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Newspaper
Courier
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 16, 1816
Page
2
A Paris note describes St Beary festival on the 18th with Grand Cross of the Legion dHonneur for the King and princes plus a parade in the Court of Thilleries. Telegraphs from St Malo report England preparing an expedition against Algiers and a Lyons arrival of the Duke of Angoulene.
The royal decree announces the grant of Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour to the Duke of Angouleme and other royal connections. It states the purpose to honor Henry IV and the Order, with the Chancellor charged to execute the order from the Tuileries dated July 3.
Paris letter defends sunspot observations amid panic about planetary doom. Cu Rooy promises nightly demonstrations in his Amateur Uranographque to explain sunspots and other celestial phenomena, asking the Gazet de France to publish to reassure readers.
Telegraphic notes from Paris report the King's plan to confer the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour on the Royal Family, with doubt cast on some names. Also covered are European political tensions, rumors of a world’s end debunked by an astronomer, and military moves in India with the investiture of Bath commanders and new frontier stances.
A private letter quotes a Jesuit professor denouncing secular study as leading to atheism while the public clamor grows. Court cases reveal conspirators facing capital punishment or transportation with delays due to appeals. European diplomacy shows movement with an ambassador’s return and Russia-US treaty rumors involving Pacific ports.
The Ganzes East Indiaman reached Fairgouth from Batavia, leaving March 25. Dutch Commissioner Na HERYS arrives in Batavia. the rest of the expedition to reassert Dutch control is due next month. Native authorities show hostility but the island remains tranquil.
Fragmentary OCR lists July arrivals and destinations for ships and crews including Albion, Jamaica service, and various named vessels such as Quebec, Victory, Chapman, Fuster, and Iron Jon. Entries mention winds, sails, and route notes with scattered names of places like Amsterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, and New York.
A compilation of letters and notices from Bresger and Hague discuss claims about insured pictures from Paris, a damp voyage, and royal satisfaction after cleaning. The text also describes a submarine volcano hypothesis, tax and debt reforms, a severe English debt relief act, and a brutal forest murder in Biron with police pursuit.
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