Despatch on Ashantee War At Cape Coast Castle 1824
Lieutenant Colonel W Sutherland reports troops under Col Grant routed the Ashantee army near Cape Coast Castle. Capt. Sir J Phillimore aided by Thetis and Swinger seamen helped garrison, land detachments, and fortify positions. Casualties total include West India Regiment and Militia across organized forces.
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Rickets
West India Regiment
Hutchinson
Annimaboe
Reott
Swinger
Drew
Thetis
de Richelieu
Gold Coast
Cape Coast
Poul Son
J. Phillimore
W. Sutherland
West Indian Regiment
Royal African Corps
Swanzy
Admiralty Office
Commodore Bullen
John Wilson Croker
Maidstone
Cape Count
Rutherland
Coomassie
John Phillimore
Sutherland
Dissolution of an Irish Insurance Company
The Irish Phenix Insurance Company, one of the oldest tools, decides to quit business amid low insurance rates from new establishments. A severe wind and rain storm damaged printing rooms and roofs, causing publication delays. The Irish Provincial Banking Company offers its establishment for public consideration without opposing existing institutions. See advertisement.
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Phenix Insurance Company
Trlak
Turbulent times at Sierra Leone garrison before Ashantee attack
The Royal Gazette reports Cape Coast supplies arriving as the garrison nears the Fort with fever raging and deaths mounting. The Thetis lands troops to man the fort guns while Dr O Beirne's health fluctuates and a wave of illness claims officers and men, with blame cast on medical staff amid a harsh season.
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Sierra Leone
Royal Gasette
Alhantees
Faretown
Maria
Cape Coast
Sid Beyoc
O’beirne
Gold Coast
Thetis
John Phillimore
Africa
Tecan Acarcely
Heaven
Proclamation and calamities across Assam and India
The document reprints a British proclamation declaring war to aid Assam against Burmese invaders, promising aid and governance for peace. It also reports a catastrophic powder mill explosion at Papamow near Allahabad, describing the massive blast, casualties, and destruction, with notes on the superintendent Major Lindsay’s family and broader public concern.
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Ava
Cachar
Barmahkoond
Assam
Suffering and scarce supplies on the Gold Coast voyage
A wary account describes a small medical staff for a 14 000 population over 30 miles as scarcity bites. A vessel from England is awaited for essential goods for forces, grain runs low, and the writer plans a 2 to 3 month trek. A fatality strikes the 2d West India Regiment as the adjutant dies within hours.
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England
Gold Coast
2D West India Regiment
Waaill
Fall of a Monarch Yet Not the System of Europe
The article argues the Holy Alliance's durability rests on timeless principle, not personal rulers. It notes recent death prompts doubt about the edifice’s stability yet finds no expected shock to the broader system. Market observers report funds rising after the monarch’s death and a liquidity shift while France’s administration appears unchanged.
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Frankront
Hhe Momen
Iturbide
Cnitel
Scan
France
French Plan for Expedition Against Saint Domingo Revealed
A letter attributed to a French deputy describes orders to assemble four thousand troops for Brest and a voyage to Saint Domingo via Martinique. The aim is to seize key coastal forts, negotiate with chiefs, then reinforce if needed, while Britain reportedly backed the move as a colonial recovery effort. Spain might join with France to extend influence toward Mexican isles.
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Chamber of Deputies
France
St. Domingo
Brest
Mae
H— Uy
Paris
Spain
Patriotic Legacy From Major Cartwright Will
A curiously worded extract from Major Cartwright's will urges patriotic reform to restore liberty and prosperity. It criticizes conquering states and inverted pyramids, calls for simple original polity, and envisions confederate nations allied with Britain as sincere friends.
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Major Cartwright
Kuglant
Marriage at Mary's Church Unites Irwin and Jemima Richardson
The ceremony at Mary’s Church featured the Rev W W Magee aiding the Archbishop of Dublin’s chaplain as Arthur Irwin married Jemima Richardson of Richmount Langford Bay. The record notes a two day illness preceding the event and praises the bride as a devoted wife mother and friend celebrated by family and many mourners.
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Willian
Shaw Mavon
Canlen-street
Catholic Meeting at Liverpool Branch Discusses Catholic Association
A Catholic meeting held Thursday at the chapel in Copperas Hill Liverpool formed a branch of the Catholic Association. Speakers urged unity, support for the metropolitan association, and a push to Parliament for rights and protections, while condemning misrepresentation of Catholics and calling for liberal government and religious integrity.
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Beall
I of
Lal
Pecorn
Roagson
Erpool
Poyitetree
Manchester
Blackburn
Cathlics Fe
Scotland
Joice
Pregs
Calomoy
Northallerton
Pexte
England
Sh Dau
Ireland
Brest
Norfolk
Stafford
Cahalles
Ean
Hurke
Fox
Sheridan
Wyndham
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Eden Quay
Trish
Gov
Royal Irish Do
Patriotic
Wetter St. Patrick
Shamrock
Dublin Gas
Hibernan
Sree Oil
Corny Mining
Hibernian
Trish Turf
Dublin Journal
London Mail
Courier
Commissarial Department
Capa
Bombay
Assam Territories
Calcutta
John Bull
Papamow
Alahabad
Papamon
Major Linsday
Mr. Linsday
Louis XVIII
Patriotic Legacy
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