Cossacks and Music Inspire Humorous Anecdotes from Paris
A fragment from Cha racteristic Portraits describes Cossacks wandering Paris for music and warmth. They interrupt a sermon with playful taps, request Da capo after hearing a pianist, and covertly escort a dancing troupe, while a noble Prince G with his horses earns a comical salute for keeping a promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Asia
Uth Mamsell
Mamsell
Mamsel
Dobre
Prince G——n
Prince G
Army Promotions and Commissions Across Regiments
War Office notes December 29 promotions across the Dragoon Guards Light Dragoons and Foot regiments. Officers move by purchase or half pay with several exchanges and retirements. Also listed are deputy lieutenants militia appointments and Yeomanry commissions in Cornwall and Lancashire. A troop of the 4th Dragoons occupies Weal Barracks with infantry nearby this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regiment of Dragoon Guards
Cornet
F. Lloyd
21St Light Dragoons
Kennedy
Light Dragoons
3D Regiment of Light Dragoons
R. Dent
Purchase
Gulston
J. D. Bourke
1St Foot Guards
C. de Lorentz
J. Macfarlane
Bates
A. D. Hamilton
55Th Foot
Macfarlane
C. B. Cumberland
Hamilton
Ditto
W. H. Butler
P. S. Cosby
Soth Ditto
H. Macdougall
T. Smyth
Bist Ditto
W. Gordon
6Th Foot
J. Ginger
Litto
T. Summerfield
Napper
J. Shaw
Summerfield
J. Wynn
Cape Corps
Shaw
H. D. Keith
69Th Foot
J. Goodwin
J. Blakeway
Wynn
Colonial
General’s Department
Mauritius
C. M
J. Snell
West Essex Militia
H. Vachell
Pillans
M. Bird
Copping Opping
County of Cornwall
5Th of
J. Kendall
L. M.taggart Williams
North Cornwall Hussars
R. Hicks
Cornwall Yeomanry Cavalry
P. V. Robinson
L. C. Danbuz
G. Trewecke
J . Ef Cornwail
J. Parkin
J. Smith
Manchester and Salford Yeomanry
County Palatine of Lancaster
R. Simpaan
B. M. Whitlow
4Th Dragoons
Weal Barracks
Ifantry
Reading Bishop Newton on Opposition and National Peril
A letter to the editor cites Bishop Newton’s warned prophecies and condemns the Opposition as corrupt, plotting to ruin the state for power. It argues the nation faces civil war or foreign invasion unless reform and humility temper pride and taxation burdens.
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Tam
Clericus
Sava
Noah
France
Spain
Admiralty
Commonwealth
P.S
Bishop Newton's Rise Owed to King and Princess Caroline
The passage argues that Dr. Newton was promoted for his integrity piety and learning as valued by King George III and Princess Caroline of Wales. It notes Newton refused translation to heaven and declined an Archbishopric, accepting only the poorest diocese.
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Caroline of Wales
Newton
King’ Palace
Pall-mall
Suanier Clarke
Augusti
Frogmore
King's Palace
Kensington
Duke of Sussex
George-street
Hanover Square
Sophia
Augusta
King’s Palace
St. James’s
Duchess of Clarence
Duchess of Rust
Spanish Main Letter Reports Caribbean War Movements
A Kingston dated letter dated November 13 notes 11 warships before Santa Marta and Pueblo de Cienega with 28 gun boats under Captain Padilla and 1 500 veteran infantry under Colonel Carreno. Montillo remains at Baranquilla as reinforcements for land and sea operations against Carthagena.
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Kingston
Baranquilla
Santa Martha
Pueblo de Cienega
Joseph Padilla
Carreno
Montillo
Carthagena
Santa Fé
Carabajal
Aruba
Reyes Vargas
Venezuela
Barquismito
Coro
Curacoa
Bolivar
Morillo
St. Christobal de Cucata
Republic
San Fernando de Apure
la Guayra
Mori
Bonds for merchandise at Shoreham port and naval notes
The Lords of the Treasury issue warrants for bonding wine and various goods at Shoreham port to aid trade. Naples reports the Vengeur and Active, with Liffey, to reinforce the Mediterranean squadron, and ships set for England. Various notices include university prizes, parliamentary candidates, Waterloo Place improvements, shipwreck recoveries, polar expeditions, and a skating wager in Newmarket with broad local interest.
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Treasury
Shoreham
Naples Bay
F. L. Mairnanp
James Alexander Gordon
England
Duncan
Mediterranean
Oxford
Robert NinphcarTs
James Colqunoun
BucHanan
Ardoch
Dumbarton
Greenock
Viscount Murrow
Peterborough
Lord Lipmouth
Stamford
Waterloo Place
St. Martin’s Church
Deal
Dover
Margate Sands
Moore
Henry Andrews
Royston
Chester Paper
Skaiting
St. James’s Park
Horse Guards
Buckingham House
The
Humane Society
Skaits
Des HaAyes
Angiolini
January Agricultural Report Highlights Wheat Framing and Slump in Prices
Dr Momlehy reports January farming centered on preparing wheat and crops for summer fallows, with favorable weather aiding young wheats. Corn districts show little pest damage, peas sown in Kent and Surrey, and beans ploughed. Prices remain depressed, forcing some farms to distress, while meat markets stay thin and wool trades improve.
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Kent
Surrey
United Kingdom
Smithfield
Naval Intelligence At Spithead and Harbour
At Spithead the channel guard ships Queen Charlotte and other vessels, plus Newfoundland station fitting ships, and appointments include Captain Warren to Seringapatam and Captain Newcombe to Lavinia. The Jasear brig to be commissioned. teak ships tested for channel service. Lavinia likely foreign service. Britannia Medway Bellona undocked. Berwick Ripon Seringapatam docked.
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Spithead
Cameleon
Queen Charlotte
Mamilies
Albion
Iphigenia
Forte
Redpole
Favourite
Grasshopper
Drake
Newfoundland
Primovur
S. Warren
Seringapatam
S. Newcombe
C. B
Lavinia
Jasear
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the Army
WHIGS
Courier
Sin
Per
Figo
St. Helena
Longwood
Buonaparte
Bertrand
Portsmouth
London
Arctic Circle
Deptford
Parry
Franklyn
Hudson's Bay
Coppermine River
Polar Seas
Messrs
Palmer
Nias
DeAury
Sxuxe
Retn
Griper
Fisner
Bevervey
Polar Sea
British Museum
Royal College of Surgeons
Edinburgh
Hind
St. Alban’s Head
Geneva
Isle of Wight
Custom House
Ramsgate
Duke of Cambridge
Stewart
Bourdeaux
Hamburch
Mateu
Newmarket
Joseph Bland
Momlehly
Naval Intelligence
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