Sailings and notices from a London market and port
A terse Atlantic and London column records ships sailing from St Helena, with the Terpsichore and Carnarvon from China, plus the Crown. It notes market fish sales in London, window tax changes, births and deaths of notable persons, clergy, and merchants, and a police-court coach incident. The piece also laments taxes, proposes keeping provisions cheap, and recalls historic governance aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annval
Plymouth
St. Helena
Agasta
China
Portmouth
Crown
Shannon
Duke of York
Devonshire
St. James’s
Oxford
London
Westminster
Board of Taxes
Mr. Morgan
Bury Street
St.James’s
Countess of Donegall
England
Count Vinis
Miss Speed
Tilney-Row
France
Italy
Red Lion-Street
Clerkenwell
Mr. Colebrooke
New River Company
Colebrooke
Threadneedle-Street
George Colebrooke
Bourton
Warwickshire
Richard Shukburgh
Mr. Sterridge
Salisbury-street
Strand
Covent-garden-market
Duke of Bedford
Hoxton-square
Peter Henory Martyn
Death of Miss Mary Purpareus in a Gothic Verse Eulogy
A fragmented, archaic verse elegy laments the death of Miss Mary Purpareus, invoking nymphs and birds to mourn. The piece, titled with dramatic programmatic names, blends lament and mythic imagery while naming mournful places and symbolic figures in a florid, antiquated tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Virgil
Maria
Marta
Maaza
Hertfords
Staolynalikos
Proposals for easing public costs and rising prices
Postscript argues for methods to fund public service without overburdening the poor. The writer notes rising costs for bread, butter, milk, meat, coal, and candles since earlier times, and urges practical remedies over new taxes. Includes reports from Holland and Flanders, Naples, Turin, Vienna, and Dresden on neutrality, alliances, and military prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Truce with Barbary States and European troop movements
Advices from Spain via Naples report a 16 year truce with the Barbary States with Spain paying 500000 pieces to secure release of slaves and flag respect. Captain Hill carries replies to courts of England and Portugal, with allied army encamped soon. Hereditary Prince of Brunswick advances toward Elberfeld then retreats, Conflans reinforces, campaigns in Silesia loom, Danish pay and British mediation noted. Officers ordered to be ready for embarkation. A rumor of a Napoleon-like plot between us and Spain circulates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Naples
Utrecht
Captain Hill
Count de la Lippe-Buckeburgh
London
England
Portugal
Hill
Dufeldorp
Prince of
Brunswick
Roer
Elderfield
Contlans
Prince of Conde
Medmaiin
M. de Conflans
Duffel and Schellerhead
Elberfeld
Belin
Silesia
Hamburgh
Great Britain
Prussia
Germany
Nero
Jason
Allied European Dispatches From May Letters
May reports from multiple cities describe French and allied troop movements. Marshal d Estrees travels from Casfel while divers officers slow equipment use due to forage shortages. Deserters reduce garrison strength as Laudohn moves toward Upper Silesia with cavalry forces. Paris notes clergy prepared to gift to the king and Soubize confirms safety and supplies along the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Henry
Soco
Francfort
Marshal d’Estrees
Casfel
Hanover
France
Ferdinand of Brunswie
Upper Silesia
Breslaw
Mitchell
Russia
Paris
Prince de Soubize
Caffel
Hague
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stansted-abbey
Hertfordshire
William Field
Herfordshire
Christian Mollar
Amburgh
Mincing Lane
Nicholas Lefow
Batt
Jarvis
Bedford-court
Covent-garden
Methold
Wil
Ilington
Ray
Goswell-street
Islington
Aldersgate-street
Spittlefields
Strype
Tukk’s
Sono
Spring Garden
Charing Cross
F. M. Newton
Holland
Flanders
Genoa
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Turin
Pitt
House of Bourbon
Ialy
Parma
Vienna
Baron Schwacheim
Othman Port
Hungary
Count Penckler
Constantinople
Transylvania
Dresden
Silesa
Saxony
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