Sir Robert Wilson Dismissal and Military Law Debate
Sir Robert Wilson’s dismissal is argued as proper under Sovereign power and military authority. The author rebuts Times claims that half‑pay officers lack military law jurisdiction and defends the punishment as lawful and fitting for conduct during the Queen’s funeral.
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Inner Temple
Times
Courier
Robert Wilson
Ross
Sir Robert Wilson
Old Bailey
Admiralty
Chancery
Sir Robert
the Times
Lord Cochrane
Admiral Bradley
Ensign Pennington
England
Darceny
Suurrye
Cleomenes
Tragic Landing Tragedy On River Thames
A waterman near Horselydown was crushed to death when his coat tangled between two barges while rushing to land passengers from the Victory steam packet at the Custom-house. Efforts to recover the body were unsuccessful until the following morning.
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Horselydown
Smyrna Tales and French Diplomacy in a Turbulent Letter
A London reader derides sensational Turkish dispatches from Smyrna praising a French consul who saved Greek lives amid massacres. The piece contrasts barbarity with French heroism and mocks the notion of Turkish unity, while noting Paris circle chatter on rum jelly and Paris horse racing weather and delays.
Parisian Chit Chat on Gardens and Fashion
The Parisian gardens shift attractions with Military Festes, featuring the eighth showing of a fort attack at Beaujon and a mine explosion at Marbeuf. Crowd cheers as mannequins mimic troops, while fashion notes praise designers and a ballet by Professor D Epville at the Parisian Opera.
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Montagnes
Beaujon
Marbeufalso
Mannikins
Garden Marbeuf
Boulevart
Montmartre
Paris
D’epville
Paris Papers Report Spain War News and Famine Signal
Reports from Barcelona and Lerida describe cordons around the city, evacuations, and rising deaths from famine and disease. Marseille and Vienna dispatches note yellow fever quarantines and Ottoman diplomacy, while markets quote five percent rates in Paris.
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Paris
Journal of
Toulouse
Iran
Riego
Saragossa
Tran
Lerida
Barcelona
Barcelonetta
Francois
Villa Franca
Marseilles
Spain
Lyons Gazette
Pomigne
Journal Des Debats
Vienna
Laybach
England
Austria
Russia
Reduction in Bank Establishment
The Bank of England plans a large layoff affecting about 125 clerks, including 40 from the Hall or Cashier’s office and the rest from various accounts offices. Thousands are employed, with 200 to 300 in the one and two pound note office. Affected workers will receive life annuities proportional to pay and service, or a lump sum equivalent to the annuity if they choose. The bank expects annual savings of about 20,000 pounds once annuities mature, citing a general decline in business as the cause.
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Bank of England
Greeks Repulse Turkish Force Near Salonichi in Macedonian Campaign
Despatches from Seres report in late August a Greek army of about 20,000 under Alexander Stagirita defeated the Turks near Cassandra. Four hundred Jews captured as volunteers were said to suffer mutilation, while Turks reportedly faced Jewish-backed oppression across the empire. Thessalian forces landed at Cassandra joined Greeks advancing from St Catharina.
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Semlin
Seres
Macedonia
Pacha
Salonichi
Cassandra
Catania
Thessaly
Alexander Stagirita
Humanity
Turkey
Salonichs
Europe
St. Catharina
Tuessaly
Mount Athos Cohorts Rally Against Lucks Rout
The Christian force near Mount Athos grew to about 20 000 men as coast inhabitants joined the fight. Priests carried the cross ahead of the Greeks, igniting their zeal, and the Lucks were routed.
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Mount Athos
King Jeff Dessin Departs Calais for Brussels Voyage
The King and his suite left Dessin's Hotel in Calais at ten o'clock headed toward St Omer and Brussels. Four carriages carried the monarch and the Marquis of Conyngham with Sir Benjamin Bloomfield while the remainder followed. A guard was mounted, a royal salute fired, and police were relaxed as English seamen enjoyed a dinner with French brandy.
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Calais
Jeff Dessin
Rue Royale
St. Omer’s
Marquis of Conyngham
Benjamin Bloomfield
Lord Mount-Charles
Col Bennett
Brussels
Dessin
Gens-d'armes
Harvest prospects mixed across Scotland crops
Reports from Dumfries and Fife show oats and barley failing in many farms while wheat holds average or better. rains improved some crops but smut and mildew damaged wheat on poorer soils. Inverness suffers drought for potatoes and corn, with prices rising as production dips.
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Dumfries-shire
Dumfries
West Port
Edinburgh Star
Fifeshire
Idem
Inverness-Shire
Glasgow
Sir W. Milliken
Milliken House
Alabaster Sarcophagus Arrives at British Museum
The nine foot long alabaster coffin from Alexandria was uncased and placed in a non public area of the British Museum. Rich with hieroglyphics depicting processions and symbols, it may be the coffin of Psammis or perhaps a temple shrine. The piece, once owned by Mr. Salt, has drawn competition from foreign powers and could elevate English antiquarian reputation through renewed scholarly study.
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Alexandria
British Museum
Egypt
Salt
England
Extract from 1821 letter on frontier life in Africa
A letter from New Essex Graham's Town dated June 24 1821 describes life near Africa's frontier. It notes distances from the Cape, lodging arrangements, and ships to Algoa Bay. Prices for ploughs meat and grain are listed with wages for ploughmen and high costs for iron goods. It mentions healthy climate, no rent or taxes, oxen farming, and heavy wages for mechanics with a speculative line about a cargo of ladies and settlements.
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Chelmsford
New Essex
Graham’s Town
Africa
Cape of Good Hope
Cape Town
Algoa Bay
England
Cape
Ransome
Chelmaford
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Constantinople
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Frank-street
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Marainy
Lord Byron
Mussolini
Janissaries
Pacta
Levant
Tacitus
Thucydides
Quintus Smyrnieus
King’s Theatre
Jamaica
Champ de Mars
Highflyer
I'Hueflier
the King
Scotland
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