Lord Folkestone Defends Prorogation and Addresses Critique
Debates touch on constitutional propriety of immediate Address after the Speech from the Throne. Lord Folkestone condemns selection of one Gazette Address as unconstitutional and unfair to the Crown while Parliament laments press licentiousness and urges consideration of agricultural distress and Poor Laws.
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Lord Folkestone
Home Department
Anne
Duke of Marlborough
Folkestone
Wodehouse
Bathurst
Warre
J. Newport
Ireland
Rio Janeiro packet reports prisoners and Pacific coast depredations
News from Rio Janeiro to November 21 notes Artigas captured, two insurgent privateers seized by the Union, and Portuguese affairs with Regency downfall. Traders expect Portugal’s prudence to limit price changes, while Peru reports Chilean expedition landing San Martin with 44500 troops and scorn for insurgent hopes among slaves and lower orders.
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Rio Janeiro
Rio Grande
Artigas
Union
Portugal
Rio
Peru
Valparaiso
Pigeos
San Martin
British report on San Martin and viceroyal forces at Lima
The text notes a large viceroyal army of 8000 in the capital with La Serna La Mar and O’Reilly commanding divisions. San Martin’s movements press subsistence, while Valloumbrozo's cavalry blocks interior emissaries. Reports say insurgents may re-embark as provisions tighten, with two ships sailing from Callao and Lima preparing to proclaim a constitution.
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Lima
Madrid
Cochrane
San Martin
Lunatic Correspondent in Edinburgh T
A sharp rebuke targets a writer signing as Tuosias Jackson. His wanderings are pestering the publication, with a suggestion friends should restrain him or place him in an asylum. Also notes prices for St Bank stock and consols.
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Edinburgh
Tuosias Jackson
ST Bank
Parliamentary Reactions Rise and Debates Over Queen’s Provision
The Courier reports a morning stock rise amid Parliament’s debates on His Majesty’s Speech and Naples, noting ministerial satisfaction and Whig discontent. Lords and Commons clash over neutrality, Napolitan policy, and a motion to restore the Queen’s name to the Liturgy, with plans for a royal provision debated by Castlereagh and Bankes.
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Magesty
Lords
Commons
Lianp
Naples
Italy
Liverroot
Lord Holland
Austria
Eltenzo Rough
Europe
Earl of Liverroot
House of Commons
Lord A. Hamilton
Wetherall
Lord CastlerEacu
St Segealled
Lord Castlereagh
Wetherell
Bankes
J. Browne
Mayo
House of Lords
Cunwen
Trerney
Tierney
Trzrn&y
Rum and coffee duties rise and wartime grain sales cited
Letters from St Petersburgh report rum duty rising to twenty roubles and coffee duty to three roubles. Berlin dispatch notes war office plans to buy 2000 wispes of rye for magazines at Franckfort, Custrin, and Landsberg, with limits per cultivator. Reports also mention steam boats on the Volga and Moscow Diligence expansion.
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Hamburgh
St. Petersburgh
Berlin
His Majesty
S War Office
Posen
Franckfort
Oder
Custrin
Landsberg
ST. Petersburg
Volga
Astrachan
Moscow
Sitka
Behring’s Straits
North
Times mocks Milan assassination tale in satirical flare
A Victorian column ridicules the Times for joking about a violent attempt on Colonel Browne in Milan. It critiques selective Paris papers and notes Milan dispatches missing from the Times, accusing them of calling Browne a fudge and questioning the incident’s framing.
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Times
Browne
Milan
M. Spanzheim
Paris
Col. Brownee
Assassination Shock Echoes Across Loyal Addresses
Reports describe an assassination attempt on the King as he left the Theatre with six stab wounds from two assailants who vanished after declaring the act fatal. His recovery remains uncertain as Loyal Addresses pour in from towns, counties, and institutions across the realm including Westminster, Chester, Plymouth Dock, Cornwall, and Ayr, among others.
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England
St. Peter
Westminster
Tower of London
Tower Hamlets
Chester
Merioneth
Louth
Lincolnshire
Barnsley
Yorkshire
Stoke and Lowe
Warwickshire
Sutton-Coldfield
Plymouth- Dock
Stoke Damerell
Devon
Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons
Glasgow
Dumbarton
Lackford
Suffolk
Bradninch
Northwich
Romsey Infra
Southampton
al Axminster
St. Keverne
Meneage
Cornwall
Blackburn
Lancashire
Kingsbitdae
Barnstaple
Ottery St. Mary
Wallsend
Northumberland
Whitchurch
Pangbourn
St. Michael
Coventry
Rathmullan
Durham
Bradford
Ripon
Burntisland
Cromarty
Ayr
Nair
New Romney
Kent
Evesham
Miss Wilson to appear at Drury Lane in Love in a Village
The second character in Miss Wilson's Drury Lane engagement is Rosetta in Love in a Village. Her five year article to Mr. Wetsn includes a five year term with 800 pounds for the present season.
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Miss Wilson
Drury Lane Theatre
Rosetta
T. Wetsn
Elliston
St. James’s Park
Portsmouth
Gro. Campssxt
G.C.B
Sir George
Sis George
Navy
Bombay
Charles Corvitux
Government House
Colvinne
T. Buarr
England
Geneva
Dublin
Swirert and Co
Swirt and Co
Charing-Cross
Aldgate High-street
Carroll
Carroxt
Cornhill
Oxford Street
Suffolk
Norfolk
Ships sail and arrivals in British ports and outbound voyages
The notice lists ships sailing to Bengal China Bahia Madeira Jamaica and Africa with several vessels named including Atlas General Kyd Lowther Castle Malvina Mary Helena and Faith. Harwich Portsmouth Cowes and Dover report arrivals and a damaged American ship Mars at the Quay after breaking moorings.
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Ae Dean
Atlas
General Kyd
Lowther Castle
Bengal
China
Malvina
Cooper
Bahia
Mary
Atkinson
Newcastle
St. Helena
Faith
Davis
Ramsgate
Madeira
Jamaica
Harrington
Heslop
Marquis Camden
Farquhars
Fatmoury
Regent Packet
Eadie
Limerick
Dover
Mars
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