Battle names and retreats dominate Paris war papers
Paris papers report war news as a chase of moving fronts with General Jarheevy near Aspeytia and pursuing insurgents toward Adanis while General Ropu closes on Bastan and Aumalacar Veguy. Don Carcos’ whereabouts remain unclear as the conflict shifts along the Bidassoa front and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Jarheevy
el Pastor
Aspeytia
Adanis
Holly
Ropu
Bastan
Don Carcos
Bidassoa
Spain and Britain clash over governance and press critics
The article condemns Madrid authorities for arrests and a sham conspiracy. It argues the ministry's actions undermine justice and threaten Spain’s move toward reform, while praising the Spanish people’s temperance and resilience. It also criticizes the French Chamber, notes Brussels and German papers, and reports on stock market turmoil and international tension.
Whaling News From Peterhead Arrivals At Davis Straits
This morning Lloyds received news from Peterhead dated August 11 detailing arrivals of the Union Cardue and the Mary Walker with two and three fish tuns respectively after sailing from Greenland. The Eclipse captured 500 sharks while flinching fish, with expected oil yield of eight to ten tuns. The Sarah and Elizabeth of Hull were said to have proceeded to Davis Straits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterhead
Greeland
Union
Cardue
Mary
Walker
Sarah
Elizabeth
Hull
Davis Straits
Sutter
Bank of England seen as dangerous in national money plan
A correspondent argues against the Bank of England and for a National Bank, warning that issuing currency is a State function with heavy risks and profits to private interests. The piece asserts money’s public nature, condemns the Bank’s lack of accountability, and predicts five to ten million annual public gains from a National Bank. It also covers Irish affairs, tithe funding, and parliamentary actions, noting ministerial restraint and upcoming prorogation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of England
Lord Melbourne
House of Commons
Trish
Globe
Bill for Suppression of Drunkenness and Ireland's Revenue
Mr Ward gave notice to call the lease to review the Church Establishment of Ireland and press on the Legislature the right to regulate its revenues before the next session. Frankland Lewis becomes Chief of the Central Board of Commissioners under the new Poor Law Bill, creating a Radnor shire vacancy. Lefevre Nicholls and Chadwick appointed to the board. Brussels reports note a renewed Belgian ministry arrangement and Mons trials. 150 witnesses have testified. New Brunswick papers mention shipbuilding progress and two 400 ton whaling ships to the Pacific. Sydney papers discuss emigration, colony growth, a Botany Road cotton factory, and improving trade prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
St. Alban's
Ireland
Perceval
Frankland
Lewis
Central Board of Commissioners
Radnorshire
Lefevre
Nicholls
Edwin Chadwick
New Brunswick
Pacific
Market updates from a Geneva like session on foreign funds
A London money market bulletin reports steady Consuls at 90, Spanish bonds at 474, Portuguese at 84 with no major moves amid uncertain Madrid news. Fol lowing updates note steady but thin activity in Consols 90 3, Exchequer 43, India Stock 2561, and various foreign securities with minor fluctuations. A Lisboa mail is due with contemporaneous remarks on the Greenland whale fishery and general market dullness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colombia
Tree
Banda
al Canad Suock -Renet
Grand Canal
Ebees
Steam Company
City of Dublin Vn CH Funds
Aes
Bank
Naples
Spain
Flanders Mail
Madrid
Cortes
Owen
Calcutta
Madras
Cape
St. Helena
Lloyd's
Greenland
India
Post-office notice and royal visit rumor in Staffordshire
A General Post-office notice says Espoir is detained and letters will arrive Saturday evening. Rumor says the King will visit Staffordshire soon, staying with the Earl of Lichfield at Shugborough. The Royal Theatre at Kensington praised. park improvements announced. village anecdotes from Stamford News and Morning Post recount a lookalike Lord Althorp incident at York Hotel in Waterlees Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Post-Office
Brig Espoir
Lisbon
Staffordshire
Earl of Lichfield
Shugborough
Leamington Courier
Roya Kent Theatre
Kensington
Sir John _Hobhouse
St. James’s Park
Storey’s Pate
Sir John
Kensington Gardens
Goss
Silk Willoughby
Stamford News
Lorp Althorp
York Hotel
Waterles Road
Birmingham
House of Commons
Daniel Whittle Harvey
Lord Althorp
Exchequer
Morning Post
Speaker Sees House Adjourned Amid Low Attendance
The Speaker entered the house at noon but only six members were present. He left after a short stay and the house was adjourned to a quarter to four o'clock.
Colonial Markets Report From This Day
Market activity was light with steady prices and home consumption purchases. Lucar prices rise, Mauriti0s: 4 077 bags offered, brown cheaper, good yellow firmer. SaGo pearl sold 16s to 20a per chest. Woot: 1 000 bales Van Diemen's Land and Australia up 1d-2d on July sales. Taccon PYC unchanged at 43s 6d on the spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. P
SaGo
Woot
van Diemen’s Land
Taccon
P.Y.C
Plymouth and Devonport Races Report
The Saitram Stakes of 23 sovs each 15 ft and a sweepstakes of 10 sovs with 100 added ran over two miles. Cecilia led after the heats, Lansdowne contested, Pounce won the sweepstakes in three heats beating Cecilia and St Giles who was lame after the first heat. Firman took the United Service Plate in two heats, Spondee and Terror followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Devonport
Finch
Cecilia
W. Ley
Lansdowne
Mr. Wreforil
St. Giles
Lewes Races Yesterday and Wrottesley Stakes Summary
Yesterday at Lewes the Wrottesley Stakes 10 sovs each with 20 added saw Trepidation Queen Bess among non placers. The Holyoake Stakes 27 subscribers 14 declared Twice round featured Traveller Cardinal and Diana with several unplaced runners. The Hotel Stakes 5 sovs added Twice round included Birdlime Miss Charlotte and Trepidation. The Ladies Plate on Tuesday went to Syren over Brother to Derby and Enville. At Lewes the King’s Plate 100 gs heats on the New Course were won by Famine Rockingham with two others, and the Members Plate 501l heats over a mile and half saw The Victim Pagan, Dr Sewell and Ellen among the top finishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick
Mostyn
Queen Bess
Sir William
Holyoake
Gifford
Miles
Cardinal
J. Day
Diana
Lewes
Grant
Theobald
Rockingham
Forth
Cate Pagan
Culeman
Dr. Sewell
Ricardo
Ellen
ceCe
Devizes and North Wilts Races Report
The Hunters Stakes went to Mr. Canning's Bravo aged. The County Members Plate was won in two heats by Mr. Canning's Ace of Diamonds, with Fairy and others close behind. A Silver Cup went to Mr. Francis's Topsy Turvy over Zeluco. Ace of Diamonds claimed a forced prodinna over Miss Eldon and Goldstone. Roundway Stakes awarded to Mr. Shrapwell's May Fis who beat Counsellor and Bugler across three heats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devizes
North Wilts
Canning
Mr. Canning
J. Mills
Fairy
Reeves
Two-year Stakes and Sweepstakes at Half Mile Race
Races featured two-year stakes of 23 sovs each on a half mile course. Colonel Peel's Vagary and Duke of Grafton's Florin led heats for the prize of five sovs each with added money. Mr Payne's Skimmer and Lord Berner's Tippinywitchet colt contested heats, with Hunters taking five sovs per entry. Eleven subs ran two miles in the radical event won by Mr Newman’s Ayrs horse, with Centaur placed second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Peel
Duke of Grafton
Mr. Payne
Skimmer
Lord Berner
The
Hunters
Mr. Newman
Ayrs
Mr. Bird
Harvest in Scotland Shows Promising Crops and Varied Wages
The Perth Courier reports thin attendance for harvest in Duxie-Wednesday with weekly wages set at 143.3 for men and 133 for women. Barley fields are partly cut, weather expected to widen harvesting in 8 to 10 days. Crops appear luxurious across the region, with turnips and potatoes fine and shearing at Teaninich already begun. The weather has been favorable, boosting wheat and barley yields, and sheep farmers report strong prospects with wool prices in the 33 to 4s 6d per double stone range. Wether lambs command higher prices, while cattle trade remains limited to northern counties. The harvest outlook remains positive pending continued favorable weather.
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Duxie
Laidlaw
Contin
Lochend
Teaninich
Monro
L. A
Athole
Rannoch
Glenlyon
Dreadalbane
Perth Courier
Tithe Claims Objections at Kilkenny Sessions
Two hundred fifty objections to Rev. Mr. Stephenson's tithe claims were entered at Kilkenny Tithe Sessions, many proved successful with parishioners withdrawing after hearing favorable news from England. The harvest report notes wet weather delaying progress, with potatoes very productive and prices falling easing the poor, though a few fine days could help. Dublin Morning Register reports on Lord Winchilsea's potential absence from a public dinner amid Tory tensions and Protestant defense, predicting only minor disruption to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Morning Post
Europe
Cortes
Chamber of Deputies
Stephenson
Kilkenny
England
Dublin Morning Register
Lome
Cork Herald
Lornp Wincuttsea
Irelanp
Mail
Mansion House
Lord Winchilsea
Desperate Assault Trial at Harrow Ends in Six Months
At Middlesex Adjourned Sessions a defendant named James Thompson was found guilty of a violent assault on the Rev Mr W at Harrow after speech day. Witnesses including Captain Howarth of the 66th Regiment testified to the attack with a sword. The judge noted intoxication and sentenced Thompson to six months in the House of Correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrow-noap
James Thompson
Win
Peng
Harrow
Howarth
66Th
Owarth
Bow-street
Richard Nathan Church
Ray
Adolphus
Bowarth
Gikestiar
Sertenteothatrman
House of Correction
Shipping Intelligence. This Day From Lloyd's
Shipping news list of arrivals including Zenobia from Calcutta Experi ment from Riga Trident from Rio Janeiro Pursuit from St Johns Morea and Thomas Battersley from New Orleans Heiress from Palermo Ocean from Archangel Tide of arrivals continues with various ships from diverse ports including Philadelphia Mobile Quebec Madeira Calcutta and St John s N B. The report compiles multiple vessel entries with arrival dates and origin ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd’s
Ava
Owen
Calcutta
Madras
Cape
St. Jane
St. Helena
Gouda
Lara
Batavia
Baripport
Scott
Riga
Fathourt
Douglas
Rio Janeiro
Sponse
St. John’s
N.b.orr Falmouth
Auc
William Hamley
Sutherland
Aux Cayes
Baistol
St. Ann
Brown
Grenada
John
Tuch
St. Petersb
Liverpoot
Aus
Hebe
M‘gill
N.B
Confidence
Johnson
Picter
Ellen Jankinson
Irving
Lisbon
Elizabeth
Dowett
Archangel
Liverpool
Morea
Thomas Battersley
New Orleans
Monangahada
Philadelphia
James Bailie
Mobile
Aes
South Seas
Severn
Ocean
Old Maid
Quebec
Hindostan
Madeira
Markets and prices in hay oats corn and coal reports
Market notes report reduced hay and new oats supplies amid harvest absences. Imperial weekly averages show wheat oats and other grains with varied duties. Hungerford market lists abundant fish stock and cheap beef mutton veal pork and poultry. Coal market prices listed by vessel and supplier with little trading activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England and
Wales
Mrs Siddons and the Classic Costume In Stratford
Mrs Siddons visited Birmingham in 1789 and bought a bust mistaken for her by a shopman which inspired her to pursue clay modelling. Later she toured Stratford on Avon on the way to Ireland, meeting a boastful show-woman at Shakespeare’s house and remarking on her double tongue. Trinidad’s beauty is praised as the Indian Paradise in Montgomery Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gratrax
Ireland
Thorr
Goethe
Sippons
Siddons
Birmingham
Drurylane
Joshua Reynolds
Campbell
Trinidad
Gulf of
Puria
Orinoco
Ocean
Cumuna
Cape
N. Coast
Montgomery Martin
West Indies
Stratford On Avon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anglo Mexican Iing Co
Alliance Fire Insurance Company
Bolanos Mining Company
Eaerseees
Brazilian Imperial Mining Co
British Iron Mining Company
Columbian Mining Co
Is Canada Company
Ceneral Steam Navigation Companys
Real del Monte Mining Company
Unteg
Halifax
Jamaica
Leeward
Malta
Mexico
Sweden
Waterford
East-lane
Bermondsey
George Spencer
Eulah Spa
Norwood
Afr. Collinet
Nore
London
J. Duff and Co
Lover
Waverley
Miss Austen
Pride
Godwin
Caleb Williams
St. Leon—Fleetwood
Emma
Northanger’ Abbey
Mans
Field Park
Beckford
Vathek
Bulwer
Eugene Aram
Banim
Brockden Brown
Edgar Huntly
Mrs. Brupton
Cooper
Borderers
Bravo
Mohicans
Lionel Lincoln
Red Rover
Madame de Stael
Corinne
Galt
Lawrie ‘Todd
Grattan
Mrs. Gore
Victor Hugo
Hunchback
Notre Dame
Mrs. Inchbald
Iby the
Misses Lee
Jaya
G. Lewis
Brage
Venice
Iby Maxwell
Waterloo
Misses Porter
Thaddeus
Warsaw
Schiller
Mrs. Shelley
Horace Walpole
Castle of Otranto
Literary Gazette
Atheneum
Richard Bentley
New Burnington Street
G. R. Gleig
Subaltern
Allan Breck
Ranger
Rio
Morning News and Public Ledger
London Bridge
Pitto Banda
Bille
Rai
Ingign
Sisi Bs
Weereersee
Holland
Cartos
Brussels
Girt
Ostend
Limbourg
Belgium
Amsterdam
Antwerp
M. Rothschild
Berlin
St. Schuld. Sch
Hamburgh
Frankfort
St. Petersburgh
Lords
Attorney-General
WarBurton
Mons
Sydney
Botany Road
Congos
Lisboa
Sporting
Wolverhampton
Scotland
Middlesex
Shipping Intelligence
Hungerford
Covent-garden
Ditto Hotspur
Ditto Lambton
Ditto Newmarch
Ditto
Northumberland
Riddell
Ditto Russell
Hetton
Lyons
Ditto Stewart
Ditto Tees
West Hartley
Smithfield
Hay
New
Whitechape Hay
Benagerctee
Glover
E.senscaces
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