British Fleet Preparations and Political Call for Contributions
Evening Mail notes Brest fleet sailing threat and Admiral Thompson's force assembling at Plymouth. Reports ministers denying Hamburg rumors while urging the wealthy to fund national defence amid French invasion fears. Includes churchgoers, bank subscriptions, Cork/Havre embargo signs, and Irish Committee chairman candidates Curris and Newnham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boadicea
Kearus
Plymouth
Uthant
Brest
Stag
Yorke
Spithead
Thompson
Roby
Mars
Marlborough
Terrible
St. Albans
Admiral Thompson
Augusta
Eurapern
Windsor
Dr. Fisner
St. Paul’s. 2d
Timothy
Lord Brippoxt
Spran
House of Commons
Pret
Holwood
Lord Westmoretanp
Sir Perper Arpen
IrenaNp
Lory Ligurexawnr’s
Frazer
Hamburgh
London
Cruxhaven
Prince of Orange Packet
England
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Corsicas
Banith
Havre
France
Europe
Beacgrot
la Virginie
Calais
Dover
Curris and
Newnham
Hagtsy
Degry Lane Theatre Pantomime Draws Mixed Review
A crowded Saturday performance of Blue Beard at a theatre drew praise for acting and stage craft while hand-bills attacking the piece provoked public scorn. Critics note the show’s machinery, music, and Parisor’s grace, but lament that the language appeals to the senses rather than the intellect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parisor
Uncertain Atlantic Insurance and French Politics Highlight Curent News
The letter notes rising insurance rates for American ships from London to the United States or the Bahamas due to Directory decrees. It covers Lamarque’s remarks on supporting the National Representation, a wealth of parliamentary commentary, and commentary on taxes, public misrule in Italy, and the state of European affairs, with dispatches about ships, packets, a Dutch coast squadron, and royal diversions including a deer hunt and a chase near Guildford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Bahama Islands
Florida
Georgia
Ameri
Lamarque
National Tribune
Livy
Italy
la Romaise
Rome
Prince of
Wares
Ships report piracy and wrecks near Africa and Ireland
A late 18th century dispatch notes ships like the Quaker, Three Friends, Admiral Barrington, Sophia Albertina, Adriana and Fire Saemaritan captured or lost near Coleraine Cherbourg and St Malo with crews saved or executed. Yarmouth reports a hangings and royal birthday celebrations. Portsmouth and Deal postings list fleets, cruisers, convoys and arrivals, with Beaulieu frigate Swan Cop and other vessels entering and leaving English waters.
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Resertson
Liverpool
Africa
Stewart
Londonderry
Coleraine
Admiral Barrington
le Roux
Bourdeaux
Sophia Albertina
Heldt
Stockholm
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Adriana, Tucker
Petersburg
Hull
Nero Scavehzer
Carrel
London
Guernsey
St. Maloes
Public Office Notes and Local Court Actions
Saturday updates from public offices show a French immigrant fined for unlicensed hair powder and committed for further inquiry after an alleged Secretary of State misrepresentation. A tambourine man was discharged after settling an assault. another clothed in mischance faces examination for eye injury. Domestics at Bath pledge wage relief to aid tax additions. a baker completes a 20-lap challenge in 50 minutes. A Downing Street worker found suffocated in a ditch. several death-row convicts listed for execution. two Frenchmen expelled under Alien Bill. thefts at Exeter Street. A pickpocket incident at Lincoln's Inn Fields ends with mob retaliation and a knife-edge case before magistrates. Shadwell office reports coinage suspects. birth noted at Woolmers.
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Nicholas Renier
Lifle-street
Fore
Barnett
Bath
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Robert Franklyn
Bank of England
William Smith
Flint
Robert Penn
William Wade
Barclay
van Essen
Pold
Sayaing
Shadwell
Temple Bar
Marriages Died in a London Region Notice
Marriage announcements for Samuel Bosanquet jun to Miss Whatman at Roxleyy Parish and Lord Sheffield to Lady Ann North. Obituaries include Thomas Watson of Eastcot and Mrs Harley, with international note on Lt Col John Coxe in the East Indies and Miss Margaret Griffith in Caernarwon. Also mentions general Sir John Dahing and dated bank price quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxleyy
John Fagg
Samuel Bosanquet
Forest House
Essex
Miss Whatman
James Whatman
Winters
Kent
Lord Sheffield
Bristol
Ann North
Earl of Guildford
Thomas Watson
Eastcot
Harley
Thomas Harley
Clifton
Brittol
John Dahing
Walter couple announced printing house square notice
Parmren sy J Walter and ann J Walter are linked to a notice at June Printing House Square Blackfriars. The fragment indicates a civil or business notice involving the Walter names and the location Blackfriars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parmrensy J. Walter
Ann J. Walter
House-Square
Blackfriars
Also Mentioned on This Page
Evening Mail
Degry-Lane
Ganges
Adamart
America
Glatton
Leopard
Falmouth
Grantham
Jamaica
Secretary of State’s
Harlequin
Prince/ Royal
Leeward Islands
Raceon
Ocober
Earl Sawowicu
Tower-hill
Swinley
Gamester
Bagshot
King’s Beach Hill
Cobham
Sir A. Axney
Woking Common
Guildford
Duke of York
G.suertoes
W. Thompsons
Countess of
Northamerton
Rutlandshire
Goofrey
Court of Justice
St. Martin’s Court
Newport Market
Ship News
Yarmouth
Adamant
Brakes
Diretor
Repulse
Hart
Black Joke
Diana
Partie Deane
Dolphin Packet
Flynn
Portsmouth
Deal
Beaulieu
Swan
W.S.W
Public Office
Bow-Street
Woolmers, Herrs
Bank L. Ann
Steele
Strrex
Catherine Street
Strand
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