Causes of Ruffians defeat blamed for Stockholm galley clash
Stockholm July 20 The reasons for the great joy in the capital over the recent victory cite the Prince of Nassau misjudging wind, a pierced vessel causing him to flee to Svealand and then the Ruffian Continent, and the ensuing disorder. Officials feared Nassau would bring his fleet to Stockholm threatening the Bank treasures and city.
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Naffau
Sveakland
Prince of
Nassau
Stockholm
Harvest Prosperity and a Missing Boy Case in Two Towns
In Salisbury the wheat harvest nears completion with abundant yields and good quality while barley harvest begins. In Hereford, a two month missing boy case ends with the arrest of a man posing as a blind charity seeker who had abducted the child. the man is committed for further examination.
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Salisbury
Hereford
Bye-street
Hay
Marquis del Campo in Audience. Paris Crisis Details
London reports the Spanish ambassador Marquis del Campo met the King at Windsor Lodge and returned to town. The Hanoverian Minister had a private audience. Letters from Earl Howe reached the Admiralty as the Duke of Orlea ns situation is debated. Enemies allege poisoners were incited by outsiders to provoke unrest. the King narrowly avoided flight to Brest. possible regency for the Duke if flight had occurred. De la Fayette and Baillie feature in circulating political allegations about agency and influence in Paris.
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Marquis del Campo
Manchester Square
Windsor Lodge
Admiralty Board
Earl Howe
Channel Fleet
Duke of Orleans
Aledge
Poisronardes
Versailles
Masicre
Brest
Paris
Duc d’Orleans
Chatelet
M. Baillie
Pco
Duke's visit amid plots and royal signals in Paris talk
News items recount the Duke’s cautious visit to Paris amid warnings of plots, Ireland and Glasgow appointments, Lord Howe’s fleet signals, and Russian jewel acquisitions. Reports cover ship movements, smuggling seizures, a Bath Society horticultural oddity, Dublin wine imports, theatre altercation, a jealous murder case in Caenin, longevity in Newton, marriages and deaths, and note the upcoming sporting and shooting literature releases.
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Champ de Mars
London
Paris
Privy Council of Ireland
Henry Howison
Joan Campbell
Provos
Glasgow
Scotland
Robert Campbell
Grand Fleet
Lord Howe
Russia
Shah Rokh Shah
Perth
Plymouth
Scilly
England
Bath Society of Agriculture
Alfoxton
Somerset
Dublin
Bourdeaux
Lymington
Southampton
Eagle Revenue Cutter
Whitby
Haymarket
Taylor
Oculift
Caenin
Normandy
St. Giles’s
Flease
Sir Joseph
Newton
Lancashire
Oxford
Loder Prickett
Martha Langford
Thomas Langford
Morgan Davis
Worcester College
Mary Munday
Thomas Munday
Nath
Southampton Street
Bloomsbury
Lady Armytage
Kirklees
Yorkshire
George Armytage
Lord Suffeld
Jacob Hemet
Dentill
Mmajesty
Whit- Jock
Whitlock
Newport
Ranelagh
James Tandy
Tany
Hibbs Shrubs Advertise for Rum and Brandy Punch
Hibbs announces orange shrubs for making hot or cordial punch. He praises the shrub’s richness purity and flavour drawing acidity from Seville oranges. Shrubs marketed to nobility gentry and the public with orders of two gallons minimum and payment remittance requests.
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Hibbs
London
Remarks on the Religious Sentiments of Learned Laymen
This Day were published price 2s 6d inscribed to Lord Kenyon. Em arks on the religious sentiments of Sir Isaac Newton Robert Boyle and others with reflections on incredulity. Sold by booksellers in London Cambridge Oxford and towns.
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Lord Kenyon
Isaac Newton
Robert Bole
Lack
Matthew Hale
Addison
Nelson
L.treltohy West
Jesus
Robinton
Pater-noter-ros
London
Merris and Lunn
Cambridge
Fletcher and Prince
Oxford
N.B
T. J. St
St. John’s
Blair
Meffes
Richardson
Deighton
Fauldexy Lonedon
Binns
Leeds
Ottawa
Thomas Beddoes
University of Oxford
Clarendon Press
D. Prince
F. Coke
J. Fletcher
J. Murray
Fleetfireer
Meeting of Tanners Agitates Export Duty on Oak Bark
A Devon Dorset and Cornwall gathering at Exeter on August 24 1790 chaired by Joseph Weeks urges Parliament to impose a duty on oak bark exports to protect revenue and tanning. A committee including Richard Cunnack Thomas Bolitho Joseph Eales Thomas Fitze Thomas Bennett Browne Joseph Weeks Joseph Dymond George Birne and John Dennis is formed to coordinate with London and other counties and a Bristol meeting is planned for September 2 to advance the plan.
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Devon
Dorset
Cornwall
Exeter
Joseph Weeks
London
Bush Tavern
Bristol
Richard Cunnack
Penzance
Thomas Bolitho
Ditta
Joseph Eales
Liskeard
Thomas Fitze
Ditto
Thomas Bennett
Shaftesbury
Browne
Wareham
Plympton
Joseph 5
Dymond
Exter
George Birne
Tiverton
John Dennis
Barnastable
N.B
n.Beli
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White
Becket
Jotestom
Blaisle
Walter
Richardfan
Debrett
Sewell
Taylan
Univers
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J. Johnson
St. Paul's
J Murray
Fleet Street
Spallanzani
Essor
University of Paving
Itony
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Rome
Bartologzi
L. Davis
J. Rivington and Sons
G. G.and
J. Robinson
T. Cadell
Leigh and Sotheby
S. Hayes
T. Wilkie
J. Pete
Eton
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Londons
Greece
Britain
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Ll.d
Edward Harwood
Great Britain
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Philips
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Rivington
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