Charity Meeting in St Marylebone Deliberates on Almhouses Funds
A public gathering of the nobility gentry and clergy at the Courthouse Marylebone discussed the almshouses charity. The committee reported liabilities exceeding assets by 1200 but anticipated new funds. £001 subscriptions and donations were noted, with an appeal urged to parish clergy and continued fundraising.
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St. Marylebone
Marylebone-Jane
Theu
Danmore
Clanwilliam
Bruce
Sidney Herbert
Emma
Georgiana Herbert
Com- Reg
Cairmreren
Court of Proprietors debates idolatry in India and Canton finance
London, June 22 1837. A quarterly general court of the East India Company convened at the East India House. Discussion covered removing state support for idolatrous worship in India, motions to modify directives to the Directors, and concerns over justice in the Nawaub of Ferozepore case. Questions on Canton finance, steam navigation to India, and sugar duties followed with government and directorate plans for steam packets, postages, and trade policy.
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Fietoga
Mr. Marriott
Court of Directors
ManRiorr
India
Crataman
Poyader
Tos
Hon. Court of Directors
Bengal
General Court of Proprietors
Hon
Todia
Britain
Court of
Hankey
Madras
Thon
Manayarr
Court of Proprietors
Frecorr
Governor General of India
Parper
Government of
Caarnman
Poysper
Presidency
Viadras
Frederick Adam
Chaaner
Fort 51
George
Privy Council
Chances
Remindaer
Board of Revenue
Zemindar
Wickham
Baronet
Order In Council
Shamaoodeen Koan
Nawaub
Ferozerore
Fraser
Shamsoodeen Kham
England
Shamsooden Khan
Poe Syers
Caesar
Court of Justice
Hat Cour
Courts of Justice
Hhe
Canwroap
Iy ‘Hon
Fietoea
Cuaigatan
Fiecpex
Jeremiah Briant
Colvin
Duartes Forpes
Canton
Weeptne
st-India
East-India Companys
Great Britain
China
Ben
Sabipary
Xreaeans &c
Alexandria
Suez
Bombay
Waghorn
Wirram
Arties
C. Forbes
Manor Mills Fire at Lower Deptford Road in London
Last night at about half past eleven exten sive Manor Mills owned by Mr Thorne on Lower Deptford road near St Helena Teagardens caught fire. Firemen from multiple stations arrived as flames enveloped a 120 by 50 foot four story building. Roof collapsed around one, fire under control near two. Likely origin debated as overheated flues or chimney fire. No lives lost. Insurance status unclear though insured in Alliance Fire Office. Police and witnesses described extensive destruction and injury to no one.
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Thorne
Deptford
St. Helena
London and Greenwich Railway
Rook
Metropolis
Southwark- Idge
Morgan’s-lane
Farringdon-street
Waterloo-road
Watling-street
Jeffeys-square
West of England
London
Tremco
Fhorpe
Alliance Fire Office
Emigrant Labour and the Frolic System in Early America
The author laments scarce labor and high toil in country settlements and proposes immigrant settlements and collective “frolics” as solutions. Observations on New England's cooperation, a 1835 agricultural note, and a Mississippi woman paddling upriver illustrate the need for organized communities to share labor and combat isolation, as discussed in Miss Martineux’s America.
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New England
United States
Almanack
Mississippi
Miss Martineux
America
Extraordinary pigeon match at Red House Tavern Battersea
A remarkable pigeon shooting contest at the Red House Tavern enclosure in Battersea drew a large amateur crowd. Competitors used pated wire cartridge and gmail shot with Eley rounds, racing to shoot as many birds as possible in five minutes then ten minutes, with Mr Bloodsworth emerging the winner.
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Red House
Battersea
England
Bloodsworth
Droom
Address to the King from Toronto Political Union
The Toronto Political Union in a May 17 correspondence sends an address to the King condemning acts of the provincial government. They oppose the current Assembly as unrepresentative, denounce loans and debentures, criticize the secrecy of taxation, demand Westminster sanction for notes, and protest the creation of a Court of Chancery and other measures affecting liberties.
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Toronto
City of
Lord Glenelg
House of Zseeeaery
Great Britein
Quebec
Trade and commerce of the republic in 1836 summary
Levi Woodbury reports on 1836 trade data with exports 61,316,996 dollars and imports 189,980,035 dollars, noting duty free items and specific duties on molasses and sugar. Imports from England totaled 75,761,713 dollars, while exports to England reached 63,302,403 dollars. American tonnage numbered 1,225,384 entering the U.S., with 6,103 American ships and 61,390 men employed. British debt and future contracts loom in the figures.
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Putpapeepara
Levi Woodbury
the Treasury
The
Republic
Runo Ding
Great Britain
Lars
China
Les
Etdaenaces
Weeensecencronssses
Censeeeunepeseaee
Cseussever Eaee
England
Hense
France
Ditto
United States
Ncecs Accesenessecscoues
Eecesavececveses
Cececcacceree
Bee Avesareha Diate
United States Specie Crisis and Foreign Trade Fallout
A correspondent reports widespread bank suspensions in the United States and Canada, notes that gold and silver flow abroad, and describes anxiety over commercial failures. He cites Burke and Co.’s apparent loss far below reported liabilities, warns against believing rumors, and discusses Mexico, Texas, and naval actions with emphasis on specie scarcity and currency woes amid evolving diplomacy.
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Parapecrata
Jone
Pasha
Montreal
Quebec
Upper Canada
United States
Republic
Canadas
America
Europe
New York
New
France
House of Burke and Co
New Orleans
Vera Cruz
Mexico
French West Indies
Buntamente
Texas
Natchez
Bustamento
The
Globe
Government Journal
Washington
Champion
Bustamente
Independence
Wharton
Her
Brasses
Drowning Tragedy in Regent's Canal Inquest
In Stepney a coroner's inquest heard that Charles Benward Haynes aged 21 and Edward Washington Haynes aged 16 drowned in the Regent's Canal on Sunday evening after attempting a man’s across the water. Younger brother Edward pulled ashore after being found, with the elder Charles succumbing an hour later. The jury declared the deaths accidental.
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Daownino
Broragrs
Guo-maker’s Arms
Bow-common-lane
Stepney
Charles Benward Haynes
Edward Washington Haynes
Regent's Canal
W. Todd
Charles
Edward
Charles Haynes
Matthias Ralph
Ben Jonson’s
Brown
Aniel Fairclough
Todd
New
Acci
Public Sales Register Junzal Auction Notes
Register lists multiple property sales by Francis Fuller and others. Includes a copyhold estate of 15 acres 2 roods 16 perches at Fulham let to Deadman for three years at 751 annually, plus two freehold houses Nos 41 and 42 Southville let at 311 122 with annuity, four leasehold cottages Crayford Albany road let at 1291 for forty years at 531 103 830, a house at Hanover street Peckham let at 354 for 86 years at 9 ground rent 270, a house No 17 adjacent held 86 years at 10 415, a residence garden and grounds in Elmgrove held 90 years at 1 ground rent 545, and a leasehold candle factory at Windsor terrace City-road with plant utensils fixtures held 21 years from Midsummer 1833 at 45 per year 79W.
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Francis Fuller
Fulham
Deadman
Ventom
Southville
Wandsworth Road
Crayford Cottages
Albany Road
Camberwell
Bild
Hanover-street
Rye Lane
Peckham
Elmgrove
Windsor-terrace
City-road
A Fiemish Courtship
A quirky scene shows Mynheer Kroger and Kitty Kroger in a back parlour courtship with burgomaster Schlippenbach, including funny barter remarks and playful gifts. The narration notes a Dutch mackerel cargo analogy and a strange pear from a tree in Cleobury Mortimer, with a Worcester pepper mention.
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Kroger
Mynheer
Myaheer
Kitty
Schlippenbach
Swain
Belgium
Worcester
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High Sk Court
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Ims
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William Cory
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Mium
Standard of England
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Myon
William Gunston
Sir Wiliam Hoygate
G. H. Heppel
Lier
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Sankras
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Catharine Street
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SSS
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Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
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Hatton Garden
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Ritt-alley
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Solilty
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Trates
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Greenwich
Shaw
Rogerson
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Pacha
Belgrade
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Varna
Register OF Public Sales
Junzal
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