Alarm in Jersey from French invasion threat
Letters received in town from ERSEY report that General Hocus is assembling a 15,000 man camp near St Marie and has requisitioned fishing vessels. An embargo on port ships, a Jersey invasion scare, Governor’s notice, and military orders follow. A strong frigate squadron between Jersey and France is advised for protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ersey
Mand
St.” Maloes
Hocus
St. Maries
Jersey
France
War dispatches delay Atlantic mail to America and the West Indies
A large European fleet counting merchants and officers is thanked for aid to seamen in service. News notes ships detained until Monday due to government dispatches. The piece quotes a Naples proclamation urging unity, religio political resolve, and resistance to external invasion, signed May 18 1796 by Ferpinano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mison
Vienna
WaesTarte
Madrid
Ofacket
America
London
East’ Indies
Carysfort
Pms. Co
Excise Office
Treasury Board
Naples
Europe
Bellum
Holland
Church of Christ
Prinies
Ferpinano
Dutch prize vessel linked to Cork salvage
Reports say a vessel flying Swe dish colours near Cork was suspected Dutch property with French cargo. no papers found onboard, sent to England for trial. A corked jar recovered by a fisher contained papers tying the ship to the Dutch and noting other ships from America in transit under the same scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Cork
England
Kryosmiiyi
America
Oyr
London
Whitbread
Calvert
Elliott
Hanbury
Clowes
Goodwin
Stevenson
Phillips
Waite Newman
Newgate-street
Millbank
Bath-street
Clerkenwell
Royal Oak and Good Hope fleet actions amid British naval dispatch
Reports from Youghall to Bristol note several ship captures and sinkings by La Legere corvette and Augustine privateer, with crews saved on some vessels. The Hope and Felicity losses mirror broader Atlantic activity as privateers and Royal Navy ships maneuver off Dover and Waterford amid convoy movements and troop ships preparing to sail.
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Royal Oak
Atkinson
Youghall
Bristol
Good Hope
Carmarthen
Milford
Francé
Prince of Waless
Liverpool
Waterford
Owen
Carnarvon
London
Rye
Augustine
Dogger Bank
Pobage
W.fitch
Trinidad
Cooper
Valparaiso
Peru
South Seas
Cherbourg
Portsmouth
Swanage
Whitworth, Cornforth
Sunderland
Cross Land
Yarmouth
Virginia Butts
Alexandria
la Conception
Cadiz
Relea
Proclamation Oversees Districts in County Dublin
In Dublin on July 6 a Privy Council meeting was held at the Castle to order a proclamation dividing counties into workable districts for an act of Parliament. Lords Bormnough Hore and Lodge Moives were summoned to attend and take oaths upon their arrival. A French privateer reportedly captured several vessels after passing Wicklow and Wexford basins, eluding cruisers.
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Mit
Brandenburg
West Indies
Ditton
France
Yarmouth
M.pz' Barre
Cour Des
Paris
Great Britain
Copenhagen-house
Great-Britain
Liverpool
Dunteary
Goo Hhds
Whitkey
Bormnough- Hore
Lodge Moives
Cork
Wicklow
Wexford
Court records and price protests amid 18th century notices
The article notes mandatory postage rates at 14d per file, protests against excessive charges amid corn price drops, and pardons for nine prisoners including Idwell Idfwell’s accomplices. It reports drownings in the Isis near Port Meadow and Northampton Assizes where Thomas Wright, son of a letter-carrier, pleads guilty to grand larceny and is transported for seven years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Tilley
William Croswell
George Hardwick
James Haydon
William Handland
Simon Fatobs
John Solomons
John Phillips
John Hevsley
Fesfion
Idfwell
Clerkenwell
Northampton
Thomas
Weright
London
Kettering
Feas
Thomas ‘Wright
Brighton Race Week Delayed By Rain and Slow Royal Visit
Rain dampens mood as visitors arrive with little vivacity while preparations for Royal guests progress slowly. Only seven attended the opening ball and race days hinge on militia rests. A sweepstakes race offers varied horse classes with weights and penalties, winner to be sold if demanded, costs payable by entrants and the course expense borne by the winner. Captain Hawaworru named steward with Camp Aid to the Commander in Chief overseeing troops encamped nearby.
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York
Hawaworru
Peterborough Races July 5 Maiden Plate and City Plate summaries
Racing notices list entries and horses for the Peterborough races on Tuesday July 5. Notable horses include Wogleg by Dawson’s grey 4 years and Highflyer offspring Almanzor 3, linked to Mr Addy, Mr Baldock, and Sir C Bonborry. The following day Wednesday July 6 features the City Plate with more entries from Exton and Heathcote, plus a second heat lineup and a mention of Almanzor and Petite in late heats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Fitzwilliam
Mit
Dawson
Addy
Gr.c
Highflyer
City Plate
Gr. c
J. Heathcote
Oxford and Durham College Fellows Elected Amid Notices
The piece lists numerous ecclesiastical and academic appointments and degrees at Pettibroke College Oxford Magdalen College and Christ Church plus related clerical elections in the Northumberland archdeaconry. It also reports a delayed East India cargo ship the Superb and a Guildhall counterfeiting case involving two women.
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Wy Hazel
Pettibroke College
Oxford
John’ Shaw
Magdalen College
Christopher Robinson
Jame College
Isaac'Monkhoufé
James Coward
Queen’s College
Richard Webb
Magdalen
Collége
Hope
R. Brietzke
Christ Church
T. Hughes. Chambérlain
Griely
William' Fowle
J. Hutchins
John
Ching Whitelock
Lincoln
Bolam
James Stephen Lushingfor
Newcastle
North
Wimiberland
Allertonshire
Durham
Treasury’ Board
Victualling Office
Cape of Good Hope
Bengal
St. Helena
Brooke
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Lascarsy
Dunpas
Wimbledon
Duke of Yorx
Ivore Pike
Guildhall
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Oguns
Daisy
Lisbon
Valentine
Cobb Manning
Lane
Harriott
Phelps
Flora
Sommers
Brothers
Pearson
Brown
Biren
West India
Hywe Parker
Mediterranean
Sir Roger Curtis
Pompée
Vasnon
Martin
Thalia
H. Powrert
Dover
Dublin
Brighton
Jue
Peterborough
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