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Newspaper
Courier
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 12, 1821
Page
3
The Courier reports a favorable revenue quarter lifting the Consols with hopes for November gains. It notes precautionary measures against Catalan fever aboard Mediterranean ships and outlines detailed revenue figures across Customs Excise Stamps and Land Taxes. The piece also critiques Morning Chronicle’s coverage and contrasts it with Paris and Aix la Chapelle dispatches.
A correspondence from September 1921 details a devastating fever spreading through Barcelona Barcelonetta Palma and Tortosa with cordons and quarantines halting trade and travel. Reports note rising deaths, medical aid sent from Madrid and widespread alarm as temperatures rise and towns contend with the outbreak.
In GOSPORT on Oct 11 a dismasted vessel has reached Cowes after gales. The Ganges East India n man carries a large female passenger contingent and had been delayed by contrary winds. Apollo chosen as a royal yacht for the king with Royal George lacking storage. Remain at Spithead with Phaeton Iphigenia and sloops Bann Bustard. Weather settled southeast wind. Transports still at harbour bound eastward to move troops from Scotland to the West Indies.
The 55th Regiment of Foot arrived from Dublin with detachment marching to Chatham while the 22d sailed for Ireland. Transports from Gosport carry the right wing of the third battalion of Guards to Plymouth then return with the 84th and left wing guards to Portsmouth garrison. Warwickshire Militia completed annual training with inspection by the Earl of Warwick and praise from General Greville. an official order commended the regiment for steadiness, precision, and discipline during field maneuvers.
The Bristol Gazette reports twenty two fishing boats and over forty fishermen from Clovelly lost in a dreadful gale from the NNE. Pieces of wreckage drift ashore as distress spreads among dependent families. A Pill pilot skiff was rescued in a sinking Channel crossing, then disappeared. A hurricane like Sunday wind toppled tiles and chimney cans without injuries reported. Captain Douglas and three Britannia crew were drowned after their boat swamped. five bodies recovered the next day.
Liverpool Chronicle notes at least twelve steam boats operate from the port with three new vessels under construction by Mottershead and Hutchinson for routes to Greenock Bagillt and Lancaster. A Cambria steam packet plans daily sailings via Hoylake to Liverpool, with Beaumaris Bangor and other Welsh ports on summer itineraries. The Tourist arrives from London in about five and a half hours, reinforcing confidence in London steam vessels during windy gales.
Sailings and arrivals from Portsmouth Plymouth and Fee, with ships like Brisk Driver and Francis reeling listed among numerous packets. Market notes record wheat barley beans oats prices and a busy Smithfield cattle sale, plus exchange rates for Amsterdam Paris and Dublin.
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