Serpentine Fleet to Be Renamed Mediterranean Sea
Report recalls a hot river press and bands picked up for the Serpentine fleet after a boat race. Government may rename the Serpents to the Mediterranean Sea amid looming unrest. The 110 gun Nedson wrecked near Kensington Gardens with all hands lost, blamed on a water rat seen before the disaster. A Green Park sentinel jokes about keeping cows from fireworks.
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Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
Nedson
Kensington Gardens
Green Park
Jubilee Fair Dislodged in British Press Riot Scene
A London Jubilee Fair scene ends with General Townshend and guards ejecting fairgoers from the Park. The crowd flees as displays and stalls collapse. a pickpocket is ducked in a comic publican pocket at the Monday event. A summary Court is planned for July.
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Jubilee Fair
Secretary of State
Townshend
Boy Guards
Morpheus
Satirical Trial in a Ball Room at Wellington Tavern
A mock trial unfolds with a coal heaver chairing, a prisoner placed in a neck-tied sack, and a judge declaring guilt. The sentence orders the condemned man to be docked in the Serpentine River, with executioners wading to their necks to ensure punishment and a pitiable escape from future disgrace.
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Wellington
Prig
Letters from Hamburg on Congress and Saxony Talks
Reports from Vienna and Paris describe ongoing negotiations at the Congress of Vienna. Sketches show Russia and Prussia accepting Austrian terms on Rhine left bank, Poland, and Saxony, with Britain urged to sacrifice German provinces to keep Saxony intact.
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Prankfort
nFo
Viena
Poland
Saxony
Russia
Prussia
Vienna
Belgium
Holstein
Denmark
Prince Talleyrand
France
Mentz
Bavaria
Germany
Rhine
Lord Castlervagh
England
Austria
Healy
Paris
Davoust
Switzerland
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Marshal Davoust
Hambuurgh
Count de Chaban
Dresden
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