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Newspaper
Courier
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 30, 1817
Page
3
The piece recalls a ceremonial coming of age for a young sapling figure amid local pageantry. It narrates a banquet with Lord Mayor, Lord Brunswick, and guests including Lord Richmond and others, describing speeches, toasts, and courtly entertainments with dishes and portents of civic pride. It notes royal attendance hints and mentions Bagshot Park events and aristocratic residents at Grimthorpe and Bagshot seats.
Reports from Brussels describe royal movements including Alte Majesty the Kang of Brussig traveling to Paris and plans to return to his domains via Aixola-Chapelte and Cologne. Major-General Blachford and Colonel Wood arrive in the French theatre with English officers as half-pay officers enter active service. A young Englishwoman drowned at Ghent while in an English family’s suite. August 25 highlights royal birthday celebrations and theater visits with public cheers. Prices of corn fall in the Netherlands. Disturbances in the city prompt garrison deployment. A procla mat ion is issued by the Bucgo-Master. A fire at Avold destroys an entire street.
The Princess Charlotte and Prince Lecroty will reside at Marlborough House Pall Mall. After a court decree resolved a legal hurdle, the Duke of Marlborough accepted a reduced rent of 8000 pounds yearly, with seven year leases ready. Builder Mr. Cope Lanp will supervise repairs and interior alterations costing about 10,000 pounds, with works starting at Michaelmas.
Reports recount a grand ball hosted by the Duke of Grovelster with noble attendance, notes on European diplomacy, Covent Garden theater upgrades, and a long critique of Lady Morgan’s France. Anecdotes cover peasantry, conjugal virtue, Paris fashion, and stage incidents in Tartuffe.
A history overview recounts a Charles II era incident in Westminster Hall when a group of sergeants refused to move motions and prompted a dramatic halt in court business. The Chief Justice ordered a pause named the Dumb Day, ending with a public rebuke and promises to resume proper procedure.
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