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THE RIVER PLATE

... stated that party inside Monte Video, who now are trafficking largely with the squadron, and who would be ruined in case of the war finally terminating, are in the background of this extraordinary contra movement of the two ministers. During the cessation ...

LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 19

... the punishment to which they had been doomed, that of transportation to Africa, would be commuted. The policy of tbe British government was non-interference as regarded the civil war in Portugal, but different state of circumstances might arise if an attempt ...

LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 13

... own properties, from jealousy of the black population, in case of the war becoming general. The refuse of Natchez and New Orleans are not men on whom any commander can much rely in a war of unusual hardship. Further north, the dread of a summer campaign ...

MIRROR' P FA4HION.

... Sailed w he Acasta axid l avinia frig&Ae, and Chamipion sio6o of war, oh a cs-uize iii the channeli th' ttad Inbrgowa Po iters MO trn, T-11 JAt1. -r.-Arrived th . Redwing brig of war,- Captain, Usher4 with the Duke of Monerose, Castle Eden and A\dmiral ...

We have received with our usual enct the Paris journals of Friday. The sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of

... the Paris journals of Friday. The sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of Thurw although exclusively occupied with questions of wars, was remarkable for the unusual hannon} prevailed amongst members of all parties. The amendment proposed by M. the Expedition ...

MISCELLANEA

... Illyrians, audother principal nations of EuropejA.sia, and. Africa, the whole of which have been visited by the writer during the arduous campaigns in which he was engaged during the late war. Amidst all the armies under the Duke of Wel- lington the c ...

Published: Sunday 07 June 1840
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 644 | Page: 3 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

LITERATURE

... calm and steady as his owir, replied, ' Grande Harke speaks truth; War-Eagle is a chief; tile angry spirit is strong, but he tramples irtunder his feet.' He then added, in a lower tone, 'War-Eagle will speak to Natis; not now; if his whlite brother's tongue ...

KING'S THEATRE

... entirely consumed- Trhursday, a SoCiety was established in Bristol, en- titled, The Chnrch of England Missionary Society. for Africa anid the East. The bank of .Messrs.-Young and So% at Lunton, was enrered during the uight of the z8th inhtant and property ...

The measures by which the British government has for a number of years been attempting to suppress the slave trade

... suppression of the slave-trade without (as has been shown) !>enefiting Africa, entails upon this country a heavy innual expenditure, and increases the chances of its i>eing involved in war. the face of facts like these, the West Indians would require to make ...

LITERATURE

... in a strong light the fact that Slavesa are at present the only commodity in which the inhabitants of the western coast of Africa canti drive a profiable trade, and that it is ridiculous to tb expect that any compulsion or cajolery will induce D, them ...

THE LITERARY EXAMINER

... lights of time, Let intellect march how it will, They stick to oil and watchmen still. This is the true way of carrying on the war. If the Tories attack Russell-square, retaliate on Grosvenor,-make reprisals on Berkeley,-scorn Portman,-in short, keep no squares ...

LITERATURE

... iii tbe ranks, anid then asas made an officer. Inostuces or even mere rapid sdvssconient arc not unfrequent. In time of war, in Africa for example, similar pro- motion may cake place after only three months' service; n feet of gal- lantry may also shsrten ...