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Newspaper
Champion
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 28, 1816
Page
2
The Commissioner of the Government Mr Sack lost his appeal against editor Professor Guerres of The Rhenish Mercury. The Court of Appeal confirmed the Cologne tribunal’s sentence and Guerres was acquitted.
In Italy Navars Manca 26 reports Algerine flotilla infesting the Salerno coast. Measures are being taken to defend our shores from these pirates.
Proceedings in Parliament cover petitions on Hyslop and others taken by General Murillo, Lord Castlereagh’s assurances, Irish grand jury presentments, and debates on Bank restrictions and poor laws. April 25 26 note motions on foreign linens duties, peace Alien Bill, and Sir John Newport’s state of Ireland address urging disclosure of military need and remedies.
The London Gazette reports Members returned to Parliament for Peterborough and Wicklow, naming William Lamb and George Ponsonby in vacancies. It lists bankrupts W Dyer of North Geach Gloucestershire grocer and others, along with their solicitors and counties.
A long, comma filled London Gazette entry lists numerous names with towns and professions from grocer to silk dyer and broker with associated attorneys in Gray's Inn, Holborn, and other London areas. It names individuals, trades, and law firms across Norfolk, Birmingham, Devon, Gloucester, Hertford, Worcester, and more, indicating a directory of professionals and their legal representatives.
The Press announces a speedily published edition of THE CALIPH VATITEK by Mr. Beckrom translated from the French with notes and corrections. Printed for William Clarke New Bond-street. Frontispiece and price 10s 6d. Public informed this is the only genuine edition avowed by the author.
The Spirit of English Wit for 1816 published in Yale duodecimo at 63 cents in boards. Also Spirit of Irish Wit in one volume. Praised by large sales. ninety thousand copies sold in six years. London printers and booksellers listed: Tege, Allason, Chapple, and others.
Early April publication of a 4to volume detailing Robert Adams's voyage and three years in Arab slavery near Tombuctoo. The work, illustrated with notes, portrays Christian sufferings, desert tribes, and a firsthand account of Tombactoo as viewed by an eye witness.
A colonial style notice discusses the paper's pricing and content, noting poetry submissions and editor’s stance on continuing a debated topic. It mentions poems about an exile, a critique of Mr Kessie's performance, and a criticism of a "Friend to Candour and Craniology" with a skeptical note.
The London Chronicle notes the Paris Assize Court sentenced Sir Robert Wilson and two companions to three months imprisonment for an offence against French law. Eberle the turnkey faces up to two years. other defendants are acquitted or spared. Madame Lavalette is praised. The piece defends French moderation amid partisan tension.
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