French Papers Describe Balkan News and Local Orders
The week’s items report a concert at St Chad, rumors of Russian gains in Wallachia, and new enforcement of a merchant transport ban from ten to seven. Vienna notes Turkey and Russia amid looming battles as Moslem troops gather for possible front actions in Servia.
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Pants
St Chad
Kurtsan
Wallachia
Ancosa
Elbe
Boutoaye
Antonio Marcheselli
Lugo
Vienna
Turkey
Count Kutasow
Count Kasnenskoi
Moldavia
Servia
Bosnia
Sicily calm by late September amid troop buildup and evacuation plans
Dispatches from Sicily report tranquil conditions on September 60 with Lord William Bentinck gone four weeks. Garrisons at Trapani Syracuse and Augusta prepare to evacuate on short notice and level fortifications. Court at Palermo complains but Maitland refuses gunboat return. Sicilian nobles resist settlement terms seeking fair trials.
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Sicily
William Bentinck
Trapani
Syracuse
Augusta
Maitland
Asiuk
Murat
Palermo
Messina
Maittind
Via Tranca
Vermini
Departure of Lord W Beutingk from Usis in Cephalus brig
Sept 27 114 reports the exit of Lord W Beutingk and military secretary Colonel Atchirson from Usis aboard the Cephalus brig. The court refused the ambassador requests, prompting suspicions of British disdain and a shift in tone after England’s authority was cited as a reason.
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Latract
Alscter
Palermo
W. Beutingk
Usis
Cephalus Brig
Ule
Colonel Atchirson
Prince R
England
Roland
Lord W. Bentinck
Queen Refuses Envoy Demands and Maintains Sovereign Rights
The Queen, urged by an envoy’s demands, tears the letter and vows to uphold independence and royal dignity. Lord W Bentinck leaves amid broad public support. Clergy privately pray for his safe voyage and swift return to Sicily.
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Circello
W. Bentinck
Sicily
Change in Court Tone After Lord Bentinck Departure
Extract from a letter notes alteration in tone among courtiers and public officers toward the English since Lord W. Bentinck left. It praises signs of conciliation as novel, given years of British forbearance and governments’ belief in limited claims to justice or equity.
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Lord W. Bentinck
Death of Admiral Bartholomew Rowley at Jamaica
The Jamaica report notes the death of Admiral Bartholomew Samuel Rowley, commander of the blue squadron, who died at the Pen after a fever. A funeral procession with naval and military honors followed from the Pen to the churchyard, with high officials and regiments in attendance. Rowley, born 1763, rose through naval ranks to Admiral of the Blue, succeeding Dacres in command on this station.
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Bartholomew Samuel Rowley
Naval Hospital
Adams
Meek
Robertson
John
Alexander Campbell
Pall
Hall
Macneil
Pateshall
R.N
Graves
R. N. Laeut
Col. Smith
R.A. Cape
Camby
Mournera
Vashon
Rowley
Godfrey
Navy
Taymaster-General
House of Assembly
Privy Council
Senionty
King-street
Douglas
55Th Regiment
Joshua Rowley
William Rowley
Ile
Lowestoft
Downs
Dacres
Martinique
St. Domine
Tous. Sant
Curacoa
Extraordinary Jamaica slave tale on Blue Mountains passion
A plan among two enslaved men on a Jamaica coffee plantation ends with a wharfinger intervening. The two slaves, one handsome and one deformed, fell for the planter's daughter and plotted mutual murder and self destruction. The wharfinger reveals the plot and wins the girl's heart. The suitor is a former Dublin stocking-weaver of Irish origin.
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Jamaica
Blue Mountains
Jover
Gir
Dublin
Privy Council Orders Extend Trade Relaxations in West Indies
An act and royal orders extend wartime freedom to import and export certain goods in neutral ships to and from British West Indies and South America. The measures cover slaves, livestock, provisions, rum, sugar, coffee and other commodities, with specific end dates and exceptions.
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York-Hmoanse
Neyal
West Indies
South America
Privy Council
Bermuda
Lie Leth
Bahama Islands
Somerslands
Import and export permissions amid royal orders in 1811
The document outlines duties and allowances for timber and other goods under royal authorization. It details import entry, duties per thousand units, and the authority of the Privy Council to revoke or adjust permissions before December 1811 or after a peace treaty ratification. It lists specific measurements for shingles, staves, and various grains with respective rates.
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Albierieh
Joe Aneed
Mitiail
Damai
Bisoulros
Privy Council
London
Roy
Highbes
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Drogheda
Dundal
Eel
Dungarvan
Galway
Limerick
Newry
Ross
Sligo
Strangford
Waterford
Wenxford
Ae Wicklow
Ontmaras
Glas G. Deane
Pease
Parliament
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