Bank faults and Spanish crisis politics stir markets
The text discusses bank governance scrutiny involving Mr Raikes, creditor investigations, and concerns over solvency with declarations on governor qualifications. It reports Spanish reinforcement news, the Paris papers on royalist responses, and Spanish Army strength affecting confidence in markets and public funds. It notes ministerial and judicial actions in France, press prosecutions, and stock exchange reactions with bond and Indigo sales, plus European updates on bonds and commodities.
Belgian Service Quits and Sums Paid Indemnity
Reports say officers will quit Belgian service to return to France, receiving a month's full pay as indemnity. The piece notes French officers leaving without explanation and cites Belgian, French, and German papers on related tensions. Also covered are Prussian transfer of Lichtenberg, Austrian plans to link Trieste with Constantinople, and unrest in the Morea with Colonel Don Vicente Banga’s death in Matanzas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Belgium
France
Courrier Belge
Prussia
Saxe Cosare Gothia
Principality of Lichtenberg
Paris
Lichtenberg
Bank of England Governor’s Alleged Bankruptcy Adjourns
Law intelligence notes the Court of Bankruptcy before Commissioner Evans hearing claims against the late Governor of the Bank of England. An application for a private meeting due to peculiar circumstances led to adjournment to a private room for full evidence on the alleged act of bankruptcy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
Robbery case and street beggars in Bow Street court
At Bow Street a young man Thomas Rae was charged with robbing Messrs Alston Mather of over 8000. Officers testified Rae possessed gold and notes and a cash box, with a portmanteau later found. In Queen Square a man named William Davis was remanded for fourteen days for begging. Henry Haydon, a wooden legged man with two children, was committed for fourteen days for begging aided by his children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bow-Street
Alston, Mather, and Co
GlasGow
Thomas Rae
George Ruthven
Ellis
Bank of England
Waterloo-road
Goll
Queen-Square
Wm. Davis
Green
Mendicity Society
Burrell
Westminster Road
Mr. Burrell
London
House of Correction
Henry Haydon
Shipping Intelligence From Lloyds Oct. 6 Summary
Orr Dover reports arrivals including Woodman from Newfoundland and Fanny Voase from Oporto. Wicat notes Eliza from St Domingo. Cowes flags Grampus from Matanzas. Plymouth records Louisa Maria from Montevideo and Priam from Quebec. Gloucester lists Eliza Jane from Oporto and Thomas from Quebec. Liverpool logs Hayward from Jamaica and Wilhelmina Ruth from Dantzig. Cuypne notes Lady of the Lake from St John s NB. River shows Henry from Lisbon and Ventura from Faro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd’s
Orr Dover
Woodman
Kelton
Newfoundland
Fanny Voase
Overton
Oporto
Orr
Wicat
Eliza
Kellick
St. Domingo
Cowes
Grampus
Brewster
Matanzas
Plymouth
Louisa Maria
Campbell
Monte Video
Priam
Harpur
Quebec
Mary
Prince Edward's Island
Orr Faumouti
Hope
Grant
South Seas
Paton
Seed and coal market roundup with prices and sales
Seed market reports limited business with mixed demand for red clover canary and carraway. Best winter rates hold around 8s to 9s while rapes and linseed show small shifts. Coal prices rise slightly as eight vessels arrived, listing per ton across multiple collieries and towns with varied figures from 10s to 22s 3d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adairs
Chester
Lambton Primrose
Orde’s Redheugh
Holywell
Pontop Windsor
Shipcote
Tanfield
Wall’s End Adelaide
Ditto Gosforth
Ditto Heaton
Ditto Hetton
Ditto Hillda
Ditto
Hotspur
Ditto Killingworth
Ditto Newmarch
Northumberland
Ditto Peareth
Ditto Riddell
Ditto Russell
Hetton
Ditto Selby
Hay
New
Remarkable rescue and Antwerp hawking spectacle
A two year old girl was found asleep in a dog kennel with a Newfound land dog guarding her in Peckham Surrey. The father and bystander were unable to approach until the child awoke and fled to safety. In Antwerp residents watched a wild hawk from the cathedral tower attack a pigeon but dropped it, recovered, and again seized the prey, flying away over the Scheldt amid cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peckham
Surrey
Antwerp
Scheldt
Paris Letter on Fontainbleau Amnesties and Political Tensions
A Paris correspondent discusses cabinet splits over a potential general amnesty for political offenses, noting Persil and Gerard on opposing sides. He cites prisoner cases like Messrs. Bell and Grant, M. Carrel's surrender, and the political climate after Fontainbleau visits. The piece also mentions social figures and Spanish news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fontainbleau
Napoleon
M. Persil
Mercy
Marshal Gerard
Westion
Messrs
Bell
Grant
M. Armand Carrel
M. Carrel
Louis-Philip
Melun
Lord Granville
Granville
Fullarton
Ashton
Paris
Caradoc
Bowring
Marseilles
Irving
Morning Chronicle
Madrid
London
Ingland
France
Bank of England Accounts a Humble Juggle of the Times
An England-wide critique calls Bank of England and Treasury accounts a delusion. It notes bullion fell to 2,259,000 with liabilities at 33,880,000 while circulation and deposits rose, and securities barely grew. The piece condemns reliance on paper securities, urges reform, and warns of future upheaval if the House of Commons fails to act with courage and prudence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of England
Whitehall
Threadneedle-street
Lord Althorp
Bedford-street
England
House of Commons
Samuel Whalley
Prince Talleyrand to Return to London Late This Month
Report circulates that Prince Talleyrand will not resume duties at the British Court after his current term ends. His Hanover Square establishment has been pared to two or three domestics and most carriages removed, though the reason lies in monthly hiring of equipages. The Duchess de Dino will accompany him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
National
Juge d'Instruction
M. Gisquet
M. Carrel
Police
M. Thiers
Journal Des Debats
Fontainbleau
Monsieur Carrel
Nicut
Madame Pasta
Bologna
Missolonghi
Melia
Bonefazi
Hamare
Goldbey
Lower Silesia
Burke
Coleridge
Earl of Durham
Glasgow
Oswald
Weymouth
Salisbury Herald
Angel Hotel
Strand
Wilde
Central Committee
Messrs. Ponsford
the Edge
Ware-Road
Dean
Newcut
Lambeth
Lovick
Mechanics’ Institution
Mayes
Prince Talleyrand
London
Hanover-square
Duchess de Dino
M‘ian
QO. Smith
T. P. Cooke
M‘tan
Toby
C. Churchill
Rostart Rarmono
Senate of
Venice
States-General
Charles
Duke of Richmond
Cain
Lord Byron
Dr. Brown
Eppa
London Medical Journal
China
Russia
Nankin
Erfurt
Father Kircher
St. Ivan’s Church
Moscow
Boris Godunov
Anne
England
Christchurch College
Oxford
St. Paul’s
Lincoln
Lisbon
Madeira
Brazil
Buenos Ayres
Jamaica
Falmouth
Duke of York
Stanmer
Lord Melville
Eclipse
West India
Ramona
Halland Mail
Sir E. Banks
Hamburgh
General Steam Navigation Company
Danube
Trieste
Constantinople
Maria Dorothea
Presburg
Galatz
Corfu
Zante
Smyrna
Preaburg
Flemine
C. Elphinstone Fleming
Cumbernauld
Edinburgh
Forfar
Barclay
Caledonian Mercery
Play-Goer at Lyceum and Surrey Theatre Review
The Lyceum presents Lo Zingaro starring Mr M Ian praised for dramatic force amid a mixed piece. Surrey Theatre debut features Adelgitha with Dibdin Pitt and Miss Lacy, while Davidge’s Veteran and his Progeny garners vigorous audience support and promises a strong season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surrey Theatre
Dib
Dawson
Milton
T. Green
Theatre Royal
Covent-garden
Moncrieff
Adelgitha
Monk Lewis
Dibdin Pitt
Michael Ducas
Miss Lacy
Adelyitha
Surrey
Davidge
Philip Gaibois
Jean le Parle
Miss Mayoss
Miss Mayoss and Mrs. Stickney
New York Theatre
Isabel
The Pentonville Tragedy Letter Response
A letter from C. A. L. Campbell, dated Oct 7 from Sadler's Wells Theatre, defends his inscription for a monument to Steinberg tragedy victims. He insists the lines are not melodramatic and explains the inscription was a gratuitous, family-driven task, written in ignorance of causing pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steinberg
Sadler’s Wells Theatre
THE
True Sun
Sirn
Etta Brute
L. V. Campbell
Court conversations among empire envoys and officials
An Ottawa style dispatch notes meetings in London with Namik Pacha from the Ottoman Porte and Viscount Palmerston, Rive with Viscount Melbourne, de Bacourt at Foreign Affairs, the Master General of the Ordnance with Secretary Rice, and Viscount Althorp’s arrival. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn reach the Duchess of Bedford at Doune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Namik Pacha
Ottoman Porte
Viscount Palmerston
Fores Office
Legation
Rive
Viscount Melbourne
Treasury
Monsieur de Bacourt
Secretary of State For Foreign Affairs
The
Ordnance
Rice
Colonial Office
Viscount Althorp
Althorp Park
Northamptonshire
Marchioness of
Abercorn
Duchess of Bedford
Doune
Abergilely Castle
Aberdeen
Miscellany of Political Quotes and Travel Anecdotes
A collection of antiquated reflections on liberty and governance, anecdotes about travel tricks and large bells, naval mails, steam ventures on the Danube, a dinner for Admiral Fleming, and a dramatic coach-escapade involving a near-miss with a child.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pio
Raikes
Ar. Raikes
Europe
El-Pastor
Sagastibelza
Pozzo Pi Burso
Baron Wertner
Gerard
Austria
Stock Exchange
Cortes
Late East India Company
St. Katharine’s Dock Company
Ndigo
Dock Company
Liverpool
Lloyd's
Foreign Department
the Stock Exchange
Spanish Cortes
India
Greece
Morea
Corocorront
Havannah
Don Vicente Banga
LAW Intelligence
Shipping Intelligence
S.W
Pentonville
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!