Newspaper extracts and reports, 10 and 15 May 1838
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 444 Vol. 17, p. 146
Comprises:
- Globe; report of the speech Buxton delivered at a meeting of the London City Mission the previous day when he acted as chairman, 15 May 1838
- report of news from the West Indies to 24 Apr, about the feeling against Lord Brougham in Jamaica on the apprenticeship question, the report that Sir Lionel Smith would shortly resign from the Governorship of Jamaica, and the speech of the new Governor of British Guiana (Guyana) at the opening of the Legislative Assembly, n.d.
- report of a meeting held at the City of London Tavern the previous day, with Samuel Gurney in the chair, at which petitions to be presented to both Houses of Parliament were read, 10 May 1838
- announcement quoted from the Leeds Mercury of a meeting of Delegates to second Sir Eardley Wilmot's endeavour to obtain immediate emancipation for the apprentices, n.d.
- report of Lord Grey's declaration in favour of the immediate abolition of apprenticeship, quoted from the Leeds Mercury, n.d.
- announcement of the death of Zachary Macaulay and of the imminent return of Thomas Macaulay from India, May 1838.
Dates
- Creation: 10 and 15 May 1838
Extent
1 page
Language of Materials
- English
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Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 444 Vol. 17, p. 146
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