Letter from Lieut Bond reports Royal schooner captures near Lisbon
The letter to Lord Keith from Lieutenant F. Bond details captures by his Majesty's schooner during the last cruize near the Tagus and Douro. It recounts recaptures including the Hamburg brig Catharina and several privateers, losses of prizes and crew, and the wreck of the Duchess of Gordon near Lisbon with only one saved. Also lists bankrupts and dividends in a London Gazette with proclamations on Spanish wool imports and Genoa blockade.
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Bond
F. Fond
Tajefly
F. G. Bond
Netley
Lisbon
Tagus
Duckworth
Blackwood
Viana
L’esperance
Perce
Guernsey
St. Fiorenzo
Oporto
Sir Marry
Douro
S.W
Vigo
Limerick
Caller Felicidad
Duchess of Gordon
Newfoundland
Antonio Y Animas
Ains la Poteoray
Venus
Lotion
Calluit
Garifith
Stockholm
Gorelit
Lord Keith
Red
MM. Kavana
Liverpool
J. Chadwick
Captainfold
Rechdale
Lancashire
Bridge
Lench Fould
Rosendale
Lancsthire
Clothier
Green
Chorley
Lorenzo da Ponte
Pall-mall
H. Ellis
Wedwdeg
Penntadino
Hughes
Pynylon
Liunrochwyn
Carnarvonshire
Bermondsey-street
S. Fisher
Shef- Sala
Oweones
Southampton
N.M. Lyster
Burwell Park
Lincolchire
E. Hughes
Gwydra
Anglesea
C. Musgrave
Eden Hall
Burt
Cumberland
T. Biddulph
Burdengbury
Warwick
Milnes
Thornes House
York
R. Edwards
Porthyregwl
Carnarvon
E. Prichard
Tynewydd
Genoa
Monarch and chase deer through Berkshire lanes
A royal outing describes His Majesty chasing a deer from Salt-hill toward Taplow, across Maidenhead Bridge, until the quarry paused near Waltham Common after a two hour pursuit. The piece also notes a grand dinner for Orleans princes, political figures, and offers a panorama of 18th century court life and security concerns.
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Duke
CumwpBen- Land
Salt-hill
Moysteth
Orleans
House of Bourton
England
Prev
Duke of Portland
Wrypyam
Lord Grix- Wille
House of Peers
Lord Spencer
Austria
Russia
Naples
Lord Soapes
J. Baxgr
Mr. Grees
Canterbury
Military College
Duke of York
High Wycombe
Dunstan Park
Newbury
White Hart Inn
Nar City
Mrs Yates Debuts Gracefully at Dublin Theatre as Angela
The Dublin stage welcomes Mrs Yates who newly portrays Angela in the Castle Street production. Her graceful presence and strong yet sweet voice drew repeated applause, with critics noting exceptional natural action and fresh insights into the role. Mrs Yates is the widow of Lieut Yates of the Navy, killed three years ago at Pimlico over a disputed haute belonging to his uncle, the comedian Mr Yates.
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Prury-Lase
Yates
Dublin
Angela
Castle Spettre
Pimlico
Law Report on Sheriffs Brokers in London Case
In a Middlesex suit by Mr Darby against Mr Pofton the Authoneer and Sheriff s Broker Lord Kenyon denounced the practice of appointing particular persons as Sheriffs Brokers as improper. Pofton was deemed a knave and the Sheriff should avoid him. The Under Sheriff defended the absence of appointed Brokers in London but would report the Lord Chief Justice s disapproval. London s Sheriff conduct praised. common juries tried and special juries named for Monday to end the sittings.
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Pixs
Cork
Hex B. Hayes
Henry
Great Britain
Ireland
Dundas
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
de Heootes
Wottesingter
Somerset House
Pitt and
Wimbledon
Mr. Pitt
Mr. Dundas
Downine-street
Parliament-street
Duke of Portland
Charing-cross
Mr. Mackintosh
Pitt
Strand
Horne Tooke
Kingston
Jamaica
India ‘Company
Rodney
Hence
Bombay
Surat
Nogdy Savoy
Sacra Salaynity
Wesel
Darby
London
Pofton
Middlesex
Godson
Lord Kenyon
News from Jamaica and Royal Navy squadron reports
A Kingston Harbour update notes ships Mary and Walsingham, with mail convoys for Jamaica and Lithon delayed by contrary winds. Royalists surrender in Prance reports. Gibraltar returns to Home Fleet after gale damage. Endymion and Amazon arrive at Portsmouth while Trelawney's letter of marque is retaken and sunk. Ferry-channel fleet assembles at Deal for convoy duties as winds shift.
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Falmouth
Jamaica
Mary
ThosPyon
Barbadoes
Martinique
Prince of Sfales
Hype Paget
Kingston
Thurdérer
Sprightly
Rattler
Alarm
Carteret Packet
Diligence
Walsingham Packet
Couse
Lecco
Prance
Gronos
Plymouth
Fez
Gibraltar
Ket- LY
Ferbay
Hamoaze
Childers
Firestone Bay
Portsmouth
Fen
Endymion
Amazon
Ireland
Trelawney
Liverpool
Leghorn
Spithead
Royal George
Montague
Achilles
Dublin Debates Signal Shifts in Unionist Alignment
From Dublin Tuesday Evexine February 18 a lengthy debate exhausted the speaker docket but hints at a split among royal anti Unionists. The Whiskillen family reportedly plans withdrawal after a reconciliation between the Earl and Lord Cornewallis. Precautions quieted the mob as some Popish manufacturers tried to provoke unrest by discharging workers, yet the city remains calm.
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EN Wiskillen
Mrs Baker Dies in Fire After Poker Sparks Blaze
Mrs Baker of Chietterfield-street died in a chair fire caused by a poker falling onto her gown while she wrote letters. The flames quickly spread to her head and clothes as servants alerted others. Medical aid came too late, with hope fading by Tuesday. A coroner’s inquest later reported Finnes Aldridge, a former sergeant who shot himself, had been troubled by misfortune and neglect.
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Lady Lucas
Buntley
Coldstream F Regiment of Guards
Ledging
Old Bailey Murder Indictment of John Hartley
John Hartley a private in the 3d regiment of Guards was indicted for willful murder of George Scott by stabbing him with a sword. Witnesses proved the deed. Hartley claimed provocation but the jury found him guilty after brief deliberation. The Recorder sentenced him to be hanged on Monday morning with body to be given to surgeons for dissection.
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John Hartley
3D Regiment of Guards
George Scott
Young thieves convicted after capital theft charge
Richard Coleman and Thomas Hannagan aged youths were found guilty of a capital offence for stealing three ewe sheep worth 31 from Thomas Bays after being spotted driving them along Chick-lane. The jury sentenced them to death but urged mercy due to their youth. Additional cases included burglaries, tea theft, and a highway robbery involving Sarah Brown and Mary Johnson, with varying verdicts and a watch taken from a merchant on Lovelane.
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Richard Coleman
Thomas Hannagan
Thomas Bays
Isington
Smithfield
Les
Chick-lane
Smithield
John Thomas
John Williams
John Halliday
George Morley
Messrs
Garnier and Co
Sarah Brown
Mary Johnson
Thomas Morley
Lovelane
Aldermanbury
Frenchwoman tried for abandoning illegitimate child at Marylebone
Session house Clerkenwell reports a French woman, Feficite Guerriut Laudrezin, found guilty of exposing and abandoning her illegitimate infant on 25 January near St Mary le Bonne. Evidence showed the child cried, was found in a passage and sent to the workhouse. Jury sentenced her to commitment until punishment fixed.
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Guerriut Laudrezin
Laint Mary-le-bonne
Conf
Mary-le-bonne
Elizabeth Ryan
St. Marylebonne
Susannah Ray
Main Wanrtine
Prisoners under sentence of death listed at Newgate report
Friday Recorder reported prisoners under sentence of death at Newgate including Henry Woodman for felonious stealing a day mare John Moore for burglary Charlotte Walker for privately stealing John Brown for burglary Joseph Abbot for forgery John Hall Peter Chapman Joseph Jones for burglary Syley Garter for stealing a gold watch John Smith for stealing in a dwelling house George Brown for stealing a chest of tea Joseph Camplin and George Jones for stealing privately David Dyers for stealing two heifers Hanc Hart and James Stith for burglary William Altman for burglary John Harl Peter Chapman Joseph Jones and Joseph Samuel Abbot ordered for execution next Wednesday A woman Johnson threw herself from a window injuring herself and a boy was injured when a chaise cart wheel broke in Smithfield
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Henry Boives
Hull
Taylor
Newgate
Henry
Woodman
John Moore
Charlotte Walker
John Brown
Joseph
Abbot
John Hall
Peter Chapman
Joseph Jones
Syley Garter
John Smith
George Brown
Joseph Camplin
George Jones
David Dyers
Hanc Hart
James Stith
William Altman
John Harl
Joseph Samuel Abbot
Johnson
Crown-court
Bridewell
Precing
Smithfield
Price of Stocks Bank Sh. Ann 614 Pee Sie Bile a Sex
A compact stock price note showing Bank Share Announcements and price figures. The readable fragments indicate a banking stock context with a 614 price element and references to securities, likely from a market brief. The partial text suggests a small, early 20th century financial column item with limited legible data.
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THE
London, Gazette
Theatre
LAW Report
Guildhall
Fox
Lord Kenton
Ship “News
Deal
Hig Majesty
Wind
S. FE
Evexine, Fen
Old Bailey
Mary Jokxson
Sessions-House
Clerkenwell
Pei
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