Negotiations Break Off as Malmesbury Refuses Terms
A report of the Lisle talks between Lord Malmesbury and M Treithard shows the French government demanding hard terms and Britain refusing to accept without consulting its court. Malmesbury declares he has full power to treat but cannot accept without instruction, threatening to depart Lisle within hours if pressed. The piece links the rupture to French Directory aims and warns of broader European upheaval.
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Lord Malmetbury
Treithard
Lisle
France
M. Letourneur
England
M.° Treilhard
Lord Malmesbury
Great ‘Britain
M. Treilhard
Treilhard
London
Calais
Europe
Dutch Republic
Spain
Italy
Rhine
General-Hoche
Messenger Vick Returns from Calais Without Dispatches
Mr Vick the King's Messenger, sent with papers for French commissioners at Lisle, reached Calais and was told only he could go ashore. Lacking a passport, he was instructed to forward dispatches to Paris or return. He returned to London without bearing any news or a French paper.
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Paris
Mr. Vick
London
Royal investiture and cabinet meeting report
A Chapter of the Bath held after the Levee to invest Rear Admiral Nelson with the Red Ribband. The Duke of York attended with Knights Companions. A cabinet meeting discussed Parliament's meeting on November next, as Malmesbury and Grenville left in conference with the King and ministers. Reports note a mutiny among the Dutch fleet and naval supply orders for Gibraltar. Captain Oliver moves to the Daphne at Portsmouth. The French Directory accuses Britain of fomenting unrest in France. Messenger Shaw departed for Lisbon with dispatches to Walpole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of the Bath
Nelson
Lord Howard
Duke of York
Earl of Liverpool
Lord Malmesbury
Lord Grenville
Marquis Cornwallis
Earl Spencer
Dundas
Kew
War-Office
Plymouth
Navy Board
Gibraltar
Oliver
Nonsuch
Portsmouth
France
Mr. Shaw
Robert Walpole
Lisbon
East India House approves printing of court proceedings
Yesterday at a Quarterly General Court of East India House the chairman faced motions to adjourn. Mr Peter Moore urged printing all proceedings on Shipping concerns and related tenders and correspondence from the latest date, to publish semi annually. The motion, seconded by Mr Prinsep, passed unanimously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Moore
Moore
Court of Directors
Prinsep
Common Council Proceedings at Guildhall on Leases and Money
A long Commons meeting at Guildhall with the Lord Mayor and aldermen sealing leases. Reports on Loyalty Loan payments were discussed and authority given to draw 201 pounds for expenses. Petitions on leases read, and a workhouse memorial referred to City Lands. Debates covered Lord Mayor’s day entertainment, Mayoralty expenses, flour prices, and future motions including compensation for Sir Watkin Lewes and eligibility rules for offices.
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Committee of Ways and ‘Means
London
Ludgate
Deputy Bullcock
Parisly
Herne
Dragoon Guards and Militia March to Winter Quarters
The 2d regiment of Dragoon Guards led by the Marquis Townshend moved from Rumford Essex to Putney Wandworth Clapham and nearby villages for winter quarters. Huntingdonshire Militia left Harwich camp to barracks at Chatham and Landguard Fort. General Gouldsworthy suffered a second night fit, now recovering at his home in the Stable Yard. An intrigue at the town’s West end involved a Baronet’s household and his cook, ended by a severe beating. Wheat at Romford market slipped slightly with top old samples at 181. 108. per load. Smithfield reports fat cattle fully supplied over two market days. prices trend downward.
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Dragoon Guards
Queen’s Bays
Marquis Townshend
Rumford
Essex
Putney
Wandworth
Clapham
Huntingdonshire
Harwich
Chatham
Landguard
Gouldsworthy
Staines
Dri Turton
Devastating Flood Strikes Town and Surrounding Villages
A severe rainfall event swelled rivers and flooded Lower town, submerging cellars and meadow land. Innkeepers report hundreds of pounds in damages while bridges and roads became impassable. A coach and wagon crews narrowly escaped drowning as people clung to trees and rope rescues were performed.
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Forendon
Duke of Bedford
Crawley-lane
Woburn
London
Hockliffe
Manchester
Northampton
Wellingborough
Leeds
Tate
Holyhead
Newport Pagnel
Buzard
Quze
Eight prisoners tried with mixed outcomes at old Bailey
On Wednesday September 27 old Bailey proceedings saw three felonies convict, two misdemeanors, and three acquittals. Sentences included death for eight individuals, seven transported seven years and fourteen years, and various Newgate imprisonment and fines for counterfeit money cases.
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Sarah Congo
Charlotte Marshall
William Clark
Nathaniel Soames
John Ford
Elizabeth Curtis
Wm. Lacey
Robert Harris
James Davis
Thomas Smith
John Law
Richard Barber
Robert Arnold
Sarah Warwick
Thomas Booth
John Briant
Newgate
House of Correction
Clerkenwell
John Welchman
Zoo
Thomas Holden
Robert Shay
O&ober
Prices of Stacks and Bonds at Holiday Market
The notice lists bank stock and securities with percentages quoted as per cent and mentions Consols at 3 per cent and other figures. The readable text records pricing data for various financial instruments and bearer notes.
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Postscript
East India House
Deputy Birch
Lambe
Griffiths
Watkin Lewes
Southwark
Surry
Dixon
Mc. Dixon
Romford
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