New Members and Public Petitions in the House of Commons
Sir Charles Lemon and Viscount Bernard took oaths for Cornwall and Bandon respectively. Private bills advanced while a Stanhope and Tyne Railway Bill was introduced. A petition urged banning London graveyard burials. Multiple petitions on corn laws, mixed marriages in Ireland, and open access to Waterloo bridges were discussed. Leave of absence granted to several MPs as Gladstone weighed wording changes on a bill regarding reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lemon
County of
Cornwall
Viscount Bernard
Bandon
Midland Counties Railway
Nottingham Gas Company
Leicester and
Ashby de la Zouch
Hinckley
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Stanhope and Tyne
RB. Bateson
Donegal
Antrim
Derry
Ireland
R. Ferguson
Sis E. Hayes
V Blake
G. Wood
Mr. Litton
Metropolitan Bridges
G. Bankes
Westminster
Vauxhall
Waterloo
Waterloo Bridge
Dawes Col. Acton
Lord J Manners
Borough OF
Queenborough
C. Colville
Bonsale
Derbyshire
Gilbert
G. Palmer
Essex
Lord Granville
General Committee
Ipswich
R. Wason
Mender
Hesketh Fleetwood
Lord Seymour
Major Vivian
Grainger
Gladstone
Spain
Lucan
Beitish
Mauritius
tIndia Docks
India
Singapore
Java
Bengal
West India Docks
Madras
West India Mails Port and Exchequer Talks Stir Parliament
MPs discussed the Liverpool port error in West India Mails orders and the possibility of abolishing the Comptroller of the Exchequer. The chancellor refused abolition, while Cobden urged limits on wage and food price controls. The session also touched on coinage and Van Dieman’s Land duties as the corn law debate continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheera
West India
Falmouth
Admiralty
Deparure
Plumridge
Exchequer
Sibthorp
Comptroller of
Treasury
Cobden
E. Buller
A Peel
Murphy
Central America
C. Metcake
Jamaica
Lord Stanley
G. Hope
van Dieman’s Land
John Russell
Bank of England
Villiera
Declarations of Insolvency and List of Bankrupts
A Gazette item lists Rawtosox Epwanp and others with insolvency declarations dated February 1842. It includes numerous bankrupts with addresses and occupations such as silk gauze manufacturers, merchants, milliners, innkeepers, and builders, plus London course exchange rates and bullion prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawtosox Epwanp
Lancaster
Wittins
Cheapside
Lazanus Lastuet Lewis
Jermyn-street
St James’s
Buxtoy Richard Frost
Hackney Wharf
Cam Bridge-beath
Gaspan Joshua Dagwin
Brydger Street
Covent-garden
Victualler
A. Basinghall-street
Pennell
Solicitors
Messia
Heathcote
Holman
Coleman-street
Vanprroucut Chartes
Quadrant
Ent-Street
Silk Mercer
Basinghall-street
Groom
Abchurch-lane
Lombard-street
Hogard
Burasss Jostru
Manchester
Daviss Joan
Liverpool
Parsons Joan
Pleasley Ball
Nottinghamshire
M'Lean Jony
Furreport Sets
Harrex Enwase
Steeple Claydon
Buckinghamshire
Prune Joun
Shipping notices and medical ads in 1842 catalog
Shipping notices detail the Trent mail steamer leaving Southampton on March 1 and sailing to Falmouth to take in mails on March 3 with routes to Havannah Nassau Charleston New York and more. Also lists Leith and London steamship sailings and Adams agency offices. Medical and patent remedies advertise Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills and Mrs Johnson's Soothing Syrup with testimonials and retail details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Mail Steam Pocket Company
Trent
Edward C. Miller
R.N
Southampton
Falmouth
Ateward
Fea
Winchester
Broad-street
London
F. Newbery
Bons
Luton
Bedfordshire
Phillips
Strand
Sugar Loaf
London-road
Blair
Thomas Prout
Cheside
J. Sanger
Oxnford
Derby Oaks and Chester Cup odds from Tattersalls room
The Derby Oaks and Chester Cup racing odds are listed with prices and backers. Attila Chatham Syren and Dirce colt show notable moves, while the Cup betting remains flat. A March subscription notice for rules under the Jockey Club is posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tattersall
Attila
Chatham
Auckland
Ballinkeele
Dirce
Syren
Scott's
Jockey Club
Market Dullness Seen in Quotations and Bales
The Corton market shows dull trading with 3,000 bales sold and prices falling. Snare Manxet notes a temperate decline as quotations list Grand Janction and Halves at 184 and 934, London and Birmingham at 167 to 168, Parla and Rouen at 54, with Union Bank at 104.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corton
Market Quiet With Limited Business Across Quarters
Markets today show no price changes and minimal activity. Quotations include Manchester Leeds at 83, Manchester Birmingham at 283, and Lancaster Preston ranges around 01 to 31, with other quarter rates noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Leeds
Birmingham
Afldland
Lancaster and
Preston
Bank of Manchester
Shipping News Roundup from Newcastle to Jamaica
Arrivals and mayhem at sea feature amid a busy shipping column. Vessels including the Kyte Fletcher and Amelia Constance voyage to various ports while others such as the Kent steamer wreck after ashore incidents near Christchurch Head. Reports cover dockside interviews in London with Gladstone and committee actions, plus a tragic fire and a dramatic act at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storpe
Doven
Fen
Newcastle
Valparaiso
Deat
Fev
N.W
Fletcher
Calcutta
Coumeesef Duarham
Cleopeta
Desserara
Jamaica
Amelia Constance
Mape
Helen Mery
St Helena
Talbot
Newfoundland
Marvearoat
Fes
N.N. W
Aryived
Oberon
Gimdale
Chinchay
Judith
Heres
Limes
Resolution
Maranham
Janpére
Dalmatia
Byron
Rossel
Wellington
M'Toure
Swadena
Davis
Ed Palen
Morris
New Orleans
Henry Shelton
Laycote
Story
Mobile
Sarah
Savannah
Haroc
St. Andrew's
New Brunwick
Palestine
Brilliant
Riga Siea
Portsmouth
S.W
Winchester
Gratitude
Shields
Tamerlane
Liverpool
Meanwell
Odessa
Lysmwcron
Torquay
Southton
Christchurch Head
Harat Castle
Fatmoors
Alert Packet
West Indies
Thomas
Penguin Packet
Cork
Eliza
Baggeron
Rio Janeiro
Vigo
Swiftsure
Algoa Bay
Guoucestes
Fox
Charles
Sacred
Barletta
Basinworow
Ann
Jane
Yarmouth
Sir William Curtis
Leith
Harwich
Catherine
Duoder
London
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT SECOND EDITION LORDS MEETING
Their lordships met at five o'clock. Lord Cottenham gave judgment in Vigors and Pike and favored dismissal with costs. Milfard's Divorce Bill passed through committee and will be read a third time. Clanricarde presented petitions from Donegal Stewart's Town and others seeking marriage law changes in Ireland. Exeter bishop to present petitions on Corn Law Commissioners conduct. Hatherton presented Staffordshire petitions against the corn laws. Adjourned to Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreign Office
Brocklehurst
Gladstone
Board of Trade
Fleming
Lord Stanley
Colonial Office
North American Association
Yeaterday
Manchester
House of Commons
London and Brighton
Dover
Parcs Aupsut
Cumbeblaxd Lopez
Wixpson Panx
Prince ‘Albert
Loutherbourg
Smolensko
General Wemyss
Mr. Quarton
Earl and Countess of
Uxbridge
Paget
Prince of the Woods and Forests
Archdeacon Wilberforce
Brighton
Society For the Conversion of the Jews
Prince Albert
Avetrut Tuearee
Scribe’s
Gazettés Des Postes
Prussia
Hanover
Distressep Srntankienos Wravens
Mapase Larrarce
Montpellier
Marie Capelle
Bradame Laffarge
Gazette Des Tribunaur
Escargof
Nas
Edgware Road
Alarrow Road
Paddington Canal
Selds
Porto Bello Farm
Dancer
Luctren Matcues
Esther Jane Bell
Coburg
Place
Pimlico
House of Lords
Mitford
Georgina Mitford
Lord Cottenham
Vigors and Pike
Lord Brougham
Staffordshire
Rolls’ Court
Lord Langdale
Cheltenham Railway Company
Gordon
Kemble
Wiltshire
Bristol and Exeter
Newport Sale Yields Broad Market Listings
Colonial markets report a wide range of fish meats and fowl with prices for codfish haddocks mackerel and salmon listed alongside poultry including turkeys geese and rabbits. Foreign funds and dockside trade details follow with railway cases and engine contracts noted in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nubgerford
Haddocks
Dublin Bay
Thames
Pountay
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mackinnon
Metropolis
W. Evans
Lord Dalmeny
Scotland
Raikes Currie
Northamptonshire
Dr. Bowring
Mr. Thornely
Stone
Sir B. Hall
Paddington
G. Phillips
Poole
Dorsetshire
Mr. Hawes
Bermondsey
G. W. Wood
Lord J. Russell
Hindley
Europe
Public Works
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Hamburgh
Altona
Paris
Marseilles
Frankfort
Petersburgh
Berlin
Vienna
Trieste
Madrid
Cadiz
Bilboa
Barcelona
Seville
Gibraltar
Leghorn
Genoa
Milan
Venice
Naples
Palermo
Mesaiia
Rto
Bahia
Portugal
Helstone
Redruth
Flushing
Penryn
Gwennap
Trero
Lanyon
der Manufactory
Kinoal Vale
Milla
Trewavas
Breage
Cornwil
Westeex
Bristol
United
New York
Great Western
Albion
Office of Ordnance
United Kingdom
Commissariat
Williamson
Keane
Edinburgh
St. Katharine’s
Tower
Oyal William
ROYAL
Haymarket
Glasgow
Joseph Adams
Nited General Gas Light Company
Nothce
Austinfriars
G. Austinfriars
Bese and Foreign Review
Hegel
F. Viola
Poniatowski Gems
Switzerland
State of the Nation
Haodroom Weavers
la Chronique de Rains
Zollverein
Anti-Corn-Law League
France
George Stephen
Sir George Stephen
Cruikshanks
Chronicle
Literary Gazette
Saunders and Otley
Conduit-street
Rowland
A. Rowland and Son
Hatton-garden
Sam
Richard Stone
Sporting
Scott
G. Leathcote
Anson
Ameleus
Peel
Wreford
Wiseacre
Dixon
Lord Chesterfield
Gregory
Bowes
Lagat
Pettit
Etwall
C. Wilson
Mr. Scott
Lord Jersey
Lord Chesterfeld
Kirby
Holmes
Vulcan
Mr. Plummer
Alice Hawthorn
Lord Westminster
Marchal Soult
Payne
John Gny
Gradon
Clinker
Knox
George
Greville
Rory O' More
Monpar Eventing
General Shipowners’ Society
Robert Barry
A. Ridley
James Duke
M.P
W. Tindal
T. Forrest
G. F. Young
Oveate
W. E. Gladstone
Lyall
The
East India
Imperial Parliament
Newport Sale
Straw
Ramnuac
Hamburg
Hope and Co
Billa
Islamburg
Stockholm
Bremen
Petersburg
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