Royal Academy Anniversary Dinner Attended by Notables Makers
The Royal Academy anniversary dinner drew a large distinguished crowd including Prince of Waves the Chancellor the Archbishop of York the Duke of Norfolk Earls Spencer Campden Besborough and several ambassadors. The exhibition was praised for good taste but criticized for limited original genius and fewer outstanding works than prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal
Prince of Waves
York
Lord CuamBeEr- Lain
Duke of
Norfolix
Spencer
CampgEn
Besborough
H. Inglefield
Mefis
Lone
Winman
Kyrent
Towney
Locke
Matoyve
Desevrans
Keiser
Academy
Commerce News From Franckfort and Berlin Markets
The Esster fair at Franckfort shows industry activity with more buyers than expected. English gold flows into Berlin affecting prices, forcing Royal domain farmers to pay most rents in corn. Magazines to open when corn price rises. Peter Jacquemant and Crescent Beard receive a French patent for paper imitate tambric embroidery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franckfort
Berlin
Peter Jacquemant
Crescent Beard
Will and heirs split three hundred thousand pounds in Funds
Napper Tandy faces trial in Duabkin Monday over an English will. Barazi of Calcutta names five trustees. the bequest to the mother in England and William in India passes to heirs at law after their deaths. Heir at law Mr. Barger to receive freeholds while India funds and personal property are divided among Barger and five siblings. Caveats delay distribution. Also reported: Dover Street burglary of several hundred pounds. Dover Street. South Shields trade shop fire destroys sacks of flour. Cambridge a copper cleaner dies after cancer from licking buckles. Locust outbreak advisories from Stoke and Clare suggest cordials and fumigation to protect hedgerows and crops. methods include hot lime and tobacco sulfur fumigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napper Tandy
Duabkin
Barazi
Calcutta
England
William
India
Barger
London
Stoke
Clare
Suffolk
Parliamentary Proceedings on Wool and Trade Debates
In Parliament on Tursway April 29 and April 2, debates covered wool import policies, Irish export allowances, and a Treasury agreement with the Duke of Richmond. Witnesses from wool and cloth trades described shortages, rising rates, and machinery impact, with concerns over exports to Ireland and domestic manufacturing. The committee adjourned after lengthy testimony and a motion to recall a witness was rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House OF Lords
Tursway
Earl of Galloway
Commissioners of the Treasury
House OF Commons
Aerie
Rose
Treasury
Duke of Richmond
Ireland
Mail from New York and Halifax Reports No News
Wednesday morning London dispatch notes arrival by the Harlequin Racket containing no important news. An encampment is planned at Shirley or Netley Common near Southampton.
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New York
Halifax
Shirley
Netley Common
Southampton
De Montfort at Drury Lane A Tragedy Reviewed
A revival of De Montfort at Drury Lane is praised for its intense portrayal of passion and fatal jealousy. Kempzis shaped the text for stage effect, with Mrs Sippons delivering a deeply moving De Montfort and Barrymore, PowrLt, Dowrow giving solid support, while Talbot’s casting is deemed less suited to the role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Montfort
Rasenberg
Rafenberg
Kempzis
Sippons
Barrymore
PowrLt
Dowrow
Mr. Talbot
Public Magistrates Named Amid Vatican Disputes and Rome Events
Notices record Mr Giffard and Mr Philips appointed Public Magistrates succeeding the late Mr Froup and Mr Staples. A Spain decree restores bishops’ dispensing rights after Pius VI’s death, with royal delay awaiting a new Pope. The Holy Father remains frugal, amid Imola hostilities and support from Cardinal Catanamonti, while debates arise on church patronage and cures. A coroner’s jury investigates Margaret Hope’s Thames drowning and related insanity claims involving Bow Street and York Archbishop’s circles.
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Giffard
Froup
Philips
Welch
Staples
Pius VI
Valence
Spain
Imola
Bona+ PARTE
Rome
Catanamonti
Monte di Pieta
Parte
Simoxx
Imany
Diséele
Margaret Hope
Thames
St. ‘Margaret’s
Dean-street
York
Bow-street
Fortified Jamaalabad Falls as War Chronicle Detail
Narrative recounts the Jamaalabad fortress in Mysore, its rock height and strategic refitting of arms. The siege includes casualties among English and Native troops, the storming of the lower Fort by detachments under Capt. Duxsmore, the wounding of Ensign Frisses, and the death of Ensign Thomd8. The garrison surrenders on October 16 after mortar preparations and losses. Capt. Straw narrowly escapes assassination by an Mapillah who is later executed publicly.
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Jamaalabad
Mysore
Mangalore
75Th Foot
Duxsmore
Frisses
Jensign
J.straw
77Th Foot
Af Mapillah
Suain
Sian
Rafian
London Tavern theft and trial at Lamp Mayor’s court
Reports a burglary charge against Richard Johnston for stealing cutlery from the London Tavern. He confessed possession and sale of the items to a pathbroker but claimed innocence, and was recommitted for further examination. Other items include fines for cart theft, a hay market appeal, and various sentences. Distillation methods in Scotland are criticized by a committee, with notes on empyreumatic acids. A shipboard tragedy near Carlton upon Trent claims a passenger and wife perished. Nottingham execution for forging a one pound Bank of England note is recorded, with related acquittals and pardons.
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Mansion House
Richard Johnston
London
Reisgate
Surry
Carrickfergus
James Parks
Edmund ‘Alex
M‘naghten
Cartickfergus
Henry Wray
Parks
Distille Res
Newark
Gainsborough
Wits Fimk
Carlton Upon Trent
Lati
Nottingham
J. Atkinson
Bank of England
Allen
Birmingham
A. Whitaker
Lane
Norfolk
Dow
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Royal Academy
Commerce
Parliamentary Intelligence
Douglas
John Willis
Willington and Parks
Stroud
Gloucestershire
Jeremiah Naylor
Wakefield
Yorkshire
America
Benjamin Gott
Leeds
William Hasler Rae
Josiah Nottidge
Bocking
Essex
James Masterman
Lavirgton
Sussex
Lord Hawkesbury
William Smith
Hatte
Ness
Smith
Mr. Plomer
Drury-Lane
Dramatis
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