Strife in Jamaica Assembly over retrenchment and taxes
A Jamaica letter details a bitter clash between the Assembly and the Council over a retrenchment bill and tax cuts. It describes military intervention, ministerial resignations, and declining wages while noting missionary funding, crop prospects, and the flogging trials of Lowndes and Garrigues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Honourable House
Her Majesty
S Customs
C. Grey
Charles
Lillie
Jon
Punch
House of Assembly
Friends of Missions
St. Thomas-in-the- Vale
Messenger
Trelawney
Messrs. Lowndes and Garrigues
Appalling Occurrence at Miss Manns Liburna House
Three maids Eliza Tidd Fanny Carter and Elizabeth Griffith died in a small ill ventilated room from poisonous charcoal fumes used in a portable stove. A fourth Annette Peyke lay in a state of insensibility. Inquest found deaths caused by prepared fuel fraud but absolved Miss Mann. Nearby Wenster parish constable attempted self harm via gunpowder incident. Danish War cargos crowd roads with German vessels seeking refuge amid renewed hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss C. Mann
Liburna House
St. John'swood
Eliza Tidd
Fanny Carter
Elizabeth Griffith
Annette Peyke
Elizabeth Pritchett
Eliza Griffiths
Frances Carter
Carman’s
Cowes Roads
Denmark
Germany
Fraternal visit and French English ties in Paris
Boulogne papers recount arrival of the International English and French Association en route to Paris with a fraternal welcome. Triumphal arches greet visitors, Queen of the French hosts English party, and officials discuss fostering Franco English relations. Elections in Paris loom as Guizots Calvados return and Thiers makes peace with the Church. Deaths in the National Assembly noted amid cholera and hospital totals.
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Boulogne
Paris
National Guards
London
England
France
Lord Brougham
Bovaroent
Lloyd
Nind
Lord Normanby
Seine
M. Guizot
Calvados
Poitiers Club
M. Thiers
Count de Montalembert
Committee of Religious Freedom
M. Montalembert
Electoral Committee of Religious Liberty
Rue de Poitiers
National Assembly
Abbé Fayet
Orleans
MM. Ballot
Coulmann
M. Dosne
Salpetriere
Cuzar Turners
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