Prince and captors in Bahia escape by Napoleon name
The scene describes a brutal arrest in a shadowed glade as mulattoes seize a prince then escort him toward a firing line. The prince asserts his royal lineage, cries out that they are going to St Helena for Napoleon, prompting a dramatic shift as the captors respond with reverence and release.
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Nee
Don Baltazar
Baltazar
Tam
den Baltazar Gestiou
Bahia
Jaling
St. Helena
Napoleon
Yen
Fraudulent Picture Dealers And A Mad Poet
The article exposes frauds by picture dealers including forged works and a high priced imitation by a painter tied to a religious congregation. It recounts Wilkie's circle anecdotes with Peter Coxe and a dramatic anecdote of George Frederick Cooke, highlighting bravado and bravado against moral scrutiny. It also covers parliamentary debates on commerce, finance, and distress, noting petitions about corn laws and poverty, and remarks on prison discipline and navy manning.
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Whitfield's
Tottenham Court Road
Uncalus
Lalvoring
Northcote
Wilkie
Peter Coxe
Anchdeavon
Wiltshire
Coxe
Cis
Philimore-place
Willie
Reading
House of Commons Monday Debates on Finances and Writs
The house saw oaths taken by Lords Eliot and Granville Somerset and others. A new writ was ordered for Hereford to replace Henry Hobhouse who joined Chiltern Hundreds. Sugar and coffee duties discussed. Population Payments Bill advanced. Ways and Means debated with a plan to raise 2,467,482 pounds including interest on exchequer bills. Proposals to fund the deficit via exchequer bills or stock, plus a longer-term revenue review, were presented and debated by Baring, Peel, and others.
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House OF Commons
Lord Stanley
North Lancashire
Capt. Gordon
Aberdeenshire
Mr. Pringle
Selkirk
Chester
Brighton
Manchester
Nottingham
Inglis
Lords of the Treasury
John Joseph Stockdale
Geo. W. Buller
Doctors Commons
Shrewsbury
Stafford
T Fremantl
East Retford
A. Duncombe
Royal Gardens
Vernon Harcourt
Foreign Department
V. Harcourt
Foreign Office
St St. Petersburgh
W. Harcourt
Manning
Royal Navy
Bergerey
Admiralty
Board of Admiralty
Sidney Herpeert
Frogmore Lodge
Sismuorp
J. Ewart
Wixtey
Ewart
Mr. W
R. Peel
Court of Chancery
J. East Hope
Greenes
Watson
Mr. Watson
Equity
Court of Appeal
House of Lords
Scarlett
Warp
Horsham
Lord Abinger
Treasury
F. Pentock
Hawes
Exchequer
G.grey
Wanp
Lord Palmerston
Sheffield
Coancelor
Committee of Supply
Paraick Srewakt
Rotire
Revont
Paisley
County of Renfrew
Lord Eliot
Granville Somerset
William Rae
H. M. Tuite
Westmeath
City of
Hereford
Henry W. Hobhouse
Dudley
Barnstaple
R. Ewart
Ways and Means
Greene
Cuancenton
Wbite
Monteagle
Lord Monteagle
Baring
Whitehall
F. Barrie
Peclawas
Utleman
Lord John Russell
W. Witttans
Williams
Bownine
Excise
Sisthorp
Colonel Sibthorp
Baronet
Stockport
Bolton
Bury
Oldham
Staley Bridge
Rochdale
Wigan
Robert Pexx
Coventry
Duke of Wellington
Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel
Poor Law Commissioners
Hear
Lord Patmeniston
Frewen
Lancashire
C. Woop
Bazixe
J. Gnanas
S. Worley
Yorke
W. Smits
Yorkshire
J. Graham
R. Peex
J. Russell
Jervis
Paxthoton
Her
Burzer
Pea Colonel Woon
Hopgson Hinve
Debate on Poor-law Bill Ends With Narrow Amendment Defeat
In a heated session the House split 36 to 187 with the amendment defeated. Speakers included Sir H Fleetwood and Lord Sandon as the York proposal was opposed. After debate, Sir J Grawvat moved to committee on Tuesday, and the Extension Laws Bill advanced in committee. The house adjourned just before one.
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Tné
Hear
Rte R. Peel
Ireland
Scotland
Mirxie Gisson
Manchester
London
Leeds
Liverpool
Baronet
Robert Peel
Melbourne
Duke of Buckingham
Parker
R. Prez
Hon
Marx Purtzirs
Leicester
Vittiers
Cospen
Lord Stanley
Mr. Cobden
Thornely
R Brootherton
Aglioney
Carlisle
Bororro
Charles Napier
Board of Ordnance
Warner
York
H. Fleetwood
Grimeditch
Lord Sandon
J. Grawvat
House
Administration of Justice Bill and Poor Law Controversy
Debates on the Administration of Justice No. 2 Bill include reflections on past cases of appointments and abolition efforts, with critics arguing for or against compensation and the proper handling of offices. The Poor Law Commission Continuance Bill prompts sharp exchanges over unions, relief payments, and calls for reform, highlighting tensions between manufacturers, the aristocracy, and the vulnerable poor.
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Great Port
Land Street
George Morland
Mr. Ackermann
Strand
Ackermann
Phillimore-place
Kensington
S. F. Cooke
Cooke
Coke
Jove
Isle
George Frederick Cooke
Elpomene
Penge
Dtsdain
Tracincs
Darton and Clark
Imperial Parliament
Broveham
Iddlesex
Bucks
Herts
Berks
Middlesex
Vizard
Lord Caupses
Villiers
Committee of Ways and Means
Administration OF Justice
Gorse Creek
M. Brougham
Ripon
Sovintaene
Wm. Brougham
Lord Eldon
the Han
Exeneover
Lord Brougham
Evant
W. Brougham
Brougham
Pesserton
Mr. Brougham
J. F. T. Barrie
James Graham
C. Narier
Navy Board
F. Seymour
Brazils
Admiral Ross
South Americas
Hornby
Woolwich
C. Woon
Otway Cave
Grove
Greenwich
James Granam
Poor-Law Commission
S. Crawtorp
Committee On the Poor-law Commission
St. Will
Ferrari
Halifax
Ferrand
Farrand
James Granas
Mark Puitlis
Mie Waxter
Duchy of Lancaster
Huntingdon
Flacin
Somerset-house
Han
Bath
Home Department
Elizabeth
Baronet Hed
Poor Law Court
Commons
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