THE NEW MINISTRY AND ITS APPOINTMENTS
A Morning Post report outlines the new cabinet and office allocations. It notes Lord Lowther becomes postmaster general, Lord Granville Somerset as chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Lord Lincoln as first commissioner of land revenues, with Gladstone holding the mint and trade roles without salary. It lists expected court appointments and circulating rumours, and includes miscellaneous notes on postage changes and various society items.
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Lor Lowther
Lord Lowther
Duchy of Lancaster
Granville Somerset
Lord Lincoln
Mint
W. E. Gladstone
Claude Hamilton
Foreign Department
Henry Hope
Ireland
Edward Sugden
Blackburne
Afr
Jackson
Litton
Gene the Ho
Sporting intelligence from Tattersall s and races
Betting at Tattersalls was light with a few notes on odds for St Leger winners and other racing bets. Southampton races featured several heats and plates with winners including Defy, Stickler, Colchicum, Australia, Gobemouche, Arian, and Variety. The Kelso Autumn Meeting was announced for October 26–27 with large stakes, and a London crew won the Great Rowing match over Norwich, with later matches near Bramerton Thorpe and other venues. Brisk sport updates covered Brighton harriers, moor game conditions, partridges, and general moor reports across Ayr, Perth, and Lammermoors, plus safety note for gun users and a large pike catching near Doncaster.
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Tattersall
Sadier
Howlett
Lege
Stickler
Booth
Lord Huntingtower
Australia
Evans
Lord G. Bentinck
Gobemouche
Mr. Budd
Arian
Foster
Variety
King
Budd
Adrian
Hoping
Viginti
Lucas’ Traitress
Kelso
Caledonian Hunt
Duke of Roxburghe
Racing Club
Kelso Chronicle
London
Norwich
Coldhamhall
Maynards
Lett
Perry
Noulton
Maynard
Girlings
Clarke
le Fevre
Battie
Brundelldyke
Sunningham Ferry
Bramerton-Woodsend
Pastwick-grove
Willingham
Bramerton
Thorpe
Ipswich Express
Brighton Harriers
Tyre
Mear
Kilwinning
Girvan
Wigtownshire
Ayr
Dundee
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Perth Courier
Cooper
Spring-gardens
Pollard
Sandall
Doncaster Chronicle
The Boarding School Farce at Haymarket Theatre
A lively review notes Bernard's The Boarding School at Haymarket, led by Captain Harcourt and officers who woo three local ladies amid Mrs Grosdenap’s schemes. The cast elicits constant laughter as disguises and elopement plans unfold, with plans for repetition amid warm applause. Also mentions Adelaide Kemble’s Covent Garden debut, Liszt's Cologne visit, and musician Romberg’s death.
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Grasdenap
Harcourt
Mr. J. Webster
Varley
Mr. Webster
Cornet Kavanagh
Mr. F. Vining
Caroline Blythe
D. Rees
Pickwick Papers
Webster
Charles Kemble
Paris
Adelaide Kemble
Covent
Garden Theatre
Norma
Barre
Barfe
Théatre Italien
Grisi
Mario
Tamburini
Liszt
Cologne
Rhine
M. Liszt
Nonnerwerth
Liedertafel Society
Weber
Bernard Romberg
Hamburgh
Doncaster Ladies Present Diamond Ring to Lord Morpeth
The Doncaster Gazette notes that the town’s ladies honored Lord Morpeth with a diamond ring bearing the inscription To Lord Morpeth, from the ladies of Doncaster, July 16, 1841. The gesture is praised as tasteful and fitting, reflecting moral worth.
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Morpreth
Doncaster
Lord Morpeth
Doncaster Gazette
Mr Green's Aerial Voyage From Vauxhall Gardens
Joanna Forrest of Bloomsbury recounts a Nassau balloon voyage from Vauxhall Gardens led by Mr Green. The ascent rose to about 6200 feet, passing over London landmarks and the Thames, with moonlit river views and later descent near Brentwood. A damaged balloon, a theft of drapery, and late-night shelter eventualities are described along with hospitality from the Doddington family and a difficult return to town.
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Weekly Chronicle
Chanles Green
Highgate
Nassau
Mr. Green
Green
Benjamin Franklin
Thames
London
Tower
Blackwall
Forest of
Epping
Curry
Knavestock
Brentwood
Essex
Vauxhall
Mrs. Green
Dr. Locock
Captain Curry
Mr. Daily
Alexander Doddington
Isle of ‘ Sig
Joanna Forrest
Bloomsbury
Zoo Additions Highlight Chimpanzee Collection At Gardens
The gardens announce acquisitions of a fine male and female black and red ourangs, with a recent male added last week, expanding one of the most notable chimpanzee groups. Observations note their vocalizations and social behavior, while older brought from Borneo died en route and were preserved in spirits. Also mentioned are a two year old female and a young giraffe born last June, tall and healthy, plus a report on a deaf blind dumb woman at Rotherhithe workhouse and a Blackheath accident involving a horse and a vet.
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Regeent
Pankk
Africa
Sumatra
Borneo
Ourangs
Mr. Brooks
British Association
Plymouth
Fowler
Rotherhithe
Blackheath
White Hart
Croute
Murder at Bristol as Hopper dies after stabbing
In Bristol last week a cabinet-maker William Hopper died after being stabbed by Henry McCarthy, an Irishman. The inquest at Dolphin tavern found McCarthy guilty of wilful murder. he was committed to Gloucester gaol for trial at the next assizes on August 30.
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Hopper
M‘carthy
Philadelphia
J. B. Grindon
Dolphin Tavern
Marlborough Street
Joseph Higes
William Hopper
Crown and Mill
Castle Mill-street
Tabernacle
Row
Archibald Henry Hamilton
Malvern-cottage
Cheltenham
Philadelphia-street
Tabernacle-row
George James
John Harrison
Daniel Bruges
Bristol
Merchant Street
Joseph Higgs
Higgs
John Matthews
Henry M‘carthy
Gloucester
Exister
Serious case at Bath magistrates over assault on Mary Ann Tiley
A young musician George Hill faced Bath magistrates on a capital charge after Mary Ann Tiley 21, living with her father in Kingsmead street, testified to repeated assaults in public and private, culminating in her being left insensible. Police later arrested Hill at his mother's home. Bail was offered for trial at the assizes. ACCIDENT To a STEAMEE.—The Duchess of Kent steamer suffered engine failure after leaving Ramsgate, delaying travel to London for eleven hours. Inquest on William Savage noted delirium tremens from drunkenness. A painter James Steel fell thirty feet from a ladder in Moscow Road and is not expected to recover.
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Treasury
London Gazette
United Kingdom
Bremen
New Zealand
West Indies
America
MonDax
Othe
George Francis
Baptist Chapel
Waterboron
Lambeth
The
Baptist Magazine
Henry
Ridgeley
Francis
Oxford
Falmouth
Canada
Bennet
Simcoe
Victoria
Albert
Kent
Baykrtprcres
Paris
Tribunal of Commerce
England
Edward III
St. Giles’s
Temple-bar
Manat Laprance
Clermont
Oise
Courrier Francais
Madame Laffarge
Mauritius
Hamburgh
Rotterdam
Sheridan
Cambridgeshire
Nottinhamshire
Isaac Lyon Goldsmid
Charles Doteno
Earl of Chesterfield
Slough
Neva
St. Petersburg
Emfaye Palace
Botaine
Henry Thorpley
Walworth
Surrey
Ayer
Tuesstreet
Rising Sun
Highminster Hightsbridge
Higgs
Samuel Jones
John Gwinner
Monday Umane Society
Piet
Was
Means
Sucbe Tk Alam Warnett
Bere Quaraing
Orade
Src
de Brey
Bath
Chandoshouse
George Hill
Mary Ann Tiley
Kingsmead Street
Southcote
Trowbridge
Stokebridge
Smallcombe Wood
Macauley Buildings
Mitchell
Macaulay
Milk Street
Widcombe
H. W. H. Richardson
Barretté
Duchess of Kent
Ramsgate
Thames
London
Middlesex Hospital
Wakley
William Savage
Oxford-street
Marlborough Mews
James Steel
Moscow Road
Paddington
British Canadian Affairs in 1841 Despatches and Resignations
Lord Sydenham reports on union progress in Upper Canada and the loyalty of inhabitants, while Lord Russell accepts Sydenham's resignation for six months due to illness. Dispatches cover governance under the act of union, return to England, and continued reform measures including district courts, works board, and naturalization.
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Government House
Montreal
Upper Canada
Amherstburg
Sandwich
Lake Erie
Penetanguishine
Toronto
Lower Canada
Apimeau
Neilson
Quebec
Three Lakes
Ontario
Erie
Huron
Sypenham
Lord J. Russell
c.Lerave
Lord SypErnam
John Russell
Lord Sydenham
Downing-street
Herajesty
Public Service
Canada
J. Russert
Two Canadas
British North America
Falkland
Sydenham
J. Russell
North America
Order of the Grand Cross of the Bath
J. Russpru
England
Halifax
House of Assembly
Board of Works
Entombment of General Harrison Described by Gazette
The Cincinnati Gazette portrays General Harrison's resting place as a simple vault with no decorative excess. It sits in a picturesque site with river and country views, surrounding trees, and will soon be adorned by creeping grass and bending flowers.
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Harrison
Cincinnati Gazette
Acorn
Adams
Gabriel
Havannah
Cabanda
St. Helena
Destruction of the Erie steamer fires and losses in 1830s
Reports from Buffalo and Dunkirk detail the Erie steam-boat fire near Silver Creek on a voyage to Chicago with about 200 aboard. Captain Titus saved a lone passenger, Mrs. Lynde, as flames consumed the vessel while lifeboats swamped. Survivors describe chaos, freezing fear, and heroic rescues, with families, Swiss and German immigrants among the passengers.
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Acadia
Boston
Halifax
Erie
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
Chicago
Silver Creek
Titus
Clinton
Dunkirk
A.m
Chautauque
G. W. Miller
Maddison
Washington
Brown
Tribune
Buffalo
Parmalee
Rebee
Fulton
Harris
Alexander Lamberton
Frederick Parmalee
Mr. Williams
Gelston
Edgar Clemens
Dutch steam frigate Etna at Deptford for rope-yarn by steam
The Etna, a fine Dutch steam frigate, lies off Deptford dockyard after arriving from Amsterdam. She comes to receive on board patent machinery for spinning rope-yarn by steam power, sanctioned by the British government for limited export to the naval yard at Amsterdam.
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Deptford
Amsterdam
Her Majesty
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Sporting Intelligence
Vauxhall Gardens
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