Theatricals Review of Cherubini Overture and More
The critic vents frustration at a Monday concert by the large house orchestra. They fault tempo, bass support, and section balance while praising prompt introductions and lamenting noisy listeners. They critique Les dieux Journées and praise Balfe and Rossini’s Siege of Corinth for future, better performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherubini
Anacreon
Wee
Raphael
T. Cooke
Philharmonic
Hughes
Balfe
Judy Flanagan
Corinth
Rossini
Covent Garden Orchestra Delivers Sublime Forty Thieves
The Covent Garden ensemble pleases with better time and tuning than Old Drury. Despite limited resources they impress with the sublime music of the Forty Thieves. Winter's overture to Tamerlane was well executed on the night.
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The
Forty Thieves
Tamerlane
English Opera House review of The Freebooters and The Old Oak Tree
A mixed critique of The Freebooters at the English Opera House. Leffler disappoints with uneven singing and dialogue. Frazer and Bland receive praise for certain numbers, while Miss Betts and Mr Wagstaff are faulted for performance and leadership. The Old Oak Tree is deemed worse, with omitted music and weak staging. Miss Horton shows early promise but fails to deliver.
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Leffler
Frazer
Mrs. Keeley
Wagstaff
London
Miss P. Horton
Strand Theatre
Man
Fred
The Waterman and Forrest At Drury Lane
Braham shines in The Waterman earning praise for voice and declamation. Edwin Forrest debuts as Spartacus in The Gladiator at Drury Lane, impressing with fire and imagination though the tragedy and new drama The Duke of Ormond fare poorly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Forrest
Drury Lane Theatre
Spartacus
Dr. Bird
Forrest
Kean
Garrick
Kemble
Duke of Ormond
Mrs Harris to receive Royal Society aid for seven children
Mr Harris a Drury Lane chorus master left a wife and seven children unprovided for. The Royal Society of Musicians will grant the widow 30 guineas annually and each child 12 guineas with schooling allowances. At age 14 each child will receive £25 for apprenticeship fees.
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Harris
Drury Lane Theatre
Royal Society of Musicians
Northern Lights Cause Citywide Fire Alarm Scare
A Tuesday night sky event near London triggered a mass alarm as residents rushed to views of a fiery northern display. Fire engines from multiple stations converged toward Clerkenwell and surrounding areas before confirming the spectacle was the Aurora Borealis, lasting about 40 seconds with a half hour of bright display.
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Metropol
London Fire-engine Establishment
Watling-street
Braidwood
Clerkenwell-green
Whitecross-street
Farringdon-street
Holborn
Clerkenwell Prison
Islington
Holloway
Highgate
Hornsey
N.E
S.W
Riot and scandal in Chelsea and Marylebone courts
At Chelsea Petty Sessions Patrick Scott, an Irish pensioner, faced unpaid maintenance for his wife and was searched in court leading to a small haul of coins from his boots. A separate Middlesex Quarter Sessions case involved Isaac Lambert in a contested riot claim over a man seeking proof a wife was married, ending in acquittal due to insufficient proof.
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Chelsea
Patrick Scott
Emerald Isle
Pat
Hodges
Middlesex
Isaac Lambert
Marylebone
C. Jones
Edgware Road
Horne
Attempted Tithe Sale at Wexford Sparks Mass Gatherings
Report of tithe sales in Gorey district led by Rev. Orwell Moore where up to 20,000 attended the opening event in Cullentra. Protestant farmer Mr. Allen Earl faced £27 78 9d claim and chose to risk loss. Multiple sales followed with high crowds and protests noted by the Wexford Independent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorey
Orwell Moore
Allen Earl
Cullentra
Earl
Lord Mulgrave
Daniel O’connell
Ireland
Cooke
Henry Roche
Monagrena
Moore
John Doyle
Wexford
O'Connell
New Bishop of Chichester Holds Dual Roles at King's College
The bishop retains his post as Principal of King's College with a salary of £1000 yearly and a house. He preached at the college chapel and outlined his lectures, showing no immediate surrender of his multiple benefices.
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Chichester
Otter
King’s College
Exeter
William of
Durham
Bishopric of
Great North of England Railway
MacauLtay
T. B. Macaulay
England
Leeds Mercury
Hull
Seroy Railway
Liverpool
Leeds
Manchester
Yorkshire
Lancashire
Hull and Selby
Messrs. Walker and Burges
London
Hamburg
Royal Navy
Devonport Telegraph
Canada
15Th Regiment
Montreal Gazette
St. Thomas’s Hospital
Payne
Geoffry Hales
Joseph Hicks
Woolwich
Poor Law Commissioners
Mr. Payne
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
William Hockey
George Atkins
Sarah Bromley
Wreck of the Doncaster Near Cape of Good Hope
The barque Doncaster, from Mauritius to London, foundered near Agulhas on July 17 with all hands lost. Bodies of nineteen women and children and thirty-two men were washed ashore, many naked, and identified by scattered items. A memo book likely belonged to Dr Page of the Royal Artillery or Engineers, detailing passengers including Captain and Mrs Weir and Mrs Saunders family.
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Childe Harold
Willis
Bombay
Cape
Doncaster
Pritchard
Mauritius
London
Agulhas
Cape of Good Hope
Samuel Parlby
Colonel Bell
Kleine River Valley
Jessie
Winter
Hans Aventure
Cape L’agulhas
Lady Colville
Russell Farm
Hertfordshire
Mary Jane Saunders
M. J. E. Saunders
George Woolly
Captain Walker
99Th Regiment
W. Macready
Elston
Robert Saunders
South-end
Eltham
Kent
A. Edwards
W. Williams
P. Dollar
O’learney
W. Hughes
29Th Regiment
A. Hooks
Royal Irish Fusiliers
L. Michael Fearney
Royal Artillery and Engineers
Page
Royal Artillery
Engineers
Weir
Walker
W. Macarthy
Bank of England
Hampshire
Murder near Liverpool shocks Sutton village
Coroner's Inquest in Sutton Sutton parish reveals Patrick Daveney from Ireland died after a brutal assault by three men on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway bridge road. The weapon a horned stick fractured the skull, causing death after ten hours. Jury returns verdict of wilful murder against Joseph Monks.
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Sutton
Prescott
Liverpool
Patrick Daveney
Ireland
Bull Inn
James Hayes
Thomas Murray
Clonslanert
Roscommon
Witness
James Welsby
Welsby
Liverpool and Manchester
Welsby’s
Paddy
Websby
William Garton
St. Helens
Joseph Monks
Coroner's Inquest on Death by Misadventure at Greenwich
The Kent coroner and a jury examined the shooting death of waterman John Nicholas by Mr. Hewes of Wick Cottage Woolwich-road. Doctors found a fatal abdomen wound from a brass button lodged in the mesentery and four pints of blood. The jury returned homicide by misadventure. 12 of 17 agreed.
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Carttar
Kent
Mitre Tavern
High-street
Greenwich
John Nicholas
John Hewes
Woolwich-road
Royal Hospital
George Bush
Mr. Flower
Alderman Harmer
Richard Dobson
Greenwich Hospital
Hewes
Busk
Isaac Harwood
Torbay
Preston
Mr. Hewes
Nicholas
Flower
Frederick Richard Preston
Harwood
Brilliant Wins Grand Yacht Match Off Royal Hospital
The Brilliant and the Gem, small-class yachts of eight and nine tons, sailed from the Royal Hospital. The Gem led at start but the Brilliant overtook and won by seven minutes after a long voyage to Gravesend in under eight hours. An accident injured a waterman when Hewes fired a celebratory shot.
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Crus
Brilliant
Gem
Hewes
Bode
Royal Hospital
Grays
Gravesend
Nichols
Lord Eliot
Mevagissey
Munificence of Missrs. Maux and Co
A 7 year old girl from Clare Market is run over by a Meux and Co dray near White Hart Street Drury Lane. Surgeons amputate the leg at Bartholomew's Hospital and the child remains in danger. The parents sought aid from Meux and Co but were offered only five shillings after appeals from a distressed mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maux and Co
Hollywell-street
Clare Market
Fogarty
Meux and Co
White Hart Street
Drury Lane
Bartholomew's Hospital
Messrs. Meux and Co
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Covent Garden
ST. James’s
Braham
the Waterman
Miss Stanley
Wilhelmina
Harley
Robins
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