26 Apr 1822
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Newspaper
Courier
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 26, 1822
Page
1
Reports detail miners and ironstone workers striking over wages and truck shocks. Yeomanry deployed, Riot Act read, and Scots Greys stationed as magistrates and coal masters meet to resolve pay disputes. Denman elected London Common Sergeant after ballot.
The State Gazette exposes a fabricated Note claimed by the Reis Effendi and reported by the Journal des Debats as authentic. It explains the motive to depress funds for speculative gain and notes inconsistencies with earlier Porte communications. The piece warns editors and readers, cites later corrections, and condemns the deception.
Indictments include Captain Ralph Boteler Johnson accused of stealing a Bank of England note in Hampstead. jury acquits after no evidence. Other defendants, Edward Desmond and John Davis, are found guilty of burglary and sentenced to death. John Nightingale convicted of perjury. six months in Newgate followed by seven years transportation for the crime related to Shields and Co. v Russell.
Four assailants entered a farmer’s dwelling near Petworth and stabbed the servant girl. They looted Miss Watson’s home, seized a gun, and fled as locals pursued. Two suspects were captured at Horsham, the others jailed in Horsham Gaol. the servant girl’s life was despaired of.
A Breckn Gazette report notes seventy nine ships bound for British ports sailed past Beachy Head in two hours, seen as evidence of dull commerce. A Chatham garrison order sends four Coldstream companies to Windsor, with rest to follow. A catastrophic collapse of two houses in Budge Row injures and buries residents, with several saved and many feared dead.
The lady of Geo H. Wilkinson of Harperley Park Durham County has given birth to a daughter on the 14th inst.
On the 2th inst at Southampton the Hon and Rev Francis Noel to Cecilia Methuen. This morning at Richmond Major George Munroe to Jemime Charlotte. DIED Lieut George Girardot in the Persian Gulf on HM Ship Liverpool. William Beverley of the Custom-house died aged 26. Rev Stephen George Ram of Ringmore in Devonshire died in Rome.
Prices list for foreign bonds with dividends and exchange adjustments. entries include Krench 5 percent, Russian 6 percent, Neapolitan 5 percent, Austrian Metallic 5 percent, Spanish 5 percent, Prussian 5 percent, Danish 5 percent, Colombian 6 percent, and Benitto 10 percent bonds with respective dividend start dates and quoted values.
Sir James Mackintosh argues the Commons should address the Crown to remit part of Mr Hunt's sentence, asserting the issue is mercy not verdicts, and cites precedents from William III to William and debates the scope of parliamentary interference with royal clemency. He warns against personal attacks and urges justice over vengeance.
The House met at a quarter before four. Mr Tomlins from the Treasury presented accounts. The flax and cotton bill and two local bills were read first time. Reports on Scottish court fees laid on the table and ordered to be printed. The Commercial Credit Ireland Bill and Summary Proceedings Bill read a second time and committed for tomorrow. Adjourned until to morrow.
Multiple petitions from Cornwall Sussex Oxfordshire Devon Leicestershire and Yorkshire warn of agricultural distress and seek relief. MPs reaffirm distress across estates graziers and Agriculturists urge protection duties and parliament reform amid import restrictions and export doubts.
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