Capture and recapture at sea reported by Cerberus
Yesterday morning arrived his Majesty's ship Cerberus under Captain Drew with the French privateer Renard and Pipervier, both captured off Newfoundland. Cerberus retook the Adelphi from Quebec and engaged the Buonaparte, a 28 gun privateer, which escaped. Centaur, a 74 gun ship, also arrived.
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His Majesty
Cerberus
Drew
Je Renand
Pipervier Ditto
Adelphi
London
Quebec
Plymouth
Buonaparte
Sire
Centaur
Letter on the General Wolfe recaptured after French privateer raid
From Poole dated November 18 1797 the mate Werstevens reports the General Wolfe taken by a 16 gun French privateer called the Gironde. The Tribune chased the privateer and the Wolfe was recaptured by November 5. Echo Susan and Esther assets were seized, crews dispersed, twelve Frenchmen placed aboard, then freed and sent to Kinsale prison. The Wolfe finally reached land by November 14 and was brought to Ork.
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Werstevens
Wolfe
Poole
Mewgfoundland
General Wolfe
Cork
Gironde
Bourdeaux
Tribune
Echo
Susan
Esther
St. John’s
Greep
Samuel Huffey
W. Bezant
Garrison Seeks Reinforcements as Gibraltar Skirmishes Rise
From Gibraltar Oct 30 dispatch notes daily convoy hopes from Old England bringing reinforcements and provisions. The Royal Artillery brigade is understaffed, prompting regiments to attach men to train for heavy guns. A soldier was executed for murder and a desertion sentence was pardoned. Skirmishes occur with Spanish gunboats. plans to reinforce with Train detachments arise amid threat of siege and growing Spanish strength.
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Old England
Royal Artillery
Garrion
Teneriffe
Prison-ship Sampson commissioned. Bertaws to command
The Sampson, a 64 gun ship, is commissioned as a prison-ship with Lieutenant Bertaws ordered to command. Count Harrington, recently freed after an assault at a gaming-house, evades prior expulsion orders despite origin in England and residence in France. The Bow Street notice on the Covent Garden gaming-house remains peculiarly unaddressed for years.
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Sampson
Bertaws
Harrington
Count Harrington
France
Covent Garden Piazza
Court of
King’s Bench
Bow-Street
The Prince de Monaco Bill of Exchange Trial
An 18th century court heard a remarkable case about a blank bill of exchange drawn by noble refugees. It traced fraudulent negotiations by a financier and the alleged involvement of the Prince de Monaco, with testimony about ink removal by a solvent and a complex chain of fraud, arrest, and international intrigue concluding in a forfeit claim and non suit.
Extempores in the House of Commons and City Council
A Guildhall Court of Common Council hears of a royal letter calling a general thanksgiving at St Paul’s for victories over France Spain and Holland with a plan to attend the cathedral. Debate follows on supporting the motion amid fierce rhetoric about French finance and Austrian lineage.
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Guildhall
Duke of PorTiano
France
Spain
Holland
St. Paul’s
Leekey
St. Paul
Lamge
Alderman Compe
London
House of Austria
Charles V
House of Burgundy
Eleanor
Francis I
Burgundy
Dijon
Flavius
Bail Granted After Treason Charge In Kilmainham Case
In Belfast influenced inquiry before the Court of King's Bench the cases of prisoners detained on treasonable charges were reviewed. Judges ruled bail must be allowed under common law for treasonable practices. Prisoners were bailed to appear at the next Affizes for Antrim. Doyle was executed at Kilmainham Gaol after conviction for robbery and burglary. He claimed prosecutors perjured themselves regarding Mifey's wife. Corello was respited.
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Corello
Doyle
Thonas Hujons
Rain halts review of Tower Hamlets Militia in Hackney Field
On Tuesday the Supernumerary Militia of the Tower Hamlets were drawn out in Hackney Field to be reviewed by the Marquis Corn Wallis but continual rain prevented exercise. The Public are cautioned about men collecting money from tradesmen under pretence of publishing a highly accurate Directory. A Brighton marriage license ceremony was halted when the clergyman learned the bride was married. the groom’s nominal husband is alive in law though not dead. Gordon Castle reports a rare white quill woodcock specimen observed by the Duke of Gordon’s gamekeeper.
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Tower Hamlets
Hackney Field
Corn- Wallis
Brighton
Ater
Piddinghoe
Gordon Castle
Duke of Gordon
Trish State Lottery Seventy Day Draw No 6717 Prize Listed
The excerpt notes a lottery drawing labeled Seventy Day No 6717 with a prize of 1000 dollars referenced. The fragment suggests a result notice or prize amount connected to Trish State Lottery in a historical context.
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Trish
Birth Announcement for Francis Henderson’s Son
Yesterday morning at his house in Wimpole street Ca vendith square the Lady of Francis Henderson Esg delivered a son.
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Wimpole-street
Vendith-Square
Francis Henderson
Marquis de Duras Weds Miss de Kerfaint at Aix Ceremony
On Monday last the Marquis de Duras married Mademoiselle de Kerfaint, daughter of M. de Kerfaint who was guillotined at Paris. The ceremony was performed by the Archbishop of Aix. Also on Monday last in Edinburgh at the Dowager Lady Squart's house, Alexander Trotter of Creghorn, Paymaster of the Navy, married Miss Stuart, daughter of the late Sir John Stuart of Allanbank.
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Laft
Marquis de Duras
Mademisselle de Kerfaint
M. de Kerfaint
Paris
Aix
Edinburgh
Squart
Allanbank
Alexander Trotter
Creghorn
Miss Stuart
Sir John Stuart
Bart
Obituary notices from a late 18th century edition
A collation of death notices and memorials: John Boulderton the elder of 82, Miss Burdett, Lady Mary Irvine, Lord Viscount Montagu, Miss Ann Walpole, James Frig Whitster, Harry Haughton, John Bowman former Lord Provost Glasgow, Alexander Tait Joint Customs Surveyor, Tuplin wine merchant, Rev James Woodhouse, and Charles Walmerleys Bishop of Roma. Includes era descriptions and titles.
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Bofwarne
Falmouth
John Boulderton
Falamouth
Queens Square
James Haughton
Langston
Bedford-square
Glasgow
John Bowman
Athgrove
Greenock
Alexander Tait
Great Mary-le-bone-street
Tuplin
Stefton
Ludlow
James, Woodhouse
Culmington
Shropshire
New Radnor
Hereford
Salop
Bath
Goth
Goth of Episcopacy, the Right Rev. Charles Walmerleys
Roma
Western Dister
Serborne
Royal Society
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Thomas VII
the Prince DE Monaco
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Prince de Monaco
Kodos
Mathias Koops
Thomas
Liflestreet
Leicester-street
Leicester-fields
Joseph de Monaco
Mingay
Fleet
Marshall
Duke of Orleans
Enfield
Russia
Joseph
Prussia
Knight
West Indies
Lower Saxony
Edmonton
Mir. Onslow
de Vergennes
Hague
Koops
St. Alban’s Street
Colquhoun
House OF Commons
Tierney
Billingsgate
Bublin
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