Public Auction of Customs Goods in London 1797
The Customs Commissioners announce a sale at the Long Room, Custom-House, London. Goods for export and home use include silk textiles, watches, groceries, wines, mahogany, and more, plus items cleared after three months. Catalogues available at the Tobacco Ground and King's Warehouse ahead of June 22–23 sale hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Custom-House
Ati
Geneva
His
East India
Greenland Dock
Rotherhithe
Tower
His Majesty's
Custom House
Wokingham Academy Seeks Two Pupils For July Reopening
Mr Broom announces vacancies at his Wokingham Berkshire academy reopening after midsummer on July 17. The liberal system aims to eradicate evils, instill morality and virtue, with a healthful location 32 miles from London. Termes are 25 guineas a year and 3 guineas entrance. further particulars and references available at the academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okingham
Berks
Broom
Lineral
N. B
Wokingham
London
Academy
Public Petition Speech Declares Resolve to Extirpate Pitt Taxes
Francis Blake announces in a Portland address that despite public doubts he remains steadfast. He pledges to revive credit and resources, fight to the end without debt, and extirpate Pitt taxes rather than seek accommodation. Petition printed for J Debrett, Piccadilly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland-Place
Parmiaene
Francis Blake
J. Debrett
Piccadilly
The Lugano Lake Crisis and Buonaparte Threats
The article outlines Buonaparte pressing to assert French navigation rights on Lake Lugano amid Swiss opposition. It notes Swiss cantons alarmed, Bern singled out, and warnings of a French column enforcing obedience. It also mentions Parisian diplomacy, commissions to Isle for peace talks, and Italy's unsettled political lines.
Peace Demands Spark in June Council of Five Hundred
Gilbert Desmolieres, for the Finance Committee, urged immediate peace as the only remedy for the Republic’s distress and revealed that 100 million was placed at the Directory’s disposal. He recalled promises of peace in exchange for supplies, faced with Directory criticism, and urged the Directory to refrain from meddling. The speech drew strong applause and widespread attention in the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Lisle
England
London
Directory
Letourneur
Plewille de Pelley
Marér
Naples
Maret
Letourzeur
Charles Delacroix
Preville le Pelley
Colden
Barthelemy
Robspierre
France
Barras
Zayler
Perigord
Robespierre
Telegraph
Lord Grenville
Perlet
Great Britain
Austria
Prussia
Genoa
Venice
Senate
Buonaparte
Nimeguen
North
Texel
Gilbert Desmolieres
Committee of Finance
Bailleul
Desmosieres
Dire&tory
Desmoliers
Swiss alarms rise as cantons brace for revolution
From the Brussels Papers dated Schaffhausen June 4, Switzerland, previously an undisturbed spectator of regional upheavals, now faces serious alarms across cantons. The unrest stems not from popular discontent or efforts to alter their condition, but from the broader revolutionary climate surrounding them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schaffhausen
Switzerland
Ireland Bantry fortifications reveal coastal batteries
In Bantry Bay four batteries have been built under Major Browne of the Royal Irish Engineers. Beach Point mounts ten cannon guarding the channel to Widdy Island, Horse Island hosts nine cannon flanked by Eagle Point’s twelve. A Gorton-row battery with four guns covers the rear. Twenty seven are 24-pounders and the rest are larger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bantry
Jones
Major Browne
Royal’ Irish Engineers
Widdy Island
Horse Island
Eagle Point
Widdy
Mand
Horse Sfand
Gorton-row
Antiquities Found at Pist ferno Italy Describe Manuscripts and Sculptures
A recent discovery at Pist ferno in Italy reveals ancient relics including manuscripts and sculptures. Notable sculptures feature colossal statues of Tiberius and Claudius and busts of Marcus Aurelius and Messalina, preserved by renowned artists of antiquity. A German journal retells a Crim. Con case where a baron’s son agreed with a peasant husband to support a child, the court declining cognizance and relying on a written agreement due to deformities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pistferno
Pivemum
Italy
Tiberius
Claudius
Marcus Aurelius
Meffalina
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Lugano
Lombardy
Vienna
Turin
Kilmazine
M. Lombaily
Suinaparte
Europe
Milan
Lake of
Legano
Berne
Camillé Jourdan
Estons
Villaret-Foyense
Pichegru
Council of Five Hundred
Council of Elders
St. Domingo
Haudeville
Trieff
Bref
Vienza
Cispadan Republic
Milanere
Warsaw
School of Health
Monuments of the Arts
Rome
Taros
N. X
N. 4
Dofours Place
Broad-street
Scho-square
Lion Inn
Newport
Salop
Corbet Corbet
M‘niven
Marquis of Stafford and Co
Lilleshall
Trent
Mercey
Stoney
Market Drayton
Hordern
Molineux
Bishton
Meffis
Eyton and Co
Shrewsbury
Jennings
Wellington
Jervis
Stone
Sir
James Sanderson and
McNiven
Talbot Inn
Drayton
Dicken
Warrep
Mutrisy
W. Bayley
Bayley, Son
Cockspur-street
N.B
Brussels
Ireland
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