Privateers and captures off Grenada and Barbadoes
Letters from Rear Admiral Harvey report privateers Amable and L'Aimable off Gardaloupe with 6 pins and 30 men captured by Lapwing near Marigalante. Swift from St Kitts bound to Barbadoes, seized by privateer prior to daybreak. Guildhall exchanges list surrender notices and arrests of merchants and dealers in London.
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Icq Hat
Vikoit
Thettny
Maiélty
Zebra
Caprigge
Grenada
Abage
Ganda
Iolipe
Barbadoes
Lapwing
Marigalante
Tam
Sir
Henry Harvey
Harvey
Gardaloupe
Swift
St. Kitt’s
Lords Debating Militia Bills Amid Naval Augmentation Talks
A fragmentary record shows the House debating the Militia and Navy augmentation measures. Reports indicate bills were read a third time for tomorrow and the Cavalry bill received a second reading before committee. An order adjourned followed a motion regarding the Earl of Taidsrdale’s petition and the Sixteen Beers of Scotland.
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LORDS
House
Search
Mmorton
Ajsk
Taidsrdale
Scotlands
London Dispatches On War News And Allied Movements
London reports detail British and allied naval actions with the French and Austrian forces. It notes patrols from Portsmouth and Ferrol, captures and delays, and the movement of fleets and officers including Admiral Poyss and Rear Admiral. The situation on the Rhine and Moselle is described as critical, with French counter moves and Austrian losses, plus internal distress in the Republican armies and a call for a military council.
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Agreeavik
Bykowstas
Portsmouth
de ‘Allen
Vilygh
Martov
Poyss
Ryseneryy
Ferrol
Navere
Ijfrand
MaLmisné Xy
Paris
Dover
MabMessary
Devacrork
London
Vienna
Irsux
Rhine
Werneck
Tére-Du-Pont
Neiawied
Lahx
Horze
Nev
Palatnate
Hundtruck
the-Moille
Electorate of Zreves
Huninguen
Remrain
Brifgaz
Strasburg
Kehl
Rhine and Moselle
1 Sas
Council of Five-Hundred
Rourid
Fox
Mii
Duke of Vor
Prince Exnast
Guildtal
Prince of Wales
Sheerness
Cuxhdven
Duks
Wirremberc
Maison
Buckyer
Kitts
Sandwich
Commmiand
Gworgan
Preurcati
Assy Ct
Rhine and
Mofeile
City Festival honors Mayors earlier era and Curtiss resignation
The piece praises Mr. Alderman Curtiss for public virtue and impartial justice during his Mayoralty amid high bread and flour prices. It notes contested terms with meat factors, a proposed public grinding mill project, and a council order affecting letters of marque against Spanish ships, reflecting a tense civic era.
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Seldon
Curtiss
Curtis
Justice
Mit. Cuers
Mu+on
Guildhall Court Adds Aldermen and Bread Adize Details
Yesterday the Court of Aldermen met with the Lord Mayor elect, recorder, and sheriffs. Bread adize weighed 719 quarters wheat from 5s 3d to 3 25 per quarter, flour at 48s per sack, with little variation. Several officers sworn in as Saltmeters and Badgemaster, then the Lord Mayor Elect sworn in and hosted to a dinner at the Mansion House with Musicians Company attendance.
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Company of
William Herne
Baynard
John
John Thomas
Woolley
John, Mattson
Robert Pounds
Thomas
Méad
Henry
Marchwick
John Barker
John Pyrg
Erescathe
Thomas Boughton
Samuel Sanders
John William Galabin
John William Galabin, Clidgn
John Redheady
Elec
Huffinas
Guildhall
Watson
Musicians’ Company
Naval losses and merchant ships captured near Barbadoes and Cape
The Hartiot from Liverpool to Barbadoes fell prey to a French frigate, retaken by Pelican sloop. Fox transport from Jamaica redirected to Charleston. Lively, Nassau, and other ships near Bars bidés intercepted by a frigate. The Iris reports East India Company intelligence. several ships outward and inward bound at Cape and St Helena. Extra ships listed. American vessels named. Falmouth sails and dispatches, with Cadet noted. The Thalia retook a privateer prize, Penelope sails with Admiral Co boats. York arrives at the Downs. Leith’s Ann captured by French privateer L Aventure. Mary and Friend engaged privateer. Marines killed.
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Hartiot
Liverpool
Barbadoes
Jamaicas
Charlesteny
London
Madeiras
Nassau
Clyde
New Providence
Iris
East-India Company
Warren
Hastings
Coote
Kent
Deptford
Northumberlands
Osterley
Earl Cornnae
Cape
Madras
Alfred
Esex
Asia
William Pitt
Mansfeld
General Goddard
Lord Macartney
Ocean
Loi Capiden
Ind
Nottingham
Canton
St Helena
Jily
St. Helena
William Henry
Hawke
Woodcot
Bengal
Cirencéster
China
Amelia
Gabriel
Bangalore
Britannia
Sally
Falmouth
Barrington
Henry Dundas
Earl Fitzwilliam
Fort
Williams
Testin Beggal
Madres
Minotaur
Louis
Cotroys
Burpwoop
Ara
Ssdhima
Fioxenzo
Finge
Thalia
Penelope
Corboyé
Ushant
Bréibax
Conpoys
Niger
Thompson
Gibraltar
Leith
Grorge
L’aventure
Yrig
Prexre Antoine
Bourdéaux
Mary
Hondura
Friendship
Cape Nichola Mole to Liverpool engagement at sea
A fragmentary report describes the Qu the L Aventure engaging four yellow-sided ships for three and a half hours before being beaten off. Mentions Pere otus sd we bist dated Nov 44 and a Brig laden with salt off Selly Dearing N Pe. Port mentions Janus frigates convoy from the Downs, Leander from a cruise, Charon from a naval fleet, Calypso sloop convoy from Plymouth, and wind conditions at Deal with vessels Earl of Mansfield Robertson New Brunswick River remain flags.
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Cape Nichola Mole
Liverpool
L’ Aventure
Borvatte
N. Pe
Portsmouth
Downs
Leander
Fragmented 19th Century London Notes on Leaders and Events
A garbled extract recounts figures such as Major General Davin Dunpas and others attending a Crown meeting with toasts. It mentions shifts in offices, a Slave Trade stance, and church appointments, alongside scattered notes on elections, university fellows, and an Admiralty Telegraph update.
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Davin Dunpas
Crus
Crown
Shanley
Earl of Derby
Tarleton
Midhely
Liverpool
Lowry
Manchester
Offens
Wrestlingworth
Dford
Hicks
Jour
Dan ¥ Eris
Bart Ahad Creed
Mountforrel Chute
Leicestershire
Pat
Bath
All Souls College
Thomas Garnier
Worcester ‘College
Philip Wickham
Otiel
Stackhouse
Trinity
Christchurch
Honourable the Company
Rumbailifs
Getch Club
Admiralty
Afl Ff
Impostor Daniel Harding and Thomas Lethis Bound Over
Yesterday Daniel Harding and Thomas Lethis, charged with multiple felonies, pretended to deliver a pair of ladies shoes from a known shoemaker to gain entry at upscale residences. Harding’s conduct spanned over three months, with several robberies of plate and valuables traced to servants at Major Hanger’s home and other locations. They were remanded until Friday, with further complaints anticipated.
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Daniel Harding
Thomas Lethis
Harding
Hanger
Park-lane
Births and Obituaries From Regency Era Notices
Various notices record births at Billiterquare and other households, along with obituaries including Lord Gooldwood and Rev. John Sherman. Also mentioned are Beith, Bath, and Hythe deaths, plus stock listings and a printing house at Blackfriars. The fragment preserves names like Manning, Maxwell Adams, and Edward Baker.
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Gooldwood
Duchless
Richimond
Cofthall-buildings
Archi
Govan
Davie
MiClellan
Beith
Bath
John Sherman
West Malling
Kent
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Gaccehdér
Aval-Faftars
Ieee Om
Jones
Montane Ke
Iistreet
Surry
Merce
Gregory Rine
OF ‘Commons
Navy
Welleslay Aflerioo
Lerrers
Marge Tobi
Portsmouths
York
Deal
Plymouthy
Earl of Mans
Field
Robertson
New
Brunswick
Biami Tae
Billiterquare
Wen
Manning
Lymington
Thomas Maxwell Adams
Padauchter
BRICE
C. Ann
Pang Long
Parnteo
J. Walter
Genos
Hamburg
Altona
Venice
Lisbon
Madrid
Bilton
Oporto- Duvlin
Naples
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