Lords Hear Appeal In Bowes Versus Strathmore Case
The Lords heard an appeal from Bowes against the Countess of Strathmore. The Lord Chancellor delivered the opinion after the decree was affixed. Royal Assent was given by commission to 34 public and 17 private bills. Lords Commissioners included the Lord Chancellor the Earl of Westmorland and Earl Spencer. Several bills on the table passed committees and were read a third time before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowes
Countess of
Earl of Westmorland
Earl Spencer
Parliament Proceedings on Indian Courts and Pension Bill
The House directed writs for Dover Penryn Arundel and Newark seats with Lords and ministers swapping offices. Bills to establish Courts of Judicature in Calcutta Madras and Bombay were amended by the Lords. A clause on Judges pensions was debated and set at seven years before the bill passed. Mr Dundas urged swift passage citing urgent court needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Cha, Small Pybus
Treasury
Penryn
Tho.Wallace
Chiltern Hundreds
Lords
Mr. Dundas
Courts of Judicature
India
Sir Robert Chambers
John Sinclair
Baker
Abbot
Peace negotiations with England and France sighted
The article notes Paris in tranquility after the July 14 feast and reports that negotiations for peace with England are far advanced. Restitution of Trincomalee is discussed, and Mantuny and other strategic points are analyzed. Buonaparte retreats on the Rhine as Austrian and French armies move, with cautious optimism for a favorable peace outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Carnot
Directory
Perlet
England
Trincomale
France
Lisle
M. Letourneur
Cuy
Lord Malmesbury
Bifférto
Austria
Rhine
Italy
Electorate of Hanover
Hamburgh
Prussia
Gous
Bavaria
House of Austria
Buonaparte
Portugal letter from Isle of Wight details press gangs in Lisbon
A letter received from a gentleman arriving at the Isle of Wight describes British efforts to enlarge the army. It notes press gangs seizing men including a widow’s servant, calls sanctuary laws for widows into question, and cites scenes in the Chaido with chained conscripts. It mentions regiments marching or awaiting routes and a Madrid dispute kept secret. It also reports Captain James Raven’s brig capturing a Spanish prize valued at 40,000 pounds and a bid by a Spanish agent for its purchase, with high offers rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidalgos
Firesis
Inisfeli
Ghiado
Madrid
de Raven
James
Mutineers Trial on Neptune at Grenabithe Proceedings
The court on the Neptune at Grenabithe convened but opened at one, sentencing twenty Sandwich prisoners. many condemned to death after evidence review while others faced lighter punishments or discharge. George Scott punished 300 lashes aboard ships. William Thomas Johnes reprimanded. Thomas Brown discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neptane
Grenabithe
Wadnesday
Sandwich
Gregory
Hockless
Brady
Garner
Davis
Holding
Carthy
Luras
Wolffe
Brookes
Porter
Sand James
Bulagipso
John Whitley
George Taylor
Fhorbat Brady
William Porter
Thomas Brown
Execution and Trials at Sea Officers and Sailors Committed
The report describes executions at sea aboard the Grampus and Mars, with several condemned men hanged on their ships. Two marines on the Royal William received sentences including long confinement and solitary imprisonment. A crewman’s letter pleading mercy was ignored as anonymous. Captain Clifton arrived with the 28th Light Dragoons and headed to join his regiment at the Cape.
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Mars
Royal William
Comtedipl
Marthalsea Prisod
Tren O
The
Smart
Crofdill
Paiie
Clifton
28Th Light
Dra Goons
Privateer Tales Reach Cove of Cork Coast
Yesterday the ship Santa Margaritta under Captain Parker arrived after a cruise with La Cour French privateer of 16 guns and 160 men, captured off Cape Clear. The Peggy of Greenock, bound for Glasgow from Norfolk, was captured off Tory Island by the Lazer Howie privateer and retaken by Magnanime in latitude 49 longitude 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Cape Clear
Peggy
Greenock
Norfolk
Glasgow
Tory Island
Lazer
Howie
Sailed to join the Channel Fleet in late July
A garbled 18th century naval notice lists Majesty's ships Gains, Chastoécine, Aden, Lord Keith, Queen Charlotte, Captain J Elphinstone, and Gibraltar Baynes with gun counts, ships La Pigue Milne, and Lip Bridport’s Elect. It notes arrivals and unmooring at Torbay and signals for sails as Sprightly and Speedwell Juigger appear.
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Channel Fleet
This Majesty's
iesAden
Keith
Queen Charlotte
J. Elphinstone
Gibraltar
Cumberland
Marlborough
Eluison
Waliatt Bugger
Coeee Baynes
Alfa
Lient
Murray
Guerpsey
Jerizy
Portsmouth Port Gulp 18 Early Morning Convoy Return
Fragmentary report recalls a convoy under Le Pompee returning to St Helier without damage. Vivid description hints at battle and dissolution of nature, with observers noting tense near-miss danger and the fleet’s narrow avoidance of conflict.
Fireball NBCs the City in a River Trade Log
The entry notes arrivals and sailings including Jadnes, William, Wennycott from Virginia and Monarch from Portsmouth along with Teazer, Binevelfel on a cruise. A large ball of fire fell in Freet street near Fleet-market about four o'clock on Monday morning, affecting a city workman nearby with a sulfurous odor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jadnes
William
Wennycott
Virginia
Portsmouth
Teazer
Binevelfel
S.W
Freet Street
Fleet-market
Sporting Intelligence July 18 1887 Her Majesty's Plate heats
Report of the racing card detailing the Her Majesty's Plate of 100 Guineas for four year old fillies. Two mile heats feature Lip by Higher and other runners including Standish and Parifot with betting notes and result scan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Her Majesty’s Plate
Churchills Bay
Higher
Sir Petre
Married to Beaufay of Great George Street
Notice lists marriages and deaths in terse fashion: Joseph Pycroft a banker of Burton upon Trent weds Mrs Beaufay of Great George Street. Also recorded is the death on Thursday the 13th of a Mrs Mary Mylne wife of Robert Mylne, Efge of Amwell Hertfordshire, with cause noted as a lung complaint. The Countess Dowager of Sandwich and the present Earl are referenced in a separate line regarding succession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oseph Pycroft
Burton, Upon Trent
Mary Mylne
Robert Mylne
Amwell
Hertfordshire
Barugs
Surry
Sandwich
John
Earl
Prices of Stocks on its Day of T wide flock
Prices of stocks and annuities listed with percent yields and reductions. Refers to Consols at 64 3/8 to 3 percent, Consols at 53 5/8 to 5 percent, and related reduced securities. Mention of annuities, short annuities, and Omnium.
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Lord S
HOUSE
Or. Commons
Aruidel
George Thomas, Bart
Newark
Thomas Manners ‘Sutton
Wales
Perivelege
Dundasaid
Rattire Ds
London
House of Peers
Coiswcil
Grenville
St. James’s
King’s
St. Jamis’s
Justice Addington
Wm. Addington
Easts India House
Earl of Mornington
Lord Hobart
Fort St.George
Lord Bridport
Torbay
Duncan
Texel
Tees
Finn
Piao
Portugal
Isle
Treal
Spithead
Cove OF
Cork
Speedwell Juigger
Gulp
Deal
Fuly
Sporting Intelligence
Chelmsford
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