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Edinburgh Evening Courant

Location

Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Date

Jun 01, 1869

Page

18

London Stock Exchange Buoyancy Amid Global Market Shifts

London markets gain as Australian gold ships arrive and Bank gold inflows lift stocks. Consols rise, British and foreign bonds firm, railways rally, and American securities show mixed strength. Grain outlook worsens in England while harvest hopes shift to later warmth. Executive notes cover Irish Church Bill and municipal tenure debates.

London Stock Exchange Paris Consol Tymby America India Tobacco Joan Orel Vitebsk Nicolai Moscow Charkot United States Erie Illinois Agra A Finn Alliance Anglo- Austrian Prem Chartered Mercantile Imperial London and Westminster Luton St John del Rey Great Luxembourg Luxemburg Metropolitan South-Lastern London, Chatham Dovers Caledonian Great Western Midland Great Eastern Great Northern Lancashire Yorkshire London and North-Western Brighton Hudson’s Bay Indo- European Telegraph Trouville Association Pestarena United Gold Mining Company Nictheroy Gas Company Great Northern Railway Sheffield Berlin Waterworks Company Dover Do. A Lancashire and Chatham South Coast Berwick North British Atlantic Canada Grand Trunk of Canada Illinois Central Eries Antwerp Sambre Menee Levatian Do. Pasha Viceroy Railway Credit Foncier Anglo- American Atlantic Cable Atlantic Preference British Indian Telegraph Bombay and Baroda Great India Peninsula

Petitions on schooling franchises and patronage in Commons

Members tabled petitions on Sunday school exemption, ragged schools, women's suffrage, scientific instruction, and church patronage. Debates covered Park Lane improvements, Viceroy of Egypt's visit, servant taxation, Bhore Ghat accident, and Canadian union with Britain via Hudson's Bay Company.

M‘laren Town Council of Edinburgh Trades’ Protection Society of Edinburgh Dumfries and Moffat Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh Bruce Dumfriesshire R. Anstruther General Assembly of The Church of Scotland

Irish Church Bill Division Details On Monday Night

On Monday night the division tally shows Liberal votes 360 for and Conservative 303 against after third reading. Conservatives 249 against and Liberals 246 for, with 11 Liberal and 11 Conservative pairs. Absent Liberals include Bass Berkeley Harvey Lewis and others. three Conservative absentees. Speaker 1. total 658.

Tellers R. Palmer Dalway Saunderson Orr Ewing Matthews Vandeleur T. Bass Hon H. Berkeley Harvey Lewis Stuart Whalley Brocklehurst Maxwell R. Peel Tomline Benyvun Lord Bingham G. Jenkinson Clive Downing J. H. Amory F. Goldsmid C. W. Lilke Greville Nugent I. French Torrens Bulkeley Ilughes M. O’reilly Dease T. L. Jones Parry J. Hay S. O. Gore D. Cameron Greaves T. Conolly F. H. Dick W. Hodgson W. Verner H. Scott W. Galloway Lowther

Prince Leopold Granted Garter Privileges Without Installation

The Queen dispenses with installation statutes for Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert Duke of Saxony Prince of Coburg and Gotha Knight of the Garter granting him full rights and privileges as a Knight Companion as if formally installed by letters patent and the great seal.

Balmoral Order of the Garter Leopold George Duncan Albert Duke of Saxony

Lords v Commons in The Globe on Lords authority struggle

The Globe condemns attempts by the revolutionary party to force the House of Commons to bind the House of Lords. It warns that attacks on constitutional institutions loom as the Commons speaks and the Lords face pressure to yield.

LORDS Commons House of Lords House of Commons Revolutionary

Dumfries Election Inquiry Reveals Landlord Pressure

The select committee hearing in Hobart resumed with figures and testimony on public influence during the Dumfries elections. Landlords and factors allegedly pressured tenants and shopkeepers, with threats of lease loss and penalties for Liberal voters. clergy and voluntary societies also played roles in campaigning.

Houst Cowvens Marquis of Hartington George Grey Gathorne Hardy Bright Villiers Brand Innes O'Connor Don Cross E. Egerton Dalglish F. Heygate Letham Locke Gowan Dumfries Sydney Waterlow Major Walker James Dumfries Burghs Lochmaben Villiis Dumfriesshire Gathorne Harpy Michael Bracy

Dumfriesshire Election Debate Cites Influence and Ballot Question

Members discuss landlord and bank influence in the Dumfriesshire election with notes on stray bribery claims and the high education level reducing bribery compared with English boroughs. Witnesses report intimidation cases and non resident landlords. committee then adjourned.

E. Bozurton Dumfriesshire AssisTon Cross Scotland Brignt Sydney Waterlow Lratias Georcy Grer

Appointment and promotions in British colonies and services

The Gazette reports May announcements appointing Edmund John Monson as Consul in the Azores, William Thomson as Consul at Southampton for the United States, Don Jaime Espen o as Consul at Gibraltar for El Salvador, and shifts of Colonial Secretaries for Ceylon Jamaica and St Lucia. It lists numerous militia and rifle corps promotions across Scotland and Ireland. It also covers a high profile libel case involving Lord Paulet and Colonel Dawkins, with court arguments on military duty and redress.

Earl of Longford Ireland E. Wetherall F. Wetherall Dunsany Karl Granville Sir E. Wetherall Earl of Derby Lord Mayo Lord de Ros British Columbia Lord Granville Hudson’s Bay Hudson’s Bay Company Atlantic Pacific Dominion of Canada Canada Sir S. Northcote Lord Bury India China Japan Rocky Mountains Fraser River United States Ellice C. Dilke Adderley Hudson’s Bay Territory G. Moore O'Sullivan Kilmallock O’sullivan Synan C. Fortescue Fortescue Henley Wilson - Patten Sullivan J. Gray Maguire Forran Edmund John Monson Azores Henry Turner Irving Island of Ceylon Edward Everard Rushworth D.C.L Jamaica George William Des Yvoeux St Lucia Samuel Jackman Prescod Colin James Mackenzie Cunyngham City of Perth Royal Perthshire Hille Regiment of Militia George Muirhead Charles Winn Rodolph Kent 20Th Perthshire Rifle Volunteer Corps Donald Fisher David Ferguson Adam Menzies County of Roxburgh Dumfries Kirkcudbright Dawkins Staveley Hill Q.C Holt Dowdeswell Archibald Cumr-Justice Justice Metron Lord F. Paulet Justice Mertor Justice Lusu Justice Merrer Stavery Hart Justice Lusi Crimea Chef Slavery Hitz Justice Lwiil Prince of Wales St James’ Palace London Neary Byrne Tillazht Dublin Irish Church Conference North Duke of Rutland K.G Justice Wannen Justice Hayes Durham Newcastle Carlisle Appleby Lancaster Manchester Liverpool Shoeburyness Fletcher Coldstream Guards Mackinnon George Charles Archibald Hamilton Holroyd Nawab Nazim of Bengal Ali Kudr Bahadoor Saliminttahr Bahadoor P. Layard Nawab Nazim Brown Hunter Joseph Casson Burgh-by-Sands Brown

Naval operations delayed by king’s health and dock transfer

The King of Prussia’s health delays his assent to open the Jahde naval arsenal. Colonel Clarke, ready at Portsmouth to sail on H.M.S. Warrior, is recalled and his mission postponed two weeks. The Warrior must be ready by the 20th inst to accompany H.M.S. Black Prince carrying Campbell John stone & Co.’s floating dock to Bermuda.

Prussia Jahde Colonel Clarke Portsmouth Warrior H.M.S Black Prince Campbell, Johnstone, & Co Bermuda

English Bankrupts Listed in London Gazette

A London Gazette list records bankruptcies in Britain including Birmingham gunmakers R and W Aston and J Francis, West Bromwich sheet-iron worker F Poole, Nottingham coal merchant J S Revill, Swansea engineer H Williams, Wadebridge ironmonger S Cavell, Ossett cloth maker W Briggs, Halifax confectioner J Binns, Bradford wool broker J Walker, Bangor grocer R Parry, Ashton yarn agent T Stancliffe, Calcutta merchant J Baynes, Manchester accountants vy D and J M Homer, Bolton contractor J Ward.

London R. & W. Aston J. Francis Birmingham F. Poole West Bromwich J. S. Revill Nottingham J. Lee Ines Old Lenton H. Williams Oxford Street Swansea S. Cavell Wadebridge Cornwall W. Briggs Ossett J. Binns Halifax J. Walker Bradford R. Parry Bangor T. Stancliffe Ashton-under-Lyne J. Baynes Calcutta Vy. D J. M. Homer Manchester J. Ward Bolton

Weather snapshot for listed cities with mixed cloud and sunshine

Tuesday weather across multiple locations shows mostly fine or cloudy conditions. Edinburgh Aberdeen Brighton Cardiff Hull Dublin Dundee Falmouth Hartlepool Holyhead Hull Liverpool London Neyland Penzance Plymouth Portsmouth Queenstown Ramsgate Shields Swansea Whitehaven Yarmouth report varying skies from fine to dull with several cloudy intervals.

Edinburgh Aberdeen Brighton Cardiff Hull Dublin Dundee Falmouth Hartlepool West Holyhead Liverpool Wsw London Neyland Penzance

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