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Newspaper
Courier
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 21, 1830
Page
2
The excerpt describes architectural marvels at Assos including Pergamus gymnasium amphitheatre and a temple of Esculapius. On a cliff overlooking the sea three grand temples and a theatre dominate with a pyramidal citadel behind them. Troas and other ruins attest to Asia Minor’s former splendor.
From Toulon and Paris dispatches, reports detail rapid naval mobilization in the Levant. Vessels like the Volage and Diligente corvette are ordered to sail, rocket production begins near the Polygon, and ongoing blockade adjustments amid Franco Algerian tensions loom large.
A committee urges immediate subscriptions to relieve the suffering poor of Spitalfields and vicinity, where one hundred thousand are affected by cold and the silk trades downturn. The appeal lists donors, locations for subscription, and pledges to distribute aid to those proven deserving.
The Drury Lane program features Masaniello with Masaniello Masaniello Masaniello, Elvira, Fenella, and new acts The Scape Goat and the Grand Pantomime Faarlequin and Cock Robin. Covent Garden presents Beaux Stratagem and Jack in the Box pantomime with Harlequin and friends plus Venice Preserved. Correspondence notes decline for two reader letters.
The Courier reports the king, previously affected by a cold, is now improving. Outdoor activity remains limited by severe weather, but the monarch has resumed his palace routines as extracts from foreign dispatches detail political, military, and economic news across Europe and the Americas.
The article discusses revived debates on concentrating governmental powers in Mexico during a pra year amid public officers' convictions. It then contrasts Paris water supply by pipes with carts and announces a proposed Paris water contract, sewers, and a canal-based supply plan. A Sunday French paper reports a Linz to Gemunden railway contract, about fifty miles, to move timber and other goods. West Indian affairs officials again meet with King’s Ministers on the 16th, with the outcome deemed satisfactory.
In early trading Consols open at 94 4 with a firm tone and little change in Exchequer Bills and India Bonds. Foreign markets show subdued activity as Dutch and New French scrip drift. later Consols ease to 93 4 for account while Ministers gather at Cabinet dinners hosted by the Earl of Rosslyn and consultations with the Duke of Wellington continue.
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