Grain Market Roundup Shows Widespread Price Movements
Across towns from Berwick to York the weekly grain market reports show firmness in Wheat and Barley with regional variations. Prices advance in Norwich and Reading while Edinburgh and Exeter note steady or mixed shifts. New Irish Wheat remains active, and Oats generally follow wheat trends with occasional declines.
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Appleby
Berwick
Boston
Carlisle
Cockermouth
Edinburgh
Egremont
Exeter
Glasgow
Gloucester
Ipswich
Lancaster
Liverpool
Ireland
Manchester
Newcastle-On-Tyne
Bailey
Norwich
Plymouth
Preston
Reading
Sunderland
Norfolk
New Durham
Wisbeach
Woodbridge
Famlingham
Yarmouth
York
Wool market notes from London Leeds Liverpool Wakefield York
London reports a slight fall in British wool demand and low mood in currencies with few speculative purchases. Leeds markets are dull with heavy winter goods rising in supply while prices stay steady. Liverpool notes thinned London sales but steady prices. Peruvians remain available. Wakefield shows steady long and short wool prices. York reports little business and stationary prices.
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London
Leeds
Liverpool
Wakefield
York
Turspay to Oct 27 tides and historical notes
Entries list tides and times for Turspay and Tourspay from Oct 23 to Oct 27 noting high water mornings and afternoons. Historical mentions include Agincourt 1415 and Saint Crispin’s day, the shrine at Soissons, and events such as Hanover becoming a kingdom, Belvoir Castle fire, and Buonaparte entering Berlin.
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Tourspay
Ratve
Agincourt
Hegyrth
Crispin
Hanover
Belvoir
Verdict for plaintiff in insurance case over vessel collision
In a 1836 action for running down a vessel, the insurer payments to the plaintiff are not a bar to recovery by the assured against the wrongdoer. The court found for Yates the plaintiff, amending the award to include 172 pounds 4s 1d, aligning with Mason v. Sainsbury principles.
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Jurist
Hillary
Yates U
Yates
Liverpool
Wilde
S. Martin
Park On Insurance
Randall
Tindal
Mason Wv. Sainsbury
Lord Mansfield
C.&c
Park
D. C
Bethnal-green
G.S. B
Joseph Morris
Lincoln
West Middlesex
Joseph Coop
Oldham
Doctors’ Commons
Portland-street
Soho
Chancery
Pemberton
Smythe
J. Knight
Crawley
J. BR
Manchester
Earl of
Court of Chancery
P. F
Leeds
Exchequer In Equity
Kirby
Sayer
Bennett
Wats Partn
Jones
Medical lore and home remedies in a column letter exchange
A fragmented newspaper letter section cites patient recipes and cautions, listing compounds like hydrargone pills and tinctures for various ailments. It notes that letters are destroyed after reply and urges readers to write again, with commentary on medical authority and disposal of prescriptions.
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G.U.A.Y. Prlys
Murray
Lucide Louise Santo
L. M
R S. T
Ellistson
Lancet
Constans
Robertson
The Garden Notes on Bulbs and House Culture
The article discusses ornamental bulb care for greenhouses and homes, praising plants as life enhancers and air purifiers. It covers bulb preparation, watering in glass, frost protection for Chinese chrysanthemums, and general garden timing with reader notes on various plant topics and garden lore.
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Priestley
France
Germany
H.C. B
X.Y.Z
T. L. (Hoxton
Maria
Cyparissus
Apollo
Italy
England
Bacchu
Noah
L. L
London
Botanic Gardens
Chelsea
Apothecaries’ Company
London Horticultural Society
Chiswick
Exquisitely Engraved steel portrait by Hall for subscribers
A note announces that engraved steel portraits by H. B. Hall from Eugenio Latilla’s portrait will be presented to every subscriber of six months. Specimen plates and books for subscriber name entries are being delivered to the agents.
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H. B. Hall
Eugenio Latilla
Office OF Ordnance
Her Majesty's Ordnance
R. Byham
Resignation of Lord Durham Announces Return to England
The Great Western reached Bristol on October 17 1838 with 126 passengers including Lord Arthur Lennox and others. Lord Durham declares his intent to return to England once official word arrives on the declaratory act and outlines his reforms and the fatal impact of corn laws on trade and industry.
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Bristol
Great Western
King-road
Arthur Lennox
W. H. Cavendish
Lord Durham
Wilson
New York
Courier and Inquirer
England
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward’s Island
Resignation of Lord Durham Grips Canadas Crisis
The Weekly Chronicle argues the Great Western reports Lord Durham’s resignation seals Canada’s break with Britain. It condemns the Tory radical tensions and laments the loss of Durham’s leadership while warning costly frontier conflict and a future government lacking powers to resolve the dispute. It also attacks Mr Gregg and Bishop Exeter’s high church faction as a source of sectarian strife.
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Lord Durham
House of Lords
Canada
North American
Brougham
Lyndhurst
Lord Melbourne
Lord Brougham
Commons
John Russell
Manly
Mr. Gregg
Bishop Philpotts
High Ch
Arch Sect
Liverpool
Honiton
Gregg
Exete
Exeter
Church of England
Billingsgate
Head
Reed
Church of Christ
Feniton
Duke of Norfolk
Duke of Wellington
Ireland
High Church
Corn Market Alarms Forecast of Winter Hardship
The piece warns that the corn market signals a grim winter for workers, blaming unwise legislation and corn laws for driving up prices. It notes shortages in France, Prussia, Poland, Belgium, Ireland, and the United States, with foreign wheat imports becoming more costly and affecting domestic food access.
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France
Prussia
Poland
Belgium
Ireland
United States
Demonstrations and Advice for Hull Suffrage Supporters
Colonel Thompson counsels Hull suffrage advocates to avoid haste and rely on him and public opinion to push the cause. He criticizes the Corn Law Catechism author for not addressing bread and wages, presenting a blunt view of working-class concerns in the suffrage debate.
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Colonel Thompson
Hull
Stephens
Feargus O’conner
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St. Albans
St. Alban
Mary
the Weekly Chronicle
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