Abolition of Private Money Issues Urged in Parliament
The article condemns metallic currency and private bank profits, arguing for a national bank issuing sound paper money. It estimates eight million annual gains if money issuance was public, and criticizes Bank of England privileges and free banking, urging government control of currency through a national institution. It cites Jamaica, Cape, and Sydney letters as part of city intelligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of England
AMO
England
Jesse
Jamaica
Cape
Sydney
Melancholy Accident at Waterloo Bridge
A coroner’s inquest in Surrey examined the death of Phillip Batt Blake of 83 Stamford Street Blackfriars Road after a cart fight left a shaft piercing his thigh from a collision with a one-horse cart driven by a man and four women on the wrong side near Pall Mall and Haymarket. The driver, Clutterbuck, claimed he swerved to avoid an omnibus, was detained, and the postmortem found the shaft penetrated the inner thigh near the femur. verdict: Accidental Death. Insurance policies reportedly totaling 186,0001. were noted regarding the late Earl of Tickell’s heir. Other items include a drowning incident at Quesnoy and Trueba’s return to Madrid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Surrey
Cornwall Arms
Cornwall-road
Waterloo-bridge
Phillip Batt Blake
Stamford Street
Blackfriars-road
John Daniell
Jewin-street
Photon
Witness
Pall-mall
Haymarket
Iteess
White
Parliaent-street
Bedfont
Winela
James White
Metropolitan Police
C 92
Clutterbuck
Brentford-butts
Abrahams
Cockspur Street
Slong Pall-mall
Ar. White
Parliament-street
Deodand
OF Glentworth
Earl of eTick
Quesnoy-sur-Deule
Department du Nor
Paris
Don Telesforo de Trueba
E Cortes
Madrid
Trueba
Garett
Brighton
Bow-Street
William Imber
Thomas Phelam
Windhull
Fetterlane
F. Roe
Marlborough Street
John Lowe
Dyer
Walsh
Mr. Dyer
Williams
No. 40
Grulden-square
Cook
Gulden Square
Miss Abraham
Diana Eldridge
Gregorie
Jeffries Buildings
Almonry
Westminster
James Kingsman
Mr. Gregorie
Kingsman
Hicuppinz
Market Roundup From The City This Day
Closing prices for Five and Three per Cents cited, with unsettled markets and rumour of defalcations. Reports from Barbados and Jamaica note tranquillity. Cape Town emigration figures show 3,200 people moved. Sydney prices list Wheat seven shillings per bushel and meat and dairy costs. cholera cases reported at Valencia with health warnings issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valencia
Middlesex Sessions Aged Thief Convicted On Simple Larceny
Edward Thomas an eight year old in Brentford household thefts of eleven sovereigns a watch chain seal and keys plus other items from Henry Chamberlain. Jury finds simple larceny with one month in House of Correction fourteen days solitary. Father blamed harsh stepmother. reply promises better. Additional cases include John Smith two shoes stolen. Mary Williams boots. John Clarke two shillings. tea dealer Fincham marks till then loses silver. verdicts guilty with mercy for poverty driven theft.
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Rotch
Edward Thomas
Ataas
Henry Chamberlain
Brentford
House of Correction
John Smith
Richard Forty
Mary Williams
John Clarke
Henry Fincham
Charingcross
Thomas
Fincham
Disturbance at City Theatre Charged Two Men
Two young men dressed as butchers named John Smith and William Cox faced charges for causing a disturbance at the City Theatre pit and assaulting George McKenna the check-taker and Hughes a ward officer. McKenna testified they claimed to have tickets bought elsewhere but could not produce checks, leading to a two hour altercation before officers finally removed them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman Cowan
City Theatre
Milton-street
Smith
Cox
Hughes
M‘kinna
Riotous brawl at theatre pit leads to arrests
In Milton Street the row began at the theatre entrance as Hughes and Smith clashed with a constable. Smith, badly cut, accused Hughes of violent conduct after a prior incident. Other witnesses supported the claims. Bail was set to keep the peace and the prisoners were to answer at sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton-street
Wood
Smith
Bill
Hughes
Lee
J. Kinaman
Richard Wood
M’kenna
Cox
Ughes
Alderman Cowan
Shipping Intelligence and Irish Agricultural Schools
Ory Marcate Aug 27 reports arrivals from Jamaica and Archangel with several ships listed including Duke of Bronte John s Cordelia Columbus Legatus Lord Stewart Lydia Valentia Adelaide Brailun Louzel Higginson Vixen Scotia Thomas Maria Hector Ethelbert Fame Polas Cato Ocean Kingston Charlotte Regatta. A wandering party at hotels mimics country arrivals, then Agricultural Schools trustees lease land in Connaught Holymount Mayo to establish a model farm for forty pupils six to ten female boarders and separate divisions.
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Lloyd’s
Ory Marcate
Auc
Duke of Bronte
Harris
Jamaica
Orr Portsmouth
Johns
Barbadoes
Vixen
Lisbon
Scotia
Watson
Sydney
River
Ave
Thomas, King
Demerara
Maria
Bilboa
Hector
Ethelbert
St. Petersburgh
Fame
Harlingen
Polas
Gottenburg
Cato
Grenada
Ocean
Archangel
Kingston
Antigua
Charlotte
St. John’s
New Brunswick
Regatta
Cadiz
Irish Relief Committee
Ireland
Province of
Connaught
Holymount
County of Mayo
Stewart
German Stock Speculation and European News
Berlin reports wild Spanish stock speculation causing heavy losses among wealthy investors while poorer speculators suffer. factory children need schooling and humane treatment. Munich notes Crown Prince to Vienna and Bavarian exhibition plans. Spires mentions funds for Schiller monument repair. Berlin censorship and cholera concerns rise as 17 students jailed. Hesse Cassel reports Crown Prince delaying return with possible extended assembly sessions.
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Berlin
Aue
Stock Exchange
Russia
Kingdom
Poland
Silesia
M. L
Munich
Aus
Crown Prince
Vienna
Royal Odeon
Baron von Melden
Rhine
Frederick Schuler
Frederick Schiller
Valley of
Frankenstein
Frankfort
Races At Egham Led To Thin Attendance
Tattersall’s yesterday featured a mixed tote of names with prices for several horses including Plenipo and Shilelagh colt, Warlaby, Touchstone, Bran, Bubastes, Gen. Chasse, Marcellina and Beuste. Attendance was thin and business was light due to the Egham races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tattersall
Plenipo
EGHAM RACES AND LOCAL THEATRE NOTES OF THE WEEK
The report covers horse racing results at Egham with multiple stakes and winners including Chataigne and Messenger, plus details from Northampton, Stourbridge, Canterbury, Yarmouth, and Weymouth races. It ends with theatre notes on the Lyceum performance of the Mountain Sylph and audience rush.
The Ring and the Winding-sheet from Lover’s May Songs
A music review of Samuel Lover works The May den No 1 Songs of the Superstitions of Ireland and No 2 The Ring and the Winding-sheet notes Moore’s fading popularity and Lover’s budding genius with praise for the melodies and verse. It highlights May dew charm as a bond between lovers and lauds the fitting music to words, ending with a brief remark on the second song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Samuel Lover
J. Duff and Co
Oxford-street
Moore
Bon Tom Moore
Mr. Moore
Mr. Power
Lover
Markets and Smithfield values in dull corn and meat trade
Corn Exchange sales seen as inanimate with steady prices for old and new wheat, Derry oats at Us 6d, barley sought by maltsters, and beans and peas dull. Smithfield reports moderate stock, strong demand for mutton and beef, lambs and veal at Monday prices, pork abundant and prices easing, with cattle 360 head, sheep and lambs 3,430, calves 230, pigs 340.
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Kent
Essex
Suffolk
Smithfield
Atock
Colonial Markets This Day
Market round up across commodities and goods. Sucar prices rise for brown Jamaica and good grocery. Tes steady. Corree prices up 3s per cwt. Valentia Raisins and Zante Currants in demand with currants higher. Sprints and cotton dull with limited sales. Bremen and sugar variations noted for Jamaica and Brazil. Cocoa, Priento, and Silk/ Wool items show limited activity. Tallow and Whale products lightly traded with modest changes.
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Sucar
B. P
Jamaica
Trinidad
St. Kitt’s
Corree
Brazil
Grenada
Priento
Snettac
TaLtow
P. Y.C
Eccentric Reveries and Early Scientific Notions in 19th Century Notes
A fragment from a periodical compiles miscellaneous reflections on memory and reading, eye irritation and sensation, piano tuning innovations, coin weight precision at the Royal Mint, Burman alchemy myths, and a meditation on duty. It cites sources like More’s Memoirs, Guthrie on Cataract, Atheneum, Lardner’s Cyclopedia, Crawford’s Embassy to Ava, and Webster’s Speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. More
Guthrie
Paris
Atheneum
Royal Mint
Lardner
Cyclopedia
Crawford
Ava
Webster
Court Circulates in Admiralty and Colonial Office
Lord Auckland departed for Portsmouth on official Admiralty duty. Sir George Grey attended the Colonial Office for the first time as Under Secretary of State. The Earl of Mulgrave headed to Mulgrave Castle after meeting Mr Rice. Mons Dedel, Dutch Special Minister, held talks at Foreign Office. Grey furniture moved from Downing Street to Berkeley Square.
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Lord Auckland
Portsmouth
Admiralty
George Grey
Colonial Office
Eine
John Elevre
Feta
Earl of Mulgrave
Mulgrave Castle
Yorkshire
Rice
Ay Ope Mons. Dedel
Secretary of State For Foreign
Ae Earl Grey
Downing-street
Berkeley Square
Paris stock losses and heroic outputs on the Thames
A collage of brief notes reports two Paris stock exchange figures M Boncherot and M Thibadie committed suicide after a market plunge. Royal Navy promotions follow Phenix voyage with Queen across the Continent. Paris menagerie advertises brutal bull and boar combats. A Times and Spectator review praises a Bulwer novel edition critiquing Lord Grey and Durham as liberal leaders.
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Hallfar Guardian
M. Boncherot
M.thibadie
Paris
Oliver
Phenix
Dacres
Royal George
W. Fryon
Black Forest
the Spectator
England
Bulwer
Grey
Lord Grey
Lord Durham
March of Liberal
Tate
Tate Mi
Coux
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St. Christophe
West Indies
Cape of Good Hope
Society For Exploring
South Africa
New South Wales
An Dieman’s Land
Emigration Board
van Dieman’s Land
Regency
Middlesex
Police
Shipping Intelligence
College of Censorship
Hesse Cassel
Eatler
Meisterlin
Swabian Mercury
Sporting
Lord Orford
Gardner
Chapple
Martyo
de Burgh
the Bravo
G. Harrison
T. Dockeray
Messenger
Bravo
G. Heathcote
C Valentissimo
Buckle
F Bucephalis
Emilius
Ricardo
Camel
Marandole
Martyn
Macbeth
Shakspeare
Ketting
Valentissimo
Pree Eee Ey
Northampton
Stith
Newman
Sevillian
Titian
Little Boy Slugs
Iad Dick
Stourbridge
Weavespay
Mr. Painter
Mr. Mott
Master Budd
Mr. Williams
Sheldoun
Godolphin
Gifford
Mott
Trow Ng Chance Jate Cherubino
Tee
Canterbury
Theobald
Rockingham
Ayrs
Vestris
Hodges
Robinetta
Mr. Willis
Guildford
Miss Ellen
Eee
Weymouth
Pryse
Caldicot
Reseseeseee
Mudels Fies Mazeppa
Houldsworth
Johnstone
L. Glyn
Haldon
Mr. Spencer
Sultan
Mr. Hewitt
Mr. Finch
Blenheim
Mr. Scott
Barney Bodkin
Mr. Shrapnel
Mayfly
Phillips
Wilson
India
Corn Exchange
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