Trespass case ends with £1000 verdict for plaintiff
Law intelligence reports a Court of Exchequer case from 1807 where Bailey sued Keogh for damages over an August affray involving sticks and blows. Witnesses testified to head injuries and a mob scene. jury awarded the plaintiff £1000 after defense claims of mutual abuse and no clear blows by the defendant.
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Court OF Exchequer
Bailey
Keogh
Abbott
Quion
Joseph Pasley
Plaintiff
Parsons
Boyd
Joshua
Edward Brett
Pasleys
Moore
Ross
Defendant
Foshua
Joseph
William Parsons
M.nally
Rich
Lewis
Green
Camden-street
Pasley
Quinn
Allied plans to eject French from Corfu and secure Adriatic trade
The French garrison at Corfu exceeds 5000 men and its retention hinders Allied aims to control the Adriatic. Expelling them would curb French shipping and hinder access to Ve Mee Naval Arsenal and Dalmatian forests. Cephalonia and Zante would gain protection for the Morea, aiding war efforts. Monday night a fire in Mass-lane near the Four Oars destroyed a house, with Sir James Riddal and water shortages limiting suppression.
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Corfu
Adriatic
Austria
Ve- Mee
Dalmatia
Corty
Sept’ Insular
Ionian Islands
Cephalonia
Zante
Morea
Tance
Mass-lane
Four Oris
Charlestet
James’ Riddal
Letter from Buonaparte to the Emperor of Russia includes peace talks
A long copied letter from Schoenbrun dated Oct 10 1809 discusses Altenburg negotiations moving to Vienna, Brune’s aims for Galicia, Austrian peace terms, and British faults. It notes Wellesley in Spain, US England tensions, and potential titles for Buonaparte. A Bremen letter warns Vienna’s French garrison withdrawals and Hamburg trade disruption, with German princes gathering in Paris.
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Buonaparte
Russia
Duke of
Vicenza
Sweden
Altenburgh
Vienna
John of Lichtenstein
M. de Champagny
Austria
Gallicia
Bohemia
Italy
Dalmatia
Walcheren
Spain
Wellesley
United States
England
Schoenbrun
Germany
Mamperor
France
West
Bremen
Baemen
Hamburgh
Greier
Paris
European upheaval dominates plots and disasters in late news
From Frankfort and Madrid reports come word of a decisive Russian victory near Adrianople and Ottoman weakness, with Paris hosting a gathering of rulers. Spain faces a treacherous conspiracy against the Junta, while Wellington returns to army strength as the Warley East Indiaman reaches the Downs and Brighton endures a deadly coastal wreck with multiple ships lost.
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London
Frankfort
Moldavia
Giustria
Adrianople
Silistria
Missovo
Danube
Holland
Louis Buonaparte
Paris
Buonapare
France
Bavaria
Saxony
Buonaparte
Westphalia
Naples
Italy
Lucca
Piombino
Champagny
Senate
Charlemagne
Notre Dame
Avignon
Seville
Spain
South America
Cardinal Bourbon
Duke del Infantado
Marquis de Romana
Marquis Wellesley
Cortes
Downs
Lord Wellington
Brighton
Bay of Seaford
Harlequin
Plymouth
Weymouth
Traveller
Albion
Unice
Pramsitwhdow
Metbedacht
Military promotions rules issued by Commander in Chief
General orders set new Army promotions rules. Officers must meet time in service: Captains after 3 years Subaltern, Majors after 7 years with at least two years as Captain, and Lt Colonel after 9 years. Staff appointments require four years in service. Subalterns may not be Aid de Camp until one year with their regiment. Command by Harry Calvert adjutant general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haten Guatts
Aid de Camp
Tee
Harry Calvert
Curious Crisis in European Trade and Naval News
The article notes Britain’s blockade and its impact on European commerce, citing France's need for Russian hemp and flax. It mentions convoys arriving from Russia, Spain’s Veracruz opinion on trade with Europe, and naval actions near the Indian Ocean, including the Streatham and other prizes. It also covers a duel in Virginia and a Wormwood Scrubs field duel between Captain Pennington and Mr. Hawther.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buonaparte
Europe
France
Russia
Great Britain
Buonaparté
Atlantic
England
Canute
Board of Trade
America
Vera Cruz
Seville
Upton Castle
Lord Castlereagh
Bombay
Cape
Olympia
Mauritius
Streatham
Isle of Bourbon
Corbet
Nereide
St. Helena
Essex
Norfolk
Virginia
Ray
Vorhees
Wormwood Scrubs
Pennington
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