Odd Time Mentions in Sunday Column
Fragmentary OCR notes show irregular time stamps such as minutes past and odd phrases. The fragment mentions morning and evening times and a Sunday reference with a vague byline Ot.
14 Sep 1840
Page 1
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Newspaper
Courier
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 14, 1840
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR notes show irregular time stamps such as minutes past and odd phrases. The fragment mentions morning and evening times and a Sunday reference with a vague byline Ot.
Letters from Madrid describe troops arriving and hastily built fortifications as the Junta plans to manage war departments. Cadiz supports Madrid while Burgos and Saragossa declare allegiance to national militia, and proclamations call for unity with the Junta amid calls to suspend municipal reforms. The Paris Moniteur notes Madrid’s general dismissals and rising force, while Saragossa vows to resist the new Ayuntamiento Bill.
Lisbon reports detail a martial uprising in Portugal facing limited sympathy and retreat of rebels. Troops patrol cities while authorities disband regiments, issue edicts, and redeploy guards. Treasury costs rise and officers are removed as Braganza and other garrisons oversee detentions and espionage.
In cautious tone the court circles amid grandees and officials. Rumors rise as King Ferdinand contemplates sending 400 horses to Germany for a new cavalry regiment. Telegraph dispatches note battalions marching, withdrawals from Castello Branco, and a revolt quelled with the National Guard returning to peace.
War Department dispatch from the Fortress of Abrantes dated September 5 reports Major Jomes of the 2nd battalion infantry destroying rebel forces at Portalegre. General Costa arrives at night and the column departs at dawn toward Castella Banco with two pestillions for dispatches.
A reader defends Poland against a French critique by outlining the three partitions from 1772 to 1795. The letter details the First partition under Louis XV, Austrias gains in Galicia and Lodomiria, the Second partition with Prussia and Russia, and the Third partition amid internal strife and foreign interference, ending with Poland’s collapse.
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