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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 28, 1838

Page

4

Market Grain Prices Across Towns and Regions

The report compiles Saturday grain markets across England with prices for Wheat Barley Oats Beans and Flour in Bath Berwick Carlisle Doncaster Soubin Edinburgh Exeter Glasgow Gloucester Ipswich Kendal Liverpool Lancaster Manchester Newcastle Norwich Preston Reading Shepton Mallet Wakefield Warminster Wisbeach Yarmouth York and Wool markets. Prices show wide variation by locality with Wheat ranging roughly from 24s to 80s per quarter and Barley from 15s to 38s per bushel plus multiple price shifts noted across towns. It notes scarce old Wheat at Egremont and overall fluctuating demand influenced by weather and harvest conditions.

Ppleby Berwick Garlisle Cockermouth Doncaster Edinburgh Egremont Exeter Glasgow Gloucester Irih Ipswich Kendal Liverpool Ireland Lancaster Manchester Corn Exchange Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Norwich Preston Reading London Shepton Mallet Wakefield Warminster Barsey Wisbeach York

Memoranda for the Present Week in October and November

A historical calendar summary lists saints days and events from Sunday October 28 to Saturday November 3. It includes high water times for London, notable dates such as Drake’s voyage completion and Dominica discovery, and mentions Yeomen guards and Blackfriars bridge milestones.

Joal Luke Lesa Micah Philip Traday London Bridge Sir Walter Raleigh George More Jand Rivié Bristol Dominica Columbus Drake

Joint stock partners limited to producing deed in defense

In a series of High Court notes, co partners in a joint stock company were held not to be obliged to testify. default judgments against three defendants do not compel production of the deed. Notices of admission for attorneys may be amended when a mistaken name appears.

Poe Tindal C. J Exrarre Corxinus Hayes Collins Helmut Worcester Saunders Helm Williams Justice

Portrait of the Queen Portraits to ship January sixth

The engraving delay now resolved and the National Present portrait will begin on Sunday January 6. Subscribers of six months’ duration will be entitled to receive the portrait.

Portraits of Her Majesty supply in districts set to December

The paper's agents are told not to exceed supply on December 1 and must first determine the exact number of portraits required in each district.

Berlin Leipsic Camberwell G. G Stoke Newington H. H Hackney

Uniform Penny Post Proposed by Post Office Committee

The paper announces it will publish the full Report of the Post-Office Committee on a uniform penny post for all letters as soon as arrangements are completed the moment the report is issued. The Proprietors will lay the entire report before readers in full.

Medicus Duncan R R.V Post-Office Committee

O Connell’s Precursor Society Faces Skepticism In Ireland

In a Dublin letter Mr. O Connell presses a new Precursor Society modeled after the Catholic Association. Parishes appoint five members to a general committee, with enrollment and ten shillings due. Critics doubt the plan’s aims and doubt a broad Irish national effect, predicting weak support and limited funds.

O'Connell Dublin Old Catholic Association O’connell Ireland Mr. O'Connell Birmingham England Sharman Crawford Mr. O’connell Hey

Duke of Richmond Backs Jew Sir Salomons to Sussex Peace

The Duke of Richmond appoints Mr. David Salomons, a Jew, to the Sussex commission of the peace after the aldermen refused him earlier for his religion. The piece praises toleration and notes the shift as a sign of progress, tongue in cheek about Tory support and the Morning Post.

Timon Duke of Richmond Sussex David Salomons Peter Laurie Judeus Solomons Salomons Morning Post

Great Yarmouth Election Declared Void by Referees

The Marquess of Tavistock and Mr. C. B. Greville rule the recent Great Yarmouth election void. Mr. Wilshere must vacate if called to do so by Mr. Baring, though Wilshere may oppose another Conservative and Baring may face a Liberal challenger. The case remains unusually complex.

Marquess of Tavistock C. B. Greville Great Yarmouth Wilshere Baring

Yarmouth Electorate Faces Return Controversy and Possible Defeat

In Yarmouth a dispute over party pacts and a withdrawn petition clouds the race. Voters who twice backed a popular candidate may see a minority preferred by headquar ters imposed. Observers predict Mr Baring will face opposition if a liberal challenger steps forward, with the public awaiting parliamentary referees’ decision.

Dr Lushington Eyes Return in Tower Hamlets Race

The article supports Dr. Lushington seeking reelection in Tower Hamlets and urges liberals not to oppose him. It warns of Tory chances if Liberal divisions undermine unity, notes his talent and Whig ties, and predicts his fair return and continued collaboration with radicals.

Lushington Tower Hamlets Marylebone Colonel Thompson Admiralty

Duke of Sussex and Royal Society Call for Public Support

A Times letter by an Old Fellow of the Royal Society argues against the need for the Duke of Sussex to resign the presidency over expenses. It contends royal entertainments were modest, urges Parliament not to grant more funds, and proposes private liberality as the proper show of support.

Duke OF Sussex Royal Society Times H. R.H Duke’of Sussex Kensington H. R.h’s London

Millennium Petition and echoes on property distribution

A historic letter from a correspondent praising a Millennium Petition and discussing how property distribution evils arise from laws. The piece notes minor errors about the Duke of Devonshire’s fortune but argues these do not affect the argument and promises further remarks on remedial measures and a second letter.

Duke of Devonshire

Papal King’s Ambassador Breaks Off Rome Talks and War Fear

The Augsburg Gazette reports all papal king’s legation members recalled from Rome on October 14. If Prussia declares war, the fleet at Dantzic remains one brig left by Swedes sixty years ago. Extraordinary potato crop at Inveresk yields remarkable weights. roots sent to Mr Lawson’s Agricultural Museum.

Rome Berlin Prussia Dantzic David Milne Inveresk Musselburgh

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