Army Grants New Titles to Two Light Infantry Regiments
War Office bulletin dated April 11 1821 states the 51st Light Infantry Regiment will be titled the 51st or King's Own Light Infantry with blue facings and gold lace. The 1st Light Infantry Regiment becomes the 85th or King’s Light Infantry with blue facings and silver lace.
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War Office
51St Light Infantry
51St
King’s Own) Light Infantry
1Sth Light Infantry
85Th
King's) Light Infantry
Duke of York’s Own Regiment of Light Infantry
Promotions in Army and Yeomanry Commands Report
War-office notes promotions and reassignments across regiments including the 4th Light Dragoons 7th Royal Veteran Battalion 33d Foot 1st and 2nd battalions, and several half pay transfers. appointments cover surgeons lieutenants captains and staff roles with exchanges and retirements. also commissions signed for Roxburghshire and Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry.
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Sapaier
War-office
Regiment of Light
W. O' Donel
M.ee
10Th Foot
J. ¥. Wylde
Royal Veteran
Ditto
W. K. Elphinstone
33D Foot
Pelly
Lensign
Wood
H. D. Keith
Foot
Kennedy
R. Pelly
16Th Light Dragoons
Elphinstone
J. Holmes
20Th Light Dragoons
J. N. Fox
99Th Foot
J. P. Sparkes
Royal African Corps
J. M. Tittle
W. H. Burrell
M.D
Thompson
Benrenney
Phillips
W. A. Clarke
Purchase
Garner
R. Floyer
Clarke
A. Millar
Ridsdale
R. Greig
Light Dragoons
Millar
47Th Foot
G. W. Montagu
82D Foot
Grant
J. Hewett
60Th Foot
W. Mackay
W. Markham
Cape Corps
Yates
J. B. Flannagan
9Th Royal Veteran Battalion
O. Halpin
Red Ditto
R.’Grant
56Th Foot
Montagu
89Th Ditto
W. Kennedy
24D Foot
Keith
T. W. Yates
72D Foot
Markham
Starr
R. Torrens
65Th Foot
East Indies
M‘ra
J. Nicholson
Depét
Isle of Wight
Hospital Starr
W. Thompson
38Th Foot
Leeson
D.lockard
Davy
15Th Foot
MM. M.dermott
Burrell
58Th Foot
A. Bruce
Dockard
Roxburghshire Yeomanry Cavalry
W. E. Lockhart
A. Don, Bart
Lockhart
C. Chisholme
Don
Cornet
G. Pott
Chisholme
J. St. Clair
A. E. Lockhart
T. Carruthers
Royal Fifeshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
J. Parsons
10Th Hussars
Correspondence and meeting between Lord Petersham and Wedderburne
The letters reveal a dispute between Lord Petersham and T Webster Wedderburne about satisfaction for a scandalous report concerning Petersham. Foley presses for a public or private confrontation with a fixed time and place. A planned meeting at Coombe Wood ends with a brief, inconclusive exchange and seconds firing two shots.
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Lord Petersham
W.wedderburne
Petersham
T. Webster Wedderburne
W. Hamilton
Lord Foley
Coombe Wood
Kingston
Foley
Rota Raiden
Kerr
Lord Sversham
Webster Wedderhurne
Ireland Desperate Outrage Attacks Cannigar House
A Belfast News Letter report describes a night of raids by about 30 desperadoes at John Torrance’s Cannigar residence, windows broken, arms seized, and a servant injured. Torrance and Mrs Torrance fought back, fires set, a body allegedly carried away, and the attackers eventually withdrew. Similar raids followed on nearby homes in Lifford and Rutland, with beatings and searches for arms, prompting warnings to locals.
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Limnaicx
John Torrance
Cunnigar
Torrance
Charles Sullivan
Lifford
Sullivan
Coolyhenan
George Gloster
Belfast News
Sale of enslaved people in Richmond described by observer
An anonymous Richmond resident recounts a market sale of enslaved individuals from the estate of John Graham, a deceased Scottish owner. He notes auction details a tanner, a carpenter, a family sold together, and a later note on private contracts and the “liberty of chasing his own master.” He also discusses social views on slaveholding and family ties to enslaved people.
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Virginia
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Billy
Ponto
Gantimmen
Tsi
Gentimmen
Gordon
Jacon
Jacob
Currier
Mr. Grant
Petersburgh
Britain
Brighton Herald
Greek Insurrection News From Moldavia to Constantinople
Reports from Warsaw to Odessa detail Prince Ypsilanti marching with 4000 men from Jassy toward Wallachia while 14000 Turks push toward Braila. Greek volunteers rally, funds flood in, and the Greek cause gains momentum as insurrection spreads across Moldavia, Wallachia, and Constantinople.
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Moldavia
Ypsilanti
Jassy
Fokschanry
Wallachia
Theodore
Braila
Suzzo
Constantinople
Odessa
Alexander Ypsilanti
Russia
Culm
Turkey
Galatz
Ibrailow
Rates of Servants and Labourers in Chester 1596
A curious document from the General Session for the Peace in Chester records wages for servants labourers and hirers for the year 1596 dated in the reign of Elizabeth I. It outlines fixed rates within the city limits and reflects late 16th century labor terms and compensation practices.
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Chester
Daring Robbery at Langley Grocer House
Thieves in black crape and pistols seized eight o'clock raid on Mr Butcher’s Langley shop on Rummer Green. They bound the old man and Mrs Betts and looted 752 302 of money stored upstairs before locking inmates in. Similarities to a Penenden Heath theft suggest the same culprits.
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Mr. Dowd
Penenden Heath
Naval Intelligence update on Arctic expedition plans
A detailed naval briefing describes an upcoming Discovery voyage with Captain Parry and Captain Lyon, detailing preparations at Woolwich and the Nore, provisioning with coal and soups, expected dispatch to Husavik and further rivers, crew changes, and broader imperial naval movements including governance, ship fittings, and recent actions in the Atlantic and Caribbean.
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Discovery Suirs
Discovery
Ford
Pruvier
Parry
Captain Lyon
Ug Decor
Woolwich
Nore
Husa
Oncome
J. A. Gordon
K.C .B
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Leghorn
Henry Lushington
Sierra Leone
George Ralph Cullier
England
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Thistle
Mr. Wright
Admiralty
AEC
Leeke
Buylom
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Lynx
Granville
Fred
Hampshire
Jamuaica
Sir C. Powle
Geo. Pechell
Halifax
Havannah
St. Domingo
Bever
Nympa
Hayti
Domingo
Sophie
G. ‘French
East Indies
Redpole
P. Hag
Liffey
Spithead
Thormes
Mary
Chesil Cove
Har
Royal Artillery
Ceylon
Major Skinner
Star
Portsmouth
Edward Paget
G.C
Glasgow
Doyle
Andrew Smith
Northumberland
Vacen
T. Harvey
H. Prescott
Aurora
C. Napier
Plymouth
Arril
Witzclarence
J. H. Whitshed
G. Grey
K.C. B
J. Whitshee
G. Cooke
B.C. B
Royal Hospital
Huslar
Sir G. Cooke
K.C
J. Whitshed
Linner
Eos
Winches
Hampshire Chronicle
Paris Journals Report Piedmont Rebel Movements And Russian Halt
Paris journals describe the Chamber of Peers examining the Louvel case, Prince Leopold of Naples moving toward Laybach, and a Russian army halt ordered by Emperor Alexander. Milan reports Bubna's bridge at Tesino aiding Piedmont against rebels near Novara with proclamations in Italian and French. The advance guard reached Novara as Turin rebels pressed, with heavy fighting and royal Piedmontese counterattacks.
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Gensette di Fresre
Leopold
Naples
Salerno
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Laybach
Cwiz
Journal Des Debats
Volhinis
Hungary
Italy
Alexander
Grenoble
Turin
Milan
Bubna
Lombardy
Novara
Latour
Tesino
Buffarola
Lency
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Tio
Gropello
Valleggio
Vignevano
Moziava
Alessandria
Count Dubna
Bratschneider
Cellency
T Hern
Rath
Verceil
Piedmont
Duke Clar
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Agogna
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Bretschneider
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