Trade and Politics and Harvest Reports in 1842
A collection of 1842 notes cover a Leipsic letter on German Customs Union potential reprisals against American tariffs, a Glasgow ward harvest report praising a superb crop and rainless season, and local distress in Manchester and Leeds with rising poor rates and poverty. Also details on Chartist meetings, funds, and the Complete Suffrage Conference in Birmingham, with mentions of Feargus O’Connor and Miss Mary Anne Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostus Tantris
Leipsic
Lanark
Carnwath
Biggar
Glasgow Chronicle
Bap Trang
Bolton Exchange Rooms
R. S. Barlow
Han
Manchester Times
St. Ives
Mevagissey
Sherborne
Feovil Mercury
Leeds
Mercury
the Spectator
Geome
China
Asia
The
Northern Star
Ashton
O'Connor
Birmingham
Coventry
Carlisle
Darlington
Derby
Huddersfield
Hull
Halifas
Liverpool
Manchester
M‘douall
Bairstow
Leach
England
Martine
Chartist Association
Old Bailey
Mary Anne Walker
M‘donald
Monsieur Messier de Clarge
Great Britain
London
Messien Pe Clarge
Dove Street
Paris
Inge
Eycatt
Miss Inge
Binminguam
Tonday
Mechanics Institution
Newhall-street
Joseph Sturge
Thomas Swann
Society of Friends
Messrs
White
I Rhury Neill
Sanders
Feargus O'Connor
Odd Confluence of St. Olave's Southwark Officials
A reader notes a remarkable year in which London’s lord mayor and Sheriff Pilcher share St. Olave's Southwark as their parish and Alderman Farncomb, elected recently, also hails from that parish. The correspondent questions the likelihood of St. Olave's being so prominently crowned.
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Paristt
St. Olave's
Southwark
London
Sheriff Pilcher
Alderman Farncomb
Stock
Special Poor-Law Commission
Admiralty
Pembroke
Royal
William Symonds
Prince Albert
Eveerton
Goverment Journal
Londres
Joao Hemsphery
Lisbon
Carter
Waterloo
Waterloo-road
Sarah Fuller
Stamford Street
Blackfriars
John Pratt
Adelaide Street
West Strand
Extraordinary geological remains at White Moss front Middleton and Failsworth
The Manchester Chronicle reports massive fossil timber found during moss reclamation by Messrs Jones and Gould aided by agriculturist Janes Dixon of Hathershaw lodge. Timbers six feet deep and up to twelve foot oak girth show sunken, east or southeast alignment likely from ancient convulsions and peat bog formation rather than human activity.
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White Moss
Middleton
Failsworth
Messrs. Jones and
Gould
Janes Dixon
Hathershaw Lodge
Oldham
Dixon
Manchester Chronicle
Ancient Pompeii Inn Sign Revealed In Fresco Drawn Bacchus Scene
An 1830 year old inn sign has been found in Pompeii on the Via Fortune. The fresco shows Bacchus and Fannus pressing grapes offered by a slave while a boy directs juice into an amphora in the ground. The painting measures 24 by 14 feet and is noted for its precise drawing and vivid color.
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Lloyd's
Sydney
W. Dobson
William Bland
Pompeii
Via Fortune
Bacchus
Fannus
Three Sovereigns Meet In Paris Anecdote Told By Giebe
The tale recalls 1814 in Paris when Czar Alexander, the King of Prussia, and the Emperor of Austria walk incognito near the Tuileries. A provincial asks their names and is told by each of the sovereigns who they are, culminating in the Great Mogul introducing himself with theatrical pride.
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Alexander
Paris
M. de Talleyrand
Tuileries
Palais Royale
St. Florentin
Warbley
Proasia
Emperor
Austria
Giebe
Peter Donovan
Searle
Haad
Porter
London
Gretna-preen
Peterborough
Broad Bridge Street
Stamford Mercury
Wm. D. Carr
Alfred Colburn
Ogdensburg
New York
Vermont
New York State
Massena
Utica
Rebecca Clark
Rebecca
Oneida County
Matilda
Carr
Canada
Auburn State Prison
New York Herald
E. Purser
Bridge-street
Blackriars
Dr. Grandison
Powell
Wright
Mile-end
Thomas Powell
Blackfhars-road
United Kingdom
Blackfriars-road
Her Majesty
Poets versus Musicians in a Covent Garden Remix
An amusing anecdote arises from the Carnival of Naples at Covent Garden where a misdirected manuscript led to nonsense verses being read as Dimond’s poetry. The author, manager, and composer all shared surprised smiles as the mis-scribed lines drew unexpected charm from the stage reading.
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Naples
Covent-garden
Barnett
Dimond
Dimon
Curious Petitions Before Parliament in an Era of Odd Demands
A compilation of petition items from a parliamentary session listing diverse requests. Highlights include efforts to ban blasphemy against doctrine, regulate baker hours in Ireland, provide for unemployed relief, insure workers in sickness and old age, curb sheep stealing, improve bather accommodations, halt sabbath desecration, limit parliamentary speeches, and separate church and state, with additional calls on press advertising and tax issues.
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Charles Bradley
Ireland
Rational Society
Hampshire
Great Britain
British Swimming Society
London
Lorenzo Savona
Haurhar
George Benson
Alexander
Braden
Bryan Millington
Mr. Douglas
Henry Alfred Cotton
Channel Islands
Scotland
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Ford
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Thames
Waterloo Bridge
Strand
James
Thomas Caroline
Sewell
Curious
Peel
Alexander van Eb
Bean
Adam Gillies Eny
Crick Ov
OnpNance
Ordnance Medical Department
William Kelly
View Seaton
William IV
St. Mary's
Stockton
Durham
Henry Brexnert
Grocers’ Company
Groacers-hall
W. Lyon the Younger
Cambridge
T. Fisher
Camden Arms
Camden Town
J. Jay
London-wall
G. Savage
Winchester
S. Waters
Edenbridge
Kent
B. Laurence
Crown-court
Broad-street
T. Gilson
Bucklersbury
J. Aplin
Bicester
Oxfordshire
Scrivener
C. Bailey
Berkhampstead
Saint Peter
Herefordshire
T. Bignell
Chatham
R. Pinkerton
Mark-Jane
G. Deane
Upper Tooting
W. Bayley
Hastings
I Brown
W. Mason
Boston
Yorkshire
W. Bull
F. Turner
Primare T Bell
Newcastle-upon- Tyne
J. Butler
RK. Lindon
Marlborough
Devonshire
W. Collings
Devonport
Baker
L. A. Lewis
Fleet Street
C. Duncan
Tokenhouse-yard
W. Richardson
King-street
G. J. Green
H. Castle
Lucas-street
Rotherhithe
J. Saunders
Jun
Paternoster-row
J. Marshall
Birehin-lane
H. Jacob
W. Chapman
C. M. Woodyer
Hope-wharf
Wapping
J. Pidgeon
Laveman
Masond
Great Surrey-street
Blackfriars Road
J. Thompson
Oxford-street
Cheapside
W. Holmes
Friday
H. Coker
Wood-street
A. Christie
Fastcheap
G. H. Watson
Aldersgate-street
P. van den Ende
Bishopsgate
City
Milton
K. Turvill
Kingston-upon-Thames
A. Bull
Croxon
Erans
Oxwestry
Salop
M. Legg
St. Paul's
Churchyard
J. J
M. Clothier
J. and
E. Wood
H. Gardner
Coleman-street
Goldthorp, Brothers
Birstal
H. and
G. Castle
Blackheath
Piper and Gabriel
New
Gate Street
Homer and Porter
R. Hicks
Cusson
T. Hedley
J. Rayner
Pudsey
Drysalters
A. Harvey and Co
Paisley
J. Steuart
Thornhill
Perth
D. Robertson
Cowbyres
Forfar
J. and R Wright
Aberdeen
R. Torrance
Airdrie
J. Campbell
Infantry Barracks
Glasgow
Andrew Winter
the London Gazettes
County of Derby
John Broadhurst
Phabay
Kingstead
Northamptonshire
Bethesda
Mold
Flintshire
J. Raleigh
Blackburn
Lancashire
J. Ashworth
Rochdale
J. Grant
Bristol
G. Souter
J. Hepworth
New Malton
Woosted
J. Suffolk
T. Frith
Stafford
W. Street
Rickinghall Superior
R. Byers
T. Thomas
Seintwardine
G. Jellicoe
Bilston
Staffordshire
T. G. Wake
Castle Cary
Somersetshire
E. Till
St. Swithin
Worcester
J. David
Langharne
Carmarthenshire
Roser and Cooper
Brixton Hill
Surrey
Dobson and Miles
Harlow
Essex
Hetherington and Morewood
Winchester Buildings
Hughes and Rich
Newland Terrace
Easington
Penzini and
Stroud
Lesther Lane
Holborn
Bland and Wiseman
G. A. Shackleton
New Wortley
Tegg
le Messurier
Dublin
J. Cowell
Wymondham
Norfolk
Smith and Co
Clitheroe
Lanudshire
W. T. Cook
C. T
J. F. Steel
Newcut
Lambeth
Hosiers
Scott and Hastings
H. Mann
Spen
J. Mann
Miller and Fallows
Piccadilly
Dawson and Boult
Upper Thames Street
Samson and Boreham
Ardwick
Simmos and
Starr
Bath
Watt
M'Dowall
Brights
G. Bachop
Dundee
M‘kenzie
J. Keay
Lochee
W. Kissock
Edinburgh
Anderson and Harvey
Kiddle
Essex Street
Hoxton Old Town
Dover
Edward Rice
Grosvenor-square
Countess Galloway
Ocean Cutty
Royal Adelaide
Leith
Royal Artillery
Yarmouth-sands
S.W
Allison
Yarnouth
Adelaide
St. Katharine’s
Mary Ann
John Claris
Clifton-place
Camberwell-now-read
Hemingstone-hall
Suffolk
W. Martin
Ferozepoor
North West Frontier
Bengal
Alexander James Baig
N.S
Alexander Haig
Marlborough Buildings
Quettah
William
Richard Hammersly
Cordlanty
King's County
Sodepore
Henry Hugh Ferris
Thomas Ferris
Dallington
Sussex
Kew
Schnell
Dunkeld
David Henning
Royal Grammar School
Painswick
Edward Palling Carruthers
Board of Guardians
Stroud Union
Sheriff Robertson
Patrick Robertson
Geoney Watken
George Townsend Walker
Bart
G.C.B
K.T.S
Royal Hospital
Chelsea
Badajoz
Duke of Wellington
Vimeira
Ganges
Calcutta
Dinapore
F. E. Scobell
Her Majesty's
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J. Scobell
Holwehouse
Whitchurch
Tavistock
Devon
Rajmahal
Lonarvity
Gravesend
Milton Union House
Ann Hoy
Brewster
Seppen Duatn
G. Woods
George Inn
Addlestone
Chertsey
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Young
Dean
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Carmarthensumne
Carmarthen
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Jones
Gentlerman
House of Commons
Loxport
Dublin Evening Packet
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Castle of Limerick
John Prendergast Vereker
Gort
Roxborough
Limerick
Fran
Menruyr
Ann Rees
Cardiff
America
Merthyr
Cyfartha Iron Works
Rees Rees
Rhygos
Somers-place
Hyde-park-square
Edward L. Johnson
Report Office
Court of Chancery
Falkirk
Lashaian
Thomas Hardy
Francis Burdett
Mr. Hardy
Tarpent
Senpen
Tax Street
Union Street
Borough
Lawnsend-court
Southwark-bridge-road
Olding
John Chisholm
Herbert’s Buildings
Webber-street
Crawcour
Windsor-place
Longlane
Bermondsey
Echo de la Ironti¢re
Valenciennes
M. Jacques Philippe Candemont
Cambrai
East Indies
Pondicherry
Chandernagoure
India
Meuron
Tippoo Said
Indian
Wilmina Bartels
France
L’nine
Sor
M.D. Price
Sherwood
Garvalho
Fleet-street
Menon
Cornhill
Hannay
Oxford Street
British College OF Health
New Road
Hamilton-place
New-road
James Morison
Messrs. Morison and Moat
Mr. Tothill
Fare-street-hill
Exeter
T. G. Melhuish
York Road
Chamberlain
British Museum
Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons
Acutists
Chaser’s Own
Glaziera
Bloomsbury
Mandanina
Tirling Rees
J. W. Stirling
High Street
Whitechapel
Sanger
Priest
Parliament Street
Lowden
Barclay and Sons
Farringdon-street
Brue
Medical Hall
Brighton
Flewitt
High-street
Westmacott
Market-street
Rawle
Church-street
Seawin
Alse
Devonshire Chronicle
Halse
Cheltenham Journal
Mr. W. Halse
Richmoni House Ter
Torquay
Hallett
High Holborn
Prout
Barclay and Son
W. H. Hulse
Richmond House
Tor
British Association
Old Parr’s Will and
Old Parr
Almightie
Tuomas Parn
Winnington
Parr
Fife
E. Edwards
Barcay and Sons
Farringdon Street
Sutton and Co
Bowchurch Yard
IMCO
Simco
Olgway
Guy's
Metropolitan
King’s College
Charing-cross
Arripaint
William Brooke
Union-street
Makesheath and
Sait
Deponent
Metropolitan Hospital
King's Colege Hospital
Guy A Hospital
Charing Cross Hospital
Bransby Cooper
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Mr. Holloway
Holloway
Bright
City of London
Joan Prrix
Temple-bar
C.J. Lucas & Co
Newman-street
Brittain
Paternoster-rew
Effingham Wilson
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Quadrant
Regent-street
Burgess
Coventry Street
Haymarket
Huett
J. Buckton
Briggate
T. Sewler
Courier-office
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H. Whitmore
J. Howell
Dale-street
W. Wood
J. Fryer
Westgate Street
S. Davey
W. Grant
Castle-square
W. and
H. Robinson
Greenside Street
Lucas
Hedt
New Bell
Messrs Lucas and Co
Cases, &Co
J. . Curtis
J. . Curtis and Company, Consulting Surgeons
Medical Bookseller
Coventry-street
Barth
Brydges-street
Mann
Strange
Guest
Buil-street
Binningham
Sawler
St. Ann's Square
Philip
South Castle-street
Curtis
Old England
Essex and Herts Mercury
Messrs. Curtis
Messrs. Curtis and Company
Frith-street
Soho Square
Giddy
Osman Giddy
King
St. J. &Mes's-Street