Firefly sails delayed by severe weather at Falmouth
Falmouth dated Sept 3 details the Firefly government steam packet returning to port after a rough voyage to the Mediterranean with about fifty passengers aboard. The Wellington East India man is also delayed. The Thames steamer from London to Dublin has arrived and will not sail tonight.
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Firefly Government Steam Packet
Mediterranean
Wellington
Alec
London
Dublin
Intended Grand Dinner for Earl Grey in Edinburgh
Extract from a private 1834 letter describes a planned grand dinner for Earl Grey in Edinburgh. The Whig loan for Parliament House was refused, forcing a temporary High School Yard venue for up to two thousand guests. Reporters were rumored to be dispatched from London.
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Earl Grey
Edinburgh
Leith Walk
Ediebaret
Parliament House
High School
Calico Hill
London
Liston
Weathercock
House of Lords
Brougham and
Vaux
Dublin observer debunks cholera panic spread by London papers
The Dublin Observer ridicules a London press paragraph on Dublin cholera stating 158 new cases and a re opened Grange German Hospital. It notes Dublin cases averaged under fifty daily, Grange German Lane had no cholera patients for eighteen months, and government plans were misrepresented.
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Dublin
Sun
Grange German
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Metropolitan Cholera Hospital
Grange German Lane
W. Gossett
Public Men and Their Censors Duel Threats in 1834 Press Row
In Fraser's Magazine an article on Parliament’s past session provoked Thomas Slingsby Duncombe MP to threaten Fraser with a pistol. Lord Viscount Allen delivered a Duncombe cartel demanding contradiction or satisfaction. Fraser pressed charges. Duncombe was bound over to keep the peace. Duncombe's letter to Fraser calls for a public contradiction or satisfaction.
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Thomas Slingsby Duncombe
Finsbury
Vehi
Duncombe
Pownall
Viscount Allen
James Fraser
Corders
Lord Allen
Mr. Fraser
Marlborough-street
Marlborough Street
Dancombe
Arlington-street
Tom
Thomas S. Duncombe
J. Fraser
Albion
Duncougy
Chronicle
George Wood
Mr. Duncombe
Pourett Thomson
Europe
The
Melancholy and Fatral Accident at Grendon
The Peacock landlord Mr Spicer of Islington died from a hunting accident at Grendon Northamptonshire when a twig on a hedge trigger fired his gun blowing away his left eye and part of the brain. He leaves a widow and no children. A separate account recounts extreme gin addiction including a widow aunt of a famous singer selling her teeth for drink and attempting to auction her body after death for money.
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Islington
Cropper
East India House
Grendon
Northamptonshire
Samuel Herapath
Hobtborn-hill
Bingalar
Long-acre
Birmingham Wheat Prices Hold Firm Amid Mixed Grains Demand
Prices are firm with slight gains on top quality new wheat while old wheat holds recent quotes. Fresh malting barley remains popular though new barley is seen as inferior. Grinding barley and oats sell slowly. Beans, peas, and flour hold. malt sales are heavy. Various prices listed for tares, old and new wheat, malting and grinding barley, oats, beans, peas, and flours across a range of weights.
Market Prices Report for Wheat and Grains in Wolverhampton
Prices for old and new wheat hold steady with slight gains in top grades. Barley oats peas and beans show little change with higher inquiry for peas. Flour levels remain as reported with various parchment measures and unit prices for tares and grinding flour noted.
Operative Builders Union meeting over master builders dispute
A crowded Chelsea gathering at the Friend-at-Hand reports on efforts to aid journeymen in resisting signing a master builders’ document. Resolutions praise free association, denounce monopoly, and urge negotiation, with support from Major Beauclerk and local merchants.
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Knightsbridge
Brompton
Elizabeth-street
Hans-place
Pimlico
Beauclerk
M.P
Ellis
Cotterell
Passmore
Centro Fis
the Counry
Taylor
Major Beauclerk
Cubitt
Chester-street
Grosvenor-place
Jubitt
Master Builders’ Committee
Marson
Brown
Ebury Square
Brighton
Cheltenham
England
Ireland
Porland
Mr. Taylor
Mr. Simpson
Pimtic
The
True Sun
King’s Bench
Ryan
Morning Chronicle
Written guarantees urged to protect tradesmen debts
Commissioner Dubois of Kingsgate street Court of Requests warned licensed victuallers that no one is bound for another's debts unless there is a written undertaking. He urged clear guarantees to safeguard claim recovery amid past losses, especially for publicans. The piece also notes coffee duties and a Temperance Society event announced during Settle races.
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Dubois
Kingsgate Street
England
Jamaica
West Indies
Market Cross
The
Temperance Society
Leeds Intelligencer
Prices of Irish Stocks and Bonds Across Markets
A dated financial listing reports prices for Irish stocks and bonds including Grand Canal, Five per Cents, and Royal Spanish Loan, with exchange rates on London and various paper and money terms. Also noted are mining and insurance shares such as Anglo Mexican Mining, Brazilian Imperial Mining, and Canada Company, among others, with arrivals and market figures.
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Ium
Connors
Grand Canal
Royal Spanish Loan
O Orente
Anglo Mexican Mining Co
Alliance Fire Insurance Company
Secseceses
Solanos Mining Company
Secesseserescensen
Brazilian Imperial Mining Co
British Iron Mining Company
Columbian Mining Co
Poor Law Amendment Act to be printed with notes
The Weekly True Sun announces a Sunday issue on September 7 containing a Summary of the Week’s News and The Poor Law Amendment Act with notes by a eminent lawyer plus a copious index. The act radically changes pauper government and warrants broad reading. early orders to Newsmen are requested as limited copies will be struck off.
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True Sun
Lisbon News in Second Edition Aug 25 1834 London to Lisbon report
Lisbon reports the Chamber of Deputies backed a plan making specie the only legal tender after September first, while honoring contracts made before July 23. The regency question also passed with minimal dissent. European commentary critiques France and Louis Philippe over Spain, urging support for constitutional reform and warning against foreign meddling. Dutch and Austrian papers note naval and financial moves, while Bayonne dispatches hint at Don Carlos and Guipuzcoan detachments.
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Madrid
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Portugal
Spain
Don Cantos
Louia Paiatrre
France
England
Patriota
Cartes
Cortes
Ferdinano VII
Debates on Polish and Dutch Treaties and Global News
The report covers a Polish Dutch treaty declaration and a parallel Russian note, plus a Hague and Amsterdam update on troop reviews and the reception of shuttery detachments. It also notes cholera in North America, a Mexican situation under Santa Anna, Nova Scotia’s economic distress, and ongoing bank and currency concerns in Britain with a contraction in the money supply and fears for trade.
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Hague
Amsterdam
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ST. Petersburgh
Ava
Cronstadt
Berlin
Ave
Schuld
Petersburg
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Puebla
Santa Anna
General Bravo
Canalizo
Queretaro
Congress
Santa da
MiraMicus
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Manchester Voters Stand Against Church Tax Increase
Manchester public feeling surges as results show 1,123 majority against compulsory church rate. The piece lauds Manchester’s stand and notes the heightened energy in the city, contrasting with other regions. Also included are economic remarks on money, banking, and currency excesses, and a rundown of parliamentary controversy involving Mr. Duncombe and Fraser’s Magazine.
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