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16 Mar 1809
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Newspaper
Morning Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 16, 1809
Page
1
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A fragment mentions individuals named Reale Lf and Jon Lause in a context suggesting a remark on not being Bub. The text is unclear and lacks full details for a firm report.
The report details the siege of Saragossa by French forces under Duke Montebello and General Gazan. After heavy fighting, bombardment, and mining operations, the town capitulated on February 21 with 15,000 infantry and 40 heavy guns surrendering at Portilla Gate.
The King s Theatre Haymarket hosts three nights with Man and Wife and a Don Quichotte ballet. Proceeds support performers from the late Drury Lane company. prices set for boxes 7s pits 5s 6d gallery 3s 6d. Tickets available through Mr Spring at the Opera Office.
The late Theatre Royal Drury Lane company thanks ladies and gentlemen of the prince boxes and pews for the privileges offered for the King’s Theatre Haymarket occasion. They request those using us to send to the Opera Office for each night's performance to avoid confusion at the doors.
On Saturday The Gate hosts The Tronchest and a Portrait of Cervantes with appearances by Sir Edward Mortimer Young Helen Mrs Li Johnston Waite Salt and others in a VRINOR style display this evening includes The Tronchest and Cervantes portrait.
London reports confirm the fall of Saragossa on February 21 after a siege begun January 26. The garrison of 12,000 to 15,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry surrendered. 8,000 Spaniards died, 13,000 were in hospitals. The article notes intense mining warfare and questions motives behind published details. It also mentions Austrian-French tensions and cabinet actions on Austrian army allowances.
A Malta dispatch dated January 8, 1809 notes commerce advancing beyond expectations with duties on exports to England totaling 760,000 and British manufacture flowing in. Rents have surged from 20 to 1502 per year, English merchants earning 4 to 12,000 per year. Maltese natives begin sailing to London, some successful voyages expected to boost enterprise. Suck pul improves, hemp imported from Germany at 60 2 per ton versus 1202 in England, timber shipments sent, and rope for fleets produced at large government savings. Portuguese intelligence follows, mentioning Sir Virgon leading a division of the Portuguese Legion of Oporto and some Spanish cavalry.
The report describes French plunder of the Zamora and Ledesma area with 300 horses seized from the same corps as they reached Salamanca. Sir Rowenz leads 200 cavalry at Salamanca and Cuidad Rodrigo, aided by Portuguese and Spaniards. The Portuguese have drowned or captured about 700 French attempting the Minho. Generals Sinvena and Faien are cited at Chavas and Braga.
Yesterday at the Queen's Palace, his Majesty arrived from Windsor and was greeted by Dukes York Kent Cumberland and Cambridge. A private meeting followed with senior officials and many lords as the Privy Council convened before the monarch returned to Windsor after six o'clock.
The column disputes reports on a potential appointment and a Windsor visit. It notes Tuesday engagements of the Dukes of York and Casparpar, and a private audience with the King. Other items cover Cadiz ship readiness, parliamentary scheduling, and a needlework exhibition in Leicester Square.
The report notes the arrival of the French brig General Lauriston with wine and bale goods from Nantes bound for Isle de France captured by Her Majesty's ship Harmony. A French Ketch Ga Bonne Varie laden with wheat oats and staves from Limerick bound to Bavoure captured by Mercasius. another vessel Dropt with provisions for Portsmouth after contrary winds. Also mentions the Diam fricate bound for Partanourh, and a corremy avuath arrival, with royal ships Victorione and Bravedragon in dock. Supplies of Wheat and Oats and Flour prices at market, plus local births and notices.
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