Money for commerce fluctuates as markets show little movement
The City report notes subdued continental trading with no major quotation changes since the last post. English funds drift lower on corn doubts while bullion demand remains unlikely. foreign markets show little activity and railway shares show modest gains. Australian accounts offer scant new data, with Hobart wheat at 5s. to 5s 6d per bushel and settlements seeming prosperous.
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Bank of England
Great Western
Hobart Town
New South Wales
Van Amburgh the Lion Tamer and His Feats
The article profiles Van Amburgh a New York born trainer famed for taming lions tigers and leopards. It recounts his rise from Fishkill to leading animals in the Zoological Institute and his method of speaking to and disciplining them. It notes dramatic cage scenes in New York and London and compares his acts to earlier demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Fishkill
Indian River
Knockatokkers
Washington Irving
van ‘Awibarah
Young van Amburgh
van Amburgh
New Jersey
Ti’ll
Zoological Institute
Caliph Varheck
London
Liverpool
Mr. van Amburgh
Astley’s
Deaths of Three Children at Watchet Beach Tragedy
An inquest in Watchet reports a sea bath disaster in St Decuman parish. Mrs Cape and a servant saved survivors after waves swept six children from a rocky ledge. three children drowned, including Jane Pearce Cape. The verdict was accidental drowning and the mother remains gravely distressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taunton Courier
St. Decuman’s
Watchet
Sarah Halfyear
Joseph Pearce Cape
Ryden
Davies
Mrs. C
Joseph
Watchet Quay
Jane Pearce Cape
Jane
Insolvent and certificados notices from London Gazette
Insolvent list includes Elliot Lewis Astons of Aldgate and other names in London Liverpool and Bristol. Certificates issued October 5 for William Terry John Terry Daniel M Nio James William Brooks Henry Brooks Jasper Willett. partnerships dissolved for Butler Lawrence Lloyd Clarke Peacock Boddington Tegg Crelin Cavanagh and others. various trades listed.
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London Gazette
Frinay
Elliot Lewis Astons
Saint James’s Place
Aldgate
Mierchannt
Charles Walker
King’s Place
Commercial Road
John Barastre Falkner
Liverpool
Thomasa Brurt
Back Top
Chester
Thomas Salley
Keighley
York
John Ogle
William
Joseph Malachy
Callington
Cornwall
John Regan
Cyder Cellars
Maiden-lane
Victualler
James Butler
Joseph Lawrence
Broadstreet
Islington
Birmingham
William Lloyd
Edgar Prettie Clarke
Westbromwich
Thomas Peacock
Falk Boddington
Bassett
William Greenup
James Brown
Salford
Thomas Fraser
Robert Wood
New Bond Street
Richard Wrigley
William Rockliff
Joseph Mitchell
James Haigh
Queen-street
Finsbury-market
John Unsworth
John Foster
Denham
Willem Ker
William Imrie
William John Tomlinson
Gilbert Ker
Bankruptcy and Dissolutions Listed in London Gazette
Treepay notices on Sept. 18 list bankrupts Henry Ellia Mosely Benjamin Parker John Guan Thomas Harding Edward Docker Joseph Shaw and James Shlis Robert Nickolla William Rothery Groves William Ellwood and others. Partnerships dissolved include firms in Liverpool London Coventry Hull Whitford Chelsea and more across trades from woollens to hat-dyers.
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London Gazette
Treepay
Henry Ellia Mosely
West Ham
Benjamin Parker
Bote'ph Late
John Guan
Oldroad
Limehouse
Thomas Harding
Portsmouth
Scrivener
Edward Docker
Birmingham
Achin
Joseph Shaw
James Shlis
Robert Nickolla
John Amean
Halifax
Yorkshire
Wiliam Roth
J. Lyall
3. Lyall, Inc
J B. Lyall
Chelsea
Malstera
F.r A3
Regares
Jeffcoat
A. Branskill
R. A. Bronskill
Coventry
Ribaody
R. A. Brunskill
W. Elkins
J. Skellern
J. Tither
Oldham
Lancashire
Bastenne pavement fronting Duke of Northumberland House in London
The report describes paving with Bastenne bitumen at Charing-cross beside the Duke of Northumberland House, noting three bituminous pavements in town and contrasting with Claridge's and Asphalte Seyssel. It also covers local politics in Oxford Street, including opposition to repairing the street and the vestry debate over a 27 000 pound outlay, amid vacant meetings and disputed votes.
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Duke of Northumberland
Charing-cross
Claridge
Whitehall
Surrey
Westminster-bridge
Courtenay
Lord John Russell
Thomas Mears
William Price
Wm. Willis
Lam
Samuel Phillips
Edward Crow
Faversham
Oxford Street
Marylebone
Scroden
Bath for hunters at Cumberland Lodge touted as aid after exertion
A heated bath device at Cumberland Lodge stables promises quick horse recovery after hard hounding runs. Westminster reports ongoing coronation cleanup at Westminster Abbey with galleries restored and worship soon resuming. A police report recounts a pigeon theft case where 27 birds were stolen and later returned to owner Mr Brown of Bermondsey. A fraud gang hawks cheap coal, deceives buyers with misweighed sacks, and escapes. one man held for bail.
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Her Majesty
Cumberland-lodge
Westminster Ansey
Henry the Seventh
Finpine
Reeves
Division of Police
Southwark-bridge-road
Brown
Longlane
Bermondsey
Lambeth Street
James Willis
Green-yard
Marriage Act Alterations in the Queen in Council Order
The Gazette reports a Windsor dated order setting new forms for marriage in colonies, with certificate and registry requirements, to take force on publication. It directs governors to publish promptly in each colony and reflects changes to fit modern colonial society. The piece also notes a Liverpool fraud case and a bizarre police tale of a naked man found in a gutter, then jailed and fined.
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Windsor
Liverpool
Excise
Smith
Dr. Young
Molly
Bridewell
Hall
Liverpool Standard
Royal Oak Benefit Society offers new member entry details
The Mitre Tavern in St. Martin's Lane announces a benefit society with nearly 400 members average age under 32. It admits members up to 86 years, earnings of 24s weekly, and offers sickness and funeral benefits plus fire loss cover. Entrance 8s 6d, monthly 2s 6d, country members may join with medical certificates.
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Royal Oak Benefit Society
Mitre Tavern
St. Martin’s-lane
Benefit Societies
Boolety House
Adies Gazette of Fashion and Penny Mechanic notices
Advertising notices announce the upcoming Adies Gazette of Fashion on September 29 offering fifty engraved fashion plates and patterns with descriptions to aid dressmaking, plus a penny edition of The Penny Mechanic and Chemist providing scientific knowledge and educational reports.
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St. the
London
G. Berger
Holywell Street
Strand
Franklin's Miscellany Promotes Elegant Literature
The advertisement promotes Franklin's Miscellany a weekly periodical priced three half-pence. It highlights Benjamix FRAWNELI THE YOUNGER articles How to choose a Wife and How to choose a Husband and praises the work as a beacon of refined writing and original genius. A splendid medallion portrait of Queen Victoria will be included in No 48 with a Life and Pedigree, bound or framed, from B. D. Cousins Lincoln's Inn Fields.
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Franklin
Benjamix Frawneli
Queen Victoria
B. D. Cousins
Duke-Street
Lincoln’s-inn-Helds
Poor Man's Pill Promoted By Royal College Of Surgeons
An advertisement for the Poor Man's Pill claims they cure indigestion and related ills by improving stomach and bowel function. It notes safety for both sexes and pregnancy, targets travelers, and lists depot and wholesale agents across Britain.
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Royal College of Surgeons
Abernethy
Wygeian Dispensary Promotes Cure by Mon1son Pins
A list from the Wygeian Dispensary of the British College of Health at 38 Paris Street Exeter details cures under Richard Tohnlin and Dr. Gorden. Names include Anne Gibbs Budleigh Salterton aged 52 cured of cancer Eliza Symonds Mount Radford aged 25 cured of hysteria Mary Anne May Heavitree aged 17 cured of hysteria and many other Exeter area residents with various ailments cured.
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British College OF Health
Paris Street
Exeter
Parnens
James Morison
Fanamar
Bank
Perth
ParronEssEs
Sorusa Grey
Ashton Hayes
Chester
Charles Gorden
Wiscombe Park
Devon
Mon1son
Richard Torhinl
Royal College of Surgeons
London
Anne Gibbs
Budleigh Salterton
Eliza Symonds
Mount Radford
Mary Anne May
Heavitree
Willock’s Buildings
John II
Ester
Hick Street
Janet
Tonkin
Exwick
Grace Sclater
John Bending
Broad Clift
Thomas Edmunds
West Street
Elizabeth Johnson
Sarah Symons
Trinity-street
Thomas Ford
Elizabeth Ford
Elizabeth Bennett
Baring-place
Matrimonial Bans Spark Dispute In Oldswinford Church
In Oldswinford church during bans publication a father loudly objected to his daughter's marriage. The rector invited him to the vestry, and the couple wed the next morning. Also reports that poor law officials ordered a workhouse master and a schoolmaster to remove their respective children within two weeks.
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Oldswinford
S. Cragg
Worcester Guardian
Poor Law Commissioners
Lau Board of Guardians
Lincoln Chronicle
London Markets Corn Exchange Report September Market Quiet
At Mark Lane on Monday September 17 a moderate Wheat supply from Kent Essex and Suffolk met brisk New English Wheat demand with about two shillings per quarter rise. Flour and ship samples showed healthy demand while Malt sales stayed limited. Grain arrivals in London Port showed totals for English Wheat 3883 Barley 1066 Oats 1200 Rye 115 Beans 1265 Peas 602 Malt 3616. Foreign Wheat led gains with large arrivals. overall prices broadly firm.
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Corn Exchange
Mark-Lane
Kent
Essex
Suffolk
London
Sucar
Barbadoes
Mauritius
Havannah
Trinidad de Cuba
Antwerp
Brazil
East India
Manilla
Siam
Bengal
Java
West India
Dorks
Jamaica
Smithfield Market Prices and Stock Report
Smithfield notes Monday September 17 market supply large but quality mainly inferior. Beef scarce with prime rates around 4s per stone. midling down. few Windsor Park cattle at 4 poor. Sheep and lambs plentiful but quality down. trade dull. Veal and pork quiet with little price change. City Toll Book figures show beef 38 to 4s, mutton 5s 0d, lamb 4s 8d to 5s 4d, veal 4s to 5s 8d, pork 4s 8d to 4s 10d per stone 8 lbs offal.
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Smithfield
Windsor Park
Tate
Newgate Market Slaughter Trade Mixed Despite Moderate Supplies
TreEsday September 18 report notes a moderate butcher stock from the country with heavy demand for most meat types. Inferior cuts sold at lower prices while overall quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newgate
Poultry Market Report From Tuzspay
Tuzspay reports a moderate supply of poultry and game this week with trading not brisk, reflecting softer activity than last week’s quotations.
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Tuzspay
Hay Market Prices Across Regions on Tuesday
Tuesday September 1 grain market reports show hay prices ranging from £3 3s to £5 15s, with clover and straw values varying by region. Areas include SwitchFireD Regent's Pang PortMan Whitechapel, listing hay, clover, and straw price bands. Each district reports similar level trading with modest swings week to week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fregent
Whitechafel
Market Report On New Crop Pockets And Prices
On Tuesday September 18 at the hop market Borover notes about 256 pockets of the new crop offered this week with partial sales. Kent pockets bring 105s to 1208 per cwt while Choice 100s fetch per cwt, Sussex 105s to 112s per cwt and Mouldy 708 1080s per cwt. The duty is set at £150,000.
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Kent
Sussex
Births Marriages and Deaths Report
Birth notices for a daughter born to Captain Lempriere’s wife at Ewell and a stillborn daughter at Clapham-road-place. A lieutenant’s wife welcomes a daughter at Chatham. Marriages include Dr Stephen Simpson to Sophia Anne. Sir Fitzroy Maclean to Beane Campier. Rev Henry Long to Charlotte Emma Harvey. Died include a Belfast magistrate and John King of Fitzroy-geares.
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No. 12
Clapham-road-place
Samuel S. T. Carlow
Chatham
Frome
Royal Engineers
St. George's
Hanover Square
Stephen Simpson
Piccadilly
Sophia Anne
Stephen Simpsont
Lichfield
Malling
Sussex
Worcester
Fitzroy Grafton Maclean
Maclean, Batt
Beane
Henry Campier
Malling Deanery
Thorpe
Norwich
Henry Long
Newton and
Swainsthorpe
Norfolk
Charlotte Emma
Robert Harvey
C.B
K.T.S
Mouseholdhouse
St. John’s Wood
Victoria-place
Belfast
Ben Neagh-house
Ara
Antrim
Jeffry Terrace
John King
P Nan
Upper Charlotte-street
Fitzroy
Newspaper imprint and notices from 1883 Strand office
Prints from No 16 Catherine street Strand Middlesex show ad requests and notices for Cranes Penwy communications. Dated Sunday September 23 1883 with a Strands a 10 00 line appears as part of the advertisement text.
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Catherine-street
Strand
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British Funds
Tuea
Toure
Satur
India
Adies’ Gazette OF Fashion
Ria
R. Tuomason
Oxford-street
Wannay
Dietrichsen
Kingdom
Ashton
Williamson
Ditto
Kerrison
Ashton-under-Line
Hobson
Soow-hill
Watta
Steelhouse-lane
Guest
Hish-street
Wood
Blackburn
Darwin-street
Meikle
Bolton
Lawson
Sweet-green
Ainsworth
Bradshaw-gate
Gardner
Boston
Noble
Bristol
Castle Mill-street
Payne
Redcliff-hill
Self
Burnley
Richards
Butterworth
Bury St. Edmonds
Thompson
Bury
Binney
Kay
Cambridge
Petty Cury
Wade
Chard
Chaffey
Grocer
Cheater
Platt and Son
Fletcher
Colne
High-street
Baldwix
Downs
Isle of Wight
Mengre
Fitze
St. Sidwell’s
Pring
Heywood
Hull
Haycraft
Hyde
Bloweryfield
Booth
Jersey
St. Hellier
le Cros
Leeda
Briggate
Heaton
Jobson
Leicester
Market-place
Cooper
Scotland
Lynn
Riches
Macclesfield
Waters
Stubbs
Manchester
Odham
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Great-Jacket
Carruthers
Newcastle-under-Line
Mort
Bridge-st
Northampton
Jones Nottingham
Chapel-bar
Ingram
Lord-streat
Knightdilte
Greenzere
S-Moor
Ricwxano
London Markets
Werpdnnes
Covent Garden
Tursday
Ewell
Lempriere
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