Windsor Prebend Granted and Surrender Dates Listed
The King grants William Cookson the dignity of a prebend at the Free Chapel of St. George in Windsor Castle, void by Rev Dr Davies. Surrenders announced for Charles Brown, Ber mondsey, for January to February, and others in Guildhall, Alverst on, Spalding, and Bermondsey. Dividends and certificates note dates and venues across Durham, Gateshead, Liverpool, Wigton, Covent Garden, and Guildhall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cookson
St. George
His Majesty
S Castle of Windsor
Jonathan Davies
Charles Brown
Bermondsey
Surrey
Guildhall
Beriah Drew
Bermondsey Street
Southwark
Richard Shaw
Ulverston
Lancaster
Braddyl’s Arms
Erston
John Jopson
Lincoln’s Inn
London
Matthew Depear
Moulton
Lincoln
Brewer
George Inn
Spalding
Attornes
Messrs. Peart and Miller
Portugal Street
Henry Sadler
Durham
Red Lion
John Baxter
Gateshead
Shakespear Tavern
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Allen Spice
Liverpool
Joseph Dodgson
Oulton
Cumberland
Queen’s Head
Wigton
Tan
Thomas Andrews
Buffel-street
Covent-garden
Andrew M‘culloch
Great May’s
St. Martin’s-lane
Viciualler
Charles la Roche
Robert Willing
Cheapside
Atien
Visit to Bath and Theatre Rehearsals in London
Wednesday morning reports Lord Cuesturrien visiting the Marquis of Bath at Longleat in Wiltshire after several days at Bath. Other items note the Duchess Dowager of Beprorp and Sir Josaua Reynoxps both dangerously ill, executors named for the late Earl of Orford, and Massey to replace Pitt as Commander in Chief in Ireland. The piece covers political opinion on national debt, the death of Prince Poremkin and Turkish reactions, Jamaica estate returns, a grand rehearsal of Cynon at Haymarket with the Prince of Wales present, and a Lincoln race clash between Archer and Smith ending in a disputed result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuesturrien
Bath
Marquis of Bath
Longleat
Wiltshire
W. Russex
of Beprorp
Pall Mall
Josaua Reynoxps
Leicester Square
B. Fountayne
A. Hammond
R. Mackreth
E. Rolfe
Earl of Orford
Massey
Pitt
Poremkin
William III
Paris
France
M. de Dobm
Jamaica
Becxtorp
Fonthill
Bannister
Lince
Cymon
Big Sam
Madrid
Lincoln Race Course
Archer
Hykeham
Smith
Lincoln
Letter from M Grilli vey to General Knox over Cherokee lands
The 1791 missive recounts Meff. Cox, Gilbert, and Strother arming to intrude on Tennessee Company lands, Governor Telfair's warnings, and Cherokee chiefs' stance on cession lines. It notes frontier traders exploiting Indians with liquor, a fatalCoweta incident, and a detailed boundary description up to 300 miles wide. Michael Jones, a surveyor captured by Oquepas, is mentioned as sent from Pensacola to Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littl Talafi
Fune
Swan
Gov. Blunt
Cox
Gilbert
Strother
Tennessee Company
New York
Telfair
Cowetas
New-York
South Fork
Oconee
Tugaloo
Michael Jones
Pensacola
Philadelphia
West Indies Losses and Seizures Stir Atlantic News
Dispatch from Cape Francois dated October 22, 1791 reports massive planters losses in Saint Domingue from a brutal negro insurrection. Also notes two vessel seizures by a Spanish schooner, later released at Havana, and local incidents including a fatal street-side battle and a hay wagon accident in London and Bristol trade updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Domingo
Cape Francois
Philadelphia
Sophia
W. Kerr
Bristol
EdinBURGH High Court fixes James Plunket execution date
The High Court in Edinburgh, after re reading James Plunket's earlier confession, sets the execution for Wednesday January 11 in Glasgow. Lord Justice Clerk offers solemn counsel as Plunket, deemed the same James Phunket, shows composure and humility while awaiting the sentence. He will be moved to Glasgow prison on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Court of Justiciary
James Plunket
Circuit Court of Justiciary
Glasgow
James Phunket
Plunket
Devonshire Children Head to Yorkshire For Cotton Machinery Training
In Worcester on December 26 a group of boys and girls from Devon and Cornwall traveled to Leeds area in Yorkshire to learn cotton machinery. Two or three machinists accompanied them to study construction of machines used in trade with aim to supply parishes there with work and promote industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guorcester
Mary Ottery
Devoluture
Cornwall
Weollens
Devonshire
Yorkshire
Windmill fire at Portsdown and Midlands mail changes
Emsworth reports a windmill on Portsdown consumed by fire early Wednesday with corn lost and cause uncertain though friction in machinery suspected. Also notes plan to shift daily London Mail times and routes via Aylesbury Banbury Warwick, with road surveys and local support for improved Midland communications and a shorter middle road through Warwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsdown
Portsmbuth
General Post-Office
London Mail
Aylesbury
Buckingham
Banbury
Warwick
London
Palmer
Birmingham
Coventry
Oxford
Shipwrecks and storm damage near Cowes on Christmas Eve
A Dutch vessel Maria Catharina bound for Amsterdam arrives at Cowes damaged after a collision in the Channel. The gale wrecks the Polly from Shields near the Isle of Wight with heavy losses. The Good Intent, a small sloop, breaks on Needles rocks. master and crew drown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Catharina
Terra Vechhia
Amsterdam
Cowes
Polly
Shields
Sibbald
Isle of Wight
Wheeler
Sixth Sheffield subscription concert delights few in brief notice
The sixth and last concert of the present subscription was held in the Assembly-room last night. Unfavourable weather and short notice kept attendance modest though respectable. News arrived of the death of Mr. Henry Sikes, partner in Love Morton and Co platers, who fell overboard from a passenger ship anchored near Amsterdam on his annual voyage to Holland. the body had not yet been recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Sikes
Arm of Love, Morton, and Co. Platers
Amsterdam
Holland
Bad Roads and Deep Snow Disrupt Travel Across Regions
The Exeter road near Dorchester to Woodyeats is scarcely passable while the Bristol road from Marlborough to Hubberstone is generally poor. Newport Bridge repairs force a long circuit via Garlees. The North roads face severe conditions with deep snow between Penrith, Kendal, Lancaster, and Manchester. From Ferrybridge to Glasgow ice blocks progress. Spittal and Greta Bridge report very deep snow. Brough to Appleby offers decent roads, but Appleby to Pengith is difficult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exeter
Dorchester
Woodyeats
Bristol
Marlborough
Thatcham
Hubberstone
Newport Bridge
Garlees
Penrith
Kendal
Lancaster
Manchester
Chorley
Hate Tom Lane
Ferrybridge
Glasgow
Spittal
Greta Bridge
Brough
Appleby
Pengith
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The
London Gazette
Whittenant
William Andrews
Long-acre
Fadler
America
M’grilliveay
General Knox
West Indies
Mixers
Turtling
Cape Florida
Spain
Minoxs
M‘queen
Turner
South Carolina
Minors
Havannah
Patiente
Shurman
Eric
Providence
Port Praya
Cape
Algerines
Gottenburgh
Elfinear
Thomas Keddy
Petersburgh
Mary
Howe
Hull
Watson, Mair
Aberdeen
Oates
Penryn
St. Agnes
Thomas Miles
Peter Wallis
Port Margot
Edinburgh
Countri” News
Emsworth
Sheffield
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