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Newspaper

Weekly Register

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jul 31, 1799

Page

4

Royal visit and maritime notes amid 18th century postings

Reports from Spithead note the Duke of Kent's Portsmouth visit and a naval salute aboard the Arethusa en route to Halifax. A Great Seal patent is granted for Selvagee Cordage while water filtration on the Vengeance is tested. St Helena letters warn of provisioning strain as East India ships dock and Cape supplies dwindle, with Governor Brooke planning two-year European imports. Also detailed are multiple 18th century burglaries in Kentish Town, Enfield, and Kensington, plus a tragic window accident near Exeter Change and a fatal Old Bailey collision. A Gravesend boat seizure nets 25 bales of smuggled goods from returning ships.

Duke of Kent Portsmouth London Sir. W . Pitt Hoon Berkshire Royal Halifax Spithead James Mitchell Limehouse St. Helena East India Europe Cape of Good “Hope England Brooke Wells Bromley Kent Randall Kentish Town Wilmer Kensington Exeter Change Strand Bridgestreet Old Bailey St. Bartholomew’s Hospital St. Giles’s Sadler’s Wells Spa-fields Gravesend Tocol

Pardoning militia deserters and royal mercy for July

Friday notices in St James's discuss pardoning militia deserters who joined other regiments before August. Those who surrender by the deadline gain pardon. prosecutions and imprisonments are to be discharged. The issue also reports a Turkish gift to the Ottoman prince carried by the Earl of Elgin, a Chelmsford Essex county meeting with prizes for livestock, and various crime sentences from Canterbury and Exeter sessions.

St. James's Talion Earl of Elgin Pertes County of Essex Chelmsford Welton Isle of Wight Winchester Southampton Romsey Stockbridge Hants Wilts Argo Port Mahon Algiers Dey Minorca Bowen Capt. Bowen George Hog Pontefract Yorkshire James Robinson Lancaster John Reid Kirkleslie Scotland John Foley Dublin Ireland James Little Mullingar Caphael Starke Gibraltar Northumberland Mary-le-bone Croydon John Stevens James Lovell Sarah King Sarah Whaley Frank Smith Jupiter Thames Norwich William Stigall Samuel Jones Thomas Cooper Henry Coe Devonshire Castle of Exeter Ged. Taylor Geo. Williams James Stroud John Sutherland Plymouth John Armstrong Pghioetry John Macnamara Wedoes

Gallant British naval action off Cape Creux reported

From the London Gazette July 27 1799 a letter from Earl St Vincent recounts Capt Peard and the crews of three boats from the HMS Success under Lieutenants Facey Stupart and Davison in a day battle near Cape Creux. They captured the Bella Aurora from Genoa, carrying 113 men, aided by shore batteries. Three officers and several sailors were killed or wounded.

Admiralty Office Earl St. Vincent K. B Evan Nepean Port Mahon Peard High Majesty Great Britain Admiralty Sam Sir ST. Vincent Mahony Funeray Cape Creaux Keith N.W Chace la Selva Cape Facey Stupart Davison Genoa Barcelona Fats Fatéy and Lieut Joe Speard John Grey John Londres James Shaw Thomas Edwards John Hughes William Robinson Lavnch William Orr G. Stupart Rich. Hornsby Will. Madden Cutter Tho. Needham Will. Lamb

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