East India House imports and diremptions and reform talk
News item surveys arrivals of three more East Indiamen expected homeward, the India House court of directors meeting, subsidies and warrants granted to the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel and Duval and Co, price cuts on saltpetre, theatre building, and various political and social curiosities including remarks on Birmingham tumult, Chartist rhetoric, and Swiss Jacobin influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East India House
Portssmouth
Scilly
India House
Heffe Caffel
Messrs. Duval and Co
Inpta
Drury Lane Theatre
Duke of Beprorp
Shermpayn
Ligier
Lord Campin
Brest
Lord Campen
Lord Fitzcerarp
Breward Perryy
Warwick Grand Jury
Birmingham
House of Commons
Countess de la Motte
Astley
Wiresrox
Knavesmire
Earl Fitzwittram
Bread Prices Spark Riots Across Paris Districts
In Paris August 38 disturbances erupted in the Fauxbourgs Montidrire St Antoine and St Marceau over rising bread prices. Hand-bills threatened bakers raising loaf prices beyond four pounds. Municipal paper promised no fixed bread costs until harvest, noting crops are below expectations in several provinces.
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Fauxbourgs
Montidrire
St. Antoine
St. Marceau
France
Palais Royal
Cryer
Loouts XVI
Big Bens
Tinmany
Rufians
Paris
Foreign policy and Birmingham riot trial notes in Britain
The piece surveys European tensions as monarchies seek a united front against revolutionary France with Spain suspected of hostile moves. It then details Arwick Assizes Birmingham riots trials, including the case of Francis Field for fire-raising at Mr Taylor's home and William Rice linked to the destruction of Hutton's house, with juries returning guilty verdicts in separate indictments.
Riot indictment and acquittal over Hutton house attack
In Warwickshire, Robert Whitehead of Afton faced an indictment for rioting with 20 or more to pull down William Hutton's dwelling on July 16. Four prosecution witnesses testified to his violent acts, while a prisoner witness claimed he attempted to protect the property. The jury acquitted the prisoner, surprising some, with Crown counsel listed as Newnham, Coke, Sutton, and Perceval. defense by Clarke and Willis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kine v. Field
Arton
Francis Field
Rodney
Birmingham
Warwick
John Taylor
Percival
Newnham
Joan Tarzier
Bordsey Hell
Taylor
Huzzarnc
Becaule
Bardsley Hall
Tie
Bari
Guiry
Wiliame Rice
Aiton
George III
William Rice
Wiliam Hutton
Perceval
Nearrhant
Hutton
Robert
Afton
William Hutton
Newax
Mr. Hutton
Garrick
King Lear
Premisses
Coke
Sutton
Clarke
Willis
Rioters Indicted Over Afton Demolition Attempt
On August 24 John Green John Clifton and Bartholomew Fifer of Afton near Birmingham in Warwickshire were indicted with William Jones and fifty or more unnamed co conspirators for assembling on July 1 and feloniously pulling down the dwelling house of Doctor of Laws Joseph Prieffley. Pleaded not guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Green
John Clifton
Bartholomew Fifer
Afton
Birmingham
Warwick
Wiliam Jones
Joseph Prieffley
Coxs
Norfolk
Fr. Newnham
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Lon
Robert Qosnorne
Hull
Beverley
R. Beatniffe
Helvit
Secretary of State
Pall Mall
Holland
Geneva
Lydd
Kent
South Seas
Pryrouse
English East India Company
Botany Bay
America
Switzerland
Berne
Jacobin Club
National Assembly
St. Genevieve
Pantheon
Havre
Farge
Bergerac
Departesar
M. Boune Lavardin
Orleans
Europe
Count de Mercy
Spain
Tussay
Sir Richard Perryn
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