Gold Mints Of Mexico In Humboldt's Mining View
Humboldt notes Mexican ores yield three to four ounces of silver per hundredweight versus Saxony's ten ounces. Mexican mines sit at moderate elevation with fertile surrounding lands. profits concentrated among a few magnates like Obregon Valencia and Regla, while others like Laborde rise and fall with mine fortunes. The piece traces vast wealth, lavish donations, and spectacular losses across Mexican mining history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Humboldt
Saxony
Germany
Peru
M. Obregon
Valencia
Otero
Pedro Tereros
Regla
Biscains
Bertdua
Spain
Madrid
Valencinga
Marquis del Partado
Sombrerete
Fortuna
Joseph Laborde
la Canada
Tasso
Ranier
Weavers Wage Strife Reforms and Prosecutions Report
A veteran witness describes two decades in Scotland Hingland and Ireland weaving. He details wage law efforts, strikes, and arrests of five organizers including imprisonment up to eighteen months. He notes declining earnings, rising hours, and informal master meetings on wages. He argues repeal of combination laws would alter tensions and evolution of intelligent workmen committees.
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Ator d
Scotland
Hingland
Ireland
Ufa
Kingland
Calico
Glasgow
George Ravenhill
Utcopiniun
John Bowler
Lang
Witners
Second Report on Emigration and Machinery Laws
The Machinery and Artizans Committee hears views from Richard Bateman Dean and others. Observations critique laws on emigration of artificers and export of machinery as ineffective, with few prosecutions and evasions noted. Witnesses cite enforcement gaps, Treasury remedies, and difficulties proving whether exported parts form prohibited machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Machinery & Artizans Committee
Richard Bateman Dean
Commissioners of Customs
RB. Taylor
Shou- Jane
Letter Press
Boyd
London
Hine
Customs
Wilroot
Alexander Rivh
Tae Goon Widow and Cairn Court Tale
A fragmentary historical note discusses widowhood sorrow as a storm and a long running tear. It references Tae Goon Cairn and remarks on dignity, duty, and a scene in Westminster Hall with Sir Thomas More as Lord Chancellor and Sir John as a King’s Bench judge, highlighting kneeling appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas More
England
John
King’s Bench
Westminster Hall
Division of Labour and Capital in M'Culloch Lectures
Mr M Culloch outlines how labour division grows with population and civilization, its benefits, and its relation to capital accumulation. He traces town growth, roads, and canals, explains high corn prices, and argues capital drives productivity, wealth, and economic progress with emphasis on frugality, credit, and output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M‘cullocht
Dr Smith
England
United States
Manchester
Rome
Sicily
Mauritania
Egypt
Babylon
London
Thames
Paris
William Fettes
Committee of the World
M'Culloch
Alexander the Great
Arrian
M‘culloch
Mexico
Peru
Spain
United Provinces
Tere
Nan
Malthya
M Culluch
Torrens
Flo
Smith
Public Companies in House of Commons Bills List
A long list of private and public companies proposed for incorporation appears before the House of Commons. The items include Manchester Benevolent Society, London and Westminster Oil Company, Irish Annuity and Mining concerns, and various gas and dock ventures. The piece notes a surge of private Bills for roads, bridges, canals, and town improvements, with a focus on speculative capital and large foreign subscriptions. It adds Holland's subscription activity, with Amsterdam, Antwerp, and Rotterdam showing substantial interest and high anticipated dividends.
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Faom
London
Dom
Wade
Thadee Ak
Matchester Equitable
Loan Society
London Equitable Loan Institution
Edinburgh
Manchester Benevolent Society
St. Catherine's Dock
Thames
Rothien
Booth London Docks Company
Tj Oe Docks
Warcheauss
Basian
Hereford
Irish Annuity Company
Hibernia
Mining Company
Ireland
Irish Patriotic Assurance Company
Prevlongy
Dublin Oil Gas Company
House of Commons
Holland
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Folland
Ahares
Antwerp
Rotterdam
Contumacy Penance and Curious Courtroom Tales
In Lancaster Castle the publican Thomas Hobson was discharged after paying costs to Mrs Alice Barlow following a writ de contumace. A curious Nisi Prius scene featured witness Rowe, who refused to swear on the New Testament and offered to swear on the Old Testament or Psalms, citing his Methodist leanings. The notice ends with Dublin printing details.
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HM. Dawson
Chexter
Alice Barlow
Barlow
Lancaster
Pretm
Church of England
Alexander Rowe
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Ricardo
L&rture
Dublin
Ofice Ned
Parliamentateret
Spd
Actiptions Rc
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