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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 16, 1838
Page
8
Srach and Coommercr reports Thursday trading remains subdued with a small purchase of Reduced Three Per Cent Annuities by savings banks at 93. Share market remains heavy and activity limited. quotations are largely nominal.
ZONHOPGMN Gazette reports bankruptcy superseded for William Woodrow of Yeovil and listed bankrupts including Christopher Annet Collis George Holden John Revell. Certificates granted for several trades. many partnerships dissolved across Manchester York Lincoln and Sussex with a wide range of professions.
Treay December 11 Insolvents W B Reeve Brighton victualler G Eld Fates hill Coventry miller R Tabor Hoxtun shipowner and master mariner G Glatwis Billericay Essex grocer Bankrupts W Wyllie Ealing merchant O T J Stocken Walham Green brewer D Fairhead Witham Essex baker G Gray Brunswick Street livery stable keeper R Richardson Birmingham publican J Roberts Warwick coin dealer H Poole Carnarvon Innkeenex J Sellers Yeovil Somersetshire druggist and grocer T Clegg Wigan Lancashire Iron founder Certificates January 1 J P Ferner Bishopsgate within feather factor T Weaver Lower street Islington butcher J Harries Carmarthen timber and wine merchant Partnerships dissolved J Campbell and J Campbell Armskirk Lancashire gardeners C A Coke and J Coke Devonport chemists and druggists W Horsfield and A Rothwell Rochdale Lancashire tailors and drapers J Williams TL Boyle DBreese Llanfililan Montgomeryshire attorneys and solicitors J Wallis and B M Colline Drury Lane Church Lane Whitechapel general dealers and salesmen W Blake and W Thompson Sheffield merchants T Stirling RK Tapley and 1 Tapley St Anns Limehouse purveyors of filtered water C Booth J Garrett and G Stafford as regards G Stafford Liverpool Chester and other places dyers J Whittle and J Catterall Preston Lancashire maltsters R Luck and W Morrison Watling Street warehousemen Hargreaves R Marsden and S Jackson Clitheroe stone masons T Hodgson J Taylor and J Rumney Lancashire and Gretebank York Shire land surveyors
Edward Fitzgerald, a soap and candle dealer at 131 Golden Lane Barbican, was convicted in the Exchequer Court of making 900 pounds of soap unlawfully to defraud the revenue. He was fined 200 pounds, later reduced to 100. The report also notes hospital wings at Bethlem for criminal lunatics, including Hatfield the man who shot at King George III, now sane at Bethlem with a parrot and telescope. It adds dispatches on Dieppe traditions, emigration to Central America, a Napoleon medal from hair, and a Temperance Society joke about a dog and music.
A critical column reexamines mad house management citing Doctor Crowther and parliamentary reports. It details mistreatment, neglect, and coercive practices in asylums, contrasts modern cruelty with ancient care, and highlights a forthcoming parliamentary inquiry into pauper lunatics.
Lord Auckland appoints James Farish to be lieutenant governor of Bombay and its dependencies until a successor to Sir Robert Grant arrives. Major Orlando Felix is named military secretary. Lady Grant and her infant family are expected to return home on the first ship from the presidency. The Port of London regulations aim to improve coal shipping and fair prices.
A survey contrasts the printing revolution of the 15th century with 19th century machine printing, noting each era's impact on knowledge diffusion. It cites events from 1441 and 1784 and recounts maritime wrecks near Newfoundland with loss of life and rescue, plus social unrest stories from English towns including bargeers, workhouses, theft, and gas competition battles.
In the Wiltshire Independent the note reports that prominent figures including Mr Herries Sir R Inglis and Sir Benjamin Hall endorse the Lords of the Treasury view that the Treasury must veto both the site and the design of the new Royal Exchange. The piece also mentions portable watch-houses used on Salisbury area farms to deter sheep depredations with a covered waggon serving as shelter for shepherds and boys.
A boy about fifteen or sixteen obtained twelve quires of newspapers at the Newcastle upon Tyne Post-office directed to B. France and Co. He may have been sent by others. A five Guinea reward is offered to inform on the offender or their employer and a conviction follows. France and Co. apologize to subscribers for a Saturday December 8 disruption.
A Paris fashion letter notes hoop petticoats reviving old styles among metropolitan ladies. Coats are smaller and lighter, made from gros de Naples or unbleached lawn with batiste ecrue, offering elegance though uncertain if the revival lasts.
Supply of Wheat at Mark-Lane limited from Essex Kent and Suffolk with better quality than last week. Trade firm with high grade samples maintaining prices. inferior lots endure reductions. Foreign Wheat in steady demand from town and nearby towns. flour demand fair. Barley supply fair with business, but lower terms not accepted. Beans show rise, Peas generally lower. Oats in good supply with expected large arrivals. prices steady. Grain arrival totals for London week include Wheat 8,326 qrs and Flour 9,882 sacks. London average prices: Wheat Ud, Barley 75 11a, Oats 269 40, Rye 43y, Beans 398 1d, Peas 478 7d per gr.
Fragmentary list shows years 1837 1838 1858 and 1838 alongside entries like 338 56s 96s 195s 75a 12e8 40aa 70 with scattered dittoes and pockets. No cohesive narrative, but hints at ledger or cataloging of items and prices from a historical record.
Printed at Catherine street Strand Middiesel by Joan Norris and published by Charles Penny at No 16 Catherine Street. Advertisements and communications are requested to be sent. Sunday December 16 1838 XY.
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