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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Dec 30, 1838

Page

6

London Markets Report on Funds and Bonds

The funds market shows very limited activity with no material changes from prior quotes. Exchequer Bills prime stands at 65.67 pm signaling temporary ease for commerce. Foreign bonds are steady with little movement and share lists remain passive.

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Insolvent and bankrupt lists from Chatham to Liverpool

Insolvent Benjamin Briggs of Chatham is listed alongside bankrupts including Francis Fidlar Hard Green Tottenham Court Road woollen-draper and wine-merchant James Bogie Law Bewleys Cheap side. Certificates cover sharebrokers millers clothiers and brewers with partnerships dissolving among joiners cabinet makers printers shipbuilders and others across Yorkshire Lancashire and London.

Don Gazetts Fray Benjamin Briggs Chatham Kent Francis Fidlar Hard Green Tottenham Court-Rosd Thomas Benjamin King Chy Arms King Street Ald‘gate Jacob Rsy Saint Duntan’s-hill William Grant Haymarket William Davies Leominster Hertfordshire John Bates South Cros Talfhoundbury Yorkshire John Trotter Robert Trotter Brigge-street Cambridge George Green Kilnhurst Pottery Rotherham William Edwards Blackfuraby Leicestershire China John Banstre Falkner Liverpool Edwin Walker Wiliam John Walker Federick Walker Parker Newton Walker Kirkcarton Clothiers Renton Nicholson Leicester-place James Bogie Law Bew-laws Cheapside Manchester Richard Augustus Faton Lutley Mill Worcester Henry Ellis Moseley Forest-gate Weat Ham Victuaver Richard Hall Thomas Beesley Garstang Lancashire Robert J. Ravenscroft William George Nisbett Kingstreet Thomas Marwood Benjamin Leavens White Thomas Carr Sunderland James Griffee Charles Palmer Cloak Lane William Hey Dikes William Gibso Kingston-upon-Hull William Bevan William Whitehead Dukinfield Cheshire William Kilburn John Hutchinson James Tayler Elland Joseph Gratton John Woodward Gratton Chesterfield Stephen Andrew Horton Frederick William Griffiths Jonathan Brooke Joan Brooke Wiliam Stort Halifax George Arnold W. ‘I’. Arnold Sydney John Howard Ryan Thomas Green John M'Carty Battersea Albert Schloza Edward Alpress Great Russell Street Bloomsbury Middlesex James Moorhouse Anthony Moorhouse Oldham Thomas Lambert Erasmus Bond

Insolvent and bankruptcy notices in London Gazette

Toreday December 25 lists insolvencies including William Bartley Liverpool money-scrivener and James Bowerman Castle Cary shopkeeper. Bankrupts include David Davies Sydney Gloucestershire Richard Ferdinson Cox Oxford, William Ihormas Doorne Torquay, John Nutter and Robert Nutter Cambridge corn merchants, George Eld Feleshill Coventry miller, Thomas Wharton Lancashire house-carpenter. Certificates dated Jan 15 for G Martin Oxford Street builder J Baul Greenrow schoomaster M Groucot Leamington priors dealer in glass. Partnerships dissolved cover A Collyer with T R Sabine Brighton window blind makers and several others across cities. many firms named with trades and locations.

William Bartley Livepool Money-Scrivener James Bowerman Castle Cary Somerairshire David Davies Sydney Gloucestershire Richard Ferdinson Cox High-streat Oxford William Ihormas Doorne Torquay Devonsuire John Nutter Robert Nutter Cambidge George Eld Feleshill Coventry Thomas Wharton Lancashire G. Martin Oxford-street J. Baul Greenrow Cumberland Schoomaster M. Groucot Leamington Priors Warwickshie A. Collyer T. R. Sabine Brighton J. Taylor Eon Ian King-street Southwark W. Barradaile J. Middleton G'S Ars Yard Coleman Street J. M Hervey G. R. Burnell Thames Counry St. Luke’s J. Holt W. Benson Liverpool J.R Newbery 7. Newbery Percy Street Bedford Square C. Bosworth KK Norton Upton

Melbourne visits Brighton with high officials and bids

Viscount Melbourne leaves town on a visit to the Queen Dowager at the Pavilion in Brighton. Interviews occur at the Colonial Office with Lord Glenelg as the Attorney General Solicitor General and others report talks. Donations by the Queen Dowager and others aid Mendicity and new church building while crime and discipline notes appear.

Viscount Melbourne Town Brighton Reid Charles D. Wittenoom Lord Glenelg Colonial Office Mendicity Society Earl of Clarendon Walmer Terrace Deal Lord Clarendon Countess of Kerry Calne Marquis of Lansdowne Switzerland Duc de Montebello Republic Legation M. Reimhardt Baron Mortimer France St. Stephen’s Ired Thomas Moore Central Criminal Court Hye Chatham Essex Cope Newgate Lambeth Street Moore Shields Cook Hannah Brooks Bridewell Guildhall Little Moorfields Alderman Magnay Justice-Room Georgia Thomas Goodwin Brownlow Montgomeryshire Waynor Park Frockmills Shrewsbury Metropolitan Police Bedford Richard Holmes White Horse Kenningham David

Gas Company Practices in Hungerford Market Sparks Outcry

A letter to the editor denounces the London Gas Company for monopolistic meter charges and disrupting streets to lay mains in Hungerford Market. The writer cites higher profits from metered gas, threatened closures if no meter is used, and extortionate quarterly bills for the Dolphin Tavern. The note urges public support to curb the alleged abuses.

Weekly Chronicle St. Martin’s-in-the- Fields London Gas Company Hungerford Market Hungerford-street London Dolphin Tavern Equitable Board of Directors Spotteswode Tam National Gallery Charing Cross

American President's Message and Canadian unrest report

The Liverpool steamer reached port after a voyage hampered by gales and seas, covering 282 miles in one day. The president's message advises amicable eastern boundary settlement with Britain and notes an American confederation aiding Canadian insurgents. Reports mention Colborne’s measures, a prize for the Mckenzie man, suspicions over court martial juries, and a 500 pound reward for Captain Usher's murderers.

LiverPool Frmay Evennne Stix o’Ciock New York Congress M. van Buren Great Britain John Colborne Colonel Wetherall Upper Canada George Arthur M‘kenzie Canada Worth Dundas Usher

Parliamentary election rumors and Bath holly dispute

The piece notes expectations of a general election amid rising political chatter in Bath and London. It also reports Marylebone vestry reversing a vote to decorate the parish church with holly, then relapsing to restore the costly custom amid concerns of garden theft and pagan origins.

London Old Cobbett Friends of the Church

Tombstone fee dispute over brick grave case

Chronicle reports a dispute involving widow Hinge of Greenwood over charges by J Tomkyns rector Greenford for a brick grave, head and foot stone, arching, and related permissions. After paying part, she faced threats of Ecclesiastical Court action while the rector reportedly delayed sacrament for the dying husband.

Chronicle Hinge Greenwood Tomkyns Sayer Greenford J. Tomnyns Crickett and Sons Satuday

Oxford Street Experimental Pavement Details

The article outlines several pavement experiments across Oxford Street with mixes from asphalt and granite to wood and Scotch asphaltum granite. It explains block sizes, laying patterns, bed materials, and the aim to test binding performance and durability under city conditions.

Oxford-Street Charles-street Stephenson Bastenne Company London Tottenham Court-Road Val de Traves Canada Liverpool Privy Council Ropgeny Henry Graham Battersea John Hancock Henry Battergea Bridge Mansion House William Key Saunders Bishopsgate-street Bishopsgate Central Criminal Court Oxford Street Marylebone

Divorce denied and cruelty case from Hampstead

A solicitor seeks divorce but is told to approach ecclesiastical courts. The report covers animal cruelty charges in Hampstead, including Mary Monks fined for dog mistreatment, and a Wapping robbery case against Mary and Maria Williams. Other items include two men in Moorin genr LeMEN mischief and a lamp destruction in Worship Street.

Globe Don-Carr Mary Monks High-street Hampstead Mr. Rawlinson Hatton-Garden Mary Maria Williams William Hall East Indies Wapping Somerset House Fleet Street Parker No 1006 Worship Street John Jones Peter Thompson G Division Bunhill Row

Eddystone Lighthouse found undamaged after fierce storm

Reports from Trinity Board and a New London inquiry confirm the Eddystone Lighthouse sustained no serious damage beyond paint loss and a cracked lantern glass. A floating light was considered, but the structure is deemed stable, easing public alarm after alarming storm reports.

Eppystone Hen i Trinity Board Eddystoe London D &G Mr. Burgess Plymouth Herald Manchester Grandby-row John Cunningham Cunningham Byrne New Bailey Maud Royal Infirmary Wilfak

London Hareets Notice on Christmas Market Closures

Christmas day is a close day for most markets and there is no notice to offer for markets that fall under our Tuesday head.

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