Proclamation on Parliament Prolongation and Septemb er Session
The document records a royal proclamation stating Parliament will prorogue and reconvene on the 15th day of September for dispatching state matters. It names Lords Spiritual and Temporal, Knights, Citizens, and Shire and Burgh commissioners required to attend Westminster, dated July 29 1796. It also includes dispatches from Downing Street dated July 30 1796 and other military correspondence from Roveredo and Fort Royal Bay detailing Austrian and Saxon movements and French positions during the campaign.
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JononGe
Privy Council
House of Commons
Westminster
Queen’s House
King
Winds of war and admiralty orders from 1796 London
Amidst naval duties and court notices, Sir John Laforey and Admiral James Athol Wood dispatch prisoners and mobilize ships. Royal proclamations detail mourning for Charles Duke of Courland, appointments, embargo actions against Tuscany bound trade, and license provisions for Leghorn bills amid French advances. Court lists list banishments, bankruptcies, and dividend dates across London.
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Liverpool
Charlotte
Williams
James Athol Wood
Sir John Laforey, Bart
French forces near Tuscany prompt governor’s tranquil notice
In this city Governor Picco Lomrnt, with ministers, assures neutrality will be repeated despite French troop approach. The public is urged to remain tranquil as ships and privateers chase English fugitives, and General Murat commands French troops with quiet conditions reported.
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Picco Lomrnt
Pistoia
Tuscany
Eneral Murat
Florence letter from Grand Duke to French troops order
A staff officer delivers to Grand Duke a letter from General Busanparte about Directory orders for French troops to enter Leghorn. The reply, dated June 26 1796 at Florence, states the Sovereign’s readiness to honor friendship with the Republic but to resist forced entry if possible. Governor of Leghorn may negotiate terms if delays are impossible. Signed Vittorio Fossombroni.
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Busanparte
Leghara
Léghorn
Vittorio Fossomproni
Florences
Explosion on HMS Alia Averts Disaster at Sea
Jamaica news from April 29 1796 reports a catastrophic blast on the British ship Alia amid powder on the lower gun deck. Captain Home and officers extinguished a fire, losing seven or more crew. they fear a grand magazine explosion but narrowly escape. The writer plans homeward convoy with Iphigenia, hopes to reach Spithead by June, and notes Maroon reductions and plans to send them to Halifax.
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Leg Siclock
Home
Sam
Spithead
Old England
Halifax
Three men and a boy escape in a violent incident
Report describes three men and a boy captured with Sir Sidney Sultu arriving at Hythe after escaping in a violent escape from Dungeness. Two are named Boxer and Morris, both midshipmen. A Woolwich trial of a gun carriage ended with a burst breech injuring a sentinel, losing his legs. An inquest at St Faith's found Matthew Fabb, a private, had throat cut while intoxicated, and a verdict of Non compos Mentis. Bodmin Asizes saw three capitally convicted for assault and theft with death sentences.
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Sidney Sultu
Havre de’. Grace
Hythe
Danih Versal
Dungeness
Boxer
Morris
Woolwich Warren
St. Faith’s
Norfolk
Collis
Matthew Fabb
Hellesdon
Bodmin
Asizes
Sporting Intelligence Brighton Fridet/Lae Match for 86 Guineas
Report from Brighton on a horse racing meeting featuring several sweepstakes for two and four year olds. Listed are entries and weights for horses including Colibri Fritkey and Fencible, with names such as Lord Egremont, Sir J Lade, Parrot, Woodpscker, Prof. pine and sponsors Moore, Basil, Delme, Bunbury and Bickmore. Four mile heats and weight assignments show detail on sprints and handicap rules.
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Brighton
Fridett
Lord Egremone
Ch. F. Sifter
Basil c
Ae Panton
J. Lade
Delme
C. Bunbury
B. H. Parrot
Bickmore
Woodpscker
Franhksworth
Br. T
Rpine
Counterfeit coin box found in Canterbury warehouse
On Sunday a box claimed to hold base coins was opened by the Mayor of Canterbury. It contained counterfeit halfpence valued at about four pounds, with more than fifteen pounds in unclaimed packets at the Mayor’s house and Guildhall. The case was bound over to the next General Sessions for action amid wider circulation of the currency over three years. In Hull a severe thunderstorm caused a fatal fall of a team driver near Otley and injuries to others, while a York and London mail coach overturned injuring a passenger and coachman.
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Westgete
Amd
Hull
Otley
Addingham
Bolton-bridge
Fairheld
York
Livespook
Grittgiouses
Rhugh
Magistrates Find No Basis for Informery Against Captain Waterer
On Saturday a hearing at Sta James Street dealt with allegations of a gaming house. Witnesses for the common informery showed no foundation for the charges, stating Captain Wheeler housed a table for family and friends. One constable's assistant was suspended for breaking the wine cellar and prevaricating in evidence.
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Foro
Sta.James’s -Street
Waterer
Wheeler
Court Martial at Chelsea Trials Neglect Charge
A surgeon faces a court martial for wilful neglect aboard the Spencer transport. The 83 ill soldiers show common Gibraltar abuse including copper coins on wounds. A coroner’s inquest at Epping investigates William Abrahams’s throat slitting, with strong fatherly suspicion in the evidence and signs of insanity.
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Gurariz
Gibraltar
Epping
William Abrahams
Walthard Forel
Walltco
Dailbess
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Osa
Monte Baldo
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Graber
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Moreau
Rustadt
Kuppenheim
Gertzbach
Isoyal
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Pfortzhiem
Soth
Bergen
Mayence
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Fort Royal Bay
Martinique
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Ewuiale
Favorité
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Grenaday
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Rigaud
St. Vincent’s
Runashore
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Royal Highrief
Charles Dake
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Saxony
Whitehall
Gilbert Buchanan
Northfleet
Kent
St. George Molesworth
Garlton-House
Prince of Wales
John Morshead, Bart
Arlton-House
Wiliam Cunningham
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Principality of Scotland
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London Inn
James Banton
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Guildhall
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Mary Stark
Quebec-street
Mary-le-bonne
Victualler
Lewis von
Etch
Ranglagh-street
Pimlicos Music-Fellew
Taylor
Rich
Ellis
St. Paul’s Church-yard
Warshoufzman
Jas. Moléneau
Oxford
John Hartley
Dolehouse
Lancashire
Currier
J. Wookey
Long Ashton
Somerferth
Dealer
J. B. Friend
Wisbech St. Peter’s
Woolstapler
J. Turberville
St. Mary Axe
Stoné Mason
Florence
Jamaica
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Sporting Intelligence
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