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Newspaper
Courier
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 23, 1817
Page
3
In a late afternoon session the House of Representatives debated a committee recommendation on reserving lands producing timber for naval use and preventing waste. A motion urged expediency of reporting by bill or otherwise, with the next meeting slated for Monday.
The Courier reports a recent reform convention where delegates debated universal suffrage and representation. Tensions rose over who legitimately represents the people, with speeches denouncing sedition and urging loyalty to the Constitution amid demonstrations and petitions from Spa-fields and Bristol.
Paris dispatch details reactions to a Bordeaux letter about secret societies and alleged plots. Reports list arrests in various towns, note no widespread seizure of lists or arms, and describe officials mocking the alleged danger while noting continued circulars and Southern prefects investigating motives.
Plymouth January 21 The French brig St Gmer Desgrande from Lisbon to Lavre was towed in by pilot boats dismasted seen in Whitsand Bay during the gale. A wreck, a brig about 300 tons with masts and spars painted white, is also stranded near Wreikle Pier in Whitsand Bay bearing painted letters on its stern.
Reports describe ships wrecked and grounded around Cawsand Bay Plymouth and nearby coasts during a severe gale. Vessels towed in or lost include the Elephdor and Governor’s ships from Rochelle, with damage to piers, homes, and fishing cells. Also noted are maritime losses at Penzance and Newlyn and a large public meeting in Huddersfield with reform rhetoric.
A report from Newhall Street describes a Hampden Club gathering in Birmingham with Levislaters and speakers drawing hundreds of men women and children. The writer notes agitation aimed at journeymen and a planned handbill distribution to inflame passions and warns authorities will act to prevent rioting.
A large gathering in Paradise Square, Sheffield, chaired by Thomas Rawson, approves resolutions urging reform of representation in Parliament. Joseph Manners denounces policy undermining liberty and accuses the government of corruption and Papal Bigotry while decrying State pauperism.
Last Thursday Abed Dagg Cook was convicted at Bristol to the penalty of ten shillings for selling Cobbett's Weekly Political Register without a hawker's license on the Exchange. On default he was committed to Newgate for two months. Yesterday a violent gale and heavy rain battered the Metropolis causing roofs and chimneys damage.
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