Antigallican Prize Controversy and Cadiz Diplomacy
An excerpt recounts Captain Foster's capture and the ensuing Spanish actions over the prize Le Penthievre. Cadiz officials refuse aid to British prisoners, condemn the prize for the French, and delay redress while British ministers protest. The piece critiques Spanish law, urges decisive measures, and notes broader naval tensions amid French and British hostilities across Europe and the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great -Britain
Spain
Gibraltar
Penthievres
Wall
Madrid
Cadiz
England
Capt. Foster
Foster
Consul Goldsworthy
Benjamin Keene
Mr. Goldsworthy
Tal
Gabraltar
Notable Clergy and Gentry Marriages in Devon and Surroundings
Cuchet Jouvencel appointed translator and ecclesiastical posts bestowed on Rev. Robert Walker and Rev. Robert Read in Devon Southampton Winchester dioceses. Encounters of marriage among notable figures, including Hon Henry Grenville weds Miss Banks and Cox of Cornhill weds Hannah Reed. Obituaries note William Johnson of Knots Green, hunting enthusiast, and Mr George Augustus Proffer dies near Portmouth. A house collapse in New Street, Old Street alarms locals but causes no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
Canada
Cape Breton
Bay of Biscay
America
Europe
Westphalia
Lower Saxony
England
C&e
Royal Psalmist
France
London
Rochfort
Spithead
Portsmouth Harbour
Admiral Smith
Intrepid
Isis
Bayonne
Centurion
Admiral Holborn
Halifax
Collins
Furnis
Williamson
Fore
William Henry
Albany
Hon. East India Company
Fort St. George
Madrass
Our
India Company
Mediterranean
Naples
Manfredonia
Mount St. Ange
William Piet
Southern Department
Cuchet Jouvencel
James Payment
Robert Walker
Baliol Callegs
Qs Fort
Frederick Augustus Fart
Berkeley
Daunley
Chris-Scow
Bickson
Devon
Exeter
Robert Read
Wirley
Southampton
Winchester
Willis Busmaby
Mijetty
Eet Js
Otley
Bedford-Row
Henry Grenville
Earl Temple
Banks
William Banks
Beverly
Lincolnshire
Bristol
Egemia Cox
Corhhill
Hannah Reed
Brif
Tol
William Johnson
Knots- Green
Essex
Epping Forest
Laft
Maple- Durham
Legge
George Augustus Proffer
Portmouth
New Street
Old Street
Peterborough Horse Stolen Property and Suspected Thief
A Brown Gelding over 14 hands, with a brown muzzle, two white feet behind and two star marks in the forehead, is in the custody of innkeeper James Olive at Peterborough. A man about 5 feet 4 inches, 40, fresh brown complexion, wears a blue coat and various garments, is held on suspicion of stealing the horse. A crimson ferret silk hawk was found on the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterborough
Topt
James Olive
Also Mentioned on This Page
Topham’s
Red Lion
Barnet
Barlow’s
Hatfield
Whittington’s
Swan
Stevenage
Wafely Bridge
Stafford
John Dunn
Deceas
Christopher Wasson
George Porr
Christopher Watson
Charles Street
Covent-Garden
Mary Price
James Taxisor
d’Antin
Lewis Erasmus
Capt Tabor
Dean-street
Soho
Billingsgate
Bell-Dock
Wapping
Cornhill
Jamaica
I. N.B
Endia
Amos Wenman
Royal Exchange
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