Grain market reports across British towns and cities
A string of market notes from multiple towns records grain prices and conditions. Wheat, barley, oats, beans, and flour move with declines in many markets while some regions show steadier demand and small futures gains amid abundant supplies. Local prices and averages vary by city and date.
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la Birminghan
Boston
Carlisle
Satorpey
Cockermouth
Devizes
Doncaster
Dublin
Egremont
Exeter
Gloucester
Kendal
Lancaster
Liverpool
Manchester
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Norfolk
Suffolk
Norwich
Preston
Reading
Shepton
Wakefield
Warminster
Wisbeach
Yarmouth
Marklane
Diary Memoranda for the Present Week
An English diary page presents dated notes from January 27 to February 2. Entries record saints days, biblical readings, notable births and deaths such as the Duke of Sussex in 1778 and Peter the Great in 1725, and civic milestones like Westminster Bridge and Calcutta’s capture. Times of high water and daily chronologies accompany each date.
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Sunpar
Duke of Sussex
London Bridge
Peter the Great
Wall
Er Ee Torspay
Westminster Bridge
Calcutta
Col. Clive
Menalius Seater Bridge
Hilary Vermends
E.M. R
C.j.h.g
R.G. H
N.P
Ms. Moore
H. G. Paul
C. W. Balsam
John L
H. M
W. J
M.B
T. W
J.J. J
Westminster
Luke Gant
Walter
Encyclopedia Metropolitania
Vox Pax
Liverpool
John Robins
Attestation Rules In Cognovit Action Case
A legal correspondence panel discusses whether an attesting witness named for the defendant suffices to validate a cognovit under 1 and 2 Vict., c. 110. The court rules the attestation sufficient, as the statute requires the attorney declare himself for the defendant, not the appointing party. Remarks follow on related notices and medical reader letters.
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Exchequer Court
Oliver UV. Woodroffe
Wordsworth
William Parnell
William Woodroffe
Parke
Amateur gardening advice and miscellany in the Weekly Chronicle
The article urges regularity and neatness in gardens and outlines essential outdoor tasks for the season. It covers trenching, manure preparation, transplanting, and planning a culinary garden, plus notes on gooseberries, the fly trap plant Dionaea muscipula, the screw-tree, rose sowing, and monthly cultivation tips. It also includes short notices on sermons, coin smashing fraud, emigration, poetry, and ministerial changes.
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Weekly Chronicle
A. F
C. D.C
Egypt
Communications Address Moved to Strand Outlook
The Office of the Weekly Chronicle relocates to No 337 Strand and requests all communications for the Prosictors be addressed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weekly Chronicle
No. 337
Strand
Portrait of Her Majesty Offered With Weekly Chronicle
The public may obtain the portrait gratuitously with the January 6 Weekly Chronicle by buying any future issue for one shilling. Available from agents in town or country.
The Times as a dangerous ally for the Tories
A critical look at The Times newspaper as a powerful independent player in politics. The piece notes its influence on national opinion and its ruthless scrutiny of Conservative and Liberal figures, arguing it champions Masses against major wrongs while defending religious liberty.
Public Dispute Over Liberal Press and Sun Article
The Sun and The Weekly Chronicle clash over a controversial Sun article. The writer defends public duty, accuses the Sun of calumny, and asserts the paper should prioritize sound principles and rational views over mere circulation.
Chartist Prospects by a Chartist Leader and a Chartist Journal
A Birmingham audience hears Mr Attwood defend universal suffrage amid scorn from opponents. The piece questions his unity claim, notes harsh critiques, and cites Birmingham Journal on funding two million supporters. It argues for practical reform, rent as a suffrage lever, and broader national cooperation.
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Attwood
Birmingham
Julian Harney
Bronterre
Humbug
Mr. Attwood
Birmingham Journal
Birmingham Oracle
London
Robert Kellie Douglas
Benjamin Hadley
Manchester
Glasgow
Corn Law Question Spurs Liberal Unity and Reform
The piece rails at circular reasoning in church authority, aligns with the Times against Gladstone, and urges national focus on Corn Laws. It lauds the Manchester Dinner as a peak of intellect and commerce backing reform, notes a divided Ministry, and urges persistent action without awaiting ministers’ country appeal.
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W.S
K. M
Guernsey
France
A. O
John Cook
T. B
Tom Jones
Times
Gladstone
Manchester
Mr Attwood Critique and the Journal's Stance
A reader writes that Mr Attwood complains of our tone and demands full speeches or letters as our text. The weekly journal values his honesty while noting we cannot publish all his lengthy writings in full.
Public Debaters Defend Free Judgment in Dispute
The author asserts the duty of public writers to freely judge and critique an opposing argument. They promise not to garble or misquote and to expose fallacies as borrowed from Birmingham Journal, leaving time to test conclusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham Journal
Anarchists Beaten at Leeds Opposition Speaks
In commentary from the opposition, Feargus O'Connor is declared defeated at Leeds after public exposure of his theories. The piece mocks his consistency and rejects Corn Law advocacy, suggesting a shift in public sentiment toward common sense and warned against piecemeal economic plans.
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Leeds
Feargus O'Connor
Mr. O'Connor
Plint
Dartmoor
Fire arms for Chartists sold in New Mills area
A Stockport Advertiser notice reports pistols openly hawked at three shillings a brace in New Mills Strines and surrounding districts with many buyers. Other items note a Conservative Association anniversary in Ashby de la Zouch with over forty noble stewards, and a Paris courtship gift to Lady Mary Talbot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mills
Strines
Disley
Stockport
Francis Burdett
Ashby de la Zouch
Leicestershire
Marquis of
Oxford
Rospery
Ellis
Banner-street
St. Luke’s
Adelphi
Snaka
Athenius
Titormus
Milo
Cretona
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Country Markets
Bradford
New South Wales
East India
Leicester
Farpay
Hugh Midaleton
Bankes
Seta
Medical
Excise
Smashine
Pimlico
M. A
Queen Square
Nwoticce
High Church School of Divinity
Oxford High Church
Lord Chandos
Chandos No More
Rome
the Times
Church
the Sun and the Weekly Chronicle
Sun
Ward
Mr. Stephens
Stephens
Great Britain
Mr. Ward
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