Petition to cleanse and improve Neath Bar and Harbour
Glamorgan shire notices a petition to Parliament to cleanse deepen and improve the Bar Harbour and River of Neath in Swansea Port. It seeks to regulate pilorage porterage anchorage moorage and navigation of ships and vessels and to erect piers quays wharfs embankments for navigation and to enlarge maintain secure and heighten Neath Bar Harbour and Row over Neath Lantwit Britton Ferry Cad rez en juxta Neath in Glamorgan dated September 1799. GWYN solicitor to the intended action.
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Glamorganshire
Neath
Swansea
County of
Glamorgan
Bary
Lantwit Juxta Neath
Britton-ferry
Cadzxten
Faid
Gwyn
Dublin Proclamations Revive Martial Law in Ireland
The Dublin area reports martial law reimposed in Waterford and Tipperary with orders to post inhabitants lists, curfews from 8 pm to sunrise, and penalties for noncompliance. Magistrates discuss insurrection threats, offering rewards for information on armed meetings and funding to support this effort.
Eleventh Day at Old Bailey Rape Trial Ends in Acquittal
On Monday Serv. 24 James Taylor was tried for rape but acquitted amid contradictions in the accuser’s testimony and her admission she did not resist. Thomas Robertson and Frederick Smith faced burglary charges for breaking into Wellsford dwelling and stealing calico from a wholesale warehouse in Lad-lane, with evidence centered on an informer Mellith and a hook-ended stick used in the crime.
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Mellish
Hays
Smith
Wellsford
James Taylor
Thomas Roberton
Frederick Smith
John and
Cobley Wellsford
Lad-lane
Honey-lane Market
Hayes
Gorden Lane
Shadwell
Mellith
Robertson
Ship News From Plymouth and Nearby Ports
Arrivals include Lady Harriet from Lisbon under Capt. Dri Lon after eight days at sea and the Prince Adolphus reporting a Lisbon passage of four days. The Lady Harriet sighted warships en route to Lisbon and escaped two large ships off the Rock of Lisbon. Diamonga frigate appeared off harbour. crosschore frigate under Captain Gace sailed for Plymouth to refit, with Col. Weston aboard. Four line of battle ships passed eastward. brig Operte and Admiral Nelson Brae from the Mediterranean arrived after convoy separation. the ship Fyan foundered with 460 tons of Bristol stone aboard, all crew saved. Union transport from Gibraltar arrived with Lady Harriet passengers listed. Plymouth reports Lottery cruising vessel capturing the smuggling boat Asistance from Guernsey after a chase into Polparta. Atlas of 98 guns approaching from Torbay. Torbay fleet under Lord Bridport, 35 sail of the line, left Brest area. Hull notes the Vessel frigate carrying Lord Fitzcear to the Nore, and Humber guards with Iris convoy. Yarmouth reports Alkmaar in possession with cannons and prisoners. Diana packet delayed for continental mail. Little Nore refit and new arrivals Belliquux and Iris to Baltic duties.
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Lady Harriet
Dri- Lon
Lisbon
Prince Adolphus
Harriet
Phace
Gavin
Gace
Plymouth
Col. Weston
Gibraltar
Operte
SuHeppard
Nelson
Brae
Mediterranean
Fyan
AtxingSx
Palermo
London
Union Transport
Harriet Are
Bown
Entertainment on the Royal Yacht The St Fiorenzo
Yesterday Sir Harry Neace hosted an elegant aboard event on his ship with dances led by Princess Augusta and other royals. After dinner more dancing continued until six, the Royal Family returned ashore, while the wind kept guests aboard overnight before a theatre visit at seven the next morning.
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Haary Neace
Capsig Optts
Axon
Princess Augusta
H. B. Neate
Elizasétra
Lord Duarces Somerset
Mary
Damers
Sophia
Murray
Scotch Greys
St. Fiorenzo
Stuxr
London News in Brief: Speech Omission and Naval Visits
Reported details from London dated September 24 note the King's Speech not read at the opening of Parliament last night and Hart St Vincent visiting Lord Spencer since Gibraltar. Lord Spencer’s health remains delicate, with a levee planned. Admiral Harvey met Lords of the Admiralty after returning from the West Indies alongside notifications of Hamburgh toppages and a major mercantile house payment failure. A French cartel detained at Dover has been released and sent back to France. The Restory of King’s Stanley in Gloucestershire is vacant after Rev. Holmes Scorr’s death, with Jesus College Cambridge receiving the benefice.
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Henry Jackson
America
Waterford
Tipperary
Saxe
Distrié&t
Cronmel
Fearhard
Privy Council
Tuscany
Lord Crancettor
England
Dublin
Treasury
Carrick
Cockpit
Hart St. Vincent
Lord Spencer
Gibraltar
Bath
Colonl Barre
Harvey
Admiralty
West Indies
Hamburgh
Wichs
Dover
France
King’s Stanly
Gloucestershire
Holmas Scorr
Mastr
Jesus College
Cambridge
Expedition in Holland Texel to the Downs report
This morning ships from the Texel including Coromandel Inflexible and Dia Dem arrived in the Downs from Holland. Dispatches reached Margate as 20,000 Russians reportedly joined the bombardment at Alémaar while provisioning and bread shortages affected the troops. Transports carried the 1ith Light Dragoons and 300 artillery horses for the Russian Army with further embarkation expected in about two weeks.
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Downs
Coromandel
Holland
Texel
Ower
Braakel
Hebe
Experiment
Expedition
Romney
Lawron
Sheerne
Cornwalllis
Owergel
Carspo
Dopains
Margate
Alémaar
Smith
Texels
Ramsgate
StaprHoupsse
The Affairs of Holland and Dutch Political Factions
The article discusses Dutch public opinion on the French occupation of the United Provinces, refutes prophesied insurrections, and analyzes three main political groups in Holland before and after 1795. It notes the rise of Jacobins, the silence of the Orange party, and the Moderates seeking reform, predicting cautious revival and possible concessions to stabilize the Constitution and executive power.
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Holland
United Provinces
Oie
France
Europe
Hontano
Republic
Paris
Amsterdam
Military movements and roadside shooting near Hogiftye End
The Second Regiment of West Yore Mitt Tra under Lord Downe sails for Irntetanp, while the First Regiment remains. Mr. Janes Baytty of Wroxhall Farm Bedfordshire was seized at Hogiftye End as he rode to Fenny Stratford a man leapt from a hedge fired at him wounding his neck. Baytty pursued but the assailant escaped through a hedge under cover of darkness. Baytty bled but is recovering.
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Lord Downe
Janes Baytty
Wroxhall Farm
County of
Bedford
Fenny Stratford
Hogiftye End
Wheat and grain prices rise amid scarce English crops in London
Cogn Excxancx London reports a very scanty English wheat supply with intense country demand pushing prices from 4s to 5s per quarter, likely to hold unless weather improves. Barley, malt, oats, and fine beans show scarcity and higher costs, hog pease selling, oats demand rising for West Inglies, with detailed price ranges for various grains and a total return figure for Sept. 6 to Sept. 15 at 186,959 quarters and flour prices at 55s to 63 3/4d per sack.
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London
Gaasa
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Falmouth
Aux. Fraser
Asistance
Cawfand
Guernsey
Chace
Witfand Bay
Polparta
S.S.W
Atlas
Jones
Torbay
Lord Brippoart
Warren
Ships of the Line
Brest
Hull
Wa1Te
Humber
Elfinear
Lord Fitzceratp
Nore
Yarmouth
Alkmaar
Cuxhaven
S.E
Diana
Ossonne
Little Nore
Channel Service
Belliquux
Bultreel
Somerville
Iris
Brisac
Wiymouth
É Texel
Yermouth
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