Display of Fine-Works Gala Tomorrow
A town gala titled Display of Fine-Works is set for tomorrow at Lisbon Light n'Clock.Doors open at seven with a concert to follow in the evening.
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Newspaper
Courier
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 17, 1813
Page
3
A town gala titled Display of Fine-Works is set for tomorrow at Lisbon Light n'Clock.Doors open at seven with a concert to follow in the evening.
The article analyzes Buonaparte’s position before an armistice and a continental congress, the Austria Britain Swedish diplomacy, Norway cession, and the strategic value of Sweden against France. It discusses the Sweden Russia treaty, naval actions, and related correspondences, including commentary on Denmark, Guadeloupe, and Baltic affairs.
June 16 reports ships sailing and arriving near Cherbourg and Plymouth. Transports with troops prepare to join Marquis Wennincrox’s Peninsula army while the Hemont and other vessels block Cherbourg. The Portia sloop of war and Holly schooner cruise, with Aquila and Hope sailing from Buenos Ayres and Gottenburgh respectively. The De Brilliant schooner encounters a British frigate and reports captures of an American and a French privateer.
The program lists the Duke of York's Plate, Albany Stakes, Swinley Stakes, and a Twenty Guinea Sweepstakes with horses from Hamlet to Mountebark. Separately Norwich Mail thefts are reported with bank parcels, Exchequer Bills, and a suspect chain leading to Thetford and London. a blunderbuss death verdict is recorded.
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