Royal donations and political rumours in a busy October
A royal donation of £25 supports Nelson’s memorial festival and the Duke of Cambridge to co-patron. Rumours of Peel liberal coalition are dismissed. Cobden and Bright announce a Worcester talk on free trade. Income tax notices for low earners are issued. Dublin Repeal Association splits over Conner’s expulsion. War scare at Sheerness and a new uniform hat for line troops outlines. Fire disasters strike Westminster and surrounding streets. multiple blazes threaten factories and workshops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Albert
Nelson
Trafalgarquare
Duke of Cambridge
Cobden
Bright
Agricultural Society
Worcester Chronicle
London
Globe
Stamp and Tax Office
Somersethouse
Dublin Repeal Association
Conner
Repeal Association
Loyal National Repeal Association
William Downer
John O'Connell
Association
Howe
Spain
Mediterranean
Kent Herald
Russia
Horse-Guards
Brecine
Puff
Huntingdon
Britannia
Paul’s Church-Yard
St. Paul’s Church-Yard
London House-yard
Richard Dapp
France
Paris
Richard Dodd
Fontainbleau
Maycatster
J. B. Sisson
Cairnes
Robinson
Daniel Maude
Maybury
Maude
England
Dublin
Allen-street
Hercules Buildings
Westminster Road
Waterloo Road
Harvey
Ling
Cutler
Jewin-street
Aldersgate-street
Grisi to sing at Drury Lane and stage star lineup
The Drury Lane Theatre reports a fashionable subscription season with private boxes occupied by royalty and aristocracy. Carlotta Grisi and Patipa arrive for La Peri. Princess's Theatre concert disappoints as Grisi falls ill. Miss Birch and others perform. Polytechnical Institution showcases extraordinary electrical experiments with an aurora display. Dicky Usher, famed clown, dies after long career. Edinburgh Zoo adds three young leopards and a new boa constrictor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drury-Lane Theatre
Her
Dukes of Beaufort
Bedford
Pembroke
Lowther
Adolphus Fitzclarence
Chesterfield
Gardner
Count Bathyany
Ponsonby
Spencer Cowper
Massey Stanley
Standish
Wombwell
Duncombe
Norman
Henry Baring
Mario
Allcroft
la Diva
Miss Birch
Haymarket
Grisi
Sabilla Novello
E. Birch
Giubilei
Briggs
Parry
Handel Gear
Segnin
Don Pasquale
Camillo Sivori
Madame Dulcken
F. Chatterton
Blagreve
Sivori
Theerformers
Gen.spartero
PolyTecanic Institution
Armstrong
Polytechnic Institution
Dxats
Mr. Usuer
Jax
Hercules-hall
Hercules Buildings
Lambeth
Dicky Usher
Shetlands
Cape Clear
Grimaldi
Mr. Usher
Wallack
Edinburgh Zoological Gardens
Reddis
Blytheswood
Glasgow
Caledonian Mercury
RACING AT NEWMARKET AND DERBY MEETINGS SUMMARY
Sporting intelligence covers the Newmarket first October meeting and Perth races with a focus on wagers, winners, and notable horses. Trueboy Whistle Binkie Armytage Shocking Mamma emerge as favorites. Napier and other entries draw bets. Cricket note details Lillywhite benefit, Hawkins shines with 72 runs, Sussex vs. Gentleman players update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BricotTox
Hawkins
Gilbert
Sussex
Lillywhite
Dean
Napper
Sopp
Sams
Box
Wells
Bushby
Great League Meeting at Covent Garden Theatre shows campaign to raise £100000
At Covent Garden the Anti Corn Law League reported a year of tract distribution and lectures, detailing 9,026,000 tracts issued and 650 lectures across 59 counties. It outlined a plan to centralize registries, canvass boroughs, and back free trade candidates, aiming to dissolve Parliament and reform taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
Al'i-Corn Law League
G. Wilson
R. Cobden
M.P
J. Bright
M. Ricardo
J. Porter
D. Maclaren
Edinburgh
J. Pulham
Mr. Burnett
J. Mason
FE. Scott
G. Mew
L. W. Arch
Gabriel
J. Messer
Z. T. Purday
Hodgson
W. Walker
J. P. Barnard
J. Tyndall
D. Price
W. Hewitt
Sampson
J. Phelps
H. Patten
R. Healdgate
Wilson
Drury-lane Theatre
Council of the
Cobden
Huntingdon
Monopoly
Quarterly Review
Paulton
Times
England
Scotland
Great Britain
Wales
Council of the League
London
Manchester
L. Heywood
Liverpool
House of Commons
Corden
Weekly Chronicle
Mr. Cobden
Hear
Cheshire
Whitmore
Crewe
The
Glasgow
Heer
United Kingdom
Roebuck
Council For the
Duke of Buckingham
E. Knatchbull
Lord Mountcashel
France
National Anti Corn Law League Urges Free Trade Alliance
A London audience hears George Wilson pledge to send elector lists, dispatch lectures, and push for repeal of the Corn Laws. The council seeks £100,000 to fund a national campaign, aiming for a peaceful overthrow of monopolist policy and a free trade parliament. Mr Bright speaks at Covent Garden Theatre, Cobden’s address approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Moore
Council OF the National Anti-Corn League
United Kingdom
Council of the National Anti-Corn Law League
Durham
League
Iit
Great Britain
Council of the League
Grerce Wilson
Covent-garden Theatre
London
Bright
Cobden
Insurgents Repelled as Barcelona Stays Unattacked
PurRpPiGNaN reports that on September 24 Barcelona remained untouched by troops as 300 insurgents were driven back. Ametler fled toward Tiana after St. André’s defeat, while 200 insurgents marching to Martorel were dispersed by locals. The steamer Isabella carried 650 Valencia troops and sailed to that town with 200 prisoners taken by Prim.
The Late Extraordinary Case of Abducting Miss Wynne
In Hammersmith a peace warrant is sought against T A Sargood over Miss Caroline Wynne, aged nearly twenty one, who testified of being taken to Greenwich and Westminster by Sargood and companions after fleeing her mother. Her recounting, corroborated by Mrs Nicholson and others, prompted magistrates to sign the warrant as Wynne seeks protection amid alleged coercion and abduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steele
Lincoln’s Inn
Fielda
W. Nicholson
Denham Cottage
Hammersmith
Caroline Wynne
Clive
Hammersmith Police Court
Tims Augustine Sargood
Alpha Cottages
Regent's Park
Robert Nicholson
Hammersmith Turnpike
Wynne
T. Paynter
Caroline Wrynhe
Time Augustine Sargood
Miss Wynne
William Nicholson
Long
Nicholson
House of Cruikshanks
Marlborough Street
Marylebone
Greenwich
Sponging-House
Mr. Sargood
Mr. Steele
Inspector Partridge
Westminster Abbey
Marylebone Police Court
Witness
Mr. Clive
Marquis
South Square
Gray’s Inn
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Sargood
Paynter
Osborne and Mount
Mr. Paynter
Mias Wynne
Mr. Nicholson
Mr. Packwood
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Newmarket
Mr. Newton
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Duke of Rutland
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Duke of Beaufort
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Lord George Bentinck
Nat
Duke of Richmond
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Lord Exeter
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