Correspondence over Lady Flora Hastings case at Buckingham Palace
Letters from Lady Flora Hastings’s case unfold with a neighborly address from Castle Donington dated 1839 and a reply from the Marquis of Hastings at Cowes. The exchange defends royal conduct while vowing to reveal facts and preserve honor amid public calumny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weekly Chronicle
Marquis of Tavistock
Times
Morning Chronicle
Morning Post
Marquis of Hastings
Castle Donington
Lady Portman
Buckingham Palace
England
Tam
Bryanston
Portman
Turetate Lapx Firora Hastines
Flora Hastings
John Dalby
Cowes
Donington Park
Haastines
HastInes
Queen's Marriage Rumor Sparks Parliament Prologue
The Globe questions sensational tale of the expected royal wedding and predicts the Queen will prorogue parliament in person next Wednesday. The Post doubles down on the announced marriage while noting foreign signatories and royal attendance at Stafford House dinners.
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The
Globe
Brussels
H. F
Post
Duke
Duchess of Sutherland
Stafford House
Duchess of Kent
Duke Ferdinand
Saxe Coburg
Prince Augustus
Prince Leopold
Victoire of
Alexander Mensdorf
House of Lords
Reformers of
Cambridge
Gibson
Manners Sutton
Bank of England
Downing Street
New Police Act Provisions Seized Up By Metropolitan Officers
The metropolis enacts a broad set of penalties under a new Police Act. Inspectors will order public houses to close on Saturday nights and not reopen until Sunday afternoon. The act prohibits Sunday and holiday openings, sets penalties for selling to minors, and lists extensive street and public nuisance offenses with fines up to 40s or imprisonment.
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Metropolitan Police
Union Hall
House of Correction
Metropolitan Police District
Charing-cross
Her Majesty’s Post-Office
Metropolitan Force
Metropolitan District Public Health Provisions and Rabies Penalty
The text outlines sewer and street cleanliness rules prohibiting offensive discharges into drains and waters, duties for cart owners, pig sty restrictions, required sweeping of footways, safe enclosure of cellars, and lighted open pits. It also authorizes police to destroy a rabid dog or suspect animal with penalties up to five pounds for owners who allow risky animals to roam.
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Metropolitan Police District
Mowry Market and London Crime Notes
Market calm after exchequer funding. Bank of England ledger shows lower circulation and bullion, with deposits and securities rising. Bolam to be transported to penal settlement amid public consternation. Rev J R Stephens moved to Chester jail. In legal notices, Mrs Evans dismissed after settlement, Parker remanded after stabbing. hospital condition critical for Morgan.
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Bank of England
Paris
Hamburg
Amsterdam
England
BoLam
Archibald Bolam
Morpeth
London
Newcastle
Newcastle and Shields
Shields
Northumberland
Harbottle
Sunderland
J. R. Stephens
Knutsford
Her Majesty
Chester
Mansion House
Harry Covarre
Mary Evans
Broad-street
William Evans
Smith
Clerkenwell
Evans
Therisoner
Marlborough Street
Joshua Parker
Richard Morgan
Morgan
Red Lion
Wardour-street
Soho
Parker
Ward
Chambers
Grioner
Carded notes on street meeting and expeditions
The report covers a Hackney Rd Worship street district gathering where speakers hid their names to avoid repercussions. It also outlines the Antarctic Expedition planning with magnetical observations to be set at St. Helena and Cape of Good Hope. Additional items recount Dannie Mitchell tales, natives Mumbo Jumbo and Mahomet Mozo in Union Hall, and Mahomet's beggary, police committal.
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Worship- Street
Weymouth-terrace
Hackney-road
The
East India Company
Corporation of
Trinity House
Secretary of State
Colonies
Council of the
Royal Society
England
St. Helena
Cape of Good Hope
van Diemen’s Land
London
Don Carlos
Lord Palmerston
Spain
A. Tate
Tus
Jonathan
Dannie Mitchell
Tarbolton
Burns
H. Paton
Carver and Gilder
Queen
Edinburgh
Dannie
Rowth
Danald Graham
Daunie
Ayr
Ont
Mahomet Mozo
Bengal
Union Hall
Horsford
Mahomet
Lascar
Bombay
Condemned Barrack Bedding Tender Notice
The Office of Ordnance announces a tender for Condemned Barrack Linen and Woollen Rags across Great Britain Ireland and the Channel Islands from Oct 1 1839 to Sept 30 1842. Details and district lists available. sealed tenders due by Sep 12 addressed to The Secretary to the Board of Ordnance London.
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Office of Ordnance
Pal Mall
Her Majesty’s Ordnance
Great Britain
Ireland
Guernsey
Jersey
Alderney
Board of Ordance
London
Board of Ordnance
R. Byham
First Number of the New Zealand Gazette Advertised
Copies of the first issue of the New Zealand Gazette will be sold at multiple London outlets and by booksellers throughout the country. The issue covers colony history colonization proceedings preliminary expeditions emigration on September 10 and intelligence on the New Zealand Land Company church bank and related matters.
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New Zealand
Gale
Clayton's
Windsor-court
Strand
Weastley’s
Child’s-place
Temple Bar
Oawhyn’s
Catherine Street
D. Ramsay’s
Adam Street
Adelphi
New Zealand Land Company
First Colony
Church
Bank
Money markets steady with varied bond quotes and shares
The market shows steady money and firm stock activity with Consols at 91 for money and 91 to 91 for account. Exchequer Bills command a premium and several international bonds and railway shares trade with premiums or discounts across London.
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Great Western Railway
London and Birmingham
Brighton
Blackwall
Greenwich
Southampton
London and Westminster Bank
London Joint Stock Bank
Bankrupts and dissolutions listed in London Gazette
The London Gazette edition records bankruptcies at W Herbert Tower Hill J Wartaby Old Broad Street C Achford Cornhill J Grant Wellington Street J Brinkworth North Nibley W Marston Manchester J Ord Durham R Beesley Manchester J Anderton Manchester and others. Partnerships dissolved include W and W Barr Paisley J and R Bakewell Nottingh am Lywood and Courtney Barton Stacey T and W Woodberry Rudy Wick W and J Shelton Nottingham Sizer and Co Haydon and Knight W Godrich Adams and Co Agburner and Priestley Marka and Higgs Dearman and Rothwell Robing and Co Smith and Co Suibbington cum Wansford.
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London Gazette
Famayr
Bankkrupts
W. Herbert
King-street
Tower-hill
J. Wartaby
Adam’s Court
Old Broad Street
City
C. Achford
Cornhill
J. Grant
Wellington-street
Strand
J. Brinkworth
North Nibley
Gloucester
W. Marston
Manchester
Haydon and Knight
High-street
Putney
Linendrapera
W. and
E. Godrich
Winchester
Malaters Land Brewers
T. and J. Starkey
Coweliffa
York
Farmers
Batea and Pollit
Sowerby-bridge
millwright—Adams_ and Co
Cornwall
Iconfoundere
Agburner and Priestley
Liverpool
Marka and Higgs
Birmingham
Beck and Rigg
Preston Patrick
Westnoreland
Bosbin Turners
Dearman and Rothwell
Salford
dyere—Richardson and Co
Shatton
Cumberland
Common Bewers
Robing and Co
Tavistock
Devon
Smith and Co
Suibbington Cum
Wansford
Northampton
Mer
Cers and
Drapers
Bankruptcy and Dissolutions in LONDON GAZETTE notices
The London Gazette lists bankrupts including R. Crook junior Abbot Devonshire stationer and book dealer and surgeons, apothecaries, tailors, clockmakers, cabinetmakers, victuallers. It also records certificates dated Sept 17 for various manufacturers and a long list of dissolved partnerships across many trades and locations including Whitehouse and Co Moscow road, Towsey Henley and Thames, Grace and Simms Wantage, J B Lister Co Bradford, Harris and Gregory Worth, Molineux Rothwell and Holcroft Manchester, and R E Barnes Co Lime Street.
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London Gazette
Turspay
Lagolven I
R. Crook
Abbot
Devonshire
Trinidad-place
Selington
J. Morrison
Branson-streat
Walworth
Charlton-street
Somers-town
Tratt
Manchester Street
King’s-cross
William Kearse
Belgrave-place
Walworth-road
Johnn Lawrence
Bolingbroke Row
G. Scarlett
Wednesbury
Staffordshire
Currier
W. Elstob
Houghton-le-Spring
Durham
J. Wilson
Sheffield Park
Sheffield
J. Edwards
Manchester
M. Sweet
Taunton
R. Brown
Liverpool
T. Tuantcliffe
Sibby
Leicestershire
J. Runcorn
Whitehouse and Co
Moscow-oad
Bayswater
Latham and Howarth
Bolton-le-Moors
F. and
C. A. Towsey
Henley Upen
Batley and Sykes
Armitage
Huddersfield
East
Bradford
Yorkshire
J. B. Lister
Barker and Co
Buenos Ayres
Montevideo
Harris and Gregory
Worth
Sussex
T. and
J. Holliday
Bailey and Hague
J. Higgin
Salford
Pattergon and Young
London Corn Exchange Market Report Aug 26 London
Harvest progress strong in southern counties with wheat nearly secured though quality mixed. Prices fell 3s to 4s per quarter, foreign wheat nominal, barley steady, oats weak. Arrivals list English and foreign grain. Tuesday and Wednesday market updates note fine weather reducing buying, flour trade heavy, duty outlook softer.
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Corn Exchange
Mark-Lane
Moxpay
London
Market Prices and Livestock Totals from Smithfield
Moxpay August 26 beef 8s 6d to 48 6d mutton 4s 2d to 5s 4d veal 4s to 53 port 83 101 to 4s 10d lamb 48 10d to 5s 1d offal per stone of 8lbs to sink. Beasts 3249 sheep and lambs 26030 pigs 610 calves 153. Veal demand very light with a 4d per stone reduction. Lamb trade heavy.
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Smithfield
Moxpay
Hungerford Market Prices for Fish and Poultry Trade
Fish prices include turbots 6s to 14s, whitings 5d to 9d, trout 1s 6d to 2s, lobsters to 3s, haddocks 9d to 1s, cod fish 3s to 5s, soles 6d to 3s 9d per pair, salmon 1s 2d, eels 1s to 1s 3d per lb, fresh herrings 1s to 1s 6d per dozen. Poultry and game list turkeys 43s 6d, fowls 33s 6d to 48s 44d, chickens 2s to 3s, ducks 23d to 8s 6d, rabbits 1s to 2s, leverets 4s 6d to 6s 8d, geese 5s to 7s, quails 1s 6d to 2s 5d, pigeons 9d to 1s each. Trade moderate. supply noted.
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Hungerford
Hay Market Prices and Ranges by Towns
Hay prices in Smithfield and Huncertown quoted in pounds and shillings show wide ranges for hay Clover and straw. Ascent's Pank lists higher hay and lower straw values with similar currency units.
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Smithfield
Huncertown
Coal Exchange Prices for delivered coal per ton
To our following prices the reader must add from 10a to 128 per tn at which price Co.13 should be delivered free of any other charge Adairs 19s9d Holywell Main 20s6d Tanfield Moor 238 Hartley 20s Carrs Hartley 20 Original Windsors Pen-top 208 Clark and Co.s Hartley 183 South Hartley 198 Leste s Man 173 6d Wylam 208 9d War s End Heaton 228 3d Riddell s 2s6d Braddyll s Hetton 233 Haswell 289 Hetton 238 Lambton 238 3d Russell s Hetton 23s3d Stewart s 239 6d Hartlepool 23 3d Killingworth 21s6d Northumberland 218s Percy Bensham 203 9d Whitwell 22a 8d Adelaide 22s6d Barrett 22s6d Barrington Tees 203 64 Claresce Hetton 193 8d Nevin s Tanfield 17s83d Richardson s Hartley 17s Shipa arrived 88
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Coal Exchange
Adairs
Holywell Main
Tanfield Moor
Bell, Robson, and Co
Hartley
Carr
Wylam
Heaton
Riddell
Whitwell
Adelaide
Barrett
Barrington -Tees
Claresce Hetton
Nevin’s Tanfield
Richardson
Shipa
Births in Isle of Wight and at sea with triplet daughters
On the 24th alt at Westover Isle of Wight the lady of the Hon Wm A Court Holmes gave birth to a son. On the ith July at sea aboard Rebait Polsford Captain John Prince the wife of Br Lewis Lewis passenger from Liverpool to Baltimore delivered three daughters named Columbia Oceana and Victoria. Mother and children doing well.
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Westover
Isle of Wight
Court Holmes
Polsford
John Prince
Br. Lewis Lewis
Liverpool
Baltimore
Columbia
Oceana
Victoria
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Lady Flora Hastings
Beulah
Rutland
Oy Simmons
National Gallery and
Helmet Court
Helmet-court
Natronan Gallery
ChRoniche
National Gallery
N.B
Gost
Messrs. Brown and Co
Frame Depot
Helmetspurt
Tothill
Morison
British College OF Health
Hamilton-place
New Road
Martha Drew
Old Bridge
Exeter
Sarah Meluish
West Street
Marty Toutt
Island
Sarah Ellicott
Anne Vine
R. Tothilll
M.r&.c
Heavitree
Universal Medicines
MONET
Marezet
Burton-upon-Trent
R. F. Butler
Barton Hall
Agnes
J. Peel
Abbey
Burton Upon Trent
St. George’s
Hanover Square
George Laurie
Hanoversquare
Charlotte
George Naylor
Garter
Marlow Church
Augustus Cayton
Bishop Culpeper
Light Dragoons
Alicia Charlotte
Coonel
Wm. Robert Clayton
Canterbury
Major Hutchinson
Mary
J. Russell
St. Bothopl’s
Bishopsgate
Coblentz-on-the-Rhine
Leonhard Baron von Blument
Beevor
Hull
J. Beevor
Margaret Humby
Charles-street
Covent-garden
Waltham-terrace
Blackrock
Dublin
Michael Monks
Frederick W. Love
Brunswick-terrace
Islington
Fountain Dale
Notts
S. Need
9Th Lancers
Dacca
Charles J. Davidson
I.E.C
Chiselhurst
Kent
Middlesex
John Nernig
Fetterlane
St. Andrew Holborn
Cuanes Panny
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