A King's Son and a Slave’s Tale of Courage and Tattoo
The narrator recalls a slave from St. Domingo who bought him and others, a Coromantee Abruchi slave who killed himself after threats, and the Ethiopians’ royal symbolism. The account reflects on honesty, social tensions, and personal integrity amid colonial slavery.
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Brown
Gabriel Ambrouelle Douselle
St. Domingo
Peace Meeting at Bath Supports Peace Congress
A crowded public meeting at the Guildhall Bath endorsed the Peace Congress and pledged aid through the press youth instruction and other opportunities. The resolutions passed unanimously with cheers and thanks to the chairman.
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Bath
Guildhall
Peace Society
Brabant Pee
J. Cotterell
Peace Congress
E. Saunders
Alderman Hancock
8. Bowley
Lectures on the Cotton Trade and Manufactures Hold at Whittington Club
A second lecture on the cotton trade and manufactures drew a larger audience at the Whittington Club. Mr Warren demonstrated machinery from carding to mule spinning, traced India’s role, and outlined 18th century gains in steam power, canals, and road improvements boosting exports and wages.
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Whittington Club
British
India
Warren
Williamson
Eastndia Company
Herodotus
Marco Polo
Kay
Bury
Paul
Wyatt
Hargreaves
Roberts
Richard Arkwright
Messrs. Mead and Strutt
Derby
Nottingham
Manchester
Liverpool
Glasgow
Mr. Warren
Ile
Game Laws case at Salisbury sees Beaumont fined
George Beaumont a 31 year old labourer of Downton was fined 4 pounds for trespass by entering land in September while pursuing game on land in Lord Folkestone’s occupation. He was convicted in absence. funds were sent by Mr Collett and Beaumont is now at large. Protectionism and universal suffrage noted with mention of Duke of Buckingham and Disraeli backing reform.
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George Beaumont
Downton
Salisbury
William Street
John Collett
Beaumont
Duke of Buckingham
Benjamin Disraeli
Dispatch
Extraordinary Clairvoyance Case in Bank Loss Recovery
A Bolton firm seeks £650 after Bank of England notes and a bill vanished from their cash books. A clairvoyant advised a bank search, guiding Mr. Lomax to reveal a red pocket-book. The bank later rechecked and found no direct entry, while the clairvoyant urged renewed inquiry.
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Messrs. P. R. Arrowsmith and Co
Bradford
Yorkshire
Bank of England
Arrowsmith
William Lomax
Bolton
Lomax
Wood
Mr. Lomax
Mr. Haddock
Mr. Arrowsmith
Deansgate
Arrowsmith, Mr. Makant
Mr. Jones
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