Levee and Royal Court Notices at St James and Buckingham
A morning Levee at St James's is announced with royal rides at Pimlico and visits to Buckingham Palace by the Prince of Wales. The Queen, King, and Princesses are said to have attended Covent Garden, and a Cabinet Council met at Whitehall with Lords Grenville and Richmond among attendees. The Canton’s purser received dispatches to Bombay and China. Reports discuss Hastings, Ireland peerage, and Marhatta and Nizam forces, plus naval arrivals at Bombay presidencies and debates on impeachment and the East India Charter.
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St. James’s
Queen's
Pimlico
Buckingham House
Prince of Waves
Carlton House
Kempthot
Hants
Canton
East India House
Bombay
China
Lovctizorency
Grenville
Hastings
LerisTix
Ireland
Kiftna
Mysore
Madras
Bengal
Tippoos Dominions
Warsaw Diet Rejects Civic Oath to Guard New Constitution
December 25 report from Warsaw notes the last fitting of the double diet to bind representatives to a civic oath against taking gifts or pensions from foreign powers. The majority opposed the proposal as unworthy of a free nation. A voiced speech supported the defeat. The Diet’s conduct will test liberal and independent ideals amid regional powers. The Poland Porte treaty is advanced with two articles seen as warlike toward Russia, while Prussia delays signing until a broader alliance forms.
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Prussia
Poland
Russia
China treaty aims and the China trade chance
The death of Colonel Cathcart en route to India jeopardizes a planned commercial treaty with China. The writer urges government action to open Chinese markets, arguing Britain and China would both benefit and that the East needs a liberal, permanent exchange. If France held similar power, the project would have long since succeeded.
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Cathcart
India
Great Britain
England
China
France
India Company
The King George Packet Arrives From Lisbon in Rough Weather
The King George Packet, last from Lisbon, endured severe seas on the 14th inst, losing main-top masts and topgallant yards. Passengers included the Duke le Force, Count Juliac, and several servants. Other ships reported: the Molly from Antigua brings news of Admiral Cornish at Barbados, and multiple vessels report damage or loss near Jamaica, Dover, and the English Channel. East India News details siege actions around Dindigul and Pallaihatcherry, with Tippoo Sultan’s forces, reinforcements, and proposed negotiations ongoing.
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King George Packet
Lisbon
Duke le Force
Juliac
Hake
Farley
Colhier
Air
Molly
Bayne
Jamaica
Goth
Donaldson
Portiath
New England
Montferrat
Bellona
Knox
Leghorn
London
Deal Beach
Diana
Prittol
Sandwich
Hope
Richardson
Grenada
Meriton
Parbadoes
Ramsgate
Downs
Carr
Henry
Rotterdam
Guernsey
Kamsgate
St. Albans
Baxter
Gibraltar
Portsmouth
Juno
Kenney
Poole
Dublin
Philadelphia
Geddes
Whitehaven
le Voufom
Cette
Dunkirk
Vhree Brothers
Sullivan
Cork
Havre de Grace
Montreal Fur Mer
Yonge Gotfried
Butch
Dantzic
Holms
Penelope
Havre
Romley
Breach at Coimbatore Assault Led by Major Skelly
A Camp report from Coimbatore dated August 1790 recounts the evening attack on the 21st led by Major Skelly. The storming party included flank companies of the 2nd regiment, a company of the 1st European regiment, and detachments from the 26th and 22d battalions. About 30 men and an officer remained after the assault.
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Dindigul
HoucuTon
Slichey
Sad
Madras Regiment
Stuart
Pallaihatcherry
N. Cavalry
Coimbatoor
Darapuram
Hartley
Travancore
Pillaitetcherry
Bowser
Trichinopoly
Seawuys
Floyd
Saltamangalim
Sth
Damiacottali
Lloyd
Oildhem
Syep Saurb
Keris Sanes
Pats
Kallidar
Palpantcherry
Medows
Killidat
Coimbatore
Skelly
S2d
The Tito Opera Houses and Haymarket Debt Dispute
Reports from a Wednesday High Committee meeting at Carlton House outline proposals to consolidate Theatres and settle debts at Haymarket and Pantheon. Pantheon rejects plans, insisting 29,000 pounds plus 3,500 from Insurance Office and 1,000 a year go to Pantheon, delaying any amicable settlement.
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Carlton House
Haymarket Opera House
Hay~ Market Opera House
Haymarket
Rhodes
Lord Chamberlain
Pantheon
Duke of
Bestorp
Waymarket
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Lorps
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Catharine
Mits
Europe
Hungary
Leopold
Lord Jersry
Oxfordshire
Lileton
Italy
Lady Deere
Oxabill
Bedford Square
Warsaw
East India News
Cortallum
Tippoo
Cuppage
Kinnaveran
Combitore
Cockerell
Miafulipatam
Joi
Carnatic
Poonah
Morgan Williams
Efgq
Ganjam
General Medows
Nizam
Carore
Avaracouchy
Daraporam
Tito Opera Houses
Messrs. Child and Co
Temple Bar
Charles the Second
Edward Bakewell
Exchequer
Holland
Child
Torbay
Foot Guards
St. James’s Park
Paris
National Guards
Chatelet
Pont Neuf
Republic of Poland
Constantinople
Lewes
Hangman’s Stone
Mullers
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