Audiences with the Prince of Wales and London affairs
Yesterday several foreigners of distinction met with the Prince at Carlton House amid private dinners. A Court of Directors convened at India House, with Captain Paizre Downpass sworn in to command the Mervirre Castre. Mail from Lisbon arrived at Falmouth aboard the Hanover Packet, while the Earl of Chesterfield and parcellings for Leeward Islands remained wind bound. The Ledger notes bank failures, lottery schemes, and debates on slavery, religion, and theatre financing, with remains of Lord Craven passing through London en route to Comb Abbey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince of Wales
Carlton House
India House
Paizre Downpass
Lisbon
Earl of Chesterfield
Leeward Islands
Falmouth
Jamaica
New York
British America
Marquis of
Lanspoint
Wiltshire
Warwick
Major Gace
Lord Gaer
MM. van Scuoog
Brussels
Brabant
Crumpspen
West Indies
New World
Hispaniola
Canaries
Bacuttyer Vel Rosa
Pepro Atrenca
Carolina
East India Company
Great Britain
New Jerusalem Company
Drury Lane
Haymarket
Lord Craven
London
Comb Abbey
Warwickshire
Binley
Declaration of Electoral Highness on French Invasion Pretext
The Electoral Highness states he welcomes no armed French residents, forbids military prep, and urges the princes to maintain neutrality and avoid arms. He notes French nobles remain dispersed, cantonments align with Austrian Low Countries, and calls for written declarations to prevent ministerial misinterpretation. Signed Baron de Dumenique CosLentz December 8, 1791.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Austrian Low Countries
Gardes du Corps
Vis
Baron de Dumenique
CosLentz
Political Maxims In Courts And Constitutional Debate
A compact commentary contrasts a maxim on payment with constitutional limits on amercements and ministerial responsibility. It notes historical British episodes under James I and Charles II, then mentions a US constitutional amendment proposal to double representatives. It closes with church livings and clerical appointments in Britain, including Holworthy, Browne, Marley, Edwards, Willis, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James the First
France
Duke of Buckingham
Felter
Charles the Second
United States
Congress
Robb
Boston
Liverpool
London
Matthew Holworthy
Caius College
Cambridge
Elsworth
Lunn
John Henry Browne
Firehide Magdalen
Dorset
C. Pierrepoint
Birking
Nottinghamshire
Buawre
Robbery Anxiety and Claims of Local Gangs
A 19th century newspaper column laments nightly robberies around the metropolis and accuses the current Justices of coercion and public deception. The writer alleges lingering criminal figures named Peachwin and Locaiz in Middlesex County and suggests thieves pay tribute to magistrates, likening it to brothel corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peachwin
Locaiz
Middlesex
Weights and Measures Cheating in London Shops
The letter denounces high taxes and widespread false weights in chandler shops bakers and butchers across London. It claims the poor pay at least twenty percent more than fair value, with bread underweight and meat portions short by a quarter pound especially outside regular markets, urging remedy before public outrage grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bad Money and Toll Gate Coiners in the City
The author denounces counterfeit halfpence in toll operations. Receivers at gates demand weekly quotas of counterfeit coins, profiting per pound while giving poor change. Coiners and their young emissaries flood streets with bad shillings, a widespread disgrace to justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmen
Piracy and Murder on the River at Limehouse Beach
A lighterman was attacked by three assailants at Limehouse Beach during high water and had his head severed in a brutal robbery. The attackers fled, leaving the victim found dead Friday morning. Also reported, five men in a Deal boat were overturned by a heavy sea. John Miles drowned, Michael Spiers survived, leaving Miles's widow with two small children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limehouse Beach
John Miles
Michael Spiers
Spiers
Miles
Robbery at Charles Street House in Blackfriars Road
A single gentleman’s home was burglarized on Tuesday evening between seven and eight. Thieves breached a window, stole three feather beds with bedding four large prints and most of the gentleman and Mrs Vigilance’s clothes. A knife and blood found. a man and woman seen near the window prior. The piece ends with social satire on servant relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Ann’s
Dc. &c
Somersetshire
Jermynstreet
Barbican
Charles Street
Blackfriars Road
Newington
Batchelors
Ships and court martial at St George station
Last Friday the sloop Nautilus paid off and lay up. Saturday the cutter Seaflower went to her station near the island. Memenrs from Milford arrived to take three months provisions for the station. Pegasus from Lifoon paid off in harbour, Winchelsea arrived with orders to join station. A court martial on Eiffel and Vaughan resulted in imprisonment and reprisal. Catharina from Rotterdam, leaky after storms, steered for this port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nautilus
Craven
Larbour
Seaflower
Webber
Cawfand Bay
Memenrs
A. J. Ball
Milford
Tome
Pegasus
Atins
Dolmett
Lifoon
Stonehouse Pool
Winchelsea
Fisher
Seaflower. Co
St. George
Eiffel
Vaughan
Lieut. Ferguson
Marines
Biffed
Marshalfea
Catharina
Rotterdam
Johannes Poet
Motter
Barcelona
Weather report from Elsterr on December day
Elsterr reports homeward-bound ships encountered a southerly wind on Thursday forenoon. The wind shifted to the West by noon yesterday, blowing a heavy gale but has since abated.
Storm and ship movements off Hampton Roads and Liverpool
A heavy hail storm with thunder and lightning hits Liverpool between eleven and twelve. Reports from Virginia and several ships describe arrivals, sailings, and mishaps including the London going ashore near the Cape and a dangerous gale driving vessels ashore at Hoylake. Some ships sustain damage. others ride out the storm safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodgson
Zebulon
Avylles
Plasket
Hampton Road
Virginia
Norfolk
Peacock
Elizabeth
Philadelphia
Innes
John
Malaga
Thetis
Beard
Dublin
Grange
Manlove
Glasgow
Jamaica
Cape Clear
Carter
Rotterdam
London
Cook
Cape Cornwell
Tucker
President
Butler
Kinefale
Hope
Dean
Libon
S. W
Robb
Boston
Hoylake
Britannia
Amity
Allen
Hoyle Bank
Rock Perch
Albion
Bennett
Lonedon
Shirlock
Oporto
Bidffon-hill
Shipping Losses Reported From Various British Voyages
Yesterday ships arriving and casualties listed include the Schoons Derlo from Batavia leaky and needing repair at harbour, the Flora from Stockton left off Norfolk coast, and the British Queen on shore at Grand Mana. The Antonetta lost near Dartmouth harbour with crew saved, the William wrecked off Cornwall with two drowned, the Endeavour wrecked near Ulverstone, and the St Lawrence leaking and put into Malaga with cargo jettisoned and three feet of water in hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spithead
Schoons Derlo
Stoute
Batavia
Amsterdam
Flora
Graham
Stockton
London
Norfolk
Dennison
Greenock
Halifax
New Brunswick
Grand Mana
Antonetta
Jacobs
Oporto
Barcelona
Dartmouth Harbour
William, Sweetland
Waterford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elector of
Treves
Roger Marley
Exeter Cathedral
Barnstaple
E. Edwards
Bene’s College
King’s Lynn
Arthur Annesley
J. Willis
Thorganby
East Riding of
Yorkshire
Knowles
Phillct
Bath
Wells Cathedral
Randolph
Bristol Cathedral
Speke
Piintiir Dock
Elsterr
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