General Steam Navigation Company listings and adverts
A dense page advertises ships to Hamburg Rotterdam Antwerp Ostend and Dieppe with weekly sailings from London and Rams Gate, plus cargo and passenger rates. It includes agent contacts across Dublin Plymouth Falmouth and other ports, with notices on reduced fares, towing and excursion services and multiple ship lines under the General Steam Navigation Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Dublin
Plymouth
Falmouth
William’ Fawcett
G. Brooks
Fefan Cratched-fhara
Regent- Circus
Picca- 1
Dublin Steam Company
St. Dalype Docks
Katheri J. Smith
General Steam Navigation Company
Perio Hamburg
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Chief Cabinal
Fore
Ostend
Ualais
Dulugne
Se Dunkirk
Brighton
Dieppe
Messrs
de Bie
Rahn
Crescent
Inoness
Norman
Waterlane
Tower-Street
Messrs. Hall
Custom-house Quay
Black
Scates
Ramagate
Carter
Margate
Royal appointments and insolvency notices in British Gazette
From the Gazette of last night the King names three Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales and appoints a Bermuda Chief Justice and an Attorney General. Also listed are an insolvency declaration, bankrupts, various hearings, dividends, certificates, and dissolutions, with a note on fire engine failures and a £2000 loss in a dock incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downing-street
Thomas Butterfield
Bermuda
Somers Islands
Downing Street
John Harvey Darrell
Richard Stone
Buckingbemsteest
Strand
Talluwchandler
George Diack
Regent-street
Piccadilly
Court of Bankruptcy
Northumberland-atrset
Groom
Abchurch-lane
Thomas Thompson
Westerham
Kent
Grocer
Meggison
Holyoake and Robinson
Wolverhampton
Capes
Raymond Buildings
Gray'ston
London
Edward Wright
Burton-upon-Trent
Staffordshire
Money Scrivener
New Inn
Derby
Wilson
King's Bench-walk
Temple
Welch
Donald Mackinnon
Fitzroy-Street
Fitzroy
Glynes
America-square
Turquand
Copthall
Abraham Hart
Exeter
Congdon
Adlington, Gregory
Faulkner
Bedford-row
Furlong
Northerhay
J. Metevier
C. H. Metevier
Woottonunder Edge
Gloucester
Clothiers
Wootten-under-Edge
Clothier
C. Metevier
M. Wheatcroft
Sheffield
B. Shaw
Harlesthorpe
Candlewick
B. Carlill
Sculcoates
York
Wakefield
Court House
T. Richardson
Howden
Beverley
J. Doughty
Bristol
Commercial
Corn Street
J. Williams
Liverpool
Clarendon
H. Plant
Congleton
Chester
Commissioners
Manchester
J. Brodrick
Plymouth
Devonport
C. Brown
Norwich
Rampant Horse Inn
T. Jordon
Cgoodge-Street
Middlesex
St. James’s-street
Brighton
W. Ashwin
Belmont-ruw
Aston
Birmingham
W. A
QR. Best
J. Thompson
J. Woods
New Bondstract
Huge Shipyard Fire Threatens 600-ton Vessel
A Saturday night blaze at Clarke and Nixon shipbuilders near Salthouse Dock engulfed timber piles and a 600 ton unfinished vessel on the stocks. Firefighters, Mayor, and police fought flames through the night as water shortages hampered efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salthouse
Mesars
Clarke and Nixon
Cornhill
Galimore
Teas sale marks first private imports after East India monopoly ends
Old London report covers the first public sale of privately imported teas at Mincing Lane. Teas arriving aboard Snaresbrook Perseverance and Columbine from Hamburgh were bonded for export, with questions about export to Channel Islands and ships stores. Prices ranged from Gunpowder to Hyson Skin, and a new system for East India produce sale prompted debate on deposits and interest. The piece also notes parliamentary motions on magistrates and clerks, and lists topics resembling general warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East India Company
Mincinglane
China
East India
Snaresbrook
Perseverance
Columbine
Hamburgh
Hyson
Guernsey
Jersey
Isle of Man
George White
Cousins
White
Toas
Young Hyson
S. Jd
London
Dividend Declared by Australian Agricultural Company at Sydney Meeting
A special meeting of Australian Agricultural Company proprietors in King's Arms Yard, Coleman Street, approved a dividend of 10s per share with 500l reserved. Governors and directors noted prior missteps, land exchanges totaling 1,310,000 acres, and improved wool and coal outputs. Projections showed rising wool bales and coal exports to Van Dieman's Land amid plans to curb expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Wales
King’s Armsyard
Coleman-street
J. Smith
M.P
Edward Parry
E. Dumaresque
Parry
Winter
Dumaresque
Davis
van Dieman's Land
Lord Chancellors speech on the bastardy clause
Correspondent of the Glasgow Free Press criticizes the Lord Chancellor’s Poor Law Bill remarks alleging that Foundling Hospitals increase infanticide and were Napoleon's idea. The letter argues hospitals predate Napoleon, exist widely in France, and that infanticide is rarer in France than Britain, urging public exposure of the errors and misstatements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Foundling Hospital
Paris
Lisle
Great Britain
Lord Brougham
Foundling
Glasgow Free Press
Murder Details Emerge in Ashton Case at Marple Bridge
Five years earlier Isaac Nadin was found murdered near Marple Bridge with broken skull and bruises after leaving the Norfolk Arms. Mosley and Nadia’s wife had a child. anonymous letters later tied Mosley to Nadia’s murder. Garside disclosed that Mosley struck Nadin, stripped him, and threw him into the river. London papers misstate Isherwood’s involvement. Corn Laws mention price of a loaf at 11? as the month ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raffan
Oman
C. B. Courtenay
N.D
Great Marlborough-street
Regent-street
Catherineweet Strand
Upper King-street
Piteabory
Oxford-street
Chapple
Pail-mall
M'Phun
Urge
Glasgow
Messrs
Sutherland
Calton-Street
Edinwee
Chappe
Royal Exchange
Courne
Peri
Courtenay
S . Damon
Price
Ris
Garside
Isaac Nadin
Norfolk Arms
Marple Bridge
Mosley
Mr. Oldknow
Willow
Joseph Mosley
Nadia
Th. Starts
Marple
Stockport
Joseph
London
Isherwood
Marder
Movements Entered About Irish and British Parliamentary Bills
A list of motions and bills entered in the session covers Irish and British reform aims. Proposals include abolishing imprisonment for debt with caveats, reconfiguring the Protestant establishment, banning distilled spirits from grain, extending protections for Sabbath observance, ending military flogging, and restructuring church and peerage powers.
A New Engine of War by Mr Toplis in Leicester Square
A London report describes Mr Toplis of the Museum of National Manufactures presenting a portable war engine to Pacificate the world. The device, dubbed the Pacificator, fires a continuous bullet stream from a gas driven barrel, operated by two men, with the operator sheltered from attack. Critics note air supply and safety questions, while supporters claim it could deter invasions by rendering opposing forces powerless. A court-martial is set to try Surgeon Mr A Lawrence of the Buzzard for drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toplis
Museum of National Manufactures
Leicester Square
Easil
Peress
A. Lawrence
the Buzzard
Admiralty
Fimea
Matter of Poison or Abortion Leading to Death
A coroner's inquest at Ards examined witnesses about a young woman found dead in her bed after illness and suspected abortion. Testimony discussed possible ingestion of drugs, timing of medical care, and family concerns. The jury returned a verdict of death by exhaustion following drowning in a suspected suicide scenario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ards
Marshall Street
A. Jaror
Frederick K. Caughs
Antik Reisen
Reese
Robert Ellis
Cattergon
Mondmyee
Drag
Inséengih
Ani Ree
Witess
Patterson
Alia
Bald
Orden
Tom
Bowen
Ibinoft
Jobe
Sarah
Bennett
Lidgate
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hamburg
Eine Brothers
Board OF Treasury of
Heine Brothers
Bank of
Down's
Savoy-street
Hicks
Sloane Square
Deery
Wedderburn
Schivdae Hollands
Vsqbge
Henerey and Co
Gray's Inn Wine Establishment
High Holborn
Simpson
Regent-circus
Oxfords
the Gazette OF
Whitehall
Thomas Frankland Lewis
John George Shaw Lefevre
George Nichols
England and
Wales
Crown Office
County of
Christopher William Codrington
Doddington
Berkeley William Guise
Office of Ordnance
Royal Regiment of Artillery
C. Dalton
Col. W. Greene
R. Burn
Dalton
H.S. Rowan
Burn
J. Thorpe
S. Hatch
Nottingham
Lace Commission
W. Frankland
B. Lamb
J. Moxon
J. Booth
Macclesfield
G. Brown
H. Smith
J. and
J. Gommersall
Leeds
W. and
M. Bainbridge
Red Lion Passage
Gray’s-son
R. Pearson
E. Melling
W. A. Mano
Rickmansworth
W. Colitt
J. Riley
W. Bashall and Co
Walton-le-Dale
Lancashire
S. Bullen
H. Wright
J. Buckley
W. Buckley
W. Wheldon
Jobinson
J. Colnett
J. Barker
Gravesend
B. H. Higginbottom
Ashton-under-Lyne
A. Stocker
C. Stacey
Baptist Mills
Gloucestershire
S. Usher
G. B Robertson
Phoenix
Colony of
Australia
E. Parry
Constitution OF the Magistracy
England
House of Commons
Aplonby
Commission of the Peace
Boroushs
Beneft
Australian Agricultural Company
MR. Ashton
Thomas Dulcombe
O’connell
Ward
Ireland
Dobbin
Williams
Great’ Britain
Bish
United Kingdom
Buckingham
Samuel Whalley
Pryme
Grand Jutien
Robinson
Ewart
Andrew Agnew
Scotland
Major Fancourt
Rippon
Rippoo
Poulett Scrope
Grote
Colonel Evans
Divett
O’dwyer
Hume
W. Ingilby
O’reilly
Warburton
Halcomb
Surats
Iday
Riga
Buied
Adbaaaegeesyerican
Ao ‘Carsea
Aavenaes
Petersburgh H White
Tzic
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