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Newspaper
Courier
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 24, 1817
Page
2
A Victorian style advertisement announces a practical abridgement of the excise laws related to foreign, export, and coastwise trade of Great Britain. It notes content on duties, regulations, proclamations, and legal opinions, with a binding publisher notice and price.
Scroggins and a Navigator fought in a brisk bout amid a bustling campaign. Scroggins, after a cautious start, scored a decisive right handed blow and twice floored the Navigator, ending with a warned threat and a decisive finish as the other rounds concluded.
An 1817 report details Emperor ordered porcelain vases for England, with apotheosis of Augustus admired. future dispatch to England. It also covers a lordly Russian review at Varenciggyes, a grand fete planned by the Duke of Wellington, and edicts on foreign textile manufacture affecting Lombardy. It concludes with Lincoln murder inquest verdicts against John Raithby and the brutal killings of Mourners Haut and Mary Grant, including funeral rites and a sermon.
Reports from October 19 to 20 discuss a grand British front review with praise for discipline and unity among Allied commanders including Weoronzow Ziether and Frimont under Wellington. It notes no immediate reduction of the Army of Occupation, goods from the Baltic and North America arriving, and slipping grain prices amid improving public spirit. MAGUE covers the States General opening with the birth of the Prince of Orange, government measures on poverty, industry, taxes, militia, and agriculture, plus widespread public works and university installations. The Second Chamber proceeds with new member admissions and presidential selections.
In Milan on September 15, Abbé Angelo Mai, librarian at the Ambrosian Library, announced two large manuscripts containing a second writing under the first. They are a Maso-Gothic copy of Ulphilas fourth century Epistles of Saint Paul. The Eight Epistles partially survive in other codices, offering new insights for biblical scholars and German antiquities students. A Maso-Gothic script was cast for a complete set, and a preliminary dissertation will be published.
New York reports a late August gale after heat waves. The Glenthorn, bound for Liverpool, parted a cable and drifted. Woodbine lost both cables and ran ashore with four men aided by the pilot-boat Science. Fever rises in Charleston with 48 deaths, 16 from yellow fever, tents on Sullivan's Island. Sighting of the Sea Serpent reported near Cape Ann with multiple witnesses. length estimated at about 50 feet, described as a snake-like creature.
The Covent Garden opera of the Belgrade line was revived last night to splendid success. Mr. Bratt, Mr. Brayan, and Miss Stephens led a strong cast with praised vocal power and refined taste. The audience applauded encore after encore, the house crowded with beauty and fashion.
Derby October 22 reports the court opening at eight with a large jury panel and a dozen witnesses named. The Crown faces panel challenges under William III treason law, delaying trial for many prisoners while Isaac Ludlam displays composure and spiritual conduct in custody.
Eight to fourteen Marblehead citizens sailed from Cape Ann in search of a sea serpent using boats and gear. The hunt faced a storm, with the creature described as seventy feet long, seen near Kettle Island feasting on ale-wives. Capts Beach and Doyle reported pursuits and peril, and a $2000 reward was offered for the serpent’s skin.
Yesterday Prince Eugene laid the foundation of a grand palace here to rival Rome and Venice in beauty. He will reside mostly in Munich while retiring to Hochstadt in the principality during the season. He refuses to sell Malmaison near Paris despite offers from the Duke of Berry. Rumors speak of a near marriage involving the King’s twin daughters born in 1801 to the Hereditary Prince of Austria and Prince Antony of Saxony.
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