Reteoseerive Vike of the Stars of Poitics Week Recon
A reflective essay over Europe Asia and India noting the war between Tippoo and the British East India Company. It argues Providence favors Britain, predicts decline of the Turkish Empire, and calls for separation of church and civil authority amid looming revolts in Liege and a weakening priestly rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stars of Poitics
Europe
Asia
India
Tippoo
British East India Company
Providence
France
Czarina
Netherlands
Leopold
Liege
Forage Orders Signal Possible War Across Europe
Private Berlin letters report Mecklenburg to Rostock and Stettin forage shipments to prevent spring delays for Prussia. They warn of possible war between Prussia and Rudia with disturbances in southern France and in Lorraine and Alsace. Clergy in Lower Alsace refuse civic oath while German princes push their resistance to the National Assembly. Troops depart Basle amid discontent. A French dismemberment seems possible as municipalities become independent republics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Mecklenburg
Rostsch
Stettin
Prussia
Pruffia
Rudia
France
Lorraine
Alsace
Lyons
Strasbourg
Lower Alsace
Basle
Kingdom of France
Liege unrest and Austrian guard quell crowd violence
Continental intelligence reports Liege amid strife as pro patriots clash with Austrian authorities after a letter attributed to M Dohm spurs cockades and cries of liberty. A French and Polish scene follows as Austrian command disperses mobs with sabres while Warsaw Diet debates constitutional questions and throne succession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donceel
Coinsellor Levez
van der Noot
van Eupen
Liege
Austrian Netherlands
Principality of
M. Dohm
Marshal Bender
Berlin
Hotel de Vale
Bender
Hotel de Ville
Death of Rev Richard Kershaw Rector of Marsham Leeds
This morning inland letters delayed until eleven due to bad roads across the country. On Thursday last died after a lingering illness the Reverend Richard Kershaw DBD Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge Rector of Marsham and Minister of the donative of St Trinity in Leeds York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Kershaw
Trinity College
Cambridge
Marsham
St. Trinity
Leeds
County of
York
College
Irish Parliament Session Moves for Revenue Accounts
In Mowxpray on January 24 the House of Commons heard Grattan and Forbes press for detailed accounts of revenue, pensions, and civil military expenditures. The Chancellor proposed a unified port duties plan and ordered tables of net duties and obsolete rate entries for review before law. The session adjourned after a supply motion and committee reconvening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mowxpray
Speaser
Mr. Grattan
Forbes
Tum
Great Britain
Britain
D. Latouche
Holart
Parliament and Public Notice From a Historic Journal
The article notes the House of Peers attending Divine Service at Westminster Abbey with a sermon by the Bishop of Chester commemorating King Charles's Martyrdom. It cites Commons changes since the general election, a French revolution measure on masquerades, a council report on condemned convicts, and upcoming sheriff rolls and cabinet meetings. It mentions gunpowder price talks, appointments in the Excise Office, and global European war trends. It also covers pawnbroker acts, a mail carrier’s trial, convicts transported to Portsmouth, and a murder case at Grantham with a servant dismissed recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Peers
Westminter Abbey
Chester
Charles
House of Commons
France
St. James’s
East India Company
England
Lord Hawkesbury
Francis Burton
Oxford
Justice Wilson
Pitt
Charles Carter
Wall
Court of Appeals
Excise
Europe
America
Russia
Turkey
Holland
Sweden
Prussia
Austria
Poland
Elector of Saxony
Fielding
Christopher Unibank
Leicester
Newgate
Portsmouth
Botany Bay
William Reife
William Burder
Lincoln Castle
Spittlegate
Grantham
Harrington
Portsmouth Dockyard Revved for Fleet of Observation Prep
Artificers at the Portsmouth Dockyard are set to double time while shipwrights move to new work afloat. Lord Hoop has ordered wines racked and preparations made for his reception, with a likely arrival next week. An outward-bound fleet passed the Isle of Wight, including Taunton Castle, Canton, Britannia, and Coote bound for India and China. Arrivals include Jane, Footner, Gunners, Fanny, Prior, and Elizabeth from various ports. Carnatic sails outward from Motherbank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Hoop
Spithead
Alfred Indiaman
Farquharson
St. Helena
Coast
China
Wight
Taunton Cattle
Urmston
Canton
Brettell
Britannia
Cumming
Bombay
Peace Coote
Baldwin
Hina
Jane
Sinterity
Gunner
Fanny
White
London
Minerva Arrives as Transoceanic Fleet Dispatches
Plymouth January 29 report notes the Minerva, Greenaway arriving from Ostend. The Elizabeth and Margaret, Hopper, from the South Sea, Hope, Davis, bound for Teneriffe, Nancy, Clairistie for Gibraltar. Wind in the northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Minerva
Greenaway
Ostend
Elizabeth
Margaret
Hopper
South Sea
Hope
Davis
Teneriffe
Nancy
Clairistie
Gibraltar
Wind
N. W
Sailor Ship Leaks at Rams Gate After Coastal Run
This morning the Mary of Leith, Capt. Ross, from Shields bound for Bourdeaux, ran aground on the Goodwin Sands and came in leaky at Rams Gate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rams Gate
Mary of Leith
Ross
Shields
Bourdeaux
Goodwin Sands
Margray and Co Advertise Fair Lottery Schemes
The period arrives for choosing a lottery. Margray and Co. urge the public to read their advertisement in this paper and claim honesty, while denouncing past frauds by rival firms and forged testimonials. They insist their long-standing trust precedes other houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margray and Co
Bs Bankers
Arrivals Update From Dover to Virginia Harbor
Shipping list dated January 29 reports arrivals across ports including Guernsey Lilly Folger from South Sea Leancaster Mally Nuns from Anguilla Creek Lady Valletort Sanders from Smyrna Eliza Waddington Polly from Corke Beginning Adams Fortitude Hind from Newfoundland Olive Branch Edwards from Halifax Dunkirk Nautilus Stone from London Antigua Success Burke from Corkes Alice Johnson from Liverpool in Yarmouth Roads Lady Agneta Balck from Mamburg Cadiz Dispatch Goff from Newfoundland Ostend Rachel Duff from New York Marseilles Nancy Shelly from Martinique Margaretta Meyers from London New York Brothers Dunlop from Jamaica Virginia Grand Duke Pollock Olivia Bourk from London North Carolina John Biffon from New Provision Barbadoes Bridgetown Goodwin from Leiden Jan 31 Corke Minerva Beachbane from Jamaica Lancaster Apollo Strickland from Barbadoes Londonderry Ann Miller from Philadelphia Balloon Glynn from Cadiz Dra Jan 30 Wind W by N back Dutch Indiaman Lady Jane Halliday Ross for Antigua So vereigny Kenn for Jamaica Elizabeth Sinchir for Port mouth and remain with the Friends Pearce for St Michael's Acorn Preston for Virginia Britannia Fairfoot for Charlestown Sisters Duke for Corke Discovery floop of War
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Guernsey
Lilly
Folger
South Sea
Leancaster
Mally
Anguilla
Creek
Lady Valletort
Sanders
Smyrna
Barcelona
Eliza
Waddington
Polly
Corke
Adams
Fortitude
Hind
Newfoundland
Olive Branch
Edwards
Halifax
Dunkirk
Nautilus
Stone
London
Antigua
Burke
Corkes
Alice
Johnson
Liverpool
Yarmouth Roads
Olivia
Bourk
North
John
Biffon
New Provience
Barbadoes
Bridgetown
Goodwin
Leiden
Minerva
Beachbane
Jamaica
Lancaster
Apollo
Strickland
Londonderry
Ann
Miller
Philadelphia
Balloon
Glynn
Cadiz
Dra
Wind
Jane Halliday
Ross
Sovereigny Kenn
Elizabeth
Sinchir
Portmouth
Pearce
St. Michael's
Acorn
Preston
Virginia
Britannia
Fairfoot
Charlestown
Sisters
Duke
Discovery
Marriages and deaths in local society notices
In Oxford and Bath districts marriages noted including George Darville with Miss Shortland and Rev John Hunt with Miss Catherine Lucas. Obituaries for Rear Admiral John Houlton aged 62 and Rev Walter Saunders aged 57, plus Mrs Hore dying at ninety six. Also stock prices and lottery ticket values listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Darville
Alban Hall
Oxford
Shortland
John Hunt
Welford
Gloucesterthire
Catherine Lucas
Nathanial Lucas
Budgerow
Rexling
Thomas Day
Tower-street
London
M. Lewis
Reading
Limeday
Thoms
Keteriche
Perfet
Grittleton
Wiltshire
John Houlton
East Farndon
Northamptonshire
Walter Saunders
Kensington Square
Hore
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Monda
Continental Intelligence
Lizse, van
Warsaw
Prince Sapicha
Lithuania
Malachovsky
Marsal
Rica
Arcess
Owelfte
Siulp News
Inpra
Southsz
Contel
Navy, &c. Ann
Ong
Prm
Dublin
Waterford
Flanders
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