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BV 9Sunday’s The Examiner (London) 1812This file was bought in Dublin, Ireland with the help of Jim Powers, in 1988. The file was rebound in Philadelphia. Because they are bound volumes, all issues are given continuous page numbers. The March 15 issue is missing and there is an index following page 832. Jan. 5 Page 3 – US to recognize South America / Congress argues resolution to defend against British aggression Page 4 – First report of General William Henry Harrison on the defeat of Tecumseh / Fracas at Savannah, GA when seamen burn two French privateer ships – many dead Page 7 – French report on Valencia battle / Gale destroys a British fleet / Sad prospect of American war / Recruiters are avoiding Irishmen Page 8 – Fraud at Navy office / King is at Windsor and is still ill Jan. 12 Page 19 – Riots in Edinburgh on New Year’s Eve / Prince Regent delivers the State of the Union address and the subsequent debate Page 28 – Admiral Pellew commands a “Hornblower-type” exploit Page 32 – Privy is searched for evidence of murder Jan. 19 Page 33 – Our watchmen are old and powerless Page 35 – Two Naval ships are lost in North Sea gale / Horse loses foot Page 36 – Population of Great Britain now 11,910,000 Page 39 – Russians defeat the Turks / Fast Day on February 5 Page 45 – Report King’s recovery is unlikely Page 47 – Poor people are persecuted for working on Sunday Page 48 – Widow’s suicide leaves four children, the oldest is 13 / Fire devours General Dowdeswell’s antiques and books / Duke of Buccleugh dies / Lord Cavendish’s son dies after a gig accident Jan. 26 Page 49 – Excommunication is defeated in Commons Page 51 – Commons debates King’s household, penitentiaries, the Navy, Excommunication, Ecclesiastical courts and America Page 56 – Fighting in Java Page 57 – Military and Naval actions Page 59 – The population of Great Britain from 1801-1811 / The King is worse / There is a 10 percent tax on income Page 64 – Newspapers lose another libel suit / Convictions handed down for cutting money and bigamy / Women has triplets adding to her family of seven Feb. 2 Page 65 – Charles I execution discussed Page 66 – King’s Household Page 70 – War – Tarita Action Page 73 – Marquis Wellesley resigns Page 74 – Theater and Opera Page 79 – Crimes, Accidents and Executions Feb. 9 Page 81 - Why fast days? For fish? Page 82 – French report Valencia is captured Page 84 – Trial of Catholic delegates in Ireland Page 87 – Commons discusses repealing acts of Queen Elizabeth’s reign concerning death penalties for soldiers and sailors who consort with the Devil or Egyptians / Wellington captures Cindad Rodrigo Page 89 – Editorial disparages Wellington’s victory / America divided on possible war with Great Britain Page 96 – Wicked toll collector is punished / 100 people die in a Richmond, VA fire at a theater / Carriage accident / An attempted robbery Feb. 16 Page 99 – Murder in the provinces Page 101 – Commons debates New South Wales transportation punishment Page 104 – The Regent is sick with the gout / Bill is defeated in Commons that would keep the poor from buying meat on Sunday Page 105 – Man sells wife Page 111 – London pavements are in poor condition / Treason trials of English prisoners in France who joined French forces were found guilty and sentenced to be hanged and quartered Feb. 23 Page 113 – The Regent’s letter proves his conservatism (keep Ireland as is) Page 117 – French report that they have retaken Cindad Rodrigo / A death-bed murder Confession Page 121 – 200 men are impressed into the Navy / Wellington is rewarded / Is there peace with Sweden now that Bernadotte is there? Page 122 – It looks as if it will be war with America Page 128 – Colonel Brown, a Loyalist, is guilty of land fraud in the West Indies Island of St. Vincent’s / Wife found guilty of child cruelty / Death of Major General Robert Crawford Mar. 1 Page 130 – The Princess of Wales has a carriage mishap Page 131 – The King of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies steps down because of the illness is replaced by his “alter ego”, his son / The editor of the Dublin Post is guilty of libel against the police because he won’t name the author of the libelous article Page 132 – Several people die after overcrowded ship to Ireland sinks; captain is freed of murder charges Page 139 – Why build new churches when the old ones are empty? / Apparently, truth is not a defense for libel cases Page 141 – Why are Britons so prejudiced against Irishmen? Mar. 8 Page 153 – Military floggings justified Page 155 – a 17-year-old girl dies when her clothes catch on fire Page 159 – Publisher is guilty of printing a book by Thomas Paine that criticizes the Christian religion and is therefore libelous Page 160 – A breach of promise suit / Earl St. Vincent has an accident Mar. 22 Page 180 – Rapist guilty Page 186 – Bonaparte going north Page 187 – Crimes and sentences Mar. 29 Page 195 – Murders Page 197 – Bets are laid on Bonaparte’s life / Strange breach of promise Page 201 – Naval victory Page 203 – News from Virginia says no war / Earthquakes in America, Natchez destroyed / Hyde Park stroller shot / Rat causes a run on Holland gin Page 206 – A reward is offered to anyone who can find a certain ghost Apr. 5 Page 211 – Naval officer cashiered and imprisoned / Russia to fight France Page 212 – 400,000 French and Austrian forces under Marshals Ney and Murat in Leipzing Page 216 – Bank of England notes forged / Tooke funeral / Price of bread up Page 219 – The Regent has stopped reading newspapers / Regent’s Easter speech Page 224 – Satire on America / Edmund Burke’s widow dies Apr. 12 Page 226 – Napoleon still in Paris Page 228 – 107-year-old man in great health and has lived under four Kings Page 230 – Navy cutting out exercise Page 232 – Russia at war with France / The American bill that has just been passed by Congress may lead to war with Great Britain Apr. 19 Page 248 – Army corporal punishment Page 251 – Wellington’s report on the siege of Badajoz Page 253 – A review of the new comedy “Sons of Erin” Page 254 – Riots Apr. 26 Page 257 – Charge of libel against the Examiner concerning the Regent Page 260 – Alliance between France and Austria / Claims of the Catholics Page 262 – Wellington captures Badajoz May 3 Page 276 – President James Madison message to Congress may mean war Page 288 – Prospective groom dies suddenly May 10 Page 292 – America charges British agent threatens union Page 296 – Regent canal bill passed Page 299 – Now that Bernadotte is in Sweden, he appears hostile to France May 17 Page 305 – Perceval is assassinated in Commons May 24 Page 321 – Dissolution of the Ministry Page 323 – Napoleon leaves Paris to join his troops on the Vistula Page 334 – Bellingham is executed May 31 Page 339 – Terrible earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela (and see page 343) Page 352 – Publisher Eaton who printed Thomas Paine’s “Age of Reason” is put in pillory, but the people support Eaton June 7 Page 356 – 93 die in mine accident Page 357 – Punishment sentences Page 362 – King’s illness persists Page 363 – Turner’s painting of “Hannibal” is on exhibit Page 365 – Military flogging June 14 Page 373 – Insolvent debtor’s bill Page 377 – New Ministry named Page 392 – Horrors of War June 21 Page 391 – Commons complains about a breach of privilege by the “Day” newspaper Page 395 – Report of Wellington’s victory at Almarez Page 398 – Complaint against the actress Mrs. Siddons who “mocks” the public June 28 Page 401 – The Examiner vs. the Print Regent Page 403 – Volcano erupts on the island of St. Vincent July 5 Page 428 – Mrs. Siddons retires July 12 Page 433 – Dinner given to Mr. William Cobbett Page 436 – United States declares war on Great Britain Page 441 – Commons discusses war with the United States Page 444 – Mozart’s opera “Don Giovanni” revived July 19 Page 450 – French forces march into Russia Page 464 – Bow Street police reports July 26 Page 465 – More on Cobbett’s dinner Page 479 – Dreadful murders Aug. 2 Page 483 – America: Grievances with Britain that led to the declaration of war Page 493 – Great Britain puts an embargo on United States trade Page 495 – Russians battle French at Riga Aug. 9 Page 499 – French Army Bulletins Page 500 – Russian Army Bulletins Page 508 – Madison refuses to issue licenses of reprisals against British ships Aug. 16 Page 513 – French Army Bulletins Page 514 – Russian Army Bulletins Page 516 – Dawson execution Page 521 – State of the Arts Page 523 – Cobbett and The Examiner Aug. 23 Page 531 – French Army Bulletins Page 535 – List of killed and wounded at the battle of Salamanca, Spain Page 543 – Great illumination in London for Wellington’s victory at Salamanca Aug. 30 Page 545 – Cobbett controversy Page 549 – French report on the battle of Salamanca Page 554 – In Montreal, French resist draft Page 559 – Prayer for victory in Spain Page 560 – Fictitious Irish Linen company Sept. 6 Page 561 – Russian Army Bulletins Page 566 – Wellington in Madrid Page 572 – Flaxman’s monument of Howe in St. Paul’s Cathedral Sept. 13 Page 577 – Probable world consequences if Bonaparte dies Page 580 – French Army Bulletins Page 583 – General Hull’s proclamation to the Canadians Page 589 – “The Beggar’s Opera” opens Covent-Garden’s season Sept. 20 Page 598 – Smolensk falls to Bonaparte Sept. 27 Page 609 – Bernadotte’s policy Page 610 – French Army Bulletins Page 615 – Wellington’s reports Page 616 – Bonaparte is on his way to Moscow Oct. 4 Page 626 – Battle of Borodino Page 630 – Report on General’s activities in Canada Page 631 – French forces in Moscow Oct. 11 Page 643 – French entered Moscow on September 14 / Moscow on Fire / Napoleon is in the Kremlin Page 614 – Treaty of peace between Sweden and Great Britain Page 616 – General Brock takes Detroit Page 649 – USS Constitution captures HMS Guerriere Oct. 18 Page 659 – Burning of Moscow Page 660 – Official reprisals against the United States Oct. 25 Page 674 – Official Russian report-settling in Moscow / USA report on USS Constitution victory Page 676 – News from America Page 683 – The Elgin Marbles Nov. 1 Page 694 – Casualties at the battle of Castle Bugas in Spain Page 695 – Snow threatening Bonaparte in Russia Page 696 – HMS Maidstone taken by USS Essex Page 699 – The benefit of advertisements Nov. 8 Page 710 – Russian Army Bulletin Page 712 – Paris Conspiracy Page 714 – Black cat superstition in the Navy Nov. 15 Page 726 – Russians recapture Moscow Page 727 – Russians defeat the French Page 728 – Paris Conspiracy Page 735 – Judge sleeps during trial Nov. 22 Page 738 – French Army Bulletin on forces leaving Moscow / Great Britain and Russia peace treaty that was signed July 18, 1812 Nov. 29 Page 755 – French Army Bulletin of the battle of Moscow Page 757 – Russian Proclamation: French Army retreating Page 758 – New English Parliament Page 760 – British defeat Americans on the Niagra frontier Page 761 – Report from Montreal Page 764 – Quack medications Dec. 6 Page 771 – French Army Bulletin: Russian winter sets in Page 781 – Regent’s speech delivered to Parliament / Embargo from the United States expected Dec. 13 Page 785 – Libel trial of the Examiner and the Prince Regent Page 787 – Retreat of the French Army from Russia Dec. 20 Page 801 – Examiner vs. Regent trial continues Page 807 – President James Madison’s State of the Union address Dec. 27 Page 817 – Examiner trial continues Page 831 – French Army Bulletin: cold and freezing! / Bonaparte in Paris / Another libel case
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