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Weekly Register in London, Middlesex

15 Aug 1798

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Weekly Register

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London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Aug 15, 1798

Page

6

Birthday Celebrations and Legal News From Windsor and London

Monday August 13 reports widespread jubilation for the Prince of Wales birthday at Windsor with field days by the 7th Light Dragoons and the London Artillery Company, plus a vigil by the West London militia. A Humane Society deputation presented a medal to Prince Ernest at St James's, and a Lord Chancellor ruling over Lady Sefton’s estate revealed arrears of rent and personal property questions.

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Wales Windsor 7Th Regiment of Light Dragoons Duke of York Swinley Lodge London Artillery Company Blackheath Prince of Wales West London The Humane Society Lettrom Hawes Meff Thompson Nicholls Prince Ernest St. James’s Lady Sefton Lord Sefton Duke of Bedford Bedfordshire Leicester Ewes Surry-county Pool Winkworth T. Wiliams Cowes Pudge Wight Isle of Wight Edinburgh Rowland Hill Scotland Union Hall Southwark Rees Royal Circuit Astley Royal Grove
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Mutiny in Indian artillery and other 18th century items

A Fort St George letter from February 1798 reports a mutiny by two artillery battalions over pay, halted before spreading. 40 ringleaders to face a general court martial. Other items note M Neckar being struck from the emigre list, Rev G Scott's defamation convictions, and 18 Petersburg vessels carrying iron and textiles. rabbits’ hair spun with silk being made into gloves at Norwich. Abel and Robarts’ Poultry Compter escape through Grecer's hall passage.

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Fort St. George East Indies M. Neckar Mad. Stael G. Scott Shrewsbury J. Rocke H.C. Adams Petersburg Norwich Abel Robarts Grecer’s Hall Passage
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Fleet returns to port with convoy and losses

News from Bristol and surrounding ports reports homeward-bound fleets from the Leeward Islands and Jamaica arriving at Bristol and Liverpool under convoy. The ships, numbering many sail, faced gales, engagements, and captures, with multiple vessels reaching Portsmouth and the Downs. A Dutch squadron is noted near the Orkneys, and wrecks claim lives during coastal passages.

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Leeward Islands Jamaica Bristol Liverpool Cortola Madras Eurus Severn Thames Thorne Portsmouth London Downs Aftrea Circe Orkneys Londonderry Lough Swilly Repulte Diana Deris Shannon Faulkner Melampus Whitehaven John and Thomas Plymouth Medusa Mermaid Alliance New York Sewell Canada L’ Heureux Barfleur Lord Bridport Northumberland Agincourt Waldegrave Pluto Newfoundland America Motherbank London Packet Hip Caffnells Royal Charlotte Coversdale Princess Royal Orpheus Earl Cornwallis Ocean East Indies Prince Edward South Seas Admiral Laforey Martisnique Lord Duncan Prince of Wales Packet Lady Fitzgerald Uite Sheerness Iris Brisac Agamemnon Little Nore Margate Lawford Romney L’ Unite Aphne Dart Arrow Sweden Dunkirk Alkmaar
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