08 Dec 1800
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 08, 1800
Page
1
Market report from London with grain supplies from Essex and Kent, notable price advances for prime runs, rising demand for rye, and mixed activity in beans, oats, and other staples. Return prices on shipboard list wheat and rye with various quality grades, plus flour totals and hop, seed, and hay quotes. Included is a crime note: a labouring man found suffocated near Knightbridge.
In Kent a defendant, Mr. Waddington, faced charges of seeking unlawful profit by controlling hop prices. Evidence showed his rise as a hop dealer, forming The Hop Planters Bank, and using forehand bargains to push prices up. Prosecutors argued his methods aimed to elevate hop costs and corner the market, while the defense challenged the legal basis of the information.
A Victorian notice warns the public against a spurious mixture sold as a cure for scurvy gout indigestion and blood disorders. It cites a trial in the Court of Commons Pleas before Lord Expon, confirms a counterfeit sold by Forbes Chymists, and directs patients to obtain the genuine medicine at Dispensary No 15 Soho Square, noting bottles marked By Authority.
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