Austrian Troops Repel Turkish Assault at Dubicza
Vienna reports detail the late storming attempt at Dubicza where Austrian brigades under Major General Schlaun and Khan fought fiercely. Turkish forces mounted bayonet contact before KinSKY Light Horse cavalry under Major Schubirsch routed them. Austrian losses include 2 lieutenant colonels and 117 NCOs and privates killed, plus 74 horses. many wounded and two cannons lost. Turkish casualties exceed 600 killed with additional casualties and one standard bearer captured.
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Vienna
Austria
Irichenteis
Dubicza
Schlaun
Khan
Mear
Schubirsch
Kinsky Light Horse
Arions
Licence Theatres Bill Debate at House of Lords
In Moxporr on May 26 the bill licensing theatres in the country is read clause by clause with amendments from the Lords including notices to include Royalty Theatre and bans on certain wines. May 27 shows evidentiary arguments by Capt Jaques and Major Gilpin with adjournment and a royal assent by commission planned for Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moxporr
Sadler’s Wells
Lord Scarsdale
Earl of Sandwich
Marquis of Carmarthen
Duke of Richmond
Tussay
Jaques
Major Gilpin
Summer
Commons
East India Company seeks extended credit in Commons
In the House of Commons on May 26 and 27 the East India Company petitioned for permission to extend capital. Nathaniel Smith presented the petition, and a committee of the whole House was formed to consider it. Debate covered Somerset Place expenditures, fisheries limits, and a plan for public buildings at Somerset House. A bill on the African slave trade regulation was read for a second time after debate. A Dutch commerce bill passed a committee, and India Company finances were discussed with Pitt proposing bonds of 3,200,000 pounds in addition to existing issued capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel Smith
East India Company
John Miller
Somerset Place
Steele
Newfoundland
Mr. Baring
My. Pulteney
Grey Cooper
Gascoigne
Liverpool
William Dolben
Africa
West Indies
Glascoigne
Smith
Young
Lord Penryn
Gordon
Drake
Brickdale
Rose
Somerset House
William Chambers
Westminster Hall
Holland
France
Mndia Company
India Company
Pitt
12 Company
The
Impey impeachment debate delays in Parliament
The House debates charges against Sir Elijah Impey. The Attorney General opposes immediate action and proposes deferring to next year as the Privy Council handles the Patna case. Burke accuses the India Company of stalling prosecutions, sparking sharp exchanges between Pitt and Burke before the Speaker leaves the chair and business is postponed for three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morra
Reed
Elijah Impey
Patna
Privy Council
Anstruther
the India Company
Grenville
Burke
Sir Elijah Impey
Mr. Pitt
London Society Scene and Notable Events in Portsmouth Ball
The report covers Prince William Henry sailing from Portsmouth in an observation fleet under Admiral Gower, a Knights of the Bath ball with Storace and Richer performing, lavish dress details, ticket prices, and attendance. It notes fashion, costs, and officials, plus various political and social notes including resignations in France, auctions, and a fatal coach accident near Beccles.
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London
Royal
Prince William Henry
Portsmouth
Leveron Gower
Knights of the Bath
Philidor
Storace
Richer
Martindale
Albemarle Freer
John Jarvis
Frederic Haldimand
Robert Boyd
Lord Gal Way
Turbulent Times Amid Violent House Attack and Financial Turmoil
A brutal assault results in severe injuries including a broken neck and a bruised spouse, with a young woman nearly wed to a doomed man on the run. Reports from Dublin and Cadiz recount thefts and damaged papers, as Ireland faces the aftershocks of failed ventures linked to the South Sea era and a feared exile for culprits.
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Jomman
Failor
Petradl
Utrecht
Hague
Dublin
Betsey
Ellard
Cadiz
Island of
St. Mary
Cadiz Bay
Carmarthen
Madrid
England
George the
Burton
Ben
South Sea Company
Field of Roman Wall land yields early potatoes in North England
In Whitehaven Moyet reports Stanwix near Carlisle has a field of fine grass cut as early as the 15th inft on ground that rests on the Roman Wall remains. The barren waste was purchased by Wm Richardson of Ricker bey two years ago and cultivated into one of the North of England’s forward soils. Last week new potatoes sold at Lancaster for a small price of gs. per lb.
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France
Badcock
Monthly Review
Madan
Prieslly
George Gordon
Newgate
Gunnersbury
Col. Ironside
Stamford
Baldock
Herts
Bawtry
Kent
Beccles
London
Ipswich
Yarmouth
Whitehaven
Moyet
Stanwix
Carlisle
Wm. Richardson
Rickerbey
England
Lancaster
Bankrupt and marriage notices from 18th century London
A dense list records bankruptcies including Nathaniel Kingston linen draper and Maria Brooke haberdasher with others at Oxford Street and Gracechurch. May 27 lists carriers, linen drapers, China-woman, and tavern-keepers in Manchester and London. June 21 notes marriages in Bristol, Nottingham, and London. obits and notable deaths include Lydia Downes, Tho Harrison, and Rev. Samuel Pratt. clergymen gain appointments at Purley and Gloucester.
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Nathaniel Kingston
Falmouth
Maria Brooke
Charing Cross
Haberdasher
Charles Maud
Oxford-street
Thomas Clark
Lewis Gilfom
The
Royal Exchange
Alexander Davidson
Pancras Lane
London
Joseph Dermer
Shad Thames
Surrey
John Berry
East Lane
Rotherhithe
George Lewis Khan
Martha Fidler
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Henry Prentiss
Henry Caldwell
Manchester
Packer
Jane Antrobus
John Lyon
Callico
Thomas Milward
Thomas Foster
South Perrott
Dorsetshire
Thomas Morgan
Stafford
Thomas Butler
Blackburn
Lancashire
Robert Rogers
Bristol
Guildhall
W. Elliott Stanford
Beaumont
Mr. Beaumont
Nottingham
J. Scotman
Fisherton de la Mer
Wiltshire
Miss Hand
Christopher Hand
Aller
Somerset
Daniel Wm. Stow
General Post-ofice
Harriet Broughton
Great Buffel-street
William Thoyts
Sulhampstead-Abbots
Chant
Harrison
Race
Merchant Baker
Norwich
Samuel Pratt
Emanuel College
Cambridge
Free- Grammar School
Mulgrave
Eliz
Maria Gore
John Gore
Tower
Bencoolen
Tho
Webb
Bowness
Nafferton
Yorkshire
Elizabeth Nelme
Leominster
Glocester
Francis Mayo
John Chichester
Samuel Badcock
Southmolton
John Cooper
Brasenose College
Oxford
Purley
Berks
Bix
Oxfordshire
Charles Palmer
St. Mary de
the Holy Trinity, Glocester
Business to be carried on by John Smith at Bedminster
On 24th May 1788 a notice states that the business shall be conducted in the future by John Smith on his own account at Bedminster. The fragment notes a transfer of operations and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
Bedminster
Bristol
John Fargus
Fridpay
Houshold
Miss Herring
Housle
Wine-street
Trial of Mr Hastings in the House of Lords
Wednesday May 28 reports the Hastings trial proceedings with Sheridan opening concerns, Major Gilpin cross examined, and Middleton testimony revealing a plan to seize Begums treasure. It notes the Begums’ mistreatment and deaths as part of the alleged scheme, and that the case adjourned to Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
FCR
Gilpin
Johnson
Middleton
Lucknow
Fyza
Mr. Hastings
Bakar
Dawn
Lord Stormont
Hastings
Elijah Impey
Mr. Middleton
Leave granted for licensing reform bill in commons
On May 28 the House granted leave to bring in a bill to explain and amend licensing laws for alms houses and virtuous establishments. The session addressed abuses in licence transfers, proposed remedies, and discussed a slave trade debate with petitions from Liverpool and London merchants and ship owners. The Chancellor presented a pension renewal issue for the Duke of St Alban’s to the Civil List.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barton
Lords
Hashings
Charles II
Duke of
Ewer
London
W. Dodten
Businss
Africa
America
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Virsier
Prince of Wales
Biarquilles
Country News
John A. Smith
George Martin
Krenneelt
Long-Ashton
Pelican Inn
Thomas Street
John N. Smith
Geo. Martin
A. R
J. Stephens
Henry Goode
Carolina Court
King Square
St. James's
Dimity
White Hart Inn
Old Market
Banwell
Somersetshire
Michael Wait
John Hancock
Walter Chapman
Winscombe
N. B
Joseph Beck
Henry Davis
Broadtreet
BRISTO+L.TOR
Bysleter UN
Fargus
Unity Street
Grammar-school
Marlborough
Kirkman
Cooke
Thomas Naish
Greenaway
Cannon-street
Ashton Road
Murray
Exchange
Mardyke
Hotwell Road
Hotwells
Wakinx
King‘street
London Gazette
Petersburgh
Lond. Gazette
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