Voyage to Congo and Cape Padron Encounter
The expedition sails along Loango Bay toward the Congo channel, notes coast features and tribes, and describes a challenging arrival near Shark Point. Aboard, Captain Tuckey and crew interact with the King of Makongo and observe a Portuguese slave trade further upstream. They anchor, drift, and refit amid currents, while officers collect plants and map coastal geography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaptia
Loongo Bay
Xiver Congo
Iver Congo
Cape Padron
Shark Point
Cutame
Congo
Shempoed’s Creek
Hunkey
Loango
Bay
Jullian Point
Cabena
Loango Louise
Malemba
Chingele
Kinhele
Murtzy’s
Tuckey
Mr. Maxwell
Malémba
Cabenda
Red Point
Chaberoca Point
Loango Bay
Cubenda
Chaberaca
W.S. W
Cape Padrou
S. By
S. E
Dorothy
Sharks Point
N.N
Mafuoka
Hinself
Lamsell
Jeck
Embomma
Wall-tree Island
S. W
Sherwood's Creek
Maxwell
Hawkey
Literary and Scientific Intelligence Review
A digest of recent publishing news and scholarly work. Mentions St Domingo history in press, Curzon diction ary, Zapolya drama, M’Carthy Library sales, Didot poetry, Hannibal tragedy by Firmin Didot, Gall’s craniology critique, Latreille insect distribution, Pletho Philo treatise notes, Braconnot rice analysis, Sodalite from Vesuvius, Ure nitrogen composition, and Humboldt plant geography findings. Egypt travel noted for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Domingo
Curzon
Zapolya
Coleidge
Abbe
Georges
Order of Jesuits
Cardinal de Rohan
Paris
M'Carthy
Measra, Debure
Parieshave
Lebran
Didot
M. Firmin Didot
Hi.self
Virgi
Theocritus
Hannibal
Prusiae
Bithynia
Prusias
Nicomedes
Plaminius
M. Didor
Academy of the Roman Catholic Religion
Rome
Monsignore
Gio, Fort Zamboni
Academy
Dr. Gall
Lavater
M. Latreille
Ald
New World
Europe
Abbate Mai
Milan
Philo
Demistes Pletho
Aristotle
Theophrastus
Zenophon
Plutarch
Artian
M. Mut
Henri Braconnot
Nancy
Greenland
Count Borkowski
Grater
Vesuvius
Ure
Glazgow
Davy
Guy-Lussac
Humboldt
Paria
Humbolne
Egypt
Ont Losvellers
E Och Baronet
Discovery
Notices on Egyptian artifacts and a new wire bridge at Peebles
The text reports a forthcoming transcript of Pompey’s inscription from Suke the Consul-General, claims of transporting Egyptian fragments by Cariglio, and the discovery of a 400 foot long rock-cut passage with a lower chamber and well connection. It also describes excavations near the Desert and the discovery of a temple and granite tablet between the phinx’s paws. It highlights a newly built wire bridge over the Tweed at King's Meadows near Peebles by Sir John Hay, 185 feet long with a four and a half foot roadway, supported by iron pillars, praised for design and craftsmanship by Edinburgh ironmonger Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suke
Pompey
Cariglio
Hebes
Great Pyramid
Tweed
King's Meadows
Peebles
John Hay
Brown
House of Redpath
Edinburgh
Baronets
Edinburgh Courant
Queen of Westphalia Appeals to Father After Waterloo
In a translated letter written after Waterloo the Queen pleads with her father, King of Würtemberg, to allow her and her husband Prince Jerome to remain near the king. She defends marriage duties, vows fidelity, and seeks paternal affection and protection amid exile and political upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Westphalia
Wurtemberg
Prince Jerome
Princ Jerome
Maria Louisa
Lave
Europe
Nathac
Agricultural Phenomenon and a Century-Old Wheat Ears
A neighbor reports two ears of wheat claimed to be one hundred eighty years old. The grains sprouted but were pilfered by pigeons. The second trial failed due to late planting. Ears turned black and were tied to a ceiling in an old farmhouse. The writer offers no firm conclusions on longevity or farming benefits.
Harvest market reports show falling grain prices and abundant crops
Across England Scotland and Ireland reports describe harvest progress with fine weather aiding gathering. Wheat and oats prices ease from peak levels while potatoes and barley hold. harvest labor demand rises in Kent Worcestershire and Holland. Market summaries note abundant supplies, lower flour and oatmeal prices, and cautious outlook for future grain values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prine
Hafest
Aneland
Ngland
Lennon
Kent
Worcestershire
Ellis
Barming
England
Holland
Scotland
Epinsores
Pressent
Gras
Annandale
Perth
Gourier
Happington
Seer
Hurley
Dacca
Dublin Advertisements and Subscription Rates Notice
Printed for the proprietors at their office 15 Parliament Street the notice details advertising space monthly and yearly subscription prices for The Dublin printed edition including terms for town and country readers with various rates and durations
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Parliament-street
Ukness
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ka Congo
Murray
Africa
Boorti
Kinghele
Cape
Diego Cam
Cunningtar St
L. Raaf
Bury
Wenick
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