Financial Market Roundup From The Week’s End
The week closed with mixed prices across bonds and stocks. Dividend Coupons rose briefly to 50 then fell to 45, Portuguese bonds stayed weak amid Lisbon’s funding fears, and Five and Three Percent bonds traded around 47 and 293 respectively. Brazilian stock firmed to 86 while railway shares held steady, with London and Westminster Bank and Colonial Bank showing slight premia or discounts.
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Lisbon
Brazil
London and Birmingham
Birmingham and Gloucester
Great Western
London and Brighton
Greenwich
North Midland
London and Westminster Bank
Colonial Bank
Fire and Loss at Slater House in Oxford Street Tragedy
A fire in Slater’s house at Oxford-buildings Oxford-street between noon and one on Thursday burned the room where two children, a five-year-old girl and her sister, lay locked by their Irish labourer father. The younger died at Middlesex Hospital. the older child’s recovery was doubtful. The blaze started from matches and brimstone, consuming furniture and bedding. the house was uninsured.
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Slater
Oxford-buildings
Oxford-street
McGrath
Middlesex Hospital
Collins
Dighton
Ones
Draper
Giltspur Street
Fire Brigade
Praidwood
West of England
Castle
Falcon
St. John-street
Cow-cross
Russell
Jones
Esterhazy
Royal
Vienna
General de Rigny
Star of the War Office
Paris
Wood
Drury-lane Theatre
Osbaldiston
Joseph Ady
Derby
Madrid
Spain
Mexico
Charles Adam
Mediterranean
J. B. Praed, Esq
Bucks
Tyringham
Benjamin Brodie
Robertson
Trowbridge
Cradlebridge
Weimar
Winnezeele
Cassell
Wich
Jack
Paganini
Marseilles
Esid
Adam
Drury Lane Theatre
Miss Mitford
Otho
Owen Stanley candidate for Anglesey county seat
Mr Owen Stanley, brother to the Secretary of the Treasury, offers himself as a candidate for the representation of Anglesey. The passage notes political arrivals and upcoming sessions with Reform members expected to attend, plus a Birmingham reform dinner organized by the Political Union with support from Sir William Molesworth and Roebuck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Stanley
Treasury
Anglesey
Grand Cairo
Exeter
London
Numismatic Journal
O’connell
Scotland
Reform
Birmingham
William Molesworth
Messrs. Roebuck
P. H. Muntz
The Paddington Murder Case Analysis and Theories
The article reviews the Paddington murder, noting public horror and professional speculation. It argues the body was not used for dissection, discusses cause of death, postmortem mutilation, and possible social class and Irish connections, suggesting methods to identify the victim through remains and footwear.
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Edgeware Road
Regent’s Canal
Seine
Trish
Derby betting dull but Phantasima colt draws interest
In Tattersall's on Monday Derby wagers were light yet focused on Phantasima colt and Wintonian. Wintonian sits at 15 to 1, Defender 20 to 1, with Hybiscus seeing 4,500 to 100 and later trimmed. Numerous odds listed for multiple owners and horses, including Jereed and Mango, plus news of breeder Mr Shipsey's death and country betting in the Cu xster Cup with General Chasse and others at various odds.
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Tattersall's
Phantasima
Wintonian
Defender
Hybiscus
Cactus
Lass
Lord Jersey
Lot
Colonel Anson
Jereed
Gardner
Phantisima
Mr. Wreford
Mr. Greville
Mango
Mr. Sadler
Colonel Peel
Clifton
Lord Lichfield
Lord Chesterfield
Lord Exeter
Mr. Saville
Elis
Mr. Walker
Lord Stradbroke
Mr. Osbaldeston
Hercules
Irish Association motions seek reform and a tribute
A dated letter from Mr. OConnell requests three motions for January 12 including praising Mrs Kumy wife of a Longford freeholder, urging broader parish petitions for reform and abolishing tithes, and a petition to probe LeFroy over alleged fictitious votes. He also asks a Monday meeting at 3 pm to discuss poor laws for Ireland and defends the Government. A fourth motion thanks Sir W Molesworth and clarifies his errors. Meanwhile reports claim a barbarous murder linked to Regent's Canal boats, prompting a police inquiry and a drag of the canal near Maida Hill to search for the legs of the victim.
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O’connell
I'ralee
Lefroy
Longford
Associaation
Ireland
W. Molesworth
Munpen
Maida Hill
The Gallant Captain and Angelic Deficiency Poem
Metropolitan Magazine January 1837 review notes Captain Marryat’s new year continuation of Snarley Yow and other pieces. It includes verses The Poor Man’s May and Angelic Deficiency and a long Boz miscellany excerpt The Irish Squire’s Page. A paragraph on British Annals of Medicine and literary notices rounds out the column with satirical bits and local humor. The piece highlights literatures, poems, and serialized fiction with emphasis on Captain Marryat and Boz.
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Metroprolitan Magazine
Saunders and Otley
Marryat
Green Lane
British Annals OF Medicine, Sherwood and Co
British Annals of Medicine
Britley
Miscer Lang
Boz
Old Bailey
Wark
Cope
Judy Callaghan
Intercepted Letter Details Tory Correspondence in Spain
From San Sebastian dated January 5 a correspondent publishes an intercepted letter by E B Stephens to Mitchell. The note mocks Tory writers, reports on Lord Ranelagh's baggage capture, and narrates a Spanish campaign debacle with Espartero. The letter claims officers fled, lists items seized, and mentions Bayonne and passport worries.
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Courier
San Sebastan
E. B. Stephens
Walpole
Mitchell
England
Mr. Stephens
St. Sebastian
Lord Ranelagh
Evans
Stephens
Louis XIV
Duranao
Ranelagh
Butts
6Th Regiment
Biscaye
Espartero
Butts and Son
la Louis
Delcroix
Senora Calle
Bayonne
Iran
St. Juan de Lug
St. Etienne
Guernica
E. B. Stepnens
Andy's Postal Heist and a Squirm of Pride
A village postmaster hassles waiting customers while Andy absorbs two letters from the parcel. He pockets them then races home to show the squire his prize bundle. Slapping the letters down, he boasts he earned the master’s fee back with his loot and his pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy
Squire Egan
Aray
Bank of England Victory Over London and Westminster Bank
Law intelligence reports the judgment in the Bank of England versus the London and Westminster Bank case. The Lords held the London and Westminster Bank infringed BoE privileges by accepting bills payable in less than six months, affirming a judgment for the plaintiff and noting mercantile implications. Farcunes in trape note several mercantile failures tied to stock declines, with Wool trade disturbances amid improved raw material demand but lower consumption, and rising imports offset by reduced use.
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Bank OF England
THE
London and Wersrminster Bank
Tindal
London and Westminster Bank
Lord Langdale
Court of Common Pleas
Master of the Rolls
Farcunes
Trape
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Harvey
O'Connell
Hume
Drury-lane
Denmark
Russia
Poland
Berlin
Warsaw
Maudlin
Czenstschau
Zamose
Lublin
Grodno
Bsura
Vistula
Posen
Vinari
Frankfort
Belgium
Leopold
France
Free Press
Louis
Philippe of Orleans
Great
Scotland-yard
Weston
Charing-cross
Admiralty
Scotland Yard
Charing-cross Hospital
Tobago
House of Assembly
King’s Bench
Channel Islands
Isle OF Man
Morning Chronicle
Orkney
Shetland Isles
Guernsey
Jersey
United Kingdom
Carlisle
Soder and
Man
Channel Island
Church of England
Winchester
Royal Pavilion
Brighton
Windsor
St. James’s Palace
Duke of Montrose
University of Glasgow
Archibald Campbell
Suecoth
Drury Lane
John Barnett
Orange Societies
Kerwood
Horace Walpole
Don Carlos
Durango
Chelmsford
Evesham
C. Cockerell
Ramsden
Lincoln
Winp
STEAM
Union Railway
Stockton
Middlesbro
Jackson
Washington
New York
Primrose-hill
Bath
Lord Sussex Lennox
Windward
Leeward Islands
Jamaica
Pendarvis Castle
Sweden
Boulogne
Manchester
Mash
Lord Chamberlain
Arthur Brooke
Ulster Paper
Regent’s Park
North America
Surrey Zoological Gardens
Adelaide
Victoria
Inspector Turtle
Charles Vaughan
Lord Ponsonby
Constantinople
Turner, Mager, and Co
West Devon Banking Company
Trebisond
Smyrna
John Charles Ramsden
Malton
Leeds Mercury
Howard Elphinstone
M.P
Hastings
Susser Advertiser
Robert Burnett
Leys, Bart
Sir Thomas Burnett
Aberdeen Journal
Paddington
Sporting Intelligence
Ting
LAW Intelligence
Common Pleas
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