Naval movements and arrivals report from April coast
A detailed scramble of ships and orders from April including Lord Bridport’s squadron sailing with 100 gun ships, Impetueux and Beaulieu arriving after a cruise, Calypso mishap, Robust and Bellona guarding St Helen's, Danish Neu trality arrival at Corunna, and reports of captured ships Good Hope Felicity Sylph. Additional notes cover Spanish frigates at Cézanne and local trials and punishments at Yarmouth and Harwich with forceful sentences and renaming of Ardent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridport
Royal George
Royal Sovereign
Neptune
Barfleur
Atlas
Sans.Parei
Cesar
Triumph
Mars
Defiance
Naid
Megera
Portsmouth
Impetpeux
Beaulieu
Calypso
Downs
Robust
Bellona
St.Helen’s
Falmouth
Corunna
Good Hope
Jamaica
East Indies
Cézanna
Pede
West Indies
Yarmouth
Pelonging
Braakel
M‘doual
Ganges
Lanéatter
Direttor
Ardent
Veteran
Apollo Higaté
Role
Wallet
Coromandel
Néith Devon
Ramsgate
Harwich
Holland
Texel
Fluthing
Flushing
Foos
Yar~ Mouth
Scottish Volunteers Ready to Face Enemy in Home District
Edinburgh April 12 Sir R Abercrombie publicly defended Surgeon Caldwell for charging his commander Lieut Col J Woodward. Several companies of Scots Volunteers express readiness and zeal to meet the enemy in any part within their preferred district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
R. Abercrombie
R. ‘Caldwell
J. Woodwerd
Difric
Marital Bond Report From Obscure Notices
Fragmentary marriage note lists several named individuals and locations including Cam Bridge Leicester Stamford Langhorne Castle Carmarthenshire alongside two brides and grooms. Details are incomplete but indicate nuptial announcements and party associations.
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As T. Cory
Cam Bridge
Mile Ann Apthorph
FinBaryi
Pnotd Peinctamy
Leicester
Miss Fhomp Fon
Stamford R
Starke
Miss Ravenscroft
Langhorne Castle
Carmarthenshire
Bs Cotton
Miss-Roberts
Janet
Notable Deaths in Various English Figures and Places
Obscure obituary notes list several titled figures and merchants by location. Brookfitter Grosvenontgaure and Rt Hon Feo Lord Headley for Ripon yorkshire are named with Hamburg and Eaton Rutlandshire references. Other entries mention J Barrows at Hamburg and Henry Roel of Gainsborough and Viz Carapoles, as well as Dablib Hatherton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfitter
Grosvenontgaure
Feo
Lord Headley
Ripon
Yorkshir
Hamburgp
J. Barrows
Eaton
Rutlandshire
Kenry Roel
Gainsborough
Carapoles
Dablib
R. B. Arthas
Hatherton
Verbal Disputes on Divine Providence in Poem
A fragmentary poem by Dr Booker reflecting on doubts about divine providence sparked by perceived defects in creation. The speaker questions whether sight of beauty and imperfection disproves perfection, arguing that nature’s contrasts reveal but not deny a benevolent order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booker
Iman
Fragmented Tale of Preacher and Monk Anecdotes
The text recounts an 18th or 19th century village preaching scene where a preacher’s harsh rebuke unsettles the congregation and a monk anecdote questions benediction’s effect on crops. It also mentions Dr. Perkins of Connecticut claiming a metal based cure and various scattered financial figures and notes.
Bankruptcies rise over 50 years despite low 1749 figures
A rough calculation suggests 21 645 bankruptcies in the last fifty years with the lowest count in 1749 at 337 and the peak in 1902 at 1793. The data implies a somber trend highlighted by the notable year 809.
Dears of Bene and the Saintly Scholar of Old England
An excerpt recounts Saint Benedict of Bene, famed as a pious learned figure of the eighth century, described as a founder of English medieval history and a laborious writer whose works filled eight folio volumes. His death is noted after a last illness during which a disciple urged him to finish a sentence before dying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pélagius
Amianuensis
Faye Dy
Fuller
Course of Exchange Market Report
A terse market note lists exchange quotations with Hamburgh rates and a Venice related price for roe. It notes percentages and mentions May forecasting tied to shipping and control rates. The garbled text suggests a historical financial column with vessel and commodity references.
Fragmentary town notices and stray phrases
Incomplete OCR text shows scattered items such as mentions of towns, attendance, a dealer, a smile reference, letters, a risther's books note, and a revting eta section. The readable fragments do not form a coherent event or notice with clear names, places, or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shane
Ealer
Apology for Haitian TM Nature by A Rew and Clon Canis MUERLEY
A fragmentary review notes editorials and writers praising a work's candid impartial judgment. It cites Jibei Bes 86 and mentions Wilberforce, Boiktey, and Gibbon. The piece advertises availability through Crosby Stationers and others with prices. references an 1860 publication context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jibei
Hatian
Nature
Canis Muerley
Matthew ‘Henry
Wilihiaty Willberforce,Esq
M. P
Wilberforce
Papa Esa
Boiktey
Crosby
Rarth
Johnson
State Church- Yard
Ji Evanepa
C. Bulkley
Tii
He ‘Gibbon
Eigen
Tmiora
ofiLandery
Dfosurstat
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Scotland
Angelore
Romar
Mr. R
Noow
Perkins
Connectticut
Ieee
Perkington
London
Asisetica
Congress
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