West India unrest and parliamentary resolutions in St Vincent
Leeward Island mail reports widespread agitation in the colonies with public meetings and heated resolutions. The St Vincent House of Assembly on June 7 rejects copying triennial slave returns and on June 29 debates anti emancipation pressures, colonial threats, and defense of property while urging a united, restrained response.
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Leeward Island
Thames
Jny
House of Assembly of
St. Vincent's
Colonial Office
House of Assembly
India
House of Commons
Weaest
Jamaica
Barbados
Demerara
Anti-Slavery Society
Yobago
Grenada
Reform Bill debates in the House of Commons
The House resolved into a committee on the Reform Bill as peers and MPs clashed over clause 31 appointing revising barristers. Critics argued the plan risks unconstitutional delegation and political meddling. supporters defended the veto by the Lord Chancellor and barristers' qualifications. The day ended with progress and a Monday resumption.
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House OF Commons
Pringle
Selkirk
Peebles
Ferguson
Bruce
Moion
Scotland
C. Forbes
England
H. Grattan
County of
Down
Ireland
G. Clerk
Corn Distillers
Gustan
Captain Jones
Mr. Wrangham
Sudbury
Mr. Stanley
Reland
Hughes Hughes
George Murray
Lord Althorp
Marquis of Chandos
Grenada
Preparations Inside the Abbey for Coronation Ceremony
The Sunday Paper details interior preparations for the coronation with seating plans for state officers, royal family, peers, ambassadors, and galleries. It notes 5,000 seats, morning doors at four, illumination at eight, dress codes, and praises Sir George Naylor for coordinating the setup and logistics.
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Atete
House of Commons
Friends of
George Naylor
Lords hear advocates on Stewart v Porterfield case at length
The House of Lords adjourned after further argument in the Stewart v Porterfield succession dispute over Duchal and Porterfield. The Lord Chancellor urged faster disposal of appeals, proposing six day sessions and daily attendance to reduce delays, while debating rota attendance and the pressure of Scotch and English matters. A London University proprietors court adjourned on Pattison’s chair of anatomy, with amendments on restoration debated. A Bath inquiry found Clement of unsound mind. his wife Ann named heir. Reports mocked cholera fears about Achill and Naples. The new novel Pin Money satirizes borough influence. Beauties or The Courts of Dukes II praised as art and history.
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C. Wetherell
Westminster Hall
Middlesex
E. Sugden
J. Williams
Boroughbridge
North
Lord Althorp
House of Lords
M. P. S. Stewart
J. Corbett Porterfield
Duchal
Porterfield
Rota
Court of Chancery
London University
Pattison
Anatomy
W. Smith
Hardy
Coates
Bath
Clement
Robert Clement
Ann
Bush
the Two Sicilies
Achill
Ireland
London
Lloyd’s
Freeman
King of Naples
Reland
Naples
Freeman's Journal
Lexley
Duarces II
Indy 5
Cotton 'newspaper' handkerchief case at Bow Street
Ruthven, a munning officer, charged Owen Davies with stamping theft after discovering ten white cotton pieces shaped like a newspaper titled Berthold's Political Handkerchief. Judge Harts ruled it a stampable newspaper, remanding Davies for further bail. Separate Thames Office case involved James Sullivan, charged with highway robbery and a later assault on Thomas Cox, with further theft of a pocket book from Mr. Creamer. Cox is described as dying.
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Bow-Street
Ruthven
Owen Davies
Halls
Holborn
Kingsgate-street
Haus
Berthold
Hants
Harts
Jr. Hauus
Alley
Harmer
Bliss
Mr. Harmer
Ponton
Pontent4tn
Portman Square
Bank of England
Thames
James Sullivan
Thomas Cox
Trinity House Corporation
I1o
King-street
Wapping
Ile
William Clayton
K Division
No. 18
Stocks
Newgate
Cox
Sullivan
James Creamer
Wapping High Street
Creamer
White Lion
New Crane
Shadwell
Clayton
Prince Talleyrand crisis and theft at Cumberland Place
The report details disturbances surrounding Prince Talleyrand and a French officer accused of threats and conspiracy, plus later jewel theft at Mrs Smythe’s Great Cumberland Place home. It also notes an arson-like attack on C Payne and Co premises in Stratford and previews Burke’s new Peerage dictionaries, promising extensive, cited genealogies.
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London
Prince Tarreyvnann
Prince Talleyrand
France
Soni
C. Payne
C. Payne and Co
Stratford
Benke
Burke
England
Scotland
Ireland
Mr. Burke
Duke of Bedford
Richmond
Devon
Inquest Halts On Multiple Drownings And Suicides
Coroners held several inquests in London districts. Walden and Baker drowned after colliding with a barge near Vauxhall bridge. Taylor survived. John Smith a 14 year old boy died from fatigue and exposure after destitute shelter hunt with an old man Williams. Thomas Southey, East India warehouseman, died reportedly of cholera morbus though the surgeon found no signs. Catherine Th wife of a solicitor died after taking laudanum in a suspected suicide. verdict was temporary derangement.
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Dean Street
Westminster
Homas
Pers. Walden
Taynahoat
Baker
Vauxhall Bridge
Walden
Taylor
St. George's
Southwark
John Smith
Wiliams
Kent
Tower-bill
Thomas Southey
H Llway
Catherine
Geo
James Burton
Hollowa
Corosere
King’s Head
Hol
Ompson
Rye-Street
Minorsey
Cherbourg Regatta and Royal Soiree at Sea
The Cherbourg Regatta drew French fashionables to the town after a Safari voyage. Prizes were won by Fatacron and Eliza of Tons with Cap Garth, followed by a grand ball hosted by Lord Yarborough. The event featured a superb display, a silver cup race won by Gem, and fireworks.
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Cherbourg
Eliza
Garth
Brett
Lord Yarborough
Teknat
Hampshire Telegraph
H. Ge
Sherbrook
Quebec
Cohn
Mousa Island
Point Blanch
Henry Gambles
R. Codner
Thomas Cross
Serene Tohn Mulloy
Hendrick Deake
Hugh Boyle
Henry Flemmin
Dennis Sreem
Thomas Vance
Peter M‘gevin
John Mortimer
Patrick Tanner
Jon M‘lacklin
James Keenan
Robert Bradley
George Algo
Thomas Jameson
John Laird
Mary Ann M‘gill
Stewart
Jane Algo
Isabella Hayes
Catherine Kerr
Kayse
Sydney
H. Gambles
Napoli
Melville
Nesham
Malta
England
Gibraltar
Carron Steam Packet
Wellesley
Talavera
Downs
Plymouth
Barham
Curacoa
Victor
Winchester
Lord William Paget
West Indies
Jamaica
United States
Vincennes
Port Royal
Magnificent
Blanche
Shannon
Vera Cruz
Champion
Bermuda
Columbine
Falcon
Edward Codrington
G C.B
Caledonia
London
Edward
Hampshire
Giduty Monitor
Hodges
Kent-street
Fresco Epittos
Boernienst
Colburn and Bentley
Bourrienne
Duke of
Rovico
Count Tas Cases
Rapp
Joseph Buonaparte
Buonaparte
St. Helena
Marital Notices and Deaths From Local Church Records
The notice lists a marriage at St James Church Westminster of Captain Tf. Hatten RN and Josephine Louise Luxnley of Rouen. It records deaths including Mile Anus Fletcher of Hillside Fifeshire, and William Norra of Napoli di Romania aboard a royal ship, plus Christopher Temple Fay of Oswestry at 79. The fragment references a birth at 9 Half Moon Street and other long omitted details.
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Mona
J. Vagia
Moon-street
Precadilly
Malaiee Oats
Nthe Odt Amstadt
St. James'’s Church
Westminster
J.C. Wagrsm
Hatten
Josephine Louise
Mons. Luxnley
Rouen
France
Hillside
Fifeshire
Mile
Anus Fletcher
Napoli di Romania
Mediterranean
Willian
J. F. Norra
Nottingham-place
Christopher Temple
Fay
Oswestry
Llandrinio
Montgomery
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Antrim
Kenmare
Kildare
Duke of Leinster
Kilkenny
Ormonde
Blayo
Sligo
Meath
Eeeereere
Darnley
Queen's County
Viscount de
Roscommon
Lorton
Dublin Times
Lord Donoughmore
Tipperary
Clare
E. O'Brien
Sheffield
Edinburgh
John Hawkins
Bombay
Zansebar
Hawkins
Sir Charles Malcolm
Sir Jon
Africa
Imaam
Muscat
Charles Malcolm
Mullion
Gunwalloe
Mount's Bay
St. Ives
Perran
St. Mawe’s
Gerrams
Truro Quay
Cornanal Gazette
Earl of
Thomas Brown
Henry Howard
Howard
Imperial Parliament
Althorp
Croker
Sir C. Wetherell
Col. Libthorp
Police
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