Smuggler Appears As Privateer General Hottie Captured
A damaged report describes a small French sloop privateer named The General Hottie wrongly labeled Betty of Penzance. It carried 14 Frenchmen with muskets and blunderbusses and failed to capture ships before being taken by the Pymouth privateer five days after leaving Roscoff. The capture occurred off the Bolt as an English brig prepared to board. Other vessels and warships, including Greyhound and Ranger revenue cutters, were active near the Bolt as ships prepared for potential engagement.
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Whymouths
Penzance
E.iier
London Packet
London
Greyhound
Ranger
Cuttéis
O'Beven
Hamoaze
B.swe
Britannia
Sir Edward Hughes
Cawland Bay
Feve Wclock
Princess Royal's Narrow Escape From Cape of Good Hope
A detailed Royal Navy narrative describes the Princess Royal, voyage from Madras Roads February 7, with Rodney and others, encountering a crippling gale near the Cape. Leeched water forced Captain Reid to jettison rice, then again to lighten and refit at St Augustine Bay before reaching Johanna. News from Trincomalee notes heavy sickness and scarce provisions among troops. Cork schooner Dallas reaches Trincomvale after a perilous voyage.
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Princess Royal
Reid
Madras
England
Rodney
Thurlow
Fygscis
Minerva
Hillborough
Cape
Carysfort
St. Augustine’s Bay
Johanna
Trincomale
Oftenburgh
Dallas
Trincomvale
Princess Roxx of France Keeps Quiet Life Amid Reflections
A Brussels Papers note describes Princess Roxx living in retirement with a few friends and religious duties. She mourns her mother after finding a picture, then falls into melancholy, while a letter from Viétha is cited as the source of her sorrow.
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Roxx
France
Viétha
Brussels
King’s Bench
Scotland
Mr. Erskine
Norfolk
Bank Note Case Tests Seller’s Caution in 1794 Theft Tale
In a 1794 Bank of England note dispute, Littler, a Strand silversmith, paid for a gold watch with a note later found altered to erase its number. The plaintiff, a former Oxfordshire attorney, argued he was rightful owner or bearer. Lord Kenyon urged caution, noting circulation and need for vigilance, while Fair consideration and the note’s altered face factored into liability.
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Gibbs
Churchill
Littler
Oxford
Messrs
Cobb and ‘Co
Banbury
Wright and Co
Covent-Garden
London
Churchhill
Fealz
Erskine
Rusher
Cobb
Thomas Fowler
Cobbj
Wright and Co. Bankersy London
Witnerg
Clorfolk-street
Bank of
Oxfordshire
William Craawford
Easiy
Bow-street
Edie
Conscientious Jew Barry Healy Case in Court
A plaintiff sued for 431 for prints and charts. A witness named Jones, real name John Solomon, a Jew from Houndsditch, testified he took a guinea to expose the plaintiff in court and claimed the debt was admitted aboard a ship at Gravesend. Lord Kenyon warned the plaintiff and held the witness’s conduct noteworthy. The testimony asserted the defendant had received 15 guineas, more than his debt.
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Jones
John Solomon
Roper’s
Houndsditch
Asoon
Gravesend
Court finds for defendant in exchequer trial of Haber Mather
In an information filed by the attorney general the Crown pressed the case against Haber Mather in the city court. Several witnesses were examined and credited as false. The two principal witnesses for Crovi were described as extremely unreliable. After extensive observations the Chief Baron directed the jury to return a verdict for the defendant.
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Bigckelimelste
Ivgil
Witneses
Aamnin
Court awards damages in Thomson versus Phnix case
In a lengthy Court of Common Pleas trial, Thomson sued Phnix for a fire loss at a Ringsland Road home. Evidence showed furnishings and plate were damaged, while the defense claimed few goods existed. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff with damages of 599 pounds 0s 10d after a trial lasting several hours.
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Rte
Public Offence Trials At Bow Street and Navy Swindle Case
Yesterday at Bow Street William Piper was re examined for trial on a charge of feloniously assaulting Mary Godley on the highway near Norwood and robbing her of a shilling. A second case, before Rupert Clarke, concerned Mr D of the Navy accused by Lord Carmelford of swindling, but the magistrate could not prove the swindle and discharged him.
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Watutam
William Piper
Mary Godley
Navy
Rupert Clarke
Lord Canizhord
Ghorney
Mr. D
The Emperor of China Abdicates To His Fifteenth Son
A historical note claims the Emperor of Cuiwa promised to reign fifty years and has relinquished sovereignty in favor of his fifteenth son. It explains that Chinese emperors appoint successors and a will is revealed after death, avoiding predation of the reigning prince. The letter to Britain describes the abdication and how Britain should address the future Chinese emperor.
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Cuiwa
China
Grear Britain
Hidden Chamber Found Beneath Red Lion Inn Field
Labourers digging at Mr Grave’s Red Lion Inn plot uncovered twelve steps beneath a stone chest inscribed Satan fener than Cromwell Dig on On opening they found a lead coffin holding a noble body and jewels and silver pieces scattered nearby local curiosity and speculation follow the discovery.
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Grave
Red-Lion Inn
Satan _fener
Cromwell
Fragmentary crime account in 19th century paper
A garbled OCR fragment recalls a murder scene near Cow-Cross and a Beadle case in Rochester. It mentions a beadle and an appointed mayor, with officials sending a suspect to London, and notes about recovery of sardines and water-filled piles amid chaos.
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Atkinson
Scotland
Petons
Rochester
Thie
Tita
Hefdre
Ihaticity
London
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Voy
Bombay! Jovy
Loto
Kenyon Banc Hotel
Barry Healy
Court OF Common Pleas
Egham, Fes
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