Royal Proclamation offers naval bounty for volunteers
The London Gazette reports a royal proclamation inviting seamen and landmen aged 20 to 50 for the Royal Navy with bounties of three pounds for able seamen and two pounds for ordinary seamen, plus twenty shillings for able-bodied landmen, to be claimed after muster. It warns harsher penalties for those who desert ships to claim bounty elsewhere and notes related promotions, honors, and sheriff appointments for 1791.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R
Privy Council
Royal Navy
Royal Bounty
St. James’s
St. James's
Knigthood
William Dunkin
Supreme Court of Judicature
Fort William
Bengal
Whitehall
Henry Nooth
Spaldington
Yorkshire
Ann Assheton
Vavasour
Vavafour
Bankrupt notices plead for surrender dates across several regions
Bankrupt cases list surrender dates for George Fowler of Scotland-yard merchant William Sharp the younger innkeeper of Ashby de la Zouch John James of Tuglyn Cardiganshire merchant Hamlet Lowe Manchester auctioneer and others. Also dividend notice for Martha Fidler and related debtors with schedules to be granted by April 16 and May 7. Authorities Melis Kinderley Long Meff Bevan Mudge Shawe Phillips and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fowler
Scotland-yard
Guildhall
Anerney
Mainstone
Essex-street
Strand
William Sharp
Ashby-de-la- Zouch
Leicestershire
Queen’s Head
Athbyde-la-Zouch
Actornies
Melis
Britannia Inn
Meil. Shawe and Phillips
New Bridges Reet
Royal family set for Windsor and hunts near Langley
Monday noon their Majesties and the Princesses proceed to Windsor for a stay until Wednesday. Tomorrow stag hunting is planned near Langley, while a sermon at St James's Chapel and a drawing room at Buckingham House are noted. Various notices follow on marriages, naval arrivals, deaths, and European affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exirasetu
Windsor
Langley Broom
Chapel Royal
St. James’s
Lrrcuherp
Coventry
Buckingham House
Crerxie
Bristol
Clementina Perry
Perry
Duichester
Miss Oertvig
Leister
Prussia
Lithuania
Ukraine
Josefa de Poniatowsky
Warsaw
Great Britain
Poland
Harres
Arston
the Lyon
Bartlet
Corke
Newfoundland
Tilbury Fort
Paris
Spencer Hamilton
Duke of Hamilton
Prince of Wales
Sealby
Scarborough
Mary Ann Donner
Donner
Somerset House
Strand
Bosnia
Swabia
Franconia
Rhine
Treves
Coblentz
Cologne
Netherlands
Wirtimburg
Petersburg peace terms and Black Sea navigation
News from Jafly reports Prince Povedaim set out for Petersburg on February 22 as the court outlines preliminaries for peace with the Porte. The terms demand free Black Sea navigation, intact Crimean order, and the cession of Oczakow and Akkermann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Porte
Black Sea
Crimea
Oczakow
Akkermann
Jafly
Prince Povemain
Brussels March 16 18 The States refuse to resume functions
Reports from Brussels state the Pensionary of the Province notes noncompliance by the States who still refuse to return to duty. In Antwerp and other towns crowds insult soldiers, with attacks reported. Baron de Benner issues a letter promising severe punishment for further disturbances of the public peace.
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Hague
Antwerp
Baron de Benner
War Clouds Gather as Vienna Mobilizes Forces
General officers and others on leave are ordered to join their regiments signaling renewed war. A fourth campaign against the Turks appears certain and may widen to involve other nations. Comte de Lus delays to obtain a court response on Sziftuve negotiations and Austrian aims should war with Russia occur. Lord Exein’s Hague reservation hampers the Emperor, with no change in Cuartes VI’s status despite urging. Lord Every remains in London as tensions mount.
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Comte de Lus
Berlin
Sziftuve
Vienna
Russia
Austria
Exein
Cuartes VI
Lord Every
London
Opera at Haymarket Engages Large Crowd Saturday
Saturday March 26 Haymarket Opera House opened after a long lull with singing and dancing. The elegant theatre and fine company drew a respectable house despite competition from the new Ballet at King's Theatre. The Prince attended the Pitt portion and applauded Signor Davin Vestris and Hiekrispere in Orontus and Euripice. lighting flaws noted with chandelier and sparks.
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Prince
Pitt
Signor Davin
Vistris
Hilligsberc
Mozon
OroHtus
Euripice
Vestris
Hixricspere
Fors Attey
Duels and fires in Hyde Park and Essex
A Friday morning duel in Hyde Park between William Wyche of Gray's Inn and James of Lambeth ended in a shoulder injury to James at the third round after a dispute over a lady. Barrell of Chipping-Hill, Essex, accidentally burned his barn while firing at a crow from his own barn, with uninsured loss. A Thetford court trial saw Mr Thompson of Saxlingham win a recovery of costs for non residence. Derby and York executions and other capital sentences are noted for various crimes, including robbery and house breaking, with several deaths ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
William Wyche
Gray’s Inn
James
Lambeth
Barrell
Chipping-Hill
Sherington
Root
Derby
William Rider
Mary Barton
York
Stafford
Shrewsbury
Complex bankruptcy case on bills of exchange costs
The Lok Coancelior heard a bankruptcy petition seeking costs for prosecuting a suit at law over fictitious bearer bills. Lords debated classes of bills, the validity of the bills, and whether costs should come from Gibson and Johnson estate, with decisions pending on how to proceed and divide the cases. The Lord Chancellor urged a controlled trial approach and warned against broad fund exhaustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rs AgxwhaHt
Livegey, Mascgeave, and Co
John White
Cuan
Solcitor
Gibson
Johnson
Court of King’s Bench
Minet and Fedor
House of Lords
Gibson and Johnson
Milford
Minet
John Scott
Mitford
Chancellr
Kaye
Woman poisons herself at Abbot's Bromley
March 23 report of Stret ton in Abbot's Bromley who feigned illness to obtain arsenic from an apothecary. She took the poison after visiting a neighbour and, despite antidotes, died about ten. The coroner ruled lunacy at the inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stretton
Abbot’s Bromley
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Royals
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Richard Hindmarth
Edward Letherland
Oth Foot
George Hall
Alexander Clamiliton
Eyre Peter Shewbridge
John Deives Broughton
God Foot
Robert Spunner
Foot
Wiliam Byng
Oga
Royal Highland) Foot
Alexander Mackenzie
47Th Foot
Charles Bacon Cornwall
An W.fsrmstrong
5Th (Highland) Foot
Rat James Brugh
Benjamin Craven
James Lowe
Dustin Caste
Antrim
Richard Jervois Ker
Red Hall
Armagh
Nicholas Archdall Cope
Cori Arthur O'Conner
Mount Arthur
Arthur Burdett
Bellavilla
Kerry
Stephen Edward Rice
Ballycrispin
Longford
Laurence Harman Harman
Newcastle
Limerick
Charles Silver Oliver
Houndscourt
Leitram
William O'Brien
Aghavais
Louis—Thomas William Filgate
Mayo
John Edmond Browne
Breafy
Monaghin
John James
Brookville
Meath
Christopher Armytage Nicholson
Balrath
Roscommon
Thomas Tenison
Caffe Tenison
Siigo—Richard Wood
Garridai
Tipperary
William Latham
Ballyshehan
Tyrone
Samuel Galbraith
Waterford
John Robert Parker
Cherrymount
Woxford
Robert Corbet
Corbethill
Westmeath
Charles Levinge
High Park
Bart
Wicklow
Arthur Knox
Woodstock
King’s County
George Sandes
Killsaway
Queen's County
Charles Henry Cai
Martha Fidler
St. Paul’s Church-yard
John Bewley Harris
Clement’s Lane
Andrew Hardlow
Sochampton
Breéches-Imaker
Trevor Nicholas
Chepttey
Monmouthshire
Worcester
Davenport Sediey
Cannon-street
Hatter
Brussels
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