Military alarm and naval movements near London and St Helena
The report tracks ships docking at Whampoa and St Helena arrivals from Madras, noting Captain Coffin and Captain Vyvyan among the dead. It details loan terms for Mr Pitt and Boyd & Co, and mentions weapons thrown from London Bridge. Pickets and troop movements along the Kentish coast are planned, with support from shipowners and a proposed military association for theatres and public offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tursday
Apri
Kentith
Pott
London
Harlequin and Co
Infidel Voltaire Driven By Early Challenge in Paris
Anecdote recalls Voltaire as a student at the College of Louis le Grand where a professor warned his future infidelity. Abbe Baruel says in England he first plotted a systematic attack on Christianity before returning to Paris. A police lieutenant later taunted him, and Voltaire replied that they would see.
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Voltaire
College
Louis le Grand
le Jay
England
Abbe Baruel
Paris
M. Herrault
Police
Ship News update from the Ocean and other fleets
Reports from Cowes and St Helena detail arrivals and departures of multiple ships including the Canton Glatton Boddam and Crescent at Whampoa, and the Ariadne from Bengal with others departing. Capt. Vyvyan is dead. The Royal Charlotte blew up at Culpee with all aboard lost. Dispatches arrive from the Bengal Government via Zephyr. The East India fleet is near, while trade and prize captures are noted along with repairs and surrenders.
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Coffin
Cowes
Hamburgh
India House
China
St. Helena
Canton
Glatton
Boddam
Crescent
Whampoa
Bombay
Vyvyan
Marquis of Lansdowne
King
Ship News. Co
Ocean
King George
Hillsborough
Ariadne
Madras
Bengal
Albion
Habella
Britannia
Lord Mornington
Cape
la Virginie
Charon
Belvidere
Duke of Buccleugh
Walter Boyd
Royal Charlotte
Culpee
Thomas
Trincomalee
Zephyr
Scott
Lord Macartney
Crawford
M‘cullith
Falfe Bay
Calcutta
Wall
J. Robinson
F. Sobnson
J. Galespie
Nesbitt
Xwroppes
Nicola Mole
Valiant
la Petite Magicienne
Hancock
Cor. Avil
R. Curtis
Kingsmill
Ireland
Sir R. Curtis
Ushant
Texel
Yarmouth
Assessors rules cases debated by commissioners
The record outlines legal queries on personal assessments: three partners in a shop face a joint assessment of 81 19s 6d with each partner potentially certifying shares. the separation is for adding each share to individual assessments. It also asks if a farmer earning under 100 a year must add three fourths of rent to income, and whether boarding school fees for children can be deducted. ready furnished lodgings for one person are not exempt as lodging houses, and large houses used as schools are not mansion houses. The Vice Chancellor notes changes favoring mansion-houses apply only to residents on their estates, with the Epiphany term referenced.
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Ehouse
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Duke of Portland
London Bridge
Lock Hospital
Kensington
R. Cecil
St. John’s Chapel
Bedford Row
James-itrze
Old-street
Addle Street
Wind-street
Cheapsida
Tabernacle
Spithead
Terrible
RK. Bickerton
Europa
Preston
Diana
Queen Charlotte
van ‘Tromp
Downs
Impetueux
la Suffisante
Cefar
St. Fiorenzo
J. Waller
Falmouth
Princess of Wales
Deake
Jamaica
Cape Nicola Mole
Boyd
Col.Gower
Domingo
Dover
Gravelines
Princess Charlotte Amelia
Harriot
Baltimore
Prince of Wales
Martinico
Cambridge
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