Newry Window Tax petitions reach British leaders
Copies of letters from Newry inhabitants petitioning the House of Commons for a total repeal of the Window Light Tax. They appeal to Lords Castlereagh Downshire Newport and Caulfield, and to General Needham, with resolutions urging support and noting Ireland’s wartime tax burden and relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newry
Needham
Lord Castlerragh
Marquis of
Downshire
John Newport
H. Caulfield
House of Commons
London Hotel
County of
Down
Francis Needham
Reid
England
Ireland
Vescount Cantlereagh
London
Scotland
United Kingdoms
Great Britain
Yeeland
Talncerely
Giorione
Thapparetbich
House of Lords
House of Parliament
Bath
Down and Brough
Ste John Newport
Rewala
William Richardson
S. Reid
Young Napoleon Receives Reichstadt Title From Austria
A decree by the Emperor of Austria fixes the fate of the Young Napoleon. He gains the veigulory of Reichstadt and the privilege of bearing the name and arms of the Duchy of Wurzbourg, formerly in Bohemia, now part of the Crown lands by family compacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Austria
Reichstadt
Bohemia
Wurzbourg
Italy Travel Chronicle with Milan Brera and Puppets Visit
The writer describes Milan's Palazio delle Scienze e delle Arti di Brera with plaster casts and master paintings, plus a humorous visit to Girolamo's Marionette theatre. They note cold travel conditions, banditti raids near Pietra Mala, and scenic views of Florence from the Apennines as well as Grand Duke Pitti palace and Raphael’s Madonna. The perilous roads to Rome and Naples are cited, with ongoing banditry and authorities cracking down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Floranca
Miso
Milan
Sculpure
Milad
Girolamo
Tess
Beatire
London
Vestris
Paris
Bologna
Neptune
Dahn
Scotland
Appenines
Uusty
Pietra Maula
Florence
Pietra Mala
Cbill
Poggio Imperiale
Il Palazzo Pitti
Canova
Raphael
Vitians
Guidos
Vandykes
Correggio
The Sword Song Translation From German Verse
A translated excerpt of Koppner's German poem The Sword Song is presented, noted as rendered closely to the original. The piece depicts a soldier’s pledge to his sword as bride and battle, with emphatic Hurrahs and vivid combat imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konner
Haarrah
Grand Military Review at Hounslow by Prince Regent
Tuesday's Grand Military Review at Hounslow drew about 30 000 spectators as 1st and 2nd Life Guards the Oxford Blues the 10th Hussars and the 19th Lancers plus artillery paraded for the Prince Regent and the Duke of York. The crowd packed the routes carriage traffic stalled and the royal party departed without incident. Landon paper notes the scene and a Frankfurt hotel purchase tied to the Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Harbourg and an exile princess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hounslow
Carstone House
Life Guards
Oxford Blues
10Th Hussars
Prince's Own
Lancers
Prince of Lhesse
Prince Hombourg
Regent
Landon
Tug Prince OF
Hesse
M. Mathews
Frankfort
Prince of
Harberg
Whu Thay
Literary and Scientific Intelligence Update
A dense summary notes Hoare preparing a third volume of Eustace’s Classical Tour with Sicily Malta Pola Montverrat and France discoveries. It covers Light's Travels in Egypt Nubia Holy Land and Cyprus and Saint Patrick tale a northern passage Arctic voyages by Barrow. Also reports a magnetism experiment by Carpe via violet rays tested by Playfair with a magnetized needle. warm or cool atmosphere noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Colt Hoare
Eustace
Mary
Italy
Sicily
Malta
Pola
Latria
Montverrat
Spavao
France
Egypt
Nubia
Holy Land
Mount Libanou
Cyprus
Captain Light
Jerusalem
Yola
Saint Patrick
Arctic
Atlantic
Pacific
Landa
Jol Barrow
Europe
Augseldon
Prince Hoare
Granville Sharp
James Mourier
Eeq
Havin
Persia
Constantinople
Marta
M. Morichini
Playfair
Ite
Biblothoque
North Pole
Bank of Excuann and Royal Tour Highlight Forged Note Costs
A House of Commons briefing shows public payments to the Bank of England on loans total 397 086 7s 3d from 1790 to 1926. It records forged notes discovered between 1816 and 1818 totaling 131,361, with prosecution costs for forgeries and vote alterations at 118 370 Ss. Sd. and notes unpaid totaling 74 760 3. The Royal yacht arrived at Dover with the Duke of Cambridge and Princess of Hesse, their passage rough, Duchess ill, and the Duchess’s father Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel taking lodgings nearby. The couple reached Cambridge House amid cheers. the Duke of Clarence offered congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank OF Excuann
House of Coumons
ISIS
Ss. Sd
Janary
Bank of England
Ane
Duchess OF
CampalpGs
Dover
Calais
Duke of Cambridge
Princess of Hesse
London
Cambridge-house
Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel
Aadley-street
Duke of Clarence
Cambridge House
Dublin fragment: property notice and dates unclear
A partial OCR line from a Dublin notice references property and dates but is garbled. The readable bits show a property related matter and a period, with no clear names, places, or specific actions accessible for accurate summary.
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United Kingdom
Tremain
Castlereagh
Essienna Reid
Hanlon, Wilson, Quinn, Stuart
Reid, Es. Schneschal
Sia
House of Commins
Sir John Newport
H. CaulSeld
Michael Angelo
Compostrina
Judith
Rome
Naples
Ome
Dublin
Moun
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