St. Catharines Journal

Abstract

The bill for abolishing imprisonment for debt has passed the House of Commons in London and was read a first time in the House of Lords; in the House of Lords the Municipal Corporation Bill has been amended, and the House of Commons refused to grant annual supplies to the Crown in retaliation; New York Legislature prohibits the circulation of small bank bills; wheat crops across the province suffered due to poor weather; the editor’s letter to the public announces the new newspaper the St. Catharines Journal and the Welland Canal General Advertiser; August 20th was the anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery and a celebration took place; “To the Coloured Population, assembled at St. Catharines to Celebrate their first Anniversary of Emancipation from Slavery”;