London General Court Elects Six Directors for Four Years
Yesterday a General Court of Proprietors met at the India-house to elect six gentlemen as Directors for four years. Sir Francis Ba ring, Hugh Inglis, Paul Le Mesurier, John Manship, Theophilus Metcalfe, and G. Woodford Thelluffon were chosen. The losers included Jacob Bosanquet, Joseph Cotton, Sir Lionel Darrell, Edward Parry, John Roberts, and Robert Thornton. Also: London and Middlesex sheriffs distributed beef, bread, and porter to prisoners in several gaols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India-house
Coutineers
Francis Baring
Hugh Inglis
Paul le Mesurier
John Manship
Woodford Thelluffon
Jacob Bosanquet
Joseph Cotton
Lionel Darrell
Edward Parry
John Roberts
Robert Thornton
Champion and
Mellish
London
Middlesex
Newgate
Ludgate
Giltour-street
France
Seymour
Liverpool
Barons of the Exchequer
Jéis Brandt
Denmark
Birmingham
Kingdom of
Kendrick
Suttontreet
Goswell-street
St. John’s-street
Appleton
Eurydice sails and court cases stir London notes
Early Friday reports from the East India House recount Eurydice’s Bengal voyage via the Cape and St. Helena with updates on the homeward fleet. Court of Directors sat at the India House as six directors took oaths, while duelling, yellow fever in Jamaica, and a murder sentence in Exeter drew strong commentary on the nation’s conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eurydice
East India House
Bengal
Cape
St. Helena
Agth
Mr. Stokes
Cape Creux
Cork
Sphynx
Man
War
Thames
Caffnells
Royal Charlotte
Lord Duncan
Old Walpole
London
Montrose
Berrington
Hatt India House
Stephen Luthington
Bart
Hugh Inglis
St. Paul’s School
Mercers’ Company
Dee
Armagh
Blair
68Th Regiment
Mitchell
Monaghan
Captin Blair
Roger Montgomerie
Earl of
Great Britain
His
Blackstone
Balaam
Pope
French and Austrian clash near Swabia and Rhine
From the London Gazette dated April 13 1799 reports Austrians under Archduke defeat Jourdan near Swabia as he retreats toward Fribourg and Offenburg. Hotze returns to Feldkirch with 12000 men after French losses. Archduke pursues while French casualties rise to about 8000 over several days. Admiralty notes capture of the French L Utile by Captain Keats aboard Boadicea with a letter from Lord Bridport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburgh
Jourdan
Stockach
Engen
Schaffoufen
Duilingen
Archduke
Switzerland
Fribourg
Offenburg
Black Forest
Swabia
Maffena
Feldkirk
Jellachich
Admiralty Office
Lord Bridport
Evan Nepean
Royal George
St. Helen's
Keats
C. Kee
Bridport
Boadicea
L*utile
Bourdeaux
Lord
K.B
R.G. Keats
Privateer captures and Bankrupt notices dated 1799
The Boa dicea captures the brig L Utile a privateer of 16 guns, with brass ordnance and 120 crew, in a 1799 cruize. The issue notes appointments of diplomats, a long list of bankrupts with dates and venues, and local accidents including a coppersmith’s wife burned and a toddler death after a fire.
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Downing-street
Earl of Elgin
Sublie Porte
Thomas Jackson
Ely
Minster
Sardinia
James Talbot
Stockholm
Justinian Caffamajor
Petersburgh
Anthony Merry
Sweden
Prussia
Thomas Bell
Woolfthorpe
Lincoln
St. Martini In the Fields
Taylor
Guildhall
Richard Guy the Younger
Artillery-place
Westminster
Mariner
Francis Newman
Edmonton
John Boyd
Conway-street
Fitzroy-square
Cieorge Bott the Younger
Warwick
E. Hall
Rochester
Kent
S. Wallis
New-street
Southwark
Carpenter
J. White
J. Fitch the Younger
Devizes
Wilts
Clothiers
H.clarkson
Stockport
Chester
F. Nichell
the Grove House
Hampstead
T. Ringrose
Beverley
York
W.holbrow
Dursley
Gloucester
H. ‘Ball
Lytham
Lancaster
D. Hant
Jane
J. Howell
Fetter Lane
Holborn
H Hewlett
Walrington
Southampton
R. Watts
Fareham
Ty Jones
Gloucester-street
Queen-square
J. Barnes
S. Burton
Leadenwall-s Treet
T. Perkins
John Lazarus
Jacob Lazarus
Marybone-street
Haymarket
Man’s Mercers
G. Donadieu
Hatton-s Treet
Brandy-Merchant
J. Griffin
Hants
Draper
Bank of England
Griffith
Sheerass
Hodges
Monkton
Odie Pitchard
Hebéford
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