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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 29, 1837

Page

5

The Queen and Court At Brighton Visit

Royal circle keeps close company at the Pavilion with ministers and nobles dining together. Sussex hosts two queens and two princesses, and royal portraits are completed as Brighton plans a public dinner in her honor. The queen is to travel to Windsor for Christmas after a ceremony-filled stay.

Marquis Conyngham Clarke Roya Sussex Queen Victoria Duchess of Kent Princess Augusta Saxony Brighton Princess Augusts Hastings Duchess of Gloucester Begnor Middlesex Signor Pistrucci Hayter Duke of Wellington Cinque Porte Lilley Royal Academy Town Hall Dover Boys New Palace St. James’s Park Windsor Castle Meri Newburgh Rooms Thalberg Brightss Persoages the Duchess of Kent Lord Melbourne John Russell Lord Palmerston Baron Stockmar A. Murray Marquis of Conyngham Windsor Castle-squere Steyne Kemp-town

Royal arrivals and society notes from Dover pages

The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George visit Dover from Calais aboard the Arrow as salutes greet their arrival. Duke of Devonshire, Marquis of Saldanha, and other aristocrats travel to engagements. various dignitaries attend dinners, funerals, and official functions while political and imperial matters, sports, and commerce fill the column.

Duchess of Cambridge Prince George Princesses Dover Calais Admiralty Arrow Hamilton Duke Duke of Devonshire Chateworth Derbyshire Guildhall Marquis of Saldanha Portugal Prince Gagarin Dr. Dodsworth Astley Cooper Duchess of Beaufort Badminton Duke of Welington Lord Stanley James Graham Lyndhurst Paris Versailles London Earl Countess of Warwick Lord Aoe Caroline Neeld Warwickastle Earl of Chesterfield Roger Greisley Drakelaw Hall Gunton Park Norfolk Suffield Mount Trenchard Limerick Ireland Robert Peel Aix-la-Chapelle Munich John Russell Keate Duke of Cambridge Piccadilly Cambridge House Stammore Park Lord Chichester Countess Howe Duchess of Kent Elliott Earl of Minto Canada Colonial Office Canterbury Charles Manners Sutton Dieppe Horne Purves Martyn 2D Life Guards Camille Perier Prince Talleyrand Brussels Kragarevitz Servia Milosech Vienna Constantinople St. Petersburg Bulgaria Edward Taylor Gresham Taylor Horseley Phillips New York England Berkeley Square Russia Tefflrs Caucasus Nicholas Iat Warsaw Siberia Wyscieki Poland Wala Swabian Mercury Otho M. Rudhart Edward Lyons Tyne Sardinia Wilkins National Gallery John Soane Southampton Dock Company Burge St. Katherine's Dicks O'Connell

Re-election of Speaker Abercromby noted amid various items

The column records plans for Mr Shaw Lefevre to propose and Mr Strutt to second Abercromby's re-election as Speaker. It mentions the Dvonport town charter, Jamaica ship losses, royal appointments, a new Lyrical and Dramatic Repository shop, a pianoforte artist's reception in Russia, theatre licences, and various civic and international notes.

Shaw Lefevre Strutt M.P Derby Abercromby House of Commont Dvonport E. Abbott Lloyd's Jamaica John Plaines Haines and Son High-street Kensington Dibdin Waterloo-road L. V. Meyer Vienna St. Petersburgh Russia Adelphi Oxford-street Dyer Belgium France Newfoundland Paris Don Carlos Don Higuel Portugal Rome M.ouvrard Evora King’s Cross Samuel Hope Liverpool Goethe Frankfort Munich Bavaria Leigh Worcestershire Joe Menton Egz Mauton Evy

Theatres Show Mixed Week at Local Houses

Theatre round up notes modest week with Don Juan in opera plans at City of London and Hugo Bambino at Ollymric. Covent Garden reports poor attendance but new operatic prospects. Queen's praises Esmeralda while Newcastle previews Mrs Owen in Lady Teazle with her talented son.

Bunn Covent-Garden el Afrancesado Treasury Ollymric Theatre Hugo Bambino Farren Binnell Leas Vestris Pauline Don Alphonse Mies Raichforth Lorenza Mrs. Stirling Strand Queen’s Esmeralda Miss Desborough Franks Newcastle Owen

Rabid Dog Bennett of Royal Horse Guards Blue Causes Turmoil

A famous barracks dog named Bennett alias The Corporal shows rabid symptoms, flees with a spaniel toward a church and London Bridge, pursued by a man named Gibbson. The dogs end at a Woolwich steamer with Gibbson possibly bitten. the guard warns Woolwich inhabitants and records the dog's ferret eyed cross breed appearance with a brass ring on a paw.

Royal Horse Guards Bennett Gibbson Knightsbridge London-bridge Woolwich Wich

Royal Visits to the City Preparations and Plans

The Royal Entertainment Committee hones invites and decorates for Queen Victoria's city visit. Details cover procession routes from Fleet Street to Guildhall, street paving, viewing seats and window rents, anticipated arches, and a grand state carriage cushion. Temple Bar repairs and civic pageantry are described alongside public eagerness and banking preparations for a November 9 holiday-like spectacle.

England Fleet-Street Temple-bar Gudhall Strand Charing-cross Guildhall Templebar Piccadilly London Buckingham Palace Green Park Lord Ashburton

French Hold Constantina After Siege and Deaths

Reports say France will keep Constantina with troops. General Damremont dies, and General Vallee becomes governor general of Algiers. Major assaults cost many lives as the town falls after explosions and heavy fighting. Achmet agrees to bury dead and allow wounded to Buna. Other notes cover Spain and Russia developments.

Constantina Vallee Damremont Algiers Mansuna Lavonicier Bend-Oussa Achmet Duke de Nemours Buna DZ Damremont Journal de Paris Gnerel de Damaremont Ecole Militaire Napoleon Marshal Marmont Chevilly Bourmont France Grand National Gallery of Versailles Spain Epartero Givise Carlists Huerta Villarovleds Ita Real Catalonia Eurelona Med+rades Exaltads Russia Ricard Amsterdam Don Carlos Worunz

The Proposed Illumination in London Sparks Debate

A London discourse condemns dampening public joy by restricting illumination during celebrations. It notes the long standing custom of lighting houses to honor national pride and until now public lights have been welcomed, but critiques by some as overcautious.

London

Footpath dispute at Notting Hill Hippodrome continues

The Notting Hill footpath across the hippodrome remains disputed with parochial authorities and Mr Whyte pursuing plans to alter the route. Local residents plan a vestry meeting after Whyte lodges plans, while the path stays open but with obstructive new stiles.

Notting-hill Whyte Thames Chelsea Bridge Causeway Lyons Stangate Roper Jack Williams Waterloo Bridge Lander Oxford Williams Jem Parish Leander Cheyne Walk Coburg-street Buckingham-gate Park Storey’s-gate Westminster- Bridge Lyors's Manx Woop Hare Park Newmarsey Camarine Lucetta Lord Besners Batson Denmark Sweden Austria Germany America

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