XXI. L'île de Tiboulen · XXII. Les contrebandiers
XXI. The Island of Tiboulen (cont.) · XXII. The Smugglers
The Haswell Colliery explosion kills over a hundred workers, while Algeria and Morocco dominate French military news after the Battle of Isly.
- More than a hundred miners perished in the Haswell Colliery explosion near Newcastle; fifteen boys found dead, clasped in each other's arms, still dressed in their street clothes as if about to leave for home.
- Heinrich Ludwig Tschech, who attempted to assassinate King Frederick William IV of Prussia, was sentenced to death and received the verdict calmly, noting as a jurist that an appeal would be entered automatically.
- Marshal Bugeaud hosted Algeria's Arab chiefs at a Ramadan dinner where the agha of Zaima, a descendant of the Prophet, led an unprecedented public prayer for the Sultan of the French.
- Prince de Joinville was promoted to vice-admiral by royal ordinance in recognition of his command of the naval bombardments of Tangier and Mogador in August 1844.
- Queen Victoria watched an otter hunt at Blair Atholl in heavy rain, sheltered by an umbrella held by Captain Murray — the same officer who had just danced the Highland sword dance before her.
- A mail-coach was struck by a stage-coach at Barentin, killing the postilion instantly, gravely wounding the courier, and injuring two passengers; Paris dispatches arrived hours late.
- The Théâtre-Italien opened its season with Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix to a full house, with soprano Persiani and tenor Mario warmly applauded, though Fornasari and Morelli replaced the absent Lablache and Tamburini.
- Architect pensioner Lefuel reconstructed on paper three vanished Republican temples beneath Rome's church of San Nicola in Carcere — dedicated to Hope, Mercy, and Juno Matuta — inventing much of the design from scarce surviving fragments.