Epilogue Burlesques an 18th Century Love Scene
A fragmented epilogue in playful verse mocks courtship and stage romance. It features a speaker courting with witty asides about female modesty, ornament, and fashion, interlaced with theatrical references and flirtatious banter. The piece notes a naval victory as a closing compliment to Sir, blending satire with period salutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pe Andrews
Mrr
Mattocks
Hugh-Crett
Hawke
Mr. Speaker
Miss Bull
Sir & K. Expainstone
Gape
Buoyant talk of Napoleonic war and stock market
London reports the day’s financial mood with Consols at 58 3/4, Bank audience on the Army loan, and a detailed dispatch from Paris on Buonaparte Berthier and Avinzy battles near Arcole. It notes casualties, strategic moves toward Mantua, and diplomatic portraits of Dirctors and Sardinian envoys. Additional items include East Indiamen departures, imperial letters from China, and local crime notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coarrman
Pirr
Downing-street
Paris
Berthier
Arcole
Buonaparté
Buonaparte Nates
Avinzy
Davidovich
General Berthiery
Vicenza
Alvinzy
Alvinay
Tredit
Ion
Mantua
Astven
Directory
Council of Five
Freelich
Ttalys
Danube
Tyrol
Alvingy
Verona
Bravaparte
Gem Vaubeis
Adige
Dawidevich
Mantza
Wurmser
Firbes
WEE ARMY MEASURES AGAINST AN INVASION
A 1796 royal proclamation authorizes enrollment of non-seamen for coastal defense. Volunteers will train in cannon use on gun vessels and fire ships, receive pay and provisions, and be returned home after the war. Officials must report weekly enrollments and secure cannons and ammunition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain and Ireland
East India Shipping assigns ships for season service
Court of Directors at Tudia House lists ships for Bombay and China, Coast and China, St Helena, China, and Bombay Madras service. Notable vessels include Hindottan Neptune Narn Lyons, Princess Royal, Earl Talbot, Cirencester, Bronswick, Marquis of Lansdown, Duke of Montrose, Earl Fitzwilliam, and Sir Edward Hughes. The court adjourned at four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Rover
Esex
Simon’s Bay
Jupiter
Losack
Asa
Lord Macartney
William Pitt
Lord Camden
Aired
Ocean
Nottingham
Manhip
General Goddard
Prince Frederick
Lion
Thomas
Oca
India
Crookhaven
Ireland
Plymouth
Cirencester
Kien Long
Emperor Ting
Joan Graves Simcoe
St. Domingo
Joan Doote
87Th Foot
West Indies
James Clitterow
Westminster Middlesex
Jamaica
Theodore Gordon
William Fitt.larton
Fullarton
Ayr
Montgomery
Coilsfield
Earl of
EcLinToune
Thames and Severn Navigation
Gloucester
Bristol
Cistom House
Aé&T
Selsey
Poole
Soleamen
Plumper
Braptzy
Hewett
Tickler
Cocxpury
Hinton
Teazer
Rosins
Eve Manderson
Pelter
Warsu
Piercer
Fenron
Sguard
Isle of Wight
Viper
Stas
Vengeance
Terror
Fury
Burn
Scorpion
Leopard
Eagle
Harpacre
Ferret
Tiger
Knight
Park-street
Grosvenor-square
Tudia House
Sir Edward Hughes
Britannia
Bombay
China
Neers
Hindottan
Witt
Mackintosh
Neptune
Narn, Lyons
Warley
Zzco
Henry Wilson
Abergavenny Gy Ss
James Waansworth
Princess Royal
N. S
James Horncast Tre
Pigot
Taco Robert Torin
Waco Magrin Linpsay
Arniston
Mayontanxs
Exeter
Stroecx
Wixrsen
Bronswick
Mzco Ts
Bombay Castle
Joan
HaMiz Ton
Marquis of
Marquis of Lansdown - Et Joséri Bourpenon
Minerva
Kinnaird Smith
Lord Thurlow
Wm. Thompson
Arex
Gray
Rose _Hillsborough
Brésarpi Hort
Prince William Henry
Ratex Dynoas
Houghton
Robert Hupson
Duke of Montrose
Burt
Richaap Cornett
Lord
Walsingham Sc
James Youne
Earl Fitzwilliam
James Tweedale
Hawke
Ricuarn Epwaats
Worcester
Richard Haze
Henry Dundas
Joan Campbrel
Berrington
Grave Robertson
Earl
Spencer
Bengal
Bencoolen
Me Woelmore
Sulivan
Sampson Hat
Princess Amelia
Raymond
Henry Smedley
Woodcot
Fort William
Grance Simpson
ST. Helena
Coast and Bay
James UnMson
Madras
Tamas Barrow
Trials and sentences at the Old Bailey and Chatham Barracks
Reports from the Old Bailey describe four prisoners tried, with Alexander Leake capital for a serious crime and others convicted. Death sentences were handed to several, while transports and imprisonments were ordered for the rest. Meanwhile at Chatham Barracks a trivial quarrel led to a soldier's death and a coroner's inquest verdict of accidental death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pirr
Old Bailey
Alexander Leake
Wemott ‘Derestaie
William Miffling
Daniel Harding
John Banniffer
Joseph Malcolm
Newgate
House of Correction
Clerkenweil
Fahan Gardiner
George Willmott
William Holmes
New South Wales
Chatham
Naval dispatches from Plymouth to Lisbon amid French threats
Maritime notices from Plymouth and Deal report ships sailing and being captured or recaptured, with details of the La Revolutionnaire, Cerberus, Minerva, Syren, and other vessels. Preparations for potential invasion include fireships and artillery drills, while several ships run afoul or are refitted after damage. The Mercury and St. Helena voyages are noted, along with the loss of the Atlas and Lisbon-bound vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva
South
Portsmouth
Syren
Isle Marcou
Greyhound
St. Helen’s
Lindsay
Admiralty
Portsea
Gosport
Cumberland
Irish Lottery Draws and Spilsbury Antiscorbutic Drops Ad
The piece notes Prize No 1,212 for two thousand pounds sold at Meffrat Hoanssy Co in London and mentions other prize shares. It advertises Spilsbury Antiscorbutic Drops as a cure for scurvy gout rheumatism and blood impurities, claiming wide acclaim and sale in Sexton Square Dispensary and general vendors with priced bottles.
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State
Meffrat Hoanssy and Co
Cornhill
Row Exchange
London Ree
Havirigg
Spilsbury
Upe
Marriages Listed From Various Parishes
Yesterday and recently in multiple churches and parishes including St George Hanover Square St George Southwark Upton upon Severn Canterbury Norwich and Bury St Edmunds weddings were announced featuring couples such as Mr Daniel M Kinlay merchant of Friday Street and Miss Kennett Rev Dr Kennett Rev Mr Rennell successful church appointments and gentry attendees. The notices list locations brides and grooms with their described residences and clerical connections across several counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St.George's Church
Hanover-square
Robert Sheffield
Miss Kennett
Kennett
St. George's Church
Southwark
Daniel M.kinlay
Chéaptide
Wmiss Kennetl
Rennell
Stekenhamy
Devonshire
Sturton
Mary Camplin
Obituaries and Death Notices From Lincolnshire to Essex
Eighth year old daughter of James Graham of Lincoln s Inn fields dies. Mrs Barman of Lemon Street Goodman s Fields Jeweller dies age 28. Elizabeth Stangroom 53 wife of Charles Stangroom Langham Norfolk. Robert Wymer Norwich Thorpe farmer dies. Francis Sadler of Chipping Ongar Essex dies suddenly from apoplexy. William Bacon of Maryland Power appears. John Addison of Chelmsford noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Graham
Lincoln’s.Inn Fields
Barman
Lemon-street
Goodman’s Fields
Elizabeth Stangroom
Charles Stangroom
Langham
Norfolk
Robert Wymer
Norwich Thorpe
Chipping Ongar
Essex
Francis Sadler
William Bacon
Maryland
William
Mary Spoertagste Nash
John Addison
Chelmsford
Che
Also Mentioned on This Page
Reynolds
Comedy D Fortune
Evening Mail
Postscript
London
House of Commons
Consols
Lise
Bérthier
Amd
Rubnaparte
Arcolé
Prince of Belmont Prowateury
Naples
Sardinia
Budha
Monfeur
Prince Belmonte
Monseigneur
WEE Army
East India Shipping
Earl Talbot
N.S
Jeremian Dawkins
Ceres
Daca
George Stevens
T. Helena
Bendgollen
Mr. Moffatt
His Majesty
la Révolutionnaire
Coxe
Epward' Per- Law
Friendship
Bracx
Downs
Case of Good Hope
Channel
Cerberus
Drew
Cork
Revolutionaire
Wallis
Juno
Fairy
Overyffel
Clyde
Maidstone
St. Marcou
Deal
N.N.W
Euridice
Hercules and Brothers
Martinique
Lisbon
Hamburg
Altona
Genoa
Venice
Cadiz
Madrid
Oporto Bilboa- Duulin
Stoc
C. Ann
Sper C. Anno
Bary L. Ann
Sy J. Walter
Blackfriars
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