Duel Ends With Wounding Near Fort George
In Inverness on May 4, after county business, Col M Dowal Grint and Lieut M Leod clashed over a pistol duel. A first round wounded Lieut M Leod in the right breast. he was carried to Fort George. He survived the shot but remained in danger. Also on Thursday in Perth circuit, Jaf Menzies, Maculloch, and Lenox were found guilty of sedition after a lengthy trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inverness
M‘dowal Grint
M‘leod
M.L
Fort George
Fort St.George
Jaf
Menzies
Maculloch
Lenox
Perth
Island of Marcou Fight Described In Lethal Naval Action
A ship arrives at Spithead with dispatches from Marcou after a French attack on the island. The engagement cost many French lives aboard gun-boats and the island’s defenses, with one English sailor killed and several wounded. Reports detail fort batteries, losses, and the movement of fleets toward La Hogue and St Helena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearsmours
Spithead
Orestes
Island of
Marcou
Havre
Adamant
Fsbind
la Hogue
Seoman
Plymouth
Cowland Bay
Havock
Bartholomew
Portsmouth
Duke of Buccleugh
St. Helena
Chichester
Score of Good Hope
Adm
Pringle
Dublin harbour cession and war port plan amid Irish explosion damage
A Dublin harbour cession to Government creates a possible military port site with planned redoubts. Elsewhere British ships including Alfred man of war corvette and Franklin privateer are captured in the West Indies and near 48.58N 19.60W. An explosion at Battle powder manufactory destroys seven state buildings, injuring workers and collapsing nearby homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
West Indies
Friends
Dickson
Liverpool
Baltic
Norway
Franklin
Clark
Wilmington
Dublin
Corporation For
Pigeonhouse
Battle
Law on Literary Property and Common Law Remedies
A court rules on whether damages lie for infringing a literary right under the Statute of Anne and if entering works at Stationers Hall is required. Arguments consider common law action, the right to print for twenty one years, and whether withholding the author’s name affects ownership. The judgment finds the plaintiff entitled to remedies, discharging the rule. Proceedings also discuss the ship Rainbow insurance case and a potential second argument due to substantial sums at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stationers’ Hall
Reaper
Hill
Sta~tione’s Hall
Reaver
Marriott
Lord Kenyon
House of Lords
Couries
Sweepstakes of roogs and horse racing actions
Sporting Intelligence reports a May day of races with Paynator, Bennington, Fugitive, and Ambrosio in multiple heats at Clermont and related stakes. Notes betting odds, weights, and results for each race, plus a public incident about a barge collision near London Bridge and local crimes and accidents including a fatality near brick kilns and a fraud trial outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ench
H. Ft. D.C
Cookson
Gookson
Ambrosio
Clermont
Sir C. Turner
Howard
Bennington
Mr. Watson
Minos
Howorth
Trumpator
Calash
Watson
Mr. Cookson
Ager
Roogs
Grafton
Sackville
C. Turner
B. H
Jupiter
Cookéon
Grain and hay prices at Corn Exchange May 11
Wheat and oats prices quoted with declines and increases from the prior day. Flour price ranges given, alongside seeds, hops, soap, and miscellaneous commodities. Yorkshire markets list per hundred weight and per load, with averages for hay and straw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent
Glos & S
Suisex
Glos
Kiley
Farnham Gles
Cordial Balm of Gilead promotes health for youth vice
A warning on the dangers of a vice praised by the young, asserting it harms constitutions and accelerates disease. The Cordial Balm of Gilead is advertised as a remedy capable of restoring vitality, with an extensive list of shopkeepers and locations across Britain.
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Solomon
Gilead
Aberdeen
Gordon and Innes
Mitchell Alnwick
Graham
Smith Ashby de la Zouch
Atherstone
Leigh Aylesbury
J. Wheele Ashford
Bayley Ashburne
Browne Ashby
Beardsmore Ashton
Sidebottom Aylesham
Ellis Jarnaley
Miss Benrath
Cruttwell
Meg Beccles
Miss Horthems
Births Marriages and Deaths in London and Nearby
Birth notices from Princes Street Hanover Square Clifton and Russell Place report Lady Petre Mrs Blake and Lady Wyndham Knatchbull with infant details. Marriages record Rev T A Atwood to Miss Burrenshaw and James Ahmuty to Miss Hollings. Deaths note Mrs Wilkins at Berryfield House and George Wilson at Upper Tooting along with Mrs Berry at Holborn and Mrs Mary Graham in Epsom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princes-street
Hanover
Petre
Clifton
John Hyde
Lexham Hall
Russell-Pice
Wyndham Knatchbull
Devonshire Lace
William Blake
St. Margaret’s
Westminster
T. A. Atwood
Queen Square
Burrenshaw
Lindfield
Sussex
St. George's Church
Hanover Square
James Ahmuty
Miss Hollings
Chaldon
Surry
Jam ¢ Beresford
Samuel Parsons
Sydenham
Beresford
Berryfield House
Bourton On Water
Gloucestershire
Wilkins
Upper Tooting
George Wilson
Holborn
Elizabeth Barery
Barry
Brentswood
Epsom
Mary Graham
John Graham
Council of Calcutta
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Scotland
LAW Intelligence
King's Bench
Matats Becxrorn, Esq
V. Hoon
Sporting Intelligence
Newmarket
London Bridge
Morpeth
Topwinger
Rearesdale
Lock’s Fields
William Malony
Thomas Leather
Sorme
E. Perrew
France
Syowgy Smit
England
Dunpas
Sypxry
Corn Exchange
Horie Pollard
Midiling
London
St. James's Market
Claremarket
Rufiado
Ruffiado
Prige
HAY and Straw
St. James’s
Hay
Whitechapel
Pony
Middleditch
Blandford
Simmonds
Bunslem
Tregortha Banff
Cave Bridlington
Hale Bosworth
Sienstone Bry
Lancashire
Harley Bradford
Nicholson Bilson
Proud Barnsmple
Syle Biddeford
Griffiths Bodmin
Liddle
Bungay
Dyban
Miller
Caistor
Booth
Clachar
Archer
Chester
Fletcher
Mont
Poole and Son
Chesterfield
Calow Chippenham
Coombe Cork
Davis
Edwards
Colchester
Keymer
Cirencester
Smith Coventry
Rollason
Mrs. Luckman Cassiton
Spurway Chard
Gandry
Tucker Congleton
Dean Chithero
Sumner Darlington
Appleton Darnton
Heavysides
Daventry
Cullenworth
Bank Seck India
Navy
India
Luwpon
Mary
Hambureh
Genoa
Altona
Venice
Leghorn
Naples
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