Slave trade farce described in 1848 interview with Obi
An 1848 account recounts a mock treaty scene where Obi, playing king, and commissioners discuss freeing slaves and banning slave trading. The exchange shows evasions, misreadings, and suspicions about coercion and bribery as Wright and Bedford dramatize the dialogue, prompting readers to question the foolish scene.
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Themeelvee
Obi
England
Wright
King Obi
Paul Bedford
Seizure of gunpowder bound for Ireland on Emerald Isle
A London bound vessel the Emerald Isle capt Buck was seized at the Sound after papered cargo barrels revealed gunpowder intended for Ireland for insurgent use. The ship and crew are under authorities awaiting Admiralty directions. Additional reports note a Chartist meeting at Webber Street with sedition charges against Maxwell Bryson and G. Shell and bail set.
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Purmoure
Stonehouse
Emerald Isle
Buck
London
Teland
Yarmouth
Coast Service
Dublin
Res
Ireland
Admiralty
James Maxwell Bryson
Bow Street
Webber Street
Blackfriars
Hayward
Treasury
Priscver
Frederick Bond Hughes
Rooney
Lambeth
Chantanle
Central Criminal Court
G. Shell
W. Counsel
Laura
England
Report on Paris May Insurrection Figures in Inquiry
Paris reports detail the Committee of Inquiry on May and June disorders. Ledru Rollin, Louis Blanc, Caussidiere implicated in attacks on the Assembly and insurrection. While May aimed at the National Assembly, June carried a socialist and communist cast with acts by workers at national workshops. Debated by the Assembly with a postponement for printed evidence. Reports also note Italian events and emigration trends to Australia and New Zealand with Brighton races taking place.
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Paris
National Assembly
Committee of Inquiry
Lmat
Assembly
Europe
Mivnote
National Assembly of France
M. Ledra Rotlia
Apd
Vere
Calamaisa
M. Ledru Rollin
M. Louis Blanc
M. Caussiaiére
MM. Ledru Rollin
M.de Lamartine
Minister of the Interior
Department of the North
Everts
Jane
Georges Sand
Luxembourg
Hotel de Ville
M. Caussidiere
Avidente
M. Proudhon
M. Ledru Robin
M. Lonie Blanc
M. Canssidi
Express
Paris Fetter
Funda
Borneo
Italy
Charles Albert
France
Great Britain
Cavaignac
Milan
Magnan
St. Maur
Lyons
Chengarnier
Bien Public
M. Lamartine
Generale Sobervie
Bareguey d'Iiliers
Messrs
Mortemart
Guichard
M. Lamertine
Changarnier
Committee of
Tue Veuxon Corgerion
Asp Tak Nationan Gataray
Vernon
National Gallery
Trafalgar Square
Taddeo Gaddi
Axoruzr
Saramaxer
Lambeth
Thuredsy
Emma Mounser
Wen
Norton
Moses
Wade
Mr. Norton
Messie
Moses and Sons
Mesara
Auch Byainese
Mosars
Sons
Mossie
Sona
Messara
Piercy and
Hancock
Wapping
St. George's
Mackay
Osrataixo Moxzy Py Fricp Yeom Ras Roya
Fawizr
Marlborough Street
Johnson
Hornford
Duke of Cambridge
Duchess of Kent
Bingham
House of Correction
Charles Smith
Henry Moux
Wan
Prince Albert
Satroz
Ireland
Rebellion fears in Ireland and arrests rise in Cork and elsewhere
Reports from Callan, Ballingarry and surrounding towns describe a tense crackdown as police and troops encamp near rebel strongholds. General Macdonald probes Smith O'Brien's routes while Captain Fitzmaurice and Mr Jobo Going pursue arrests of shelterers and conspirators. Public fear grows as deterrent measures spread through counties and city streets.
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Grm
Lord Clarendon
Ireland
Meeers
O'Brien
Meagher
Dillon
Doheny
Smith O'Brien
Kilcooley
Coghlan
Slievenamon
Coaligan
Costigan
Forester
Fitzmaurice
Jobo
Ballingarry
Boulagh Common
Fair Green
Nowber
Killspaule
New Birmingham
Littleton
Tortulla
Callan
Thurles
Texdera
Macdonald
William Smith O’brien
O'Briee
Trish
Manchester
Surrey Sessions Immaculate Verdict in Post Office Case
Yesterday's adjourned sessions heard Mary Green indicted for stealing a purse from John Rock, with testimonies from Mrs Smith and Ann Smith amid cross examinations. The jury acquitted after defense argued prosecutor's conduct tainted evidence. Additional Nautical and court notes follow with local proceedings in Clerkenwell and Worship Street.
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Surrey
Hussans
Mary Green
John Rock
Charnock
Lilles
General Post Office
Westminster Road
Sorith
Smitha
Mra
Guildhall
Hogis Sreario
Sixauran Cass
Charles Thomas
Alderman Lawrence
James Glibbery
Golden Lane
St. Luke's
Smithfield
Southampton
Glibbery
Haying
Coombe
Clerkenwell
Vorzas
Thomas Rothwell
Henry Street
Bedford
Copcombe
Francia Rose Callan
Arnold
James Cranfield
Willan
Stoke Newington
London
Barrett Grove
Southwark
Cuanag
John Shaw
Cornwall Road
Lambeth
Elizabeth Bright
Felice Constable
Nottingham
Woodhouss
Lambeth Church
Mary Ann Read
Tia
Hiss
Alrolar
Emma Tyler
Ibor
Eaton Place
Kent Street
Secker
Committals and Probing Pursuit in Keeper Mountains
Twenty Tippearary prisoners arrived at Kilraninchem after arrests in Ballingarry for rebellion as authorities widen warrants and mount a large police pursuit toward the Keeper mountains. Meagher,O'Brien and Doheny are said to be in pursuit with 1,100 constabulary mobilized.
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Messrs
Smith O'Brien
Doheny
Meagher
Keeper Mountains
Tipperary
Lord Hardinge
Dublin
Ballingaurry
Ballingarry
M'Donald
Thurles
Cashel
Standard
Dusfix
As Express
Nenagh
Thomas F. Meagher
Liverpool
Persen
Keeper Monoteins
Lalor
America
Waterford unrest noted on Victory voyage report
From Waterford a report aboard the Victory notes quiet overall yet persistent rebel sentiment among peasants. Several gentlemen confirm unrest with 40 to 50 families leaving Waterford and about 150 servants out of work due to the rebellion, reflecting widespread disruption.
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Baistol
Mizgern Orricz
Stacey
Waterford
Kingroad
Meagher
Eye Witness Myriad Accounts From Revolt Barricades
A narrator recalls how eye witness testimony can blend hearsay with fact amid a brutal barricade fight. A bartender’s vivid but partial account illustrates how personal experience can be shaped by fear, proximity, and selective memory during the June rebellion siege.
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Roca
Bia
Ac Pachling
National Guards
Tteir
Rabollet
Porte St Denia
Ives
Tortoni's
The
Democratic Pacifique
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