Forrest Othello Praised as Best On Stage By Critics
Theatrical review celebrates Edwin Forrest's Othello in New York, praising his noble first acts and passionate later scenes while noting weaknesses in acts three to five. The piece argues American actors deserve Shakespearean credit, compares Forrest to Kean, and recalls Kean’s remark about himself and Forrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drury Lane
Milton
Bacon
Shakspeare
Prince of Abencerrages Would Have Acted In the Courts of the Alhambra
Othello
Macready
Mr. Forrest
Anon
Jago
Onay
Kean
America
Edwin Forrest
Artaxerxes and Braham Shine at Sr. James's Theater
The review lauds Braham’s performance and Miss Rainforth in Artaxerxes, noting strong declamation and voice but some fatigue and sharp tones. It praises the orchestra and praising wind additions, critiques the overly altered Soldier tired, and highlights J. Smith and Miss Stanley in supporting roles. Mrs. Waylett’s Kate Kearney benefit underlines poor secondary pieces and weak chorus in a long, uneven program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Cooke
Braham
G. Stansbury
Mr. Braham
Handel
Charles X Seeks Hungarian Residence Amid Exile Rumors
A Pesth letter reports government officials and Charles X. suite traveling to select a permanent exile home for the former king. Metternich backs Hungary as the likely site, hoping isolation from Bohemia sympathies. nobles in Hungary are split in support. In Paris a 52 year old widow wins a marriage case after appeal, with parents’ request overturned by the Royal Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civantes X
Charles X
Pesth
Vienna
Imperial
Prince Metternich
Huaiary
Bohemia
Hungary
Hherry
Paris
Manna
Parenta
Paris News Roundup on Barrot, Constantine Attack, and Cuban
Paris papers note entertainments for M Barrot at Coucy and discuss the Duke de Nemours voyage to Africa and the Constantine projected attack. Reports on Luxor obelisk ceremony in Paris and private letters from Algiers suggest motives for raid plans. Madrid and Naples updates cover Cortes meetings, regency debates, cholera in Naples, and ongoing political tensions across Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Odillon Barrot
Coucy
Natonal
Duke de Nemours
Africa
Constantine
Duce d’Orleana
Journal Des Debats
Valengay
Prince Tallyrand
Prince Gallitzin
Luxor
Hotel de la Marine
Place de la Concorde
Algiers
France
Hugon
Iviet
St. Martin
S.W
Malaga
Switzerland
Delle
Tuileries
Diet
Madrid
Alaix
Espartero
Navarre
Rodil
Cortes
Espanel
Spain
Queen Christina
Naples
Palermo
Rome
Capua
Board of Health
Atuens
Cnlonize Eretria
Negropout
Canaris
Albania
Pisa
Roumelia
Germany
Capo d’Istrias
M. Lassaris
Navarino
Attwood Named Successor as Chapels Royal Organist
The Bishop of London appointed Mr Attwood to succeed the late Mr Stafford Smith as organist of the Chapels Royal. The offices of Organist and Composer to the King were once joined, were separated after Dr Dupins’s death, and now reunited in Attwood, a highly distinguished musician.
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London
Attwood
Stafford Smith
Dupins
Porteus
Knyvett
Prince of Wales
Doine
Mooney
Dublin
Chevy
Caillet
Crevat
Lagrange
Laporte
Lecouvreur
Marigne
Regnier
Stiller
Rocksinski
Thiellemont
Thomas
Villard
Doullens
Bon Sens
Dreadful Crime in St Martin Gaillard Scene of Robbery and Murder
A brutal crime shocked St Martin Gaillard near Dieppe as robbers struck the glebe house killing the priest Abbe L Herninal, his niece, and a servant woman. The two victims were found with severe head injuries and signs of a violent break in, the robbers looting linen and leaving packed rooms in disorder. The village learned of the atrocity the next morning as authorities investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoanlee McRnen
St. Martin Gaillard
Dieppe
Chiéle
Dévvant
L’hernainal
Glebe-House
Ife
Gazette Des Tribunauz
Madame MaLisran
London
Madame Malibran
Algiers
Magendie
Dr. Maton
King’s Theatre
Beliaye
Hume
S Bint
Hants
M.P
William Heathcote
Thomas Baring
Lefevre
Sturges Bourne
Mildmay
Blackfriars Road
Stratunirovics
Carlovitz
Servia
Finale of the OConnell Affair opens new clarity
The Constitutional reprints Condy’s reply to O Connell’s questions. Condy says he opposed the English measures openly and acted with reformers to end factory oppression. He denies divulging costs or motives and refutes Oastler’s claim of Bell’s memo. The paper hopes O Connell will explain his vote on Thomson's bill to satisfy thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constitutional
Globe
Condy
Manchester Advertiser
O’connell
Thompson
Oastler
Sadler
Lord Ashley
Hindley
Fmmle
Bell
Poulett Thomson
Fate of Ham fortress prisoners debated in Journal du Commerce
The Journal du Commerce reports that the remaining two prisoners at the Ham fortress near Paris face a decisive fate. Guernon de Ranville seeks indulgence for himself and for Peyronnet and Chantelauze. Polignac will be moved out of France under a civil death sentence, with intervention by Madame de Polignac and Lord Granville aiding the appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Porignac
Journal du Commerce
Ham
M. Guernon de Ranville
Messrs. Peyronnet
Chantelauze
M. de Polignac
France
de Polignac
Lord Granville
Charles X
Liverpool
Gomez Pelayo
Barnard
Stirling
Fountains Abbey
Praed Street
Paddington
Charlotte Bright
Marylebone
Welbeck-street
Jerome Birrett
Praed-street
Meznancuoty
North London Hospital
Gower-street
Bedford-square
William
Sandall
Mason
Ralph John Mason
No. 46
Curtain-road
Shoreditch
Williams
Wime-Merchant
Oxford-street
Witness
John Taylor
Marning
Don Santiago de Los Santos
High Holborn
Museum-street
St. George’s Church
Bloomsbury
Don Santiago
Manilla
Ife
Birmingham
Ann Hopkins
Don
Donna
Opiion
St. Martin’s Church
Mr. Foye
Daring Leicester-square Lodger Robbery Report
An article recounts a bold Leicester-square burglary after a lodger rented a first floor and vanished in the night with a Bank of England note and valuables. It also notes a Surrey theatre assault plea, a Bank of Ireland forgery conviction in Liverpool, a Barnsley tinker anecdote, and Manchester medical aid figures.
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Prasoxs Lerrive Lonaixes
Metropolitan Police
Frans
Leicester-street
Leicester-square
Frass
Bank of England
Loy
Surrey
William Marshall
Ossein Ben Abdallah
Surrey Theatre
Bank OF Ireland
George Jackson
Liverpool
Barnsley
Penistone
Halifax Express
Manchester
Royal Infirmary
Insolvents Listed in The London Gazette Notice
The London Gazette lists several insolvent and bankrupt individuals including Aromas Why tall a cabinet maker and upholsterer of Islington, Robert Folthorp a dealer of Upper Stamford Street, and Stephen Ratcliffe a diverse tradesman of Paversham. Other names include Horatio Skerritt of Manchester, William Satchwell of Birmingham, Isaac Lomas of Sheffield, John Walker and James Walker of Leeds, Alexander Milns of Rochdale, and John Marsden of Manchester.
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London Gazete
Aromas Whytall
Upper-street
Islington
Robert Folthorp
Upper Stamford- Street
Robert William Smart
Aldermanbury
Stephen Ratcliffe
Paversham
Horatio Skerritt
Manchester
William Satchwell
Birmingham
Isaac Lomas
Sheffield
John Walker
James Walker
Leeds
Alexander Milns
Rochdale
John Marsden
Bankrupts listed in The London Gazettes October issue
The London Gazettes October 25 issue records multiple bankrupts across Britain and Ireland. Names include William Bailey senior and junior curriers in White Cross Street, Samuel Bates of Derby grocer, Henry Smith of Ledbury grocer, and others such as John Clark Sheffield builder and Alexander Cunningham Glasgow grocer. Various trades and locations listed.
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William Bailey
White Cross Street
Curriers
Samuel Bates
Derby
William Howell Phipson
Birmingham
John Gardner
South Gate
Gloucester
Henry Smith
Ledbury
Herefordshire
Joseph Hardwick Cook
Binningham
John Clark
Crooks
Sheffield
Thomas Williamson
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Samuel Cheetham
Thomas Wadsworth
Macclesfield
Robert McLure
Tate
Manchester
David Kirk
Wick
Alexander Cunningham
Bridgeton
Glasgow
James Brown and Son
Gordon Brown
Edinburgh
Alexander Byers
London Markets Corn Exchange Prices Monday October 24
London markets report moderate wheat and flour supply with advances from 2s to 3s per quarter. Barley demand fair and malt trade steady. oats peas and beans higher. Seed market firm. Windsor beans abundant but lower sales due to middling quality. Wheat barley oats peas beans and flour prices listed. October 26 arrivals small and Monday prices generally held.
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Corn Exchange
Mark Lane
Windsor
Orp Wuits
Orp Rep
Smithfield Cattle Market Report from Monday Trade
The Smithfield cattle market Monday October 24 shows abundant beef supply for the season yet mostly inferior quality and dull trade. Sheep demand remains adequate with a heavy mutton trade while pork prices rise for prime stock. Calves and pigs priced at varying rates. offal values noted with beef and veal figures listed.
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Smithfield
Wwe
Islington Cattle Market Prices and Trade Slow Monday
Market reports from Islington on Monday October 24 show larger receipts of beasts and sheep but very dull trade with few buyers. Veal and mutton quoted, pork prices ranged, with offal noted as a deduction, followed by Newgate and Leadenhall dead markets update and bread quotations for 4lb loaves.
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Islington
Notable Births and Deaths in Local Society Notices
Birth announcements include a son for the lady of Henry Hoyle Oddie in Portland place and a daughter for the lady of Edmund Bryan in Brighton. Also a son for G Hayter at Grove Hill Camberwell and a son for Captain James Scargill at Cheltenham. In France a daughter for Captain William Henry Hollis. Death notices for Flora Field, Joan Hardy M D, William Willoughby Prose, and Varley Bealby with ages and locations as read from the column.
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Portland-place
Henry Hoyle Oddie
Brighton
Edmund Bryan
Grove Hill
Camberwell
G. Hayter
Cheltenham
James Scargill
France
William Henry Hollis
Flora
Mitiew Field
Shin
Ed Berks
Joan Hardy
Doncaster
Hendon
William Willoughby Prose
Threadneedle-street
Cravernstreet
Strand
Christian
Varley Bealby
Mount-house
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Kate Kearney
Mr. Macarthy
Mr. Manvers
Eatery
London Markets
Newgate
Leadenhall
Om. F. L
S. Aw
Straw
Leithfield
Peene I
Regent's Park
Whitechapel
Anewe
Portman
Dses
Saucers
Hungerford
St. Bride’s
Fleet Street
Thomas Dale
John Dear Best
Middle Temple
Pieschell-place
Edgeware-road
Frances Pomeroy
Vincent George Dowling
Norfolk-street
Perklodge
George Cupples
Archibald Seance Esq
Bengal Civil Service
Caroline
Nathan Atherton
Calne
Wilts
Henry Atherton
Harriet
Robert Sconce
Augustus Frederick Bromiley
Meopham
Helen
Duovan Weir
Pope's Hall
Broughton Malherbe
Kent
St. George’s
Hanover Square
Gerard Antoine de Barneveld de Meterin
Margaret Erskine
John Gordon, Barton
Richard Campbell
Isq
Craigie, Northritain
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