Polar Expedition Officers Report Passage Through Lancaster Sound
Admiralty letter from Lieut William Edward Parry aboard the Hecla reports a summer 1819 voyage penetrating toward 74 75 north between Melville Island and the Davis Strait. Twelve islands named the Islands of New Georgia. Wintering at Melville Island, ice blocked further west. Crew healthy, one death from heart disease, plan to return to England by November.
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Admiralty Office
William Edward Parry
Heela
Arctic
John Wilson Croker
Hecla
Davis's Strait
N. Long
Hull
Admiralty
Lancaster's Sound
Polar Sea
Greenwich
New Georgia
Melville Island
England
Davis's
Lee
C. W. E. Parry
Discovery Ships Bring Despatches from Davis' Straits
The Lee Williamson arrived from Davis' Straits with government despatches for the Discovery Ships. The expedition likely would have succeeded but for shortages of provisions. They are expected to reach either here or Shetland soon.
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Discovery
Davis’ Etraits Fishery
Soromness
Lee. Williamson
Davis’ Straits
Shetland
Discovery ship parry reaches London after voyage relief
A late letter from Peterhead dated October 30 reports the Flecla Discovery Ship in port. Lieut Parry and two gentlemen landed and sailed for London while Parry proceeds toward London via the Firth of Forth.
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Peterhead
Parry
London
Vessels Arrive and Sail as Novembers Bring Maritime News
Multiple ships arrive at and depart from ports including Faro Shields Jamaica and St Thomas with crews and cargo movements. Notable events include Officers paying off Conqueror at Chatham and vessels running aground or foundering near Saltfleet Ballina and the Craig of Ailsa.
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Conqueror
St. Helena
Chatham
Stanfell
Mitre Hotel
London
Shields
Saltfleet
Jorina
Burns
Liverpool
Ballina
Westport
Craig of Ailsa
Swan
Geise
Dantzig
Mandahl
Jason
Davidson
Cork
Downs
South Foreland
Newmarket Third October Meeting Racing Entries
Sporting intelligence details a Newmarket meeting with Handicap Sweepstakes for 3-year-olds and up, a 2-year-old race with weights for colts and fillies, and a Gold Cup. Multiple horses named with owners and weights bid for favors, including Atom, Arbiter, Abjer, and Barmecide, with odds shown and races listed.
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T. Y
Grosvenor
Lassuee
Ld G. H. Cavendish
Pignacens
Young Gohanna
Marianne
J. Shelley
Rush
Hedley
Tobosa
Ab. M
Suffield
B. c
Vandyke Junior
Udny
Thornhill
Low
T.Y.C
B.C
Wyndham
Little John
Rogers
Jue Bell
Mr. Crockford
Sultan
Uday'a
Fhornhbill
Mr. Low
D.M
Army Promotions and Local Notice of Lottery Draw
War Office lists numerous officer promotions across regiments including the 7th Light Dragoons and Foot Guards with exchanges, purchases, and retirements. A Cambridge deputy lieutenancy appointment is noted, followed by an upcoming Carrow lottery with prizes of 20000. Births and deaths record Lt Col Webber Smith’s son, Sir Edmund Lacon’s death, and his public service legacy.
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Knights of Windsor
His Majesty's ‘Navy
Majesty’s Navy
Bis Majesty’ Victualling
Deptford
Ofice
Office of
Ordnancg
Rt Rphe
Ordnanch Survey
Great Britain
William Mudge
Ll.d
A.S
Ordnance Map
Tower of London
Wm. Faden
Her Majesty
Apant
Board of Ordnance
Charing Croes
Kent
Hasex
Sussex
Hants
Dowger
Devon
Cornwall
Somerset
Murray, Pembroke
Cardigan
Caermarthes
Glamorgan
Wilt
Barks
Briddlesex
Suffolk
Herford
Cambridge
Pembrokeshire
Baker
Ordnance Map Office
Bakes
Board of Oduaneas Pallemail
Cornhill
Charing-cross
London
J. Live Wright
Haymarket
Holborn
Oxford-street
Wwednesday
Martin and Co
War Office
7Th Regiment of Light Dragoons
F. Towers
21St Light Dragoons
W. Grenfell
Duto
T. W. Brotherton
Light Dragoons
A. C. Craufurd
60Th Foot
A. Goldamid
H. Ross
Purchase
Gooch
Grenadier Regiment
Foot Guarda
G. P. Higginson
Colquitt
S. Long
Ieutenat
Higginson
W. Greenwood
Long
S.l Ditto
Foot Guards
C. J. Barnett
Hamilton
R. Gossip
Barnett
J. R. Barker
Ensing
Gossip
Foot
J. le Merchant
Lord Sussex Lennox
28Th Foot
G. T. Keppel
Cape Corps
W. Mounsteven
Wilkinson
10Th Foot
Mountsteven
J. S. Torrens
Nicolls
Ditto
C. Estridge
65Th Foot
Mackay
W.J. P. Gore
Brown
M. W. Bailey
1St Provisional Battalion of Militia
Bishop
W. Mackay
51St Foot
Estridge
J. C. Nicolls
50Th Foot
Enery
D. Campbell
Morrison
9Th Royal Veteran Battalion
A. Brown
Tobe
Campbell
R. B. Ashier
53D Foot
Thomas Carroll
H. Cornwall
24Th Foot
Keppell
4Th Royal Veteran Battalion
J. Kerr
3D Garrison
John Sutcliff
J. W. Morrison
79Th Foot
Thomas Medley
G. Prittie
R. Latimore
Royal East India Volunteers
J. Allen
Evans
W. H. Mitchall
Allen
Cape of Good Hope Notes on Emigrants and Buonaparte
A letter from Nov 3 1820 describes outward-bound ships at the Motherbank and Cowes roads, Cape and Algoa Bay settlers at Algoa, including Capt Campbell and Lt White, the Menai returning from Algoa, and Buonaparte at St Helena enjoying relaxed guards. It records Port Elizabeth harbor favored for anchorage, ships at the Cape, and various regiments and passengers, with Buonaparte’s health good and his island residence nearing completion.
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Portsmuth
Downs
Ilis Majesty
Beaver
Marryatt
St. Helena
Bombay
Cowes
Kinnersley Castle
Pinkney
Cape of Good Hope
Algoa
Saldannah Bay
Algo
Capt
Campbell
Lieut
White
Griffiths
Parker
Menai
Cyst IV Moresby
Cape
Goveenor
Cape Recife
Keiskahama
Port Elizabeth
Algoa Bay
Africa
Forbay
Ingland
Palermo Bay
Sicily
Table Bay
England
Buonaparte
Madam Bertrand
Helena
Ascension
Mary Ann Sophia
Cork
Cape de Verde
Gibraltar
J. Evans
F. Moore
G. Young
Bankruptcy notices and commodity prices in Margate 1820
From the London Gazette Nov 4 1820 a Margate address article lists corn and oatmeal prices per quarter of eight Winchester bushels and per roll of holbs with various items. It then catalogs numerous bankruptcies and bankers, with dates Nov 11 to Dec 16, including A Anderson J Rutter W Hulton Atkinson J Fordham Lethbridge Hodges Ledieu and many others. Dividends and certificates follow listing individuals and towns nationwide.
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Margate
Winchester
Barney
R. Myers
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Bankerupts
A. Anderson
Salter
W. Grabura
Barton-upon-Humber
Hicks
Gray’s Inn-square
London
W. Hulton
Evesham
Worcester
Porter-Dealer
Northwich Arms
Bous- Geld
Guildhall
Hunter
Grays Aen
R. Kew
T. Thomason
Castle-street
Whitechapel
Black Horseyard
Gray
Tpyson-Place
Kingsland-raad
J. Fordham
Bishop-Stortford
J. Hodges
Cheltenham
James
Ely-piace
J. Ledieu
Richmond Buildings
Soho
Messrs
Turner and Holmes
Bloomsbury Square
H. Berthona the Younger
Castle-court
Joc J. Hooper
Tooley-street
Southwark
Sherwood and Son
Canterbury-square
Roberts
Hishopwearmouth
Kidson
Sunderland
Meggisons
Stansford
Halifax
J. Bryant
Austin-Friars
Gellibrand
J. Larson
Kingsland
Middlesex
Carter
Lord Mayor's Court
Royal Exchange
T. Watson
James-street
Manchester-square
Carson
High-street
Mary-le-bone
T. Tweed
RB. Tweed
Chingford Mills
Essex
Millers
Lewis
Crutchedfriars
B. Hornby
Persuasive Lord Liverpool outlines adultery case in Queen trial
In a detailed continuation, Lord Liverpool argues clear criminal intent and moral guilt by the Princess of Wales and Bergami before Augusta, cites De Mont and Majocchi, discusses Catania and Naples episodes, notes Bergami’s tent sleeping arrangement on voyage, and criticizes other testimonies while urging consideration of the broader evidence and seating of Bergami at court.
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House OF Lords
Earl of Liverpool
Lord Liverpool
Adirm
de Mont
Majocchi
Bergsmi
Augusta
Princess of Wales
Catania
Clorinde
Pechell
Bergami
Capt. Pechell
Oldie Mont
Mariette Brun
Naples
Genoa
Pino
Gig
Hownam
Countess Odi
Countess Oldi
Bergamt
London
Oldi
Aum
Wales
Orgami
Williams
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R. H. Crew
Sabine
Royal Artillery
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Firth of Forth
Captain Arry
Ship News
Ann Elizabeth
Carlin
South Seas
Sappho
Arman
Jamaica
David
Lyon
Fortune
Anderson
Catherine
Brewer
Smyrna
His
Cameleon
Hinds
Sporting Intelligence
Newmarket
the Army
County of
H. Jackson
Isle of Ely
Carrow
Caxxot
Brighton
Webber Smith
Henry Thompson
Yarmouth
Edmund Lacon
Edmund Knowles Lacon
Ormsby
Cape M A Hope
The
London Gazette
R. Stevens
Banstead
Surrey
Cordwainer
R. Townend
J. R. Townend
Mitre-court
Fenchurch-street
T. Martin and
S. Hopkins
Bristol
M. B.schiesinger
Church-court
Lombard-street
J. Bell
Church-street
Spitalfields
L. Wiliams
Nicholas-lane
S. Downe
Barbican
W. Dyer
Northleach
Gloucestershire
F. Fisher
Edgeware-road
Nurseryman
D. Davis
New Bond-street
A. Bennett
Yorkshire
J. Adcock
St. Mary-Axe
Drugeist
J. Ritson
Carlisle
Tallow-Chandier
Awhartos
New Sarum
Wiltshire
Clothier
R. Simpson
Crowncourt
Threadneedie-street
J. Hart
Southampton
W. Wainewright
H. Ezard
Brentford
A. Maitland
J. Adderley
R. Rainey
H. Betteley
Standon
Staffordshire
R. H. Hunt
Great Yarmouth
J. Armitage
Birmingham
T. Farlow
Manchester
W. R. Eginton
J. Mills
Water-lane
Lower-street
J. Miller
Norwich
W. Cobbett
Gatherine-street
Strand
E. W. Dickenson
P. Dixie the Elder
J. Dixie
B. Dixie
Falcon-square
Smiths
Reid
Princes-street
W- M. Ashby
Albury
C. Hammond
Durham
J. Stubbs
Leicester-square
W. Hodge
Great Hermitage-street
W. Miles
Imperial Parliament
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