Illumination Display Across London Shops and Theatres
The piece lists shops and venues in St James's Pall Mall Covent Garden and surrounding areas that displayed the most distinguished loyalty tribute through lights and lamps. It mentions Brooks’s Waits’s subscription houses and several tradesmen venues including Kinc in King Street Fruit of Hackers Frith Street and the Gun Smith at Haymarket Coventry Street. Theatres Mansion House and Will liamps’s along with St Martin’s Lane are noted for brilliant illumination as part of the tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks’s
Waits’s
Paarrs
St James’s- Streg
Pall-Mall
His Majesty’s Trades-people
Kinc
Mercer
King-street
Covent-Garden
China
Henrietta Street
Hackers
Frith-street
His Majesty’s
Fleet-street
Strand
Wineat
Soho-square
Willliamps’s
St. Martin’s Lane
Haymarket
Coventry-street
Pipcock
Exeter
French Landing Threatens Grand Armies At Ostend
Ostend dispatches from May report 37 transports arriving from England with Dragoon Guards and supplies for the Grand Armies. French forces of about 7090 attacked Furnes, seizing stores and ammunition as Dutch and Austrian troops yielded. Dutch and Austrian wounded were brought in, and panic spread while couriers informed the Duke of York to safeguard the English, Hanoverian, and Austrian forces from potential loss of stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ostend
England
Dragoon Guards
Queen's Light Dragoons
la Chartre
Dunkirk
Furnes
Brupenery and Wetch Duel for Fifty Guineas at Lord's
A grand single cricket match was played on Monday at Lord's Marylebone between Brupenery and Wetch for fifty guineas. Brudenell, Esq. opened with Friast Innings, as the report notes a notable contest at the historic ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord's Ground
Mary-le- Bone
Brupenery, Esq
Wetch
Observers Move Camps Along South Coast Heights
The party belonging to the Ordnance has encamped on Ditchling Beacon and is conducting observations of coastal lights. Last week they moved to Beachy Head to continue measurements from that eminence.
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Ordnance
Trigonometrical Survey
Ditchling Beacon
Geachey-head
Rowing Match For Prizes Off Astley Day
Yesterday at two o clock in the afternoon seven pairs of oars competed for prizes given by Mr Astley junior in honor of the day. The events produced four races with skilled performances. Winners labeled by color and names: No 7 Pink first John Luton John Sheppard Thomas Easton James Taylor. No 5 Purple third. No 3 Green second. The Royal Siroon crowd observed orderly conduct with no accidents on water or shore.
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John Luton
John Sheppard
Thomas Easton
James Taylor
Purple
Green
Paris National Convention Decrees and War Reports
Reading from Paris and Norbach dated May 18 to May 23, the National Convention relays military actions near Sembach Permesheim Dinheim Newkirchen Hartburg Carlsberg with Houchard and Prussians and notes a retreat. Deputies warn against plots to overthrow liberty and pledge defense of the Republic and Paris’ property. Decrees call for public assembly and protection of national property by citizens.
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L’arne
National Convention
Commons
Paris
Butte de Moulins
Decrees On Guard Duties And Convention Proceedings
The text lists articles appointing captains to account for armed men and absentees, reinforce the Convention guard, restrict employments, and set conditions for meetings. It notes the oldest officer will command until a General Commandant is named, and orders late sittings to end by ten. Marat argues reform against corruption to save the Republic through virtuous Republican conduct.
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Paris
National Convention
Liberty and tyranny clash in Paris protest
A speaker denounces Couriers and Deputies for spreading false rumours of plots in Paris while rebels gain ground in the provinces. He scorns the aristocracy and attacks priests for opposing Liberty, urging legislators to end their influence and clear the land for tyrants who will feed on the chaos.
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Ronersprevere
Paris
Belfast Affray Leaves Inhabitants Wounded
In Belfast May ag Saturday another military affray wounded several residents, none mortally. Mr Birnie was stabbed in the back and remains on the mend. A young man who chased another with a sword offered a full apology, averting any law proceedings.
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Birnie
York Spring Meeting 1793 Horse Races and Bets
The York Spring Meeting of 1793 features several races including heats for three to six year olds with entries from Robinson Rubrough Hutchinson and others. The Innkeepers Sweepstakes offers four miles with a prize of fifty pounds and a main event between Sotheran and Turner ends with Sotheran winning by a head amid eight bye-battles records.
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Robinson
Weasel
Fiperykes
Hutchinson
C. Oberon
Highfivers Gyvrs
Donner
B. c
Drone
Alfred
A. Hamilton
G. Crompton
King Fergus
Garforth
Ch. F. Catherine
W. Sotheran
Small Feeder
Sir Charles Turner
Sunley
Mr. Sotheran
Sir C. Turner
Eminent Tradesman Charged With Pocketing Farmer’s Book
WISBICH June 1 A notable tradesman from a distant part of the kingdom was charged last week at this place with having picked the pocket of a farmer of his book containing bills to the amount of 7001 and upwards about an hour after he found the book with the contents within the lining of his coat. The farmer may pursue a prosecution for false imprisonment.
Absence of Duchess Tied to Death of Young Son
The Duchess of Ruttaxp was absent from the Drawing-room due to the death of her youngest son, Lord Witliam Manners.
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Duchess of Ruttaxp
Witliam Manners
Tas Kine Trial at Old Bailey for Libel Verdict
At Old Bailey Tas Kine faced a jury over Paine rights of man libel claim. The jury found the defendant guilty of publishing without criminal intent while John Stephens was convicted of sending a rebellious letter, sentence mitigated by apology.
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Paine
Garrow
VaucHan
John Stephens
Thomas
Manslaughter Verdict After Coachman Tragedy
A coroner's inquest at Birffall on a Tuesday fatality found the coachman who flogged the horses responsible. The wagon owned by Mr. Carver of Thorpe rumbled, spooked by a mail coach, throwing the waggon’s driver to be crushed under its wheels. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter and he was committed to the county gaol.
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Ule
Birffall
Carver
Thorpe
Bing
Stokes
Nottiacham Suicide and Local Accident Report
On Monday last Thomas Watson was found hung in an uninhabited Wicker house in Sheffield after his family had moved to Waingate five weeks prior and he vanished. An old woman’s dream prompted entry, revealing the suicide. A Doncaster coach accident in Westcote, Rotherham left one man dead and a woman maimed. Newark Fair Tuesday saw cattle prices affected by catch scarcity and weak currency.
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Thomas Watson
Wicker
Sheffield
Waingate
Doncaster
Westcote
Rotherham
Newark Fair
Royal Salvoon at Manchester Street Theatre Shines
In a royal confluence of Manchester Street and Westminster Bank, the new Equestrian Performances drew unusually strong crowds for two days. Nobility like His Highness of Cravencry attended, pleased with the Lancashire Riders. Notable were Jenkinson the Clown and two young riders, one four years old and the other two, who perform feats, dance, jump sticks, and violin on the saddle, astonishing all.
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Mancester Strooe
Westminstere
Baince
Highness
Cravencry
Jenkinson
Parliamentary Measures of Commons Read Second Time
The Commons committeed measures include Farnham Hops Tobacco Election Notice Seamen Riots and Bewicks Divorce Bills Prince of Wales Lease Bill to be read a second time The Consolidated Fund Foreign Slave Trade Whale Fishery Figs Sugars and Chalmer Navigation Bills to be reported Mr Lech meres Motion on the Slave Trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farnham
Bewick
Prince of Wales
Consolidated Fund
Cardiac and Nervous Tincture Endorsed by Sufferer Letter
A testimonial from Lieutenant Colonel J Holwell of Southborough Kent praises Mr Rymer Cardiac and Gent dergent Pills for relief from severe dyspepsia hypochondriasis and atonic gout. He reports reduced pains improved appetite and enduring results after using the medicine sold in Gerrard Street Soho with listed prices.
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Holwell
Southborough
Tunbridge
Kent
Mr. Rymer
Gerrard-street
Soho
J. Holwell
Mt. Rynict’s
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Illuminations
Cricket
Brudenell
Esgo
Friast
Welch, Esq
Srconp
Ditto
WELCH
Feso
Firitz Matnecs
B. Brudenéll, Esq Secono InMnes
Leives
Juse 3
France
Wennesday
Custine
Weiffembourg
Houchard
Sembach
Pully
Permesheim
Moselle
Strasbourg
Dinheim
General Assembly
Revolutionary Committee
Convention
Seine
Fraipay, Alay
Norbach
Hartbourg
Carlsberg
Mrrasaut, Monrart, SoveRain, Mainet
Marat
Republic
Ireland
Belfast
May Ag
York Spring Meeting
Wisbich
Old Bailey
Tas Kine
Eastox
Yora, Jose
Nottiacham
ROYAL
Ture
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