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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jan 31, 1847

Page

3

Upland and Sea Island Cotton Trade Report and War News

The report covers cotton exports and stock totals, with prices for upland and Sea Island, and notes dull markets though prices hold. It cites Liverpool and Boston shipments, rice and flour activity, freights, and currency wholesale changes. It includes updates from Washington and Mexican War dispatches, Congress votes on army expansion, and troop movements near Tampico and Saltillo, with mortality figures in the Rio Grande campaigns.

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Convicted 1618 deserter from Berkabire Milla path to Port Philip

Port Philip Patriot reports Thomas Parton aged 64 confessed to desertion from the Berkabire Milla in 1618 and betrayals. He claimed involvement in the murder of Elisabeth Howell near Dorchester Oxen and the later killing of a man named John Haster at Norwood as he sought London, ending with seven years transportation and exile.

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London Charity and City Finance Meetings Report

A London meeting, at London Towers, Bishopsgate, elects pensioners and notes charity assets at £10,800 with 42 pensioners receiving £18 to £40 yearly. Other sessions include annuity subscription votes, bank dividend announcements, and a wardmote re-election after a vote error.

London Towers Bishopagate Street John Wryles London Tavern Bishopsgate Street Luke James Hansard O Broad Street Robert Carter Eny Launceston St. Thomas's Loxpox Carnax Astton Bishopegets Street Alderman Thompson J. P. Wright M. W. Egerton Isaac Cohen H. Scambler M. Weybridge George Byng, Esq M.P Capell Wellington Meraopolia Sursoremeris Commissioners of Woods and Forests Victoria Coventry Street Long Acre Ozford Street Holborn Bow Street Charlotta Street Bloomebury Endell Street Mercers' Company Oxford Street London Docks Spitalfields Church East Smithfield Rosemary Whitechapel Shoreditch County of Middlesex Equitable Assurance Company Bank of England Alderman Hompbery London Farringdon Court of Common Council Aldermen Common Council Humphry Alderman Wilson

Provostial Case Against Thames Gomm in Fraud Charge

In Birmingham a coroner’s court remanded Thames Gomm, a well connected corn dealer and commission agent, on charges of obtaining between £3000 and £4000 by sales pretences. He allegedly bought grain in firm names and paid others before misappropriating funds, with bankruptcy proceedings considered.

Birmingham Chsnor Gomm Bizheat Credit Ballason Thomas Herding Gomma Darven David Anderson Leedam and Bradford Blanchard Isaac Moreley Rande G. Goodman Rayden Gilderstone Leeds and Bradford Calverley Leed Stith Morrison Calverley Level Crossing Staa James Gee Calverley Bridge Thackley Tunnel Liverpool Tuladar Aftesscox America Avesbi Europe Republic Cornelia Enmpire Nataral Traland Cork Marybone Glidersleeves Corrie Manchester Guardian Livaxroot Livexroot Challener Mason-street Wapping Howitt Thomas Booth Mason Atreet Hurst Atreet Booth Hoe Manchester Messia Simon and Co Messrs. Strutt and Co Nesers Potter, Stell, and Co Socopst Messrs Jones, Loyd, and Co Union Bank of Manchester

Urban unrest in Aberdeen over grain prices and riots

In Aberdeen on a Friday forenoon a crowd formed over high provisions costs. About 1,000 people gathered on the Links and at the Town-house, with 200 railway laborers bearing a black flag. The magistrates met with the deputation and grain merchants to ease shortages, special constables were sworn, and police clashed with rioters as windows were broken and a large crowd was contained without full mobilization of the police. The day ended with quiet conditions at night.

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The Canton Disturbances and British Reflections

An extended report covers British reactions to Canton unrest in 1846. It cites Chinese officials defending measures, criticizes Compton’s role, notes proposed guards near factories, and urges mutual restraint. The document also includes replies from Keying and Hwang, urging equity and protection for Chinese and British alike.

Marginal Mary Anne Wellingys and the Battlefield Heroine

The piece discusses Rev. Richard Cabbold's Mary Anne Wellingys narrative about a living woman who aided wounded soldiers in the Peninsular War. It recounts her courage in danger, the brig’s rescue near Gibraltar, and Spanish marauders, praising fortitude over art in a charitable historical account.

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Alderman Humpherys motion on Remembrancer bill in Parliament

The court debated enlarging the consluency and whether the Remembrancer should prepare a bill for Parliament. Aldermen Hughes proposed a committee to direct the Remembrancer, but the amendment failed. Humpherys motion, refined by Thompson, was adopted with little opposition as the court adjourned amid remarks on radical changes in long held opinions.

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