The London Scene Captains Leave for India Harvest Aid
The London scene notes Captains Williams Oper and Cotton taking leave to go to India. The Commander in Chief mobilizes militia to assist harvest. Reports from various parts of the country bring cheerful news of fine daily crops and Providence blessings. The public laments theatre downturn despite London talent, noting moral improvements. Details of crimes, accidents, court actions, and academic appointments fill the week.
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Williams
Oper
Cotton
India
Serail
London
Times
Winchester
G. Prince
Mary Moody
Bramhaw
George Prince
Orr
Prince
Lewes
Giriie
Southwick
Sussex
Admiralty convoy bunting orders and Oxford term admissions
Friday July 27 directive requires masters of convoy ships to provide six yards each of red blue and white bunting to be fashioned into flags or vanes as directed by the naval captain. On Saturday the 14th inft last day of Oxford Term, the following B. A. were admitted.
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Admiralty
Oxford
Jewish Synagogue consecration at Leadénhall Street
Last night and this morning an extraordinary ceremony marked the consecration of the Jewish Synagogue on Leadénhall Street after recent repairs. The High Priest and rabbis appeared in vestments, with anthems in eastern style sung by four brothers. The report hopes for a future conversion to Messiah’s standards. Also at Skipton Quarter Sessions, D Norcliffe was jailed twelve months for toasting Buonaparte. A French invention, the Teleloque, or Speaking Tower, can display speeches in colloquial letters on a moving cylinder.
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Leadénhall-street
Messiah
Notice of Sir James Craufurd as Minister Plenipotentiary
From the London Gazette July 28 1798 announces Sir James Craufurd’s appointment as Majesty’s Minister Plenipotentiary to the Circle of Lower Saxony and Resident with the Hans Towns. A captured enemy 36 gun frigate Sensible is reported by Admiral Lord St Vincent via the Sea Horse off Cadiz after a 22 hour chase. The dispatch includes a list of killed and wounded, and a Bristol Newcastle Leicester Stratford London inn and guildhall notices provide casualty and posting details.
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Lord
St.Vincent
Cadiz
Evan Nepean
Admiralty
Sea Horse
Funs
Pantellaria
M. Bourde
Capitaine de Vaisleau
Toulon
Ray Williers
Malta
Wilmott
J. Foote
Earl St. Vincent, Se
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Camfbalton
Maidstone
Dawson
Miller
Sheerness
Sandhurst
Newcastle
J. Willens
North Doffington
Ponteland
W. King
Dallington
Braxted
Essex
Baddow
Chelmsford
G. Dance, Esq
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London Gazette
Mr. Wilmott
Fightiy
Sensible
M. Bourdé
C. Slade
S. Barratt
Bristol
London Inn
J. Bennett
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Shakspeare Tavern
R. Grant
South Shields
Durham
Shakspeare
N. Neeve
Leitester
Bear and Swan Inn
Leicester
J. Athling
Normanton
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Southwell
W. Moston
Lutterworth
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Guildhall
Biddeford
Devonshire
J Williams
Nightingale-lane
Flopfelter
T. Broadbent
Sheffield
Stoneand Lawrence
Rutland-place
S. Cooper
Wade’s Mill
Hertford
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Boxford
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Hoster
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Chester
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