Privateers Capture Near Corunna and Bristol Brig News
News from St James's reports Sir Baward Pellewy capturing one privateer Ariel of Boston near Corunna after information of two privateers infesting the coast. The Bristol brig reached Ferrol. Captain Mowat describes prize-taking near Halifax including the ship Elizabeth of 36 guns. Bankruptcy and dividends listed for various merchants and tradesmen across London and engrained ports.
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Yiofeice
Baward Pellewy
Evian Nepean
Ape Penas
Veen
Naples
Lisbon
Cork
Corunna
Bristol
Ariel
Boston
Bourdaux
Ferrol
King hunts with flag hounds as election gloom settles
On Saturday the King hunted with his flag hounds and plans to turn out the same deer tomorrow. Sir John Hopkins alderman of Castle Baynard Ward died Friday night after a long illness. A ward election to replace him will be held tomorrow with candidates Broxam and Hearne. Mrs Yordan’s child contracted smallpox causing her absence from Love for Love at Drury Lane and Ophelia with Keusie’s Hamlet may not be seen. Public disappointment grows over Hamlet at Drury Lane and Hamner at Drury Lane delayed by illness of a Royal Infant in Roculation.
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ST. James's
John ‘March
Weeley Hall
Weeley
Essex
Samuel Weeley
Admiralty Office
Mowat
Ma Jesy
Halifax
Nepean
Admiralty
Cape Henry
Eaft
Bermuda
Chace
Thetis
Thisbe
Resolution
A&tion
Phace
Maxtone
L’elizabeth
John.Hopkins
Castle Baynard
A. Wardmore
Broxam
Hearne
Drury Lane Theatre
Spain
Europe
Mgst
Great Brahatn
Great Britain
Prince of Peace
M. de Bunzons
Sasia Cruxs
Londons
Vienna
London
Poland
M. P. Galvez
Rudia
M. Pe Zinowirz
Madrid
Ocober
M. P. Amat
Petersburgh
M. de Orts
Thave
Prince Pe
TurbulentDismissal of Ratib Effendi in Ottoman Court
Constantinople reports the fall of Ratib-Effendi and the Muruf brothers amid a palace cabal. Sultan consorts Razib near the throne and Mulrea’s fate unsettled as Bukarest braces for a new administration under Prince Alexandr V Filandi who is praised for justice reforms.
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Ratib-Effendi
Reis-Effendi
Razib
Ratib
Muruf
Wal
Bukareft
Mulruf
Alexander V
Wallachia
Alexander
Porte
Council of State
Reis-Efendi
Sweden
Muraf
State Papers on European Neutrality and War Alliances
The dispatches discuss Empress Catherine II's stance toward Spain and Britain, the 1796 alliance among Vienna and London, Spain's reluctant peace in the face of Polish turmoil, and ongoing Italian theater actions led by Field Marshal Wurmser with supporting reports from Neumarkt and Tyrolean fronts.
Austrians suffer setbacks in Germany and Italy
Dispatches from Hamburg describe Austrian reverses as Archduke Charles redirects forces to the Upper Rhine and Italy while General Moreau shuns Bavaria. French captures at Kehl and Mayence worry garrison troops, with Belgian unrest and Ottoman intrigues also noted alongside a Malta trade vessel explosion and Candia unrest rumors.
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Italy
Stn
Roth
Germany
Archduke Cuarues
Altenkirchen
Sieg
Rhine
Franckfort
Upper Rhine
Mor Bau
Verneck
Bonn
Belgium
Mayence
New
Ehrenbreitstein
Neuwied
Hundtruck
Franconia
Moreau
Bavaria
Donawerth
Augsbourg
Ulm
Nazendorff
Latour
Lake of Constance
Buonaparte
Ferrardi
Kehl
Strasburgh
Count d’Arce
France
Peale Arth Praace Signed by Count OsterMan
Fragmentary OCR reads as a signed note or notice by Count OsterMan referencing Peale Arth and a Praxis or Praace context, with unclear surrounding details but indicating a formal signature and attribution. The readable elements emphasize authority or endorsement.
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OsterMan
Austro French clash at Kehl with reinforcements reach Swabia
In Carlsruhe on Sept 20 the Austrians seized Kehl fort and entrenchments at four am, taking 800 prisoners and many wounded. French reinforcements of 3000 arrived by noon and retook the fort, aided by left bank artillery. Austrian losses were heavy. many prisoners and wounded were moved to Strasbourg. National Guards moved to Landau as French forces prepare further action.
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Carlsruhe
Kehl
Archduke Ferdinand
Scherp
Rhine
Swabia
Bischoffheim
Petrarch
Strasburgh
Landau
Marefoot
Strasburg
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Crown and Anchor
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