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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 22, 1837
Page
4
Queen Victoria and Duchess of Kent visit Brighton amid praise for the town and royal interior. Her Majesty enjoys a garden walk and drives out with attendance, while plans to return in spring are voiced as she remains recovering from a recent indisposition.
Royal pages note George Villiers receiving the Grand Cross of the Bath and changes to royal arms in St James's Palace. The report mentions Duke of Beaufort gout, Viscountess Glenlyen in Scotland, donations to the Church Missionary Fund, and various travels of Lord John Russell, Grantley Berkeley, and other aristocrats. Also references to Miss Clara Novello’s concert tour and Pushkin’s widow in Vienna.
A compact survey cites Sir Edward Coke in his early life as a student and barrister, then parliament entry at 42, attorney-general at 50, and chief justice at 63. It also reports diverse items: French monument commissions, Russian gold yields, Paris pavement works, Bavarian steam travel, Hamburg cholera absence, prison misperceptions, Westminster school vacancies, Leith and Edinburgh Railway progress, Bavarian criminal code repeal of bastinado, new speaking trumpet, Basle matrimonial tribunal rule, Egyptian letters to Thebes, Odessa sea readiness, Napier’s Cape plan, a Tory dinner mock inscription, Stokes Bay horse races, Chichester Philosophical Society, and a Rusell circular to government friends.
The review chronicles Ranger in The Romantic Widow at Haymarket with praise for his French gambler portrayal and the love plot with Mrs Nisbett. It notes Knowles's comedy and Adelphi burletta The Man with the Nose, plus performances by O Smith and Braham, and highlights Mrs Stirling and Hall in burlesque pieces, all shaping a lively London theatre scene.
The City of London Theatre near Norton Folgate opens with The Mill of the Pyrenses followed by Law and Lions and Frederick of Prussia, starring Williams, T. Green, and Yale. Mrs. Honey will lead a new Don Juan operatta once her health permits. The Queen's Theatre under Miss Desborough opens with new pieces and Mrs. Franks stars. Diocrow and his stud are planned for Christmas at the Adelphi.
Proclaimed debtors include Long Wellesley Thelluson Cook Throckmorton and others with returns to sheriffs. A noble earl faces separation from his wealthy family amid efforts to shield public exposure. A Gothic monument honors Sir James Burrough. Gravesend robbery cases clarified. critique of drunkenness links self respect and poverty to vice.
A detailed report from Newmarket's second October meeting covers horses racing for The Clearwell Stakes and The Oatlands Stakes with entrants like Colonel Peel's Paganini and Duke of Richmond's c by Tranby. It also describes a grand rowing match for two silver cups with 16 scull pairs, won by Red and Green in a heated sequence of heats.
A letter from the Working Men's Association urges unity among laborers in America and abroad. It criticizes wealth, monopoly, and racial prejudice while outlining plans for libraries, public meetings, and mothers as educators to advance political and social rights. Signed by Thomas White et al from Gray's Inn Road, London.
A fifth maiden session for the liberty of the Tower of London was held at the Session-house Wellclose square. Juries were sworn then discharged as no business arose. The piece discusses Central Criminal Court Bill and Irish Catholic tory politics with strong parliamentary rhetoric.
Reports from Madrid on the Infante heading toward Aranda pursued by Espertero and Mendizabal leaving for London amid Irish political tension. Also notes the Bey of Tunis death, Archdeacon Carr to become Bishop of Bombay, and London post office reforms plus steam navigation plans. Local crimes include a deadly inquest for Mary Anne Kemp and robberies in Clerkenwell and Regent Circus with multiple suspects and arrests.
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