Mercurius Arrives After Exchange With Privateer
The Swedish brig Mercurius under Captain Bortz arrived with the Ajax store-ship after fighting off a French privateer in heavy seas. The encounter lasted five hours before the privateer retreated. Mercurius appeared to mount about 16 guns and both ships proceeded to this port. The 4 jar cargo vessel is believed to have proceeded toward Portsmouth. Also arriving was the East Indiaman Scaleby Castle with 600 of the 34th regiment aboard, having left Spithead for the Cape of Good Hope. Several ships, including the PalAngham Packet and the Jason and Brilliant, sailed under convoy of Bay sloop OMMANEY for the West Indies. The Adelphi Packet was believed captured and left at Bourdeaux. Portsmouth reports the Agincourt and Cynthia arriving from Madeira and the West Indies respectively, with convoy actions noted. DEAL reports Osprey sailed with a convoy to the Westward. Wind variable.
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Falmouth
Fep
Bortz
Ajax
Fortuerry
Portsmouth
Scaleby Castle
Gardner
Spithead
Cape of Good Hope
PalAngham Packet
Roserts
Lutbon
Aamouth
Bourdeaux
Agincourt
Brien
Madeira
Cynthia Filcop
Duke of York
Aelawnpus
Cork
West- Indies
Rosé
Marcou
Deal
Fes
Admiralty-Orrien
Milbanke
Portsinguth
Ecans Nepean
Lir
Amator
Arbour
Bougainville
St. Malo
Pierre Dupont
Lam
Amazon
Tom
Fprit
Bumkin
E. Riov
D' Lucergne
Prince of
Lei 1Toyen Rouilland
Entergne de
C. J. Dauvergne
Cainutandant
Peter Halkett
Stpolle
Evan Nepean
Aqquitla
Don Ma- Tana
Metina
Budnas Ayres
Corua
Lady Harewood
Dew
Halkett
Lord Beidport
Nymph
Vaillant
Hesdreight
Lord Bridport
K. B
John Cooke
Curzon
Then Gardner
L'Orient
Brett
Hyde Parker
Jamaica
Exon Nepean
Esy
Stry Port Royal Harbour
Admiralty
Rolles
Bennet
Terewith
Dublin Cattle Council Debates Unity and Assaults
Reports from Dublin describe a council meeting on February 18 with Lord Lieutenant and Privy Councillors, a plan to debate on unity of powers next Friday, and a violent duel between E Power and G Power Burristers. One participant was wounded and expected to die.
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Charves
Corywarviuts
Marquis of Dowxsurre
House of Commons
Castrereacn
Fxcanaven
Grattan
E. Burros Power
George
Power
Eiggrs
Burr
Ranelagh Masquerade Delivers Mixed Revelry at Meath Reception
Yesterday evening the Ranelagh masque opened for Meath guests with few attendees. Staged roles included a harlequin chorus that amused more than impressed, a tinkerer attempting morality, a schoolmaster under a white wig unable to speak, and a bullock driver seeking sport but failing to find the horned cause. Devils appear plentiful yet unremarkable, while Flozer and Orange Girls face accusations of misrepresentation in their wares. Refreshments matched the price.
Public houses, executions, and libel in Windsor district
A notorious Covent Garden house is reopened amid profits from the unwary. The Loth Light Dragoons depart Windsor for foreign service. A satirical Jacobin pamphlet mocks Haynes’s gibbet near Hounslow. John Hartley of the 8th Guards is executed at the Old Bailey for murder, displaying fortitude and kissing his infant before death as onlookers faint.
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Covent-Garden
Loth Light Dragoons
Windsor
Hounflow-heath
Aynes
Hounflow
John Hartley
8Th Regiment of Guards
Old Bailey
John Scott
Feat
French privateers and Royal Navy actions reported
Letters from Admiralty and captains describe the Bougainville and other privateers engaged near Cape Frehel and St Malo. Notable events include the Amazon’s collision with Bougainville, recapture of a Spanish ship, and reports of Le Vaillant and L’Asturiana captured or pursued. Extracts mention Sir Hyde Parker at Jamaica and other convoy actions amid Feb 1799.
Ship collision case ends with no blame found
King’s Bench at Guildhall heard on Feb 25 that the Prince Frederick and the Northumberland were not at fault in a collision off the coast. Two Trinity House assessors and a merchant jury found no misconduct. the plaintiffs were nonsuited as the accident was pure mischance on a dark night. The session then moved to criminal matters with multiple defendants found guilty or acquitted as sentences were handed down.
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King’s Bench
Guildhall
London
Lord Renyon
Roney
Trinity House
Phinatiffs
Jeremiah Debar
Adam.Harnifs
Mary ‘Griffiths
Esther Harnifs
Elizabeth Dif
Elizabeth Long
Thomas Horton
King’s Highway
William Jones
James Swift
John Collis
John
Thomas
John Willuns
Richard Coleman
Thomas Hannagan
William Browne
Hizabeth Bock
John Jackson
George Moriey
Thomas’ Dan
Seduction Case Awards Damages in Old Bedford Court
In a Bedford Court of Common Pleas action a widow innkeeper sued a married bricklayer for seducing her eldest daughter aged seventeen. The jurors awarded damages of 4001, after Lord Eiron urged restraint yet condemned the act as monstrous. The defendant’s mitigating factors were noted but did not reduce liability.
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Bedford
Cockell
Gale
Longford
Hountlow
Ayres
Pentonville
Wyatt
Plainti’s Inn
Serjeant Shepherd
Lord Eiron
Old Bailey Fifth Day Thefts Charge Against Bucknell
At the Old Bailey on the fifth day Thomas Bucknell was found guilty of stealing four bottles of port wine belonging to Mr Rick. He admitted taking extra bottles while serving the prosecutor and concealed three more under the stairs. He fled but later returned to stand trial and expressed remorse, citing harsh consequences of his actions.
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Thomas Bucknell
Rick
Surrey Session Ends with Transported Publican and Thefts
In the adjourned County of Surrey session at the New Session House Robert Wise a publican was sentenced to 14 years transportation to New South Wales for repeatedly buying meat stolen from Mr Reynolds butcher. Journeyman John Sorrel received two years in prison in the New Gaol. The report notes a broken road near Otterburn between Winchester and Southampton causing a mail coach to bog in mud for an hour, with the guard delivering the horse to London. The wet as described has persisted for 16 months, hindering daily mail travel.
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Winchester
Southampton
London
Corn Exchange Prices and Grain Market Report Summary
Reports from Corn Exchange Lonpony show heavy wheat sales despite moderate supply, with prices 2 to 33 per quarter lower. Barley dull for middling and inferior types, fine samples held. oats firm for prime feeds, interior buyers scarce. On shipboard prices listed for wheat, rye, barley, hog peas, beans, oats, and flour. Total wheat sold in Mark Lane Feb 1–15: 14,504 quarters, average 1138. flour total 15,241 sacks, average 9s 3d higher than prior.
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Mark Lane
Rco
State Lottery Notice at Drummond’s Ofe
On Monday March X, the English State Lottery begins with fixed office hours from 8 am to 8 pm daily and extended to midnight on the Saturday before the drawing. Tickets cost 6d per number and registered books are kept at Drummond’s. Purchasers may have their numbers examined free of charge and a decount sent to any part of the Kingdom.
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Theorning
Hornsby and Co. Stacy- Brokers
Tagrery
Counhil
Royal Exchange
London
Exeter
Liverpool
Ant
Hornsay and Co
Fickés&s
Scintes
India
South Sea
Come
Mission
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