Swallow Packet Dispatch Delay In Early 1792 Report
Letters disclose the delay in dispatches from India aboard the Swallow Packet. Henry Dundas and the East India Company report the Bristol landing, customs holdups, and a secret retrieval of Lord Cornwallis’s dispatches from the Madras Military Packet, with messengers rushing to London to recover them.
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Henry Dunpas
Whitehall
Fan
India
Rhof
East-India House
Swallow
King’s Road
Bristol
Custom House
Britto
Curtis
India House
Lord Cornwallis
Madras
Midrar
London
Messanger
Thatcham
Joan Smith Burcgs
Francis Bar Inc
Abeyances and Crown Heirship Questioning Sovereign Rights
A historical inquiry examines how abeyances affect crown co ownership and whether the Crown or another party gains sole possession when an abeyance ends. It queries if the sovereign’s abdication shifts peerage honours to another, presenting a debated moment for the realm.
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Querift
State Lottery Draw Begins in February 1792
J Wennam announces a state lottery drawing for February 1792 at his Poultry and Leaden offices offering shares at low prices. The notice warns against dealings in policies and chances, noting penalties and urging caution while detailing ticket and share prices and prize values.
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Ry .J. Wemelam
Steck-Broker
Cornhill
Lottevie
Fozco
Court of King’s Bench
J. Wennam
Hale
Law Report Charge Against Gambling Houses by Justice Ashurst
In a February law report Justice Ashurst addresses the Grand Jury of Middlesex on the growing evil of excessive gambling and the proliferation of gambling houses. He warns of the harm to families, poverty, and social decay, urging magistrates to vigorously prosecute vice and enforce royal proclamations against gaming dens.
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Justice Ashurst
Middlesex
the Grand Fury
Dail
Parliament Address Warns Against a Disturbing Vice
A speaker urges the Grand Jury to expose and prosecute a longstanding vice, noting historic acts and the need for public virtue. He calls magistrates to refuse licenses to involved houses and to awaken public awareness, praising relief from a Long Acre nuisance as a sign of effective intervention.
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Henry
Long Acre
Breach of contract over distressed pictures in London case
Lord Kenyon presided at Westminster Hall in Leary against Goodson over a dispute arising from a distress by Leary for Poole’s rent. The case centered on a promised payment to recover two paintings, one owned by Goodson, with a contested delivery arrangement and a verdict for the plaintiff of ten guineas in damages.
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Lord Kenyon
Poole
Leary
Goodson
Mrs Macauley Defies Lords of Creation in Dinner Room
An account from a City Booksellers dinner recalls Mrs Macauley, famed for liberty, eloquently replying to a Scotch officer who claimed such topics were male. She dismisses the Lords of Creation, saying she cannot be ready in less than an hour. The scene includes a curious question about her work’s finish and an amused young lady.
Letter to the Editor On Robbing Tenby Mail Bag Incident
A reader objects to a paragraph about robbing the Tenby mail bag by knocking a boy from his horse. The letter calls for a strict investigation and replacement of the postmaster or mistress with firmer mail conveyance, arguing female staff contributed to delays. It notes the Tenby Narbarth route is ten miles, causing late arrivals, and suggests a man should carry the bags to prevent similar incidents.
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Tenby
Narbarth
Karbarth
Langaster Canal Proposed Route to Manchester
The corridor from Kendal to Manchester would run nearly parallel to the main road, varying little in distance, reaching Chorley then Manchester by a second line. Coal is scarce north of Chorley and lime scarce south of Lancaster, underscoring the canal’s necessity and its link to principal towns in the county.
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Kendal
Manchester
Ghorley
Chorley
Lancaster
Oysters Seized By Council And Barn Fire At Candronburn
A Newhaven oyster laden boat bound for Newcattle was stopped by council order with a guard aboard, enforcing a new export ban. Earlier, at Candronburn bridge near Paifiey, a barn yard caught fire at midnight Saturday, destroying most of the ricks tacks barn stock and belongings.
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Eprnsurey
Fox
Newhaven
Newcattle
Candronburn Bridge
Paifiey
Murder of Tailor Sparks Citywide Fear in Ireland
A poor journeyman tailor was murdered in Fowness street near Cope-street with a cleft skull and multiple stab wounds. Similar killings during the same hour target tailors, said to be by a combiner group seeking revenge for job losses. Rewards offered by the Lord Mayor, Board of Aldermen, and Police for clues as hundreds of tailors flee the city amid unrest.
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Dustin
Fan
Fowness Street
Cope-street
Commissioners of Police
Spilsbury's Antiscorbutic Drops Advertised in 1792 Yorkshipe Doncaster
An 1792 Yorkshipe Doncaster extract touts Mr Spilsbury's Drops as a safe effective remedy for scurvy, rheumatism, and eruptions. Letters praise its relief, noting Jacob Spencer in Suffolk benefited after using the drops. It lists prices, a Soho Square London address, and a forthcoming edition of Spilsbury's Treatise on the Scurvy with a February ready date.
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Southwold
Suffolk
Spi Pson
Jacob Spencer
Spilsbury’s
Hethad
Great-Britain
Cornwallis reports losses and siege details from Bangalore and Seringapatam
Letters from General Cornwallis to the East India Company directors describe operations since April, the reduced power of Tippoo Sultan, and a plan with allies to press for concessions. The note lists killed and wounded during the Bangalore siege and the Seringapatam battle, with regiments and ranks detailed.
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Court of Directors
The
East India Company
Tippoo Sultan
Formatian Taye
Médéws
Abercromby
Coe Ae Tacioféd
Cornwallis
Bangalore
Seringapatam
Bargalore
Toth Light Dragoons
Regimentef Foot
Gferjeant
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Tam
R. AV. Vaughan
Nawney
Ghatman
East-India Company
Henry Dundas
Senate
LAW Report
Westminster Hall
Mrs. Macauley
Eyenine Matt
Sik
Scotland
Ireland
London Gazette Extraordinary
Gesnville
His Majesty
Principa
Genee
Ben
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