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Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 08, 1842

Page

6

Old Parr's Life Pills And The Will Of Age Legend

A fragmentary old document attributed to Old Parr, famed for living 162 years, surfaces on parchment describing health methods and a medicine called Parr's Life Pills. The piece notes miraculous cures, rapid sales of pills, and legal notices about rights and distribution through London agents and a 32 page Life of Old Parr booklet offered gratis.

Old Paerr Old Parr Thomas Patr Winnington Saep Maany Parr Ol Parr Fife London E. Edwards St. Pauls Barclays and Seas Farringdon-street Sutton- and Co How. Church-Yard

Perry and Co Medical Works Advertised in 19th Century Public Notice

An old-time advertisement promotes lth Edition medical works by Perry and Co Birmingham and Leeds on venereal disease and sexual health. It markets Cordial Balm of Syriacum and Purleying Specific Pills with prices, distribution details, and delivery options worldwide. The piece warns about solitary indulgence and infection while listing multiple addresses and signature security on wrappers.

C.J. Lucas and Co Lenion Brittain Paternoster-rew Effingham Wilson Bishopsgate Street Field Quadrant Regent-street Burgess Coventry Street Haymarket Huett High Holborn J. Buckton Brigeate Leeds T. Sawler Courtpr-office St. Anns Square H. Whitmore Marketstreet Manchester J. S Uwell Dale Street Liverpool W. Wood Highestreet Birmingham United Kingdom Lucas New Bell Wader Messrs. Lucas and Co Wick Residence No. 40 Newmann-street Oxford-street London J L. Coertis and Company Balliere Medical Repens Street Barth Brydges-street Strana Strange Paternoster-row Guest Bull-street Sawler St. Ann's Square Philip South Castle-street Fannin and Co Gratton Street Dublin Bolster Cork Henderson Belfast Drummona High-street Edinburgh L. Perry and CO Beeda Wilson Bishopsgate-street Purkis Compton Street Soho Jackson and Co New Bond Street Mull-street Buckton Brigente Ry and L. Perry Perry Moser Etter Great Charles Street Easy Row Albion Street Messrs. Perry

Queen appoints colonial and military officials in Caribbean ships

The London Gazette lists numerous royal appointments: James Walker becomes secretary and clerk of the Barbados council and remembrancer of the Exchequer. Joseph Arthur Allen named treasurer of Trinidad. Teighiel Philip Bedingfield, treasurer of Dowinica. John Montagu to Cape of Good Hope government secretary. James Bicheno colonial secretary in Van Diemen's Land. Frederic Seymour as assistant colonial secretary there. Merion Moriarty port master in New South Wales. Rev John Earle chaplain of Gambia settlements. Also Belgian consuls named at Southampton and Hull. In Scotland Rev Hugh M Diarmid presented to Ancharacle. Military promotions across Dragoon Guards and several Foot regiments, with numerous purchases and rank changes detailed.

London Gazette Dowsina-street James Walker Island of Barbadoes Joseph Arthur Allen Mey Gambia Forrien-Orrier Th. Jerningham Southampton John Foster Hull Wurrinaen Hugh M'Diarmid Ancharacle Mull Purchase Peel George Courtenay Cornet Jones Regiment of Light Dragoons Sir Janes Charles Dalbine 3D Dragoon Guards Lord Edward Somerset 16Th Regiment of Light Dragoons Backshall Lane Sandham M.D 62D Foot Harcourt 20Th Regiment of Foot Eugene Brock Fraser 22D Foot Alexander Campbell Ore 25Th Foot William Brumell 75Th Foot Payminster William Dan 31St Foot James Peter Robertson French Juin Gould Robertson 40Th Foot Philip William Miller Huey Thomas Clough Taylor Matthews Foot Francis Orlando Henry Bridgeman Stawell Edmand Boys Bridgeman Joseph Gostling Egginton Boys 50Th Foot Peter John Petit Fothergill George Geddes Mackenzie Cobban Petit Robert Bridges Tellers Cobn John Cuming Bishop Ellers William Boates Francis John Swaine Hepburn Charles Frederick Hutchinson Mayne Buates John Josiah Mayne Charles Rowley Platt Hort James Alexander Ore Sandham 18Th Light Dragoons 84Th Foot William Frederick Macbean Dowdall 90Th Foot Henry Cavendish Jonson Light Dragoons John Wilson John Henry Bringhurst Johnson Henry Lecky Kringhurst Thomas de Courcy Hamilton Lecky 97Th Foot Charlton O'Neill Hutcheson

An Unattached Brevet-Colonel and Various Military Appointments

The notice lists appointments and promotions including Brevet Colonel Luchard Everton and several captains of the 90th, 1st, 97th, and 27th Foot. It corrects the name George Thorn for an ensigncy in the 91st Foot dated April 15, 1842. Also recorded are commissions signed by Lord Lieutenants for Berks, Chester, and Derry, with further promotions in the Royal Berlin Militia and Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry, plus numerous banking and insolvency notices and dividend declarations from Oct. to Nov. 1842.

Epee Luchard Everton Fac Reveral Brever Henry Cavendish Johnson 90Th Foot William Boates 1St Foot Charlton O'Neill 97Th Foot Thomas Charlton Smith 27Th Foot Mimonannum George Thorn Thorn Stockport Hussary Jonathan Robinson Cornet County of Derry Radborne Francis Wart Serry and Chaddesdon John Gilbert Crompton United Kingdom Bank of England England Wales Seat Bank of Trehind Treland Victoria England Bank of England Scotland Ineland Bank of Ireland Salinas AE Way Ub Bank of Enghurd Henry Brexnene Grocershall Zion Chapel Svasalter Kent Stephen Simson Shirley Southampton G. E. Rothe Victoria-road Pimlico

Gibraltar appointments and East India orders amid royal commissions

The Oct 4 Gazette lists General Sir Robert Thomas Wilson as governor and commander in Gibraltar and vice-admiral of the Souk, with Major Henry Havelock named companion of the Bath. It also records East India Company officers awarded the Bath and various army promotions, including multiple captains and majors, plus a new arbitral commissioner for Sierra Leone and Royal Marines promotions.

Lomnson Gaaazette Downise-street Robert Thomas Wilson Gibraltar Souk Henry Havelock 13Th Regiment of Foot Sith Madras Native Infantry George Hall M’gregor Bengal Artillery War Office Robert Pattisson Arthur Philip Savage Wilkinson 13Th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry Edward Rowland Mainwaring 16Th Julius Brockman Backhouse Astley George Francis Job Younghusband 33Th East Indies Thomas Monteath 85Th George Hail Mgregor Foueix-Crince James Hook Michael Linning Melville Sierra Leone Corps of Royal Marines John Fraser Rice Palliser David Blyth Rice Fraser Lord Liewtenant County of Glamorgen Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Battalion Richard Bassett Wattenatt William the Fourth Sir James Robert George Graham, Bart Home Department

Marriages and a churchyard escape in Monmouth area

The paper lists multiple marriages including Joseph Cubitt to Ellen Moore and Robert Ellis Dudgeon to Faniha Sinclair, with a humorous note on Gedacy and Long Sutton nuptials. A Welsh tale in Llandoge recounts a bride refusing to wed at the altar, causing a village commotion before the couple depart. The item shifts to deaths and obituaries in brief, praising Mrs Tyner and noting several other recent passings.

St. Margaret's Westminster Joseph Cubitt, Esq Great George-street Ellen J. Moore Edinburgh Robert Ellis Dudgeon Liverpool Faniha John Sutherland Sinclair Royal Artillery Long Sutton Lake Hill Mary Williamson Gedney Creve End Gedacy Church Fleet Cambridge Hymen Love Frei Monmouth Llandoge Valentine Monmouth Merlin

Military career of a distinguished British officer in Napoleonic wars

The narrative details the life of a British general born in 1815 who married Lady Francis Harris. It notes his titles including grand cross of the Bath and governorship at Gravesend and Tilbury Fort. He held ranks from lieutenant colonel to colonel, served at Maida, and commanded a division at Albuera Sala Manca Vittoria Pyrenees Nivelle Orthes Toulouse, earning a cross and clasps. He received thanks from the House of Commons in 1812 and 1816.

Francis Harris Earl of Maresbury Bath Gravesend Tilbury Foot Military College and Military Asylum Lieenant Ward's Foot Maida Albuera Salamanca Vittoria Pyrenees Nivelle Orthes Toulouse House of Commona

Money Market Tidings From City Trading Floor

Thursday notes on British securities remaining steady with Indian bonds firm and Dutch prices rising. Foreign market dull with minor changes as Mexican quotes react to mail arrival. Brighton shares show active trading at strong prices while few other stocks are dealt.

Stock Exchange India Brightons

London Markets Wheat and Barley Prices Mixed Amid Slim Essex Supplies

London markets report very small Essex wheat supplies and steady to firm Kent demand with occasional Suffolk runs. Foreign demand holds at last week’s levels. Fine barley remains strong, white peas scarce and rising, beans cheaper, oats and rye showing mixed quotes. Old English and foreign vats unchanged, new Irish areas softer. latest per quarter quotations list varied prices across Wheat, Barley, Peas, Rye, Flour, and Beans with regional notes from Norfolk and Suffolk.

Essex Kent Norfolk Suffolk Poland France Belgium

Advertisements and Corrections Published in Oct 1842

Printed at No 387 Strand Middissex by Joe Norais and published by Joan Norris. Advertisements and communications are received at No 1a7 Sere where all notices are relayed. Saturday October 8 1842.

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