Privateer capture near Vigo by the Netley in 1799
Extracts detail His Majesty's schooner Netley recapturing a brig from Gibraltar laden with brandy near Vigo on 14 November 1799, pursuing a Spanish privateer named Fl Ovely y los Tres Amigos with four carriage guns and 52 men, landing prisoners with receipt from the Spanish Consul, and forwarding the news to the Earl of St Vincent. Includes notices of other naval actions and privateers, with bankruptcy and dividend records.
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Pond
Netley
Ey Nepéan
Oporto
Earl of St. Vincents
Admiralty
Privatter
C. F. G. Bond
Vigo
Gibraltar
Bayonne
Mares
Earl of St. Vincent
B.G. Bond
Admiral of the White
Friffell
His Majesty
Fanny
Liz
Granville
Tam
Thomas Pastey
Bart
Gopy
Liutwidge
Downs
E. Nepean
Lanyon
Kent
Calais
Four Brothers
Charles Derobier
W. Clegg
Beverley
Yorkshire
T. Wright
Easington
Bucks
J. Adftie
Devizes
Wilthire
Clothier
E. Railton
Southwark
M. Osborne
Bidford
Warwickshire
Chandler
T. Hartley
Lothbury
S.and
J. Badeley
Walpole
Suffolk
R. Seabrook
Southminster
Essex
P. Planck
Long-acre
R Prynn
Bath
Draper
TF. Wardell
Newcarthe-upon-Tyne
The Wise Man of the Engi staged satire at London theatre
A crítica review of Mrs Inchbald s The Wise Man of the Engine and the other pieces on a Saturday night. The piece features disguises quaker sketches and a moral ending. The audience reaction includes some disapproval of a Quaker character while praise is given to acting and staging. The piece is set against a backdrop of other theatre news and a society dinner at the London Tavern. Count Stathenberg and Lady Duarces are robbed on a country road by highwaymen near Richmond.
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Clarenceforth
Merckast
Eedy
Mary Diamond
Fafitsa
Ruch Starch
Ensign Metland
Ellen Metland
Metland
Clarence Jorth
Height&n
Elen Metland
Clarence Orth
Ensign Metin
Ellen
Ruth
Mary Didmond
Uisgrace
Inca Bap
Paris
St. Andrew
Scorrisy Society
London
Henry Duyovas
Duke of Montrose
Court of Exchequer
Watxrn Lewes
Lord Elden
Countek
Burton
Baron Coamare
Count Stathamberg
Duarces
Eatt Sheen
Marshgate
Richmond
French Revolutionary News Digest From Early November Turmoil
Reports from Paris detail a sweeping political shift as the French Republic consolidates power under Bonaparte. Letters from Britain, Holland, and Switzerland note oaths, hostages, and ongoing peace talks while military actions around the Danube, Rhine, and Newfoundland influence strategic alignments and domestic governance.
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Danube
Brine Satenett
Holland
Rhe
Reinhard
Switzerland
Foulede
Banktrsy
Basti
Tribunal of
Caristion
Xavier Audauio
Bonaparte
Talot
Delbrel
Lesage-Senault
Deer chase through park ends in capture at Great Park
A fox hunt from Southill Park disperses through Benfield and Broad Common before leaping into the Great Park where the quarry was captured after a four hour chase. Dublin mails arrive with no major news. A new East India ship named Marquis of Mellisley is launched in dockyard, Bengal Governor General honored. Bread seizures at Kensington lead to 5s per ounce penalties. magistrates urged to curb shortages. Suffolk parish Otford outlines fuel, food, and shelter costs for the poor amid high prices and harvest labour.
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Duke of Camper
Lanpd
Lord Waysingham
Southill Park
Ear of Sanpwich
Benfield
Lord Brays Brooke
Dublin
Pay
Mellrs
Mellisley
Bengal
Kensington
Wicstear
Bow-street
Oufden
Suffolk
Campaign dispatch from Mainz shows French victory near Philipsthal
Gen Delaberde's first division stormed Neahishenny and drove the enemy back to Vaughatel, taking 1000 prisoners and five cannon. The 16th demi-brigade and cuirassiers under Despagne distinguished themselves while Decaen’s column attacked Roths and cleared heights near Verienthal. Ney’s division seized Warbstatt and Sintzheim, Beraguey-Hilfers cleared the Neckar bank, totaling about 1200 prisoners and five pieces of cannon with light losses.
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Matheini
Phihpfoumgi
Necka
Delaberde
Neahishenny
Vaughatel
Philipsburgh
Cuirafsiers
Despagne
Expias
Weifldithel
Philipthurgh
Decaen
Roths
Tie -Richt
Mingelsheim
Ofstat
Hd Opie
Tohmpany
Filt' To
Vetiphistel
Verienthal
Ham
Bruch
Forets
Bructhall
Bretten
Huntpoult
Carabineers
Ney
Ewata
Warbstatt
Epinges
Sintzheim
Army of Italy Report on November Battles Near Mondovi
The text describes Napoleon era actions where General Ste Cyr’s forces confront superior Austro-Italian troops near Mondovi. After stout fighting on November 8 and 13, the enemy suffers losses, Prussian or allied battalions reinforce, and the commander withdraws to rejoin St. Cyr’s corps following the Novi engagement and capture of prisoners and cannon.
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Bramaire
Ste Cyr
Immmnensia
Mat Dalhan
Demont
Igiblo
Tenda
Stiry
Wath
Witry
Wefg
Mondovi
St. Cyr
Novi
Commission of Elders Sittings Congratulate Ghent Council
The Municipal Administrators of Douay St Pardoux and the Central Administration of L Escaut, meeting in Ghent, congratulate the Commission on the happy events of Brumaire 18 and 19. They also transmit an order copy and a proclamation issued about that memorable transaction.
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Douay
St. Pardoux
L’escaut
Ghent
Brumaire
Commission of Five Resolves on Malta Capitulation Law
A November 25 sitting of the commission discussed a formal proposal to enforce capitulation terms relating to Malta and the Knights of that Order, despite a law declaring them emigrants. The session also approved several finance resolutions including an agency for the management of dire contributions and adjustments to clerks and treasurers roles.
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Malta
War Minister's Call to Conscripts in Historic Proclamation
A fragment from a Ministry of War appeal urges conscripts to assemble under the republic, praising courage of early volunteers and urging enlistment to defend liberty and secure victories. The message emphasizes peace through victory and condemns those who refuse to comply.
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Republic
Asex
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