Observations on Monsoons for Buonaparte’s India voyage
A period overview of South West and North East Monsoons with sailing windows for Bombay and Indian Ocean ports. Details timings for voyages to Madras Bengal Muscat Bufforah Suez Mocha Mauritius and Batavia, plus optimal periods from Bombay to the Gulf of Bengal and the Red Sea and cautions on after August 76th and Acheen head navigation.
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Buonaparte
India
Bombay
Monsoor
Malabar
Surat
Dunderhead
Ceylon
Equator
Muscat
Bufforah
Arabian
Red Sea
Cape
Mauritius
Madras
Bengal
Coromandel
Straits of
Malacca
China
Cape of Good Hope
Suez
Monsfoon
Batavia
Hartward
Torthe
Buffarah
Mocha
Socatra
Eas Monsoca
Oromandel
Golconda
Orisfa
Pegue
Straits of Malacca
Straits of Sunda
Ben
Effai Historique sir A Destruction de la Ligue et de la Liberté
Mallet du Pan, famed defender of order, has issued an English publication titled an Historical Essay on the Destruction of the Helvetic Liberty and League. The critique contrasts Swiss manners with French aggressions, denounces division tactics, and laments tyranny, praising liberty while cautioning against revolutionary excess.
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Mallet DU Pan
du Pan
la Ligue
Liberté
Liberty and League
England
Europe
France
Tacitus
Tiberius
Nera
Switzerland
French Directory
Nile
Rhine
Republican Congress
Council of Princes
Cluthes
Vhcé
Revolutionary Association
Paris
French Republic
Proclamation on Universal Militia for Sicily and Defense
A royal edict declares all males in our dominions aged seventeen to forty six are soldiers by birth and may be drawn into Army corps for defense of religion crown and country. The measure aims to reinforce Sicily amid tensions with Italy and Barbary, reflecting the Vienna France dispute. The sovereigns pledge to sacrifice for the monarchy and notes potential peace if Austria remains at peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbary
Malta
Sicily
Naples
Vienna
Austria
Court Martial at Colchester Clears Captain Craven
General Court Martial presided by Major General Ederton at Colchester on August 26 and following days acquits Captain Craven of all charges of scandalous behavior and misappropriation. The King approves the court's opinion and acquits Craven, Barrack-Master of Colchester, in a hearing involving public accounts and billing discrepancies.
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Ederton
Colchester
Benyamtin Can
Royal Independent Invalids
Craven
Wa. Howe
List of Commissioners for Selling Land Tax Appointments
A long roster lists commissioners for selling land tax appointed by the king with numerous names and offices across counties and cities. Notable entries include Richard Proffer D D Michael Scarth Esq Geo Barrington Clerk Thomas Wilkinson Esq and others from Coventry Durham Leicester Derby Sussex Huntingdon Hertford and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Proffer
Michael Scarth
Geo. Barrington
Thomas Wikinson
Thomas Bowes
Robert Abney
William Herrick
Edward Farnham
John Suffield Brown
Robert Burnaby
John Mansfield
Joseph Smith
Thomas Wilsen
Henry Peach
Charles Upton
William Cox
Durham
William Riffell
Henry Hopper
Hartlepool
Stockton
Leicester
John Dawes Ross
Poyntz Owsley Adams
Thomas Pares
B. Burnaby
John Foster
Clement Winstanley
Derby
Robert Longden
Anthony Lax Maynad
Joseph Denman
Jon Hart Price Clarke
Humorous and Curious Military Scams and a Conjuror Tale
A London report recounts Napoleon’s proclamations to Egyptians and a curious episode of a pocket-book with banknotes recovered after an anonymous note. It also details two Guardsmen who exploited credulity with conjuring tricks, including a Spirit illusion that collapsed when a Corporal exposed a naked accomplice, leading to investigation and eventual leniency.
Mount Royal retaken after capture by French privateer
The Mount Royal of Southampton, captained by Tolon, was captured by a 26 gun French privateer on the 22d, but retaken the same day by HMS Nymphe under Captain Frater. The ship had sailed with a convoy under Pomone’s protection but separated in a gale near five days out of Falmouth. The Nymphe then pursued northward after the exchange of prisoners, while the convoy proceeded south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feymoth
Catwater
Mount Royal
Southampton
Etek Tolon
Frony
Operto
Nypie
Frater
Réysops
Heri Abott
Falmouth
Dent
Dévin
Cawfand
Capture and recapture of ship Two Friends by a French privateer
Captain M Dougal reports from voyage starting Philadelphia aboard Two Friends bound for London on August 25. After being taken by the French privateer Good Fortune off Bordeaux, Captain Dougal and five men retook the vessel in a brief action of about five minutes, wounding one foe and gaining control by the Downs on September 12.
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M‘ Dougal
Tiwo
Hopkins
Grap
Philadelphia
London
Bourdeaux
Noel
Spain
Downs
Public re-examination over thefts at Croydon and London
Wim Roberts and Samuel White were re examined on suspicion of footpad robberies near Croydon Surrey. Abday of Pysus and Co Bankers testified to a watch pledge by Roberts who claimed it for another. Mrs Streeter of Croydon recounted a robbery near the same spot and both suspects were recommitted for further examination. Sparkes keeper of stores was charged at Worship Street with felonious theft from the East India Company warehouses and committed to Newgate for trial.
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Bow-Street
Wim. Roberts
Samuel White
Abday
Mesirs. Pysus and Co
Bond-street
Croydon
Surry
Roberts
Adams
Bromley
Kent
Hobday
A Roberts
Streeter
Thomas
Sparkes
Thiimar- Joyce
Newgate
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Penang
Couu George Courthope
Robert Hurst
John Peachey
Thomas Partington
George Bethune
Edward Carleton
James Devie
Robert Burton
Henry Pointer Stanley
John Bringhurst
George Prescott
William Browne
William Withere
John Keet
J. Pomt. Vandermeulen
City OF London
Jean Read
William Stock
David Jennings
Gene Baker
Thornburgn Brown
W. Alenry Strachey
Henry Norton Wilts
Coventry
Sussex
Nicholas Turner
Johan Gratwick Challen
William Sandham
Arthur Iredell
Sackville Bale
Untingdon
John Richards
William Bowker
Henry Sweeting
Lancelot Browne
Hertford
John Rooper
Adolphus Medkerke
Thomas Dorrien
Michael Hankin
Erty
ST. Martingle
D. Owen Perrott Edwards
Gabriel Leekey
Thomas Simmonds
John. Rice ‘Williams
John Rowlatt
Hale
ST. James's
George Stone
Oven
William Stanbridge
James Wyatt
John Williamson
Directory
St. Dunstan’s Church
Fleet-street
Hyde Park
Paterday
Forp
A. Gardner
East-Indies
Marspen
Cooxz
JenoMe Fitzpatrick
Deal
Calypso
Sheerness
Augusta
Harmony
Earle
Charlestown
Aurora
Bevin
Lisbon
Wild W
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