Estate sale and canal plan prompt public meeting
A lengthy notice details sale of a grand estate near Great Bookham Surrey with mansion, grounds and surrounding manors, including offices and arable land. A second item reports a proposed commercial canal with a public meeting to seek parliamentary powers and subscriptions, outlining route through Ashby woulds to Namptwich and the need for inland ports. The text also promotes SPILSBURYs Antiscorbutic Drops with testimonials and distribution via agents in Edinburgh and Soho.
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Goffer
Plessiteserounds
Polesden' Lacy
Bookham
Surry
Box Hill
Parade
Portsmouth
Plymouth
White Hart
Guildford
Eagie
Epsom
Metirs
Jenkins and James
New Jan
Garamay
Spurrier and Phipps
Conthall-court
Trent
Tutbury
Sudbury
Uttoxeter
Tean
Lane
End
Hanley
W Htton
Co.bridge
Burslem
Tunstall
Newcastle-under -Lyme
Stafford
Nigel
Gresley
Caival
Chester- Canal
Namptwich
Gad
White Hart and Star Inn
1Uttoxeter
Hoskins
Fowler
Se Tals
J. Tomlinson
Arts Solicitors
Travels in Europe 1791 1792 Geneva Manners Sketch
An English traveler describes Geneva society and customs in detail. He notes attire, maternal critique by Rousseau, the tea like geute custom, and a lively gathering with bread, anchovies, and oversized roasts. The narrative captures social dining, hospitality, and cultural contrasts.
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Europe
Geneva
Owen
Rouffeau Bis
Monf. A
Rofbeef
Monsieur
Lake festival and guarded republic amid political tension
Sunday festivities include a lake spectacle with pleasure boats, music, dancing, and fireworks echoing across mountains. A small republic tightens security as Synidics enforce strict orders, fortifications repair, guards vigilant, and residents enrolled to deter democratic minority threats.
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Uruilly
Kehl Fort Surrenders After French Assault
RASTADT June 28 The fort of Kehl garrisoned by a detachment of the Regiment of Württemberg surrendered to the French after two boat bridges were set and cannon fire rained in. Austrian and Hohenzollern forces retreated under superior French numbers. French actions near Bischofsheim Girpenweyer Ofenburgh Achern yielded mixed results with notable losses on both sides.
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Kehl
Wurtemberg
Swabia
Strasburgh
Prince of Condé
Alton
Hohenzolhern
Bischofsheim
Girpenweyer
Ofenburgh
Achern
Tome
Rebellious Insurrection Quelled by Burghers Action
On the 12th of last month a violent insurrection broke out among Lubeck's military and townspeople. Four armed burgher companies seized the town-house and public places while volunteers patrolled streets. The unrest was quelled. two ring-leaders were shot this morning and several accomplices condemned to transportation or imprisonment.
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Lubeck
Gerarn
Fairfield
York
Liverpool
Eat
Harptry
Somersetshire
Mendip
Dorchester
Baron Thompson
John Davies
Micaiah Walker
Lyme
Glouceter
Thomas Smith
James Cornock
Richard Humphreys
Robert Birch
Mary Birch
William Tandy
John Morton
Sheffield
Coventry
Mercury
Hull
Mary Brauly
Wells
Worfolk
Mary Beauty
Bidderton St. Nicholas
Corsham
Wilts
Murder trial at Maidstone for Elizabeth Mann case
The Maidstone court heard the trial of FoAn Clarke gardener to Charles Long Esq for the murder of Elizabeth Mann dairy maid at Bromley Kent. Evidence showed Clarke’s motive linked to jealousy and a suspected pregnancy. a rope matching the murder weapon was found. Clarke found guilty and sentenced to execution. Additional reports cover Dorchester Abbots and Naples history, river navigation, storms, and local trials.
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FoAn Clarke
Charles Long
Elizabeth Mann
Bromley
Kent
Bow Tstreet
Mrs. Clarke
Mrs. C
Irish defense plans and French coast watch in Cork area
A Dublin report notes orders to advance money for land service recruitment in the country. It cites an armed regular militia of over twenty thousand and a Cork letter dated July ten describing a French corvette approaching the fort under English colours, then withdrawing after reconnaissance. The coast from Kinsale to Spike Island is described as strongly defended.
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Naples
Alphonsus of
Arrdgon
Sicily
Charles the Eighth
France
Spain
Kingdom of
Papal States
Mediterranean
Manfredonia
Tarento
Gaieta
Germany
Tyrol
Maffiniello
Lazzaroni
Liverpool
Beresford
Merirs
Lake
Brown
Dereham
Merwich
Gibside Wood
Durham
Cork
Cunshot
Kinsale
Spike Island
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Bury
Soho
Baxter
Ralian Warcoul
Scott
Souths Bridge
Edinburgh
Otland
Soho-square
Rastadt
Maidstone
Dorcuester
Earl of Dorcuester
Yarminster
Haldred
Dublin
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