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Newspaper
Courier
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 12, 1813
Page
3
Reports from Heligoland, Hamburg, and Saxony recount Russian and Prussian advances, sieges, and troop movements near Luneburg and Magdeburg. Proclamations by Buonaparte and Danes circulate as European powers negotiate, with Paris papers noting internal French turmoil and cautious diplomacy.
The article outlines investigations into letters claimed to be in Princess of Wales handwriting. It questions Lady Perceval's authority to use royal names and whether signatures by Lady Anne Hamilton or Lady Charlotte Lindsay were authorized or forged. It notes the editor Mitford’s publications and asks for proof of authenticity and higher sanction.
An 1812 letter from an officer aboard the Royal Oak reports Congress and the President’s frigates captured, including the Congress sunk and the President struck, with a sighting of a frigate likely the Shannon. It notes delays in Admiralty confirmation and defends earlier arm shipments to the Continent.
The report describes a voyage off Saint, Captain Warnes aboard the Hon. Admiral Srop, with Admiral Tetra relieving command. An American ship from New York reaches Bourdeaux with cotton, prize captures include Medusa and Fanny cotter. News notes defences at New York, arrivals from Heligoland, and a Prussian victory near Luneburg with French losses. The King of Denmark may send a minister. various mail packets sail to and from Gottenburg, Heligoland, and Hamburg.
The article recounts a Queen's Palace visit by Princesses Furzapeth and Marry from Windsor with a Light Horse escort, followed by arrivals of nobles and a Carlton House dine. It also notes Austrian and Russian couriers, U S and British prisoner exchanges, and government refusals on US-bound cartels amid lottery ticket sales in Hamburg.
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