Naples Falls to French Forces Amid European Turmoil
Reports describe a rapid French occupation of Naples and its fortifications, with Gaeta capitulating and the royal family seeking refuge in Palermo. Bonaparte’s proclamations decree the dissolution of the Neapolitan dynasty as the queen and hereditary prince flee, while British and Romian forces react with alarm and confusion. A privateer threat and notable local figures round out the sweeping dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Gaeta
Napoleon
Capua
Pilcara
Marcato
Calaopia
Joseph Bonaparte
Wivis
Doubs
Withanas, &c
Palerme
Lauderdale
Indi
Berga
Bonaparte
Naval Actions Near Sandy Hook and Halifax In April
In New York April 26 reports describe ships attacked near Sandy Hook and captured off the Hook by the British Leander. The brig Ceres and three masted Nimrod were ordered to Halifax after capture. Also a man named Pierce was shot at the helm during an incident aboard Iron Brandy wine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard
Leander
John Pierce
Jiafantle
Fairchild
Havanna
Sagach Raffel
Halifax
Ceres
West Indies
Yeterday
Hook
Nimrod
Manning
Cerracoa
Sandy Hook
Lottery prize list and a fatal pistol accident in Raleigh
The May 29 draw list shows numerous prizes from 1 to 1,000 dollars with numbers across two days. A separate report from Friday evening at William Norwood's house near Hill Angly records Mary Alves, nine, fatally shot by an unloaded pistol that discharged while children played, ending her life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Norwood
Hill
Angly
Mary Alves
Walter Alves
Raleigh Regifere
French Cotton Duties and War News Highlight 1805
Augusta dispatch cites France fixing cotton duties at 60 francs per hundred and offering a bounty of 50 francs per hundred on exports. It covers General Picton trial, Lord Ellenborough cabinet seat, Napoleonic war rumors, prisoner exchanges, and a Virginia execution. Also notes exports from the United States, Spanish actions at Mobile, and a Georgia murder sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Povernment
Em Plic
Frances
Picton
Wrigidad
Eng
Tieland
Aoncrasle
Wm. Priel
Buinith Partiamen
Lord Ellenborough
House of Lords
Bonaparte
Germany
France
Vienna
Europe
Angetetu
Lefebvre
Westphelia
Muofer &c
Prussia
Russia
Poland
England
Artagon
Catalonia
Atturias
Mack
Duke of Bedford
Ireland
General Hutchinson
Duke of Portland
Lord Melville
Marquis Douglass
Lord Lauderdale
Thomas Greenvills
Lord Holland
Mr. Cole
Norfolk
Scotland
McMumford
Paris
Spain
U. States
Woodfall
Junius
London
Virginia
John Bowyer
United States
New Orleans
Mobile
Fort Stoédart
Congress
Congres
Kingdom of Naples
Gaeca
Grigny
Barron
Mediterranean
Decatur
Chesepeake
Latgare
Madrid
J. Randollph
Windley
Randolph
Meald
St. Paul’s
Georgia
Greorzia
Washington
Wilkes County
Barcelay
John Milledge
Thie
Oconee
Ocmulgee
State House
Louisville
United States of America
Merchants urged to use river stores for tobacco and cotton
The subscriber operates stores at Rivera in complete order and invites merchants from the Upper Country to ship tobacco or cotton to Europe via boats, depositing cargo at these stores to avoid Savannah delivery. Rates are listed for landing weighing marking shipping and forwarding, with specifics for tobacco rice cotton and samples, plus a note on reduced fire risk and security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivera
Europe
Savannah
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jamaick
Foil
Gax
Newburyport
Tim‘oray Dextar
Lost Dexter
Charleston, May
BAY Street Lottery
Gog
Pescee
God
Yars
Augusta
Goolden
Auguta
Mikley Bynes
Edward Rens
Burke County
J. Willson & Nephew
Teneriffe
Jamaica
Morocco
Joan Rapexire
Angotta
Epmund Maser
Radcliffe
Scott. & Radcliffe
Scott & Kelly’s
William Scott
J. Cormick
Ais
Agafa
Hor. Marsary
City
Irol As
A. Rhodes
R. R
Marcarett Rosincon
Richard Robinson
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