Diplomatic moves and naval actions in 18th century postings
A digest notes French ambassador in Madrid and English envoy Fitzherbert dispatches. Reports promise disarmament fleets, Spanish warships captured near Cadiz, and pirate clashes off Marseille. Impending battles loom with mentions of Potemkin, Moldavia, Wallachia, Oczakow, Akierman, and Bucharest peace talks. Brest sees rearmament orders reversed amid sailor protest backed by Rioms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
China
Madrid
Fitzherbert
Englih
St. Idefonso
England
Cadiz
Guayra
Havannah
Peterbourgh
Count de Stackelbourg
Warsaw
M.g. Bulgakow
Vienna
Wallachia
Bucharest
Breslaw
Rufia
Prince Potemkin
Russia
Sweden
Moldavia
Oczakow
Akierman
Marseilles
Bcand
Carthagena
Gibraltar
Algiers
Isith
Brest
M. Albert de Rioms
Royal interment precedes prayers at Windsor Lodge
London dispatch reports the royal family will have prayers in the Queen's Chamber Windsor Lodge tomorrow morning and refrain from appearing at the Chapel until after the interment of the late Duke of Cumberland set for Tuesday at ten o'clock at night. A Board of Admiralty met Thursday afternoon and continued past nine. Two fireships and two frigates were assigned to Latdatlawe and Hood, both in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen’s
Windsor Lodge
Duke of
Latdatlawe
Hood 6
Observation on Pontiff and distant fleets report
Observations note the Pope’s loss of Avignon and gain of 40 000 acres from the Pontine marshes, Jamaica advices report two Spanish ships and three frigates with 2000 troops, and various maritime incidents including ships ashore and crews saved. Also listed are notices of deaths marriages and public notices with names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pra
Pontine
Avignon
France
Jamaica
Havannah
St. Croix
John Coakley
Lettrom
London
Cape
Bell
New Cornwall
Grenada
Montgomery
New - York
Gravesend
Olivia
Bush
Pitcher’s Point
Dalton
Blackwall
Diana
Virginia
Liverpool
Whitehaven
Peerless
Thompson
Lancaster
West Indies
Murphy
Newfoundland
Cape Breton
Latin Islands
Leith
Columbus
Andrew Mason
Savannah la Mar
Fletcher
Cape Florida
Cape Antono
Amity
Spence
Cowan
Woodford
Essex
Whitechapel
Tottenham Court Turnpike
Bath
W. Hewlett
Martha Webod
Richard Roe
Springhill
Queen’s County
Miss Hood
Portarlington
Ireland
Richard Schutz
George Schutz
Shotover
Oxfordshire
Init
Knaresborough
Patrick Robinson
Edinburgh
Dublin
Anthony Attkinson
Congart
King’s County
Moira
Henry Langford Burleigh
Templepatrick
Regiment of Foot
Finglas
Francis Conway
Cork
Albert Curry
Hammond’s
Camden's Character of the Irish in Colonial Post Copy
The General Evexine Post presents a draft recounting Camden's noted 18th century assessment of the Irish. It stresses Camden's intent to fairly critique rather than distort, portraying the nation as strong, agile, stout, and proud with quick wit and martial bearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Walting Stuart
Three Kingdoms
Poway
Fragmented portrait of Irish character and faults across ages
The passage laments enduring Irish traits marked by care, courtesy, and fierce loyalty while condemning greed and malice. It cites historical opinions from Bedz and Camden and notes a fault in timing of BasTER, reflecting nationalist bias and dated judgment on Ireland.
Bayley and Lowe announce continued perfumery supply
Bayley and Lowe of Cockspur Street inform nobility and gentry that Homer s Essence of Peary and Peary Centireice will continue to be prepared as in Homer’s lifetime by the same perfumer. Sold wholesale and retail at their shop. also at Newbery’s Medicine Warehouse in St Paul’s Churchyard, Price and Son in Leadenhall Street, and Mr Seaman in New Bond Street. Bottles bear a Bayley and Lowe label. 2s 6d each. Stamps included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayley and Lowe
Cockpur Street
Homer
Cockspur-street
Price and Son
Leadenhall Street
Seaman
New Bond-street
London
Mathews
Brook-street
Holborn
Duke-street
Manchester-square
Poe
Eife
Fortney
Simular Case of Recovery from Dry Prosy by Drops
Edward Hughes an apprentice in Rochester was afflicted for ten years with a dryprosy of the elephantiasis kind covering his body. On Mr Spilsbury’s Drops he improved rapidly and nearly recovered his white colour. Rochester Sept 15 1790. Spilsbury’s Antiscorbutic Drops sold in Britain and Ireland with directions and earlier cures noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hughes
Soho Square
Rochester
Spilsbury
Authentic certificate endorses Hayman’s Drops for scurvy cure
A Lincoln bookseller forwards a signed testimonial from Geo Beamon of Duxholm on cured scurvy after eighteen months of failure with other remedies. The letter praises Hayman’s Marevant’s Drops, noting rapid healing within sixteen weeks and urging publication to help others. It mentions the product sold at Royal Exchange and warns counterfeits are deterred by including Hayman’s name and Golden Square address on the bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayman
Golden Square
London
Rob. Drummond
Lincoln
Sale of Billesley Manor and associated lands in Warwickshire
Auction notices describe the sale of Billesley Manor and parish lands in Warwickshire four miles from Stratford upon Avon. Estates total 187 acres with inclosed farm at Great Alse and a five acre meadow at UWhienhall, plus the perpetual advowson of the rectory. Viewings to Mr Richard Lacy at Billesley Manor. printed particulars at multiple inns and offices including Stratford and Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oser
Stratford-upens Avon
Warwick
Billesley
Styate
Stratford-upon- Avon
Ajechter
Henley-in-Arden
Ibe Lilesley
Daestevens
Great Alse
Aleftdt
John Scudamere
Uwhienhall
Richard Lacy
White Lion
Stratford
Angel
Alcester
Warwick-Arms
Marlborough-Arms
Woodstool
Hop-Pole
Worcester
Kenwrick
Artherstone
SOLD ESTATE AT ALTING NEAR MALDEN WITH MANOR AND FARMS
Historic sale notice describes the compact freehold estate at Alting comprising the manor house and farm, extensive arable land and wood ground, fisheries, and ancillary outbuildings. Includes the rectory impropriate and advowson of the vicarage, with leasehold and tenancy terms, neighborly setting, and distances to London and market towns. Viewings via Metis Chibbe Wade and local printers in Chelmsford, Maldon, Witham, Bocking, and Ipswich areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alting
A&c
Altingfiall
Thomas Aldhams
Ote
Cormand Hay
UL. Ting
Chibbe
Wade
Dunmow
Essex
Jeffelyny
Belstead
Ipswich
Suffolk
Clachar
Chelmseford
King's Head Inn
Malden
George Inng Witham
Colchesters
White-Bart
Bocking
Thomas Aldham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Holland
Flanders
Irelang
Bedz
Duxholm
GEO
Beamon
Edward Cox
County Hospital
Northampton
New General Hospital
Preston, and Son
Strand
Exeter -Change
Msalmodia Christiana
William Dixon
Price
Dr. Watts
Durig
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