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Newspaper
Courier
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 29, 1817
Page
4
A tailor by trade turned violent during a confrontation with General Burton and a witness, flinging game sticks and striking both. He was seized during the action and committed to prison for lack of bail. The report also includes stock price notes from the same day.
The piece reviews the attempted assassination of the Regent during the opening of Parliament, recounting the crowd’s reactions in the Park and Palace Yard, the bullets and stones that struck the carriage, and the swift government response. It notes later a conference between Lords and Commons, the royal Address, and measures to curb reform agitation amid fears of further unrest.
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