Pediment of India House Foretells Empire and Nation
London reports describe a Mercury guided pediment on the India House front with Britannia Liberty and Justice, symbolizing harmony of king constitution and industry. News notes on packet detentions, clerical appointments, and a fatal duel with details of the aftermath and medical aid.
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Jupp
India House
Mercury
Asia
Thames
Ganges
Grantham
West India
Falmouth
John Sunderland
Trinity College
Cambridge
Llandaff
St. Mellons
Monmouth
Glamorgan
Laft
Earl of Haddington
Mr. Menzies
Rochester
John Keet
Grenville
Jersey
Barrow
Hagan
Firmge
Spartigk
B. Y Capti Lee
Chadwick
Charters and Enlistment Orders Amid Wartime Weather
An official order bars enlistment by volunteers unless discharged by officers. Lord Robert Edward H. Somerset elected Representative for Monmouth. Winter weather hampers troop embarkation to Ireland, with several regiments remaining behind. Snow and fog disrupt mail coaches and transport, causing delays around Congleton and Holyhead. A grieving scene unfolds as a destitute Black man dies near the Mansion House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of York
Robert Edward H. Somerset
Duke of Buccleugh
Monmouth
Aduiral Thompson
Portmouth
Ireland
West York
Cambridbelhire
Souh Sea Beach
Gosport
Oxfordshire Regiment
Good
Tromp
Diddem
DiGator
Congleton
Liverpool
Holyhead
Chester
Brant Spithead Letter Briefs Naval Captures in 1799
Admiralty reports a March 24 1799 capture of the Spanish packet Golondrina by Mermaid after a fifteen hour chase. Also notes Sylph taking Le Debut, a French letter of marque brig, fifteen leagues NW of Cape Ortegal. Includes multiple local notices for tradespeople and a list of renewals at Guildhall and Minchinhampton Common.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty Office
Lord Bridport
Evan’ Nepean
Spithead
Newman
Mermaid
Captain White
Eridport
Sylon
Golondrina
Don Juan el Busto
Havannah
Corunna
Eigar
Bourdeaux
Cayenne
Cape Ortegal
Lam
Bridport
K.B. J. C. White
Royal visit and antique verses at Windsor service
Yesterday morning their Majesties and the Princesses attended divine service at St George's Chapel Windsor where Rev Dr Dodsworth preached a sermon from Jofinaxxiv 15. The Bank of England warns weighing gold coin to curb unlawful value loss and salvation. The late Earl of Lucan leaves most of his fortune to Lady Ann Bingham. Captain Broughton of Providence reach Britain after shipwreck near Formosa. Townsend and Macmanus, Bow Street officers, were sent with a warrant on Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. George’s Chapel
Windsor
Dodsworth
Jofinaxxiv
Bank of England
Earl of Lucan
Ann Bingham
Captain Broughton
Majjesty
Treason Arrests and Brutal Abuse Reported in City Court
Reports describe arrests for treasonable practices involving George Poppletons and Charles Boland, with papers seized and custody ordered. A separate account details robberies of Gray and the Baldwins, plus Lord George Murray and Mrs M Evoy targeted by highwaymen. A Staffordshire grand jury hears a harrowing murder case of apprentice Joseph Green, detailing extreme cruelty by C Squire and wife Hannah, leading to a verdict where the wife is acquitted and the husband found guilty only of lack of sustenance for the boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Portland
Banner-street
Spitalfields
George Poppletons
Secretary of State
Charles Boland
Havant
Hampshire
Lake
Gray
Palmer's. Green
Southgate
Baldwin
Blackfriars
London
Merton
Kingston
Coombe-lane
George‘Murray
Eltham
Stafford
C. Squire
Hannah
Willenhall
Joseph Green
Stubbs
Deaths Bristol and Bucks Obituaries Notice
Death notices from Bristol Grandborough and Stoke Newington report Mr Gravenor aged 83 deceased after illness. Richard Sevens, 73, opulent Bucks farmer, noted for a brimming beer tale at his christening and funeral. Clayton Mordaunt Gradethorpe, Oxford student and Royal Society fellow, celebrated for erudition and benevolence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Gravenor
Grandborough
Lewis de la Chaumettes
Stoke Newington
Queen-quat Westminster
Clayton Mordaunt
Gradhetode
Christ Church
Oxford
Royal and Antiquary Societies
British Museum
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Orton
Bearbinderlane
St. Mary Woolnoth
Arai
Arar
THE
London’gazette
Tc He
K. B
J.N. Newman
W. Holder
Painswick
Gloucester
Lodge Inn
Minchinhampton
J. Yardington
Lambercourt
Guildhall
Lebbeus Ranson
Cannon-Corcerhouse
Charing-cross
J. Hughes
Almwch
Angieiia
S. Lovert
Hanover-square
Hackneysman
Hidson
Little James-streety Holborn
Hackneyman
B. Cook
Cheshunt
Herts
Eliwsod
Carlisle
Callico
S Nath
Chipping Sodbury
Draper
C Oldroyd
Red Lion-ftr
Clerkenwell
Apothecary
T. Grainger
W. Stokoe
Wellclose Square
J. At
J. Hurlock
High-street
Southwark
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