Parliament and magistrates clash over royal authority
Recounted dispatches describe the French king’s firm refusal to yield ground to Parliament and magistrates as tensions over punishment and sovereignty persist. Warsaw reports warn of Dantzick’s fragile trade conditions amid frontier war, while Britain notes American elation at a possible rift with France. Easter rites at the Mansion-house, a Dutch fire illusion, and other varied items close the column.
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Warsaw
Duntzick
Poland
Wesel
Dantzick
Berlin
America
United States
Great Britain
France
Royal Academy of Sciences
Paris
Royal Society
Cruickshanks
Windmill-street
Andrews
West Indies
Marchesi
Lord Hampden
Rome
Borromeo
Albany
London Bridge
Tower-ditch
Turbulent scenes and high society turmoil in Britain and America
Reports recount brutal duels and violent accidents across Britain, including a naval officers’ feud near Camberwell, a deadly fire and narrowing escape in Carnarvonshire, and a fatal roadside dog encounter. Advices from America note a rising Indian confederacy threat. Covent Garden opera plans shift to Tottenham Court Road with Holland funding, while Bank stock speculation and Covent Garden rents spark market chatter. The Mansion House entertainments showcase a grand royal gathering with ambassadors and lavish dancing, amid a backdrop of wealth and social upheaval.
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Kent
Stan
Carnarvonshire
Wales
Nigel Plas
Blackfriars Road
Hughes
Camberwell
Navy
Carl
America
Georgia
Ohio
United States
Covent-garden
Tottenham Court-Road
Holland
John Vanburgh
Haymarket
Fnds
Countess of
Eglintoun
Roehampton
Duke of Bedford
Covent Garden
Sandgate
Folkestone
Mansion House
Marquis of
Carmarthen
Lord Sydney
Lord Hood
Patrick
Mills Tibbs
Trevili
Burgundy
Champaign
Madeira
Canal work eyed to boost trade from Naas to Wicklow
Extracts describe renewed digging from Sallins to Naas and plans to extend toward Kilcullen and Wicklow to ease carriage from Wexford and southern Munster. Project cost estimated at 135000 pounds. Reports also note political opposition to a new constitution and market expansion within Maidstone. "Long Ann." stock quotations end the item.
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Rip
Dublin
Grand Canal
Sallins
Naas
Oldtown
Kilcullen
Wicklow
Wexford
Munster
Assembly of
Virginia
Bath
Mayor & Corporation
Maritime and local notices amid ship arrivals and fires
Shipping items include the Neathy Welch bound for Neath and the King George from Jamaica to Bristol with crew left in a gale off Bermuda, while the Aurora from Bristol reaches the South Fishery. Local deaths, a Stapleton wedding, and multiple firings, mails to Jamaica and the Leeward Islands outlined alongside fire at Castle-Easton and a Poole inn wine tampering incident. Police and judicial sentences follow for Devon murders with executions at Heagia tree, and an Irish Mails note closes.
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Lewis
Hole
Minehead
Neathy Welch
Neath
Chilwell
Ilfracombe
Speedy
Swansea
Patfey
Peters
Padilla
Tenby
Harris
St. Ives
Sydney
Loyd
Cardigan
King George
Robe
Jamaica
Bristol
Milford
Bermuas
Aurora
Smith
South
Stapleton
Glocester
George Price
Vita Taller
Ann Jones
Fe’mnight
Batts
Bond
Teaft
Wapping
Wm. Mays
Royal Anne
Pill
Somerset
Beaman
Dobbins
Monstague-street
Milebury Heath
Glocestershire
Henry’ Marth
High-street
Boulith
Shepton Mala Jet
Cooth
John Cooth
Shepton Mallet
Willian Provis
John Belcher
St. James’s
Falmouth
Barbadoes
Leeward Islands
Windward Passage
England
Leesward Islands
St. Vincent's
Grenada
Dominica
Antigua
Montferrat
Nevis
St. Kitt’s
Tortola
St. Vincent’s
St. Kite’s
Great Britain
Ireland
Jamaica Packet
Leeward Island
London
King
Caslle-Easton
Highworth
Wilts
Seeveral
Poole
Doreethhire
Herford
Exeter
Devon
Wms Smith
John Richards
Philip Smith
Plymouth
Dock
George
Willliam
Peter Salter
Daniel Gosling
Laff
Richards
Salters
Faé&T
Bristol Bridge Account Omitted for This Year
We were obliged to omit for want of room the Bristol Bridge Account for the past year but it will be published in our paper of Saturday next.
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Theatre-Royal
Bristol
Lord Wardy
Murray
Lord Brampton
Fox
Trim
Knight
Bliffett
Sable
Jackson
Cabinet
Bloomfield
Tom
Egan
Corporal Swagger
Bristow
Campley
Dimond
Brampton
Didier
Charlotte Miss Harley
Mademoaiselle d’Epingle
Miss Summers
Miss Cleland
Fardingale
Powell
Kate Matchlock
Mr. Summers
Keafberry
Mus Sharrock
Harriet
Simpson
Miss Michel
Marquis
Sebastian
J. Stephens
John Harris
Horfield-Downing
His Majesty’s Customs
Bristol Bridge
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Maidstone
G. Taylor
Clement Taylor
Miss Allen
Capt. Allen
Lord Amherst
Mipsimmer
Somersetshire
Bristol Channel
Arravura Parmer
Birmingham
Coventry
Rummer Tavern
Casine Inn
Glocesterios
Orcester
John Wheeler
Sidney
Crown Inn
Newport, and Co
John Hyatt
Tewkesbury
Y. Davis
Star and Garter Inn
Worcester
T. Edwards
Castle Inn
Shrewsbury
Chester
Holyhead
Liverpool
Manchester
Shefield
Derby
Litchfield
Northampton
Cambridge
B Rise Tol Library Society
Busu-Tavern
St. Stephen's Tontine
Pas
Richard VauGnan
John Bayly
ESSRS
Masons
St. Paul’s Church
N. B
F. Bird
Mangotsfield
Bitton
Tocunti
Waitchurch
Crown
Saltford
Jer. Osborne
Carter
Joan Clarxy
Fr Quebeg
Johnnoble
New
Isle of Man
John Mall RD
James Mullowney
the Grove
Duartes Ems
Seville
J. Bonbonous
Bata
Cornwall
Wenman
Tho
Whichcote
Matthew
Ridley
Fleming
Mary Fitzmaurice
Buckner
Woolcot
Scott
Leyton
Mc Donald
Sisters
Gibbs
Nancy
Harry
South Carolina
Pan
Hunt
St. Christophers
Friendship
Ward
North Carolina
Bolton
Dean
Waterford
Good Intent
Linden
Streights
Druid
Hope
Sims
Clarendon
Ruffel
Morant
Aitkin
Furs
Martha Brae
Munt
Shaw
Sybil
Devereux
Rodney
Luscombe
Orange Valley
Watson
Hleétor
Ronaldson
Neptune
Chirnside
Simon Taylor
Baker
May
Tomlinson
St. George
Shilstone
Vigilant
Griffiths
Colin
Robertson
Good Hope
Howells
Olive
Moore
Commerce
Blake
St. Vincents
Minerva
Slater
Apollo
Rawle
Ann
Stevens
New-York
Mercury
Lisbon
Lively
Warren
Hodgson
Venus
Owen
Bordeaux
Duke of York
Oates
Levant
Welch
Kinsale
Centurion
James
Charante
Fly
Fellington
Newfoundland
Sprightly
Clark
Quebec
Sally
Roach
Harbour Grace
Harding
Richard
Adams
Friends
Doyle
Wintle
Honduras
Emma
Cannon
Isle of San
Elizabeth
Hawkes
Cork
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