Intelligence on war and honors in early reports
Foreign affairs dispatch notes siege of Octakow and Baltic naval actions distress Swedish fleet. Captain Treven praised by the Empress for gallantry and named Captain of first rank. A meeting between the King of Prussia and Elector of Saxony described as a chance gathering with two long conferences followed by a grand hunting party.
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Petergrub
Rifia
Octakow
Baltic
Treven
Serpesien
Prussia
Saxony
Examination of Physicians in the Lords over the King’s health
In Tugesnay the Lords ballot a committee of twenty one to examine the King’s physicians. The Marquis of Stafford moved the committee be the peers named, with five as a quorum. Physicians Warren Gibbsourne Perys Reynolds Addington Wits sworn. Bar adjourned to Thursday. committee to sit that day.
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Tugesnay
Royal
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Duke of Norfolk
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Earl Derby
Lord Loughborough
St. Davids
Lord Romney
Marquis of
Staford
Marquis of Stafford
Quarrie
Urher
Warren
Cooper
Majjesty
Baker
Gisbourne
Perys
Reynolds
Addington
Wits
Examination of Physicians for His Majesty’s Health
A parliamentary committee met near eleven to examine Dr. Warren Dr. Baker Dr. Gilborne and Dr. Willis about the king’s health and adjourned until this morning when Dr. Addington Dr. Reynolds and Sir Lucas Pepys will be examined The aim is to finish enough to report to the House today
Illness of King at Kew Palace Updates
London dispatch reports the King sleeping more and showing quiet status at Kew Palace. Dr Willis, Lincolnshire born, now treats the King with careful measures and hopes for improvement as the household remains thin and the public awaits further guidance.
Fragmented Dispatches from a Turbulent Era
A garbled collection of 18th century notes reports royal interviews, political tensions, and court gossip. It mentions Mr Pitt’s audience with the queen, Queen Caroline’s stance on state affairs, and Lord Chancellor advice, alongside naval and Polish-Austrian concerns, including executions in Wallachia and the Polish Diet’s claims of sovereignty. Also notes a Spanish king’s recovery, harvest abundance, and a canal accident with drownings.
Discovery of a new grass from Cherokee country for North American agriculture
York reports a major agricultural breakthrough, a grass from the Cherokee region that grows by root and joint, thrives in heat or cold, and yields faster fattening cattle. It tolerates various soils, sown in March or April, and can be transplanted across acres at nine inch spacing, with minimal upkeep. The Botanists place it in Cornucophce and wilpopecorus genera.
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York
North America
Arisia
Hunter
Gentlemen of Fortune Appeal for Donations in Glocester and Somerset
In Glocester and Somerset counties the Gentlemen of Fortune urge wealthy inhabitants and friends of the design to send voluntary donations to their correspondents in this city. Contributions may be given to Mr Lunent, Treasurer, or to Mr Mills, bookseller, in Wine Street, to be added to the General Fund with a faithful account to be presented publicly. Baistor, Dec. 4, 1788.
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Pee Friends of Liberty
London
Birmingham
Bristol
Exeter
Leicester
Manchester
Goo
Rotheram
Sheffield
York
Teis
Glocester
Somerset
Lunent
Mills
Baistor
Canal project to join Seine and Paris London trade plan
Brule receives royal authorization to confirm a canal connecting Meaux area to the Seine at Paris to aid capital traffic. A second project links Paris to Dieppe to ease Paris London travel. Frederick the Second’s posthumous works appear in a voluminous edition, with few engaging letters. Bienvenu uses Chappels method to model storms with electrical soap halos. Linguet publishes an incendiary pamphlet attacking royal authority and magistracy, predicting his book will be burned and no one will answer.
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Unis
France
BRULE
Marney-takem
Meaux
Oyfe
Seine
Paris
Dieppe
Pars
London
Freederick
Frederick
Pei
Linguet
Versailles
Sam Furr
Examination of King’s physicians on his Majesty’s illness debated
The Chancellor of the Exchequer opened a committee inquiry after the Privy Council report on the king’s illness. Doctors Warren, Baker, Willis, Gisborne, Addington, Pepys, and Reynolds advised recovery is possible but not yet convalescent. They avoided a fixed recovery date, attributed cause to various factors, and noted most patients recover. The House moved to print the inquiry. Fox warned against delay, arguing no precedent exists for suspending executive power with an heir apparent of full age.
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London
Willis
Gretford
Lincolnshire
Warren
Geo. Bakes
Gisborne
Addington
Lucas Pepys
Reynolds
Wills
Wallis
G. Baker
Rolle
Privy Council
Fox
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Country News
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John Ryland
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William Bennett
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Switzerland
Lancelot Brown
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Miss Fuller
John Fuller
Rosehill
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Geo. Hankin
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Hannah Kennet
Alderman Kennet
Wigan
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Mary Dean
Paiba
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Hexham
John Walcot
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Salop
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Gerard Andrews
Ball
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Swaffham
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Isle of Wight
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Tees
Robert Worsley
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Joseph Ryder
Lutterword
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Michael Driver Meale
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Edward Jacob
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Earl of Melfort
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Eastmeon
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Frank Hugonin
Leith
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John Long
Prethaw
Daniel Matthews
Woodborough
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John Green
St. John’s College
Oxford
Robert Haynes
Drugeift
Groves Pitt
J. Hawkswell
Bristoul
J. Stephens
William James
Castle- Atreet
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Exchange
Thomas Cross
Union Street
Broadmead
John Chidgey
William Poole
Morgan
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Houshold
Cumberland Street
St. James’s
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Japan
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Maryport S Street
Phcentx
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Caruimas
Phoenix Company
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James Spiller
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Robert Anstice
Slidgwater
John Keates
Chard
Charles Hyde
H’e
Edward Newport
Frome
Robert Bageho
Langport
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