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London News Roundup From Leith to Calais and Beyond
A sprawling London dispatch reports a chest theft aboard a Leith ship ending in a sailor’s plunge and a fraud exposed, plus military and diplomatic notes. It notes Duke de Nivernois departing for France, Brunswick princes in Brussels, Havana governor investigations, and a Cadiz court martial. Also covered are ship movements, duels, weddings, and trials with several named figures and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Leith
Bar
Wiig
Duke de Nivernois
France
Christian Frederick of
Byanenbugu-Anspach
Cour
Franconia
Fredus
Carolina
Saxe Wavourg Saareia
Caroline
Anipaci
Raisbon
Havannah
Count de Superunda
Peru
Marquis de Royalwanipori
Don Juan de Prado
Cuba
Sieur Savaletta
Hermione
Cadiz
Nartial
Brussels
Taft
Prince of
Brunswick
Calais
Helvoeitiugs
Secretary of State
Russia
76Th Regiment of Foot
Col. Trapaud
Bristol
Ireland
Cornwall
Broad-street
Southampton
Boulogne
Winton
Dorothy
Zavenant
Ambition
Lascell
Heffelton
Stockholm
Sweden
Fanny
Ayres
Sally
Davisons
Bosphorus
Anson
Naples
Bremen
Harwich
Tyrrel
Leeward Islands
John Dawnay
Downe
Cirencester
Lora Burton
William Burton
Clifford-street