Translation of an Official Note From the French Minister
The French Minister Plenipotentiary to Britain sends an official note to Lord Grenville regarding the Royal Proclamation of the 21st. He asserts the Proclamation misrepresents French intentions and urges Parliament receive the note to clarify relations between France and Great Britain. He stresses justice, liberty, and mutual good intelligence between the nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Chauvelin
London
Lord Grenville
Foreign Department
France
Great Britain
Vwe Efenour
Hastings Trial and India Budget Debates Highlight Commons
Wednesday reports the House of Commons discussing Mr. Hastings’s trial and the India Budget motion by Mr. Fox. A drawing room at St James’s drew a thin attendance led by the Duchess of York, while expectations grow for the Lord Chancellor’s resignation and the Prorogation of Parliament. News from Frankfurt notes the election of an Emperor with Prussia aiding from Vienna to its armies. Firework barges on the Thames caused nine deaths and multiple rescues near Westminster Bridge, Hungerford, and Lambeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House OF Commons
Mr. Hastings
Mr. Fox
India
Duchess of York
St. James's
Lord Coancellor
Earl of Wycombe
Miss Hunt
Seymour-place
Prussia
Austria
Prague
Frankfort
Low Countries
Vienna
Edward
Thomas Thurlow
Chancery
Gloucester
Finch
Earl of Aylesford
Thames
Westminster Bridge
Hungerford
King’s Head
Cuper’s Bridge
Lambeth
Highstreet
Riot in Mount Street ends with military fire on rioters
A Monday Birth Night riot in Mount Street Grosvenor Square involved servants of noble households gathered at Pere’s-Heap public house. Police and Hyde Park patroles arrested some. soldiers later fired to quell mass unrest as windows smashed, doors forced, and vehicles damaged. six detained, including the publican and a fiddler, with many wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton-street
Mount-street
Grosvennor-square
Hype
Hyde Park
Rioters Quelled After Nightly Turbulence
A cautious note follows a clash between authorities and a mob. The article insists the shift from the ground prevented further riot damage and that government action will be used to preserve public tranquility in the future. It expresses hope that the incident becomes a warning to deter similar infamous practices.
Weathered storms and shocks hit towns across Britain
A Birmingham hurricane tore up 25 elms and caused extensive branch loss across Packington and Great Park. Reports from Winchester, Southampton, Shrewsbury, Ipswich, St Aufre, Derby, and Glasgow describe storms, a fatal shooting, fair market prices for livestock, a temporary bridge, an earthquake quake, and a dog bite outbreak among cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Packington
Great Park
Winchester
John Carter
Durrington
Wilts
Southampton
Gulley
Shreusbury
Llanfyllin
Ipswich
Hansford Bridge
Evacuation losses paid. canal survey planned, wedding fund
An order approves 12,262 pounds six pence for evacuees on Musquito shore losses. Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal subscription nears completion. Whitworth and Clowes to survey and lay out the line, start this summer. In Ratcliffe Highway a Ratne institution funds a wedding prize of 100 pounds for women with long service, with draws on May Day and post-Christmas. A Swedish chemist claims fire proofing and extinguishing powders for buildings. Maize sweetness may yield sugar if the right stage is found. Flora Gale, a free Black woman of Jamaica, aged about 120, died in Savannah-la-Mar after recalling 1692 Port Royal quake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Treasury
Musquito
Herefordshire and Gloucestershire
Whitworth
Clowes
St. George
Canon-street
Ratcliff Highway
Ratne
Immentfe
Sweden
Kentucky
Savannah-la-Mar
Jamaica
Flora Gale
Port Royal
Singular Case Aids by Sprissury Drops in Doncaster
A report from Doncaster describes Mrs. Sanderson recovering from a long illness with aid from Mr Sprissury’s Drops, now King’s Patent. The patient’s leg improves, swelling subsides, and wounds heal. The advertisement promotes the remedy as safe, pleasant, and effective for chronic ulcers and rheumatic complaints available in Great Britain and Dublin outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr.Spitssury
Allison
Soho-square
Great Britain
Dublin
Antiscorbutic Drops Advertised in Lincolnshire Notice
A Lincolnshire item touts Sprinssury’s Antiscorbutic Drops as a cure for a servant’s severe sores from a festering illness. It claims five five-shilling bottles healed the wearer, enabling him to resume work, with continued use advised. The article lists prices and outlets in London Folk around Soho Square and Dublin Hall and Co’s Patent Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Silk
Marriaged Notices From Polterton and Hamipton Settlements
In Polterton Carlow William Welpon of Gravemount Meath and Lucy Cuffe niece to Lord Wiscount Defar wed. On Sunday at Hamipton James Nicholas Duntz son of Sir John Duntze weds Miss J H Capburn daughter of Sir James Cockburn Bart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marrifd
Polterton
Obituaries and Local Notices from Newington Green Area
A brief time after, Thomas Clark a builder of Angel Court Snow Hill died at his residence in Newington Green. Mrs Barlafe wife of Rev George Barlafe of Cambridge University was mentioned as recently deceased. On Sunday a paralytic stroke proved fatal for Rev John Richards Vicar of Terbury and chaplain to the Earl of Pembroke. The living is in the gift of that Borough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newington Green
Thomas Clark
Angel Court
Snow Hill
Barlafe
George Bore
Lafe
Cambridge University
Terbury
John Richards
Earl of Pembrokes
SHIP NEWS ARRIVALS JUNE 6 AT MULTIPLE PORTS
Shipping notices list arrivals and origins: Brighton Friendship from Jamaica. Adriane from Philadelphia at Liverpool. Styanwick from Philadelphia at Falmouth. Vulture from Africa at Dominica. Martland Role from Lee and Western Galley at Dover. Britain at Seaford. Active at Portsmouth. Salirno at Nice. Apoll Moon and Qu and Bo Briggs from New York. Betsey Den arriving June 4. Wind from the west impacted movements. various pilot and indiaman arrivals noted. Fragments include Dublin market notes and corn exchange prices and bank quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Friendship
Lelie
Jamaica
Liverpool
Adriane
Darwin
Philadelphia
Falmouth
Styanwick
Law
Dominica
Vulture
Clough
Africa
Dover
Martland
Lee
Burcham
Seaford
Britain
Portsmouth
Nice
Apoll Moon
Flening
Bo Briggs
New York
W. E
Phoenix
Perkins
Opsito
Hull
Lanstroom
Stockholm
Ithe
Pearferry
Burgh Nord
London
Also Mentioned on This Page
STATE
House OF Loxeds
Country News
St. Aufre
Derby
Gilagow
Sangupar
Joseph Clifton
Weeles
Mett Ward
Folkingham
Spussary
Soho Square
Ireland
Hall and Co
Ship News
Bank Stk
Gepet
Annet Bank
South Sea
Sttvek
Achalt
Aues
Waterford
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