Notice to pay sun fire insurance premiums by April 1797
Advocates remind insured to pay premiums at Cornhill near Royal Exchange or Craig’s Court Charing Cross, or to agents in the country, by April 1 1797 to preserve policy benefits. Also a decree notice requires heirs and personal representatives to prove kinship to the testator before May 9 or be excluded from the decree’s benefits.
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Cornhill
Royal Exchange
Craig's Court
Charing -Cross
Ursuant
Bellangery
Sarg
John Messenger
Winchester
Une
Lydia Meflengit
Corrected Sixth Edition in Wide Circulation
The critical opinions on the work are shown in extracts from reviews and publications. The Sixth Edition, now offered in London since 1791, is reprinted in Ireland America and on the Continent translated into several European languages. Parliament speeches and conduct of the Noble Earl are drawn from these AnteboTES. Readers seeking full information on national matters will find particulars faithfully related.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ireland
America
Anecdotes of the Life of the Earl of Chatham
Publication notes three volumes describe William Pitt the Earl of Chatham with his parliamentary speeches from 1736 to 1777 and a critical reception. Reviews from Monthly Review Critical Review and Gazetteer praise the work as a valuable, candid collection of anecdotes on public affairs and the Earl's era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Pitt
Earl OF Chatham
Monthly Review
Lord Chatham
Gazetteer
Anecdotes of the Life of the late Earl of Chatham
A scanned review praises the Anecdotes of the Life of the late Earl of Chatham for its rich private incidents and civil intrigues. It notes the author’s access to materials and an Appendix with state papers not easily obtained elsewhere. The piece emphasizes the work’s authority, breadth, and value to readers and posterity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl of Chatham
Times
Naval defence of Ireland debated in Irish House of Commons
Lord Kingsborough moves an address seeking a special naval force for Ireland. Mr Pelham says Britain defends all, with naval aims to meet fleets wherever they are. The motion is deemed nugatory by the Chancellor. A separate report follows of a violent attack on Dr Hamilton’s household near Lough Swilly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Kingsborough
Mr. Pelham
Ireland
Pelham
Great Britain
Bay of Biscay
Bay of Gibraltar
John Ponsonby
Fragmentary debate over Dr Browne motion in House adjourned
Fragmented text describes a parliamentary scene where a motion by Dr Browne re family provision is discussed. Mentions Gene Wade and his family, constitutional law, an attempted robbery at a Lord Lieutenant’s house, and intentions to reconfirm support. The passage ends with the House adjourning after agreeing Browne would bring on his motion tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bararis
Miott Barbiray
Gene Wade
Brown
Pelham
Liestenate
Nee
Fe Pest
Fense
Browne
Privateer LAttrif Sunk and Princess Elizabeth Taken
A Royal Navy report from March 6 1797 notes Athant bearing K by W forty six leagues captured the French privateer LAttrif, an 18 gun, 120 man ship from Nantes. She had earlier seized the Jamaica bound Princess Elizabeth packet. this was her sole English prize during the cruise as Nantes privateers overlooked Adctif.
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Rober Stopford
Phaeton
Eva Nepean
Falmouth
Athant
L’a&Tif
Nantes
Jamaica
Bankruptcy notices and surrender dates across London area
A series of bankruptcy notices lists various individuals and firms with surrender dates in April and March at Guildhall or nearby locations. Names include C Ward Hart Greet Bloemsbury dealer and Solomon D Leon merchant. P Clutterbuck York Street Westminster. W Kimberley New Windsor. N Goddard Kingston upon Thames shopkeeper. S Delves Birmingham. and others. Certificates to be granted by April 4.
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C. Ward
Hart Greet
Bloemsbury
Guildhall
Mr. Hodgson
Clement's Inn
Solomon D. Leon
Wilson Street
Monorfields
Metirs, Willett and Co
Finsbury Square
P. Clutterbuck
York-street
Westminster
W. Kimberley
New Windsory
E. Phillips
Foster-lane
L Marquiier
J. Pelégal
Coventry-freet
Guld-Smiths
RB. Tombs
Bishopsgate-freet
N. Goddard
Kingston-upon-Thames
W. Bethell
Covent Garden
Admiralty Office Cruise Reports and Lisbon Dispatches
The Admiralty Office records show Sir John Warren with journals of his cruise and Hon Cecil Jenkinson, age thirteen, serving as midshipman on La Pomone. A Portuguese envoy delivers dispatches from Lisbon as Portugal plans a fleet to cooperate with Britain by May. News from Basel says the French were repulsed near Nuremburg by Conde’s army. A South Seas voyage fleet, led by Lord Hugh Seymour, is about ten to twelve days from sailing. Latona repairs at Sheerness. Legge of Dartmouth commands Latona.
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Admiralty Office
John Warren
Ache
Cecil Jenkinson
Earl of Liverpool
South Audley-street
Lisbon
Great-Britain
Basle
Conde
Rhine
Nuremburg
South Seas
Hugh Seymour
Sheerness
Legge
Dartmouth
Catholic influence grows in France with bishops in Paris
The article notes renewed Catholic strength in France as several bishops rally publicly. It mentions Kosciutko’s passage through Stockholm toward America and the reception for Stanislaus Augustus in Petersburgh as a sovereign display. It also reports exports surpassing last year by about three million, local volunteer corps fundraising in Manchester Salford, and the launch of a 74 gun ship at Woolwich.
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France
Isifeld
Paris
Kosciutko
Stockholm
America
Stanislaus Augustus
Poland
Petersburgh
Orlow
Manchester
Salford
Salfort
Majesty’s
Woolwich
Centaur
Lady B
Dover Arrival and London Exile Dispatch in March
Dover reports a March dispatch from the Secretary of State ordering Gen. Eusface to town then depart by chaise. He, an American by birth, recently in French service, landed from Calais, visited London, and was ordered to leave the realm. he did not, and arrived in Dover. Also noted are a prisoner transfer, a regional theft and a transport sentence, and a grim discovery of two murdered infants in the Thames near Somerset House.
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Walsh
Secretary of State
Eusface
General Eufface
Calais
London
Theingdom
Mantell
River Thames
Somerset House
English State Lottery No 1 962 Prizes of sol
News items record the English State Lottery draw numbers 22671 29619 34318 with prizes of sol. A marriage is announced Wig Frampton of Leadenhall Street to Miss Meria Young daughter of Joshua Young of Rotherhithe. Obituaries note deaths in Lisbon Seething Lane Tower Street Sloane Street Adelphi and Cecil Street Strand.
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Wig
Frampton
Leadenhall
Meria Young
Joshua Young
Rotherhithe
Lisbon
James Bell
Seethinglane
Tower-sireet
John
Fireet
Adelphi
Moore
Samuel Moore
Society For the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce
Sloane Street
John Larpeet
Sen
Eig
Theama
Samuel Davis
Hartfreet
Bloganburg
Cecil-street Strand
Francia Eyre
P Notation
Great Grimby
Lincolniure
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Chaghude
Inspe&ion
Gentleman's Magazine
Wiliam Temple
House OF Commons
DR. Hamilton
The
London Gazette
T. Fane
Addison
Lauterwort
Warwickshire
Dover
Chelmsford
Susannah
Solomon Garnett
Stratford
Essex
Nottingham
Thomson
Edingburgh
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