East India House Tender Notice 1797
The Committee of Suspine of the United Company of Merchants of EncLave trading to the East-Indies invites sealed proposals on Wednesday the 23d instant for supplying great goods at lowest prices. Tenderers must express lowest prices. conditions may be seen by applying to Mr. Cockan Clerk to the Committee. Tenders left before six o'clock will be considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Company of Merchants
Coccan
Eusith
Glanmire
Henry
Vernon Mount
Sir Henry
H. B. Hayes
Cork
South
South Cork Militia, In Consequence of Having Struck Lord Doneraile
Youghall
Bankrupts and Dividends in London Gazette Notice
The London Gazette lists multiple bankrupts including W and T Fane upholsterers Whitechapel and J Higgs maltster Hay Brecon with Guildhall surrender dates and solicitors. It records enlarged bankruptcies for G Frost wheelwright and Tr Wardell mariner, supersession for W and T Fane, and dividends with dates at Guildhall for Park Davies Tacner Emery Wright Wylder Hall Bracebridge Boyd Abbott Colebourn and others plus certificates due by Aug 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. and
T. Fane
Whitechapel
Guildhall
Manley
New Road
St. George's
J. Higgs
Hay
Brecon
Malister
Ange
G. Eves
Pump-court
Temple
E. Broadbrook
Broad-street
Golden-square
Guldhall
Orrel
Winslow-street
Oxford Street
J. Dunn
Witbech
Cambridge
the George
Spillby
Walker
T. Brooks
Great Yarmouth
Star Tavern
Watson
Yarmouth
R. Watts
Fareham
White Hart
Mr. Mountford
Goughquare
G. Frost
Stepney
Wheelwright
Tr. Wardell
Chatham
Mariner
J. Park
Austin Friars
R. Davies
Drury-lane
Tacner
Penryn
Emery
Arunde
Shopkee
W. Wright
The
New
Middlesex
Soachmaskst
Guildball
Wylder
N. Hall
Sun-street
G. Bracebridge
Leicester
Three Cranes
T. Boyd. Anwyl
Shrewsbury
Scrivener
Castle
T. Abbott
Bath
Border
W. Colebourn
Wavertree
Fearon
St. Mary Axe
Bugh Moises
Egham
Hilton Jetlop
Colon St. Aldwin’s
Moneyscrivener
Lord Grenville Gower to Lisbon amid peace talks
Lord Grenville Gower arrives Dover from Calais with dispatches from Lord Malmesbury. Cabinet ministers summoned as a council meets to decide on the suspension of negotiations, a potential crisis in the pursuit of peace or war, with Gower expected to Lisle soon. The report notes secrecy and hope and fear for Britain’s path to settlement. The Prince of Wales packet brings no letters, and Orleans princes tour the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Grenville Levison Gower
Major
Dover
Calaisg
Holwood
Lord Gower
Mr. Canning
Spring Gardens
Lord Grenwille
Lisle
God of
Prince of Wales
Sutton
Paris
Duke of Orleans
United States
Reinforcements for West Indies in a bid for peace terms
Reports say strong troops will be sent to the West Indies to press for concessions and peace terms. The French Directory may collude with factions to curb moderates and Jacobins, with exchange rates and prisoner news also noted along with bread price hikes and a dramatic Cork case involving Sir Henry B Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indies
Enmy
Grenelle
Royal visit to Weymouth aboard Diana frigate
The King Queen and Princesses attended events in Weymouth as the Diana frigate Capt. Faulkner arrived from Portsmouth. Royal standards hoisted on the St Fiorenzo, with bands playing God Save the Queen and salutes fired. A large crowd watched from pleasure boats and barges, with the frigates seen offshore and a return expected late in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stacie
Diana
Faulkner
Portsmouth
Batning
Royal
Cathcart
Earl of
Fiorenzo
Portland
Caftle
Ship News: Several vessels reported lost or captured at sea
The Hannah from Sweden to London is lost in the Cattigat. The Friendship from Liverpool to the Baltic is taken in the North Seas and brought to Bastrice. The Hougi from Whitehaven to Petersburgh is taken in the North Sea and carried to Bergen. The Howe and the Tiber are reported taken by a privateer and carried to Christiantand. The Concord and the Pegey are taken in the North Seas and carried to Drontham. The Tarleton from Baltimore retaken by the Dryad and arrived at Cork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah
Hougi
Nixon
Whitehaven
Petersburgh
North Sea
Bergen
Howe
Cook
Stettin
London
Tiber
Davies
Rostock
Hull
Christiantand
Concord
Graham
Workington
Pegey
Liverpool
North Seas
Drontham
Tarleton
Conner
Baltimore
Cork
Mutineers' fate and naval movements near Portsmouth
Portsmou th Aug 7 This morning Niger 38 guns sailed to Spithead. this evening Diamond 36 guns set for Matca u. Four Montague mutineers to be executed. seven reportedly reprieved. Guernsey reports islanders ready for a possible French invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niger
Spithead
Diamond
Matcau
Admiralty
Guernsey
Viper Arrives with Dispatches for Admiralty at Plymouth
Aug 6 Plymouth reports arrival of his Majesty's cutter Viper, 14 guns, Lieut Pengelley, from Gibraltar with dispatches sent to the Admiralty. Chapman, 24 guns, Captain Keen, sails with convoy for Bristol Channel. Brig Childers, 14 guns, Captain James O'Brien, sails for Falmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viper
Pengelley
Gibraltar
Admiralty
Chapman
Keen
Bristol Channel
Falmouth
Childers
James O’brien
Unprecedented hailstorm devastates Lewes area
Reports from Lewes on a Sunday hailstorm describe stones up to nine inches in circumference weighing as much as three ounces. The storm damaged windows at Petworth Earl of Egremont’s mansion and Goodwood Duke of Richmond. Crops in several districts suffered heavy loss, estimated at seven to eight thousand pounds, with widespread glazing and property damage noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.W
N.E
Earl of Egremont
Petworth
Goodwood
Richmond
Election petition in the Portland tierney case at Lincoln's Inn Hall
The Lord Chancellor gave judgment on a demurrer in Wallace and Troward v the Duke of Portland and George Tierney. The petition challenged the return of Sir George Jackson as MP for Corchester. Demurrer allowed, clarifying authorisation to retain the complainants as solicitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Jackson
Corchester
Two Local Assaults at the City Court and Mansion House
Elizabeth Hilliard and James Hatfield were brought before city officials for violent assaults. Hilliard was committed to the New Compter after alleged stabbing of her husband Richard Hilliard. Hatfield was committed for want of sureties. Storm damage and other incidents follow, including floods in Glasgow rivers and a lightning strike at Upper Carfe New Abbey. A Skelton child died after an accident with hat whey, and an Islington woman survived a near drowning after leaping into the New River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Daniel ‘Walton
Ireland
House of Correction
Preston
Glasgow
Elizabeth Hilliard
Mansion House
John Coffee
Stephen Hall
Richard Hilliard
Compter
James Hatfield
Alderman Boydell
Guildhall
Ann Hatfield
Clyde
Kelvin
John Stitt
Upper Carfe
New Abbey
Skelton
Islington
Pentonville
New River
Humane Society
The Renegadoes or Algerine’s Sairs at Jownes Royal Circus
Acting manager Mr Cross debuts The Renegadoes or Algerine’s Sairs at St George’s Fields. A serio comic piece praised for strong acting by Parker and others, fine Greenwood scenery, delightful Saunderson music, and moving humane touches. superb War Dance and deck scenes praised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cross
Jownes
Royal Circus
St. George’s Fields
Algerine’corsairs
Bologna
Parker
Saunderson
Marriages and Obits from a 19th Century Gazette
Marriages announced include Dr James Hamilton jun joining Miss Harriman in Edinburgh, Captain Durban of the Twenty-ninth Light Dragoons to Miss Wilcocks in Norwich, and William Henry Hicks to Miss Farrer at Weymouth. Obituaries note Miss Edwards of Northowram Hall, James M Indoe from Demerary, Humphrey Parry Bigy Lieut in the Guards, Mrs Sarah Kelfail aged eighty seven, and Mr Maitland of the East India House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hamilton
Edinburgh
Harriman
Whitehaven
St. James's Church
Durban
Twenty -Ninth Light Dragoons
Wilcocks
Norwich
Weymouth
William Henry Hicks
Farrer
John Farrer
Washington
Warwickshire
Northowram Hall
Haliifax
Edwards
Joseph Edwards
Triumph Estate
Demerary
Walworth
Maitland
Easte India House
High Water at London Bridge Reported Times
Water level at London Bridge observed on Friday morning with tides recorded as four minutes past four o clock. Afternoon reading notes twenty four minutes past Saturday morning and an additional ninety minutes after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Bridge
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London. Gazette
England
John Burlase Warren
Lord Berwick
Vernoa
Holland
Italy
Amstedam
Royal Society of Sweden
Sweden
Mills Pike
Aug
Ship News
Lewes
CITY
Police
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