The 1825 Crisis and the Rise of Private Credit
The piece analyzes the 1825 mercantile revulsion tracing its roots to speculative fever, bank credit expansion, and private debt. It argues private credit, not bank note issuance alone, drove the surge in imports, bills of exchange, and risky ventures, culminating in a prolonged crisis across England, Ireland, and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of England
Tocke
Country Bank
England
Ireland
Banka
Lancashire
Horsley Palmer
Messrs. Lo
United States
America
London
Liverpool
Manchester
Leeds
Wales
W.'s
Wilson and Co
Wiggin and Co
Wildes and Co
England and Wales
Wildes
United States of America
Leatham
Wakefield
Great
Britain and Ireland
Post mortem report and foreign intelligence fragment
A detailed post mortem on Henry Francis describes congested brain vessels and heart changes from congestive apoplexy, with uncertainty about the death cause. The foreign section notes France, Spain, Vienna, and Sweden updates, including naval postings, debates on clergy property sales, and royal marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derriorp
Downing
Division of Police
C. Taylor
Highstreet
Deptford
Henry Francis
G. Downinc
Messrs. Downing
Taylor
Metropolis Cheesemongers Society Meeting Report
The eighth annual meeting of the Metropolis Cheesemongers subscribers and donors was held at the London tavern to review the committee report, elect officers, and choose two pensioners. The society, founded in 1836, has issued relief to forty pensioners, with twenty-eight remaining, funded by £6,300 and annual income around £1,034, including subscriptions and dividends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Tavern
N. J. Corderoy
Merrioronitan Eurpee
House of Commons
Westminster
Thames
Westminster and
Lambeth
Fhames
Church-street
Market-street
Globe
Ogle-street
East India Company
Whitecross-street
Wapping
MeErtRopolis
Metropolis
Society
Great Russell Street
Bloomsbury
B. B. Cabbell
V.P
F.R.S
Marquis of Lansdowne
Marquis of Northampton
Robert Peel
John Russell
Earl of
Loxpox Scsoon
Thomas Tegg
Tegg
Albion Tavern
Aldersgate Street
Cosmo Orme
Murper
Stanhope-street
Clare Market
Caroline Stanton
Bow-street
Hancine
Wakley
M.P
New Inn
Edgeware Road
George Willshire
Northumberland
Mews
Edgeware
Road
Orchard-street
Brown
Davis
Dreadful Bradford Mill Boiler Explosion Reveals Fatal Toll
A Bradford steam mill boiler at Mason's mill bursts near six in the morning, scattering brick and ash as workers flee. The blast tears the building, traps and wounds children used as mill hands, with one young piecer named Wilman found dead yards from the furnace. Townsfolk gather, awaiting news of missing or injured workers in this grim disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Yorkshire
Mill Street
Mill-street
Mason’s Mill
Wilman
Besieged mill disaster and seaside ferry tragedy
Reports describe a mill boiler explosion and collapse with several injured and three dead, including a boy and a man, amid rubble and hospital care. Separate Bristol waterway loss recounts a ferry boat sinking in a squall with four crew and a passenger lost. a later case details a domestic violence incident and a fatal coach accident near Peel with multiple injuries and deaths.
Ireland's government shifts amid Irish unionist talk
From The Newry Examiner and Dublin scene a correspondent reports expected promotions in the lord lieutenant and chancellor posts as Lord Wharncliffe and Lord Langdale are named successors. The Rergate Association meets at Conciliation Hall with Mr De Verdon presiding and Irish leaders praising Mr O'Connell while debating wardens and rent notices. An elopement near Claremorris ends in the couple returning to the bride's mother after public agitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber
Journal Des Debats
Chamber of Deputies
M. Guizot
Admiral Dupetit Thouers
Polytechnic School
M. Dupetit Thouars
France
Moniteur Parisien
Hamelin
Oceania
Des Fossés
Brest
Otahelle
Madagascar
Bourbon
Louis le Grand
Duke de Nemours
India
Orleans
Rouen
Havre
Avignon
Ditto
Madrid
M. Rodriguez Leal
Caceres
Isabella
Count Trapani
Senor Gonzales Bravo
Duke de Rivas
Naples
Aranjuez
Christina
Barcelona
M. de Lesseps
Cortes
Roncali
Alicant
Bené
Carbineros
Arragon
Wales
Constantinople
Porte
Rayahs
Albania
Dr. Wolff
Boxwsra
Grover
Tebreez
Tehran
Tabreez
Bokhara
Samet Khan
Stoddart
Saleh Mahomed
Shiel
Intse
Newry
Lord Wharncliffe
Lord de Grey
Lord Langdale
Tris
Edward Sugden
Duper
Judet O'Connell
Birmingham
O'Connell
Smith O’brien
John O'Connell
D. O'Connell
Claremorris
Mayo
Balla
Mayo Hunt
Reynard
Hully Mount
Wpo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Foreign Intelligence
Spain
Germany
Vienna
Solomon Rothschild
Rothschild
Moravia
Silesia
Swabian Mercury
Wartemburg
Cologne
Leghorn
Pisa
Toplitz
Russia
Sweden
Inness
Stockholm
Prince Charles
Hibernia Stener
Hibernia
Judking
Boston
Halifax
Holyhead
New York
Princeton
Nicholas Biddle
Pennsylvania
City News
Uplands
Tenesse
Alabamas
Los Mobiles
Louisianas
STATS
Secretary OF the Navy
Commodore Kenyon
Virgil Maxey
MR. Gardner
New York, &c
Boston Times
WashineaTon
Stockton
Potomac
Spencer
Benton and
Woodbury
Catlin
Congress
A. P. Upsher
Mr. Gilmer
Navy
Maryland
Com. Kenyon
Bureau of Construction
Gardner
Senator Benton
Mr. Tyson
Philadelphia
Strictland
Benton
Tyson
Judge Upsher
Wilkins
Wickliffe
Wilkin
P.S
Ellicott
Gilmer
Commodore
Henry
Maxey
Mr. Ellicott
Upsher
Alexandria
Potenza
Sicily
Milan
Luigi Canonica
Italy
Lombardy
Academy of Fine Arts
Brazils
Falmouth
Peterel Packet
Creser
Rio de Janeiro
Monte Video
Santos
Rio
Chambere
Washington
Cochran
the Metropolis
Salah See Wae
Plasiig
Aten
Iren, &c
Ieee
Bristol
Ferry Passage
Mr. Williams
Old Passage
Joseph Whitchurch
George Watkins
Thomas Jones
William Davis
Bristol Gazette
Tuorover Brackevard
Joel Matthews
Bedminster
Elizabeth Palmer Matthews
Ann Palmer Matthews
Mr. Brice
Douglas
Maxn
Peel
Union Mills
Egein
William Faragher
M‘carthy
Northop
Captain Grant
Crosby
Miss Craine
Mr. Braid
Staffordshire
Miss Hinckes
Nanut-y- Glo
Nant-y-Glo
Shrewsbury
Syren
Wolverhampton
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