BASE COIN FRAUD ALERT AT OLD BAILEY TRIALS
The trials of two noted base money dealers at the Old Bailey reveal extensive counterfeiting. Authorities report 656 counterfeit coins and 1000 base shillings seized from their workshops, with 220 sixpences and 50 counterfeit dollars among the items. Fraud involves counterfeit silver dollars stamped to imitate Bank issues, used to cheat buyers at fairs and markets. Regular imports from Birmingham imply ongoing risk to the public as bankers and shopkeepers face widespread deception.
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Welslniat
Old
Baey
Birmingham
Locrian customs and English satire in feasts and elopements
A fragmentary late 18th or early 19th century notice discusses Locrian daughters at a Feus feast, Venus dice, and exaggerated Licridus actions, with comments on elopements, aristocratic marriages, and a London moral tone. It notes Lord Kingsborough’s fortune, a revival of Teo-philanthropist ideas, and the tally of licensed public houses in London. Market details follow, with prices for cottons, sugar, coffee, beef, tobacco, and foreign wheat.
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Jusin
Feus
Evi
Famoraxis
Lotés
K—gs
England
Lord Kingsborough
Earl of Kingston
Fitzgerald
Earl of Mountcashiel
King
America
A. Teo
God
Man
France
Citiaen Thelwall
London
Carthagena
Rokemieds
Advaneed
Port News Report on Siph 36 Arrival at Portsmouth
In Port of Portsmouth the vessel Jéan Bart arrives carrying four swivel guns and small arms for a crew of 50. The ship is described as copper-bottomed and ready for service.
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Jéan’ Bart
Celene Williams
Marines
Beefton
Nortioghata
Boviebabi
Fleet sailings from Plymouth for Spithead and Ushant
PLY MOUTH-DOCK Sept 28 ships sail for Spithead and Ushant as Admiral Bridport joins La Revolutionaire 44 guns Capt Cole and Medusa 44 guns Capt Becker. La Melpomene 44 guns under Sir Charles Hamilton to sail soon. Anton 44 guns Capt Durham and Triton 32 guns Capt Gore cruise planned. La Pomone to Canada 74 guns pennant moved. Pomone to undergo major repairs.
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Spithead
la Revolutionaire
Cole
Lord Bridport
Ushant
So Gang
Becker
Sir Charles Hamilton
Anton
Durham
Triton
Gore
John Warren
Canada
Stormy sea and fleet actions near Falmouth report
From Falmouth a letter dated Sept 2 in Admiral Duncan's fleet describes a violent gale off the coast lasting days, damage to several ships including the Inflexible and Agamemnon, arrivals of support ships and livestock, with updates on privateers, paralleled by racing and cricket events and a string of crime and sudden deaths in London.
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Duncan
Agamemnon
Trollope
Adamant
Cynthia
R. Strachan
West Indies
Princess Royal
Hector
Lord St. Vincent
Gibraltar
Charlotte
Watson
Tobago
Dover
Nelly
Janis
Martinique
Portsmouth
la Cybele
Rochfort
France
Museum of Natural History
Paris
Entrecastaux
Batavia
Doncaster
Mr.Crompton
Werter
King Fergus
Sir Charles Turner
Pepper-pot
Volunteer
Stamford
Cardinal
Lord’s Ground
Mary-le-Bonne
England
Ofter
Market report on grain prices and supply conditions
The column notes tolerable wheat supply and lower prices due to fewer buyers. Barley scarce but selling. malt subdued with limited demand. Peas and beans plentiful and declining, good boilers around 12s, hog pease 4s lower. Fresh oats limited but steady. rye cheaper. Average wheat price Monday 2 October at 585. ud-js. 2d higher than last report.
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Ugzsa
Ud—Js
Price of Flour On October 2 spread across sacks
Fine flour this day October 2 ag FH fifty six to fifty seven shillings per sack seconds 538 to s Cum do 145 Od a s of thirds 48s to s Horse Ditto od a of Mdiling 423 to 523 Bran 83 6d Pollard fine 22s 3 od
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Diling
Bran
Pollard
Average prices of various seeds and sugar quoted
Sugar prices range from 63s 9d to 63s 0d per cwt with terms old. Red Clover 245 to 845 toos. White ditto 285 to 90 percent per cwt. Trefoily 5s to 283 per bushel. Turnip 6s to 18s per buyer. Ryegrass 145 to 24 percent per quarter. Canary Seed 6s per ditto to 2s 61 per ditto. Rapè Seed 24s to 2 gl os per last.
Hay market prices at St James and Whitechapel
The report lists hay and straw prices at St James's Hay Market on Sept 35 with daily highs and averages in shillings, followed by Whitechapel Hay Market prices for Sept 30. It records hay gle and os od a gle, averages, and straw prices with values in old pence and shillings.
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St. James’s Hay Market
Whitechapel
Beef and cattle prices and sales in Smithfield market
Smithfield market report shows prices for beef veal and pork and notes head of cattle sold that day about 2,209 beasts. sheep 8,500 and lambs 1,500 traded. The fragment lists beef at 38s to 43s 4d per cwt, veal around 4f 0d to 4f 3d and mutton about 3s 4d to 4s 0d, lambs at 38s 8d to 42s 4d.
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Smithfield
Newgate and Leadenhall
Commodity price report from London markets and river coal rates
Newgate and Leadenhall quotations show beef veal mutton pork and lamb price ranges. Tallow and soap prices listed by market and district including Clare Market Whitechapel and raw hides values. Coal prices in the River with Newcastle and Sunderland quotes.
Market Quotes for Wheat Beans Barley and Oats
Newsday reports on prices for wheat beans barley and oats with quoted levels from Devitts Northampton and surrounding markets dated Sept 27 30. Includes Old and new wheat values oats and barley with prices in shillings and pence and per bushel equivalents. Specific figures show wheat around 21 58s to 31 29d and oats near 11s to 17s per quarter with beans around 14 26s to 18 0d in various regions.
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Newsday
Northamp
Ton
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Phoebe
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Lord Yarmouth
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Colebrook
J.jones
Esq
J. Howard
Mr. Howard
Somersham
St. Ives
Aiberwide Randing
Swint
House of Correction
Norfolk Street
Somerset House
Norwich Court
Fetter-lane
Bank of England
Shooter’s Hill
Canterbury
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Fleet-market
Johnson
Banker’s
James Harrimond
Thornton
Norwich
Sibton
Mary Powell
Hammond
Sesidente
Blackfriars
Brant Broughton
Lincolnshire
Arnold
Buckingham
William Harvey
Osss
Besa
Josa—Son Bailey
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Kent
Suffex
Essex
Tose
St James’s Mark
TownTallow
Clare Market
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Whitechapel Ma
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Newcastle
Sunderland
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