London and Lisbon Dispatches Reflect European Turmoil
A Lisbon mail arrives in sixteen days via Falmouth with notes on Dr Wixits and his son, the Portuguese court, and Queen Maria I. French finance fears rise as Paris exchange shifts. Swiss Guards suffer massacre in Paris. France’s conquests crumble across Europe amid warnings from Sweden and the National Assembly. Reports on Indian depredations, Barbadian slave prices, and a Hanoverian agricultural expert arriving in London conclude the period’s brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lisbon
Falmouth
Wixits
Portugal
Prince of
Brazily
Persor
M.’de Craviry
France
Paris
National Guards
Cantons
Spain
Sarpinia
Austria
Prussia
Switzerland
Savoy
Sweden
Allcance
National Assembly
Falstaff
Boucarnville
Cant. Coo
Savaces
Europe
Marcellus
Petion
Joan
England
Philadelphia
New York
United States
Congress
Barbadoes
Mand
New
Calabar
WailFreep
Hanover
Royal Family Bathing Circuit At Weymouth
August 23 to 25 reports Royal Highness Princess Augusta visiting Weymouth with Lady Waxpscrayry as the King’s entourage attends council meetings at the Lodge. The Mayor and Corporation presented an Address, the Queen and six Princesses rode the sands, and a bathing platform was ordered for bathing machine access. Admiral Cicay arrived with orders to build a new platform.
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Princess Aucusta
Eye
Royal
Elrzagern
Bibsanade
Crestekciucp
MaLpen
Cicay
Royal Movements and European War Happenings
Report notes the Duchess of Gordon arriving at Gordon Castle in Scotland and discusses royal movements at Weymouth. It covers Lord Hoop’s Portsmouth return, a court martial for the Bounty crew, protests by East India Company directors, Swiss strength against France, and Jacobin plots in Paris. It criticizes English support for revolutionary ideas and warns of measures against emigrants and soldiers returning to France.
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Duchess of Gordon
Gordon Castle
Scotland
Weymouth
Bow-street
Lord Hoop
Portsmouth
Durg
the Bounty
East India Company
Bern
Zurich
Cantons
Burgundy
Franche/Compte
Switzerland
France
Paris
Cuaron
Thuilleries
Juvenal
Charon
Na Tional Assembly
Fedas
National Assembly
Oatus
Seipen
Lady Kent
Epward Herbert
Patrick in France 70 A satirical letter on revolution
The fragment shows a speaker named Patrick describing Paris as a free city where religion is mocked and virtue vanished. He mocks Jacobin clubs, compares French freedom to misrule, and notes political turmoil, social change, and disdain for authority. The text references a senatorial figure Dexxy OConnor and a bitter portrayal of French society.
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Cme
Goa
Dexxy O-Connor
Trady
Jacobin Club
Duke Bauxswicx
Thady
Jacobins
France
Patrick
Senate
Chady
Dyer Lily
Nyu
Lord Courtrey horses win prizes at Exeter races
Various local items including Lord Courtrey’s five horses winning prizes at Exeter races and a report of the Shipping Committee of the East Inpria Company negotiating a tin contract with Donnrr Horne. wage changes in Cornwall pits and Essex navigation talks. Brisford sheep sale results. a Camburnethan agriculture society founded. and a note on a mock Duke of Ormowan ruling about house entry by officers with warrants.
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Lord Courtrey
Exeter
East Inpria Company
Donnrr Horne
Cornwall
Chelmer
Essex
Chelmsford
Lord Petre
Malden
Kingswood
Somerset
Grace of Beauvort
Timsbury
Paulton, &c
J. H. Coxe
Tucker
Messrs
Mogg
Craing
James
Radstock
Mendip
Frome
War-Office
Briford Fair
Camburnethan
Lanark
James Steuart Denham
William Hamilton
Wishaw
Henry Steuart
Alanten
James Lockhart
Castlehill
Bankruptcy Enlarged and Public Notices From Guildhall
Fragmentary OCR shows bankruptcy enlargements with multiple surrender dates and locations across England. Entries list names such as Thomas Herrington, Thomas Taylor, John Buckley, Philip Garnafs, and others, with surrender dates at Guildhall and various inns in Bury St Edmunds, Leeds, Holmfirth, Worcester, and Bristol. Additional notices reference dividends and certificates to be granted by September 15.
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Athens
Great Britain
Thomas Herrington
Thomas Taylor
Welton
Ferchuit
Josiria Smith
Hill
Upper Thong
Yorkshire
Hart
Holmfirth
Anid
Leeds
Mir
Phenson
Strand
Guildhall
Thomas Cross
Brittel
Bath-tavern
Bristol
Robert’ Craxford
Huntingdon
Vleven
George-inn
David Taylor
Thavies-inn
Holborn
Benjamin Wenant
Hay-market
John Walsby
Arundel-street
Monarchy and Mob Turmoil Pass in a Tumultuous London Scene
A chaotic report from Paris and London details mobs seizing power, insults to a messenger, and the French King’s movable property looted from the Tuileries. It also notes Duchess of York at Oatlands, Prince Staremberg’s return to The Hague, a film of social feasts, and local political battles over offices in Chancery.
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Duke
Duchess of York
Oatlands
Brighton
Prince Staremberg
Hague
Timms
Pag
Gilbet
Didain
Versailles
St. Cloud
National Assembly
Paris
Thuilleries
Cross
Incupacp
Fartrop
James Ty
Kentington Common
Hood
Kent-street
Bridewell
Southampton
Chancery
Eye
Suffolk
General Bathurst
Cornwatuis
Hensixer
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