Her Majesty's Highland Visit Opens Wide the Highlands
A long report chronicles Queen Victoria's Highland tour with Prince Albert and the royal party. Clans rally at Ardverikie, Highland games feature the hammer, caber, and foot race led by Cluny Macphersons, while deer forests and roads raise tensions over access. The narrative contrasts royal spectacle with local life and criticizes ducal deer blocks, calling for open Highland paths and accessible scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Albert
Marquis of
Abercorn
Ben Anider Foreat
Loch Erricht
Prince Leiningen
Mr. Anson
Privy Purse
Strathmashie
Prince of Wales
Strath Padtock
Dort Island
King’s Island
Ben Nevie
Strathmathie Moors
Dss
Earl Grey
Padtock
Jocelyn
Strath
Wemyss
Cluny Macpherson
Aberander
Cluny
Aberairder
Loch Laggan
Spesa
Laggan
Laggan Church
Gordon
Abersirder
Roe
Thursdey
Ardverikie
Ardverikie Lodge
Cluny Highlanders
Macpherson
Tummons
Clany Macpherson
Beot
John Bull
John
Sandy
London
Hampstead
Regent Street
Duke of Norfolk
Princess Royal
Marquis of Abercurn
Hur
Prince and Princess of the Blood
Fort William
Marquis of Abercorn
Prince Albert Hes
Emperor presents Admiral Ogle silver vase for kindness
Portemourn August 31. His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia sent a superb silver vase to Admiral Sir Charles Ogle for attention to his son Grand Duke Constantine during a visit to the Admiralty House. The vase, three feet tall, is Russian made and elaborately carved. Lola Montes becomes Countess of Lechafels, a Bavarian title from an extinct noble family. At Westminster, Elizabeth Pheby, a ten year old, is charged with theft by feigning kinship to obtain linen and resale items. she cites her mother’s distress and a father unemployed. she has prior felony conviction and is committed for trial.
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Portemourn
Russia
Charles Ogle
Constantine
Admiralty House
Lora Moxtes
Munich
Lola Montes Ban Bean
Lechafels
Algnorial
AntYon Fararo
Oo Thane
Westminster
Elizabeth Pheby
Dow
Simmond Street
Chelsea
Dreadful Storm and Shipwrecks Great Loss of Life
A severe gale from the east, with rain, wrecked ships and cost many lives along Scotland’s northern coast. The sloop Cruiser ashore near Keiss. Britannia driven onto rocks near Pennyland with crew saved or missing. a large wreck at Perritt head with sixteen bodies recovered and more feared. Other vessels and boats lost or saved as towns rallied to rescue efforts amid towering seas and roiling tides.
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John o'Great
Sinclair's Bay
Douglas
Isle of Man
Franerburgh
Bristol
Keiss
Duncansbay Head
Bhayricks
Pisces
Txouxso
Britannia
Ardrorean
Scrabster Roads
Coast Guard
M‘allan
Cronntadt
Ireland
Alexander M‘millan
Annan
John Corner
Saltcoats
Duncan Campbell
Charles Sinclair
Arran
James Hamilton
Neil M.williams
Robert Crawford
Dundes
Chapman
Downreay
Sandside
Perritt Head
Loch Eriboll
Quebec
Louisa
Mary
War
Griffon
Fras Egsunch
Buckhaven
William Robertson Meater
Wick
David Simpson
Rosehearty
Lively
Inverness
Leswick
Sunbury Head
James Hardie
Peter Hunter
Jeremiah Malcomson
Danrossness
Mpiver
Texavs
Durness
Song
Canton
Hall
Paris nobleman Montsequita dies by knife in hotel
The Paris noble Count Alfred de Montesquiou, linked to a wealthy American family, killed himself with an Italian knife in his hotel in Rue Monsieur, Faubourg St Germain. Police searches found letters and ruled suicide, amid rumor of distress and family ties to the French aristocracy. A Dublin coroner later held an inquest into Matthew Nugent’s self-inflicted death by razor, with the jury returning insanity as the verdict.
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Alyrep
Montsesquiou
Alfred de Montsequita
France
Paris
Hotel de Monteaquion
Rue Monsieur
Faubourg St. Germain
Hing
Count Alfred
Asven
Anifty
Anantols
M. de Montesquiion
Charge of Assault against the Rev. D. Seddon, Vicar of Mottram
The Hyde petty sessions heard a charge of assault against Rev. David Seddon, vicar of Mottram, arising from an incident in Mottram Church on August 8. Samuel Dearnaley testified he and school scholars were ordered to leave their free sittings. Seddon pulled them from the pew and then with the constable’s absence returned to push several others out. The bench noted the case raised questions of clerical seat rights but found an assault had occurred in Dearnaley’s case and ordered Seddon to enter into a peace bond. The second case against Schofield was dismissed. The court adjourned further proceedings.
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Manchester Guardian
D. Seddon
Hyde Petty Sessions
Wet Brooks
Brooks
Cooper
Seddon
David Seddon
Mottram
John Schofield
Samuel Dearnaley
Mottram Church
Dearnaley
Broadbottom
Mr. Brooks
Brooke
Uture
John Chadderton
Samuel Swan
Mr. Howard
Mr. Cooper
Howard
Tunner
Goward
Turner
James Robinson
Cny Withansen
John Scholefield
Mr. Seddon
India News and Imperial Updates From Bombay to China
Extraordinary dispatches from Marseille report Indian and Chinese developments. News covers Nizam disturbances over pay, abolition of transit duties, Punjab tranquility, Napier’s possible departure, Scinde administration, and rail/steam progress. Also notes Bombay coal frauds, drought crops, and a shipwreck in the Orkneys.
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Marseilles
Iodia
Bombay
Calcutta
Madras
China
Ceylon
India
Nizam
Hyderabad
Nizem
Goom- Soor
Chakra Bisesye
Panjab
Hazareh
Gholab Singh
Lehore
Oude
Wazeer
Richmond
Charles Napier
Todia
Kurerachee
Suez
Scinde
Pringle
Cabul
Dost Mahammed
Simla
Bombay Police
Poona
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Her Majesty
Highlands
Journale
Scotland
Pell Mall
Stultz
Cotters
Saya
Wilde
Cairngorm Mountains
Mont
Blase
Jungfrau
Ben Maich Dbui
Loch Anen
Nove Sembia
Cairngorm
Lesds
The
Waste
Glen
Cairngorms
Royal Yacht
Bishop
Emilisg
Deer Forest
Chara Banc
Duchess of Norfolk
James Clark
Anson
Earl of Aberdeen
Loch
Strath Pastock
Gaul
Wemyes
Royal
Taylor
Loca Lacean
Sutherland
Britain
Bim
Leeda
Glenlui-beg
Athol
Glentil
Fingal
Steffa
Duke of Leeds
Bor
Glenlaibeg
Braemar
George IV
Edinburgh
Ardrisheig
Windsor
Crinan Canal
Campbell
Brudwick
Dublin
Tever
Philpers
Cato
Ardon
Airy
Ayrabire
Jenny Lind
Secretary of State For the Home Department
Metropolitan Police
Charles
England
Scipde
Ferozepore
Presidency
Lahore
Lawrence
Sir John Davis
John Davis
Honourable
Cleopatra
Singapore
Lima
Lord Hardinge
Stuart
14Th Dragoons
Wodehouse Carrie
Raikes Currie
Northampton
Kashmir
Jammoo
Han Maststy
Orkney States
A. B. Beecher
Island of
Sandor
Kirkwall Bay
Orkneys
Bideford
Auckland
Thin Weesel
Lord Stanley
Port Esain
Lord Grey
Glistore
Scitly
Moorper
Thomas Cavenagh
Leonard Thorpe
Dudley
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