NOVEL EXPORTATION AND A STRANGE SHIP OF FASHION
A long miscellany column reports Tunisian interest in Parisian fashion with twelve Parisian women recruited to move to Tunis for ten years to teach Paris style. They faced escort concerns and fears of expatriation, but the voyage proceeded amid reaction to the spectacle at Marseilles and Prado Ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
Tunis
Sidi Ben Ayet
Arts
Paris
Prado
Fotlng
The Drama Exoatempnr and Grand Burlesque at Lyceum Theatre
A lively notice details Mrs Frances Davidge presenting Macready at the Lyceum for a few nights, with a guest list of aristocrats, and praises Miss Frankland in Beatrice at Witch Ado about Nothing. It covers Vauxhall Garden benefit performances, Royal Polycexic Institution lectures, Piepowder Court at Smithfield, and a Berlin ascent of the Gross Beeren Balloon by Mr Green with royal and diplomatic observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esa. V. Stanley
C. Bricuron
London
Beatrice
Trench
Frankland
Penius
Paistens’ Pension Society
Vatxuart Gardens
Vauxhall Gardens
William Blight
W. Perry
Helenav
Mr. Perry
Messrs
Barry
Nichols
Circle
Darby
Royal
Dame
Charles Lewis
Banmoronew Farn
Piepowder Court
Piepowder
Smithfield
Richardson’s Corps
Thespian
Green
Senior
Prussia
Prince of
Count Schafgotech
Herr Kicnel
Grosa-Beeren
Earl of Westmoreland
Garman
Racing notes from Warwick and Tattersalls betting scene
Sporting intelligence covers Tattersalls and Warwick races with live odds and outcomes. Prominent horses include The Traverser, Fancy Boy, Grimston, Mount Callen, Joanne, and The Crown Prince. The Crown Prince wins the Trial Stakes. West Countryman and other favorites feature in various events with reported weights and placings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick
Wenwrapay
Mr. Wall
Mr. Mytton
Mr. Rolt
Guy Produce
Crouch
Mr. Mostyn
Camera Obscura
Lord Exeter
Pergularia
Sit
Mr. Skelmardine
Rolla
Whitehouse
Lord Cheaterfield
Don John
Raworth
Her Majesty's
J. Day
Hero
Sir J. Gerard
Yra
St Johns Gate Restoration Boosts Ancient Knights Site
St Johns Gate at Clerkenwell, famed for Knights of St John history, undergoes restoration preserving original design after years neglect. Hampton Court draws unprecedented crowds in fine weather with 5,000 to 6,000 visitors weekly and new clubs offering subsidized trips by van to eastern metropolis attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Gate
Clerkanwell
Knights of St. John of Jerusalem
Metropolis
Hampton Cover
Hampton Court
Daxcesous Fracas on a 6.30 am Bristol Mixed Train
A fight broke out between engine driver Temple and stoker Poole aboard a Great Western Railway mixed train between Seventon and Didcot. The quarrel occurred at speed, with guards unable to intervene until Temple stopped the engine. Both men were jailed at Paddington after Didcot officials reported them to the superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Seventon
Didcot
Great Western Railway
Temple
Poole
Stuker
Jon
Bishop
Paddington
Trial of Joseph Henri for Attempt on Louis Philippe
The trial proceeds as Joseph Henri defends himself with a plea about personal motives and imagined slugs in pistols. The court adjourns after his remarks and reconvenes to deliver a verdict. He is condemned to hard labor for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuvier
Eneas
Vorkpolia
Funkee
New Harmony
Stockbridge
Hampshire
Mep
Weten
Indover Union
Satan
Joseph Henri
Louis Philippe
Secoxp Dax—Wepxespar
M. Barache
M. Barachie
Worthing
Myerlf A Paiuet
Pardoin
Procureur General
Roy
Caroline Bacquet
M. Baroche
Four Die As Cecilia Struck By Lightning At Mauritius
Lloyds reports a French ship Cecilia put into Mauritius on June 8 after a devastating lightning storm that damaged the vessel and killed four sailors who were near the chains when their clothes caught fire. Repairs would take about a month before sailing again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieutsixa
Lloyd’s
Cecilia
Mauritius
Strasnarn
Scotia
William Houston
Matthew Houston
William
Land
Lamb
Matthew
Caledonian Mercury
Marylebone-lane
Thornton
Wakley
M.P
Middlesex
Marylebone
Coloonel Charles Walter Thornton
East India Company
Indian Overland Transit Company
Tedman
Mvana
Egypt
India
Justistan Vere Tshavn
Cheelretnam
Lampton Hall
Northamptonshire
Tuesdey
Edwardo
Fortifications of Plymouth Dockyards Noted by Duke of Wellington
August 29 Plymouth reports the Duke of Wellington visiting the Royal Hotel and inspecting fortifications from the Blockhouse to Picklecombe Point. Major General Murray, Marquis of Anglesea, Colonel Rudyard, and Colonel Oldfield accompany him. Plans show extensive upgrades at Staddon Point, Picklecombe, Maker Heights, Drake’s Island, and Plymouth Citadel with new batteries, barracks, red hot shot furnaces, and hospital facilities. The visit includes a dinner at the Royal Hotel and a final note on travel from London, 236 miles by rail and post chaise, plus 20 miles horseback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Duke of Wellington
Royal Hotel
Tha Hon. H. Murray
Ordnance
Marquis of
Anglesea
Rudyard
Royal Artillery
Oldfield
Royal Engineers
Higher Stoke
Keigham Magazine
Hampste
Torpoint
Picklecombe Point
Mount Edgcumbe Park
Noyal Hotel
Sudden Point
Plymouth Sound
S.W
Staditon Beights
Mount Edogcumte Perk
Staddon Point
Maker Heights
St. Nicholas
Drake's Island
Mount Edgecombe
Mount Wise
Devonport
No. 3
Bled
Richmondwelk
King Redoubt
Unehouse Point
Eastern King
Stadder Point
Kinterbury
Itill
Pursodu
Trymouth
Messrs
Soltau and
Luckyer
Apzsleyhouse
London
Emigrant Attitudes and a Fatal Steam Boat Collision
A Philadelphia North American excerpt notes emigrants split between restless seekings of El Dorado and sturdy efforts to settle the West. It then reports a deadly Three Rivers collision between the Rowland Hill and the Quebec, detailing wreckage, passenger peril, and Captain Armstrong’s rescue efforts. The piece calls for inquiries and accountability into steam boat racing practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Crepon
United States
el Dorado
Philadelphia
Casapa
Rowland Hill
Quebec
Penneman
Pellmell
Tife
Emily
Black River
Lord Syderham
C. L. Armstrong
Three Rivers
Sydenham
Armstrong
Altogety Labout
Wade
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Viscount O'Neill
Shane
Freeman
GREAT
Congress OF Freemasons Strasburg
Orient of Scrasburgh
Boston Times
Little Heck
Pennsylvania
C, Wetherell
Sir Charles
C. Wetherell
Cambridge Advertiser
Sutlej
Lanone
Loodianah
Ferozepore
Aliwal
Verozeshah
Meerut
Korone
Aliwul
Aliwat
Lahore
Rasee
Dura Chronicle
Duke of
Tothers
Miss Webb
Miss Avubo
Devonshire Chronicle
Archibald Corneel
Edinburgh
James I
England
South Lambeth
South Western Railway
Lambeth
Wands North Road
Philip's Fruit Tree Nursery
Felo de Se
Cross Road
Carter
Delver
Pollock
Crown Court
Manchester
Salford
Liverpool Mercury
Post Office Union Fonarny
Wm. Waldron
General Post Office
Berkhampstead
Banbury
Phillips
Solicitor's Office
Post Office
Palmer
Gravesend
Davis
Daventry ‘Theatre
Daventry
Jackerman
Witness
Davie
Miss Capron
Uert Assizes
Exra
East Masningfield
Marg Peters
Maraden
Manningfield
Southey
Charlotte Westbrook
Sxita
Guildhall
John Smith
Susan Tolliday
Alderman Sidney
Smith
Walter
Samuel Gurney
Swaine
Beard, and Co
Home Secretary
Caoatian
Rochester
Steddy
Chatham
Richardson
Poisosine
Dezapty NiGatsnape
Billard
Elizabeth Tappe
Hillard
Gerrard
Bart
W. Daniels
John Gersfard
Sir John
Daviets
Muspratt
Tanfield
John Foster
Joseph Wing
Crampton
Hue Brew
John Jerrard
Les
Everton
George Lyne
Butler
Cawsling
Newhall
Serjeant Murphy
Lindley
Martin
University College
Horticultural Society
John Gerrard
Musprati
Thia
Messrs. M. Banke
Jonathan Binns
King's College, London
Brett
R. Kaye
Dublin
R.A. Brett
Liverpool
Miller
K. White
Warrington
Sir John Gerrard
Corresp
Eastern Counties
Northern
Glasgow
Great Western
Wees
Paisley
Great North of England
Birmingham
Grand
Jwnclson
Gees
Aneweeeseree
Blackwall
Brighton
Croydon
Leeds
Mingham
Newcastle and Carlisle
Darlington
Norfolk
South-Eastern
Diover
Greenwich
Eeawswronans
Sheffield & Manchester
York & North Midland
Selby
Chester & Birkenhead
Dundee & Arbroath
Durham & Sunderland
Dublin & Kingstown
Sporting Intelligence
Tattersall
Mosfat
Tatton Sykee
Gtol
Iago
Fancy Boy
Grim‘ston
Brocardo
Pyrrhus
Mount Callen
Dole
Mostyn
J. Gerard
Morgrel
Meiklam
Poynton
Lord Chesterfield
Frea Lance
E. Russell
Sting
Nuno
Joanne Colt
Lord Eglinton
Devi
Grimaton
Inga
Wormald
J. Hawley
L. Fox
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