Windsor notices mix royal and public affairs in late 1830s drift
The column reports on royal visits and health, Windsor Castle stay, park improvements, and Fremantile tidbits. It notes Princess Augusta's Brighton plans, Lord Plunket's potential resignation, and imperial governance, with weathered anecdotes about rail progress, bridges, and public works across London and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. George’s Chevala Windeor Castle
Indsor Castle
Windsor Castle
Birmingham
Windsor
Brighton
Augusta
Frogmore
Eame Peres
Paes
Paris
House of Commons
Robert Peel
Duke of Sussex
Royal Society
John Herschel
Winchester
Barbadoes
Cardinal Fesch
Rome
Earl of Clancarty
Galway
Marquis of
Clanricarde
John Burke
St. Peterburg
Dublin ‘Evening Mail
Areland
Lord Devesd
Woods and Forests
Mann
Constitution-hill
Green Park
Kensington Gardens
Montgolfierer
H. Green
Seronaut
Surrey Zoological Gardens
Selby
Middlesex
Unwin
Bake
Portland
Henry Grattan
Prince Schwarzenberg
London
Alderman Wilson
Royal Household
le ‘Calais
Israel Meyer
Wesel
Russia
de Courrier de Ain
Louis Pillinpey
Geneva
Stansfield
Wuddersfield
Oastler
Louth
Grimsby
Hull
Samuel Wilson
Andrews
Thorpe Morieux
Bury
Caen
Verdun
Italy
M Thiers
Florence
France
Prussia
Cologne
Sweden
Norway
Malta
M. Giovanni Servi
Bank of
Bologna
Mark Lane
Suffolk
Norfolk
Berout
Ibrahim Pacha
Damascus
Clonmel
House of Correction
Ben
York
Nottingham
Wenworth House
Earl Fitzwilliam
Almacks
Perry and Co
Buckingham New Palace
Theatricals at Covent Garden and Nearby Theatres
Reports from Covent Garden, Drury Lane, and Astney's note a packed audience for Macready's Hamlet and Sheridan Knowles's The Maid of Mariendorpt. Fanny Sims or the Mistress of Arts debuts with Mrs Keeley in a bustling burlesque, while Ducrow's benefit showcases imitations and acrobatics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corrent Garden
Hamlet
Macready
Tempis
Shakspeare
Mrs. Warner
Bartley
Polonius
Macres
Chace
Sheridan Knowles
Maid of
Ariendorpt
Jeanie
Meeta
Miss Elphinstone
Mahidenau
Mr. Knowles
Mariendorpt
Repert
Mr. Worrell
Torstenson
Prague
Joseph
Mr. Webster
Kleiner
Mr. Strickland
Adolpha
Misa Cooper
Magdeburgh
Idenstein
Mr. Lacy
Dfeeta
Rupert
Esther
Mahidena
Mrs. Glover
Hans
Mr. Buckstone
Fanny Sims
Mrs. Keeley
Abraham Brush
Mr. J Webster
London
Siberia
Muffenuff
Mr. Cullenford
Paulina
Miss Cotterell
Joan
Mr. Beverley
Percy Walsingham
Angelica Greville
Ivan
England
Whitechapel
Keeley
Barlesque
Astney
s.—Ducrow
van Hamburg
Vauxhall
Ducrow
Morning Parade Ring Gifts and Oxford Agricultural Plans
A Cannonical tale notes a Rifle Corps officer regaining a lost ring from a private soldier who is paid five shillings each morning until ordered to stop. Also reported, the Central Agricultural Society plans its first Oxford meeting in July with 1500 pounds in premiums and 600 members after five months of formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl of
Central Agricultural Society
Central Association
Oxford
Parsons
Thomas Riddle
St. Giles’s
Brutal parricide in Heaton Norris as father stabs son
Charles Miller about fifty, a shoemaker and beer-house keeper, stabbed his twenty-two year old son in a quarrel at Love Lane. The killing occurred at the White Horse beer-shop with a shoemaker’s knife, leaving the victim dead in a bloodstained room. Miller was remanded to Kirkdale for trial at the next assizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stocxport
Heaton Norris
Hole
Love-lane
Longson
Sadler
Stockport
Miller
New Bailey
William Rayner
Peter Dean
Lodge
Mary Ann
Mather
William Mather
White Horse
William Dean
Abraham Longson
Miller’s House
Jane Gaskill
Gaskill
Not Scott Drowned in Stroud. George Greenwood Named Drowner
A Cheltenham Free Press report states that diver George Greenwood alias Barker drowned at Stroud, not Scott. An inquest returned a death by drowning verdict. the deceased’s collectors were freed after custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheltenham Free Press
Scott
Stroud
George Greenwood
Barker
Wimbledon
Young
Webber
Miffin
Haddenham
Aylesbury
John Russell
Foreign Policy of England and Palmerston in Crisis
A letter to the editor argues Lord Palmerston shifts between supporting the Sultan and Bashaw of Egypt, unveils plans to weaken both via Russia, and cites neutrality as the latest stance. The author critiques British policy, anticipates French tensions, and claims ministers profit from foreign affairs while praising commercial ties with Prussia for leisure to study policy. A Manufacturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weekly Chronicle
Smm
Lord Palmerston
Bashaw
Syria
Russia
Bashan
Black Sea
Jonathan
Mexico
England
Algiers
Africa
France
Continent
Petersburg
Paris
Constantinople
Egypt
Prussia
Brentford Right of Way at Gould's Wharf Faces Closure
A public meeting in Brentford protests Sir Felix Booth's plan to close Gould's Wharf, asserting a longstanding right of way to the Thames for landing and watermen. They vow to pursue all legal avenues to prevent closure. Also reports the Bishop of London's visitation at St. Paul’s, the Polish funeral procession led by General Dwernicki, and exiles Mazzini and Caryaignac attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brentford
Felix Booth
Gould
Thames
Navigation Committee
City of London
Churchwarden Parsons
London
Cathedral of
St. Paul
George Croly
Gentleman
Ecclesiastical Commission
St. Marylebone
Dwernicki
Harrow-road
Ernest Aweyde
Calvaria
Lithuania
Lancers
Austria
Poland
Legion of the Vistula
Gallicia
Cracow
England
Mazzini and
Caryaignac
Parachute Descent at Cheltenham by Mr Hampton
Mr Hampton attempted a parachute descent at Cheltenham on a calm Wednesday. After a slow lift he severed stay lines and rose to about 5000 feet, detached the parachute, descended while the balloon ignited and collapsed, landing at Badgworth near Gloucester with only a minor eyebrow wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
Cheltenham
Montpelier Gardens
Gloucester
Badgworth
Mr Hampton's Bold Aeronautic Descent at Montpellier Gardens
John Hampton recounts a perilous 9,000 foot ascent and a controlled parachute descent. He describes a dramatic balloon rupture, a rapid but safe landing aided by ballast and a safety bag, and his subsequent calm return to the Montpellier Gardens amid public scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheltenham Chronicle
Cheltenham
Terra Firma
John Hampton
Statues Restored in Guildhall and Miscellaneous News
The article notes statues of Elizabeth I, Edward VI, and Charles I placed in Guildhall niches after cleaning, praising their preservation. It covers Jewish festival observances, bakery price wagers and crowding, naval movements around Scio with Stopford, and Reschid Pasha’s Naples trip. It includes critique of the Duke of York’s debts and government handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Elizabeth
Edward
Charles
Guildhall
Blackfriars Road
Rhadamanthus
Scio
Robert Stopford
Vourla
Princess Charlotte
Rodney
Vanguard
Asia
Bellerophon
Minden
Pembroke
Barham
Talbot
Tyne
Wasp
Wolverine
Pacha
Walker
Reschid Pascha
Naples
Leghorn
England
Times
Duke of Sussex
Also Mentioned on This Page
Waylett
Bristol
Paria
di Candia
Henry Wallack
America
Drury Lane
Massaroni
Oxford-street
Court Theatre
the Foresters
Covent Garden Theatre
Serle
T. Cooke
St. James’s Theatre
Braham
the Foreign Policy of
MR. Hampton
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