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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 30, 1850
Page
11
A shipboard tale recounts a passenger who, amid a raging voyage on the Hibernia, refused safety to stay on deck. He treated waves and wind with bold, comic poses, until authorities declared him a lunatic or a professor. The piece notes Scoresby’s Atlantic wave measurements and a London panorama remark.
A collage of tidbits: John Heard of Chittlehamholt crafts musical bellows for a Queen Exhibition play with God Save the Queen. Mrs Dodds fleeces lawyers in Belfast and Armagh. Feargus O Connor and the Charter. a London clergyman’s garbled phrase printed. jokes about hats and milk supply in Killarney workhouse. editor misconduct and pay disputes in American press. a Leicester legal anecdote and a Sir Robert Peel bust donation. a noted guest list of local happenings and quips.
Births and numerous marriages reported across Yorkshire, Downham, Allerton, Heaton, Teignmouth, Ashburton, Leicester, Ecclesfield, Bermondsey, Exmouth, Bristol, Saffron Walden, and Lindfield. Death notices record Susan Scott Hones in Montreal and several local deaths in Portland, Lewisham, Halstead, and Regent's Park.
From the Wesleyan of March 10 we learn that Mr Halse advocates a portable galvanic apparatus said to restore muscular power and vigor. He claims his device, built on sound principles, surpasses common models and can galvanize an invalid to renewed energy. His residence is listed as 22 Brunswick Square.
A London market note reports a half per cent fall in Consols and allied securities amid Holstein treaty tensions involving France and Russia. Bank stocks rise, Exchequer Bills ease, and Peruvian bonds retreat while American state stocks stay firm. Money market hints at tightening, with discount rates likely to rise. Share prices stay steady though gains look limited. railway and tension news accompany industry notes and a firm corn market.
The Gazette notes that the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in Oldham Lancashire is certified as a place duly registered for solemnizing marriages under the relevant act.
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