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Newspaper
Courier
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 19, 1817
Page
2
The BRISTOL and GLASGOW summaries note rising demand and prices in sugar and cotton, with exports thriving despite political strains. Bristol reports strong activity in British Plantation Sugars and overall foreign trade growth, while Glasgow sees a weekly sugar market advance and steady cotton gains.
The text critiques praise and denigration of Great Britain and its government, contrasting claims about liberty, force, and national character with a defense of the English army. It discusses alleged forgeries and criticisms from foreign journals, and notes military movements and market reports from Cork and Edinburgh.
The Liverpool Courier notes a typhus like fever outbreak among the lower classes in Liverpool and Paisley. Inspectors found overcrowded, unsanitary housing with 23 people in a garret. Authorities moved fever cases to the House of Recovery and expanded hospital care due to overflow.
A long hidden 1797 will found after Madame Storace’s death directs large sums to Braham family, including 2000 pounds to Mr. Braham and a trust for Spencer Braham, now 15, prompting guardianship and new provisions. Mr. Bets consulted Mr. Soane, leading to revised allowances and an annuity starting August 24.
A naval intelligence summary notes numerous vessels arriving and sailing on September 18 from various ports including Montserrat, My Good Hope, and the River. Ships listed include Pers Laughret, Sprightly, Henrietta, Parthian, Flying Fish, and Cumberland, with routes ranging to Rotterdam, Jamaica, Ostend, and Boston. The Cumberland arrived at Boston after a 60 day passage, having cast away 20 tons of ballast.
Market arrivals show few grain shipments since Monday with fine wheat remaining unsold and oats in demand at steady prices. A Cork lodging house tragedy concludes with a man taking his life amid possessions and gold. a Chester Courant report recounts a deadly assault during a burglary. A Hunscote robbery ends without capture and a Limbourg assize records a brutal murder with extreme cruelty toward a servant.
Prices at Smithfield Market show beef at 4s 4d to 4s 4d per pound, veal 4s 3d to 4s 9d, mutton 4d to 4d, pork 1 4s 50d to 53s 0d, lamb 4s 5d to 6s 6d. The list reflects current per pound rates for beef veal mutton pork and lamb.
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