Halifax Seizures and Prize Claim Details From British Officers
Boston Courier reports Majesty s officers seized several American fishing schooners at Halifax and Guysborough on the 5th and 12th inst. The British schooner Victory allegedly took prize ships including Eliza Adelle Bartol and others from Bristol Boothbay and Dresden Me. Vessels Java Independence Hart and Magnolia were earlier hauled at Yarmouth, stripped of rigging, awaiting Halifax court decision.
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Halifax
Jones
Victory
Dresden
Eliza
Bristol
Morton
Adelle
Boothbay
Brown
Bartol
Miller
Magdalen Islands
Guysborough
Java
Independence
Hart
Magnolia
Yarmouth
Salifax
Boston Courier
Bermudas Sluice Gates Improve Marshes and Labour Woes
Bermuda notes the Royal Gazette report on May 21 opening experimental sluice gates at Pem broke Marshes. Dike work reveals drying marsh borders and grass growth. editors urge continued canal completion but warn of labor shortages hindering agriculture. Immigration urged as a remedy to sustain colony’s development. A Devonshire whale boat captures a spermaceti whale, about forty feet, earning eighteen to twenty barrels of spermaceti oil and forty barrels of common oil, the first in years.
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Royal Gazette
Agricultural Society
Pembroke Marshes
Bermudas
Gasette
Devonshire
Cape papers on Lord Glenelg retirement debated
In De Ware Afrikaan for May 9, strong comments address Lord Glenelg's retirement and his colonial leadership. The article questions the wisdom and force of official despatches and hints at emigration from the colony as a consequence.
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Cape
Lord Glenelg
Urban
India Mail May 20 Adds to Eastern Affairs Brief
The May 20 India mail portion received from Mr. Waghorn allows new details to be added to the Eastern affairs brief in the previous issue. The update expands on events and situates them within ongoing regional developments.
From the Frontiers to Bushire and Candahar in 1839
Muted dispatches recount stalled direct communication with the army due to Beloochee raids. Reports from Bombay, Agra Akhbar, and Calcutta describe Sir John Keane’s advance to Candahar, the Kandahar clash with local horse, and the Shah and Macnaghten reaching Kwettah. Observers debate Dost Mohammed’s divisions, Kamran’s loyalties, and hopes for accommodation with Persia. The narrative touches on Bushire tensions, Admiral’s handling, Burmese prisoner, and military board rumors.
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Bombay
John Keane
Shah
Bolan Pass
Candahar
John
Mr. Macnaghten
Kwettah
Neemuch
Mhow
Sir Willoughby
Sale
Mohammed
Prince
Herat
Bombay Courier
35Th Regiment Native Infantry
J. Keane
Agra Akhbar
Gulph
Bushire
Persia
Kourshed Pacha
Lahsa
Bussorah
Mohammed Ali
Muscat
Custom House
Karak
Madras
Calcutta Courier
Milurary
Sim
Hitchings
Military Board
Moberly
Elderton
Army
Hitchins
Monteith
Sym
Bangalore
Tanjore
Anicuts
Madras U
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Bermuda
South Africa
Benjamin
Glenelg
Port Elizabeth
Port Natal
Natal
Africa
Cape OF Good Hope
Asia
East Indies
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