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Newspaper
Constitutionalist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 01, 1839
Page
2
Eyewitnesses describe armed crowds and Williams guiding prisoners in a November riot near Newport. Testimony details train movements, bridges, and confrontations while the court commences treason and sedition proceedings and remands further witnesses.
In Middlesex a comic case features Jur M Gillicuddy accusing Taydy M Guechen of stealing a half guinea. Witnesses and a brash exchange lead to Taydy ordered to repay the debt plus costs, with the judge warning of thirteen days in prison if unpaid.
The article argues that corn laws harm the poor during scarcity, not just bread prices. It urges merchants and manufacturers to consider the general welfare, noting how high bread costs drain earnings and strain employment, and links these issues to Bank of England policy and foreign corn payments.
Friday morning between three and four o clock a woman named Mary Lloyd aged 33 threw herself into the Thames at the Surrey side of Blackfriars Bridge. She was rescued by a waterman and taken to the police. Recently discharged from service she had become distressed. James Craven of Richmond grew 360 potatoes from one early second potato this year, yielding five pecks.
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