Royal Windsor duties and European policy reflections
London reports a morning hunt by the King in the Great Park, troops relieving Windsor garrison, and orders to ready the Royal Charlotte for service. Dispatches discuss Pitt’s likely loan timing, D. Frere’s appointment as Under Secretary, prisoner transports to Greenock, and critical musings on the Berlin treaty and Prussia’s handling of Metz and Ehrenbreitstein amid French influence.
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Great Park
16Th Light Horse
Windsor
Hounslow Barracks
Hampton Court
Navy Board
Royal Charlotte
Deptford
Dunpas
Wimbledon
Duke of York
Apvocate
Scorrann
Abercromsie
Pitt
Joan Hocknam Frere
West Looe
Foreign Department
Canning
Donagiadee
O’connor
Dublin
Belfast
Greenock
Metsengers
Thengg
Fort George
Leeden
Berlin
Syeves
Republic
Germany
Carnot
Bartus Lemi
Barras
le Tourneur
Revusece
de Lepaux
The Danger of Neutrality Fable for King of Prussia
A translated fable warns the king that neutrality can invite danger as wolves threaten shepherds. The shepherd rejects trusting wolves promises while foreseeing broader peril. The piece concludes that safety and interest align, urging action against neutral leniency.
Intercepted Correspondence on Buonaparte in Egypt Alleged
The missive claims Bonaparte praised Egypt’s wealth yet notes no money for troops. It alleges plans for a French retreat, evaluates plunder from Malta, and accuses officials of private gain while soldiers faced hardship across Europe.
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Bonaparte
Europe
Egypt
France
Malta
Alexandria
Fomily
Cairo
Swabia
Franconia
Brabant
Holland
Italy
Switferland
Southampton embarcation and naval movements amid war threats
The 26th Light Dragoons sail from Southampton with 209 horses in drafts for the 12th Light Dragoons. Transports proceed to Stokes Bay to join the East India convoy at St Helen's. Reports note French Directory pressure on Tuscany and discuss journalistic caution, trade prices, shipwrecks, and a naval encounter near Madras where HMS Suffolk pursued the Virginie.
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Paris
Cayenne
Coor
J. and
H. Hunt
Waterford
G. Goring
Liverpool
Amelia
Eleanor
Alexander Spears
Barbadoes
Scloower Hope
Christopher Martin
Flymouth
London
Beachey Head
Muring
Red Lion
Paddington
Lizebeth Wiloughby
Alderman Cavert
Guildhall
Newgate
Purebull
Turnbull
Ireland voyage crewed for state prisoners to Scotland
Belfast report notes Maxon 26 crew member and Robert Hunter Robt Simmis Wa Ten nent and the Rev Steele Dickon were sent to Lough to board the vessel carrying Arthur O'Connor and other State Prisoners from Dublin. They sailed in the afternoon toward Fort George in Inverness-shire Scotland.
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Belfast
Maxon
Robert Hunter
Robt
Simmis
Tennent
Steele Dickon
Lough
Arthur O'Connor
Dublin
Fort George
Inverness-shire
Scotland
Privateers off Harwich coast and North Sea capture
Harwich reports from Hollant that many privateers cruise the Norwegian coast. About 20 ships, armed from 16 to 60 guns, are active. The Good Intent fishing smack from Harwich was captured in the North Sea and its crew taken to Christiansand in Norway, where several other ships have been carried.
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Harwich
Hollant
North Sea
Christiansand
Norway
Lord Hawke Privateer Sails on Cruise Off Spanish Mallorca
Flight of the Lord Hawke privateer carrying 16 guns under Captain Peacock Neate from Torbay on Wednesday evening sets course off the Spanish and Mediterranean coasts. An 18 gun war troop has just arrived from the Eastward.
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Flymouth
Lord Hawke
Peacock Neate
Torbay
Spain
Mediterranean
Portmouth Cruising Fleet and Convoy At Sea Peril
Portmouth reports a cruise by a floop of war and Pigmy cutter then arrival of Beaver and a large convoy from the Downs. Lancaser and Diana joined the fleet in harbour for refit while East India ships Arethusa and others faced a gale. many could not weigh anchors and several ships drifted. South Sea sailors and Lord Thurlow sought shelter at Motherbank as West York Militia arrived for Ireland deployment.
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Portsmouth
Downs
Lancaser
Diana
Lord Thurlow
St. Helen’s
Riot on Bow Street leads to Old Bailey trial
Eleven men and two women, all Irish, arrested for the St Giles riot of December 26, were committed for trial at the Sessions at the Old Bailey for riot and the murder of Duncan Grant a Bow Street patrolman. Guards escorted them from the House of Correction to Newgate to prevent rescue attempts.
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St. Giles’s
House of Correction
Culd-Bath Fields
Old Bailey
Duncan Grant
Newgate
Danish Magistrate Receives Golden Box from King
The King of Denmark sent Mr. Forp, the Magistrate, a diamond set gold enamelled Snutt-box valued at 500 guineas for foiling forgery on the Bank of Copenhagen. A Perth South Inch duel between Lieutenant C and Mr. F had six shots with no injuries. One man wore a ball through his coat, another had a ball pierce his hat. seconds reconciled. A sailor on Tay vessel narrowly escaped as a bullet whistled by. The quarrel’s cause is unknown. this is the second duel in three months. Sittings in Middlesex and London before Lord Kenyon begin after Easter Term 1779.
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Denmark
Forp
Copenhagen
South Inch
Perth
Tay
Middlesex
London
Stoup
Kenyon
Affidavits on Irish independence in July 1784 letter
A long July 1784 letter from an English gentleman argues that Irish independence movement seeds were planted years earlier, alleges pro-French plots, and warns against press treason. It urges loyalty to government, condemns rebels and calls for unity with ministerial policy while defending liberty under law.
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Ceimmons
France
Ireland
England
America
Louis XVI
Britain
Duke of R—t—p
O—pe
F—z
Cavil
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Naticr
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Turgot
Penay
Berna
Pausia
Prussia
Buonaparte
Thermidor
General Bonaparte
Joseph Bonaparte
Council of Five Hundred
Burgundy
la Virginie
Lord Mornington
Cape of Good Hope
A&ion
Ciace
Astre
Virginie
Suffolk
Madras
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Bow
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