Continent Tyallicense and Madrid Births Report
Excerpts discuss the Contat union with France, unrest in Avignon and Carpentras, and warnings to the King about disorder. Madrid registers births and marriages from Dec 1789 to Nov 1790, noting 1638 marriages and 4808 births, with hospital deaths and changes in the royal household. Grenada laments missing Spanish gold, Trinidad capture failed due to few defenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mapa
Madrid
Royalee
Lisbon
Grenava
Trinidad
West
Indies
England
Royal notices and society rumors from St James’s and London
Friday afternoon briefings note the Earl of Carpican becoming Governor of Windsor Round Tower and the Duke of Gloucester meeting the King at Buckingham. Reports cover East India Company interviews, a Temperate author, finance shifts, church attendance at Charles’s Martyrdom anniversary, and medical recoveries. Transportation of prisoners from Lincoln to Newgate is described. Rumors link Lord Paget to Dutchess Rutland’s marriage and match signals at Uxbridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl of Carpican
St. James’s
Windsor Round Tower
Royal
Duke of Gloucestes
Buckingham House
The
East, India Company
Pitt
Downing Street
Marquis of Layspawne
Tiki
Lincoln
Carlisle
Exeter
Newsgate
Botany Bay
Compter
Giltspur-street
Portsmouth
Newgate
Lord Pacet
Rut- Land
Earl of Uxprippe
Campaign Plans and troop movements near Ghauts in 1790 report
The report details Colonel Floyd's Dragoon and Sepoy regiments preparing to advance against Seyd Saheb and Kerim Saheb near Guzzlygherry and the Pass of Ghauts. Tippoo’s forces are assembling near Seringana tam while Beebee of Cananor ready to host English force. General Abercrombie expected to sail August 20 to join southern operations. The garrison at Shickelagerry, 350 Palygars, accepted honorable terms after surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desame Oottah Arid Seyd Saheb
Aedes
Guzzlygherry
Guireddy
Col. Floyd
Tippoo
Seringantam
Cananore
Abercrombie
Grand ‘Army
Anee
Shickelagerry
G.wahab
14Th Battalion
Native Infantry
Tippoo Saib Regime and Mysore Expansion Compared
A historical overview describes Tippoo Sultan as a powerful Maharaja whose dominions stretch across Mysore and Coimbatore to the sea, with northern campaigns extending to Vifapour and Canara. It cites his vast revenue of about 4 crores rupees, a large army of 156,000 including 73,000 elite troops, and notes Hyder Ali's earlier ambitions and the fragile unity of his realm amid British influence.
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Tippoo Sultan
Arho
Mysore
Dalmachery
Sautgud
Attoré
Travancore
Madura
Séonda
Vifapour
Adoni
Bazalet Jung
Guntoor
Ongole
Sea
Ednere
Coimbatore
Canara
Dindigni
Merithh
Soonda
Chitterdroog
Harponelly
Sanore
Bancapour
Roudroog
Gooty
Candanore
Canoul
Cudapah
Tippoo
Nabob of
Arcot
Hyder
Seringapatam
Indostan
Kiftnah
Obtanipahan
M. W
Trichinopoly
Great Britain
Extraordinary Thames flood swamps Westminster Hall and surrounding areas
Floods driven by high tides and strong northwest winds inundated the Thames shoreline, flooding Westminster Hall, Palace Yard, and nearby streets. Watermen charged for rides as cellars, low streets, and parts of Somerset House and Scotland Yard were submerged. Officials pumped water from the hall while communities such as Wapping and Blackfriars endured widespread inundation.
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Palace-ward
Westminster Hall
Chatham Place
Surry
Blackfriars Bridge
Maid Lane
Somerset House
Wapping
Westminster-hall
Thames
Scotland-yard
King’s
Palace-yard
Duke of Newcastle
Duke of Montague
Tropics
Waters cleanse Westminster hall and cold dry weather looms
The piece notes a desire to wash away professional sins in Westminster hall as a sharp frost arrives and northeast winds promise dry, cold weather. It cites Turin letters dated January 4 about Countess d Artois receiving news from Venice and a formal reception of the Count by French society, including a Venice Senate delegation praising King Crem Vetices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bouchet du Rhine
Carpentras
Avignon
Contat
Westminster-hall
Turin
d’Artois
Venice
M. de Bombeiles
d’Artoiss
Crea
Portsmuth February 2 3 Naval Movements at Spithead
This morning His Majesty's ship Brunswick left the harbour for Spithead. The Niger frigate, commanded by Hon. Capt. Berkeley, will sail for the West Indies tomorrow morning if the wind holds. Inconstant sailed for the Downs this evening. Outward-bound ships and the Falcon cutter undertook a cruise. February 3 lists Niger Berkeley for the West Indies and other ships to Dublin Leghorn.
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His
Brunswick
Spithead
Niger
Berkeley
West Indies
Downs
His Majesty
Falcon
N.N. E
Lewis
Willams
Dublin
Holm
Shard
Nafkel
Leghorn
Plymouth naval movements and arrivals in the harbor
Rear Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton arrived Friday and visited port officials. A flag hoisted atop the impregnable of 98 guns signaled activities at Hamoaze. Ranger and Busy cutters sailed on a cruise. Friendship Frazer from London bound for Jamaica arrived last night and remains in the Sound with Minerva. John and Elizabeth from Southampton bound to Ireland isladen with a head? mast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard, Bickerton
Ranger
Friendship
Frazer
London
Jamaica
Minerva
Danith
Matt
John
Elizabeth
Reed
Southampton
Ireland
Ladert
Barke
Probity asserted by Messis and Co amid libel dispute
In a 1791 public defense, Messis Marcray and Co dispute accusations tied to a Royal Union Lottery Bank scheme. They insist their House enjoyed long standing credit before rival institutions emerged, challenge the maligning critics, and pledge to prove their probity to the public unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messis, Maucray and Co
Lottery Bank
Messis, Mareray, and Co
House of Mar- Gray and Co
Royal
Union
Lottery
Bank
Marcray and Co
Ship Arrivals Record From Various Ports
Arrivals list ships arriving Feb 4 at Pool and Liverpool and other harbors. Vessels include Nautilus Kitcott Chamonn Sheppard from Alicant Hawke Bristow Fox Rawhinson from Newfoundland Lovel Mudge from Oporto Mary and Christian from Bilboa Ann gad Elizabethy Harrison from Riga Friendship Clarke from Massachusetts Kitty Ross from Liverpool Eliga Wiseman from Liverpool Tyro Memel Ezabeth Brown from Lisbon Salide Nortér from Dunkirk Discovery Moop Free Briton Indiaman Princess Frederica bound for India remains Southton Circe frigates wind N fore.
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Pool
Nautilus
Kitcott
Chamonn
Sheppard
Alicant
Hawke
Bristow
Fox
Rawhinson
Newfoundland
Lovel
Mudge
Oporte
Mary
Christian
Bilboa
AtLiverpool
Ann Gad Elizabethy Harrison
Riga
Friendship
Clarke
Massachuset
Virginia
Kitty
Ross
Marriages and engagements listed in British notices
The notice records multiple marriage announcements and engagements. Details include MARRIED at Cawnpoor to Miss C Fortnam by Capt. Andrew Pringle of the Eetingia Company, and a January 26 union of James Graham of Ellecton Grange to Miss Simpson of Richardby. Also listed are a Tuesday engagement of Mr William Richard Vernon of Oxford Street to Miss Kendrick of Kilost, Cumberland.
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June Jatt
Cawnpoor
Andrew Pringle
Eetingia Company
C. Fortnam
Col.Fortnam
Bencal
James Graham
Ellecton Grange
Cumberland
John Kendrick
Kil- Ost
Death notices and stock market brief from York and London
Fragmentary notices report several deaths including Mrs Abby Lindow in Lancaster and Max Jones in Soho, with memorial bequests to St Thomas’s Hospital and charity schools. Also mentions financials such as Navy annuities and prices of lottery tickets, with scattered dates and locations in London and nearby towns.
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Charles Ross
Park-lane
Eaa Ries
Lancaster
Abby Lindow
William Lindow
Grafton-street
Soho
Max Jones
James Lumtler
York
St.Thomas’s Hospital
St. Catherine's Hospital
Tenaka
Sir Ashton Byam
Also Mentioned on This Page
Continent
Tippoo Saib
Plymouth
Ship News
South Sea
Rathe
Navy
India
Holland
Frente
Flanders
Waterford
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