Mackay or Bain being stabbed. The jury found him guilty and recommended mercy for his youth. Lord Mackenzie sentenced execution by hanging on 20 October between 2 and 4 PM.
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Menpen
John Mielatoch
John Mackintosh
Ness
Simon Mackay
Bain
King-street
Markinch
Inverness
MacPherson- Grant
Ballindalisch
M Tosh
Death of Vice-Chancellor George Rowley D D
In this issue a notice reports the death of George Rowley D D Vice- Chancellor of University College at four o clock on Wednesday after three weeks illness. He was elected head in 1821 and became Vice- Chancellor just before Michaelmas. Gilbert is next in rotation.
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George Rowley
University College
Michael
Teri
Richards
Gilbert
Brazennose College
St. Byrde’s
Fleet-street
Bonsor and Co
Salisbury Square
St. Bride’s Church
Bonsor
St. A Sbun’s
Grand Falconer
England
Pentenville
Maiden-lane
Asteren
Copenhagen
Laing
Hatton-garden
House of Correction
Insolvent and bankruptcy notices in The London Gazette
Insolvent S Ratcliffe of Faversham Kent and debtors J Mason Cornwall Place Holloway T C Andrews Homerton W Nettleson George Street Hanover Square W Hawkins and C Smith Leamington Priors J Ecroyd Liverpool R Parkinson Farsley C P Yorkshire J Buckle Walton Hill Deerhurst Dividends scheduled Oct 25 26 27 28 29 in Basings Hall Street Deptford Pavie Liverpool Manchester and other venues with listed merchants traders and manufacturers Certificates and partnerships dissolved across multiple counties with names including Pownall Pugh Whitehall Brigg Wisbech and others scattered through England and Scotland with a note on Scottish sequestration Oct 7 and 21.
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Ratcliffe
Favershar
Kent
J. Mason
Cornwall-place
Holloway
T. C. Andrews
Homerton
Middlesex
W. Nettleson
George-street
Ianover-square
W. Hawkins
C. Smith
Leamington Priors
Warwiesshire
J. Ecroyd
Liverpool
Farsley
Calverley
Yorkshire
J. Buckle
Walton Hill
Deerhurst
Gloucestershire
Ero
Basingiall-street
W. Bailey
E. Simms
Church-street
Deptford
C. Spurrier
P.jollis
W. J. Spurrier
Pavie
A. Fry
Blackfriars-road
Surrey
Hereford-place
Commercial-road
W. Forster
Carburton
Fitzroy-square
I. Rosser
Abergavenny
Monmouth
Beaufort Arms-inn
Ragland
Monmouthshire
J. Christopherson
Clarendon Rooms
R. Makin the Elder
R. Makin the Younger
W. Makin
O. Hustler
Halstead
Essex
Scrivener
Colchester
B. Waterhouse
Glossop
Derbyshire
Manchester
J. Blyth
Langham
Miller
Red Lion-inn
R. D’oyly
Moreton-in- Marsh
White Hart-inn
Evesham
J.jorie
Messrs. Crump
Old Churchyard
T. Chantler
Hartford
Cheshire
Talbot Hotel
Northwich
J. Wright
Hackney
H. Gunther
G. Horwood
Camden-town
W. Harris
Wardour-street
Soho
W. H. Browne
W.G. Newton
Mary Brigg
W.brigg
J. N. Brig
T. Casson
F. Warner
J. Evans
B. Williams
Jun
J.hurst
E.treacher
T. W. Cuthbert
J. R. Cuthiert
E. Treacher
Paternoster
J. Read
N. Curwood
Bristol
J. Cheese
Pham
Kington
Herefordshire
J. Th. Marry Barrett
Salford
Fustian-Shearers
J. E
WW. Hill
Leeds
Mar J. Knowles
R. Knowles
Knowles
Wilson
Blair
J. Wilson
Kilmarnock
Black Bull
Ian
London Gazette Extract Listing Trades and Addresses
The document lists tradesmen and their addresses in London including Coxhead leather goods Westminster, Houstoun printer Crame Court, Hobling carpenter Pimlico, Wheeldon laceman City, with post London references.
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London Gazette
Getoler
S. Coxhead
Westminster-briege
Vad
Lambeth
W. Houstoun
Crame-court
Leet Street
M. Hobling
Elizabeth-street
Pimlico
G. Wheeldon
Wood-street
City
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