Royal pageantry and audience at Madrid and Naples
From the London Gazette May 5 and Madrid April 14 report Comte Morfki being received by the Catholic Majesty and a public procession of the Great Duke and Duchess of their Highnesses through Madrid in a state coach drawn by six horses. Also notes the King of Naples departing Leghorn and bankruptcy notices for Bowles, Williams, and Baker with surrender dates at Guildhall.
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Madrid
Comte de Morfki
Republic of Poland
Naples
Leghorn
Thomas Bowles
Snowhill
May Ty
Guildhall
Surrender Notices for Various Borough Residents and Tradesmen
A series of surrender dates listed for multiple London and regional residents and tradesmen. Names include Thomas Baker younger of Kingston upon Thames distider, William Kendall of Manchester square dealer, Jacob Levy Powell of Gravel lane glass manufacturer, William Wyllie of Hart street tailor, William Powers of the Minories linen draper, William Pirgin of Bulwell Nottingham butcher, James Lang Bow Jane merchant, Richard Effet New Romney grocer, Thomas Skarg Leeds silk mercer, William Whitehead Salford saddler, Barnabas Batterber Attleburgh shopkeeper, Robert Dickson Great St. Thomas Apostle wine merchant, George Emerson and Richard King junior brokers, Johnon Wet Market Place cooper, Thomas Ahurst Maclane Lime street merchant, Francis Hewett Watling street filkman, James Cooper Rochester grocer, James Fynmore Sherborne linen draper. Each entry lists surrender date options in May and June and the Guildhall or Ram Inn as venue, with corresponding attorneys.
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Thomas Baker
Kingston Upon Thames
Ave
Guildhall
Attornes
Weston
Fenchurchreet
William Kendall
Duke-street
Manchester-square
Cocker
Gerrard-street
Soho
Jacob Levy Powell
Gravel Lane
Houndsditch
Reynolds
William Wyllie
Hart-street
Bloomsbury
Taylor
Harman
Wine Office
Fleet-street
William Powers
the Minories
Ludlow and Roberts
William Pirgin
Bulwell
Nottingham
Ram Inn
Kinderley
Kinderley and Lang, Symona’s Inn, Chancery-Jane. James Lang, Late of Bow-Jane
Cheapside
Attornies
Willet and Annesley
Little Fridaytreet
Richard Effedt
New Romney
Kent
Thomas Skarg
Leeds
Lime-street
Francis Hewett
Watling-street
Filkman
fJames Cooper
Rochester
James Fynmore
Sherborne
Dorset
Parliament Lords Session Quiet with Few Appeals and Bills
Parliament Lords proceeding with limited business. Scotch Appeals regulation discussed and one withdrawn with costs. Report of the Committee of Precedents laid, day for consideration not named. The Roman Catholic Bill read a first time and printed. Lords summoned for next day for Cecil's Divorce Bill further hearing. Adjourned.
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Committee of Precedents
Cecil
British House of Commons May 3 1790 session actions
The Commons read second time and committed the Mersey Navigation Kingston Road Leven Cardworth and Alnwick Inclosure Bills. First readings given for Staines Bridge Hounslow and Terrentor Roads and Shefield Langton Inclosures. Reports on Pilchard Fishery and Bengal and Madras accounts ordered. Ways and Means and Supply committees postponed. Exchequer tax resolutions on Bills of Exchange deferred to tomorrow fortnight.
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Mersey Navigation
Kingston Road
Leven
Cardworth
Alnwick
Staines Bridge
Hounslow
Terrentor
Shefield
Langton
Slave Trade Debate Over West India Accounts and Sierra Leona Bill
In the House Sir William Delben moves to lay before copies of customs accounts on slave transport from Africa to the West Indies and bounties paid under a previous Act. Mr. Gascoigne presents a petition opposing the St George's Bay Company bill, citing potential monopoly and harm to the slave trade. Debate follows with Mr. Thornton defending the bill as a limited land grant to a corporate group for trade. The session advances the bill to a second reading and commits it for a fortnight. A commission related to Lord Cornwallis is postponed for consideration, and a list of unclaimed South Sea Company dividends is ordered printed for members.
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Sir William Delben
British West India Islands
West Indies
Africa
Sierra Leona
Thornton
Speaker
Gacigne
South Sea Company
Royal review and cabinet reshuffle rumors at Whitehall
Yesterday morning the Kine left Buckingham for Blackheath with Sir William Fawcett and General Officers as King reviewed the Oxford Blues then dined at the Queen's house. A Whitehall council at three o'clock was attended by Lord Chancellor, Lord Privy Seal, Mr Pitt, Earl of Cuatham, and Lord Grenville. Resignation of the Duke of Leeds has not been communicated to foreign ministers. It is believed Grenville will move to Foreign Office and the Duke of Arrol may join the Cabinet.
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Buckingham House
Blackheath
William Fawcett
Queen's House
Secretary of State’s
Whitehall
Parry Sear
Pitt
Earl of Cuatham
Lord Gren- Ville
Duke of Leeds
Lord Grenville
Foreign Department
Duke of Grarrox
Royal Academy Exhibition Critique of President Reynolds Works
The writer spoofs Sir Joshua Reynolds and reviews the Royal Academy show noting his absence. They praise some minor works while faulting many masters including Leathertouig Honges Speecy Rimng Lawrence Stubbs and Farringdon. Nellikens and Momer receive cautious commentary as Cor aun y is absent from miniatures.
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Josaua Réynolds
Academy
Royal Academy
Paradise
Leathe Touig
Honges
Speecy
Rimng
Lawrence
Stubbs
Farringdon
Wheatley
Hipner
Cfal
Momer
Bacon
Barks
Nellikens
Coraun@y
Ced
Abraham Newland
Masoverave Night At Ranelagh With Diverse Entertainment
The Ranelagh Masoverave drew up to a thousand attendees. Performers included Grimonaldo the conjurer and a Scottish piper leading horsemen and dancers. A diverse cast from a Truil with twins to a boisterous Hore jockey entertained through the evening. Scotch dances dominated as Highlanders and Lowlanders joined in Caledonian revelry. Caterers praised for abundant wines and taste. By eight yesterday morning, guests had departed.
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Monsieur Grimonaldo
Strath-peys
Truil
Pentweazle
Adam
Wilson
Caledonia
Revolt of Precedents and Lords Meeting in the Upper House
The piece notes the Secretaryship to the Board of Conrrout and a guarded view of the Revolt of Precedents. It mentions Parliament, an expected Lords motion by Lord Greenville, and a gathering of peers including the Earl of Gurtprorp and Lord Stormont, with anticipation of considering the Report of Precidents. The Roman Catholic Bix and episcopal rules in the Upper House are referenced as upcoming events.
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Baauroy
Boucuton
Board of
Conrrout
Dewpas
Commons
House of Lords
Earl of Gurtprorp
Lord Stormont
Lord Rawpbow
Lord Greenville
Violence and fury grip the Mouths of the Rhone
Dispatches from the Mouths of the Rhone describe brutal clashes between opposing factions within the Comtat, with reports of a massacre and grenadiers attacking commanders. The Avignon Committee is urged to curb civil violence as deputies discuss penal codes for inflammatory writings and small tax relief to ease internal trade.
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Rhone
Avignon
Comtat
St. Domine
Manduit
Grenadiers
Correspondence on Peace Prospects Amid War Preparations
Reports from Potsdam and the Court of Denmark suggest peace talks may advance as hostilities with Russia loom. Denmark’s proposals appear moderate, while Prussia seeks to balance trade gains against Mediterranean access. Staffing and funds are allocated to war readiness and public works, signaling cautious peace.
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Russia
Potsdam
Denmark
Count Hertzpers
Peterburg
Great Britain
Prussia
Turkey
Mediterranean
Petersburg
Magdeburg
Stettin
Baumer
Brandenberg
Duke of Courtane
Count Medem
Silesia
Austria
Prince Hournes
Pajaronian Gossip and Aristocratic Runins of 18th Century
The report narrates an honest warchman freeing a thief and hints at instruction from a Docherry descendant. It notes the Earl of Dysart’s breakfast deferral to the king, the Duchess of Ruttanp’s possible marriage to Lord Pacer, and the Duke of York’s fox hounds sold for 3000 guineas. It records Cardinal verdicts on Count Callostro with harsh punishments and M.de la Fayette’s return to command of Paris’s National Guards.
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Docherry
Earl of Dysart
Petershams
St. Leon
M.de la Fayette
Paris
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Florence
John Williams
Knowles Court
Parliamentary Intelligence
Tursday
House OF Commons
India Papers
Dandas
Bengal
Madras
India
Benfield
Committees OF Ways and Means and OF Supply
Bills OF Exchange
Bill
Lord Cornwallis
Smith
Ruant Pierce
Ranelagh
France
National Assembly
M. Rebeud
Department of Paris
Berlin
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