Passage of the Great Western and Canadian unrest
The Great Western returns to Bristol in under twelve days amid tempestuous seas and rare speed. Canadian news from Montreal and Quebec reports widespread discontent, Lord Durham praised at home, while Lord Brougham faces censure and effigy burning in Quebec with calls to resign and fears of colonial instability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Western
Bristol
Commercial Advertiser
New York
Montreal
England
Lord Durham
Lord Brougham
Harm’s.way
Atlantic
Philadelphia
the Chronicle
Place d’ Armes
Quebec
Canatians
Earl of Durham
Durham
Canadas
Old Country
United States
Canada
Toronto
House of Lords
Secret Oath
Washington
New York Gazette
Brougham
Castle of
St. Louis
Royal attendance and court moves amid upcoming holidays
Her Majesty and the duchess attended divine service at the Chapel Royal. The court prepares for a future stay in Brighton and Windsor with visits to Windsor Castle and Earl Spencer's residence. Reports also note arrivals, appointments, and various royal-related movements across London and abroad.
Grand chivalric entertainment dazzles Covent Garden crowd
A lavish Charlemagne spectacle at Covent Garden amazed with architecture, stage effects, and Ducrow’s horse artistry. Roland, Xarifa, Marsila and Ganalon dominate the plot as lions and tigers provide dramatic justice. Van Amburgh’s beasts finish the program amid high applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daury-Lang
Charlemagne
Roland
Clermont
Baker
Ganalon
Poictiers
Rindal
Mersila
Saragossa
Mr. H. Wallack
Marsila
Xarifa
Misa Fitzwalter
Maraila
Pyrenees
Mdrella
Roland Ly Cnarlemagne
Ducrow
Hamét
Madame Celeste
Eliason
CO Covent Garnprey
Warde
Alonzo
Diddear
Sebastian
Macready
Prospero
Phelps
Antonio
Anderson
Ferdinand
G. Bennet
Caliban
Harley
Trinculo
Bartley
Stephano
Miranda
Ariel
Helen. Faucit
Emery
Miss Faucit
P. Horton
Davenant
Dryden
Shakespeare
Adelphi
Bayaderes
Collins
Arajoon
Mysore
Theatrical Union Formed Holds First Meeting
A correspondent reports the Theatrical Union has formed and will meet Wednesday at Lomas's Hotel Wellington Street North. Rules and regulations will be presented for approval at the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theatrical Union
Lomas’s
Wellington-street
North
Bead-embroidered shoes to be presented to the queen
A private Edinburgh lady has crafted bead-embroidered shoes featuring the royal oak leaves, the English rose, and a wreath of rose, thistle, and shamrock to present to Her Majesty. Sir John Campbell undertakes to present them. Also noted: Dewsbury riot bail ruling by judges overruled magistrates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
John Campbell
Dewsbury
Her Majesty
Justice Coltman
Justice Aderman
York Standard
Important Omission in Insolvent Debtors Bail Law
In a London Insolvent Debtors Court session the Chief Commissioner and Mr Harris examine bail under the new act. They conclude the court cannot grant bail for county prisoners unless sureties appear in London, outlining risks to creditors and suggesting double detainer-based bail as a guideline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
London
Courtly preparations for Durham family return to England
Letters sent by Mr Cavendish directed the Cleveland-House household to ready the mansion for the Durham family’s reception in England. The house steward, who accompanied the governor-general to Quebec, has returned on business linked to restoring the household. The car is planned to be absent two years in Canada while extensive repairs proceed. Mr Stephenson was named agent for the Duke of Sussex’s northern estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Royal
St. George
Proby
Kanyvett
Brighton
Earl- Spencer Castle
Windsor
Viscount Melbourne
Downing-street
Windsor Castle
Duchess of Kent
Great Park
Hastings
Lisbon
Waterlily
Lord Brougham
Marquis of Salisbury
Grafton-street
Grafton-street On Prease
Belgrave Street
Canada
Earl of Durham
Melbourne
Glenelg
Lord Durham
Grand Duke of
Lucca
Prince of
Capua
Paris
Langdale and Denman
Bruton Street
Oliphant
Cape
Serjeant Rough
Island of
Ceylon
Lord Teignmouth
Manchester
Ripon
Northallerton
York
Durham
John Buseell
Lord John
Essex-square
Kemp Town
London
Colchester
Church of England
Rokeby
Melton Mobray
Italy
Marquis de Noailles
Frankfort
Cracow
Baron de Bode
Persia
America
Havre
Guadaloupe
Augsburg Gazette
Warsaw
Smolensko
Hume
Sheffield
London and Birmingham
Great North of England Railway
York and North Midland
North Midland
Midland Counties Railways
North
Somerset
Tichester
Scott
Robert Welsh
Welsh
Wigan
Company of Mercers
Metropolis
Society For the Protection
Lady Lake’s Grove
Mile-end
Winchester School
Camden
Somers
George III
Sunderland
Ireland
Laon
Jessie Ann
Perth
Dublin Free Press
Switzerland
Dudley
Flavell
Gornal
Foix
France
Loutherbourg
Jockey Club
Theobald
Newark and Rugby
Molton
Cheetham Inn
Rugby
Lord W. Bentinck
Newark
Jane Corby
Whittle Harvey
Nottingham
Tower
Tower-hill
Cleveland-House
St. James’s
Cavendish
Quebec
Great Western
England
Stephenson
Duke of Sussex
Warrantless Hunts Lead to Fine and Dragnet
A Southampt on tradesman and a neighbour hunted on another’s fields on the 3d of the month without license. A keeper detained one man by the head and shoulders while the other fled, later captured after a five mile pursuit before two magistrates and fined five cards plus expenses. The piece ends with a tongue in cheek caution to return to lawful sport chants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perits
Sportixe
Southampton
Hampshire
Perils of the Deep and Shipwreck News
Reports from Edinburgh and Glasgow warn of the Northern Yacht's loss near Leith after sailing October 11 with five passengers and thirteen crew plus later arrivals. sightings, wreck rumors, and no definitive fate. Other vessels encounter gales causing multiple shipwrecks off Southport and Bridlington with heroic rescues and losses, including the Edward of Ulverston and the Mary and Ann near Montrose. The Royal Tar averts disaster in the Bay of Biscay after heavy seas. 65 passengers survive thanks to Captain Lewis and pumps keeping the vessel afloat until assistance at Falmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sriamen
Tarrig Per
Boarp
Edinburgh
Newcastle
Leith
Glasgow Reformer’s
G. Nichol
Neptune
Shields
Inner Fern
Hull
Rockingham
Edinburgh Advertiser
Shetland
Pentland Firth
Bass Rock
Fern Islands
Berwick
Scarborough Bay
Soursfort
Horse Bank
Southport
Lytham
W. Ball
Edward
Ulverston
Drogheda
Lancaster
Ball
Mary and Ann
James Dempster
Bridlington
Montrose
Bay of Biscay
Royal Tar
Lewis
Royal ‘Tar
Falmouth
Unsettling incident at St Marys church Northampton
A Sunday evening panic at St Marys church Northampton followed a loud shriek from beneath the south gallery. Reported as a roof collapse, the eruption caused a chaotic rush to the doors, with several people trampled and injured though no bones broken. Later inquiry found two cement pieces fell from the south window, striking a few children and triggering the alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Church
Northampton
G. Cotton
Archdeacon Wilkins
Northampton Journal
Liverpool Zoological Gardens
Atkins
Zoological Establishment
William Mayman
Liverpool Courier
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