Abolition of Stamp Duty on Papers Demanded by Editors
A correspondent argues that stamping fails to deter unstamped papers and urges ministers to repeal the stamp duty on newspapers. The Birmingham Journal criticizes a Paris Moniteur report, noting a drop in stamped paper sales and mocking the notion that the public prefers unstamped papers to pay the higher price. The Moniteur also reports on Spain, including cholera in Bilbao and political turmoil, while hinting at official contradictions about Madrid unrest and France’s possible involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
London
Birmingham Journal
Moniteur
Paris
Navarre
St. Sebastian
Cid
Bilboa
Spain
Madrid
Finance Committee
Chamber of Procuradores
Journal Des ‘Bets
Controversial Intervention Proposal Fractures Spanish Debate
The piece rails against a suggested Franco Iberian intervention to end the conflict, arguing it would target liberals and impede national renewal. It also notes Brussels and Antwerp news, Belgian progress, and various European affairs, including Greek emigration and Turkish fleet issues, with broader reflections on British and continental politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Ebro
Pyrenees
Market Summary From Paris to Canton and Lisbon
The morning reports note Paris Stock Exchange inactivity due to Sunday, with Consols at 90 53, Spanish around 51 51, and Portuguese Regency near 80 percent. A Canton tea ship arrives, stirring hopes of new demand for domestic goods. Mauritius sugar sale listed. Redmoor mine quoted at 3 2. Bank note money market quiet, Portuguese stock edges up on Pedro’s improved health and ministerial majority. Gomersall bill-brokers collapse triggers market unease with a few smaller firms also failing.
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Stock Exchange
Paris
Consols
Yyinigh
Canton
Mauritius
Zumalacarregay
Bayonne
Cacliat
Redmoor
Jamaica
Bristol
Bridport
Portugal
Don Pedro
India
Seed Market Prices Show Scarcity and Small Shifts
Mustard remains scarce and pricier at the market while coriander and canary ease slightly. Carraway remains heavy with top German samples at 65s, Dutch world similar. Rapeseed holds near last week’s retail level, Linseed steady around 45s to 47s, archangel up to 50s to 53s for high quality, New Tares slow at 7s to 8s per bushel. clover and trefoil absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburgh
Hungerford Market and Coal Prices Report
The Hungerford Market shows a varied fish supply with turbot salmon cod and soles priced. meat and produce markets advertise cheap fruit vegetables and hay. Coal market notes 76 vessels in and close prices for numerous collieries with many shillings and pence per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungerford
Covent-garden
Tast
Adairs
Hensham
Dean's Primrose
East Percy
Holywell
Pontop Windsor
Picton
Shipcote
Tanfield
Wylam
Dixon’s
Butterknowl
Howard's Netherton Main
Hartley
New Flockton, Milne and Co
Silkstone
Silkstone Wilson
Silkstone Simpson
Wall’s End Adelaide
Ditto Bell, Robson, and Co
Ditto Bewick ,and Co
Ditto Clarke and Co
Ditto Gosforth
Ditto Heaton
Ditto Hillda
Ditto Hotspur
Ditto Newmarch
Ditto Northumberland
Ditto Peareth
Ditto Perkins
Ditto Walker
Ditto Hatton
Ditto Lambton
Ditto Lyons
Ditto Russell’s Hatton
Stewart's
Ditto
Gordon
Old Etherley
Pierse
South Durham
Court Circuits: Viscount Melbourne and Notables Visit
Viscount Melbourne arrived from Stoke Farm near Colnbrook. Count Seckendorff, the Prussian Chargé d Affaires, met at the Foreign Office. Sir John Byng conferred with Mr. Secretary Rice at the Colonial Office. Lord Auckland to leave Bowood Park for town. The Right Hon. Charles Grant and Sir George Grey arrived in town after visits nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viscount Melbourne
Stoke Farm
Colabrook
Earl Sefton
Count Seckendorff
Secretary of State For Foreign Affairs
John Byng
Rice
Colonial Office
Lord Auckland
Bowood Park
Wilts
Charles Grant
George Grey
Colonial Department
Buxton
Three Bristol Sisters Fricker Marry Coleridge Southey
Fragmented news notes recount a marriage among the Brist ol sisters named Fricker connected to Coleridge Southey and Wordsworth. The item sits amid a string of crime and accident reports from London and beyond with vivid but brief details.
Insolvent Debtors Court Discharges Several Petitioners
In the Insolvent Debtors Court before Commissioner Bowen, James Day and Robert Knight Farley were discharged after unopposed petitions. Barker and Goodburne also discharged. The proceedings note a father creditor and stock valued at 701, now paid to Travers and Sop. Carter Newnham and Weatere were discharged upon their petitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner Bowen
James Day
Robert Knight Farley
Cooke
William Thomas Barker
John Goodburne
Hubhill Row
Messrs. Travers
Thomas Carter
Henry Price Newnham
Thomas Weatere
Middlesex Intermediate Sessions This Day
John Watson pleads guilty to stealing a basket of bread from Adam Glen. A boy delivered two bread baskets but failed to protect them. Watson sentenced to two months. Thomas Morgan found guilty of embezzling milk money. two months with four weeks solitary and two whippings. James Thompson convicted of stealing a pocket handkerchief at a public house. chairman condemns roady free and easy houses and orders strict labour and discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Rotch
John Watson
Adam Glen
Park-lane
Achilles
England
James Thompson
Police Notes on Pocket Picking and Counterfeit Cases
This morning Richard Carter faced Mr. Burrell for pocket picking a silk handkerchief from William Pearson on High Street Marylebone. He was seen on Westminster Bridge then discarded the handkerchief and fled but was captured and remanded. Patrick Welch faced final examination for counterfeit money found on York Street. Inspector of the Mint confirmed it was fake. he was committed for trial. William Gibbs and James Hill were charged with attempting to pick pockets in Lambeth. watched by a constable and fully committed for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen-Square
Richard Carter
Burrell
William Pearson
No. 85
High-street
Marylebone
Thames
Westminster Bridge
Patrick Welch
Smasher
York-street
Goose
William Gibbs
James Hill
Lambeth
Shipping Intelligence This Day From Lloyds
Shipping notices list arrivals including Castilian Maid from the Mediterranean and Nautilus from Trieste. Vessels Venus Caroline Union Zavey Rebel Sarah Hehe Falcon Diana Rose William IV arrive from London Ostend Kiel Lubeck St Petersburgh Riga Denmark Nieuwe ships report from St. Abe's St. Johns N B.
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Lloyd's
Downa
Mediterranean
Orr Suprenam
Nautilus
Bray
Trieste
Brookline
Pearce
Canton
Angier
St. Helena
Portsmouth
Hellespont
Loutidge
Odessa
St. Abe’s
Britannia
Potts
St. John’s
N.B
Newry
Venus
Cather
London
Droctepa
Caroline
Krook
Memel
River
Serr
Union
Ostend
Zavey
Gebrurer
Tonningen
Xabea
Denia
Sarah
Kiel
Hehe
Lubeck
Falcon
Cape of Good Hope
Diana
St. Petersburgh
Rose
Riga
William IV
Foreign Post-office and Obituary From a Scottish Paper
Notices include shipping schedules for H M vessels and mail changes, followed by the obituary of Gibbons Merle, longtime metropolitan press editor, who died in Boulogne after cholera. It notes his roles at the Globe and Courier, and his work with a French gas company and a Boulogne to Paris railway venture.
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Lord Melville
H.M.B. Eclipse
West India Station
Merle
The
Globe
Courier
France
Air
Boulogne
Paris
Hastings
Pimlico
Chelsea
Drivine
James Goon
Queen Streets
Drury-lane
Margaret Lynch
Harvey
Queenstreet
Charing-cross Hospital
F 138
Bow-street
Suprosep Murper
Wick
St. Andrew
Rirkcudbright
Orkney
Bay of Wick
Opera songs reviewed in praise and critique by Loder circle
The article discusses a set of songs performed by Miss Romer Miss Healey Mr Phillips and trio members Wilson and Wes It notes piano accompaniment sufficiency and highlights a missing five notes passage in No 1 plus the popularity and potential performance impact of Nos 2 3 and 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Romer
F. Wilson
Mr. Phillips
E. I. Wes
Healey
Miss Healey
Oper of
Loder
Hawes
Philline
Misa Healei
Romer
Miss Linwood Exhibit in Leicester Square
A detailed review lauds Miss Linwood for nearly flawless needlework copies of master drawings and paintings. The piece praises her ability to reproduce Raphael and other masters with exact drawing, color gradation, and fervor of expression using worsted on canvas. It notes a wide collection including Gainsborough, Morland, Barker, and more, and highlights a self-portrait by Linwood that reflects her pride and skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raffaelle
St. C
d’Urbino
Easil
Holy Family
Mus
Guido
Correggio
Opie
Jeptha
Raysdal
Gainborough
Morland
Barker
Dwight
Linwood
The Garrick Theatre Debuts Fresh Season With Three New Pieces
The Garrick Theatre reopens with redecorations and private boxes. A strong company performs Murder Hole with Conquest Gomersal J R Williams and Mrs Parry. The Court Jester features Conquest as a hot baked water merchant in Whitechapel. The White Tower, a Scotch melodrama, showcases J R Williams as Lord Glenwar to applause. Audience satisfaction noted as Ireland England and Scotland scenes offer variety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Ei
Whitechapel
the White Tower
J.R. Williams
Lord Glenwar
Ireland
England
Scotland
Blunt and Stephenson's Complete Text Book for Engineers
A review extols Blunt and Stephenson's complete text book on civil engineering and machinery. It highlights 600 folio engravings by Charles Blunt, drawn to original scales from major works, and notes the volume's utility for practitioners, engineers, and manufacturers. It praises the compilation as a definitive reference, bridging gaps left by earlier works and enabling rapid, informed construction and design. The piece also mentions Henry Brook Horne's late Thursday escape with 1761 1s. 6d. entrusted to him, not heard of since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blunt
Stephenson
Great Ormond-street
Charles John Blont
John Rennie
Batty Langley
Nicholson
Robison
Watta and Ton
di Messis
Guinea
Henry Brook Horne
Elaey
Cuteatoz
Messra
Ransom Coy
Pall-toall
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Brussels
Marquis of Starford
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Anglesea
Prince of Chemay
Waterloo
Antwerp
Belgium
Constantinople
Vienna
Allgemeine Zeitung
Lisbon
Greece
Turkey
Europe
Asia Minor
Mehemet Ali
Marseilles
Napoli
Arcadia
Mitro
Coys Plapontes
Nikets
Zinpist
Graczart
Mero Patronas
ZercoPut
Cronstadt
Lady Graves
Cimetiere
Boulogne sur-Mer
Mademoiselle Therese Sophie Berthier
Durham
Lanchester
Stockton
Etherley
Satley
Esh
Chiproh Palrpangs
Newcastle Journal
Exeter
Basingstoke
Romney Warren
Sherer
Mounted Coast Guard
Romney Marsh
James Welstead
James Hayward
William Wraight
Edward Baker
James Smith
Brookland
Maidstone
Dymchurch
Thomas Morris
William Catt
Westfield
Dover
Tweed
Herts
Smithfield
Hay
New
Coleridge
Southey
Wordsworth
Fricker
Mec. Green
Chester-place
Kennington-cross
Bay of Bray
W. Hoy
J. Lindsay
Poe
Rogsery
Lorp Spencer’s
Althorp
Earl Spencer
Northamptonshire
Sturman
Don Carlos
Prince Talleyrand
Lord Palmerston
Owever
Prince Taleyrand
George Agam
Perth
Adam
Adams
Aberdeen Observer
Middlesex
Shipping Intelligence
Martc
Voyewan
Leder
Miss Linwood
Leicester-Square
Macy
de Dolce
Garrick Theatre
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