Correspondence on Peace and War Prospects in Europe
The letter notes no decisive peace or war developments since the war. It discusses Petersburg dispatch timing, Turkish victory by Prince Gallien, and fears of ministers exploiting events. It mentions the Kinde reviewing troops at Patadam Berlin Magdeburg, and the Princess Louisa engaged to the Prince of Atuart Dessau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterburgh
Galiir2en
Apri
Jeaff
Petersburgh
Patadam
Berlin
Magdeburg
Duke of Brunswick
Europe
Louisa
Prince Fripinand
Prince of Atuart
Royal Assent and Cabinet Actions Reported in Lords and Commons
Friday and yesterday's reports detail imminent Royal Assent to several Bills in the Lords, a Cabinet Council delay, dispatches to BripcewaTer and potential naval advices to settlements. Also noted are Bank of England affairs, a proposed 50,000 loan to government, a Hyde Park field day with the king, militia movements, a projected national surplus, political debate references, East India stock trends, and naval service vessel reports for foundings and safe passages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Lords
Secretary of State
Whitebill
St. James’s
East India House
Times
Area General Court of Proprietors
Mri
Prrr
Alderman Prexert
Hyde Park
Regiment of Foot Guards
Hanover
Essex
W. Smith
Chelmasford
House of Commons
Burke
Whig Club
Fox
King Lear
East Indra Company
Helena
Admiralty
Fathom
Lord Hoéed
Minutes of the House Committee Proceedings and Bills
Minutes of Business this Day in Parliament record committee sessions on Supply and Ways, Keel's Admeasurement, Clerks of Office, Tobacco Lading, Sierra Leone, and the Rewards for the Prosecution of Felons. Includes Pitt's note on Receipts Notes and Bills of Exchange and Hemp Culture report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House OF Commons
Keel
Pitt
Royal health, naval plans, and colonial ambitions
Doctor Warren cautions Prince about strict regimen as health fluctuates. Britain and Holland plan a Mediterranean fleet, with preparations for Baltic routes and Great Belt surveys. Apollo captures a smugglers’ cutter near Scilly. Gov’t eyes Prince Island colony for convicts and factories on the Guinea coast, amid broader political shifts and committees in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Denmark
Great Britain
Holland
Mediterranean
Baltic
Rosetts
Apollo
Marshall
Scilly
Prince Island
Guinea
Cape Coast Castle
Wilberforce
Yorkshire
Viscount Parker
Minehead
John Palmer
New South Wales
Andrew Miller
Zacharias Clarke
Major Rawdon
Appleby
Richard Ford
Downton
Plomer
Earl Radnor
Serjeant Adair
Bragg
Pool
St. James’s Church
Jolliffe
Davis
Sydney, Smith
Prussia
Princé de Nassau
Chaffers
Liverpool
Nantz
Loire
King George
Howard
Africa
Barbadoes
Turspay at Newmarket First Spring Meeting 1791
Sporting intelligence reports the Newmarket First Spring Meeting of 1791 with forfeit lists and bets on 1200guineas races. Details include horse names from Nobility stables such as Duke of Bedford Grosvenor Clermont Barrymore and Victoria stakes, with prices and odds in multiple classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turspay
Duke of Bedford
Sb. c
Highflyer
Bedford
Lilly of the Dike
B. c
Marfh Ld
Derby
Guildford
Dancer
Duke of Graften
Conduttor
Barton
Dorimant
Wales
B.c
Highfyer
Westal
G. H. Cavendish
Woodpecker
Indiana
Grosvenor
Mambrunello
Rosamond
Pickle
Verjuice
Pet8o
B. c. Victory
Fortitude
Sweet
Briar
Clermont
Markhol
Duke of Queensbury
Conundrum
Lam
Po’s
Roogs
Afacus
Justice Duke of Grafton
H.R. H
Prince of Wales
Fitzwillia
Ld Barrymore
Eclipse la Grosvenor
Fidget
Pastoreil A la Grosvenor
Por8e
Sir C. Haggertton
Porte
Gonaeus
H. Ft
Ld Grosvenor
Whitelegs
H.R. d
P. of Wales
Saltram
Myrtal
D. of Bedford
Polly Mr. Graham
Racing and auction notes at wide York events
Wednesday May 11 items show horse and pony entries with names such as Creeper Halkin Bashful Seague and Lais, plus racing odds and purses. Also included are woollen manufactory figures for 1790 91, an anniversary meeting of the Sons of the Clergy with sermons and donations, a fatal driver accident near Honiton, a Norfolk murder attempt and child hanging, a press gang battle on Tower Hill, and a quip about Grecian wars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Searow
West Riding
County of York
Canterbury
John Skynner
York
Lord Brownlow
London
Sarum
Bangor
Oxford
Bristol
St. David
Gloucester
Peterborough
Litchfield
Coventry
George Baker
Herbert Mackworth
Joshua Reynolds
Glynn
Lewes
Wright
Gill
Pickett
Skinner
Recorder
Joseph Holden Pott
St. Alban’s
I. Samuel
St. Paul’s
Merchant Taylor’s Hall
Diito
Letter theft case at Bow Street involving bank note
Thomas Roberts faced Sir Sampson Wright at the Public Office Bow Street charged with secreting a letter containing a bank note for sale and later appropriating it. Witnesses claim he was hired to repair carriages in Carnarvon and opened a mail letter found last November. He kept the note until April, then gave it to his brother who kept 30l and paid Roberts 20l. Roberts committed for further examination. his brother and a press-gang associate are involved. A seaman shot dead a man impressed near the Ship Alehouse in Wapping. the assailant was seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Roberts
Sampson Wright
Bow Street
Sal
Byrant
Carnarvon
Sol
Caernarvon
Wapping
Portsmou thogs Arrivals and Naval Cruising Report
PORTSMOUTH items note arrival of the Gitge and Narciste Wigatés and other pressed ships. Capt Hodp and Capt Wilson aboard the Thorn Shark Childers and others sailed last night on the impress service. The Beau lieu frigate to be coppered and fitted. May 12 at Spithead the Colonel Dundas from Poole, and the Ann from Jamaica arrived off the harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodp
Wilson
Falcor
Thorn
Shark
Childers
Beaulieu
Bucklérfhard
Spithead
Dundas, Moore
Poole
London
Wight
Ann
Maritime arrivals and notable marriages reported locally
The May Portsmouth arrival list records vessels from Jamaica Charlestown Waterford Alicant Havre Teneriffe and Africa with crews and origins. May 17 arrivals note Ellen from Barmouth Providence from Alicant remain Marl borough Triton Cruizer Swift, and Swift pilot. Marriages include Heborn and Miss Sophia Dayrell both of notable families, Miss Jaquetta Baring, John Kneller and others in assorted locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Ann
Pearson
Jamaica
Dover
Rainbow
Salter
Charlestown
Swift
Rogers
Waterford
Downs
Providence
Alderton
Alicant
Endeavour
Dear
Wind W
Ellen
Edwards
Barmouth
Derton
His
Marlborough
Triton
St. Andrews
Heborn
Joh Lloyd
East India House
Sophia Dayrell
Marmaduke Dayrell
Camps
Cambridgeshire
St. Leonard’s Church
Exeter
Stafford Henry Northcote
Jaquetta Baring
Charles Baring
Bradwell
Oxfordshire
John Kneller
Donhead Hall
J. L. Fryer
London
Chaipneau
City
Death notices and stock market snippets from an 19th century page
Deaths list several individuals including Lady Drydon and Sir John Drydon s descendant, with causes and locations in Surrey, Tewkesbury and Tottenham Court Road. Also reports a right honourable Lady Grosvenor’s residence and market figures with stock prices and Irish Lottery ticket details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canons Athby
Tottenham-court-road
John Bullen
Weymouth
Park Lane
Lady Grosvenor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Reruin
Sporting Intelligence
Newmarket
D.C
Broadhurst
B. H. Creeper
H. Halkin
D. of Queensbury
B. H. Bashful
Barrymore
B. H. Seague
Wentworth
C. Bunbury
C. St. David
Saltram la
Egremeont
Trentham
Calomel’s Dam 2 Ltd
Clermont’s Boc
Brunette
D.of
Cunegonde
Asiatin
Droge
O’kell
Bullock
Buzagio
Barbiniola
Dawson
Garrick
Panton
B. Bellarina
Bourdeaux Twater
Asus
R.M
Wyndham
Filey
Queensbury
Burgundy
Hopeless
F. Standish
Phaeton
Cormorant
Honiton
Laft
Laws
Brockdish
Norfolk
Tower Hill
Grex
Suip News
Ranx
India
Southka
Dublin
Holkind
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