Parliament prorogued and naval rank restored amid riot and trials
Parliament prorogued to October 23. Pension of £15001 per annum voted to Lord Hobart. Lord H Paulet restored to naval rank after court martial. Rioting Irish recruits from 17th Light Dragoons attacked in Summers Town and Gray's Inn Lane. four ringleaders committed to Cold Bath Fields. Warwickshire militia wives to receive pay. numerous death sentences in Surrey offices, with several executions reprieved. Duels and disorder noted, including a noted jewel trick in Seven Dials.
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India House
Lord Hobart
Fort St. George
H. Paulet
Duke of Portland
West Indies
Ireland
17Th Regiment of Light Dragoons
Gravesend
Canterbury
Gray’s Inn-Lane
St. Pancras Association
Justice Leroux
St. Pancras
House of Correction
Cold Bath-fields
Warwickshire
Surrey
J. Alison
N.abrathat
J. Speares
M. Hill
W.hill
S. Kreeland
W. Maynard
J. Skinner
S. Clarke
W. Robertson
Alison
W. Hill
Monarchs and Messengers and a Trio of Births in Town
A royal present of plate was shown at Lloyds for Admiral Kingsmill. M Cetto, a Prussian, was seized at Dover by a King's Messenger but released upon reaching town. W Summerfield's wife bore two boys and a girl by Friday. Queen Victoria ordered care and nurses. Madame Mara and Charles Florio faced Bow Street for assault on their servant Jane Art. A grave-digger died after a Whitechapel church tower incident leaving a wife and four children.
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Lloyd’s
Admiral Kingsmill
M.cetto
Dover
W. Summerfield
Ord
Bow-street
Jane Art
Whitechapel
Capture of French privateer L Habelle by Lynx off Lu
From the London Gazette Admiralty Office Aug 11 1798 a letter from Capt Robert Hill commander of His Majesty's frigate Lynx reports capturing a small French privateer schooner named L Habelle with two guns and 30 men on July 31 at latitude 28 0 N longitude 72 0 W and a follow up on July 27 in lat 30 4 deg.
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London Gazette
Admiralty Office
Robert Hill
His
Frop Lynx
Evan Nepean
the Admiralty
French privateer La Mentor sails from Porto Rico
A French brig named La Mentor, a privateer with 14 six pounders and 79 men, hails from Porto Rico and pursues the American coast. The recapture of the American ship Liberty, from Philadelphia to Liverpool, occurred yesterday after it had been taken six days earlier just after leaving the Delaware.
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N. Long. Zideg. W
la Mentor
Porto Rico
America
Liberty
Philadelphia
Liverpool
Delaware
Admiralty Report on Melpomene Venture at Corigiou
The Aug 11 1798 dispatch details Sir Charles Hamilton praising Melpomene and Childers crew for exhausting night attack on Corigiou Port. Lieut Shortland led boats to seize the brig Aventurier, 12 four pounders, 79 men, despite heavy fire and bad weather. One Marine killed, one midshipman Frost missing, three seamen wounded. enemy casualties noted.
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Corigiou
Melpomene
Childers
Shortland
Aventuriers
Citizen Raffy
de Vaiffeau
Ming
Lieut
Ross
Marines
Boomley
Morgan
Palmer
Erskine
O‘bryen
Frost
Bankrupts list including groves, inns, and merchants across England
A long list of bankrupts with names and occupations including a schoolmistress in Hamstead, hatters in Stockport, innkeepers in Chester and Manchester, a milliner on Bond Street, coal merchants in Shoreditch and Hull, grocers, dealers, and merchants across multiple regions. Dates noted span August through September with filings and hearings at Guildhall or Spencer's Taverns and other venues.
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F Nihell
Grove House
Hamstead
Guildhall
C. Birchenough
H. Sidebotham
Cattle Hill
Stockport
Hatters
Spencer's Tavern
March
G. Burchenough
Bredbury
Chester
Auport
Spencer’s
King’s Head
Coventry
E. Antoinette
Bond-Street
Milliner
Guilchall
J. Watkins
Holywell-street
Shoreditch
T. F. Power
Charles Street
St. James’s Square
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Wondon
Aus
Amelia
Worthing
High Court of Justiciary
Scotland
M*donnell
Glengary
M‘leod
42A Regiment of Foot
King’s Park
Edinburgh
Col. N
Light Dragoons
Sommers
Paine
Horton
Newbon
Gibbons
Bow-ftret
Charing-cross
London
Amiralty
Lord Bridport
Charles Hamilton
L’ Aventurier
Aherack, My Lord
J. Bell
Plymouth
Devon
Merch
H Andrews
Petworth
Suffix
Jones
Bartholomew Close
R. Bullcock
Union
Buhopfeate
J. Haffey
Walthamson
Essex
J. Straphan
Hanley
Stafford
F. Drew
Exeter
W. Laverack
Kingston, Upon Hull
D.chandies
Caobbing
Stratford
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