Mourning Orders and Court Notices from 1790 Empire Post
Lord Chamberlain announces mourning change for October and November in the royal court to honor the late Duke of Cumberland. Listings include dress codes for ladies and gentlemen, dates for changing mourning, and plans to end mourning on November 7. Also reports deaths and a convention of armistice news from Vienna and Berlin, with updates from Frankfurt and The Hague. Bankrupts and final dividends listed for various trades and locales with dates and venues for proceedings in London, Gloucester, Sheffield, Worcester, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Cumberland
Vienna
Prince Nicholas Esterhazy
Berlin
Lufi
Prince of Cobourg
Prince Henry
Ferdinand
Prussia
Frankfort
Hague
Frederique Louise Guillelmine d’Orange
Prince
Brunswick
Comte de Mercy Argenteau
France
Netherlands
Matin Bailey
Middlesex
Guiéheh
Southgate Breet
Gloucester
Conway Whithorne
Dursley
Hill and
Mere- With
Gray’s-inn
London
James Laffeils
Wiliam Hinton
Little Queen-street
St. Giles
Midlesex
Copartners and Coachmakers
Strop
Attery
Eagle and Serpent
Cleobury Mortimer
Thomas Fawcett
Maiden Lane
Covent-garden
Taylor
Guildhall
John Armitage
Silver-street
Golden-square
Middlewex
Upholder
Atten
Thomas Nixon
Lamb’s-conduit-street
Serrchant
Joseph Gattey
William Waller
Wandsworth
Surry
Éruggitte
Guidhelm
Nichalas Wertherby
Gateshead
Durkheim
White-hart
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Return voyage of envoy with dispatches from Constantinople
Yesterday the Mail from Flanders and Vienna arrived. M de Geertz, who passed through the capital three weeks ago from Constantinople to Berlin, is returning to Constantinople with important dispatches. He will travel via Wallachia and Rudschink to confer with Count de Lufi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flanders
Vienna
M.de Geertz
Constantinople
Berlin
Consantinople
Wallachia
Rudschink
Count de Lufi
Potemkin Pressures Wallachia Amid Balkan Negotiations
Letters from Moldavia report Potemkin declaring to the Prince de Cobourg that if Austrian troops withdraw from Wallachia in one sector to yield to the Ottomans, and before Russians sign peace with the Porte, the army under his command at Bender will cross into Wallachia from the opposite side. Florence. Sept. 28. Archduke Ferdinand and wife arrive Milan. Archduchess Elizabeth travels from Venice to Innsbruck via Verona. The duke Braschi Onetti’s niece, Rome’s liaison to the pope, dies in Rome on the 13th.
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Moldavia
Potemkin
Prince de Cobourg
Wallachia
Reichenbach
Bender
Florence
Archduke Ferdinand
Lombardy
Milan
Elizabeth
Venice
Countess of
Meran
Infpruck
Verona
Braschi Onetti
Rome
Portsmouth News: Flagships at Spithead and Fleet Repairs
Rear Admiral Corinth hoisted his flag on the Marlborough as 11th flagship at Spithead. A Treasury order permits duty free wine and spirits for Fleet officers. Hebe and Proserpine sail for Guernsey. Elephant requires dock repairs delaying Spithead voyage. Bellona to come out, Robuste heavily damaged and needing overhaul. Hind finishes repairs and heads to Spithead. Fortune paid off and crew dispersed among transports.
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Portsmouth
Corinth
Marlborough
Snithead
Treasury
Hebe
Proserpine
Guernsey
Elephant
Spithead
Bellona
Roburst
Shipping News: Vessels Sailed and Departures Noted
The ship news records sailings on the 16th of the month with the Clarendon Barnés for Jamaica and others bound for Gibraltar Mississippi and Dublin. Several ships remain in the Downs under command including Pomena Nemesis and Dictator. Wind northwesterly. Vessels Mobpet Purdy and Floray Rifingy reported passing as they sail from Malaga Carthagena and Zant.
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Deal
Clarendon
Barnés
Jamaica
Hop
Blaber
Gibraltar
Sly
M’fadeny
Mississippi
St. George
M’dorald
Dublin
Downs
Thins Pomena
Wind N. W. Gravelny
Mobpet
Malaga
Kite
Purdy
Carthagena
Floray Rifingy
Zant
King hunts hag in Windsor gratitude park and royal titles set
London reports a morning Hag-hunting diversion in Windsor Great Park with a nine o'clock start and a one and a half hour chase. It notes plans for dukedoms to be revived for Prince Edward and another son, and confirms two thousand Hanoverians sailing to Gibraltar with guards delayed by transport readiness. Letters from Quilend mention a six month truce between the Emperor and Belgic subjects, seen as a peace prelude. A French noble, once a baron and exiled during the Revolution, returns with his wife in distress and becomes a National Assembly member. Guildhall court held, naming eight leather searchers and sealers for Leadenhall, with bond and formalities to follow.
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Windsor Grat Park
Duke of Kent
Prince Edward
Duke of Cumberland
Duke of Lancaster
Gibraltar
Portsmouth
London
Quilend
France
National Assembly
Normandy
Guildhall
Ele
Macaulay and
Glyn
Leadenhall
Thomas Cowling
John Pym
Currier
John Kite
Thomas Denham
Stephen Pyle
James Lowther
Thomas Moulds
Daniel Baldwin
London Court Seeks Freeman Discharges and Trades Attire
The Court urged Lords of the Admiralty to discharge Bowcher a London Freeman and a Fellowship Porter impressed into service. It asked the Recorder to press Common Pleas judges to exempt Freemen from Impress, and to remove Roles at the Sessions-house. The Court vowed to increase attendance of Livery Companies for Lord Mayor's Day. Bread prices held. Further notices include ordnance orders to garrisons, calibration of French cannon, Calonne’s tour to Italy, and Freemasons School growth to 25 pupils. Local incidents report a Greyhound Inn guest who borrowed seven pounds, a forged-convict Burt transported to New South Wales and linked conpiracy rumors, a deliberate hay fire in Lewisham, and two muggings on Finchley-common. Marriages and obituaries follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty
Bowcher
London
Court of Common Pleas
Old Bailey
Washwich
Mont. Calonne
Italy
Freemasons School
Greyhound Inn
Richmond
Houce
Burt
New South Wales
Scarborough
Lincoln’s Inn
Tranport
Lewisham
Parley
Colney-hatch
Finchley-common
Eastly
Kent
Henry Boulton
Mary Francklin
Newman Street
Oxford Street
Lord Harewood
Yorkshire
Richard Kennet
Heath
Wakefield
Chevet Jones
Snaresbreck
Essex
Guards
House Cards of Prices at the Ware
A fragment notes prices or price cards becoming available at the Ware. The short item mentions shopping details and a location tied to a retail or market setting. No specific dates or organizations are provided.
Mortgage of Freehold and Copyhold Estates Declared
Notice concerns wane from 30001 estates in Essex Suffolk and Cambridge. Parties Bromley Bell solicitors Grayston London and Fiske Hally attorneys Sattron-Walden Essex advise on particulars of the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex
Suffolk
Cambridge
Bromley
Bell
Allornies
Gray’ston
London
Fiske and Hally Allornies
Sattron - Walden
Efsex
Turkish liquid cure for horses promoted in London ads
A travel-advertised Turkish cure for horses claims to heal flips sprains and shoulder injuries with a single bottle, stating it does not harm hair. Sold by Golding Humphreys and Williams by appointment at specified addresses in Cornhill Oxford Street and Pall Mall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golding
Cornhill
Humphreys
Oxfords
Joan Hill
Lasy Hill
Curzon Street
Berkeley Square
London
Diogenes
Fred
Lady Hill
Loandon
W. Bacon
Oxford-street
Botelles
Bacon
Blundstone's Hotel in Falmouth Opens in Elegant Style
Blundstone invites the Wobility and travellers to his newly furnished hotel in Falmouth now featuring a Pall-Room, seven dining rooms, a billiard room, twenty seven beds and wines of excellent quality. He thanks past patrons for their support during construction and seeks continued custom to build a firm reputation. The hotel sits centrally with harbour views and includes a spacious star-stable and a Exeter coach service thrice weekly.
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Blundstone
Falmouth
R. Blundstone
N. B
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