European Court Reports Unsteady Alliances and Dispatch Delays
Private letters from Stockholm and Vienna outline assurances of continued friendship between the Empress and King of Sweden, orders for Finnish troops to stay quiet, and preparations to avoid breaching peace. Reports from Dantzick Genoa and Amsterdam describe health concerns, troop movements, Genoese protests over Piedmontese contributions, and pending treaties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finland
Sweden
Dantzick
Stockholm
Chamberly
Savoy
Genoa
Parma
Placentia
France
Spain
England
Piedmont
Sardinia
San Remo
Savona
Corsica
Duke de Richelieu
Nonza
Schaffhausen
Italy
Republick of
Riviera
Nice
Low Countries
Republick
Aix- la-Chapelle
Vienna
Count de Richecourt
Turin
Constantinople
Ottoman Empire
Hanover
Aix-la-Chapelle
Earl of Sandwich
Thomas Robinson
Count de St. Severin
Paris
Cape Breton
Don. Duilip
Tirfanta
Pele
Ms Rapieds
Luxambourg
Bourbon
M. du
Journeymen fined and freed after wage dispute trial
In Edinburgh, a Baillie Court case against Taylors of the City and Canongate Journeymen found twenty-one guilty of striking or refusing work over wage augmentation. They were imprisoned for 48 hours and ordered to pay 6 pounds 6 shillings in damages, with a promise not to repeat the conduct or face three months confinement and city banishment. The sentence was later suspended and the men released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Edinburgh
Baillie Court
Taylors
Canongate
House of Correction
Anstruther
Fifeshire
Rotterdam
Cardinal York
Loretto
Marriage of Sir Samuel Prime and Mrs Sheppard
Ipswich reports the marriage of Sir Samuel Prime to Mrs Sheppard of Campsey-Ath in this county. Significant garden and turnip crop damage is described from widespread worm invasion affecting cabbage and turnips across many parishes. Obituaries note the death of John Bartlet, former mayor, at his Stokes-Croft home, following illness, and the deaths of Abel Dagge, keeper of Newgate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ipswich
Samuel Prime
Sheppard
John Sheppard
Campsey-Ath Inthis County
Egies
Paris
Stokes-Croft
John Bartlet
Abel Dagge
Newgate
Shipping News: Arrivals and Departures Across Ports
A list of ships and captains with origins and destinations includes the Scorpion Sloop of War in Downs, the Schefter from India arriving at the River, and multiple vessels from Jer zey Jamaica Riga Antigua Virginia Maryland and more at Newfoundland Plymouth Lan caster Clyde Whitehaven Cape Breton ditto and Glasgow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulck
Giles
Philadelphia
Scorpion
Schefter
Todd
India
St. John
Lebrock
Endeavour
Ballan
Benjamin
Buttler
Paschal
Cromer
Jerzey
Newfoundland
Minerva
Taylor
Neptune
Cole
Sally
French
Cagliari
Ditto
Dolphin
Farewell
Pike
Waldron
Belliza
Bennet
Pool
Diana Todd
Bermudas
Plymouth
Eee
Sherton
Jamaica
Lancaster
Cornwall
Brown
Riga
Happy Grove
Chapman
Antigua
Cape Breton
Kingston
Chelfholm
St. Kitts
Clyde
Montgomery
Dunlap
Virginia
Britannia
Shaw
Elizabeth
Pearson
Bazil
Simpson
Bella
Croftkrwaite
Maryland
Whitehaven
John
Hyands
Ak iPeddie
May
Scott
Maritime Terms From the Lisbon Pool Report
Fragmentary OCR notes describe various places and transfers including Finmouth Whitbury Terra Nova Blackston and Petersburgh from Tinmouth to Newfound. details appear partial and uncertain. The item reads like a navigational or shipping ledger with multiple place names and routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustusgt Xrom
Lisbon
London News: Settled Disputes and Sailor Tales Across Europe
Private letters from Amsterdam report the Burghers and magistrates in harmony under Prince Stadtholder. Dutch Greenland whaling finds 248 whales this year, Hamburg and Bremen crews faring worse. Fifteen East India ships reach ports as Parliament resumes on October 13. Royal travels and appointments fill the week, with hops harvests near record yields. Privateer actions near New York retake a prize, while shipwrecks and a cricket match add to the day’s chatter. A London fire and a chariot accident bruise officials, and a batch of counterfeit coiners is seized with lengthy inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aix
Pontoise
Amsterdam
Cape of Good Hope
Batavia
Stadtholder
Princess of
Baron Saffo
Prince Stadtholder
Greenland
Spain
Prince
Princess’ of Wales
Cliefden
Vauxhall Gardens
Duke of Cumberland
St. James's
Flanders
Ranelagh House
Excise
Stevens
London
Bewley
Laytonstone
Essex
Church of England
New-England
Wynham
New-York
Barnes
Leogan
South Carolina
Simon
Anne
Cochran
Rhodes Island
Barbadoes
Orford
Wilson
Cape Fear
Carolina
Artillery Ground
Faulkner
Long Robin
Val Romney
Robin
Pulteney
Barnett
Queen-street
Tower Hill
Shug-Lane
Porter
Edward Hull
Hatfield-street
New Prison
John Poulson
Elm
Bow-street
Covent-garden
David ‘Wright
Mary
Ann Fortster
Drurylane
David Wright
Newgate
Ann Forster
Yothillfelds
Bridewell
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