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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 07, 1838
Page
7
There is renewed pressure on Money and Stock Exchange markets as bills rise after corn imports from northern Europe. New Orleans banks pause on specie resumption, fearing harm to customers. British Funds show firmness, but overall foreign markets trend downward with little share activity.
London Gazette dated Sept 28 lists bankrupts including Thomas F Mason silk merchant A J Kopsch and E Pullein with J G Lowe. certificates on Oct 19 for E Piggott and others. numerous partnerships dissolved across counties with names of firms and locations such as Willett and Blanford glass makers and Roberts and Donckley mercers. extensive list of trades from saddlers to ship brokers and printers.
The London Gazette lists bankruptcy superseded Mary Rebecca Tsace and Benjamin Same. It notes bankrupts including James Greenwood and William Greenwood and Isaac Samuel. Certificates issued to Alexander Roth William Dix Felix MShane. Partnerships dissolved include Fanny Nicholls Elizabeth Nicholls Lane Hodgson Ann Greenwood Robert Fisher Philip Page and many others across numerous trades.
The Slavery Abolition Society of Paris plans a congratulatory address to Great Britain’s abolitionists praising their success and pledging to push a similar effort in France with steady diligence. The address will be short and steer clear of inflammatory topics.
Ellen Smith alias Collins faces stabbing charges after Taylor, a master cooper, was mortally wounded near Bluegate Fields. Horrebow, a sailor, is implicated in the attack. further inquiries reveal misidentification and shifting custody as detectives pursue the real assailant amid testimonies from Macarthy Brown Ingram and others.
A Thursday evening blaze at No 20 Bennett Street, Edmunds carpenter and builder, destroys the house after firemen fail to gain water access. The next early Friday fire at No 33 Wych Street, Collard smith and bell-hanger, forces residents to flee naked through a roof escape, as flames spread toward No 34 and Chaplin and Co. stables housing over a hundred horses, causing widespread fright and confusion.
A dated Athens dispatch notes the young Queen of Greece leaving for Germany amid rumors she was advised to drink mineral waters to help secure an heir. King Otho similarly urged to seek Rumelian clean air as part of the speculation.
Tomorrow the Splendid Pictorial Almanack for 1839 goes on sale priced two pence mounted on card. It features an allegorical life progression from infancy to 100 years, vignettes of the seasons, and the figure of Time. Sold by Sherwood Gilbert Piper and agency papers.
Magistrates at Wandsworth refused to shut the Wimbledon to Merton footpath noting it is heavily used and the community would appeal. Also reports say Derby Nottingham and Mansfield trade branches suffer with low employment. jewellery trade declines. some workers seek railroad jobs as a harsh winter prospect.
On Wednesday October 3 market reports show moderate English Wheat supply and similar prices to Monday. Barley oats and peas runs are moderate with no notable price changes, flour holds with some demand for ship samples of extra quality and a small price uptick.
OCR fragment lists bags, pockets and dates 1886 1837 1838 with repeated terms and decimal signs. The readable text shows item names and year references but lacks clear events or outcomes.
Births announce the birth of a son to Lady Graham at Brighton and to the lady of Adrian Hope in Carlton Gardens and to Mrs John Glennie Greig at Leytonstone. Marriages record arrangements in Bamburgh Mstone-house and Adderstone-hall with Archibald Campbell and Donna Henriques da Silva Pombo. A surgical marriage at Candentown is noted. Deaths list Harriet Waldo of Park-oreacent, Susan Meetherke aged 13 in Herts, and Mary Cobb widow of James Cobb at Portman Square.
Printed at No 16 Catherine street Etrand in Mies county by Joan Norris of No 5 John street West Surrey parish of oes by church Published for the Proprietor Cranies Penny at No 16 Catherine street Ads and communications requested sent Sunday October 7 1888
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