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Newspaper
Courier
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 18, 1813
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR notes reference deferral of foreign intelligence actions until tomorrow. Mentions Princess Charlotte commission, Corunna, Heligoland, Lisbon, and travel dates or destinations. Lacks full context or clear events.
The report details Buonaparte's army retreat from Wilna to Minsk, with Russian generals Kutusov and Witlyena in pursuit. It notes immense French losses, the capture of Wilna by Russian forces, and the decimation of the 300,000 strong invasion force, leaving a small remnant returning across the Niemen.
Dispatches from Toulon reach the Admiralty as Windsor hosts the Prince Regent and Princess Cranbourne. Governess changes unfold with Lady De Cuir and Dowager Duchess alignments. Military lists show command shifts in the Royal Horse Guards and regimental changes amid Cortes’ Congress notes and a Gibraltar storm report from January 1915.
A historic storm era described with Lloyds reports of extreme wind and ice. Water levels rose sharply, cellars flooded, and perishables lost. In Lands’ End harbour ice pushed 60 ships ashore with one fire outbreak, later controlled. Mentioned arrivals and convoys from Malta and Portsmouth, with ships sailing for the river under government convoys.
The report details executions at York at eleven o clock and later at half past one for John ill and others including Joseph Crowther Nathan Hoyle and Jonathan Dean. Prisoners showed penitence as hymns and prayers accompanied their final moments with clergy offering mercy.
Market items show oats beans and peas prices, with a section on corn exchange grain values and cattle at Smithfield. Notes mention distillers and brewers planning price actions and possible raises per quarter, with early morning activity and general market sentiment recorded.
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