Firefly Returns Due to Weather Delays at Sea
From our own correspondent Seven PM report the government steam packet Firefly, bound for the Mediterranean, is returned to port because of heavy weather. It carries about fifty passengers. The Wellington, an East India ship, is also put back, and the Thames steam packet from London to Dublin will not sail tonight.
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Government Steam Packet
Mediterranean
Wellington
London
Dublin
Bayonne
Paris
Intended Grand Dinner for Earl Grey in Edinburgh
Extract from a private letter dated Sept 1 1834 from Leith Walk Edinburgh notes a planned dinner for Earl Grey on Sept 15. The Parliament-house loan is refused by the Whig Clique, forcing a temporary structure in the High School Yard for up to two thousand attendees with London reporters expected to cover speeches.
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Leith Walk
Edinburgh
High School
Calton Hill
London
Liston
House of Lords
Brougham and
Vaux
Ireland Cholera Panic Debunked by Dublin Paper
The Dublin Observer denounces a London press claim of a cholera surge in Dublin as false. It notes no more than fifty daily cases, Grange Gorman Hospital has had no cholera patients in eighteen months, and no reopening planned. It challenges London reporting and defends Dublin’s record.
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Dublin Observer
London
Dublin
Sun
Grange Gorman Hospital
Dublin News
Dustin
Metropolitan Cholera Hospital
Grange German Lane
W. Gossett Fias
Public Men and Their Censors in Fraser's Magazine
An article on The Past Session of Parliament mocked MP Thomas Slingsby Duncombe for his conduct and contrasted him with rival candidate Pownall. A cartel from Duncombe led Fraser to threaten legal action and Marlborough Street police brought Duncombe before magistrates. The piece defends Fraser and decries pistols against publishers while noting Duncombe was bound over to keep the peace.
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Fraser
Thomas Slingsby Duncombe
Finsbury
T. S. Duncombe
Pownall
Lord Viscount Alien
Duncombe
James Fraser
Lord Allen
Mr. Fraser
Marlborough-street
Marlborough Street
Duscowas
Chronicle
Duncompe
Mie
Pourett Thomson
Europe
Fatal accident at Grendon ends in death for landlord Spicer
In Northamptonshire near Grendon Mr. Spicer landlord of the Peacock Islington died after a hunting trip when a gun exploded striking his left cheek destroying eye and brain. He leaves a widow with no family. The second item recounts a dramatic drunkenness testimony about a gin addicted widow who sold teeth and considered body sale, illustrating social vice.
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Islington
Cropper
Grendon
Northamptonshire
R. Spicer
Samuel Herapath
Holborn-hill
Long-acre
Wey Beeen
Wheat and grain prices steady with mixed demand in Birmingham
In Birmingham on September 4 prices for grain show firm to slightly higher tones for new wheat while old wheat remains quoted. Fresh malting barley is in higher demand though new is deemed inferior. Oats and grind barley trade weak, beans and peas rise slightly, malt sales heavy, and various price ranges listed for old and new wheats, malting and grinding barleys, oats, peas, beans, and flour.
Wheat and Grain Prices in Wolverhampton Market
The market reports moderate supplies and good condition of new wheat with steady prices and slight gains in fine quality. Barley, oats, peas, and beans show little change, with increased inquiry for beans. Old wheat 63 9d to 7s 2d per 72lb. new 6s to 6s 6d per 38 quarts. barley 5s to 6s 6d per 38 quarts. flour prices 26s to 27s and 30s to 33s per 224 lb. oats, beans, peas 15s to 16s 9d per 196 lb. tares 9s to 10s per imperial bushel.
Operative Builders Union Debates Master Builders Fight
A crowded Chelsea meeting at the Friend at Hand opposes master builders by denouncing coercive demands and endorsing effort to support journeymen in resisting signing a binding document. Major Beauclerk and Cubitt are cited amid calls for reconciliation and broader support across England Ireland and Scotland.
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Pilehtabedee
Brompton
Elizabeth-street
Hans-place
Pimlico Committee
Beauclerk
M.P
Happ
Ellis
Cotterell
Passmore
Taylor
Major Beauclerk
Cubitt
Chester-street
Grosvenor-place
Master Builders’ Committee
P.S
Peron
Creane
Brighton
Cheltenham
England
Ireland
Scotland
Ryan
Mr. Taylor
Mr. Simpson
Pimlico
True Sun
King’s Bench
The
Morning Chronicle
Written guarantees urged for creditors by Kinggate Court official
Yesterday the Kingagate street Court of Requests official advised licensed victuallers that no one is liable for another’s debt unless there is a written undertaking. He warned that ignorance has cost tradesmen, especially publicans, and urged explicit written guarantees to secure claims. England taxed coffee imports and inequality in taxation drew critique from Martin’s British Colonies. A Settle races event included a Temperance Society coffee gathering and various races, met with laughter.
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Dubois
Kingagate Street
England
Jamaica
Martin
West Indies
Market Cross
The
Temperance Society
Leeds Intelligencer
Spain
Don Cantos
Louis Pruttepe
France
Patriota
Cortes
Ferdinano VII
Portage Bonds and Danish Spanish Bond Notes
The item lists Portage Bonds and a Ditto Loan with a big Peruvian bonus, alongside Danish bonds in Spanish terms. It references Russian consolidations and Omnium details in a compact 1823 context.
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Poor Law Amendment Act Feature in Weekly True Sun
The Sunday issue of the Weekly True Sun on September 7 announces inclusion of the Poor Law Amendment Act with notes by a eminent lawyer and a copious index. It explains the act reforms pauper government and urges early orders to ensure sufficient paper copies for newsmen.
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True Sun
Lisbon and Madrid dispatches on Portuguese currency reform and Spain news
Reports from Lisbon and Madrid detail the new Portuguese law making specie the sole legal tender after September and liquidating pre July contracts. Commentary on Spain praises the Cortes and regency progress, critiques French policy, warns of foreign debt issues, and cites German and Dutch papers on naval movements and the Jus detractus convention between the Netherlands and Russia.
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Lisbon
Madrid
Chamber of Peers
Chamber of Deputies
Portugal
Debates on Polish affairs and cholera in mid 1830s notes
The report covers Polish diplomatic exchanges dated Polemburg, August 1834, and confirms a concurrent Russian declaration. It notes a major review in Munster, cholera outbreaks in the United States and Canada with New York heat waves, and diverse European financial markers. It mentions Mexico news from Vera Cruz with Santa Anna’s moves, Nova Scotia economic distress, and England’s money-market tightening amid Bank of England activity and currency contraction.
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United States
Canadas
Montreal
Quebec
Monzacat
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Puebla
Santa Anas
General Bravo
Canalizo
Santa Anna
Queretaro
Eeta 3
Congress
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Radicalism, Duncombe row, and Manchester church rate triumph
The article critiques currency abundance and Bank of England balances, comments on a Fraser's Magazine clash involving Mr. Duncombe and Mr. Pourett Thomson, and praises Manchester's stand against church-rate payments as crowds celebrate a decisive vote. It cites parliamentary disturbances, Chronicle reporting quirks, and export data for precious metals from London.
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Pane
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