Wreck and Privateer Actions Near Barbadoes 1797
Dispatches from Barbadoes in June and July 1797 describe Captain Barrows of the Roebuck capturing the privateer Flibustier with 17 guns and 104 men, and seizing the Dutch privateer Le Batave of 12 guns near Barbadoes. The letters reveal sugar price averages and a long list of bankruptcies, dividends, and certificates affecting Norwich to Coventry trades.
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Carlile Bay
Barbadoes
Admiralty
Princes
Flibustier
Antoine Fuet
Barrows
Roebuck
Evan Nepean
le Batave
Jean
Boze
Dutch Republic
Caraguay
A.S. Burrows
Samuel Parlour
Norwich
Guildhall
Mayhew
Edward Jee
Birmingham
Swan
Rutland Arms
Newark
Nottinghamshire
Messrs
Mason
Fitor-Streetr
Wm. Morle
Bristol
Bath Tavern
Weekes
Ely Place
Moss’s
Great
Bolton
Meddowcroft
Bedford-row
J.S. Krauss
Manchester
John Coates
Coventry
James Webb
David Dirk
Joan Boles
Thomas Wright
Cheapside
Werthoisemen
Robert Preston
Liverpool
Merchant
Gertificates
Jonathan
Burtail
Street
Soho
Rachael Bix
Bristal
Sugar-Baker
Saraty Wells
Lincoln
Pizey
Lavenhiams Suffolk
Baler
Convoy Arrives under Reliance and Orpheus Protection
A convoy from the East Indies, aided by the Reliance and Orpheus, is due in a few weeks. Passengers include Capt Berkeley late of the Emerald Frigate, Lieut Cooke of the 12th Dragoons, merchant Peter Berthin, Mrs Danson and family from Newfoundland, and Count Suffrein nephew of the French Admiral Suffrein.
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East Indies
Reliance
Orpheus
Newcomee
Walsingham
Lisbon
Berkeley
Emerald
Lieut
Cooke
12Th Regiment of Dragoons
Peter Berthin
Danson
Newfoundland
M. Pabbe Franch
d’Annouville
Count Suffrein
Suffrein
Lisbott
Packer
Earl St. Vincent
Grattan
Viscount Fatemann
Milister
Philadelphia
Francis Deaxe
Lympton
Lord Heathfield
Leith
Geople Anperson
Virginia
Rupert Barxer
Barxer
Anderson
Bodies of an infant found and examined in Southwark
Reports detail two men Special and Freestone detained after a maid informed on a planned concealment. Magistrates heard how the infant’s body was found in a dust basket and later buried. Surgeons and a midwife testified the child was born alive within 48 hours and likely murdered. Female relatives were cleared after obstetrical scrutiny. Officials also note other crimes and public disturbances with various convictions and reprieves.
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Special
Freesfore
Union Hall
Southwark
Freestone
Hereford
John Hicks
Thomas Holder
Richard Gwilt
Thomas Harley
Jane Evans
Elizabeth Mason
John Palmer
Bow-street
Nicholas Bonn
Gosport
Bedfont
Wilks
Turnham-green
Gosport-road
Jedburgh
Scotland
Alboa
Council of Five Elandréd
A&ts
Council of Five Hundred
France
Lycungus
Constituent Assembly
National Convention
Council of Elders
Peace prospects and political turmoil in revolutionary Europe
Reports from Paris and Italy discuss shifting peace hopes between the Republic and Austria, with calls for restraint before a definitive settlement. The Directory pursues press control, while factions dispute legality and the future of the Republic's constitutional order amid accusations of incitement and governance failures.
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Paris
Besig
Italy
Adina
Austria
England
Peret
Lothringer
St.Louis
Hague
le Memorial
Malus
Montigui
Hotel of Invalids
L' Indre
Loire
Emanuel de Rohan
Malta
Baron Hompech
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City of York
H. Vp Tempest
Hambletonian
Hutchinson
Beningbrough
Wentworth
Trimbuth
Garforth
Brilliant
A. Hathilton
Wilson
Bennington
Brance
Council OF ‘Five Hundred
Thermidor
Executive Directory
Opininion
Recaéeur
Carnor
Se Lecarpe
Minister OF Justice
Council
of Five Hundred