Wrednesdays and Thursdays Posts From the London Gazette
Vienna May 23 Prince of Saxe Cobourg after bombarding Chotzim has withdrawn his troops and retired to the fort of Okoppi near the Austrian frontier Letters from Sembia May 25 say the army bound for Belgrade has not crossed the Save yet Versailles June 8 Paris quiet but Rennes riots threaten civil war ten regiments marched to quell the crowd nobility and wealthy citizens intervened to prevent bloodshed soldiers fired in the air to disperse the mob
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Saxe-Cobourg
Chotzim
Okoppi
Austran
Sembia
Belgrade
Versailles
France
Paris
Languedock
Burgundy
Dauphine
Bretagne
Rennes
War fears spread as Swedish move to reclaim Finland
From Swedish dispatches a general war threatens Northern Europe with orders for all subjects' return and a royal pardon for prior misdemeanors. The Prince Royal leads preparations as Sweden eyes Finland, while Baltic intrigues and a hot press spread in ports. A Plymouth tale recounts Prince William Henry aiding two poor boys, and a legal bench remark on domestic life follows alongside a long distance walk record and a Paris longevity note.
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London
Europe
Prince Royal
Finland
Peter the Great
Prince William Henry
Plymouth
Pegasus
Newfundland
S Chool
Crim Con
King’s Bench
Lord Kenyon
Times
Lord Manfield
Philip Herbelot
Paris
Old Hicks’s Hall Slood
St. John Street
Smidfield
Powell
York
Micklegate Bar
Hatfield
Highgate
Stilton
Doncaster
Farm prices rise and bank notes stolen in town
The article notes high prices for horses across northern markets and warns on cattle and sheep breeding as a national concern. A bank note theft of 400 pounds occurred near Bow Church Yard. It also mentions the death of Lord Caher in France, his estate valued at thirteen thousand pounds per year, and a nephew inheriting title and estate.
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Uilton
Ley
Powell
Bow Church Yard
France
Lord Caher
Kingdom of
Ireland
Copper ore division shakes market in country news
The Cornish Metal Company faces new competition as adventurers divide ores and sell to allied firms excluded from old markets. Prices at recent sales by old Companies far exceed those offered by Metal Companies, signaling a market shift. In Dorset, 18 year old Powell fell 95 feet from a fir tree while seeking a bird’s nest, leaving his life in the balance.
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Reprutuh
Cornish Metal Company
Sherborne
Hawkchurch
Dorset
Powell
Hastings Trial Fragment Reflects Conspiracy Among Key Actors
The defense outlines three principal actors Hatst ings Middleton and Sir Elijah Impey and three subordinates Colonel Hannity Hyder Beg Dawn and Ali Abram Dawn. Sheridan notes inconsistencies in testimonies on translations and abdavits and argues Hastings used Middleton and Impey to push Nabob toward seizing Begums treasures. He cites bribery rumors over the Camar treaty and questions about verbal instructions versus written orders.
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Sheridan
Cutief
Mr. Hatstings
Mr. Middleton
Elijah Impey
Hanniy
Hyder Beg Dawn
Nabob
Ali Abram Dawn
Sir Elijah Impey
Abdavits
Mr. Hastings
Chunar
Mr. Sheridan
Sir Elijah
William Davy
Hastings
Elyan Linpey
Buxar
Major Davy
Elias
Ito
Tate
Middleton
Camar
Halsings
Qudt
Johnson
Haslings
Hallings
Lucknow
Middleton and Hastings clash over Nabob’s orders in trial
In a heated session the court examined denials of brutalities at Allahabad tied to Middleton’s presence and orders. The Governor General claimed he issued verbatim instructions to prosecute both services and crush negotiations with the Begums, while Middleton awaited Hastings’s letter before acting. Sheridan fell ill during the relayed testimony.
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Middleton
Aurdils
Mr. Middleton
Sheridan
Adam
Fox
Bankrupts and Dividends Listing London and nationwide trades
A dated list records bankrupts from June including Faulding bath-lane Coventry Covent Garden linen-draper Edenfor Bath-lane and others across Newcastle Leeds Birmingham and Liverpool with trades from grocer to linen-draper and manufacturers. Dividends noted for July with names and venues. Also obituaries and marriages among gentry including Miss Huddletton Berkely-street and Miss Gardiner Manchester.
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Francis Faulding
King-street
Covent Garden
Wm. Edenfor
Bath-lane
Cannon-street
John Stephenson
Newcastle Upon Tyne
John Hutchinson
Leeds
Rd. Lucas
Balcunsborough
Somersetshire
Robert Brickdale Morgan
Benjamin Dugard Webb
Birmingham
James Hilton
Chamber Hall
Lancahire
Thomas Aspden
Manchester
Wm. Goodall
Wakefield
Yorkshire
Isaac Hanson
Stone Lands
Oxfordshire
William Bayley
George Bayley
Liverool
John Farquhar Mac Crumin
Oxtford-street
Haberdasher
Baill Righton
Baftcheap
Cooper
Henry Fludger
High-street
Southwark
William Merrett
Farsham
Hants
Isaac Harle
Stockeld Grange
Dealer
Chapman
George Way
Morchard Bishop
Devonshire
John Pape
Alford
Lincolnshire
William Bell
Walhsall
Staffordshire
Robert Chipchase
The
Poultry
London
Elizabeth Sanderson
Joan Sanderson
Staithes
Whitby
John Williams
Swansea
White Hart Inn
Broadstreet
Bristol
Sampson Freet’s
James Bayley
Shakespeare Tavern
Maraiep
Bazil Eyston
Huadred
Berks
Huddletton
Berkely-street
Dublin
Valentine Blake
Lahinch
Roper
Henry Roper
Richard Birdless
Fuftian
Sarah Gardiner
Alexander Harheld
His Majesty
15Th Regiment of Dragoons
Perryn
Richard Perryn
Rot
Barons of the Exchequer
Drzpv
Cheshunt
Richard Cooke
Bolton-street
Rd. Scholes
Pole-Field
Prestwich
Caergwiley
Grifith Jones
Clamenden
Chester
Formby
John Formby
Dalziel
James Hamilton
Browncastle
Northampton
Robert Atkinson
James Vaughan
Vaughan
Leicester
Brightelmstone
Rimmington
Thomas Bonell
Sutton Coldfield
Newport
Perry
Tho. Simcox
Sarah Grave
John Grave
Lombard-street
Yeovilton
John Way
Joseph Planta
Edmund Bott
John Fox
Sigstone
Etron
Camarivcr
Rett Saens Wood
St. John’s
Tho. Mantell
Leonard Shelford
Francis Dixon
W. Wade
Tho, Twigge
Wm. Greenwood
John Sparhauke
John Wall
Rich, Palmer
Henry Shield
George Edmonstone
Francis Ellis
S. Ingle
Cho
Hale
C. Beckingham
J. S. Banks
Geo. Allen
Trinity Hall
Irish Lottery Ticket Sale Notice at Cornhill 1788
Hornsby and Co at No 26 Cornhill London promote Irish State Lottery sales with tickets in various fractions and promise payment of value for all tickets and shares bought through their office as soon as prizes are drawn. They publish a comparative statement of capitals and urge public confidence in Irish prizes.
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Irth
Jornsby and Co
Cornhill
Royel-Exchange
London
N. B
Hornsby and Co
Haifa Vicket
Hornby and Co
Royal Exchange Assurance
George the First
Herestier
Bridgwater
James Wollen
Iichester
John Backhouse
Mineheed
Edward Lee
Shepton Mallett
John Dunkerton
Taunton
Thomas Sweeting
Wellington
John Southerton
Rife Tel
BF. Bird
Tne Instanee
Ame
Foreign Affairs Friday and Saturday Post Summary
Friday and Saturday posts report changes in regencies across Purmerende Hoorn and Alkmaar in North Holland. In Jazt city most members are deposed except four, and Archbishop Treves writes to grant a free passage for 1400 men through his territory subject to visitation. The Margrave of Anspach Barges pays the Republic and pledges friendship, offering continued service.
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Bareith
Inclosure Bill Passes in House of Lords and Wool Bill Debated
Long Sutton inclosure bill read third time and passed. A pawnbrokers bill was reviewed in committee. Inverness Gaol tut heard, ordered to be read a third time tomorrow. On the Wool Bill Lord Stanhope proposed a clause about expenses tender before testimony. Lord Hawkesbury opposed. votes 24 Contents, 9 Not Contents, majority 15 for the bill. Lord Hopet led the third reading. division 24 Contents, 9 Not Contents. From the Commons, the engrofsed bill regulating slave transportation in birth ships was received, read first time, then second time ordered for tomorrow. Lords to be summoned.
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Long Sutton
House
Inverness
Lord Stanhope
Lord Hawkesbury
Moainninn
Hopet
Hopetown
Commons
Marquis of
Carmarthen
Miosrow
William Coben
Robert Smith
Wilderman Sawbridge
Mr. Drake
Sir Robert Smith
Maronty
Debates On Slave Regulation and Hay Bill In Commons
House proceedings include ordering a writ for Aldborough Yorkshire, reporting on the Slave regulation bill, and gravely engrossing it for third reading. In the Hay bill committee Wiley and Drake back the bill, Smith objects and moves to recommit, votes recorded as Ayes 28 Noes 5. House adjourned with 93 members present.
London Letters Describe Court News and Foreign Affairs
London gossip notes the Lord Chancellor’s physicians alarmed by repeated bleeding and a boastful dance. The Prince of Wales avoids injury after a Kensington Gate carriage overturn. French Cherbourg works abandoned due to sinking sand on the rock. European credits waver as Russian goods wait in Ratcliff moorings and Danish Swedish orders falter. 100 homeward bound ships circle the channel awaiting port access amid northeast winds.
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London
Prince of Wales
Kensington Gate
Brentford
Ratcliff-cross
Petersburgh
Sweden
Denmark
Lloyd’s
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Snow
J. Stephens
Maryport-street
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Pembroke
John Fargus
Castle- Ditch
Bath
Pennington
Haeue
Holland
House of Commons
Aldborough
Richard Pepper Arden
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