Coal Market Case Shields Subcription Fees
Lord Kenyon brandished the right to property in dispute as the basis for action while Mr. Mingay argued against monopoly and high costs. The court found in favor of the plaintiffs, deeming the subscription room and coin trade arrangements as enforceable access rights, with damages assessed to establish the proprietors’ right to charge daily fees for market access.
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Court of King’s Bench
Green
Coal Exchange
Lord Kenyon
de Scendant
Mingay
London Gazetteesque News in Quirky Court Memoir
London notices from India House and Court of Directors describe captains sailing to Bombay and China and mails dispatched to the Leeward Islands. Vague social gossip covers the Duke and Duchess of York moving to Ficcadilly, ill health of Lady Dux, Bath theater quirks, and a poetical comet rumor with a failing author.
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Josefa Dozen
India House
Duke of Montrose
Jonny Rocks
Rocert Pouncy
Mipplesex
Sulivan
Bombay
China
Leeward Islands
General Post Office
Falmouth
Chesterfield
Tankerville
Windsor
Duke and Duchess of York
York House
Miz Rourke
Ficcadilly
Duke of
Faro
Hott
Wilrram Russet
Gratton-street
Alount Preasus
A.owies
Pantomime at Covent Garden Draws Mixed Reactions
A new Harlequin piece Broe- Beary or Harrequin's Forext shares the stage with the heavy tragedy Taxeten and Siismunpa at Covent Garden. Critic praises some scenes and dresses but condemns the bumbling storytelling and calls for trimming the sorcerer’s acts, a tightened plot, and removal of dangerous stage gimmicks to salvage the production.
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Bacon
Sinbad
Sailor
Aduzden
Fire at Richmond House destroys interiors endangers art
A fierce blaze at the Duke of Richmond’s Privy Gardens residence damaged the inner rooms and valuable collections while sparing outer walls. Firefighters and a regiment aided, the duke and princes York and Clarence assisted, a dog was rescued, and most losses were borne by the duke. No one else injured. The family sheltered at the Duke of Buccleugh’s.
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Duke of
Rica Mony
Henstet
Privy Gardens
Duke of York
Col. Lenox
le Crairx
Duchess of Richmond
Dukes of York and
Clarence
Whdle
Duke of Buccleugh
Notable Figures Attend Cumberland House Ball
Mrs Fitzarrnrerr appeared at Cumberland House amid chatter from Snakxes and SNEERWELLS of the School for Scandal. The dance introduction showed her steady routine, with Lacy Mmeria Carpenter and two duchesses present at the same event, indicating broad social ties.
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Fitzarrnrerr
Cumberland House
School For Scandal
Lacy Mmeria Carpenter
Fitzbertert
Duchess of York
Brc
Sugar Prices Debate Prompts Reform of Import Duties
The author argues for rapid policy changes to reduce sugar costs, warning current duties and bounties keep prices high. He notes raw sugar duties and export drawbacks favor foreign supply, claims revenue gains are minor, and urges altering import laws and subsidies to curb speculation and large fortunes while easing domestic access.
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East India Company
India
Sugar and Its Ancient Use in Trade and Refinement
The article traces sugar from antiquity to modern times, noting its Indies origins, refinement origins in Hither India, spread through Persia, Arabia, Egypt, and Africa, with later cultivation around Cyprus, Sicily, Majorca, Minorca, Spain, western Africa, and America. It then shifts to local incidents including two post-chaise robbery cases near London and a canal body discovery, followed by a shipwreck loss of fourteen sheep from a Falmouth to Flushing passage-boat during a gale.
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West Indies
Windward
Leeward Islands
GaLen
Dioscorpes
India
Persia
Arabia
Egypt
Africa
Cyprus
Sicily
Majorca
Minorca
Spain
America
Arcurparp Hoor
Elia
Fwickenham
London
Kew Bridge
Brentford
Hammersmith
Turnham Green
Lord Cuarces Murray
Gunnersbury Lane
St. James’s Park
Falmouth
Flushing
Sonnet to Liberty in Albion's Plain Refrain
A compact ode praising Liberty as a sovereign virtue on Albion’s plains. The speaker venerates Liberty as peace’s child, noting discord and war fade before its presence, while the White Rose and Red Rose symbolize opposing forces. The poem frames Liberty as a pure, native bloom deserving national homage, urging song as incense to the homeland.
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Albion
France in Crisis as War Drums Beat in Parliament
A wary critique portrays French legislators as pretenders to restraint while preparing for expansion. It claims they invade German possessions in Alsace Lorraine, arm against England over a Spanish dispute, seize Avignon and the Comtat Venaissin, and threaten Satiny Bale. The piece warns Europe may face a large scale conflict unless France retracts or the rulers falter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Europe
Madrid reports on French constitutional acknowledgement delay
Early this morning M d Artadize the French Charge d Affaires sent a courier to Paris awaiting a response to the renewed request for recognition of the French Constitution and Kia's acceptance. The reply, delivered by the Comte de Florida Blanca, says the King is not yet informed enough to give a clear answer, reflecting Spain’s procrastination and shifting plans amid European powers.
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M. d’Artadize
Paris
Kia
Comte de Florida Blanca
Spain
France
Russia
Sweden
Lisbon
Naples
Turin
Vienna
National Assembly
Declaration of the King of Sweden on the French Revolution
Vienna dispatch reports the King of Sweden officially declares in the name of his majesty that he agrees with Prussia and Russia on restoring the French monarchy. He views the French king as captive and joins Petersburgh and Madrid to address the royal house and kingdom of France.
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Imperial
Vienna
Sweden
New
Rufia
Russia
Baron de Oxenstrern
Petersburgh
Madrid
France
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