General Catholic Meeting Opens for Petition to Lords
A large General Meeting of Catholic peers and gentlemen met at a reformers’ Hall to consider petitioning the House of Lords against the Irish coercion bill. Lord Stourton led, with O Connell and others present, urging liberal civil and religious rights and unity with Protestant allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reemacons
House of Lords
House of Commons
Ireland
England
Duke of Norfolk
Earl Marshal
O'Connell
Europe
Austria
Prussia
Hanover
Bavaria
France
United States of America
Cogent
Vienna
Henry the Fourth
Earl of
Nastes
Louis the
Lord Killeen
Catholic Association
Great Britain
Preston
Thomas Esmonde, Bart
Lord Duke
John Davis
Limerick
William ‘Uompeon
Thompson
Timothy O- Driscoll
O'Driscoll
Ian Fier
Ireland’s long wars and a treaty betrayed in history
The speaker recalls 1512 confiscations, Protestant oppression, and Catholic endurance through Tudor and Stuart reigns. He notes Mary’s persecutions, Cromwellian conquest, and William of Orange restoring terms with Limerick. The treaty’s betrayal by English power frames a plea for honoring fidelity and conscience in Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben MM Hibernicus
John Davis
O' Driscoll
Ireland
Henry
Elizabeth
Plunketts
Degsmonds
Mary
Henry Parnell
Fitzgerald
O'Neil
Clauda
Lord
Gideon
Duke of York
James II
Athlone
Aughrim
Limerick
William
Lierick
Cape Clear
Stephen Rice
England
Duke of Marlborough
Catholic Association Roots in Irish Strife and Brunswicks
The speaker denounces penal codes described as blood letters, notes England’s role in shaping Ireland’s bondage, and recalls phases of Brunswick rule. He forgives England yet cites repeated fetters on Ireland, from Goulburn to George III, as Catholic prospects arose under a new era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gattan
Monterquiou
England
House of Brunswick
Ireland
Catholica
George
Ireland and Catholic Committee in British Struggle Context
The speech recalls the Catholic Committee’s attempt to petition George III and its misprision of treason charge. It frames Ireland’s posture from 1778 to 1793, praising Catholic concessions, volunteer forces, and naval support, while contrasting Irish and American struggles, and condemning Orange factionalism as fueling the Union tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Pittone
Dublin
Holy Alliance
House of Commons
George II
America
France
la Fayette
Norwich
Derry
Earl of Bristol
House of Lords
Ireland
England
Cape Clear
Giants Causeway
Europe
Holland
Spain
Netherlands
George the Third
Orangemen
Lever and drawing room notices from Dublin Castle
The office of the Chamberlain in Dublin Castle announces a lever at the Castle on March 17 at two o clock and drawing room events on March 3 and March 10 at nine o clock. Attendees should bring two cards with their name and residence to avoid errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin Castle
Castle
Prigoy
Disjointed London Market and Irish Emancipation Petition
Reports from London note Mr Canning improving, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer meeting him at the Foreign Office. Tomorrow Sir Francis Burdett will present the Irish Catholic Emancipation petition, a bulky document debated at the commons, while grain prices rise and trade shows brisk demand for wheat barley oats and peas with various advances across commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr Canning
Mr. Canning
Foreign Ofte
F. Burdett
Ireland
Commons
Mercantile Focus Boosts Colonial Produce Prices
A fortnight after mercantile interest returns to colonial and other produce prices, a sharp rise has occurred and trading has been extensive.
London Batubeday Afternoon Market Notes
London batubeday afternoon markets report brisk buying in Brandies Ruin Cotton Sugars and Spices. Rum up two pence per gallon under proofs Leeward Island Ruin sells at 2s 4d per gallon Brandy up four cents per gallon Cognac 1s 9d to 4s Cotton in high demand and up per pound Sugars up 2s except Muscovados Brokers closed Showrooms Pimento mace tallow ashore rise in price across multiple items with Jamaica logwood and other goods noted as higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Leeward Island
Ruin
Jamaica
National Congress of the Rio de la Plata reports mixed participation
Reports from Buenos Ayres papers dated December 23 describe the National Congress of the Rio de la Plata with some deputies declining to send representatives and tensions evident toward Buenos Ayres. Peruvian dispatches are unclear about hostile armies and outcomes, contradicted by Lima intelligence, cautioning readers against sensational rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
M Place
Rio de la Plata
Peru
Lima
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General Catholic Meeting
Grand Canal
Royal Canal
National Insurance
Royal Irish
Patrick
Shamrock
Dublin Gas
Hibernian
Wish Provincial Bank
Dublin Journal Office
London Mail
Paris
Rothschild
Lennon
Fes
Poland
Toe, Thi
Fou
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