Seizure of contraband goods from Charming Nancy voyage
The Charming Nancy of Montrose with tobacco spirits tea and other contraband foods is seized and brought to Leith by the Queen Charlotte under Captain Ayr of the Excise yachts. Reports from Glocester April 3 record marriages in Twinings Newnham and Pontypool. News notes list arrivals at Plymouth and Falmouth and diverse court and local incidents including fires drownings deaths and trials.
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Nancy
Montrose
Napier
Campvere
Leith
Ayr
Royal progress and court announcements from St James
Yesterday his Majesty traveled from Richmond to St James's Court for a levee then returned to Richmond in the afternoon. Tuesday Lord Bentinck arrived at his Grace the Duke of Portland’s Privy Gardens house from abroad. The Right Honorable George Grenville, Esq., Chancellor of the Exchequer, was noted yesterday.
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Downing-street
Wooton
Bucks
House of Peers
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Lord Byron
Amsterdam
Texel
Zachary Bayley
Hodge
London
Cork
Jamaica
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Warsaw
St. Sanislaus
St. Casimir
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Old Swan
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Ralph Baines
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Cornwal
John Dickenson
Dispatch
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John Towers
Rowland
Richmond
Robert Rowland
Ireland
Richard ‘Gorges
18Th Regiment of Dragoons
Earl of Drogheda
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Sunbury
Middlesex
Elizabeth Meniconi
Philip. Meniconi
Hackney
William Martin
Essex
Alexander Sheafe
St. Dunstan’s
Richard Swift
Chester
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Newate
Richard Lovell
John Cook
John Girling
Charles Sebrey
William Compton
Richard Taylor
John Perry
Mrs. Medlay
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Thomas Shackleton
John Durham
Hannah Jenkins
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Juno
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Prince of Spain
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Gil-lanvare
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Corke
Molesworth
Camberwell
Abraham Jennings
Robert Walpole
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Hicks’s Hall
St. James's
Lord Bentinck
Duke of Portland
Privy Gardens
George Grenville
Changgllos
Glowing Portraits of Elizabeth and Pitt in Epistolary Fragments
A collection of notices and excerpts from Mallet’s Life of Lord Bacon and contemporary letters reflect on Queen Elizabeth’s prudent reign, Pitt’s political leadership, and the public mood amid debt and national danger. The pieces weave classical praise with editorial commentary, praising economy, courage, and national resilience.
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London Evening Post
Meres
Mallet
Lord Bacon
London Evening
C. Belts
Timewell
Queen Elizabeh
A Quere to the Two Charles
A fragmented historical query asks where the head of opposition stands and where the minority ends. The misspelled text points to a debate about leadership and alignment with the two Charles as referenced figures.
Trials and Royal Attendance Mark Byron Case
London reports note ongoing business before the House rises and six principal witnesses finished their August Court examination in Lord Byron's trial. Royal family members observed the proceedings, with Byron appearing calm as he left custody and walked to Mortimer Street. Edinburgh also notes plans to lampoon Scottish headship in a future Heads lecture amid debate on military punishments and reform efforts.
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Lord Byron
Dukes of York and Gloucester
Westminter-nnil
St. James’s Park
Mortimer-street
Cavendish-square
Edinburgh
George Alexander Stevens
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