Arrivals and Departures From Lisbon and Jamaica Ports
Arrived from Lisbon the Pru 6 Packet and the Prince of Wales bringing passengers including ERSKINE Commissary General to the troops in the Mediterranean and several others. The Jamaica and Lifton Mails remain detained by contrary winds. In Portsmouth a Diamond from Montreal loses topmasts on voyage homeward with Jamaica fleet.
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Pru
Lisbon
Engla
Fifgard
Uranie
Prince of Wales
Erskine
Mediterranean
Bas‘sert
Buckett
le Comte
T Hem
East Indies era news flash on fort surrender and shipping damage
Items report surrenders along the hill country and the fall of Jemaalabad as a rallying point. A fierce wind damaged Colombo shipping. Manilla market prices are listed for Indigo and Sugars. New Madras Lighthouse height and visibility are noted along with coastal shoal positions. Simapore land sales of confiscated villages and Seringapatam’s ancient name and temple are described. Travancore troops return to Palamcottah and Madura after arrears settlement. The old Cottiote-Rajah faces threats of severe measures.
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Bombay
Jemaalabad
Hilladar
Colombo
Sanna Pashan
Gangam
Buddygaum
Conds
Manilla
Calcutta
China
Madras Exchange
Policate
Talook
Zemindarry
Purgunnah Simapore
Jefure
Shreecount Roy
Seringapatam
Sering
Tippoo
Cavery
Travancore
Palamcottah
Madura
Channel Cruize Continues As Nation Watches Winds
Lord Baiprort extends command for another cruize in the Channel while Sir Roger Curtis relinquishes prize money claims. A brig arrives at Portsmouth from Jamaica after delays from weather and top-mast damage. Reports from Berlin and The Hague discuss confidential communications, loans, and municipal influence.
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Baiprort
Vorbay
Roger Curtis
Capes
Aate
Portsmouth
Jamaica
Genoa
France
St. Tropez
Berlin
Bournon“Le
Jag of
Prussia
Siperbacel
Himelf
Counellor
Maron
Amsterdam
Duke of
Bloombury
London “Company
Jockey Club
Cooxsey
Wa. Jonxst Lord Beskeley
Warlike dispatches from Hamburgh and Brussels
Private correspondence reports a limited Rhine war with Austrian patrols blocking French forces. German strength nears 130 000 men excluding local militia as Mercaz recovers. France and Hamburgh unclear alliance persists and Paris moves slowly toward decisive action. An officer travels toward Minden as Prussia readies movements. Belgium orders mobilization trains and drivers for Rhine army service.
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Bamburgh
Aras
Rhine
Gearay
Ronger
Mercaz
England
Germany
Genezis
France
Hamburgh
Altona
Brussells
Arai
Minden
Westphalia
Paris
Belgium
Jevy
France Dispatches and Mutiny Rumors Across Regions
A Berne report notes a loud cannonade on the Sth inft near Linth by the Grifons, with suspected affair near Mayenfeld. On the 5th inft a Paris Rennes courier was seized at St Dennis by 20 men who destroyed dispatches and robbed him. Mutiny fears rise in Caen garrison over arrears, quelled by General Gardanne.
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Paris
Berne
Canton
Linth
Mayenfeld
Rennes
St. Dennis
Caen
Gardanne
Tribunate adjourns after April prorogation debate
Report from the Tribunate session notes Chenier’s objection to full eight month suspension of the representative assembly and his motion to meet twice monthly on the 2nd and 16th. The Tribunate adjourned following the vote. Also cited is news of naval wreck near Toulon with English ship associations and recovered clothing and a floating corpse in the Gulf of St Tropez.
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Chenier
Legislative Assembly
Truleet
Vence
Toulon
Capon
Gulph
St. Tropez
Imperial army in motion under General Kray orders
From Paris papers, Francefort reports the Imperial army commanded by General Kray is mobilizing with orders to move to Donauchi ngen. Officers are required to join their corps immediately. Kray announces the campaign opening and retains trusted officers on his staff. General Sztarray, head of the right wing at Heidelberg, will relocate to Mannheim with the staff.
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Francefort
Arzit
Empire
Kray
Donauchchingen
Prince Cuanes
Sztarray
Heidelberg
Manheim
Letter From The King Of Naps And Other News
The Coxactaves at Venice report a kingly letter promising to yield Rome to the new Port and orders to evacuate. Journals note a ten to eleven year CEL pay assurance with a long service for Céxpers, while the French withdraw thousands for Flemish defense. Beuffels theatre misfired on April Fool’s Day, drawing crowds then mockery, as April jokes echo memories of regimes and royalty.
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Coxactaves
Venice
Naps
Rome
England
Frei la Vendee
Flanders
Capture of Seringapatam and Fall of Tippoo
An Army officer narrates how Tippoo Sahib's forces failed to hinder the British siege of Seringapatam. Describes how Tippoo misused talent, the siege difficulties, famine risks, and the Sultan’s death in the final assault. Notes plunder, jewels, and the cruelty toward prisoners, with limited street violence and a praised Allied cavalry.
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Seringaparan
Lords Read Tithe and Curates Bills Third Time
In the Lords this evening the Tithe Bill and the Curates Bill were read a third time and committed. The third reading of the Curates Bill was postponed to May 5 on the motion of the Earl of Faifax, after which their Lordships adjourned.
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Earl of Fataxuam
Robbery at Gallough House in Londonderry
At about two o'clock on Wednesday morning five private soldiers raided the dwelling of Mrs Gallough in Londonderry. They broke in with a sledge and crowbar, fired at Mr Mackay, demanded money, and, failing to find sufficient gold and silver, threatened to burn the house and massacre its occupants. General Campbell ordered the garrison to assist. three Militia privates and others were taken into custody and two have become approvers.
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Mardames
Mackay
Howse
Campbell
Monaghan
Fife-Fencibles
Earthquake Shock and Miscellaneous Notes From Grain Dock Yard
A strong earthquake shock was felt at St Brieux on the 10th around 3:10 a.m. with Beaumur thermometer at six degrees below zero. West to East direction noted. a thunder-like roar heard from the sea. Reports of hazel nuts found in clay while cutting a canal near the Isle of Dogs. A German author published a treatise on matrimony. Local incidents include a Norwich baker fined for baking underweight loaves, a birth of triplets at Wavenden, and two Bath footmen jailed for insolent conduct at Rauzieri's Benefit. A shipwright Nichols sank after leaping from a Sheerness boat. likely deranged. Execution delayed in Hadleigh due to mercy considerations following a confession. A letter to the Duke of Pontland accompanied by the prisoner’s confession claimed she was an instrument in her seducer’s hands.
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St. Brieux
Beaumur
Easl
Isle of Grain
Sherness
Ise of Dogs
Wavenden
Buckinghamshire
Bath
Rauziiui
Nichols
Sheerness Yard
Bury
Sarah
Liegd
Hadleigh 3
Pont‘land
Ormer
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Trreoo
Trproo
Auttering
India
Great Britain
TryPoo
Soocéllg
Haners
Saxtage
Dublin
Aearn
Londonderry
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