Medals to Families for Officers Fallen Since Java Capture
The Prince Regent commands that medals due to Major Richard Butler 89th foot Major D H Dalton Bengal light infantry Major P Vans Agnew Madras establishment Major David Forbes 78th foot Captain Hugh Griffiths 5th Bengal volunteer battalion Captain John Noble horse artillery Captain Richard Bunce royal marines Captain G Herbert Gall Bengal establishment be sent to their families. This honors those officers who fell in or died since the capture of Java.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Butler
89Th Foot
D. H. Dalton
Bengal Light Infantry
P. Vans Agnew
Madras
David Forbes
78Th Foot
Hugh Griffiths
Bengal Volunteer Battalion
John Noble
Horse Artillery
Richard Bunce
Royal Marines
G. Herbert Gall
Bengal
Prince Regent
Java
British and American War News From Halifax to New York
Reports from Halifax and New York through December 19 recount failures and delays in General Browne and Drummond campaigns, British naval supports, and continued raids along the Chesapeake and Lake Ontario. Tax proposals advance in Congress, Rhode Island complains of federal withholding, and court sentences for mutiny and treason are delivered as trials proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Halifax
New York
Drummond
Browne
Sackett’s Harbour
Chauncey
Lake Ontario
Fort St. George
Burlington Heights
Chesapeake
Tangiers
Teighman’s Island
Balti
Bay
Virginia
Pergram
Washington
Baltimore
Savannah
New Orleans
Pensacola
Jackson
House of Representatives
United States
National Intelligencer
Senate
West Indies
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Baron Graham
High Seas
Wm. Donovan
Wm. Hamilton
Toulon
Donovan
Cedon
Panjing
Sootog
Muadee
Antonio da Costa
J.C. Matieta
Batavia
Madgascar
King
da Costa
Matteia
Garon Graham
Wm. Scott
Sir Williams
W. Donovan
William Walmsley
Wilson
America
Great Britain
Afrias
Justice Bayly
Furtace
Ead
Gary
Port Royal report on St Domingo peace and arrivals
The Port Royal Gazette notes a Vigilant voyage from St Domingo with word of a general peace treaty between Petion and Christophe and surrender terms to the French government while a Duc de Manchester schooner carried Adjutant General Lavaise to Port au Prince. The item clashes with prior reports on St Domingo’s inhabitants and government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Royal
Vigilant
St. Domingo
Petion
Christophe
Duc de Manchester
M. Auntion Lavaise
King of France
Port Au Prince
Admiralty Sessions Opens at Old Bailey Tuesday
December proceedings began Tuesday at 11 o'clock in the Old Bailey with Admiralty Sessions before Sie Win Scott and Mr Justice Bayly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty
Old Bailey
Sie Win
Scott
Justice Bayly
Execution oF THE Mavays Murderers Taken to be Hanged
News reports three Mavays murderers transported from Newgate to Execution Dock for their sentence and later suspended after the customary time. A separate incident recounts Nath Crossland robbed near Miss Mellon’s house in Clerkenwell with a decoy used to lure him, forceful assault, and injuries to his right hand.
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Panjang
Sooton
Mundee
Coeden
Rattles
Newgate
Rosstay
Mupper
Nath. Crossland
Sutton Street
Clerkenwell
Highgate
Miss. Mellon
Stanly
Paris Monarchy Defends Royal Guard Amid French Turmoil
A Paris report describes rising agitation linked to hopes of restoring Bourbon rule. It details the royal household guard, Swiss regiments, and national guards, arguing the King’s personal safety hinges on a disciplined, loyal army while warning against revolutionary plots and possible duels.
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Paris
Gardes du Corps
France
Buonaparte
Republic of the Cantons
Altosgether
Royal Household
Thuilleries
Champ Elysees
National Guards
la Salle Dis Marecheaux
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Buonne Parte
Louis
King’s Gardes du Corps
England
Continental
Mousquetaires Rouges
Monsieur
Royal Military Household
Rome
Papal States
Zurich
Council of
Berne
Netherlands
Canton of
Holland
Europe
Friburge
Besancon
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