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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 22, 1847
Page
7
A brief royal directive appears to reference command authority and official title phrases. The fragmentary text hints at ceremonial language and staff roles without clear events or dates. Further context would be needed to identify the exact action or outcome described.
From Hounslow to Brompton despatch daily and other routes listed. conditions and full particulars by application to the London District Post Office, General Post Office. Tenders must be sealed and addressed to the Postmaster General and delivered before twelve o'clock on June 1st. No tender accepted unless on proper printed form. May 1st 1847.
A historical notice outlines that the Life Assurance Society offers policies on various health and life risks including gout asthma rupture and other diseases with premiums proportional to risk. It notes bonus histories averaging 22 to 36 percent, with future bonuses expected to rise, and provides contact details for policy information and the actuary in London.
An advertisement for Stirling's Stomach Pills claims relief from indigestion headaches dizziness and debility. It extols late nineteenth century benefits for stomach liver skin nerves and general vitality, notes safety and convenience, lists prices and the supplier John William Stirling of Whitechapel, and urges purchase through reputable dealers.
An eighteenth century style medical promotion for The Secret Companion a physiological dissertation on marriage generative diseases and nervous disorders. It promotes remedies for gonorrhea syphilis glees stricture and other urethral diseases with engravings and multiple agents listed in London addresses. Continuous sales from authors agents and brokers with consultation fees and delivery options.
The advertisement lists Dumas titles including Queen of Scots, The Galley Slave, Memoirs of a Physician, Marie Antoinette, The Prisoner of If, and Celebrated Crimes, with prices and publisher GEO. PEIRCE, 310 Strand. A letter from a Hygeist criticizes doctors for prescribing poisons medicinally, alleging systemic poisoning and urging a shift to Hygeism, dated May 20, 1817.
An 19th century notice promotes Urkee's Green Mountain Vegetable Ointment prepared from a Vermont mountain plant. It touts long trial on inflammatory action and cures for gout rheumatism scrofulous affections ringworm piles bronchitis eye inflammation swollen breasts sore nipples chilblains burns and ulcers. The proprietor cites Army and Navy surgeons testimonials and lists H Peeston and Son as London wholesale agents at 94 per pot.
An 19th century advertisement urges visitors to the British Museum to buy The Land We Live In No II and promotes Dr Roberts’s Restorative Drops and Dr Roberts’s Specific Drops. It notes the need to verify authenticity with Besch and Barnicott branding and lists wholesale and retail outlets across Bridport and London.
London market report notes very small English wheat supply by land this morning with sales at 6 1/2 pence per quarter higher for day terms, foreign wheat up 2 to 6 pence, barley and peas firmer, oats dull with price support, maize up 4 pence. American letters say late March declines did not trigger price drops due to stock shortages along the seaboard and eastern markets, with buyers for June July and September delivery. Average weekly prices for wheat, barley, oats, rye, and peas are listed through midweek, with various shifts from previous periods.
Printed and published for proprietors at No 37 Strand Middlesex by Jon Paice Canatt. Advertisements and communications accepted by consent. Dated Saturday May 2 1847.
The markets show limited trade in Monpi with higher Indigo and improved Tallow demand. Prices for St. Petersburg Yellow Candle, refined goods, and various grades of sugar and rice move, while Cotton sales rise and Derby celebrations pause activity. Delays and withdrawals mark Indigo and Cotton trades as auctions proceed with modest declines and firmer rates across several commodities.
A Victorian listing shows wholesale prices for fruits and vegetables in Covent Garden. Apples cost 6d to 2s, Brussels sprouts 7s 0d, turnip greens 6d to 1s 9d per bushel, oranges 9 8d to 16s, lemons 10s to 15s, beans 1s 9d to 24d per 100, greens 2s to 5s 9d, turnips 1s 9d to 2s 6d, carrots 5s 9d to 7s per dozen batches, old potatoes 8s to 13s per cwt, sowing potatoes 4d to 8d per lb, horseradish 1s 6d to 3s 6d, celery 3d, asparagus 6d to 8s per bundle, cucumbers 3d to 10d each, parsnips 6d to 1s Ad, cauliflowers 1s 6d to 1s 8d, summer cabbages 6d to 6d per dozen, old onions 4s to 10s per bushel, spring onions d to 1s per bunch, radishes 3d to 3d per dozen, mushrooms 1d 6d per pottle.
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