Russia and Poland Faces of a Crisis this Month
A monetary crisis hits St Petersburg amid unrest after serf emancipation. Officials tally 300 emeutes with more suppressed as conscription may resume, especially in Poland. Warsaw reports crowds greeting Britain with bouquets for Queen Victoria and a July 22 funeral for Prince Adam Czartoryski, with churches suspending business and crowds obstructing a covered carriage.
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Russia
Poland
St. Petersburg
Warsaw
Prince Adam Czartoryski
Frightful encounter in Northumberland Street Strand
A noon July 1 deadly struggle in Northumberland Chambers Northumberland Street Strand left Major Murray wounded after a confrontation with solicitor John Roberts. Murray, attacked inside a locked room, fought back with tongs and a beer bottle, escaped to street, later dying from injuries. The coroner heard testimony including Anna Moody, Roberts’s visitor, and the jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide for Murray.
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Northumberland Street
Strand
Northumberland Chambers
Northumberland Steet
J. Roberts
Bill Discounter
Mr Roberts
Mr Murray
10Th
Hussara
Murray
Charing-cross Hospital
Bow Street
Durkin
Mackenzie
Ealso
Roberta
Major Murray
Hungerford Market
Muray
Northumberland
John Francis Walker
No. 16
Roberts
Pras
Grosvenoratel Company
Famine and cholera scourge India report warns relief needed
Secretary of the Relief Committee notes ongoing distress in famine districts with rising applications for work and delayed relief. cholera menaces southern and eastern districts after reaching ferozepore and spreading along major routes, with fatalities high where access to food and shelter exists. Delhi reports severe cholera toll and city officials seek measures to ease the crisis.
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India
Relief Committee
Delhi
Ferozepore
Bhuttpore
Muthra
Goorgaon
Pulwul
Noh
Rewaree
Taoroo
Feroxtepore
Lahore Chronicle
Devar
Mail
Europeah
Ted
London Wool Report July 1861 Opening Sale Figures
The London wool market opens July 1861 with arrivals totaling 69,899 bales including Australia 18,535 Port Phillip 4,933 Van Diemen's Land 10,109 Adelaide 71,593 New Zealand 13,241 Swan Kilver 59 and about 6,000 held over. Dealers bid cautiously at about a one penny per pound decline while buyers fear a weak finish for the season.
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London
Juy
Port Phillip
van Diemen's Land
Adelaide
New Zealand
Swan Kilver
Cape
Esle
Dale
Boldera
Dealera
Huddersfield
Leeds
Bradford
America
Gold Strike Claim by Wigra and Clogan Copper Mining
In Merionethshire a company named Wigra and Clogan Copper Mining claims a breakthrough in extracting gold. From April last year operations targeted copper but yielded a rich gold lode. profit reported from January to July reached £2600 with 983 ounces sent to London for refining.
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England
Wales
United Kingdom
Wigra and Clogan Copper Mining Company
Merionethshire
Poueres
London
Castle of
Exeter
William Dawton
Exwick
Sparkes
Inland Revenue
Furson
Gilbert Wakefield
Porson
Shakespeare
Gilbert Weakeield
France
Spain
Portugal
Germany
Holland
Bristol
Folkestone
Gloucester
Liverpool
Clyde Eaid
London Beottish Corps
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New South Wales
Sovereign of the Less
Catteaux Wattel
Stat Ultimo
Campbell's Wharf
Messrs
J. and
W. Wright
St. John’s New Brungwick
Cruikshank
Mesars Baines
Bombay
William Rae
Mr Cole
Rae
Luke Conroy
Conroy
Crook
No. 2
A. Moore
Wass
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