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FAIRS FOR NEXT WEEK

... Monday, January 4.—Aberystwith, Daventry. Tuesday, o.—Wells, Ashford, Maidstone, Tunbridge. Wednesday, 6.—Market Harborough, Ryegate, Higham, Redburn. Thursday, 7. —Harrow, (Leicester.) Friday, B.—Cockhill, Coleshill, Stourbridge. Preston Horse Fa a—This great fair begins on Monday next and ends on Saturday. ...

Published: Friday 01 January 1847
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 41 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

MEETING OF THE SELEC

... T VESTRY. TUESDAY. Jul* IS. The Haul weekly meeting m held this day. Present Rev. Rector Campbell, in the chair; the Rev. gecter Brook*; Messrs. Littledale, Brancker, Horaley, Tovnsend, Hand, Johnson, Rogers, Cafferata, Woodruff, Parkinson, Whitby, Ferguson, Riding, Smith, Bennett, Jvainson, Poole, Lewin, Mellor, Watson, and Earle. The Chairman read a letter from Dr. Alexander flsnry, stating ...

Published: Friday 16 July 1847
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1783 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

REVIEW OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN CORN TRADE

... (From the Mark-lan* Ex prut.) We hare now arrived a period of the year when the slightest alteration in the weather has mere or less influence on the tone of the Grain trade ; and though nothing has occurred since our last to give rise to uneasiness respecting the growing grain crops, the mere fact of a variation in the wind from southeast to south-west, and the somewhat less settled ...

Published: Friday 16 July 1847
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2034 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

Local Intelligence

... Dkath «»f Mk. Chaklkh Edward Cropper.—We lament having state that ihn« pr>»miMing youth, the oniy child Cropper, E»q, died the h scarlet in t. He was a visit at the family Dingle? b ink, during an educational recess. On Sunday week wan apparently excellent health, 1 at ended divine »i-rv:ee during the day but iHday complained being unwell, and, «r >wing worse bv the following and the nature ...

Published: Friday 23 April 1847
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2925 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

Markets

... IHE DS.—London, Wednesday Evening. oca correspondent.] The market for the British Securities has been dull during the week, and the business done has been to limited extent only. To-day Consols were quoted 86§ J for money, and 86} for account; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., shut ; Reduced Threes, shut; Bonded Stock, shut. Not much doing iu foreign Stocks; Mexican, 19 to 20 ; Portu* guesc, 25 ...

Published: Friday 17 September 1847
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1954 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

FREE TRADE AND THE CURRENCY

... Wit has often been exercised in defining the height of impudence, the height of folly, &c.; but to illustrate the height of dishonesty, we have onlv, now, to point to the Tory and Protectionist press of this country. is, at this moment, ascribing the existing distress of our commercial and manufacturing classes to the recent legislation in favour of free trade! Aow, tne writers basely ...

Published: Friday 08 October 1847
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 875 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

REVIEW OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN CORN TRADE

... (From 'he Ma I: lane Express.) A woe*. of very fin 2 weather, and rather large arrivals of Hour and Indian Corn several the western ports, from have sufficed to heck the upward movement in prices gram, and at some of the leading provincial markets the tra lias become very dull. The article of Indian Corn, which has for a ion;, period been relatively lusher than wheat, has been affected -j ...

Published: Friday 26 March 1847
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1200 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: News 

WIGAN

... iNSOßAcirui. Assault upon Child.—On Tuesday last, a man, named Mark Brennan, navigator, was brought before the county magistrates Wigan, a charge of oommitting rape, J*® assault with ip tent, on young girl, named Jane Bimpkin, J**™ the daughter single woman residing Orrell. The ptkouer was afterwards committed to take his trial for the assault and mtsdeaseaaow. ...

Published: Friday 28 May 1847
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 57 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

THE SCOTCH LAW OF MARRIAGE

... SINGULAR CHARGE OF BIGAMY AGAINST A SURGEON AT UUDDERSI lELD. The lovers of the marvellous at Huddersfield have had their curiosity excited to a considerable degree during the past fortnight, in consequence of a charge of b gamy having been laid agaii Mr. Jonas B. Hellawell, a gentleman practising in the medical profession in that town. The facts of the case are these. Mr. Hellawell, who is ...

Published: Tuesday 19 October 1847
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 980 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

Sporting Intelligence

... OUR Manchester, Wednesday Evening. THE bT. LEGER. Before the circle broke up yesterday to 20 was snapt up with C( B»:>ck. lon Van Tromp. 10 to 1 was offered agst Mr. Martin. Black Dwarf in and out of the room, backed (with an improving look,) to 20, and 10l> to 6, two or three over, being willingly accepted. Nothing else done. Manchet'er, Thursday, Ila'/yast One o'clock. Up t ...

Published: Friday 11 June 1847
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 197 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

SCOTTISH REPRESENTATIVE PEERS

... Wednesday last, the election of the sixteen repreaaatattve Peers of Scotland took place in E linburgh, in picture-gallery of the Palace of Holjrood. The attendance af Peers was greater than has been the case for some time, there being thirty-one Noble Lords pnseat. The following ere the names of the Peers elected, with the votes, including proxies, for each Marauis of Tweedale, « Visoount wZ ...

Published: Tuesday 14 September 1847
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 855 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

LECTURES ON ARCHITECTURE

... On Tuesday evening. Professor Donaldsor, delivered his third lecture on this art. n» the Collegiate Institution. The Temple of Vesta, at Tivofa, was first reviewed. The Pantheon,at Rome, was the roost magnificent temple o»its kind; the dinme*er 142 feet, and it was larger than St. Peter's, Rome. The interior of this temple was the most beautiful part; the cupola was 140 teet high, and was ...

Published: Friday 03 September 1847
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 761 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News