Foreign Intelligence and Military Dispatches From Europe
Paris ministerial papers discuss Versailles marriage plans and mourning for the Dutch queen. Reports cover Damremont killed at Constantina, French victories, and telegraphic updates on Spain Portugal Belgium and Prussia with notes on Pasha plans, pestilence in Catania, and Russian Caucasus diplomacy.
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Ranof
Versailles
Princera
Mary
Germany
Moniteur
Holland
M. de Fabricius
Louis Philippe
Don Miguel
Portugal
Rome
M. Quvrard
Zvora
Dam
France
Count de Damremont
Achmet Bey
Stora
Bons
Yussuf
Mansoura
Caubah
Stat-el-Mausoura
Conciat-Ali
Pacha
Algiers
Constantina
Vallee
Damremont
Dalmatian Pirates and Royal Executions Reported Abroad
In Holland and Dalmatia disturbing details emerge of pirate landings near Otranto and a brutal public execution in Trinidad. Reports describe Dalmatian banditti looting estates, wounding residents, and killing a priest and others, while in Trinidad three mutineers are shot after a naval court martial with a ceremonial procession and grim battlefield imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanues
Otranto
Dalma
Sauli
Scorrano
Tricase
Raorzing
Wenefrede
Messina
De position of the Schah of Persia and related notes
The Hamburgh Correspondent reports a letter from Trebisond noting the Shah of Persia disperses his army at Herat and proclaims one of his uncles as Shah. LOATHEY. Southey appeared at Cockermouth Court and took oaths while denouncing papal doctrines in a playful yet earnest scene. Southey’s hair is grey and his features are sharp and piercing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Her
Harpy
St. Joseph
Trinidad
Daniel Stewart
William Satchell
Edward Coffin
Maurice Ogston
Stewart
Ogston
Coffin
Geneva
Donald Stewart
89Th Regiment
1St West India Regiment
Artillery
Meehan
Stamford Whittingham
Ogsten
Oston
Schah
Persia
Trebisond
Herat
Sehah
Cockermouth
Mr. Southey
Circassians Reply to Russian Demands Amid Tense Stand-off
A British report copies translations of General Williamineff and Circassian replies. The Circassians pledge resistance to Russia and appeal to England for protection while condemning Russian threats to forts and forced submission. The exchange notes English influence and Circassian unity across tribes against Russian advances along the Caspian coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circassia
Pehiat
Abasia
Williamineff
Russia
Rosen
Soukoum Kaleh
Pchiat
Caspian Sea
England
Williaminepf
Sublime Porte
France
Rasaia
Constantinople
Sefer Bey
London
Nicholas
Mussulmars
Egypt
Eagland
Mussulmans
Bereaved lodger’s final blaze kills in Rue des Amandiers
A Paris garret tenant named Bachelier faced eviction for drunkenness and nuisance. After threats to move out, she set her room ablaze with a funeral pyre of combustibles, killing herself and narrowly sparing the building as firemen halted the blaze. An Atheneus quotation about Milo closes the note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bachelier
Rue Des Amandiers
Paris
Old Tiwe
Atheneus
Milo
Dreadful Pit Accident Appeals for Aid and Oddities of Dover
A late week report details a mining disaster near Netherton where fifteen workers were burned after firedamp ignited in a Mille pit. Four died, others injured. two horses perished. The item also covers a runaway groom in Rochdale, fraud at Dover fairs, Duke of Cambridge visit, election notes, and other 19th century items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irminghama
Mille
Netherton
Bolton
Abraham Taylor
Heywood
Rochdale Old Church
Butterworth
Taylor
Packer Street
Dover
Gamaine
John Bull
Losity
Canterbury
Raffir
Royal
Duke of Cambridge
Capt
Stephens
Worthington’s
Achlefeldt
Miss Kerr
Lord Robert Kerr
Cornwall
Coastrear Guards
Duchess
Prince George
Dumbarton
Ayr
Church of Scotland
James Colquhoun
Dunlop
Liverpool
George Darwell
Wolstenholme
Manchester
Victoria
Manchester Infirmary and Lunatic Hospital
Merthyr
Tredegar
Monmouth
Glamorgan
Ripon
House of Lords
Amusing Paris Ape Show and Notable Oddities
A Paris Jardin des Plants scene features a loving pair with a baby ape. a Papa ape embraces, caresses the marmotte, and the family is shown affectionate post separation. A Naples report details an English visitor living Roman style in Pompeii for two weeks. A Chelsea boy walked to Nottingham for seven days living on wild berries and apples, returning home. Market notes cover various commodities with minor shifts. overall, several prices and trends are sketched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monker Lova
Jardin Des Plants
Paris
Pompeii
Naples
Poxipeii
Republic
Collins
Chelsea
Nottingham
Norgel
Hye
Sale of the Royal Stud at Hampton Court
An 1830s Hampton Court royal stud sale drew nobles, foreigners, and crowds, with lots including Arabian mares from Muscat and famed stallion The Colonel. Prices ranged from 46 to 1,550 guineas, collecting total proceeds of about 15,782 guineas as daylight faded and the paddocks emptied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Stud
Hampton-court
Chideda
Akes
Mreesall
Tattersall
Princi
Mr. Tattenall
Imaam
Muscat
Oscar
England
Wings
Caravan
Acteeon
Camel
Maria
George IV
Daphne
Hooke
Belvairina
Duke of Rutland
Actzeon
Oet
G. Bentinck
Mulatto
Emmeline
Lord Chesterfield
Mr. Tattersall
Virgil
George LV
Riddell
Chasse
Arabia
Blood Royal
Parodic Verse on Haymarket Masters Feedback
A fragmentary parody laments former Haymarket management and theatre figures. The speaker condemns stage beasts and mocks Goldsmith Colman and O Keefe, vowing to restrain their pens and brighten the scene with wit and truth. The tone is satirical and critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Haymarket
Garden
Lane
Osbuldiston
Buna
O Goldsmith
George Colman
O'Keefe
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Spain
Old Castille
Dox Carlos
Burgos
Gumiel d’Urzan
Cabanas d’Usgueva
Baqueva
Valladolid
Pesquera
Penaflel
War Department
van Orpreda
Bulgrenni
Helland
Luxemburg
Vianna
Steurdza
Catania
Europe
Leghorn
Prussia
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Count Yermoloff
Caucasus
Paskewitch
Asia
St. Petrsburg
Count Yersoloff
Caucasian
Urery
Pertew Pasha
Adrianople
Ahif Eferdi
Thessaly
Epirus
Zagorah
Amsterdam
Tueday
Haeuy
To-cay
Finance
States-General
Chataber
Baron van Sytzama
Count Reed
M. B. van Blockland
Trip
Italy
Country News
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