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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 21, 1855
Page
3
Witnesses describe Superintendent Hughes riding in on horseback at the railings as he struck several fashionably dressed ladies with a whip. The crowd shouted and recoiled, while Hughes appeared a furious, distorted figure in the moment of confrontation.
City solicitor and water bailiff report to the Lord Mayor on Thames pollution caused by sewer drainage and drought. They say authorities lack power to remedy the growing nuisance and urge swift legislative action as heat and dry weather threaten public health. The Lord Mayor presses Parliament to act immediately.
The Rev E A Litton vice principal of St Edmund hall and former Oriel fellow proposes opening an Oxford hall for students under a recent act. After cost review the annual expense is fixed at £80 for three terms of eight or nine weeks each, covering most student costs except university matriculation or degree fees. The hall would open next term.
Rothschilds and Barings announce French loan of 750 million francs with 10 percent deposit. Applications taken at New Court and Bishopsgate. if undersubscribed, deposits are refunded after minor charges, with stock delivered and certificates issued. Other details include exchange rate and monthly installments from Paris.
Legal financial notice outlines subscription terms for French loans in francs and pounds. It details minimum amounts for Rentes and Three per Cents, deposit requirements, commission rates, and exchange values. Baring Brothers and Co are named as agents, with instructions to include a subscriber in the loan for Rentess and Three per Cents and to deposit 10 percent.
Obituary notes Dr Archibald Arnott of HM 20th Foot who died aged 83 or 84. He served over sixty years, fought in the Nile, Calabria, and other campaigns earning a medal with many clasps. He later tended Napoleon at Saint Helena and received Napoleonic gifts and British honors.
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