The Mercantile Panic and Suspensions Across Markets
The Times reports a severe mercantile crash with Cockerell and Co suspending payments, liabilities around £600,000 including £500,000 in acceptances. Other failures follow in Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, and Ireland, with sums often near £200,000 to £250,000. Despite gloom, some estates show solvency. a few firms note temporary inconvenience rather than collapse. The widespread turmoil reflects cross‑market money pressure and overextended credits, unsettling creditors and investors.
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Times
East India House of Cockerell and Co
India
Cockerell and Co
London House
Calcutta
George Larpent
John Cockerell
Messrs. Cockerell and Co
England
Mesars
Cockburn and Co
Mesers
M. A. Bensusan and Co
Mogador and Barbary
Perkins, Schlusser, and Mullens
Baltic
East India
Armetrong
Sanderson and Co
Lesley, Alexander and Co
Messrs. Sanderson and Co
King William Street
London
Messrs, Sanderson and Co
S.J. Lorp
William Atherton
New Brighton
Liverpool Mercury
Fry, Griffiths, and Co
Perkins and Co
Reid, Irving, and Co
Reid and Co
Messrs
Perkins
Gemmell and Co
Fry, Griffiths and Co
Lyall, Matheson and Co
Samuel Phillips and Co
Messrs. Phillips
Manchester
Birley, Corrie, and Company
Perkins, Schiasser, and Co
Corrie
W. Steel and Co
Liverpool
Glasgow
Watson, Brothers, and Co
Messrs. Robinson and Co
Upper
Minera
Mithout Foundation
Bender
Milner
Commission
Birley, Corrie, and Co
Glasgow Argus
Messrs. Stocks and Tait
Brinksway
Stockport Mercury
House of Gowers and Nephews
Cardigan
Mensers, Watson, M-Knight, and Co
Farveay
New York
Prime
Ward, and Cobin
Allie Nite
Europe
Incumbents Suspend Payments in Prudence and Duty
A fragment shows Pare Wann and Co announcing suspension of payments, citing a large amount of bills remaining and a sense of duty and prudence in taking this action. The wording reflects formal business correspondence about financial obligations.
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Pare, Wann, and Co
National Anti-Gold Law League meeting at Fleet Street
A crowded meeting at Anderton's Hotel Fleet Street forms the Anti Gold Law League. Resolutions propose legal tender Exchequer notes and bullion handling to devalue gold currency, with a league to push Parliament and lectures nationwide.
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Anderton
Fleet Street
R. Owen
Social System
Duncan
Taylor
J. Bell
Spottlewood
Queen's Printer
Bennoch
Anti Gold Law League
League
Stoddart
Fatrbsin
Capps
Rogers
O'Brien
Mosers
Bennedhs Duncan
Bell
Sailing by Rules of Time in Great Britain and Ireland
Guidance explains determining sunrise and sunset times by latitude and adjusting for degrees above or below 61 30. It lists high water times at major ports relative to London Dock and notes harbours of lesser note. Also includes weekly calendar, lunar data, and eclipse notice for Oct Sun Oct 8.
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Bankside
Lambeth
Lambeth Church
Chelsea College
Battersea Bridge
Fulham
Frederick Roe
Sullivan
Horsley Palmer
Wandaworth
Wandle
Wandsworth
Putsey-bridge
Sanbeam
Sannot
Great Britain
Ireland
London Dock
Bristol
Ork
Cove
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Southampton
The War in Mexico and Scott’s Troubled Campaign
The Weekly Chronicle criticizes General Scott and American forces in Mexico, reporting high Mexican casualties, debated numbers, and an armistice. It warns that despite apparent gallantry the campaign resembles a trap, calling the American force a mob of buccaneers more than a true army.
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Mexico
Scott
Peper Asya
Tacubaya
Tacubays
Peradoss
Too Clever by Half in a Theatrical Speculation
A Victorian-era review mocks overanalysis in literary and political commentary. It contrasts Shakespearean ambiguity with Louis Philippe and the French army in Algiers, then critiques a sensational press theory about Orleans Bourbon pretensions and potential monarchic plots across Europe.
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Shakapeare
d’Annale
Algiers
France
England
Marshal Bogeach
Orleans
Bourbon
Louis Philippe
Italy
Duc de Montpensier
Spain
Duc d’Aumale
Thieving and Tyranny Taught as Inherited Rule
The fragment critiques those who seek to govern the world by seizing toil and property. It condemns the claimed hereditary right to tax and oppress, labeling opposition as treason and endorsing death as punishment for disputing their rule.
Railways debt crisis signals investor unease across shares
The piece argues capitalists with railway shares face calls they cannot meet as market prices fall and credit tightens. It challenges heavy losses claimed by leaders, distinguishes market value from intrinsic worth, and urges proprietary bodies to decide per line whether to realise or suspend work to avert broader collapse.
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Acta
Manchester Times
Manchester Chamber of Commerce
Diplomatic Revolutions and a British Envoy’s Dispute
A fragment from 1847 discusses upheavals in diplomacy noting language and decorum may change. It centers on Lord Howden, Britain’s envoy to Montevideo, and two letters outlining tensions with English merchant Henry Sparks. Sparks accuses Howden of insolence, while Howden vows to horsewhip any further offense.
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Fle
Talleyrand
Lord Howden
Bia
Monte Videans
Formahea
Sparkes
Monte Video
H.E. M.S. Raleigh
Henry Sparks
Tenant Rights in Tipperary Expose Irish Rent Strife
The Nenagh Guardian reports tenants in County Tipperary rejecting rents amid a wider landlord-tenant clash. It cites seizures for rent and mobs blocking crops, with incidents at Kilnafinch and Garranmore where armed groups stormed lands, fired a cap, and shouted threats as courts hear cases.
Tenant Right debate in Ireland cited as whiteboy case
A court recounts armed tenants and landlords in a Tipperary dispute touching rights to land. Testimony names Willon Shou and William Shouldice among attackers, with discussions of property, leases, and the origin of tenant rights. The piece argues for moral agreement over drastic state action and critiques taxation supporting landowners.
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Willon
William Shouldice
M'Grath
Gh Kennedy
James M'Grath
Denis Ryan
John Mulcahy
Hannah Slattery
Jatzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
F. Kiernan
Ireland
Tipperary
Blanderbua
Ulater
England
Bekertyhag
Thosdered
Currency Quackery and the Plan for 50 Million Pounds
A critical critique of a proposed 50 million pound government note issue. The writer argues such currency would be printed as legal tender for salaries and taxes, inflating prices, burdening debtors, and forcing widespread reliance on a devalued currency, with little real gain to trade or taxation. The piece warns of harm to the body politic and increased counting burdens in daily transactions.
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B. J
Italy
Weekly Chronicle
Pius
Standard
Morning Post
Abu
Leeda Mercury
Austria
France
England
Europe
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County Court
S. M
Thme
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RW. M
Tre Nationa
Gartsxy
Vernon
National Gallery
Royal Academy
Academy
J &c
Petan Parust
Genexovus
Norwich
Jenny Lind
Hall
George
Mademoiselle Lind
Jonny Lind
Atimulum
Caro Ncr
East Surrey
Frias
Caarivil
Davie
Worabip
Arnold
Gray's Buildings
Kingeland
Jenkinson
Bemire
Mens Itvle
Ball's Pond
Slington
Sito
Armeld
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