Directors Choose Captains for China and Coast Trade
London parlance notes a Court of Directors at the East India House appointing Capt. Horncastle to the Hope and G. Millet to the Hindostan for China Coast and Bay with Downs duty on April 11. Judges fix circuits. changes at St Pauls minor canons. university appointments and prizes awarded for mathematics and natural philosophy. Lord Guildford’s charity, local gifts, a long distance traveler, an Jersey earthquake, and a Norwich apprentice's hare fur stockings venture suggest a lively, interconnected provincial metropolis crosscut with maritime and scholarly news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East India ‘House
J. Horncastle
Hope
G. Millet
Hindostan
China
T. Barrow
Britannia
Coast
Bay
Downs
Justice Buller
Lord Kenyon
Northern
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Webb
Oxford
Whce
Hicks
Dr. Smith
Boteler
St. John’s
John Brown
Trinity.College
Cambridge
Walter King
Corpus Christi College
University of Cambridge
Lord Guildford
Waldershire
Brudenell
Jersey
Norwich
Maitland and Grant appointed to govern Jamaica and St Domingo
Gen Maitland and Col Grant depart to assume posts as governor of Jamaica and British resident at St Domingo. Their cooperation with Jamaica's commander and the St Domingo agent is praised to secure benefits from the Toussaint treaty. The Neapolitan ambassador dismisses most of his staff as events shift to Sicily. French attempts near La Hogue are repelled by night, with uncertain damage. Prices of sugars rise while oranges and lemons import figures and per-cheft prices are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maitland
Col. Grant
Lord Balcarras
Jamaica
St. Domingo
Toussaint
Sicily
Naples
St. Marcau
Storin
la Hogue
Price
Sfands
Britain
Snowbound London Gaze Coached by Winter Storms
From the London Gazette a list of tradespeople with Feb and March Guildhall notices. Amid heavy snowfall, mail coaches failed to arrive, many stuck in drifts. guards rescued freight, horses perished, and several routes remained blocked with coaches diverted via Oxford and routes throughShow. The Nile seamen fund totals 27610 9s 5d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd’s
Nile
Exeter
Shrewsbury
Liverpool
Leeds
Nobag
Worcester
Manchester
Chester
Stainmoor
Westmoreland
Lynn
Barkway
Cambridge
London
Edinburgh
Roytton
Litchfield
Dunstable
Newmarket
Bournbridge
Budbny
Oxford
Agricultural Report for January 1799 Frosts Hurt Early Wheat
The January 1799 agricultural report notes severe frosts and quick thaws harming young wheat, delaying ploughing for turnips and other ground, and reducing sowings in western districts. Oats steady, hay scarce as prices rise, beef short similar, lamb and mutton prices mixed, lean cattle plentiful and cheaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithfield
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Fis
THE
London Gazette
Bevan
Portsea
Hants
Bookyseller
Guildhall
G. ‘Bailey
Mark-lane
Mealman
J. Phillips
White Cross
Freer
C. Faley
J. Finegan
Bull’s Head
Newgate
J. Johnson
New
Sleaford
Lincoln
Mercer
White Lion Inn
New Sleaford
R. Lee
Sherston Magna
Wilts, Baker
Swan Inn
Gloucester
R. Taylors
J. Hunter Guy
Brecham Lodge
Somerset
P. M‘carthy
R. W.vaughian
Bristol
Taylors
Fawcety Northowram
York
T. Nevill
Birmingham
Warwick
J. Mackling
Reading
Berks
E. Reeve
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