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Newspaper
Champion
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 19, 1816
Page
2
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent refuses to visit these officers with full displeasure and orders publication to the army. He asserts that the offence warrants severe reprimand to protect the reputation and discipline of the British army. Tac Comm qnder-in-Cater.
The Prince Regent declares Leopold George Frederic Duke of Saxe Margrave of Meissen and other titles shall hold life precedence over all peers in all assemblies, ranking before the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, all great officers, and most dukes except those of the blood royal.
A long OCR fragment catalogs bankrupts in Ludlow and across England with named individuals such as R Roberts, J Clay, A Barton, T Usppel and many attorneys including Messrs Sykes, Dax, Bleasdale, Grenwell, Presland, Debary, and Collett. It lists occupations from merchant to vintner, grocer, carpenter, miller, tailor, wallpaperer, and more, tied to addresses like Scot's-yard and Chancery-lane, indicating a broad docket of insolvency filings across cities such as Kingston upon Hull, Bristol, Taunton, Manchester, and Dover. The record reads like a directory of bankrupts and their attorneys with business types and localities.
A long irregular London Gazette fragment lists numerous tradespeople and residents with scattered locations. Names include calico printers, distillers, ironmongers, ribbon manufacturers, grocers, bakers, and others, with towns such as York, Shoreditch, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, and Yarmouth appearing amid garbled spellings and partial addresses.
A register of named tradesmen across England lists M. and M. B. Westron of Wellington Somerset bankers J. Elton of Uxbridge Middlesex butcher T. Feench of Wardington Oxford horse-dealer W. Greenwood of Hawksclough York merchant T. Wilsher of Rustling-end Hertford farmer W. Pritchard jun of Hereford scrivener S. Taylor and J. Steel of Liverpool merchants J. and J. Richardson of Ashbourne Derby bakers J. Steel of Liverpool druggist 3S. Cater of Cheapsine warehouseman J. P. Leigh Old City Chambers Bishopsgate-street insurance-broker J. How of Amersham Bucks victualler.
A Mownnay Enrision of this Paper prints stock prices for Saturday May 18 and an note about an upcoming article on the Spirit of Power. It promises future coverage of abuses in Bethlem Hospital administration and a critique of recent Parliamentary military tastes and wit.
The piece surveys constitutional clashes over royal prerogative versus subjects rights, citing Sir James Mackintosh and Vansittart as well as Castlereagh. It notes trials in Paris, treason cases, and shifting ministries, alongside British concerns of safety banks, Spain’s actions in the Caribbean, and fears of military overreach at home.
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