Tribunals reform in Wilna touted peaceful opening
News items report the reestablishment of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania tribunal at Wilna with Lopacinki elected President of Marshal and a peaceful opening. Other dispatches note French and Spanish actions abroad, fleet movements, and cabinet changes in Versailles, with various regiments marching toward Portugal and Estremadura while ships and troops gather at Cadiz, Ferrol, and Cartagena.
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Warsaw
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Wilna
Lopacinki
Apita
Madrid
Lisbon
America
Carthagena
Ciudad Rodrigo
Portugal
Duke of Chatres
France
Bayorme
Barcelona
Ferrol
Cadiz
Estremadura
St. Roch
Versailles
Bertin
Turgot
de Ciugny
Bourdeaux
Amelot
de Malefherbes
Hague
Hanover
Brunswick
Waldeck
Ritzebuttel
Elbe
Weler
Sevier
Duke of Wiretemberg
Paris
Bondon
Death of Thomas Jones After Stable Horse Attack
Brisiol May 22 reports Thomas Jones long associated with the Greyhound at Broadmead died Monday following injuries from a horse in his stable. He was struck as he approached to feed, suffering a fractured skull and loss of an eye, with others bruised. help arrived after he had fallen near the animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country News
Brisiol
Broadmead
Thomas Jones
Ship News: Arrivals and Departures at Plymouth and Ports
May 23 reports wind from the north driving transports Nancy and others to Smyrna Bristol and Barbadoes while ships John Huar Charming Molly union and several others arrive at Plymouth from Leghorn Dublin and London with several craft listed including Providence Friendship and Lucy from London and Dunkirk and Christiana.
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Dear
Wind
Nancy
Portsmouth
St. Peter
Beale
Smyrna
Pegey
Cornel
Barbadoes
Tyger
Thompson
Naples
Friendship
Harvey
Bristol
Wests
Judith Hilariz
Patterson
India
Boyce
Graveston
Constantia
Tahl
Norway
Plymouth
John
Huar
Leghorn
Waterford
Charming Molly
Scot
Union
Bell
Ree Dublin
Kite
Hipla
Koningforg
Sufey
Duncan
Address to His Majesty in Commons on American affairs
In the House of Commons Mr Hartley moved and Sir George Savile seconded an Address stating that the Commons, aligning with the King's Speech, support costly armaments at sea and land to subdue American resistance. They pledge reliance on the King's wisdom without detailing American transactions or official papers.
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House of Commons
Hartley
George Savile
Commons
Americans
America
Parliament Refuses to Prorogue and Calls for Summer Sessions
The Commons urge the Crown to continue sittings through the summer to receive timely information on American events and ensure vigilant oversight of ministers actions. Reports from Philadelphia note a 34 gun French frigate docking with Congress and a violent coastal incident. A Paris Hanover dispatch and York letters describe regional power shifts, while Hereford elects Harley by 149 votes and a fatal Cowgate accident in Edinburgh is reported.
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Commons
Ticonderoga
Boston
America
Earl of Bristol
St. James’s
Lord Weymouth
Horace St. Paul
Versailles
Philadelphia
Congress
Annapolis
Maryland
St. George’s
Baltimore
Rhode Island
Antigua
Cape Frangois
Unity
Cowie
Peter Parker
Marblehead
Francfort
Russia
Sweden
Berlin
Duchy of Courland
Swedish Pomerania
Courland
West Prussia
Hague
Vienna
East-India Company
Trieste
Orend
Bengal
Hereford
Harley
Fleet Prison
Edinburgh
Thomson
Mr. Kinnaird
Royal Infirmary
Yeserday
Old Bailey
Thomas Henman
Benjamin Harley
Joseph Pierson
Customs
Deptford
London Infirmary Deaths and Dissections Ordered
A report lists several grim notices including deaths from bruises at a London infirmary and orders that bodies be dissected. It mentions James Blackett condemned for stealing a silk gown belonging to Sarah Roinson, and authorities at Battle Bridge arresting coiner suspects. Additional items note court actions, a bishop’s prebend appointment, a marriage at the Bull Inn, and deaths of Thomas Ravenscroft and J Twindell.
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London
James Blackett
Sarah Roinson
Prefecturix
Thomas
Askew
Joseph
Biffell
Battlebridge
James Lecores
William Godfrey
Daniel Dance
Mr. Carr
Finchley
St. Andrew’s
St. Paul
Joseph Saunders
Bull Inn
Finsbury
Preston
Leftwich
Cheshire
Thomas Ravenscroft
Kennington-road
J. Twindell
South+ Sea Company
Meeting for first dividend of estate of Edward Prentis and Son
Trustees of the estate and effects of Edward Prentis and Son of Maidstone in Kent announce a meeting at the Star Inn Maidstone on Thursday June 6 to form the first dividend. Creditors with unsettled accounts are invited to attend by ten in the forenoon to settle debts with the trustees, or their attorney William Roffe.
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Edward Prentis and Son
Maidstone
Kent
Star Inn
William Roffe
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Vee Mae
Southampton
Geneva
Weatherby
Yorkshire
Deal
Ch. Parker
Matt
Vevers’s Academy
Rygate
Surry
Meff, Vallancé and Simmons
Cheapside
N. B
Town-Barningham
Norfolk
Meir
Windus
Blofeld
SHIRE
Wexcombe
Edward and
Ralph Tanner
Grafton
Burbridge
Hawkins
Great Bedwin
N.B. Wexcombe
Hungerford
Marlborough
Andover
Newbery
Salisbury
Devizes
Brouinton
Redison Square
Buthell
Wilton
Premisies
Fretwell and Co
Royal Exchange
Burnival’s Inn
Holborn
Government
Midisinmnet
Mary
Hicker
Ingill
Colchster
Ries
Eiles
N.B
Newhoute
Hieherin
Bell Inn
Leyborne
Richard Bower
Rhodes
William Newman
Thomas Orpin
Robert “ Foreman
Mr. Rawley
Rochester
Town-Mallings
Manton
Michaelmas
God‘rey
Town-Malling
Idoud
Holboens Court
Gray’s Inn
Cottenham
Crowlands
Lysles
Aline Lifles
Sames
County
Cambridge
Smithey Fen
Holme
Thomas Bachhug
Richard Bac
Chus
Richard Bacehus
Jane King
Couenham
Cotwenham
Pilhams
Gale
H.neftons
Crowchattdsfields Court Leer and Cours Baron
Jed Finch Ingle
Rowro
Wit Wilkin
Seham
Robert K Junior
Atieham
Richard Bacchus
Cot
Richard Edmunds
Exchequer Office of Pleas
Lincoln’s Inn
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