London News Roundup From February Signals Military and Political Turmoil
Reports detail Prussia and France tensions and a camp march readiness. General officers and engineers are discussed in Luxembourg plans. Ireland and Britain debate the Repeal of the Test Act and Dissenters influence, with Burke Sheridan Fox formations. A Dublin duel ends fatally while theater and lunacy acts unfold in Covent Garden and Bath.
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Burke and Sheridan clash over France revolution in Parliament
The heated exchange centers on Burke and Sheridan's view of the French Revolution and its impact on Britain's constitution. Burke defends stability and monarchy, condemns French tyranny, while Sheridan argues for public debate and potential reordering to save the country. Debate spills from private dinners to the House of Commons.
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Public Office Low Street Thursday Court Proceedings
Edward Derick son of John Derick born in Caldecue Crteshire faced examination before Sir Sampson Wright and Nicholas Bond after being accused of demanding crown and scepter. He refused to answer questions. A separate case charged Mary Burcher with stealing silver spoons candles and napkins. found with pawnbroker duplicates and remanded to Pothill Fields Bridewell for further examination.
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Sampson Wright
Nicholas Bond
John Desie
Caldecue
Crteshire
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Fursner
Mary Burcher
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Wych-street
Pothill Fields Bridewell
Erroneous OCR Lady Birth Notices at Local House
Fragmentary notice reports births to the Ladies of Reginald Pole Carew and William Milford Esq at their respective houses in Charles Street and Clittford Street with unclear dates and spellings.
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Charies Strest
Berkey
William Milford
Clittird Street
Notable Obituaries and Marriages Across England
A dense column lists marriages and deaths in 18th century England. Notables include Sir Samuel Elpinimune, Queen's ship captain, and Mount Jure patriarch Jacob aged 128. Other entries mark Rev. Thomas A Woolls of Fareham, engraver Francis Aliamet, and various local figures with dates and places in Bath Fareham Spitalfields Canterbury and London.
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Southampton
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Francis Aliamet
Aliamet
Paris
Julia Dodds
Fleet
Davis
Thomas Davis
Ius House
Timothy Inston
Guildhalk
Meeting on slave trade abolition at London Tavern
A sparsely attended meeting of merchants mortgagees annuitants and creditors at the London Tavern Bishopsgate street considered measures to support the petition to Parliament against abolition of the African Slave Trade. A committee was formed to report future actions and a fund to cover meeting expenses was proposed.
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Lucky Lottery Office Prospectus and Prize Claims 1790
An antique prospectus from the Lucky Lottery Office in Holborn describes shares sold by Branscomb and Goodman with prize details and share fractions. It lists capital prizes, share prices, and notes schemes, with notices of registration and Royal Arms, dated February 1790.
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