Royal appointments and bankruptcy notices in the London Gazette
The King appoints Jacob Earl of Radnor as Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire and introduces oaths. Isaac Milner named Dean of Carlisle Cathedral. Arthur Paget named Secretary of Legation at Petersburgh. surname and license changes granted to Townsend and Trafford. Bankruptcy notices list numerous debtors and surrender deadlines across London and provinces with dates in December and January.
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Jacob Earl of
Radnor
Berks
Isaac Milner
Carlisfe
Jeffery Ektus
Arthur Paget
Petersburgh
George Forester
Elmly Lovatt
County of Worcester
Townsend
Robert Townsend
Kristleton
County of Chester
Trafford
Inner Temple
London
Darwen
County Palatine of Lancaster
Richard Trafford
Darwen Aforesaid
Royal Household Parade at Windsor and Oatlands Visit
Yesterday at noon their Majesties and the three elder Prancesses with the Duke and Duchess of York attended divine service at St George's Chapel Windsor Castle. After dinner the Duke and Duchess of York went to Oatlands Surrey for the evening. Lord Onstow became Lord of the Bedchamber and General Laservies Groom of the Chamber. Heralds Office clarifies rank of Duchess of York tied to birth.
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Duke
Duchess of York
St. George’s Chapel
Windsor Castle
Lower Lodge
Oatlands
Surry
Onstow
Laservies
Esclanp
Prussia
Brackstoin
France Assembly debates art funding and musket production
The National Assembly votes 100000 livres for arts encouragement with 70000 in premiums and 20000 for painters engravers while critics demand ministers’ accountability and question muskets production claims. Deputies push that Duportail’s accounts be settled and ministers’ responsibility be enforced.
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M. Aves
Cener
France
Society For
M. Churiot
Liege S
M. Daverhoult
Giver
M. Duportail
Tapis
Denunciations and arrests shadow Caen and Toul turmoil
Reports from December 4 recount M D Orizy defending Faucher's harsh denunciation of Deletari. Caen authorities confinement of 86 suspected rebels prompts vigilence inquiry. Toul denounces Gauthier and Malveisin for enlisting for emigrant princes. Decrees order trials in Orleans for several suspects and a courier to prevent escapes. Also notes accounts officers presenting bureau plans amid calls to safeguard public funds.
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M. D’orizy
Faucher
M. Deletari
M. Faucher
M.2’grisg
M. Fauchet
Meff
M. Mehoffin
Gathier
Malvolin
National Assembly
Sieur Marthe
Orleans
M. Norsit
Dijon
Commissioners of Accounts
Death of the Earl of Ontorp Draws Wide Lament
The late Earl of Ontorp died of a putrid fever. He was a classic scholar patron of the arts and benevolent gentleman. His memory earns high esteem and the forthcoming Earl of Oxford at Houghton Hall faces a grand legacy amid elegiac sentiment. An old college fellow quips on fashion of cropping and modest propriety.
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Earl
Oxford
Houghton Hall
Ortvanta
Cropim
Letter From Catherine Empress of All the Russias to De Broglio
The document addresses Marshal de Broglio and banished French nobility, praising noble lineage and monarchic fidelity. Catherine I accuses weakness in the French nobility of betraying their prince and urges descendants to uphold Henry IV’s example. Count Romanzow is tasked to convey these sentiments to princes and nobles. The note closes with a blessing and a claim of intended royal support. The Lord Bishop of Ely plans a General Ordination at Ely this week.
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Henry IV
Elizabeth
League
Count Romanzow
Catherine
Ely
Letters from New York on Envoy Hammowan arrival
Reports from New York describe satisfaction at the arrival of Mr Hammowan the British Envoy to the United States. He traveled by Grantham packet to Philadelphia where a landing order freed his carriage and effects from expense. Twenty eight Philadelphia competitors seek the England post. Possible selections include Hon Mr Smith of South Carolina or Hon Burvus Kine of New York. A broad treaty basis is desired for mutual benefit.
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New York
Hammowan
United States
Grantham
Bull
Philadelphia
England
Smith
South Carolina
Congress
Burvus Kine
Massachusetts
Lady Duprey Weds Royal Navy Captain in Fourth Matrimony
A four month widow, Lady Duprey merges grief into newlyweds as she wed a Royal Navy captain described as athletic and formidable. The piece muses on mortality and societal rites, noting possible shifts in fortune, the Earl of Orrorp’s disputed will, and rumors of Fiepp’s death with bequests to Sir F. Froop. It closes with a satirical jab at a bishop’s liaison and a nod to Tristram Shandy.
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Duprey Axp Ward
Mr. Jennings
Neptune
Royal Navy
Daswa Feraice
Earl of
Orrorp
Fiepp
Sir F. Froop
Trislam Shandy
Queprixcsuac
Basaltic Rock Formations Near Cathkin Hills Revealed
A quarry near Cathkin in the Rutherglen area uncovers a striking basaltic range. Columns rise about 24 feet, mostly pentagonal, with a 164 pillar colonnade. The rock is dark grey, brittle, slightly magnetic, and melts to black glass when heated. The find suggests similar basalts may occur further north, while a Banff correspondent notes a grand Northern Hunt with nobility and a brilliant Duchess among attendees.
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Cathkin
Rutherglen
Cathkin Hills
Theft of wearing apparel linked to Hon Charles Wyndham
Henry Fervis was charged at a Public Office magistrate with stealing linen coats waistscoats and other articles from Hon Charles Wyndham and Francois Margaret. Townsend and Mr Wyndham discovered items in Jervis box and lodgings including silk stockings shirts and a silver caddie. Mr Wyndham and Francois Margaret identified the property and Jervis was committed for trial at the next Old Bailey Sessions.
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Henry Fervis
Charles Wyndham
Francois Margarett
Plan to navigate Wandle from Wandsworth to Croydon agitation
A plan to make the river Wandle navigable from Wandsworth to Croydon is said to be in agitation. A meeting of Pot proprietors of land is planned in a few days. A barbarous murder occurred Saturday fortnight between Pallash and Callington on a young woman returning home. Two sailors pursued the man and servant after she was killed. the assailant threatened them with a pistol. The sailors were confined in Launceston Gaol. Also reported: a break in at the Red Lion Brownlow Street and a robbery near Shepherd and Shepherders Islington. The Irish Mail attackers have been apprehended.
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Wandsworth
Croydon
Tooting
Mitcham
Carshalton
Beddington
Pallash
Callington
Launceston
William Carver
Mlington
Shepherd and Shepherders
Islington
Irish Mail
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