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LONDON CORN EXCHANQE

... MARK-LANE, MONDAY, JULY It. In the English WHEAT trade much dulne-ss, a fair supply, and rates 2s to 3s under last Monday: white sold from 43f:¡ to 48s; and red at 40s to 44s per quarter. In foreign little passing, and a fair amount on offer; rates ruled at 4Ss to 60s; and for Russian at 43s to 47s per quarter. Floating cargoes met with little attention. The market for FLOUR ruled inactive: ...

Published: Saturday 16 July 1859
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 661 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS.-

... LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS. MiITClKG-LA^E, Musu.ir, SEPT. 12. SOGAK.—There will be numerous public sales this week- HUT A good demand prevailing to-dav, rates ruled firm: Manritius-W lo-,i, to fine brown quality fetched 2Ss to 37s 6t!; vellow 3Ss to 41s; Havana brown 35s to 39s; yellow 3Ds Gd to 45s; and Fioretts 4.65 48s, Stock oi ougar is much alxive that of last season. more business done, and ...

Published: Saturday 17 September 1859
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 248 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

MONMOUTH

... MONMOUTH RIFLE CORPS.—We may now unhesi- tatingly stata that Monmouth will succeed in estab- lishing a volunteer rifle corps, and it may be almost needless for us to state that we wish them every success. A public meeting was held in the Borough Court, at three o'clock on Tuesday evening last, at which his worship the Mayor (Thos. Prosser, Esq ), presided. The meeting passed off extremely well ...

Published: Saturday 17 December 1859
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 437 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: News 

SICILY

... News received from Palermo to the 27th November, states that the Commander Maniscaleo, Director General of the Sicilian Police, had been stabbed whilst walking with his wife and children in the Place of the Cathedral. The wound inflicted was very serious, but probably not mortal. The assassin, who was well dressed, escaped, hears were entertained that the attempted assassination would be ...

Published: Saturday 17 December 1859
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 70 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

-----THE WEST INDIA MAILS

... THE WEST INDIA MAILS. SERIOUS RIOTS AT JAMAICA. SOUTHAMPTON, AvausT 30. The La Plata has arrived with the West India mails, having left St. Thomas on the 10th. She brings 70 passengers and specie worth a million and a quarter of dollars. The Paramatta was still on the Anegada Reef. The Atrato had arrived out. There has been much small- pox in Demera.ra. Serious riots ha.d taken place at ...

Published: Saturday 03 September 1859
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 217 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

ESCAPE OF MILITARY PRISONERS AND CLEVER CAPTURE

... On Monday, a clever capture of four out of five mili- tary prisoners, who had broken out of the artillery prison, Woolwich, was made by the police at Greenwich. Jt appears that the whole of the men had been tried by court-martial for various offences and were awaiting sentence. During the night they succeeded in cutting away the woodwork surrounding the lock of the door of the cell, and having ...

Published: Saturday 03 September 1859
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 399 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

0 M S V «5 A ST

... CITY, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31. The funus to-day arc rather firmer, and an improvement of § per cent, lias taken place. The declaration in the ComlitutionneJ relative to French policy in Italy continues to excite attention. The government broker has taken a parcel of £15,000 new Three per Cent, stock. Business in all quarters continues languid, but all classes of securities are firm. Consols are ...

Published: Saturday 03 September 1859
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 167 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

MASSACRE OF EUROPEANS IN THE DUTCH SETTLEMENTS IN BORNEO

... A correspondent at Batavia has forwarded to Messrs. James Finlay and Co., of Glasgow, the following intelli- gence :— We have the greatest regret in informing you that we have, by the arrival of the Dutch government, steamor Ardjoeno, from Banjermassing, on the 21st inst., received the most disastrous tidings regarding the coal mine establishment of IÇalungair, which has, by some accounts, ...

Published: Saturday 23 July 1859
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 367 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

THE EXPEDITION TO CHINA.-

... THE EXPEDITION TO CHINA. On Saturday orders were forwarded to the command ing officers of the following regiments to hold themselves in readiness for embarkation :—llth Foot, 2nd battalion, Aldershott; 14th ditto, 3rd battalion, Curragh; 16th ditto, 2nd battalion, Curragh; 10th Royal Irish, 2nd battalion, Curragh 21st Fusiliers, 2nd battalion, Alder- shott; and 45th Foot, Preston; three ...

Published: Saturday 24 September 1859
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 259 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

THE SMETHURST CAM

... No further proceedings have taken place with regard to the disposal of the prisoner, who still remains in Horsefflonger-lane Gaol, as a condemned convict under respite from the Crown, and from all that can be ascer- tained upon the subject there appears to be a great diffi- culty in the minds of the authorities as to what course should be taken in the matter. The prisoner now occu- pies a cell ...

Published: Saturday 24 September 1859
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 483 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

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... Two persons died of cholera last week in London ...

Published: Saturday 24 September 1859
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 9 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

I-relanD. -+--

... I-relanD. THE TIPPERARY ESTATES of Count Chabot were sold in the Landed Estates] Court on Friday in twenty-five lots, the whole producing £ 40,000. The rates of purchase were extremely high, beyond, in some instances,' the average prices realised in the land market. THE LATE WILLIAM FAG AN, ESQ., M.P for Cork, has left an estate of £2,000 a year, and £51,000 to his second son. His eldest son ...

Published: Saturday 11 June 1859
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 90 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News