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Newspaper
Courier
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 22, 1830
Page
3
Our correspondent comments on the Quarterly Review No 83, noting essays on ecclesiastical tithes and the country’s internal policy. He highlights the currency debate, recalling 1797 acts enabling free Bank paper circulation and cash-payment suspension, urging readers to review Peel’s 1819 bill debates for context.
Discovery of John Connell's body near Valentia marked a suspected drowning. Captain Creagh led a raid arresting Ellen Connell and Daniel M'Carthy Lawney after a confession and pursuit. An inquest returned a verdict of wilful murder by strangulation.
Critic praises the Royal West London under new management and the Field of Forty Footsteps, noting well conceived plotting and strong performances. Miss A Tree, Vining, and Mrs Waylett receive commendation for passion, acting, and musical charm in a lively theatre program including Giovanni in London as the afterpiece.
Betting at Tattersalls shows few outright wagers with Derby favorites in play. Wagers include Mommer against Bronewicker and mouse against Cressida colt, with Mahmoud and Zacharelli among others. A separate account narrates a French highway robbery where a woman paid 2000 francs to a pistol-wielding man, who fled. the bag later yielded 5000 francs, netting 3000 francs for the robber after deductions. An inquest in Mile End on a shoemaker’s death concluded death by apoplexy after a fall on a damp pavement.
The market for British Plantation Sugars remains firm with strong demand for low brown to middling Jamaica and good colour grocery. Tobago and Grenada prices fell while brown inferior sorts stayed sought after. Sales near 2,800 casks last week. foreign sugars limited. East India private contracts restrained. Mauritius steady with 4,000 bags advertised next week. Refined sugars remain firm. corree and East India coffees mixed. ram and leeward rams steady with slight increases. indigo sales strong at 10,200 of 12,328 chests. oils and waxes varied with narrow activity in Hop and Tallow markets.
Naval intelligence reports a busy sailing day with multiple packets and ships sailing between Dover Calais Plymouth Plymouth and Yarmouth. News covers piracy near Cape Verde and Archangel wrecks, plus a fatal accidental death from the Bristol coach path and a Courthill pig fire tragedy with a child perishing.
A somber royal Academy funeral in London drew nobility and students to Somerset House. The body was placed in a hearse at noon and escorted by Lord Mayor, sheriffs, and a large police detail to a vault by three. Clergy, painters, and Royal Society members filled the procession, as snow lay deep and crowds gathered.
The day’s coal market shows no new ships at market, only four ships this week and 238 for the month. Demand exceeds supply though, with the Coal Exchange busier and prices for Best Walls End Coals ranging from 385 to 39s 6d and other sorts from 298 to 37s. Ships at market total 724.
List of aristocrats and notable travelers arriving at hotels in Jermyn Street Hanover Square St James St from Waddesdon Bucks Sudbury Hall Derbyshire Brighton and other seats and departing for Woburn Abbey Uxbridge the Continent Kent Southampton Oxford Dover Ireland and Derbyshire plus tours and family parties in transit.
Members and friends celebrated the new Law Institution building in Chancery Lane at Freemasons Tavern. The institution, projected in 1825, aims to raise professional standards and convene lawyers across England Ireland and Scotland with a hall library registry and lectures plus a 50 000 capital raised from 2000 shares.
Liverpool Times reports Lord William Bentinck has issued a Proclamation abolishing suttee in India. The measure, issued at Benares, is praised by Brahmins and supported by missionary letters from Serampore. The statement notes government authority and likely confirmation by the Court of Directors.
An affray disrupted the funeral procession of the late Royal Academy president in St Pauls Churchyard. A young man attacked a boy, was beaten by a bystander, and a knife end visible prompted police to arrest him amid crowd cheers. Also noted: two injured rocks in a Nottingham Lunatic Asylum patient’s routine visitors and a burglary case in Lancaster involving James Donolly of the 50th regiment.
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