Figy Guineas Race Card and Odds for Monday
The page lists horses for the Figy Guineas and related sweepstakes on Monday involving many four to six year olds. Notable entries include Rowland, Crab, Viret, Peter Pindar, Queen Charlotte, Guilsford, Paynator, Cymbeling, Buckingham, Hyperion, and Rose. Odds are given as five to two against Dolphin's Rowland and five to one against Grafton’s Crab, with multiple bets across the event and Across the Flat course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dsc
Dophin
Rowland
Gratto
H. m. Drab
Titchivid
Br. c. Viret
Broadhurst
B.c
Peter ‘Pindar
Leckley
B. m. Queen Charlotte
Durand
B. c
Shelly
Buckingham
Perren
Tobacco
J. Honywood
Sir J. Shelly
Sree Fiacene
Privateer Action Near Dungeness in 1796 Capture
A London letter dated October 2 1796 reports Captain Roe of His Majesty's sloop Racoon capturing the French privateer Active off Dungeness at eleven P.M. the previous night. The privateer, from Boulogne, carried six carriage guns and three pounders with 23 men, had boarded another vessel when encountered. The message, signed Joss Peyton, notes subsequent records of various surrender notices and local dividend payments as part of the era's naval and mercantile notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towns
Roe
Ratoon
Seaford Road
Dungeness
Boulogne
Joss Peyton
Brighton
Shoreham
B. Roberts
Admiralty
London
Anid
Madrid
Edward Roe
Wavy
Seaford
Active
George Meers
Belogne
Bologne
France
England
Spanish prize story and wartime notices mixed
A shorefront tale recounts a Brighton pleasure-boat pursuing a Spaniard and delivering part of the prize to Shoreham officers. Admi ralty prize and fate cited, plus Seaford capture of a French cutter Active and interrogations. Reports of coastal defense, troop movements, and naval matters include Cowes prizes, Isle of Wight garrisons, and commands for Needles gun-boats with officers and regiments named.
French government touts gains from Sambre and Meuse army
The Moniteur carries a statement claiming France’s main advantage from the invasion of Germany is three months’ subsistence for Jourdan’s army at foreign expense. It argues the left bank of the Rhine lacks supplies, and that Austrian forces retook magazines while France sent provisions from Neuwied and Duffeldorf. The piece notes limited funds paid to Fourdan and questions future subsistence on the Rhine’s left bank. It also reports theatre, papers, ship movements, a horse race with a wooden leg, highway postings, a bullock escape in Smithfield, and bees stolen near Lewes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sambre
Meuse
Moniteur
Germany
Fourdan
Rhine
Directory
Army of the Interior
Wurzburgh
Frankenfeld
Paris
France
Manomer
Covent-Garden Theatre
Ahomer
Pope
Zaphua
Harcrave
Alcaror
Murray
Miss Watuis
Vancouver
Lord Camertrorp
Ville de Paris
Downs
Chatham
Spithead
Iris
Squirrel
Nore
Elfinear
Dunedee
Petersburgh
Clapton
Zool
North Wales
Chester
Smithfield Market
St. John’s Street
Islington
Westmerton
Lewes
Dublin News Highlights Signal Citizen Militia Efforts
A Cork letter announces the arrival of the Harriory of Dublin from Martinique. Joux Claupius Daassfoxp leads a fencible cavalry raised by fortune. Telegraphs will speed communications. two mail wherries will serve Holyhead during winter. Post Office men volunteer for defence. uniforms issued. A Spanish brigantine reaches Kinsale. Easterly winds bring fish. western shores report great finity abundance. A mad dog attack at Drumcondra injures Mrs Mead and sister. militia pursue and shoot the animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cork
Harriory
Dublin
Martinique
Joux Claupius Daassfoxp
Lorp
Holyhead
Ling
Treland
England
Scotland
Gentlemen Offer to Raise Yeomen Cavalry and Rioting in Ireland
September reports list Nsvixt of Kildare and Cornwatl of Carlow calling for Yeomen Cavalry to preserve peace. A Newtownards letter from September 23 describes a mob clash over legacies, injuring three, with militia fired on. twenty one rioters taken, four charged as Defenders chiefs. An accident near Kilkath injures a soldier in Kilkenny during a march by Captain Doucas of the 6th regimental scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nsvixt
Newtownards
Monaghan
Tyrone
Kilkath
Doucas
Scotch Encibles
Kilkenny
Clonmel
Douglas
West Indies
Croydon Fair Opens With Diverse Entertainments
On Monday Croydon Fair began with many amusements and lively crowds. Pedestrians, riders, and gallopers on donkey mounts featured in a country revel feel from Hockley in the Hole to Barnet race-ground. Young Jobson and Fantaccini performed energetic feats while many ventriloquists drew attention and St. Giles's boys laughed loudly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croydon Fair
Hockley
Barnet
Jobson
St. Giles’s
Political agitation and Cork election notes historic shift
The piece discusses long standing factional politics between prominent nobles and the public mood for peace and stability. It notes loyalty shaping the nation, mentions figures like Contantin and Hare as favored by nobles, and hints at Cork city candidates backed by these elites amid militia interest and election dynamics.
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Shavnon
Loney
Célerick Bote Fiepp
Hare
Cork
Cour
Ivifanten
Thius
Thie
Destructive weather and local misdeeds in Edinburgh area
A late 18th or early 19th century Edinburgh report details a committee's age tax plan for grain purchasing and its anticipated economic effects. It also covers Bardic birthday celebrations at Ednam, a shipwreck near Dunbar with loss of all aboard, and a Stirling robbery where a servant was attacked and horses escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cottnty
Edinburgh
Prt Innsimergbje
Ednam
Cramond
Lavien
Dunbar
Stirling
Question of Peace at a Coffee House
An Irish gentleman debates whether the French will make peace. He insists they must, arguing they cannot merit further peace unless they conduct it. He jokes that they have already faced enough to win the right to break any accord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleady
Birth Notice For Lady James Sanderfort A Daughter
On Friday last the Lady of Sir James Sanderfort Bart and M P welcomed a daughter to their family in a formal register noting the birth and noble lineage.
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Sir James Sanderfort, Bart
M. P
Marriages Reported in Various Parishes and Cities
A list of marriages from Barrow to Dublin notes Thomas Turner to Mary Alsop at Barrow. Stanton to Miss Moor at Litchfield. Rev Thomas Greenwood to Miss Lycets at Barwich. John James to Miss Elizabeth Mansfield at Brzewood. Copperthwaitz to Mrs Hoare. Rev Henry Cary to Mrs Ormfly in Dublin. Sir Thomas Gage to Miss Charlotte Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrow
Thomas Turner
Caughley-Place
Salop
Mary A‘sop
Henry Alsop
Doctors Commons
London
St. Mary’s Church
Litchfield
Stanton
Goodall
Druryland Theatre
Stretton
Copperthwaitz
Gray’s’ Tan
Hoare
Thomas Gage
Charlotte Campbell
Lord Cawdor
Obituary notices from a stormy week in Britain
A sequence of deaths across towns in Britain including Miss Pedley of Tetworth Huntingdonshire, Miss Anne Edwardes of Rhydygorfe Carmarthenshire, Mr Crane woollen manufacturer of Bromsgrove, Mr Pitt Bunnell director of the Hand in Hand Fire Office, Mrs Harper of the Poultry Holloway, Andrew Robertson flysman of Blackwells Dingwall, Earl John Earl of Glencairn at Coates near Edinburgh, Mr William Caddick ironmonger Piccadilly, Mrs Pickett wife of Alderman Pickett at Ditchleys Essex, and Richard Coffin Esq of Pertlege Devon and Hexworthy Cornwall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suriday
Beaumont-street
Devonshire-plage
Pedley
Stanhope Pedley
Tetwerth
Bromsgrove
Pztt Bunnell
Bedford-street
Covent-Garden
Dahan
Tusday
Holloway
Harper
The
Poultry
Dingwall
Ross-shire
Andrew Robertson
Blackwells
Coates
Edinburgh
Jonn Earl of
Pickett
Alderman Pickett
Ether
Surry
Richard Coffin
Pertlege
Devon
Hexworthy
Cornwall
Grain market report from a mid 19th century English issue
Prices and supplies of English and foreign grains are listed with fluctuations. Wheat, barley, oats, malt, pease, beans show declines and demand shifts. new barley dearer, malt in demand, beans mixed. Quantities and rates given for various grains, noting overall heavy sale and price movements.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wewmarket
Brosdhurst
Young Eclipse
Curtis
Mater of Arts
Dawson
I. Sheily
Mercury
Bultock
Rockingham
Duke of Bedford
Fidget
Lovemore
Ld Sherborne
Alexander
Trumpator
George Daniel
Derby
Filk-Throwster
Bell
J. Penfold
R. Grifith
Watling-street
Warehousemeny
Guildhall
Aris
Norfolk-street
Mariner
Whincup
A. G. Griffin
A. Corson
J. Gordon
Old Brentford
Thomas Hill
R. Adams
Fadler
Speidell
Basinghall-street
Blackwell-hall
Cowes
Swan
Nancy
Havre de Grace
Portland
Weymouth
Dorsetshire
Lyme
Coromandel
Assurance
Isle of Wight
Reiments
Hompesch
Lowenstein
Montalembert
Cuxhaven
Nathaniel Stuart
Needles
Joan Gamace
Coldstream Guards
Philadelphia
Thetis Enpliff
Cochrane
Argus
New York
12Th Light Dragoons
Hountlow Barracks
Croydon
11Th Light Dragoons
Bagthot, Blackwater, &c
King’s Dragoon Guards
Guildford -Bayacks-by- the
Prince of Watts’s Dragoon Guards
Seed. Agi
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