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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Apr 16, 1837

Page

7

Distress of the Mercantile Interest in Liverpool Petition

Merchants brokers and tradespeople in Liverpool present a memorial to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, detailing extreme mercantile distress. They seek government relief via Exchequer Bills after banks refused to discount, warning of widespread ruin and possible suspension of payments if not addressed.

Manchester Chamber of Commerce Livernaal Smith Liverpool Bank of England Jil Exeter Oxford Street Old Cavendish Street N.B ESSRS Stanbridge, Marshall, Williams Lamb's Buyhill-row Eoper Upper Thames Street Boches’s Wharf Ratcliffe John Robertson Repewaker Limehouse

Extraordinary and Fatal Accident at Ratcliffe Highway Eatery

A two story eating-house on Ratcliffe highway collapsed on a Saturday night, burying twelve to fifteen diners and the keeper in a cellar. One man died from suffocation under flour sacks, others were injured. The beam’s rotten state caused the fall. several residents and policemen aided the survivors. A separate incident reports a Chelsea servant shot in a pantry during a pistol mishap. A Greenwich pond body with torn clothes and possible murder rumors unsettles the area, and two robberies in Clapham and Kirkstall target a man’s money and a £100 bill, with brutal assaults noted.

Ratcliffe Highway R. Smith Bird Eliza Simmons Mary Browning Greenwich Deptford Isle of Dogs Letton Gardenstairn Irom Scarborough Higgs Clapham-common Poynder Road Clapham Newpark Fromm Brixton HrcuwAy Joseph Murgatroyd Apperley Bridge Idle Leeds Market Kirkstall Pritchard and Stansfield Burley Mills Mr. Murgatroyd

Extraordinary horse and man hurdle match at Highwood Hill

In Highwood Hill near Barnet last week Mr. W. Freeman leaped twelve hurdles on foot against a horse ridden by its owner. The stake was about £40 with bets on the horse. The horse bolted into bystanders as the rider caused a stir. Freeman fell on the last but one hurdle, recovered, and won easily amid crowd excitement.

Highwood Hil Barnet W. Freeman Well End Green Shenley Freeman Freli Mr. Freeman British College OF Health Hamilton Place King’s Cross York Herald la Mott Morison England Mr. la Mott Duchess OF Kent Treasury Grimstone Charing Cross Broad Street Bloomsbury Lachfield J.G. Geraisah Grimstone W Grimstone Groad-street King-street Long Acre London

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