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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Sep 03, 1842

Page

8

Drowning rescue on the Stow canal ground to a selfless act

A bank of Messrs Bacon and Cobbold sees Thomas Smith saved a drowning boy named Parker near Stow market canal. The brave youth shed his clothes, dove in, and after great effort got the boy to land and back to health, earning public praise for his courage. Nearby pork prices in the Hampshire Independent are noted as well.

Hampshire Independent Christiana Norway Hamburgh Gazette Thomas Smith Bank of Messrs. Bacon and Cobbold Stowmarket Canal Parker

Corns and Bunions Cure Promoted by Royal Endorsement

Patronised by the Royal Family and Nobility, Paul’s Every Man’s Friend promises a speedy painless cure for corns and bunions without cutting. The soft kid leather device provides gentle pressure, aiming to erase inveterate coins and bunions with continued use. Available from John Fox in boxes at 1s 14d each or three for 2s 9d, with directions, via C. King 232 Blackfriars Road London and chemists nationwide.

Olloway Guy's Metropolitan King's College Charing-cross William Brooke Union-street Southwark London Metropolitan Hospital King's College Hospital Guy's Hospital Charing Cross Hospital Deponent Bransby Cooper Dr. Bright Mr. Holloway Holloway Bright City of London Strand Temple-bar John Fox C. King Blackfriars Road Christchurch United Kingdom Paul Devonshire Chronicle Halse Cheltenham Journal Mr. W. Halse Brent Devon Somerset County Gazette Hallett High Holborn Prout Barclay and Son Farringdon-street Sanger Oxford-street W. H. Halse British Association

Queen to attend Holyrood reception on September 2

The Queen will receive attendees at Holyrood House on Friday September 2 at two o’clock. Invitations require two cards with names, one for the Queen’s page and one for the lord in waiting. Presentations require prior submission of those names to Sir William Martins by August 30. Additional notices include appointments in the Chancery, troop lieutenant, bankruptcy superseded, and various certificates and dissolutions.

London Gazette Lord Chamberlain's Office Holyrood-house William Martins George-street Edinburgh Sir William Martins Whitenall John Barnard Turner Ilfracombe Devon High Court of Chancery Derby Radborne Charles Robert Colville Great Britain Henry Brexnett Grocers’ Company Grocers Hall City T. Benson Darlington Durham J.S. Mottram Alrewas Staffordshire R. Jefferson Beverley Yorkshire J. Clark Huttett Lincolnshire T. Todd Manchester Atkinson and Townley Liverpool E. Clarke Leamington Priors T. Goldney Chipenham Wiltshire Wise Farwell Baker Lostock-hall Lancashire B. Fisher Walsall J. Barrat Great Pulteney-street Golden-square J. Goodwin George Hotel Bishop's Stortford Herts L. Green Cranbrook Kent E. Willson King-street Saint Giles’s Carthew and Brooke Woodbridge Suffolk Mottram and Hargreaves Allen and Lyon Birmingham G. Sim Blelock, Auchtergagen Perth

War office notice of regimental title change and officer promotions

The Gazette records the 18th Light Infantry becoming the 13th or Prince Albert's regiment of light infantry with blue facings, and the 5th regiment of light infantry to bear a mural crown inscribed Jellalabad on colours. It also notes the 13th regiment receiving a silver Jellalabad memorial medal for those at Jellalabad on 7 April 1842, and lists numerous promotions by purchase across the 19th, 33d, 49th, 53d Foot regiments, staff postings, adjutant antedations, and insolvencies, bankruptcies, dividends, and partnerships dissolutions.

Jellalabad 19Th Regiment of Foot Charles Craufurd Hay Hamilton John Semple Purchase Hay Henry Calley Semple Hugh John Montgomery Campbell Campbell Foot James Knight Smith Henry Ullick Burke Knight Horace Trower Burke 49Th Foot William Michael Ford French 53D Foot Thomas Galbraith Logan Maclean Haspitat John Marshall Ford

Births and Marriages Enter 19th Century Notices

Births and deaths section records numerous late October and November announcements. Includes numerous births across London areas such as Hill Street Berkeley Square Wood Green and Woodford Essex plus marriages in Uxbridge Camberwell St George's and St Pancras. Also notes deaths including Thomas Norton Longman bibliopolist and various other mournful obituaries detailing ages and residences.

Obituary notices from a local period publication on the 26th to 28th alt

Notices announce the deaths of several respected individuals in England. Henry Wakley of Membury Devon dies at 92 after brief illness. Thomas Goldney of Clifton Hill dies at 71. Rev Robert Morgan Vane, rector and chaplain to the Duke of Dorset, dies at Margate aged 57. Lt. Col. Sir Edmund Currey KC H dies aged 64 near Erlwood. Ellen Hudson, elder daughter of Robert Hudson, dies at Bayswater aged 68. Duncan-terracq on Downes dies in his 67th year. James Field of Great Bk Herts dies aged 66. several other obituaries reference seats, titles, and family connections. The notices describe status as arbitrator, jurist, rector, and high-society roles, with dates labeled alt. and places including Membury, Clifton Hill, Margate, Iver, Erlwood, Bayswater.

Hampstead Thomas Norton Longman Paternoster Row Longman Port Natal Wyatt Royal Artillery George John Wyatt Woolwich-common Horsted Keynes Sussex Blandford Upper Canada Barwick 79Th Highlanders Larkhall A. L. Annesley Lewisham Harriot John Gunston Upper Thames Street Sophia Thomas Wilson Titchfield Hants Frank Francis Ehrenburg Terrace Regent’s Park Mary Simpson Massmore-square New Peckham Charles Mr. Pratt Mincing Lane Boulogne Robert Harry Sparks St. John-street Pimlico Richard Coope West Brixton Ramsay General Ramsay Antigua Montserrat Surrey William Tothill Society of Friends Staines Middlesex Bucks Berks Southamton Olond John Huskisson Her East Bere William Huskisson Duncan Finsbury Margate Universal Robert Morgan Vane Lowick Islip Northamptonshire Duke of Dorset Iver John John Raylinson Wimpole-street Alresford Erlwood Bagehot Sir Edmund Currey Robert Hudson Hon East Tadie Company Home Service James Field, Esq Herts Srkbamsted

Money Market Notes on Trade and Bank of England Loans

Orry notes heavy duty on linen yarn failed to stop imports from England. Spinners claim they can beat French makers with selective yarns while ordinary qualities are excluded. Spanish overdue Coupon conversions to Three per Cent Stock drive activity. Bank of England announces loans on Bills of Exchange and Exchequer Bills up to six months, min £2000, interest 3 1/2 percent, due by October 20.

Orry England Bank of England

London Markets Corn Exchange Monday Prices and Trends

The wheat supply by land-carriage samples was very small but sufficient for demand. Decline since Monday was 3s to 4s per quarter. Foreign wheat sold extensively today at about Friday's prices, 2s to 3s below this day se’nnight. New barley scarce, around 80s per quarter. Peas 2s lower. Beans unchanged. Oat trade weaker than Friday. Flour declined to 47s per sack.

Ood Fly Caledonian Mercury Yorkshire Lancashire Ireland Leeds Mercury Darlington Newcastle Chronicle Aylesbury Kelso Paper Petterborough Cambridge Chronicle Northampton Orcury Edinburgh Scottish Guardian Lyxx Cambridge H.arvest Clydesdale Glasgow Chronicle Dumfries Tinwald Torthowald Dunscore Keir Closeburn Terreglestown Barnhill Mainshead Ingliston Hallhill Dalquhairn Gateside Clauden Wallace Low Claudhan Dumyfries Ourier Corn Exchange

Hop Market Dull State Sees Weather Benefit Ahead

The hop market remains quiet as warm showery weather is expected to aid upcoming growth. The duty on hops stands at £160,000.

Monnay

Strands Printing and Propriety Notice of 1842

Printed at No 887 Strand Middlesex by Joun Nogais of No 68 Fetterlane parish St Andrew Holborn City of London Published for the Proprietors by the said Joan Nozais at the Office No 387 Strand where all Advertisements and Communications are requested to be sent Saturday September 3 1842.

Blair Prout Strand London Liason-grove St. Maryebone Bean Ann Moors P.S Thomas Prout United Kingdom Middlesex Joun Nogais Fetterlane St. Andrew Holborn Joan Nozais

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