Royal visit and court notices mix with sea events and soup aid
The Queen and Princess Amelia attend confirmation at St Georges Chapel Windsor and visit Lord and Lady Sudley. A Court of Directors of the East India Company met to review dispatches and adjourned to January. Bread price fixes were discussed by the Lord Mayor. Reports cover military losses, drainage schemes, militiamen receiving colours, and soup kitchens aiding the poor. Also noted are ship actions, a daring rescue at sea, thefts, suicides, a fire, and recipes for whaling rice bread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia
St. Georges’ Chapel
Windsor
Mansion House
Britannia
Regale
Portland
Cambridgeshire
County of
Cambridge
Win
Chelsea
Kent
Vancouver
Lord Seaforth
Aberdeen
Tay Augusta Leith
Hay
Paphie
Alloa
Scotland
Gospore
Riverstoke
Marquis of Granby
Sunderland
Stephen Urwin
Mater
Bace
Uren
Appointments in Scotland and Royal Household Notice
From the London Gazette December 24 the King appoints Walter Scott advocate to sheriffdom Selkirk in place of Andrew Plugmer and Dr James Gregory as First Physician to His Majesty in Scotland in place of Dr Joseph Black. Major Colyear named Equerry to the Duke of Cumberland. Also bankruptcy notices for J Fletcher and J Sizer with dates in January February and at inns in Manchester and Milton Efex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sel
Cape of Good Hope
Port Royal
Jamaica
Violet
Baltimore
Maryland
John Conway
Wickling
Kelman
John James
Carpenter
John Montgomery
W. Freeman
Benjamin Moses
Edward Carmein
Stephen Pilgrim
Fisherton
Lucas
Osborne-treet
Whitechapel
Blackfriars Church
Whitehall
Walter Scott
Selkirk
Andrew Plugmer
James Gregory
Sn Scotland
Joseph Black
Devining- Freer
Colyear
Duke of Cumberland
Fragmented list of names and dates at Guildhall
A garbled OCR fragment lists individuals and locations with dates in January and February, mentioning J Page Charves inn Holboro, H Guest Blackspan-flicet Sury oilman and others. It reads as a ledger of merchants innkeepers bank creditors and tradesmen with multiple guildhall references and scattered dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Page
Charves
Holboro
Guildhall
H. Guest
Blackspan-flicet
Sury
Oilman
J. Abernethie
F. Henderson
Lothbury
Feevinivay
Stubbs
Highley
York
Devonshire Arms
Correspondents note forthcoming volumes and contents
A fragment reveals tracking of correspondence and acknowledgments from Harnejidi Shibma FF Ne Armies and others. It mentions B F s favors received and attended, with a plan to conclude the First Volume and present a Title and Index. The second volume will begin with The Christian Spectator on the Signs of the Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harnejidi
Shibma
B. F
Christian Spectator
Market Prices for Grain and Meat at Smithfield and Nearby Stalls
Prices quoted for wheat oats and malt show strong market activity amid frosty river conditions delaying vessel work. Beef pork and lamb ranges listed at Smithfield with cattle and lamb head counts for the day, coal prices given for Newcastle and Sunderland delivery, reflecting a subdued trading morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithfield
Price of Stocks and Navy Loyalty Record
Navy loyalty stands at 90 percent with long-annuities noted. Stock prices show a five percent rate with sixteenths cited. The snippet records financial yields and loyalty metrics from a historical market brief.
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The
London Gazette
J. Fletcher
Fair Coits
Bury
Lancaster
Dimity Manufactures
Scar Inn
Manchester
J. Sizer
Maningtree
Efex
Grocer and Draper
Thorn Inn
Miltley
C. Ibberton
High
Holborn
M. Hare
Kingstoh-dpon-Hull
I. Francis
Bewdley
Wortester
W. Palin
Hockie
Bedford
T. W. Fully
Janizo
T. Browne
Chétter Geld
Darby
Ieighant
T.gibson
Je Johnfin
Lawrence-Jane
Jena M. Humphreys
A. Ross
Great Rusfell
Treet
Bloomsbury-square
Army Clothier
C. Mitchell
Lombard-street
R. Terry
Hadleigh
Suffolk
Mercer
Jee
Birmingham
Warwick
Det
Taggs. Fite Sas
Newgate
Leaders
Matton
Leadenhall
Greenland
Newcasthe
Sunderland Ap
Asack
Roy
Rc Arnham
Hitechapel Hay
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