Birth Day drawing room and ball at St James's
Sunday and Tuesday posts recount the birth day celebration at St James's with His Majesty entering his 52nd year. The Crowned family, nobility, and guests filled the drawing room and ball, with princes and princesses in elaborate attire, including diamonds and silver ornaments. The article notes the Queen and Princesses appearing in English dress and the ceremony’s order of procession and dances, and disputes a published account of the Prince of Wales. It also mentions the looming launch of the Queen Charlotte and a fire at Ingleton affecting 62 families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James’s
Queen's House
Kew
Augusta
Elizabeth
Mary
Sophia
Gould
Prince of Wales
Dukes of York
Clarence
Glocester
God
Lane
Princess Royal Prince of Wales
Princess Augusta
Princess Elizapeth Dutchess of Rutland
Lufton
Caroline Spencer
Elizabeth Howard
Charlotte Curzon
Mary Howe
Theodosia Bligh
Ann Wesley
Miss Thynne
Ifab
Thynne
Digby
Milfs Pitt
Townshend
Moftyn
Charlotte Moftyn
Harriet Rushout
Berners
Lord Stopford
Sc. Leger
Egecumbe
Prince William of
Cumberland House
Lord Kingsborough
Henrietta Street
Dublin
Chatham
Incleton
Quarrel Ends in Stabbing then Manslaughter Verdict
The report covers a Thursday quarrel between Coldstream grenadiers ending with a stabbing and a Friday death. It details the murder charge against one man, the Old Bailey trial of William Ward for manslaughter in the Enfield coach incident, witness testimonies, judge Ashurst’s summing up, and the jury verdict of manslaughter. Also notes a Warwick goal escape attempt and King’s birthday festivities at Plymouth with a riot at Docktown leaving multiple fatalities and a coroner’s inquest pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coldstream Regiment of Guards
Justice Addington
Old Bailey
William Ward
Edward Swain
Sayeel Perry
Daniel Norris
Swaine
Ward
William Scholey
Watson
John Peacock
Justice Ashurst
Messis
Sylvester
Garrow
Johnson
Bruisers
Warwick Goal
Goaler
Plymouttuh
Royal Artillery
Foot
Invalids
South Devon
Docktown
Royal Corps of Artificers
Duchess of Kingston Palace in Paris Captivates Nobles
A Paris dispatch notes Colonel Glover’s seizure of Saint Affize, late Duchess of Kingston’s residence linked to the Duke of Orleans. The palace, about twenty five miles from Paris on a riverbank terrace, impresses with 140 beds and 250 total, ornate halls, a playhouse, chapel, fountains, fine glass, and extensive woods. Nobles crowd the arrival, with stewards and chase officials honored by locals. Above forty young men attendance signals pageantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Glover
Saint Affize
Duchess of Kingston
Duke of Orleans
England
France
Windsor
Seine
Maste
Chace
Duke of Orleans Gun Presented in Hunting Party
The next day a shooting party gathered for pheasants partridges and deer. They presented the Colonel with the gun used by the old Duke of Orleans, noting it had been scarcely used and fired with remarkable accuracy, misfeeding only one shot in twenty tries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Orleans
Empress of Russia declares Baltic trade protection
The Empress of Russia publishes a declaration assuring neutral vessels in the Baltic that they will receive protection and navigational freedom during the war with Sweden. Naval officers are ordered to aid trading ships and only vessels aiding Russia's enemies or supplying ammunition may be seized as contraband. April 20, 1789.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Sweden
Baltic
Jamaica
Somerset-Price
London
Frommassshute
Bristol
Rupert Buppicom
Liverpool
Whitehall
Yazhereas
Post-Ofice
Bittol
Barina
Hell
Sydney
Worrall
England
Wales
Scotland
Great Britain
Tho
Pride
Philip Lucrombe
Mall
Westminster
Southwark
Royal Exchange
London Companion
Citizens and
W. Lowndes
Fleet-street
H. Bateman
Aylor
Corporation of Surgeons
New Baioce Street
J. Rudhall and Co
Small-street
H. Brown
Quay-street
Cruttwell
Bath
Evill
Wells
Min Padley
Swansea
Eaton
Narberth
Grihth
Llandilo-Vawr
Potter
Haverford Wett
Perton
Fanciful Spanish Gala Lottery Prize List Debuts
The article describes a gala lottery with elegant prizes labeled with inscriptions, arranged with taste by M. Le Teffier and Elecantiarum of the fete. Notable winners include the Dutchess of Devonshire and Miss Sturt, with many entries listing names, professions, and auction-like dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. le Teffier
Devonshire
Fortune
Paris
Love
Mercers and merchants cited in late June notices
Fragmentary OCR lists names and trades with dates for notices of dividends and legal matters in Guildhall and various towns. Individuals include John Kellett, John Watkins, John Harris, Robert Telling, Thomas Smith, William Jones, Thomas Beckett, Robert Holme, Jonathan Green, Edward Lane, Francis Reeder the younger, John Abell, and Joshua James with locations such as Middlesex Guildhall Bath Bristol Exeter and Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchor Tavern
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Barber
Newraie Upon
Teed
John Kellett
Bond Ftreet
Middlesex
Thomas Beckett
Liverpool
Merschant
King’s Arms
Robert Holme
Jonathan Green
Exeter
Edward Lane
Francis Reeder the Younger
Birmingham
Ann Hobson’s
Worcester-street
John Abell
Tiverton
Devonshire
John Land
Bristol
Joshua James
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Luxe
Yore
D. of
Cumsserland
Charlotte Gordon
Angulla Clavering
Mary Bertie
Countess of
Sutherland Countess
of ‘Calbot
Aldborough
G. Leveson Gower
C. Leveson Gower
Lady Parker
Lady Fairford
Susan Stewart
Augusta Lowther
Susan Drummond
Elizabeth Fane
Maria Finch
Harriot Finch
Car. Waldegrave
Ann Belasyte
Duchess of
Kingston’s Palace
Lady Axe
Herpocrates
Silence
la Fontaine
No. L
ANON
Elizabeth Lamb
Shakespeare
Car——e
Petronius
Banxrurts
Thomas Muat
Weston-street
Maze
Guildhall
Crowder
Frederick’s Place
Old Jewry
William Leach
Deal
Kent
Atkinson
Old Fith-street
John Ran
Roehke
Duney
John Baxter
Gateshead
Durham
the Crown
Mayasty
Mr. Incuepon
Vauxhall
Harmony
God Save the King
Scuoon
Stanley Crowder
Pater-nofter-row
Ti. Brown
E. Palmer
J. Lloyd
T. Mills
J. Norton
Wine-street
W. Bulgin
Broad-street
Fele
R. Turner
Magdalen Hall
Oxford
Cook
S. Crowder
Leake
Little Wenlock
Bridgnorth
Coltsfoot
James Ryan
Dhuron Street
Bristeau
Francis Newbery
St. Paul’s
Mr. Newbery
J. Rudhall & Co
W. Browne
E.shiercliff
W. Bulg
Norton
Arthur
J. Ficchen
W. Pine
Bonner
M. Thompson
Mrs. White
Padley
Swaniee
Gribbs
Llandilo- Vawr
Beadles
Pontypool
Axbridge
Smith
Bridgewater
Symes
Hazard
Chippenham
Angel
Cardiff
Willett
Carmarthen
Miss Downs
Chard
Wellington
Cirencester
Smith Devizes
Broughton
Frome
Daniel
Glacester
Raikes
Haverfordwest
Neath
Robson and Rees
Pembroke
Wilmot
Taunton
Toulmin
Tetbury
Bence
Warminster
Batt
Morse
Waincausiton, Barrett‘and Co
Wootten-under-Edge
Mir. Bence
Yeovil
King
Newbery
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