Cobden Club Dinner Discusses Gov Purchases and Free Trade
In Greenwich at the Cobden Club dinner Mr Milner Gibson and guests debate government purchases of industries and railways, warning against press monopolies and reduced freedom of action. Speakers include Goschen Wells de Laveleye Moret and de Moret, with emphasis on free trade and economists’ views.
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Clapham Common
Daily Review
Tur CoppEen Cius
Milner Gibson
Cobden Club
Ship Hotel
Greenwich
Goschen
Ayrton
W. C. Cartwright
T. B. Potter
C. Dilke
Rylands
Mitchell Henry
Osborne Morgan
Arthur Russell
Andrew Johnston
M. Emile de Laveleye
L. Malet
Hugh M.culloch
Senor Moret Y Prendergast
David A. Wells
Gibson
David Wells
M. de Laveleye
Sefior de Moret
Various Antiquated Jokes and Oddities From Old Writings
A collection of humorous quips and curious reports including a girl about an elephant, references to Franklin's press, Nevada prayers, a reading anecdote, a setter-hunting dog, steamboat remarks, a catechising clergyman, Balaam’s time, and a Chinese sleep deprivation punishment with Belgian gamblers testing wakefulness.
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Zoological Gardens
Benjamin Franklin
Nevada
Paul
Balaam
Leeds drinking trial provokes sober judge quips and wits
A Leeds summer assize scene unfolds with a cross examination on drinking. A witness recalls five three pennyworths of gin and water, asserts total sobriety, and is teased about “as sober as a judge” with a joke about offering a bishop instead. The exchange ends with a light remark from Mr Justice Mellor.
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Zeho
Leeds
Pearance
Justice Mellor
Hirths Marriages and Mouths Notice
Births and marriages listed with names and dates. Richardsons and Stevens births in Madagascar and Lostwithiel. Willcox birth in Clapham Road. Marriages include Blyth Muir in Holloway Church, Waugh Ashfield in Horton Lane Chapel, Hall Cook at Witham, Emmott Hammond in Southwark Congregational Church.
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Richardson
Antananarivo
Madagascar
J. Richardson
Stevens
Norway House
Lostwithiel
E. Stevens
Willcox
Clapham-road
W. R. Willcox
Blyth—Muir
Holloway Congregational Church
Alexander Raleigh
Mark Wilks
Robert Blyth
Glasgow
Isabella Charlotte
Andrew Muir
Rosebank
Greenock
WAUGH
Horton Lane
Campbell
Benjn
John
James Waugh
Blackburn
Tucie
Thomas Firth Ashfield
Bradford
Hall—Cook
Congregational
Witham
Essex
S. Hall
Leigh Road
Highbury
Jane
E. Cook
Crix
Hatfield Peverel
Chelmsford
Emmott—Hammond
Southwark
New Kent-road
Homeopathic sprays and tonics offered by James Epps Co
Advertisements tout Hay Frver Anthoxanthum spray with pricing and delivery from James Epps and Co. Homeopathic Chemists. Also recommend Cooper's Effervescing Lozenges for throat dryness and Holloway's Pills as a general health aid for summer ailments, with claims of stomach liver and kidney benefits and blood purification.
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James Epps
Homeopathic
Piccadilly
Threadneedle-street
Cooper
Oxford-street
Holloway
Bank of England Gazette Debt and Securities Totals
Weekly account under the Act 7th and 8th Victoria cap 32 lists for the week ending June 25 1873. Government Debt 11 015 100 pounds Other Securities 3 984 900 pounds Gold Coin and Bullion 21 489 760 pounds Silver Bullion 36 489 760 pounds.
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Victoria
JK Departmuntyt
ISS
Banking Department
Inc
Frank May
Markets CORN EXCHANGE Report Declines in English Wheat
The market for English and foreign wheat showed moderate fresh supplies on Monday June 30. Trade was restricted yet steady with prices for English wheat under pressure as market activity remained cautious.
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Corn Exchange
Mark Lang
Wheat and commodities hold steady amid steady demand at ports
The report notes Wheat prices unchanged from Monday with foreign quotes repeated, flour in slow demand, and oats arrivals moderate with solid prices. Metropolitan markets show higher imports of foreign stock, with a general price drift lower for cattle and meat, while provisions and hops show mixed, mostly softer, movement.
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Essex
Kent
Pras
Harrow
Norfolk&Suffolk
Metropolitan
London
Spain
Corunna
Lincolnshire
Leicestershire
Nottinghamshire
Norfolk
Suffolk
England
Metropolitan Meat Market
Sale of Edward Dix business assets in Haverhill
Executors of the late Edward Dix advertise disposal of COUNTRY GROCERY IRONMONGERY and J FURNITURE BUSINESS in Haverhill Suffolk. Premises centre town partly rebuilt and suitable for trade. Returns now about £3000 annually and may rise. Apply Alfred Wright 6 Churton Street Pimlico 8W.
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Haverhill
Suffolk
Tre
Alfred Wright
Churton-street
Pimlico
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Bank OF England
D. Os. d
Ireland
Mid and East Kent
Weald of Kent
Sussex
Farnham and Country
Covent Garden
St. Petersburg Y. C
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