Thames Angling on Sunday Leads to Justice Room Front
Anglers and Thames fishermen clash over Sunday fishing. The lord mayor and lawyers debate whether rods and lines via boats or windows breach the act. Officials pledge evenhanded enforcement from Staines to Rochester as crowds weigh recreation against Sunday protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thames
Atesian House
James Kemp
Holder
Vickery
Elient
Teddington Lock
Mr. Guy
Barble
Asey
Mr. Vickery
Society of Anglers
Staines
Rochester
Surry
Richmond
Surrey
Bow
Stratford
Goldham
Billingsgate Market
Billingspate
Brentford
Snooks
Dreadrut Collision Off Dover Sinks Gil Blas
A night collision off Dover between the Royal Adelaide and the schooner Gil Blas caused the latter to sink almost instantly. The Royal Adelaide reached Cowes with crew and passengers largely uninjured. one black boy perished. The Gil Blas carried valuable cargo including gold dust and palm oil worth about £400,000, owned by J. C. R. Redmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dovern
Dover
Royal Adelaide
British and Irish Steam Packet Company
Belfast
Gil Blas
London
Cowes
Herbert
Africa
Self Destruction by a Soldier in Woolwich Inquest
An inquest into Private Edward Chidwick of the Rifle Brigade at Woolwich found he killed himself with a rifle shot while on duty near the guard-house. Witnesses described a sudden change in his mood, absence of hostility from others, and a missing cartridge round. the jury returned a verdict of death by gunshot during a temporary derangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Chidwick
Esten
Rifle Brigade
Woolwich
Ann Watts
George Watts
High-street
John Hurley
Dock-Yard
Watts
Ebenezer Butler
George Chapman
Britton Boxhall
John Boyd
Watenrs
D. Krap
Spires
Bayreuth
Labat
Fosbrooke
Marver
West Bromwich
H. Smith
Thomas Barrett
Sponlane
Roebuck
G. Feeney
G. Andrews
Teeney
Andrews
George Feeney
Michael Cluby
Michael Baxter
John Dillon
Michael Feeney
Worcester Journal
James Bowyer
Hatton-garden
Commissioners of Police
Bowyer
Willsher
Regent-circus
Dyer
Marlborough-street
Eolixteen Tournament and Royal Park Field Day
A mid fall report covers the Eolixteen Tournament ending after poor weather with a grand sale of tups and sheep at Quarles Farm, and the 45th Foot field day in Windsor Park witnessed by royal observers. It notes the new Police Act affecting Buckingham Palace guards and a corrective letter from CH. A. Murray. It also discusses Bank of England money markets, harvest anxiety, and stock exchange rates amid tight credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eolixteen
Eglintoun
Ayrshire
Earl of Leicester
Quarles
W. Beck
Hugh Fitzroy
Roger Martin
T. Wing
Australia
Messrs. S
H. Abbott
Middleton
Rodwell
D'Urban
Blyth
Butcher
Seppings
Creake
Tatman
J. Sayer
Hudson
Wareham
Boyd
Norwich Mercury
Wixpoor Park
45Th Foot
E. F. Boys
Serene
Prince Ferdinand of
Saxe Coburg
Augustus
Leopold
Count A. Mensdorf
Duke of Wellington
Snp
Roya
Flower
Buckingham Palace
Ledbitter and
Capes
Palace
Ledbitter
Windsor
Brighton
Commissioners of Police
Metropolitan Police
Steed
Russell
the Globe
Messrs. Ledbitter
Home Department
Household
Secretary of State
CH. A. Murray
Globe
Morning Herald
Tur Monry Marxet
Bank of England
Stock Exchange
Vier
Liverpool
Mysterious murder attempt at Atheneum Club House
Report of a bizarre assault and burglary at the Senior United Club house near Waterloo Place Pall Mall. Steward Mr Fenn was beaten and left in a bloodied room after an apparent entry without forced locks. Police and club members investigate with few concrete leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munper
Unitep
Crus
Portmain
Atheneum
Pallmall
United
Waterloo-place
Pall-mall
Mr. Fenn
Vine Street
Baker
C Division
Covington and Jervis
Fenn
Police
Commissioners of Police
Employment notice for East India Tea Company agents in London
Persons with spare time are urged to apply as agents for the East India Tea Company gate of their celebrated Teas. Offices at 9 Great St. Helens Church Yard Bishopsgate Street. Teas packed in leaden canisters from an ounce to a pound. Licence 11s per year. Excise permits abolished. Many over 18 years have earned income via agency without any loss. Apply to Charles Hancock, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ersons
London
East India Tea Company
Great St. Helen’s Churchyard
Bishopsgate-street
Charles Hancock
Notices on Assessed Taxes Composition Extension
A public notice declares that under the acts of Queen Victoria contracts of Composition for Assessed Taxes are extended for one year to April 5, 1841. Those wishing to end on April 6, 1840 must notify by October 10, 1839, including any increases to articles. otherwise charges apply from April 6, 1840. Forms available from parish possessors. Charles Pressly, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Her Majesty's Commissioners of Stamps
Charles Pressly
Her Majesty's Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes
Office of Ordnance
Pall Mall
Her Majesty
Foot Guards
Household Cavalry
Middlesex
England
Wales
Britain
Isle of Man
Channel Islands
Board of Ordnance
Guernsey
Jersey
Man
R. Byham
Money Market Stocks and Bonds Report
Market updates show varied shifts with bonds and stocks firming and drifting. Exchequer Bills yield slight premiums and several international bonds move within narrow ranges while UK banks and railways trade with discounts or premiums.
Insolvencies and partnerships dissolved in London and provinces
London Gazette lists insolvencies including W J Marshall and J Gloster Marshall wholesale grocers and a range of bankrupts in furriers builders glove makers chemists retailers and others. Certificates on Sept 27 appear for various trades and partnerships dissolved feature firms such as Brenner and Chapman Wakeham and Wilson and Maddox and Prestige among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Gazette
Fara
W. J. Marshall
J.gloster Marshall
City
J. Baker
G. Wallis
Edward-street
Cityroad
G. L. Williams
Portland-road
Marylebone
T. R. Taylor
Portsea
Scrivener
W. Edwards
Stank-hill-house
Warwick
W. J. Potter
Little Compton-street
Soho
Victualler
J. Ransford
Leamington
Wilson
Tiverton-street
Surrey
T. W
E. Lyes
Judd-street
Brunswick-square
M. Cherill
Newcastle-place
Clerkenwell
Maddox and Prestige
Tavistock-street
Covent-garden
Jackson and Braham
Bristol
J. and
J. Butler
Sheffield
Cutlers
Butler and Co
Sherham
York
Syrette and Davies
Evesham
Worcestershire
L. Fernandez and Co
Wakefield
N. L. Fernandez
J. Pickles
Manchester
W. Kay
Bolton-le-Moors
Lancashire
P. Petrie
Liverpool
T. Hobson
J. Thompson
J. G. R. Bishop
W. Appleton
Newton
J.arnett
Witney
Grocer
R. Long
Tavistock
Miller
E. Orams
Stowmarket
C.J. Wrigley
Doncaster
Chemiat
W. Sutton
Buntingford
Hertfordshire
G. Birley
T. Wrigley
Ovendon
Yorkshire
A. Morris
Wellingborough
Northamptonshire
T. Robinson
Hungerford-street
Strand
J. Avens
Leeds
Dry and Everett
Tottenham Court-Road
Macoun, Jillings and Lowry
Commercial-place
Kent-road
Boden
Jun
Nicholls
Marshall and Stevens
Arthurstreet
West
M. and P. Boardman
Ashton
Macclesfield
Stuart and Railton
Fencourt
Fenchurch-street
Basto
Monteiro
London
Whittaker and Richards
Birmingham
Hibble and Green
James-street
Selby and Co
Burleigh-street
G. A. Grey
London Markets Corn Exchange Report Sept 9 and Sept 11
Market report notes wheat and barley prices with new and old samples, demand for foreign grain, oats and beans trading slowly. Arrivals include English wheat, barley, oats, beans and peas with flour stocks. duty on foreign corn listed. Week end prices show limited transactions and small flour stocks in Wepwenesway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Exchange
Mark-Lane
Wepwnesway
Market reports from Smithfield and surrounding areas
Sept 9 market notes show beef, veal, mutton and pork prices with ranges. Hay prices across Smitherfield Hunecerrorp Recent Parx reflect declines and steady demand. Coal exchange prices require uplift to cover delivery, listing multiple collieries and tonnage. Ships arrived total 119.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithfield
Coal Exchange
Adairs
Bell, Robson, and Co
Hartley
Holywell
Pontop
Tanfield Moor
West Hartley
Wellington
Wylam
Braddyll
Hetton
Haswell
Lambton
Russell
Stewart's
Whitwell
Hartlepool
Barrington Tees
Adelaide
Clavaring Tees
Gordon
Seymour Tees
Tees
Tees Tennant
Blyth
Cowpen
Netherton Main
Phelps Waterloo
Devonshire
Also Mentioned on This Page
National Gallery and General
Helmet Court
pHe
National Gallery of the Werkzy Caronicle
VU Puvalau
N.B
Messrs. Brown and Co
Tnet-Court
Ordnance
Hiesea
Portsmouth
Stokes Bay
Gosport
County of Hants
Her Majesty's Ordnance
Isle of Wight
Hilsea
Hart
Pridey's Hard
Nightingale
Lyndhurst
New Forest
G. L. Greetham
Berwick Upon Tweed
Edinburgh
David Logan
Euclid
James Thomson
Ll.d
University of Glasgow
William Wattacz
A.M
F.R.S.E
University of Edinburgh
James Bryer
Belfast Academy
Samarx Lindsay
A.M. Price
A. R. Carson
Editio Tertia
Joan Oswatd
George Heriot's Hospital
Price
Rome
W. M. Heragrindon
Scotland
Patrick, Fraser Tuttiur
P. Kaurann
A.M. F.rss
Queen's College
Cambridge
Adam and Charles Black
Longman and Co
Money Market
London and Birmingham
Great Western
Blackwall
Liss
Greenwich
Southampton
London and Westminster, Bank
London Joint Stock Bank
London Markets
Réxburghe
Fleurs
Kelso
Queen Street
Mayfair
William Roebuck
11Th Light Dragoons
Major Clark
Brussels
Col. Dickson
H.T. Stanley
Walton Park
Kirkcudbrightshire
Boyd Macdonald
Glasgow
Anne Cunningham
Jamnes Campbell
Watton Park
H.eic.s
Craven Fitzhardinge Berkeley
Marl of
Berkeley
Talbot
Northaw
John Ashfordby Trenchard
Stanton House
Wil‘s
Mary
Samuel Davies
Llanelly
Carmarthenshire
Dublin
Charles Sillery Esq
Cregg House
Meath
Maris
Captain Lowe
9Th Light Dragoons
M. J. Shaw
Lord Lorton
Lucinda
R. K. Duke
Newpark
Sligo
Nutwood Lodge
Gatton
Jemima Bentinck
Stodham
Petersfield
Henrietta
C. J. Hector
Demerara
West Indies
Henry Woodington Dickenson
Edward Wingfield Dickenson
Hesthill House
Warwickshire
Gifford House
Wolverhampton
Jane
James Wheble
Kensington
Deaty
Joan Bripeus
Wootten Court
Kent
John
Sandgate Castle
Dover Harbour
Waterford
Ireland
Isabella Anne Beresford
George
Pulteney-street
Richard Miles
Lydiard Tregor
Wilts
Lorn Watsinanam
Merton Hall
Norfolk
Winchester
Fawley
Hartey-street
Lord Walsingham
North
Exeter
Thomas de Grey
Walsingham
Loncevity
Marie-Marguerite Charles
Neuilly
Marquis de Cochelet
St. Domingo
France
Jons Norris
Fetterlane
St Andrew Holborn
Duartes Penny
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