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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 02, 1838
Page
8
The English market shows a flat tone with weaker securities and unsettled demand. Advices from India indicate dampened speculation as foreign markets remain subdued and heavy trading pressures ease after recent dis favorements.
A fragment lists insolvent individuals such as William Burch clothing seller from Upper Clapton and Ralph Stopford hat-maker with numerous bankrupts and partners dissolved including Joseph Guibert grocer Mary Evans Clerkenwell and others across London trades. Also records licenses and partnerships to dissolve with multiple names and occupations in a dated notice.
The issue catalogs insolvent debtors and liquidations including Samuel Holmes Camden Street Bethnal Green clock maker William Grant Haymarket Samuel Paul Pate Britannia Street Hoxton bookseller and others. Also notes dissolutions of partnerships with names and trades across London and surrounding counties.
The article discusses a charity fund for aged recipients, detailing 115 strong claims from 150 applicants and the limit of 15 reliefs with annual sums up to 30 pounds. It notes noble patronage including Queen and Duchess support. It also recalls the 1703 Great Storm's devastation in London, with 800 homes destroyed, 2 million pounds damage, and 8,000 perished along the Thames and coast, plus the Eddystone Lighthouse loss.
The latest New York packet adds little beyond Canadian rumours and mounting gloom. Reports claim a New York committee could back a Canadian revolution, with a US arms option. Quebec notes an escape of Thellar and Dodge. Macdonnel may have a letter of arrival. The Toronto Patriot cites a possible frontier invasion by 40 000 raiders.
Royal Marines at Chatham form a square as Colonel Morton reads letters from Horse Guards about the fatal attack on Privates Jefcott and Ross by soldiers of the 67th and 74th regiments. Lord Hill and adjutants condemn the assault and urge strict justice and cross-service harmony.
A Beverley tenant rode home after paying rent at the Tiger Inn when the liquor led him to attend an evening sermon at St Mary’s church. In Burton upon Trent fireworks caused a fatal injury to Ellen Warren, a bystander, as pellets entered her abdomen and lodged in the lungs and liver after post mortem findings.
The article reopens the case of Mr Richard Paternoster exposing alleged conspirators linked to his seizure and confinement. It details the insanity certificate signed by his father, the alleged invasion of his home in the Haymarket, and property seizure by unidentified assailants, promising further coverage of the unfolding affair.
The Bombay paper notes active preparations for the approach campaign on Caboul. Bengal troops moved from Kurnaul on October 1 while the Bombay force aims to form a corps of observation at Shirkarpoor. Reports claim Persian reinvestment of Herat and related political commentary follows.
Report of John Gibbs a baker’s assailant fined after a street attack in Marylebone. A froezer case at Hatton Garden fails. James Robertson remanded for theft tied to a woman posing as his wife in Old Street lodgings.
Peremptory sale ordered by the High Court of Chancery in the Stubbs v Sargon and related causes. At the Public Sale Room Chancery Lane London on Friday December 21 1838 at 1 pm. Debts due to the estate of Elizabeth Tyes varnish maker deceased amounting to £7000. Details from Masters Chambers Southampton Buildings and Sutcliffe Birch solicitors.
Watts informs friends and the public he offers a great variety of cheap almanacks books prints waste and other cards in Birmingham. Cash orders are attended to promptly and he acts as agent for the Werkty Chronicle.
Mark-Lane arrivals moderate in morning trade. English Wheat and foreign Wheat rise with strong demand. Ship marks and town flour show gains while barley oats and beans sell firm or higher. Weekly grain intake totals listed. Prices broadly steady from last Monday with some advances noted.
A market report records favorable weather aiding slaughter, with prime beef selling up to 43 shillings 6d per stone and prime sheep at 43 shillings 8d. Calves, pigs, and mutten show steady prices. city toll-book totals list Beast 8 662, Sheep 24 580, Calves 95, Pigs 492, with various price ranges for beef, veal, and pork per stone.
Torspay reports a fair supply of meat this week with demand higher than last week. Price changes are negligible and of little note.
Poultry and game supplies abundant but market trade dull. Prices include Larka 1s per dot, Widgeon 9d to 1s, Hares 23 6d to 3s 6d, Geese 4s to 6s 6d, Pheasants 3s to 4s, Fowls 4s to 7s per pair, Turkeys 4s to 10s 3d, Eggs 6s to 7s 6d per 126.
Turapar November 27 notes short supply since last report with price increases across top qualities. York Reds 80s to 90s, Devonshire Reds 89s 8 858, Scotch Reds 70s 8 858, York Kidneys 83 to 98s, Natives 75s 84 80s, Shaws 50s to 70s, Jersey Whites 60s to 65s, Jersey Blues 65s to 70s.
TreEspar November 27 reports very dull trade across hay and straw with prices varying by market. Smithfield Clover and straw values range from £3 0s to £6 0s for hay and £8 0s to £6 0s for clover. Regent's Park and Whitechapel show similar spreads with hay from £3 0s to £5 18s and straw around £1 8s to £1 17s.
Market remains dull as duty receipts are complete for most districts except Sussex. Price table shows variations for Kent and Sussex goods, with entries for bags and pockets across years 1837 to 1888 and per 100 weight values, reflecting a stagnant hop trade in the expected period.
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