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Newspaper
Courier
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 12, 1817
Page
3
From Dijon to Vienna and Brussels, the latest papers discuss Polish nobility reforms, Janissary plots in Constantinople, Bruges patriots resisting English goods, Portugal’s fleet to Brazil, and American bank dividends. Reports cover British views onSouth American revolts, foreign policy debates, and speculative commerce in Elba and the Georgia frontier.
Lord Viscount Strangford, newly appointed English Ambassador to the Swedish Court, landed at Hamburg after a notably favorable voyage from Harwich. Accompanied by Secretary of Legation Mr. Quiley, he proceeds to engage with events in the region and will likely meet with Swedish officials.
This evening at the Theatre Royal Haymarket features Teasing May, Yard Arm and Yard Arm plus Exit by Mistake. Tomorrow offers Kile a Wife and have a Wife with a new drama The Actor of All Work or First Second Floor and The Flitch of Bacon. A Holiday at the Bank.
A Warsaw sourced article reports the Emperor of Russia issuing a decree to regulate how noble titles such as Prince Count and Baron will be conferred in Poland. The article notes the determination of eligibility appears linked to individual merit.
The Bank of the United States announces a dividend of two dollars and sixty cents per share to stockholders or their legal representatives after the 47th instant. Information from Georgia indicates a treaty at Highwassee on the 26th instant with the Cherokee Indians to exchange territory if feasible. General Jackson, Governor of Tennessee, and General Meriwether are named commissioners for the negotiation. Georgia stands to gain valuable lands if the exchange occurs. The ship Amazon arrived in Philadelphia from Holland with 409 passengers, none over thirty years old.
The Lady Campbell arrived off Portland after sailing from Calcutta on 12 February and Madras on 30 March, with further movements by the Conqueror under Admiral Pamplin and the Ceasar with Lord Amherst reported at the Cape around 6 June. Tunisian schooner remains under quarantine at Corusna, others arrive and sail for Quebec Leghorn Miramichi and Bermuda. Multiple ships including Forth, Stella, Industry and Henrietta report arrivals and routes from Lisbon Demarara Brvaland Smyrna and New York to various ports. several vessels sail for Savannah, Antwerp and Bremen.
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