Revolutionnaire defeats French privateer after 14 hour chase
The Revolutionnaire recaptured the brig Mararet from Greenock bound for Savannah. The French privateer in sight after a 14 hour chase was captured. The vessel is described as a complete ship with tails, pierced for twenty guns, mounting eighteen brass twelve and g rounders, and carrying 163 men. Additional notices list various traders and surrender dates at White Hart Runcorn, White Swan Leeds, Star and Garter Leeds, and other offices with dates in August and July.
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Revolutionnaire
Marcue
Cayeting
Béund
Mantes
Mararet
Greenock
Savanna
Spithead
Js. Riding
Runcorn
Chester
White Hart
J. Bowling
W. Atkinson
Leeds
White Swan
Star and Garter
P. Dumareq
Birmingham
Royal reviews and market tempests in a crowded notice
The report details the King’s plan to review Volunteer Associations in Berks and Kent near Cox Heath with a Lord Lieutenant dinner to follow. It notes large food orders for entertainments, Guildhall court actions on bread price impacts, and a Sheriff’s upcoming installation. It also mentions German imports, stage wit and moral goods, Milan fashion crackdowns, and a London Bridge boat accident with one survivor.
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Berks
Cox Heath
Romney
Guildhall
Yatthente
Jome Buackart
Korzeber
Milax
Milan
Scuerer
Brentwood
Essex
London Bridge
Vizier Att Deposition Case Recommends Heir Transfer
An 18th century inquiry concludes Vizier Att is of spurious birth, unfit for the Mufnud. It urges deposition of Vizier Att and rightful enthronement of Saavit Att as heir to Sujan at Dowran, citing Nabob adoption flaws and legal precedents.
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Uovernor-Geney Py
Vigier
Acy
Maud
Nabab -Visie
Hondur
Onge
Any
Nabob
Avi
Zenana
Lucknow
Axi
Aur
Art Kuaun
Att
Mufnud
Odde
Saavit Att
Suyan
Dowran
Saapit
Arr
Oude
Susan
Dowtau
Ati
Musnud
Sujan
Freland Wexford plans medals for 1798 brave defence
At the annual Mayor Burgesses and Freemen meeting of Freland Wexford it was resolved to strike gold and silver medals to honor Captain Boyd and his troop for halting a Protestant massacre on the Bridge during the 1798 rebellion. A fund from the Corporation will also support a Naval Military and Classical School to be combined with the Diocesan School revenues.
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Wexford
Jory
Boyd
The Famous Guinea Wager in Parliament and Local Tax Dues
The noted bet between Sir Rupert Watchmore and Purteney later Earl of Bath over a Horace quotation ends with Purteney catching the guinea Charles Purteney won, and it is said to be in safe custody with Sir William Purteney. Margate and Brighthelmstone residents report average income over three summers on a focal property.
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Rupert Watchmore
Purteney
Earl of Bath
Horace
Robert
House of Commons
Willliam Purteney
Margate
Brighthelmstone
Ilcome
Loss O the Ganges Schooner Fire and Rescue at Sea
The Ganges schooner caught fire in the roads as the crew fought flames from the after gun-room, a magazine explosion killed eight, and Captain Wade aided in preparing rafts. Fifty nine men abandoned the wreck to drift and were rescued by Laurel after six hours in the water with light fading. The blaze traced to a leathern jar of wood oil. Enterprise privateer and Hay Pichegru were sighted earlier.
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Jay
Wade
Wadefill
Butt
Boatsiain
Ganges
Fort William
Pichegru
Nottingham Assizes Trial Reports and Related Rulings
At Nottingham Assizes James Broadie, a blind 23 year old, was charged with murder after a warren attack on John Robinson. Evidence described brutal skull injuries and a stick as weapon. Broadie claimed the boy fell from a tree. case details include a related Wiltshire parish relief dispute and a Lincolnshire sedition case with Templemanz sentenced to twelve months imprisonment and public whipping.
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Nottingham
James Broadie
Selby
John Robinson
Phas
Salisbury
Easton
Wilts
Mary Pearse
Lincoln
Templemanz
Robert Motifhouse
Bath Regiment of Foot
England
Scotland
Cambridge Assizes Judge Clears Malicious Prosecution Claim
July reports from Cambridge and York detail assizes outcomes. In Cambridge Judges ruled no grounds for a complaint against Witbech magistrates, while in York the county assizes found several prisoners guilty of offenses including forged bills, sheep stealing, and burglary.
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Cambridge
Baron.HotHam
Mir
Massuan
Eyee
Limntingdon
Clark UV. Morgan
Wiliam Clarke
Witbech
Cezar Morgan
William Walker
Susannah Andrews
Clarke
York
Soulden Laurence
Simon le Blanc
His Majesty’s Court of King’s Bench
Thomas Wright
Beverly
cornsaQor
Mark Ruffell
Robert Scruton
William Hansley
Aldborough
East Riding
Samuel Myers
Moses -Skillington
John Twiddle
Abraham Spence
John Camomile
Tadcaster
Escape Attempt At New Prison Manchester
In Manchester early Wednesday an inmate cut sheets to escape, used rope to scale a wall, and hid inside a circular air vent fashioned opening. As ironwork collapsed he fled, narrowly avoiding injury. guards conducted a full search but he vanished amid the toppled wall debris.
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Manchester
New
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W. Jolley
Fleet-street
Haberdasher
B.conolly
St Martin's-lane
Woollen-draper
J. J. Evans
Portsmouth
T. Greenwood
Ongford
J. Gravy
Newgattle-upon-Tyne
J.snow
Strahd
J. Tupper
Chichester
Suffix
London
Vizier Alt
Freland
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