Belgian Cabinet Drift and Lisbon Money Turmoil
The piece notes Belgium’s cabinet reshuffle rumors centering on General Goblet and General Evatt, with the war portfolio in flux. It reports Lisbon’s money policy suspending contracts dated before July and the effect on exchange for gold, plus Madeira tonnage duties likely to be rescinded. It covers Egypt’s reform under Mahomet Ali, added schools, and Soliman Bey’s promotion, plus unrest in Rome over bread quality and a looming Papal loan. It comments on Bank of England prestige and dangers of overextension, warning of branch-led circulation risks and a looming national distress if policy stalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goblet
Evatx
Courier Belge
Hae & Jong Homily
Belgium
Duke of Wel yincTon
Lisbon
Bank of Lisbon
England
Cairo
Egypt
Mahomet Ali
M. Sinan
Soliman Bey
Pacha
Syria
Pruner
Dr. Wells
Germany
Nile
Bank of England
London and Westminster Bank
City
Times
Adop
Tada
Bank of Englant
Panionere
Kennedy's radical stance and Irish reform debates
The piece surveys banking fears during a potential panic, praises MP Kennedy of Tiverton for his clear stewardship and bold anti union votes, and highlights his critique of a Poor Law Amendment Bill. It notes O'Connell's letters urging Lord Duncannon to act justly and mentions a Charlotte Street meeting of the Industrious Classes to aid builders and improve workers' conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Tiverton
Ireland
Johson
England
Europe
Mr. Kennedy
O’connel
Market Report from The Cortes Bonds and Prices
The day’s London market notes bonds from Paris and Spain with declines for Cortes and Portuguese Regency. Consols steady around 90, cottons and woollens brisk amid Manchester demand. Jamaica paper reports jubilee, runaway slave suppression, new Kingston police ordinance, and favorable crops. Prices shown: Spanish 43 3, Portuguese 80 5, Consols 90 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Kingston
Stock Exchange
India
Ditto
TONEY
Belsian
Gidilia
Perugian
Chilian Ater
Daniah
P.c i
Canada
Eesees
Hay Markets Report Reflects Low Demand and Steady Prices
Markets across Smithfield Newgate and Leadenhall show hay and clover dull with little price change as harvest frees farmers. Meat, eggs, butter and game prices hold steady or fall slightly amid hot weather and reduced demand. coal prices rise modestly with limited tonnage and few vessels arriving.
Alterations in the Colonial Markets This Week
Market round up shows many small sales with substantial buying. 1,400 units of BP Coffee offered, about 700 sold at 23 to 4s per weight, lower than last week. Ceylon Coffee higher by 3s to 4s. Sugar BP lower on common sorts, richer kinds steady. Bengal Sugar up 1s to 2s. Cocoa BP up 3s to ds. Bengal Rice up 6 per cwt. Saltpetre down 6d. Logwood down 10s 3d per ton. Cassia Ligaea up 1s per cwt. Tallow down to 43s 9d due to St Petersburgh news. No other price changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. P
Ceylon
Bengal
East India
St. Petersburgh
Odlower
Young Man Held For Sleeping Outdoors In London
Henry Charles Odell, a Taunton native, was brought before Mr. White after being found sleeping in a straw-covered cask on William Street, Knightsbridge. He admitted no home, said his uncle was a dragoon colonel, and was committed to the House of Correction for fourteen days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Charles Odell
White
William-street
Knightsbridge
Mr. White
Taunton
Somersetshire
London
Dragoons
House of Correction
Paris Lament Over Press Attacks and Spanish Diplomacy
The author rails at judicial appointments and press prosecutions in Paris, condemns M. Plarqueilh as a persecutor, and denounces Whig critics. He notes Spanish diplomacy under de Rayneval as worsened by French influence, mocks Rothschild’s bond tactics, and recalls Aguado’s stock-jobbing scandals and press bribery linked to despotism. He promises further anecdotes about the Guebbard Joan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le National
Seine
M. Plarqueilh
France
Monsieur Plarguelin
Paris
Plarquelin
The
True Sun
Messrs
Bell
Grant
Durance
England
Madrid
Martinez de la Rosa
Toreno
M. de Rayneval
Villars
Rothschild
Cortes
Aguado
Ferdinand
Monigeur
Gustave de Beaumont
Aquado
Joan
Enfield and Shrewsbury Races Card Highlights
Detailed racing entries list winners, horses, owners, and weights across Enfield and Shrewsbury fixtures. Notable names include Birdlime, Lady le Gros, Amadon, May Flower, Marcelline, Darius, Amusath, and Louden with events such as The Filly Stakes, Scarborough Stakes, and The Sea Stakes. Brisk purses range from 5 sovs to 100 guineas across two days with heats, allowances, and sales on demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Mostyn
W. Richardson
Lady le Gros
Nevill
Trevene
Mr. Vansittart
Oakley
Duke of Cleveland
Amusath
Cereerens
Scarborough
S. Boswell
Heseltine
Duke of Leeds
Valparaiso
E. Peel
Houldsworth
David
Louden
Enfield
J. Reynolds
Harrison
Denbies
Brown
Bishop
Jenny Wren
White
P. P. Frith
Ridera
Frith
Hooke
Shrewsbury
B. King
Giffard
Miss Charlotte
Fuller
Lady Harrington
Massey
Titania
Mr. Moss
Eagle
Mr. Bowers
Lady Stafford
Rowland Hill
Anne
J. Cooke
Langar
Mr. Wynne
Piscator
Mr. Beck
DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT MAYFAIR HOUSE YARD
A young lady named Wade visiting C Bethene at Chapel Street Mayfair fell from a flower stand on the leads of out offices and dropped twenty three feet into the area. She was carried away bleeding and with a severely fractured skull, offering little hope of recovery. The note also mentions France monopolies on gunpowder snuff and tobacco and the toleration of small private tobacco quantities for foreigners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade
C. Bethene
Chapelstreet
Mayfair
France
Okey's Digest
Moore praised as Irish Melodies shine in tenth number
The review lauds Moore for mastering sense and sound in the tenth and final Irish Melodies supplement. Bishop’s symphonies receive high praise though a noted engraving error in Song of the Battle Eve is called out. The piece closes with a reverent ode to Sir John Stevenson and the memory of Moore, urging continued devotion to Erin and song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Moore
H. B.ishop
C. Fee Power
Strand
Moore
Pegasus
England
Mr. Moore
Marchioness of
Headfort
John Stevenson
Erin
Invention of the Proverb and Drais Velocipede
The column reviews Baron Drais's May Mannheim demonstration of a horse drawn carriage with a roof coach box and looking glass driver aid, plus his improved Velocipede. It also discusses oratory as a disciplined pursuit, Burke’s political faults, and natural history superstitions, citing Haldsworth and Mirror excerpts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bentham
Herpelrena
Mannheim
Addreya
Baron Drais
Literary Gazette
Oratory
Wall
Robinson Cragoe
Island
Haldsworth
Burke
Holdsworth
Mr. Jesse
Jesse
Tradesmen's Union meeting opposes building monopoly
A tradesmen's gathering at the Queen's Arms Holborn passed a declaration opposing large builders' monopoly practices and discussed public notices for an upcoming meeting by Mr. Owen. The chair and officers urged unity and a possible separate trades meeting while noting a critique of task-master practices. The record also records unrelated notices of deaths and anniversaries in Edinburgh and Lincoln's Inn district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte-stréet
Fitzroy-square
Owen
British and Foreign Association of the
Consolidated Trades’ Union of Great
Queen’s Arms
Red Lion Passage
Holborn
Loveck
Wild
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Madeira
Lloyd’s
Raffles
Hamburgh
Toussaint
West Indies
Antilles
Savannah
Boyer
Christophe
Morning News
Poland
Turin
Royal Chamber of Accounts
Rome
Papal
Baron Rothschild
Naples
Express
Manchester
Tedia
Compan
Board of Trade
Consols
Smithfield
Inferior
Glover, New
Whitechapel
Hay, New
S.cacees Secesererievaresens Inferior
Clover
New
Newgate
Leadenhall
Hungerford
Covent i Barden
Adams
East Percy
Hartley
Hoburn
Holywell
Kenton West
Lambton Primrose
Orde's
Orde's Redheugh, 155 94; Pontop Windsor, 1178 Gd; Silkstone
Tanfield
Wall's End Adelaide
Ditto Bell, Robson, and Co
Ditto Bewick and Co
Ditto Clarke and Co
Ditto Elgin
Covent-Garden
Queen Square
Sporting
Doncaster Express
Royal Ardens
Toulon
Tradesmen's Union
Blackwood
Edinburgh
Sr. Pancras
Bial
Bennett
Larg
Geo.c. Bauke
Coir le
Lincoln’s ‘Inn
Chancery-lane
Ben Jonson
Iled
Horace
Gil
Poole
Ratian
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