History of the Union and Irish politics in 1799
The piece traces the 1799 Irish Union debate, detailing public reaction to the Government’s defeat, figures like Lord Clare, Mr. Richard Martin, and Lord Castlereagh, and the quoted pledges of Pitt and Grenville for Catholic Emancipation. It weighs sincerity versus duplicity in promises, notes Galway and other county responses, and describes parliamentary maneuvering and threats of shifting venues amid fierce factionalism.
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S Union
Lord Clare
Hovae
Mr. Ponsonby
England
Ireland
Mr. Pitt
Mr. Sheridan
House of Commons
House of Lords
Lord Granville
Lord Grenville
Pitt
Lord Minto
George the 3d
Lord Castlereagh
Galway
Fern King’s County
Limerick
Monaghan
Clare
Aed
Tyrone
Cork
Lord Charlemont
Epinion
Wilful damage of property in Home Park Windsor
Windsor residents complain as a deep eight to ten foot cut across Home Park extends toward Datchet. An iron bridge spans the trench to ease royal access, but the park walkway becomes dangerous and restricted with new fencing and byelaws. Damaged fences burden contractor Faulkner. elm trees near Queen Elizabeth's walk are felled to accommodate works. Royal spectators fear loss of access to Herne's oak and the fairy dell as alterations proceed.
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Windsor
Home Park
Waterloo Gate
Frogmore Road
Datchet
Prince Albert
Maynard
Royal Domain
Waterloogate
Frogmoore Road
Datchet Mead
Faulkner
Hasham
Esher
Herne
Falstaff
Queen Elizabeth’s Walk
William III
Paris Debates Thiers Speech Chooses Naval Conduct Contrast
The Paris Chamber of Deputies debate centered on M Thiers critique of French naval actions near Montevideo. He contrasted Commodore Purvis’s promptitude with the French admiral’s inactivity amid Oribe’s harsh proclamation against Montevideo and its French troops.
Disturbances and arrests at Guildhall and Hanover Square
A mix of police and magistrate actions recounts arrests for suspected murder delusions, violent disorder at a Royal Academy ball, riotous conduct by an Irish washerwoman, a lurid bed intrusion case, a firework and varnish near miss, counterfeit coin trials, and the Queen's Bench sentencing scene linked to O Connell era conspiracies.
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Creed‘court
Marlborough Street
Royal Academy of Music
Hanover Square
Mr. Hardwick
Ibbotson’s
Ireland
Hardwick
Westminster Bridewell
Queen Square
Mary Ford
Collegewalk
Chelsea
St. George’s Terrace
Rowe
Mr. Norton
Hugh
Union. Hall
Sidney, Foster
Surrey Zoological Gardens
Zoological Gardens
Cottingham
Ronpinc
Joseph Cannon
Daniel Garrod
Guff and Brooks
L Division
Garrod
Cannon
Powell
Westminster
Crouch
Goff
The Queen v O Connell motion in arrest of judgment
The full Queen's Bench heard motion in arrest of judgment in The Queen v. O'Connell with two counsel heard for the traversers and two for the crown. The court limited addressing to common grounds and adjourned each day as proceedings continued through the week.
Judgment in Queen v O Connell sets date for traversers’ sentence
The chief justice delivered judgment on a new motion with Judges Burton Crampton and Perrin concurring. The Attorney General requested that traversers attend tomorrow to receive the court's ruling, while Moore announced a motion to arrest judgment and a notice outlining that any sentence should not commence until their writ of error is prosecuted. Thursday was fixed for the traversers to be brought up for sentence.
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Plowden
Galway
Ireland
Lord Castlereagh
House of Commons
John Parnell
Maxwell Barry
Cork
Dublin
Kingstown
Court of Queen’s Bench
Lord Cardigan
Sheil
M.P
Sheridan Knowles
Miley
W. S. O’brien
W. Blake
O'Connell
Queen's Counsels
Traversers
Court of Justice
Mr O'Connell
Mr. O'Connell
Crown
Moore
Q.C
Whiteside
Mr. Whiteside
Burton
Crampton
Perrin
Justice Burton
Legislative Union
J. O'Connell
O’connell
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Vienna
Stephen
Olga
Russia
Nicholas
Carlsbad
Dunsam
Earl of Durham
Pensher Hill
Theseus
Durham Advertiser
Junz
Londor and
Paris
Hashion
France
Chamber of Deputies
M. Thiers
Rio de la Plata
Purvis
Oribe
Monte Video
Hhis
Barbary
de Mackau
Marine
Massieu de Clerval
M. O. Barret
M. J. Laffitte
Danaé
Otaheite
M. Pritchard
M. Brunt
Jacques Larroise
Pere la Chaise
Paris- Bourse
Orleans
Rouen
Havre
Avignon
Strasburg
Versailles
Spain
Madrid
Valencia
Barcelona
Switzerland
Berne
Vaud
Valais
Basle
M. de Pontois
Presse
St. Maurice
Journal de Geneve
L'Aigle
Portsmouth
Marshal Soult
Paria
Queen Dowacherr
Continent
Germany
Black Eagle
S. B. Cook
Woolwich
Antwerp
Greenhithe
Johnson
Duchess of Kent
Elfenau
Julienne
Constantine
James Graham
Lord Howe
Lee
G. P. White
Assoc
H. M. Dockyard
B. Snow
London
Eastern Counties Railway
W. Evil
C. E. Linnean Society
Society of Arts
Royal Society
Zoological Society
Society of Antiquaries
Botanical Society
Royel Institution
Professor Faraday
St. Mary’s Church
Newington
New Zealand Company
Broad-street
Mangles
Nairne
J. Pirie
George Lyall
Carter
Waterloo‘road
Edward Norris
Cornwall Road
Newgate
Lyons
Lovemore-Gardens
S. Law and Police
Mr. Tierney
Daniel O'Connell
O'Hagan
O'Loghlen
C. O'Loghlen
M‘donough
Mc Donough
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