Trial by Jury and Irish Reform Sparks at London Meeting
An Irish reform gathering in London denounces the Coercion Bill and calls for trial by jury protections. Speakers urge political unity, warn of abuses under Whigs and Tories, and praise liberty, press freedom, and frank parliamentary reform.
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Mr. Hume
O’connell
Reseen
Whigs
House of Commons
Mr.Hume
Ireland
India
Wellington
Despste
Carpae
Hoffman
Britain
Major Cartwright
America
England
Murphy
Marylebone
Falkirk
Gillon
M.P
Cotland
Scotland
Bank
East India
Rogers
Atlantic
Nicholson Praid
London
Times
Chronicle
Brougham
Gilchrist
Cartwright Club
Cobbett
Anti Slavery Meeting Debates Slave Policy
Debates unfold on a May assembly agenda with Joseph Liggins representing 3,000 enslaved people and Weymouth member Tshon opposing on grounds the bill fails to compensate slaves. Others question the bill's impact and the fate of West Indies labor, amid calls to limit or oppose emancipation measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Liggins
Tshon
Weymouth
Stephen
West Indies
Liggins
Emancipation and the West Indies Debate in Parliament
A heated debate unfolds over emancipation and the proposed twenty million pound package for the West Indies. O Connell denounces slavery, questions ministerial honesty, and argues for immediate universal liberty rather than paid bondage through apprenticeship. He warns against large debts and urges a principled, noncompromising path to freedom, while opponents push for a bill tied to compensation.
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Mr. O'Connell
Liggins
The
Christ
Mr. Liggins
Old Bailey
House At Commons
BecHte
England
O’connel
John Bull
House of Commons
Kington
Dublin
Emancipation Debate At Public Meeting In Britain
A London meeting debated slave emancipation and West Indian policy. Resolutions urged immediate emancipation linked to debt repayment, opposed protracted emancipation, and called for abolition of bounties on West Indian produce. Delegates were asked to monitor Parliament and push for remission of a twenty million debt.
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Strickland
Yorkshire
Poulter
M.P
Evans
M.V
Buckingham
Marryatt
R.N
London
House of Commons
Thomson
General Daniel O Connell dies in Meudon at ninety during French service
General Daniel Count O Connell knight grand cross of the Holy Ghost and colonel of the late Irish Brigade in British service died at Meudon near Blois France on the 9th inst at age ninety. Born Kerry August 1743 he entered French service 1757 as second lieutenant and rose to inspector general of infantry and general officer before joining Louis XVI near Coblenz. He advised against the Gibraltar attack, led a German regiment, and helped reform French discipline. He declined revolutionary commands, stayed loyal to the Bourbons, and later returned to France after the 1792 campaign. The fate of the Irish brigades is noted with sorrow amid political upheaval.
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Meudon
Blois
France
Daniel Count O'Connell
Order of the Holy Ghost
O'Connell
Dublin
Daniel O’connell
Earl of Clare
Darrinane
Kerry
Germany
Corps du Genie
Port Mahon
Minorca
Royal Swedes
Gibraltar
Corps of Engineers
Elliott
Prince of Salm-Salm
Alsace
Salm-Sailm
Count O'Connell
Europe
Dumourier
Carnot
Louis XVI
Coblentz
Duke of Brunswick
Hussara de Berching
Nova Scotia
West Indies
Cremona
Fountainwoy
Notable French Soldier Dies After Long Life of Service
A long obituary records the life of a man entangled with Napoleonic and Bourbon eras. He endured a French prison during the Consulate, regained rank under the Bourbons, then lost pay after 1830 for not swearing loyalty to Louis Philippe. He retired at Meudon, spoke many languages, valued Gaelic, and supported the poor. He died a devout Catholic, surrounded by kin and friends. Requiescat in pace.
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France
Napoleon
Great Britain
Louis Philip
Meudon
Blois
Loire
Paris News and London Whig Critique Chronicle
The French papers note Paris quiet for fete preparations and government pauses on fort works, with doubts about disorder at the upcoming review. Lisbon and London views dominate foreign dispatches, cholera fears rise in American cities, while Whig-Chronicle rhetoric condemns Toryism and defends party order amid political panic.
Peninsula affairs and European dispatches from Ostend to Madrid
A summary of early 1833 reporting notes rising venue earnings, Belgian Dutch talks on Maastricht communications, arrivals of Lord Durwan at Ostend and Lord Minto at Liège, plus Vienna letter dated July 9 describing Spanish courier to Madrid, Prague and Belgium negotiations, and brisk exchange of couriers. Bank shares and bond quotes accompany the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Maastricht
Lord Durwan
Ostend
Lord Minto
Prussia
Liege
Vienna
Madrid
Belgium
Abolition Debate and Whig Opposition Rise in Lords
A reforming measure to abolish colonial slavery faces a second reading in the Lords amid fierce Whig opposition. The piece condemns Whig imbecility and insists the planters’ claims are false while urging unity to end slavery and curb aristocratic profits. It cites OConnell and abolitionists planning to oppose the motion and rails against ministerial deceit and coercion.
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West- Indies
Bumbs
Althou
Q'Connect
O’connell
Seward
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Sateen
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Brroden
Guernsey
Jersey
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Halifax
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Crue
Paris
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House of Lords
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Portugal
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New York
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Boston
New Orleans
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Salem
Brussels
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Earl Grey
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the Chronicle
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