Speech by Mr Fox Maule on press freedom in 1817 era
In this account the speaker condemns the 1817 government for seeking extraordinary powers and using the six acts to suppress public discussion. It cites York trials, prosecutions, and alleged spy actions, arguing that England’s liberty is fragile and threatened by prosecutions and a hostile press climate under Lord Melbourne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
England
Fox Maule
Presen
Europe
Exeter
Lord Melbourne
Strikes and Assault Case Stir Lancashire Mills
Reports from Stockport and Glasgow focus on wage protests and a brief mill strike. Four cotton spinners faced a borough court on charges of assault and intimidation against a fellow worker amid wage cuts at Mr George Clarke’s Portland Street establishment. Witnesses described threats and violence as workers resisted legal price reductions. Each defendant posted two sureties of 15 to await sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockport
Hole
Glaesgow Herald
George Clarke
Portland-street
Maule
Borough Court
Samuel Perkins
Clarke
Mr. C
G. Thornhill
Mark Mellor
J. Booth
R. Wharton
Perkins
Complainant
Mr. Clarke
Richard Wharton
M. Mellor
Thornhill
Hardy
Maude
Manchester Guardian
Fire at Mitchiner premises in Great Castle Street
Last night at about seven thirty fire broke out on the premises of Mr Mitchiner No 89 south side between Regent street and John street. The blaze started in the attic of a wooden building behind the front house and spread to the roof. Engines extinguished by nine o clock with water supply, but the origin building and lower front shops suffered extensive damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Castle-street
Regent-street
Mitchiner
John-street
Gardiner
Srep
Werresss
Miniatury
Attwaadelev
Foreign affairs from Paris and Neighbors hints of plots
Paris papers report a Bonapartist plot nearing closure with Durand and the Count de Crouy Chanel released. Kamran acknowledges Shah supremacy as English moves threaten Herat. Prisoners from the Court of Peers depart, Blanqui among them. King of France income debated as ministries reshuffle. Reports from Sandwich Islands describe a French demand for 20,000 dollars, treaty terms, and Catholic mission rights. War fears in Constantinople and Alexandria persist with Mehemet Ali disputes and fleets near Crete. Spain’s election intrigue, Espartero ambassadorship rumors, and ongoing Carlist activity near Madrid marked by reports from Correio Nacional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Durand
The
Capitole
Count de Crouy Chanel
M. Barginet
Grenoble
Marquis of Crouy Chanel
Turkey
Gazette de France
Kamran
Herat
Gazette de Tribuneaus
Court of Peers
Blanqui
Quignot
Charles
Hendrick
Herbulet
Godard
Dubourdieu
Mont Saint Michel
Doullens
Elie
Bonnefond
Valliere
Espinousse
Dugrospre
Piefort
Faucillon
Lombard
Simon
Hubert
Petremann
Alexandre Dumas
Chamber of Deputies
Duke de Nemours
France
Duke de Broglie
Soult
M. Thiers
M. de Broglie
Mazallan
Joseph Peabody
America
California
Sandwich Islands
Honololulu
le Constitutionel
Spain
Madrid
Aragon
Espartero
Victoria
Eco de Aragon
Cabrera
Guadalajara
Correio Nacional
Moderate
Liberal Party
Igarabes
Sada
Ene
Eee
Lexington Fire Tragedy Strikes Long Island Sound Steamer
The Lexington burned to the waterline after a cotton fueled blaze two miles from Eaton's Neck. About 70 passengers plus 29 crew were aboard, with only three survivors reported, Captain Chester Hilliard among them. Survivors describe attempts to abandon ship as flames erupted and boats failed to launch. The Nimrod’s Captain Brooks confirms details from Hilliard and notes the disaster near Huntingdon, Long Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Our City
Nimrod
Brooks
Bridgeport
Lexington
Long Island Sound
New York
Eaton’s Neck
Huntingdon
Long Island
Hempstead
Charles Smith
Chester Hilliard
Hilliard
Cox
Meeker
Stockport
Fatal Coal-pit Accidents at Victoria pit near Leeds
Last week two explosions of fire damp at the Victoria coal-pit on Rothwell Haigh near Leeds killed six men and burned several others. Workers had safety lamps but used naked candles, with the masters and agents having taken every precaution for safety. The first blast occurred just over 100 yards from the shaft, leaving three families in wretched misery. Public sympathy and benevolence may partially ease the distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Rothwell Haigh
Leeds
Oere
Leeds Intelligencer
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Trades! Journal
Foreign Affairs
Constantinople
Alexandria
Porte
Austria
Russia
Mehemet Ali
Smyrna
Asia
Vanguard
Benbow
Bellerophon
Stopford
Charlotte
Echo de l’Orient
Ourlac
Malta
United States
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