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Newspaper
Courier
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 05, 1817
Page
3
A 19th century letter-press summary reports parliamentary focus on the Sinking Fund and government finances. It notes petitions from Bath and Liverpool, the War Department budget, and attacks on ministers. It also warns of a rising placard system undermining free press and questions training public servants.
A late 18th century cabinet gathering at the Earl of Liverpool's residence includes the Attorney and Solicitor Generals as ministers deliberate on military, royal, and parliamentary matters. News notes Princess of Wales, marriage plans, and lottery bids for tickets with a contractor named Sivsworth.
Private correspondence from Paris reports a muted reception for the Duke of Orleans. Royal family gestures, a push against Voltaire and Rousseau editions, and Talleyrand’s rumored return to court shape political tension. Boulevards display wealth at Shrove Tuesday while the budget stalls and opposition delays grow costs.
The article discusses the Poor Laws and proposals by Mr Clarggs and Mr Clarkson to reform pauper relief, arguing for income-related contributions and work tests. It notes Lord Castle Reagh and Pitt support, with savings and effects on labor circulation. It also mentions political moves in Scotland and local counterfeiting trials in Ayr, along with tampering incidents on Dublin embankments.
A large crowd witnessed the execution of Andrew Savage, Benjamin Savage, Jonas Cain, James Baker, and James Guites for banknote forging and robbery. Elizabeth Fricker, William Kefty, and others faced the scaffold at Limehouse and Berner's Street. Delays stemmed from illness and preparations. Fricker wept and prayed, Cain showed propriety, and the condemned expressed resignation, with the crowd enduring a solemn, lengthy ceremony.
From the River Lloyd bound for Jamaica with loss of anchor and cable. Garland Brows from the Cape of Good Hope and Iris from Calais carrying a mail. Dutch ship Columbus from Amsterdam to Batavia loses anchor and cable. William Holmes arrives from Penzance to London with damaged bulwarks and stern, Montagu packet from the West Indies arrives Dartmouth, Craizer Motlender sails from Yarmouth to Liverpool, Libory Nichols from Newfoundland sails February 12. Ecs tasy from New York reports loss of main and mizzen masts with five men washed overboard. Maid of the Mill bound for Lisbon blown out of St John’s Newfoundland with only the mate and four men aboard.
A list of state fashionables and notables arriving by land and sea to WaiGuy's Hotel and the Ship Inn, Dover and surrounding area, including captains, lords, and ladies en route to the Continent, with notes on commerce and market conditions. A casual item with mixed names and weather-influenced grain prices.
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