CUMBERLAND PACQUET, November 12, 1816 / page 2 / NEWS ARTICLES.

[Barb Baker]

MONDAY'S & WEDNESDAY'S POSTS.

 

LONDON, NOVEMBER 4.

 

YESTERDAY Parliament was prorogued with the usual formalities till the 2d of January.

 

The Governor of Newfoundland has issued a proclamation mentioning that he has authority from his ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE REGENT to distribute a sum of money to the sufferers by the late fire at St. John's.

 

The Cadiz papers to the 10th ult. mention, that a cruizer belonging to the EMPEROR OF MOROCCO had captured a Russian vessel, laden with salt, from Alicant, and a Prussian vessel, with marble on board, for Lisbon, and carried them into Moorish ports.

 

By advices, of the 9th of October, from Naples, we learn, that a Trabaciolo and a Martingano, two vessels, colours unknown, had been captured by two Tunisian pirates, the 22d ult. within five miles of Navarino.

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[Barb Baker]

THURSDAY'S & FRIDAY'S POSTS.

 

LONDON, NOVEMBER 6.

 

DEATH OF THE KING OF WIRTEMBER.  

 

THE Paris Journals, of Sunday last, received this morning, announce the death of the King of WIRTEMBER, at Stutgard, the 30th Oct. at two o'clock in the morning.  The intelligence has been officially received by the British Government.  His Majesty was born on the 6th of November, 1754.  He married, first a Princess of Wolfenbuttle, by whom he had a son, 35 years of age, who now succeeds him; and in 1788 he married the Princess Royal of England.  His Majesty could not have been long in an alarming state of illness, as the Hamburgh Mail which arrived this morning brings a letter from Stutgard of the 25th of October, which says, -- "His Majesty yesterday gave an audience to President Von Baumbech, of Saxe Heldburghausen, in which the President asked the hand of the Princess Amelia, his Majesty's niece, for the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Heldburghausen."

 

The DUKE OF WELLINGTON has purchased of his brother, the MARQUIS WELLESLEY, his elegant residence, Apsley House, Hyde Park Corner.

 

THE LOTTERY. - This morning, at ten o'clock, the Gentlemen who bid for the Lottery on Saturday last, again waited upon the Chancellor the Exchequer to renew their biddings (MR. VANSITTART not being satisfied with the amount previously offered) when the following prices were bid:

Shewell and Co............................14L. 11s.;

Bish and Co..................................15L 3s.1d.

Carroll and....................................14L 14s 1d

 

MR. BISH was declared the purchaser.  There are to be only 15,000 Tickets, and to be drawn the 1st of March 1817.

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[Barb Baker]

SATURDAY'S AND SUNDAY'S POSTS.

 

LONDON, NOVEMBER 8.

 

THE Funds are considerably higher this morning. The 5 per Cents have advanced more in proportion than any other description.  It is stated there is a scarcity of that Stock.

 

THE LATE KING OF WIRTEMBERG. - FREDERICK WILLIAM I. was born Nov. 6, 1754.  His wife was a princess of Brunswick Wolfenbutel, by whom he had three children.  His second wife was the Princess Royal of England.  He succeeded his brother the DUKE OF WIRTEMBERG on the 23d Decr. 1797, and soon after made his peace with theFrench Republic.

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[Petra Mitchinson]

Hi Barb,

 

I am afraid the English just can't spell German names!

 

The King of Wirtemberg (spelt Wirtember in the last article) should be of Württemberg, and his wife was of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel - although admittedly Braunschweig has always been called Brunswick in English.

 

Petra

[Barb Baker]

I'm supposing that in 1816 the news reports would have been printed "as they heard the information". Today would have been much better, that's for sure.

 

I ' types them as they are printed '

 

Barb, Ontario, Canada

[Petra Mitchinson]

Yes, I know, I wasn't criticising your typing!

 

It's a general thing in English speaking countries though that they blithely ignore the "native" spelling and just write it as they please (or as they can pronounce it...).

 

It's not just Brunswick instead of Braunschweig - there are also Nuremberg for Nürnberg, Munich for München, Vienna for Wien and Danube for Donau, to name just a few.

 

Petra

 

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From: Barb Baker

[Barb Baker]

I didn't take it as a criticism Petra; just that in 1816 the spelling of even the English words could be unreliable. And even today, news reports are iffy with the spelling.

 

I was just being silly with my last comment.

 

Barb.

[Barb Baker]

BANKRUPTS.

 

J. NEWMAN, Portslade, Sussex, common brewer.

R. PHELAN, Bath, grocer.

F. BURGESS, Leicester, hosier.

J. DIXON, J. MADDOCK, and J. MADDOCK, Liverpool, soap-boilers.

I. WILLIAMS, Bristol, timber-merchant.

T. BARLOW, sen. East Retford, Nottinghamshire, inn keeper.

W. STANLEY, Warwick, liquor merchant.

J. WHOLENBERG, otherwise J. H. WHOLENBERG, Saint Cathrine Street, biscuit baker.

J. HUGES, and C. OUTHWAITE, St. Paul's Church Yard, upholsterers.

J. DELAHOY, Deptford, printer.

C. M'CARTHY, Long-lane, Bermondsey, skinner.

W. SHEPHERD, Great Bedwin, Wiltshire, victualler.

M. C. MILLERS, liverpool, milliner.

W. WILKINSON, Kighley, Yorkshire, cotton piece manufacturer.

M. HAYES, Liverpool, merchant.

J. JEFFERY, Tunbridge, Kent, shopkeeper.

C. LOVE, Old Bond-street, jeweller.

B. GREEN, Oldfield-lane, Salford, Lancaster, victualler.

D. PHILLIPS, T. WRAY, and H. BARKER, York, merchants.

L. COLLMAN and J. LAMBERT, Old Bethlem, merchants.

T. STOREY, Leeds, cheesemonger.

J. HAMPTON, Longdon, Worcester, merchant.

J. GRIFFIN, Little Ryder-street, St. James's, man-miller.

C. GOULDER, Dilham, Norfolk, miller.

W. ORWIN, Carlisle, upholsterer.

WM. and ANN FAWTHORPE, Senkle, Stockton, Durham, bankers.

It. RATCLIFF, mothersall, Stome, Staffordshire, miller.

C. D. HAOBE, Hampton Court, tailer.

G. BRISTOW, Golden-square, Westminster, warehouseman.

J. JOSEPH, Paneras-lane, warehouseman.

P. LAKEY Fowey, Cornwall, grocer.

T. GRAINGER, Bristol, broker.

J. FLETCHER and J. FLETCHER, Liverpool, ship-chandler.

G. ROWNTREE, Stockton, Durham, draper.

J. CHECKETTS, Weyfields, Warwick, lime-burner.

T. CHILTON, Hadleigh, Suffolk, common brewer.

J. CARBUTT, Manchester, calico-printer.

T. MARTIN and S. HOPKINS, Bristol, linen drapers.

S. DIXON, Portsea, Hants, tailor.

J. PRENTIS, Charter-house lane, watch-maker.

C. RODGERS, Melton-Mowbray, Leicestershire, grocer.

W. OSWELL and P. SELBY, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, merchants.

J. KIRKMAN, High-street, St. Giles, brewer.

W. COMMAT??, Whitechapel-road, victualler.

T. WHEATLEY, Finsbury-st. Findsbury. sq. feather and fancy trimming manufacturer.

J. HUMBY, Avon-street, Bath, oilman.

F. GAY, Bedminster, S??per?etshire, marinet.

R. NUTT, Stallbridge, Dorsetshire, saddler.

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**some entries very difficult to decipher**

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[Barb Baker]

WHITEHAVEN

TUESDAY, 12 NOVEMBER, 1816.

 

THE Benjamin Shaw, HILL, from Bay Chaleurs at Liverpool, sailed 1st Oct.; on the 11th, in lat. 46. 6. long. 4s. 3c. spoke the brig Mariner, from Glasgow, for Miramichi.

 

The Jupiter, JACKLE, from Dronthiem for Belfast, with deals, was driven on shore 21st ult. on some rocks near Kirkwall, and would be a complete wreck; cargo expected to be saved.

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SHIPPING - Since our last, 21 vessels have sailed from hence for different ports, and 25 arrived. ...... see the list.

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