British envoy lays before Prince's Council on wines duties
From Lisson March 20 the English envoy reports a new set of instructions from the British Court to the Prince's Council. A specification of duties on wines in England is expected to please. The Treaty should be ready for signing as obstacles vanish. Brest March 29 La Gloire, an 86 gun two decker, launched the largest of its kind. Mont Villeneuffe to build four more. La Reine of 110 guns in progress. Timbers scarce.
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London
Prince’s Council
England
Brest
la Gloire
France
Mont. Villeneuffe
Budget and events from London postal era draw crowds
The article outlines a government budget relying on Bank loans and tax reforms, plus an act to consolidate customs and excise after May. It reports a Lord Mayor dinner with Prince Rezzonico and the Countess of Salisbury, Windsor knight installation for Redman the fencing master, and royal care for a debt-prison freed pensioner. It notes army inspectors, a recovered bishop, and Empress plans near Constantinople, with frontier measures and a notables assembly. Additional items include a gatecrash at Mansion House, a Hemington murder plot, and a Caen duel between officers ending nonlethal.
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London
Customs and Excise
Rezzonico
Countess of Salisbury
St. George’s Church
Windsor
Redman
King’s Bench
America
House of Commons
Landaff
Constantinople
A&s
Ecyrr
Hanifon
Bedford-square
Hemington
Hertfordshire
Acheme
Caen
Normandy
Iam
Combatants duel ends with death and rising vengeance
The resolution was sent to the combatants and officers that if both men recovered they would again duel with pistols. Both fired. one collapsed in the breast and died, the other survived though unable to hold a pistol. The aggressor died later and was buried with military honours. The survivor's brother arrived seeking revenge.
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Caen
Bourdeaux
1787 Norrisian prize awarded to Rev Joseph Whiteley
Cambridge reports the Norrisian prize for 1787 awarded to Rev Joseph Whiteley for an essay on the knowledge revealed to mankind concerning the holy spirit. The notice includes other Oxford and Birmingham items and a long set of wedding and business notices.
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Cambridge
Joseph Whiteley
Magdalen College
Oxford
Earl of Harcourt
Birmingham
Joseph Pounder
Bonsal
Derby
Chesterfield
Joseph Smith
Wm. Pitt
Anne Martin
Joseph Martin
Vewkesbury
Dundas
Scotland
Mills Dundas
Navy
William Slam
Pipplepen-house
Somerset
Mary Adle
Netherbury
Dorset
Tho. Holmes
Yeovil
Bishop
Mei fton-Magna
Drew
Cotes
Nottinghamshire
Gilbert
Rhedon
Leicestershire
Nathaniel Curzon
Derbyshire
Merrick Burrell
Thornton
Matt-India Company
Hanleymar Stains
Georer Burgess
Manulton
University of Edinburgh
Banington
Glocester
Countess ‘Talbot
Earl ‘Talbot
Bankfurts
Edw
Hayue
Fenchurch-strec
London
Charles Willes
Guildford
Fowler Kean
Camberwell
Thomas Bond
Pickwick Lodge
Chapman
James Sidgreaves
James Cardwell
Liverpool
Chapmen
Copartners
John Leach
Damsite
Abraham Bellamy
Christ Church, Southwark
War rumors and trade news on foreign policy and markets
The period for the abolition of duties on foreign prints is not fixed despite public prints. Letters from Gibraltar report Morocco at war with Spain and Moorish forces near Larache Mogadore Tetuan and Beni Ned. A three per cent duty on imported spirits from Holland is mentioned. East India Company directors elected include Moffatt Devaynes Lushington Smith Fitz Hugh and Pattle. Stockholm reports Sweden dissolving the Swedish Sail-India Company and taking trade under state protection. Mount Vesuvius eruptions and Calabrian earthquakes noted. An American- Algerine corsair engagement near New York leads to prisoner handling concerns. Butter monopolists lose gains. winter weather harms dairy sales. A calf and lamb slaughter prohibition echoes Elizabethan policy to curb beer and mutton prices. Midland Circuit trial recounts a female apprentice burnt in an oven with witness noting the crackle. Stock prices listed for several entities.
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Gibraltar
Morocco
Africa
Larache
Mogadore
Tetuan
Buineck
Holland
The
East India Company
James Moffatt
Wm. Devaynes
Step. Lushington
Nat
Prussia
David
France
Stockholm
Iis
Sail-India Company
China
Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Ulterior Calabria
Lord Hyde
Falmouth
New-York
General Wathington
Madeira
Henderson
Ireland
Elizbeth
Dublin
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London Gazette
Office of Ordinance
Royalreement of Artillery
George Charlton
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Knt
Wm. Godwin
Benj. Marlow
Ain Company
Isf
George Lewis
Country News
Bristol
J. Fargus
Houshold
Driscol
St. Maryport-street
Glocestershire
Thomas Natsh
Burgess
Ald
Leva
Witrenit
Glocgster
James Roberts
Exchange
Frenchay
John Edge
Lott
Grimbury
Wrenchay
Tribol
Bath
Turlington
Martha Wray
Hilton Wray
Birchin Lane
Hamilton
H. Brown
Juay Street
Mellrs
Cock~ing
Rudhall
Melfrs
Mills
Barton-Hill
St. Philip and Jacob
Pusces
Neames
Callle Mills
Exchange Coffee House
James River Tobacco
Comptinghouse
Samuel Span
J. Bonbonous
Walter Jenkins
Wine-street
Messrs
Joan Cherry
Lennon
Bedminster
William Sargent
George Batton
Win
Sargent
Usher
Stapleton
J. Syephe
Fu Ohacy
Gabriel Smith Bradley
J. Stephens
Exchange Coffee
Vtuorsvay
Gashzer Smith Baap-Ley
Clocester
Brapley
Grist
Ma Avany
Thomas Coox
King-street
Bishford
N. B. Frexcu
Dancine
Schooiner
Kennedy
Mater
Tortola
Merchants
Hatwells
Otober
Streights
XNSE
William Curtis
Georgeinn
Backwell
He. Emery
Curtis
Elizabeth
Thomas Emery
Wraxall
J. Weekes
Corntreet
W. Pollard
Bath Agriculture Society
Harrington- Place
Aysstroth
Watson
Rack
Edward Winnington
James Warren
Edward Shirley
Barvis
Walter Jacks
John Andrey
Eta
Helfienr
Als
Willian Seldeng
Wayson
N.B
R. Portaron
Piures
Simmrke
Karl Stamford
Lord Beauchamp
M.P
Lord Willoughby de Broke
Humane Society
Hawes
Letutfoo
N. B. Whis Society
Sas
R. Pollard
Bayne
S-Row
J. Norton
Kookicher
C. Bristol
J. Jagger
J. Roberts
Norwich
J. Kendall
Bury St. Edmands
Downes
March
Yarmouth
Jerseyman
York
A. Fisher
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Porter
Harrison
de. Arnold
Dr. Arnold
Smith
Burney
Merlrs
Hacock
M.vander Does
Broordwick
Council
Buatliff
Hague
Duke of ‘Gloucester
Upper
Grosvenor-street
Duke of Gloucester
Italy
Sir Elijah Impey
India
Duke of Rutland
Dr. Goldfimiths
Corton
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