Grain Markets Across Britain Report Varying Prices
Saturday grain markets show wide shifts with Wheat advancing in many towns and oats and barley following trends. Prices stretch from 60s to 80s per quarter in places like Edinburgh and Cambridge, while Dublin Dublin and Liverpool report firm demand and modest gains despite uneven supplies.
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Appleby
Bath
Berwick
Boston
Cambridge
Carlisle
Cockermouth
Doncaster
Dublin
Edinburgh
Egremont
Gloucester
Ipswich
Marklane
Ndal
Lancaster
Liverpool
Trish
Manchester
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Norwich
London
Oxford
Plymouth
Preston
Romsey
Warminster
Wisbeach
Woodbridge
Yarmouth
York
Barney
Diary Memoranda for the Present Week Nov 4 10
A compact diary listing events and observances from Sunday November 4 to Saturday November 10. Entries note saints days, notable deaths such as William Gilbert Galvani, Shakespeare, Milton, and Lord Mayor on specific dates, with high water times and solar events scattered through the week. It preserves historical dates and nautical timing.
Cambridge Gas Company Rate Case Draws Sessions Findings
The Cambridge Gas Company dispute over rate assessment cites proportional rent and parish mains. Lord Denman delivers judgment, sessions to adjust proportions since parish data is unavailable. Letters critique railway practice and warn against dubious public companies. readers seek Danish claims and interest details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen’s Bracu
Cambridge Gas-Light Company
Cambridge
Cambridge Gas-works
Cambridge Gas Company
Elizabeth
Downing College
Fitzroy Kelly
Bodkin
Order of Sessions
Rex
Tomlinson
Lower Milton
Lex
Modbury
Devon
William Thomon
Birmingham
Hackney Carriage Office
Whittle Harvey
A. Prospec
Ladenhall-street
Uxbridge
London
Timmins, Davis, Thomson
Banks, Smith, Wilson, &c
Omnibus
Fishing, &c
A. Z
Hants
Poynder
India
J. P
T. N
Deptford
Vaughan Richards
S. Martin
Hon. J. Talbot
Jackson Howe
Edwards
Y. Q—Ijf
Walter R
Southampton
Pry
Horaton
Sydney
K. K
Manchester
Baillie
Lord Inchequin
Whippy
Hillary
Health of the Metropolis Reported Weekly Burials Decline
The hebdomadal burials tally shows a 59 decrease from the prior week with deaths chiefly from consumption 32 inflammations 20 small pox 16 age and debility 15 fevers 15 convulsions 11 dropsy 8 and other infantile ailments. Unknown causes total 44. Deaths remain low given seasonal disease aggravations. A Poor Man notes habits not productive of Tek fictions and may affect earth.
Surgical debate on a patient named Holmes and related medical cures
A reader questions a certificate by Sir A Carlisle asserting Holmes insanity but the patient proved sane after hospital discharge. The column weighs surgery versus noninvasive care, praising diet and stockings, and notes risks of the operation. Replies cover various remedies, dosing, and guidance for eye inflammations and general ailments.
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Inquirer
A. Carlisle
Holmes
Europe
H.S
Oldham
Susan
Hydrarg. Com
Creta
G. B
G. Hs
Joseph
X.Y. Z
Newbray
Croyden
Luke Cat
Botanical Garden Advice on Propagating Plants and Care
The article describes greenhouse propagation by cuttings using fine white sand as a rooting medium and cautions against over or under watering. It advises removing sand from roots before potting, shading young plants, and potting off promptly. It also lists weekly tasks such as pruning, sowing, and bringing plants indoors, with notes on flowering plants and seasonal frost damage. It includes miscellaneous notes and reader correspondence.
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T. W
Bermondsey
L. L
Earl of Talbot
Martha
T. T
Malabar
Turkey
Persia
H. Bond
Homerton
Portrait of the Queen to be Delivered to Six Month Subscribers
The engraving delay is resolved and on Sunday January 6 the issue of the Portrait of Her Majesty will commence. All subscribers of six months duration will be entitled to receive the portrait as the national present.
Portrait of Her Majesty supply limits by district
The paper’s agents are told not to exceed their supply on December 1. They must first determine the exact number of Portraits required in each district.
Report of the Post Office Committee Draws Uniform Penny Post Interest
The paper presents the Post Office Committee Report and its recommendation for a uniform penny post for all letters. Proprietors will publish the full report when arrangements are complete and announce the plan to readers.
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Post Office Committee
Lord Durham in Canada and the peril of insurrection
The article discusses Lord Durham's likely arrival in Britain within a month, the weak Canada Bill, and the risk of renewed Canadian unrest. It argues that intervention has failed, predicting a difficult winter and possible loss of Canada unless constitutional government is achieved. It condemns English French tensions and warns Parliament will revisit Canada in February.
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Canada
Lord Durham
United States
Monsieur Papineau
England
Rights of women debate in universal suffrage dialog
A Victorian exchange critiques Sir Edward Bulwer's view on universal suffrage for women. The Northern Star argues unmarried women and widows deserve voting rights while married women remain under coverture. The piece questions practicalities of a female parliament and urges reform of coverture to align with political equality.
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Monthly Chronicle
Edward Bulwer
Miss Burdett
Mr. Vincent
Miss Burdett Coutts
Edgeworth
Somerville
Martineau
Universalists
Northern Star
Burdett Coutts
National Treasury
London
Lord Byron
House of Commons
Commons
Lords
Carlyle
Uni
Denunciation of Obedience and Tyranny in Liberalism
The writer laments opposition to female obedience and condemns male tyranny under liberal disguise. They label the contemporary reform as Malthusian tyranny and criticize social rights restrictions on marriages. They express desire for clearer plans from the so called pure contemporary party and welcome further explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset-house
Bashaws
Duke of Richmond promotes Catholic inclusion in Scotland
The Duke of Richmond hosted 150 tenants in Scotland inviting both Catholic priest and Presbyterian minister. The priest gave thanks after grace, sparking protests from Protestant press. The piece argues for social harmony over sectarian conflict and suggests the duke could join Lord Melbourne's cabinet.
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Duke of Richmond
Sussex
Scotland
Lord Melbourne
Magnifying glasses blamed for overstated crowd estimates
The article argues radical demonstrations were exaggerated, claiming Feargus O Connor and Northern Star reporters inflated numbers. It suggests miscounts, citing Carlisle where 1700 marchers were tallied as 30000, and whimsically blames magnifying glasses as the cause while defending the newspaper's accuracy.
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Feargus O'Connor
Northern Star
Carlisle
Union
O’connor
Lord Byron
Queen Dowager in Gibraltar Arrives and Donates to Charity
The Queen Dowager arrived at Gibraltar on Sunday and was greeted with honours. She attended Queen Adelaide’s church consecration, donated 50 pounds to the Civil Hospital, 25 pounds to the vicar-general, and 25 pounds for the Burrow charitable fund. Hastings towed out. troops lined the parade. guards greeted her on departure. A separate note reports a police sergeant in London suddenly losing speech and being hospitalized. Insolvent Debtors Court clarifies petition rules for prisoners under the new act.
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Gibraltar
Queen Adelaide
Burrow
Hastings
Prince George of
Cambridge
52D
Liverpool
Claridge
Police
James O’connor
Fisher
Westminster Hospital
O’connor
Kent
Victoria
England
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Country Markets
Tickel
London Bridge
Fowder P.d—Gualvani
Medical
H. G. Gerhard
Railway Gazette
Stanhope and Lyne
House of East India Agency
India House
Marcelus
Gills Hill
Thuriell
W.A. Lyon
J.G. Lod
Frllwett
Webver
Bixetus
Lord
Fillwell
Weekly Chronicle
Post-office
Paris
Brussels
Bishopsgate-street
Belgrav
Exeter
Standard
Ireland
Otandard de
London Post-Office
the Monthly Chronicle
the Northern Star
the Rights OF Women
the Duke OF Richmond
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