Ireland in 1780s Politics and the Grattan influence
The article traces Ireland's push for equality within the Union, detailing Grattan and his allies as they mobilize the Volunteers against a corrupt administration. It documents Buckingham and Townshend’s pension-driven patronage, the Irish Mutiny Bill episode, and rising Dublin Volunteer power threatening imperial control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Grettan
Ireland
Great Britain
Fortunatus
Mr. Grattan
Marquis of Townshend
Nhy
Buckingham
Lord Townshend
Grattan
Lords
Commons
Robert Deane
Armor Lowry Corry
Tyrone
Lord Lifford
Erne
Bangor
Robert Sibthorp
Allant
Bogle Roche
Jebb
Church
Ar. Ward
Lyndhut
Marquis of
Lord Rawilliam
Luther
Lord Charlemont
Lord North
Council
Lord Hillsborough
Earl of Buckingham
Burke
Bristol
Volunteers of
Dublin
Conolly
House of Commons
Lord Carlisle
Mr. Eden
King William
College Green
America
Newry
Fox
Duke of Portland
Court and Fashion at Frogmore Gardens Visit
The Queen and Prince Albert toured the Slopes and Frogmore gardens content to stroll unseen by workers. Grand Duke Michael visited London sights while Russian embassy entertainments and Windsor projects occupied royal attention. Kensiveton Gardens plans expand beds and island features to enhance the Serpentine scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal
Prince Albert
Royal Household
Royal Gardens
Frogmore
the Duchess of Kent
Frogmore-house
Prince Consort
Fort Grey
Earl Grey
Ferwick
Grand Duke Wizhzel
Buckingham Palace
Bank of England
Tower
Thames Tunnel
Grand Duke
Welbeck Street
Sir Robert Peel
Whitehall Gardens
Regent’s Park
Woolwich
College of Cadets
Lord Bloomfield
Arsenal
Windsor
Castle
Michael
St. George's Chapel
Order of the Garter
Royal Chapel
Scotland
Windsor Castle
Prince's Harriers
Royal Buckhounds
Serpentine
Dreadful Fire in Leicester Square Ends in Tragedy
A major fire at Noah's Ark boot and shoe warehouse No 36 Saint Martin's Court Leicester Square destroyed the building and part of adjacent homes. Three people died Mrs Pollock and her two children. a boy Frederick Warren was severely injured. Firefighters battled the blaze from 2:15 a.m. until five o'clock, with extensive property loss estimated at at least £5,000 across eight houses. The origin is suspected in a kitchen flue ignition after a damp, smoky night.
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Topping’s Wharf
Fetterlane
Smith
J. Labram
Saint Martin's Court
Leicester Square
Chandos Street
New River Company
Braidwood
Carter
Connerton
St. Martin’s-lane
St. Martin's-lane
West of England
St. Martin’s Lane
Pollock
Frederick Warren
Charing-cross Hospital
Avery
Golding
Labram
King
Mr. Batsford
Emma Pollock
John
Alexander
St. Martin’s Court
Westminster
Pollock, Lodger, Furniture Entirely Destroyed. Not Insured. Mrs. Pollock
Mr. King
J. Batsford
Atlas
F. Dalton
Charles Lofting
Rebecc a tollgate incident at Ponteland
The Tyne Mercury reports that last Saturday a turnpike gate at Ponteland was forcibly broken by a group after toll denial. Gatekeeper refused passage to a party without toll, who then dismantled the gate and proceeded. The paper says the act seems not to stem from an organized party but protest of toll legality.
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Rebecca
Northumberland
Ponteland
Tyne Mercury
Obnoxious duties and a piracy of tea on the coast
Mona's Herald reports the 24 percent import tariff as ruinous to the island noting a Dover entry fee of 75 pounds on two pictures of Adam and Eve and-questionable refunds. The Reliance wreck case details tea salvaged from the French coast sold cheaply abroad. authorities uncover black tea turned green with copperas and white lead, leading to seizures and exposure of a warehouse fraud.
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Douglas
Commissioners of Customs
Mona’s Herald
Reliance
Paris
D.C
É&C
Chekiang
Canton
C. Wtetewee
E &c
Ad Valorem
Cornelians
Gambier TR
Benjamin Tee
Extraordinary Lunacy Inquiry of Mrs. Harriott Alten at Red Lion Square
A commission in lunacy convened at the Sheriffs Court Red Lion square before Francis Barlow to determine the state of mind of Mrs. Harriott Alten widow of a Jamaican planter. The panel included 19 freeholders with R Carpenter as foreman. Alten contested the charge, defending her rationality while witnesses described delusions involving paradise, angels, and a lover in Paradise. The jury found Alten of unsound mind and incapable of managing her affairs from January 2 1843.
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Sheriffs’ Court
Red Lion Square
Francis Barlow
R. Carpenter
Harriott Alten
High-street
Camden-town
Earl’s Court House
Brompton
Bagshawe
Ball
Robert Hawthorn
Swaffham Priory
Newmarket
R. D. S. Todd
Rochford Villa
Regent's Park
Mr. Bagshawe
England
Mrs. Alten
Swafham Priory
Cambridge
Regent’s Park
Ulten Stuart
Thomas Stuart
Alten
Scotland
Paradise
Easson
Miss.e
Duncan
William
Jamaica
Todd
James Alten Easson
Bloomsbury-square
Dr. Holland
Isome
Duke of Argyll
Treaty details and trade regulations reach Canton from Hong Kong
The Oriental steamer delivers Captain Malcolm and ratifications of the China treaty exchanged at Hong Kong. Proclamations outline new trade tariffs, port openings at Canton and four other ports, duties, warehousing concerns, and opium policy amid British and Chinese officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malta
Alexandria
Malcolm
Hong Kong
Oriental
England
Singapore Free Press Extra
H.C
Axbar
Pepper
Legation
Aden
China
Whampoa
Dido
Keppel
Canton
Howgun
Aldrich
Victoria
Lord Aberdeen
H. Pottinger
Sir Henry Pottinger
G.C.B
Board of Revenue
Fuchow
Amoy
Ningpo
Shanghai
Heaven
J. Rony
Mon. Rison
Henry Pottinger
Bart
Imperial Commissioners
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