Trade and Commerce of the Country in 1849 Prospects
Returns from the Board of Trade show exports up by £374,998 in December versus 1848, with total 1849 eleven-month gains of £9,681,897. Increases span cotton, flax, wool, silk goods, hardware, metals, leather. declines in cotton yarns machinery and soap. Imports rise in grain provisions meats cocoa eggs tea and sugar, while flour coffee fall. Industry signals profitable year ahead. textiles lead recovery, wages rise, and shipping activity expands amid tighter cotton stocks and rising coffee prices.
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Board of Trade
Manchester Examiner
West Riding
Leicester
Nottingham
Lancashire
Manchester Guardian
Scotland
Dundee Mercantile Gazette
Germany
Liverpool
Hamburg
Dundee
Ireland
Belfast
Ian de Fry
Rowse
St Saviour’s Union chairman honored with plate gift
Mr John Thwaites, newly seated chairman of the St Saviour's Union Board of Guardians in Southwark, receives a handsome plate from prominent parish rate-payers of St Newington Surrey for his devoted service to the parish. A northern Franklin expedition is planned to launch next spring under Captain Sir John Ross. United Service commercial travellers of London plan a central club-house.
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Sgaren
Frankiin
Franklin
Sir John Ross
United Service
Impartiality of Free Trade Letter from Cobden to Devon Gentleman
Cobden argues that most major British manufacturing imports are untaxed while farmers face higher costs. He notes cotton goods yarns and many textiles arrive duty free, with only luxury silk facing duties. He recalls Peel’s earlier moves on duties and asserts farmers and manufacturers share taxation. He urges farmers to see they are not worse off than manufacturers and questions retrenchment opposition. He cites gold-wealth concerns and Bank of England gold. The letter is signed W H Prowse and R Cobden.
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Westbourne Terrace
France
Switzerland
Manchester
Yorkshire
Dundee
Belfast
Robert Peel
Sir R Peel
London
Mr. Hume
Bank of England
Lectures at Abbey Street School Conclude on Sabbath
The Christian Instruction Society finished its lecture series at Abbey Street School Bethnal Green. Rev Dr Cox spoke on The Bible the Creed and Charter of Mankind and Rev R Ashton on Contrasts in the Last Hour. Attendees praised the talks and urged an extension while noting working people’s public worship prejudice to overcome.
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Hudson
Herapath
Railway Journal
Dzats
Southampton
Lord Courtney
Elizabeth Biggs
Edward Henry Simmons
Southampton Union
Elizabeth Harris
Court, Official, and Personal News From Windsor and London
Tax Queen and Royal Family remain at Windsor with Bishop of Manchester visiting. Lord John Russell and Premier plan a Cabinet dinner with colleagues. Albert and Bedford at Woburn Abbey. News covers Royal Commission for 1851 Great Exhibition, emigration, Navigation Laws reforms, Navy estimate cuts, Sir Harry Smith illness, suffrage proposals, Lord Denman retirement talk, and political commentary.
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Prince Albert
Windsor
Manchester
Joan Russe
Duke of Bedford
Woburn Abbey
Royal “ Commission
Duke of
Buccleuch
Earl of Rosse
Earl Granville
Earl of Ellesmere
Lord Stanley
Lord John Russell
Robert Peel
Henry Labouchere
Willian Ewart Gladstone
Archibald Gallaway
George Drew
Francis Fuller
Robert Stephenson
Matthew Digby Wyatt
Duchess of Kent
Sidney Herbert
Council of Ministers
Turin
Sardinia
Economist
Paris
Portugal
United Service Gazette
Sir Harry Smith
Horse Guards
Cape of Good Hope
England
Chronicle
Times
Ireland
Lord Denman
The
Morning Chronicle
Lord Campbell
the Chronicle
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W. H. Prowse
Richard Conden
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