Archduke Charles in Tarvis Engagement Report
Letters from Clagenfurt dated March 27 report a clash at Barvis on the 22nd between French forces under General Maffera and Austrian battalions commanded by Major-General Gontreuil. French strength stated 12,000 to 15,000. Archduke Charles arrived at Tarvis and inspired troops, but enemy numbers prevailed and several officers were wounded. Additional dispatches from Vierina dated April 1 note Archduke Charles still at Clagenfurt with no new action since Tarvis engagement.
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Graham
Charles
Clagenfurt
Gontreuil
Count Wratislaw
Vierina
Archduke Charles
Tarvis
Victory over French privateer Voltigeur reported by Captain White
Extract from a letter dated April 1 1797 describes Captain White returning to the Humber with the Voltigeur, a former Vengeut lugger, captured yesterday near Flamborough Head. The privateer carries three small guns and as many swivels, with 40 men. Calais captured about 12 days earlier, involving brig and two sloops captured on April 2 and 3 near St Abb’s Head and Flamborough.
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White
Bua Nepean
Whitebooth-Roads
Admiralty
Humber
Calais
St. Abb’s Head
Flaniyborough
Capture of La Sophie French cutter privat
Rear-Admiral Sir John Orde informs Evan Nepean of an extract from Captain Boyle describing the capture of La Sophie, a 14 four-pounder French privateer with 40 men, by Kangaroo as it separated from convoy from Ireland. He notes the need to inform the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
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John Orde
Plymouth
Evan Nepean
the Admiralty
Boyle
Kangaroo
Faden
Sovisions
Ireland
Privat
Letter from Captain Boyle on capture of French privateer Sophie
Captain Boyle reports to Rear-Admiral Orde that following orders to sail on the 6th, he encountered and captured the Sophie French cutter privateer off The Lizard. The privateer, armed for four 4-pounders, had 40 men and had sailed from Havre-de-Grace on the 7th inft for its first cruise, having made no captures.
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Boyle
Fap
Kangaroo
Sohn Orde
Moyni’s
Bay
Lizard
Havre-de-Grace
Appointments to Caribbean Islands and Bermuda
The King appoints William Bentinck as Captain General and Governor in Chief of St Vincent Bequia and Grenadines north of Cariacoy in America, succeeding James Seton. George Beckwith becomes Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bermuda Somers Lands, replacing William Campbell. The Rev Thomas Powys is named Dean of Canterbury Metropolitan Church, succeeding Dr Folliot Herbert Walker Cornwall.
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William Bentinck
St. Vincent
Bequia
Grenadines
Isand
Cariacoy
America
James Seton
George Beckwith
Bermuda
Somer’s
William Campbell
Thomas Powys
His Majesty
Canterbury
Folliot Herbert Walker
Cornwall
Average sugar price in week ending April 12
Average price of sugar computed from returns in the week ending April 12 stands at 67s. 834. per cowe exclusive of the duty.
Consolidated Trading Surrenders at Guildhall and Inns
A string of surrender notices across Bristol Gloucester Worcestershire Devon and other counties lists individuals and trades from cheese factors to haberdashers and tailors. Each entry cites names places and surrender dates chiefly April 22 May 1 27 with meetings at Guildhall the London Inn the Globe Tavern and other venues. Targeting multiple trades and towns this legal public notice records imminent terminations of licenses or contracts.
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R. Bigland
Frocester
Gloucestershire
Guildhall
Willis Bristol
London Inn
Talbot-Tavern
Bristol
Ph. Harley
Liquorpond-street
Gray's-inn-lane
J. Parker
Wapping
Taylor
Lingham
Bedwardine
Worcestershire
Exmouth
Devonshire
Globe Tavern
Exeter
Ralph Wedgwood
Barflain
Staffordshire
Swan Inn
Hanley
Dan
Ham
Bury St. Edmund's
Suffolk
John Dards
Bankvnle
Surry
Jighterman
Jas. Hammond
Manthetter
Spencer's
Manchetter
W. Hennell
Foster-lane
Cheapside
Surrender notices list tradespeople and dates at Guildhall
A set of old notices shows several tradespeople including butchers rib bon manufacturers japanner printsellers and druggists seeking surrender on various dates in April May 22 27 at the Guildhall along with names and addresses such as Ab Bicknell Upper Berkeley Street Gutter Jane Cheapside and J Mendes Da Costa Phames Street plus W Bickenton Old Bond Street.
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Ts Steel
Sultolm
Surry
Briekematers
Guildhall
Ab. Bicknell
Upper
Berkeley-street
Butcher
G. Hogsfield
R. Phipps
Gutter
Jane
Cheapside
Simmons
Bilston
Staffordshire
Mey J. Thurston
Colchester
J Mendes
da Costa
R. Matson
J. Bibles Phames
W. Bickenton
Old Bond-Streets
Deer hunt at New Lodge gears up for Royal meet
Tuesday's stag hunt moved through Cranbourn Wood Winkfield's Plain and Windsor Great Park, crossed the Thames at Clewer, passed Dorney and Langley, and was caught at Egham after a lively two and a half hour chase. New Lodge, five miles from Windsor, hosts the season's grand day with high hopes for bold riders and fast horses. Johnson has chosen a celebrity deer as the lure amid reports of nine horses falling in the week after Easter Monday.
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New ‘Lodge
Cranbourn Wood
Winkfield’s Plain
Windsor Great Park
Thames
Clewer
Dorney
Salthill
Langley Broom
Colnbrook
Horton
Egham
New Lodge
Windsor
Johnson
Verderer of Waltham Forest disputed in Essex court
A discussion of the historic Verderers courts for Waltham Forest outlines four main courts Attachments Regard Saveinmore and Fuftice-feat, their duties and jurisdiction. It notes the decline of forest law since 1688 and references a Parisian ball description with elaborate show and onion soup, plus assorted royal and foreign notices.
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Essex
Verderer
Waltham Forest
Blackstone
Vert
Venion
Véenison
Court of Justice
Sweinmore
Saveinmore
King’s Bench
King’s
Henry II
Charles I
Earl of Holland
William Jones
Earl of
FEMALE APRIL FASHIONS WITH FULL DRESSES
Describes two elaborate outfits with detailed attire items including satin gowns in gold and white lace trimming, jeweled accessories, hats, and jewelry. Also notes accessories such as gloves, shoes, pearl necklaces, white bugle beads, and embroidered borders, highlighting spring apparel trends.
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Dia
Iit
Morning Dress and Accessories in 19th Century Fashion
A detailed description of a morning dress ensemble featuring a pale yellow muslin gown with embroidered border, chignon and plain toupee, a green velvet capriole bonnet with pink ribbons, white satin band, and rosettes. Accessories include pink ribbon, green and white striped flippers, rose colored gloves, blue gloves, white sandals, and a purple velvet Chinese bonnet with a yellow satin bow.
Law in TeLbi GiNce Divorce Case in Colonial Court
A long forgotten divorce suit ends with a decree of divorce from bed and board. The case centers on a wife named Brown who accused her husband of adultery after he began an affair with another woman at the complainant’s home. Witnesses testified to three years of marriage but their relationship deteriorated as the husband left his wife.
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Paris
Jdament
Richards
Madame
Ovid
Bulhos
Baza
East-India Company
Winterton
Casgat
Museum of Natural History
National Museum
Cagsar
Ireland
Winifred Foxton
Meffingham
Lincolnshire
Brown
London Markets Report Mixed Trade and Commodities Movements
The London markets show coffee and teas steady with sugars rising in several varieties while refined sugars hold. Butter and beef pork imports from Tre land and Rotterdam influence prices. hops and tallow trend upward. Wheat barley oats and beans shift, fruit prices ease or rise, and slave prices fluctuate. Smithfield notes daily cattle and hay prices with wide ranges.
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Sigar
Tobago
Barbadoes
Dominicac
Surinam
Treland
Rotterdam
Ems
Elbe
Wefer
London
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Riou
London Gazette
Pownings Street
Sporting
Office OF Verderer
Rome
Venice
Sibius Italicis
Panton
Treet
Bow-street
TeLbi GiNce
Pocrord Commons
Gounsel
THE
London Markets
Smithfield
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