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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 10, 1850
Page
21
Abstract of the net produce of revenue for the year 1850 lists quarterly figures and increases, noting concerns and changes in revenue. The fragment indicates a focus on yearly totals, quarterly variation, and fiscal fears.
Income and charge on the Consolidated Fund for the quarters ended July 5 1849 and July 6 1850 are reported. The statements detail receipts and expenditures within the fiscal periods and reflect public revenue management.
In a Guildhall Police Office case a respectable young man refused to give his name and faces charges for uttering seditious language and writing papers urging self harm and attacks on aristocracy. He claimed to be a Chartist and was remanded for further inquiry. Queen Victoria’s widow’s will probate noted without erasures. A shopkeeper in Oxford Street was fined twenty shillings for demeaning behavior toward a customer. In the High Court Mr Barber’s attorney license renewal was denied after a forgery conviction. A rule against Archbishop Canterbury’s opponents in Exeter was discharged with costs. A slander case by Mr Barry against Dr Reid was decided in favor of Reid as privileged communication.
The Liverpool Chronicle outlines a plan for a powerful steam vessel to speed the Irish Sea crossing. Costing £98,000 with daily passages and capacity for 500 passengers, the project would run at a rate of three hours per trip, offering smooth seas and minimal seasickness.
The Queen held a large levee at St James's Parade with audiences granted to prominent figures including the East India Company deputy chairman and nobles. Retirements shake Treasury posts with Hayter and Cornewall Lewis replaced. Bouverie becomes Home Under-Secretary. Hastings and Carswell receive knighthoods. Reform Club banquet planned for Lord Palmerston with Cabinet guests. club vote supports dining within the club for 260 guests.
An English report notes a German resident in London who astonishes at the Institute of Actuaries with extraordinary mental calculations. He correctly answered a five figure by five figure division, produced a 12 by 12 digit product, reversed figures, and computed 467 cubed in moments. Also described are his swift division, and a 12 by 12 multiplication shown at high speed. The piece also mentions a comet visible near Bootes since May 1 observed from Altona by Dr Petersen with a tail extending two degrees from the bright head.
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