Duke Of Northumberland Donates For Seamen Widows
The Duke of Northumberland sent a donation to aid widows and children of parish seamen who perished in the recent storm along the Durham and Northumberland coast. Other items note penal food allowances for soldiers, Philadelphia trade decline from 16923 to under 1000 clearances 1796–1798, an accident involving a duke stopping to assist a injured lady near Ascot, a sugar-house fire in Manchester, a violent assault in Datchet lane, and a gun accident at Shoraston. the gun mishap killed a brother and wounded a servant.
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Duke of Northumberland
Tynemouth
Durham
Northumberland
S&c
A&t
Philadelphia
Sunning Wells
Duke of York
Egham
Neff
Wakefield
Okil
Manchester
Datchet Lane
Windfarm Forest
Ascot
Plan to build public ovens at Little Tower Hill debated
A committee of four Aldermen and 17 Commoners met at Guildnail to discuss M Calosne's plan for mills on Tower ditch. If approved, ovens would let citizens knead and bake bread for a small fee, lowering loaf prices. The page also covers arson, robberies, trials, and a discovered subterranean vault in Edmon ton's garden.
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Guildnail
M. Calosne
Leeds
P. A. Regzite
Bariarorgh
Berbyshire
Historace
University of Glasgow
Robers Moore
Seabury
Middlesex
Beetesemon
Aldermanbury
Stroud
Chatham
Leigh- Green
Bia Kheath
Tcorpida
Tronteg
Brick Lane
Old Street
Sir Henry Every
Maidenhead Thicket
Downes
Newgate-lreez
Ball’s-pond
Himneten
Hendesby
Kent
Lorden
Gad
L over privateer ruse and Windsor arrests in 1799
The London Gazette reports Capt J Clements noting the French lugger La Rufe taken by HMS Kite off the Scaw on convoy return from Elfinear. It also records June 20 to July 13 local auctions, dividends and notable appointments, plus a Windsor action where eight gang members were captured after pranks at Ascot heath and a Warwickshire portmanteau theft case.
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Admiralty Office
Form Clements
Evan Nepean
Leith
Admiralty
Kite
C. J. Clements
Lewis Bailey
Ilchester
Robert Clayton, Bart
Ascot-heath
Hts
Staffordshire Miliia
Windsor
16Th Light Dragoons
Otford
Acotheath
Readig
Warwickshire
Warwick
Edgell
Royal visit and loan plans at St George's Chapel
Yesterday the King Queen and Princesses attended divine service at St George's Chapel Windsor where a sermon was preached. A petition was presented for a prisoner in Bedford gaol as the Chancellor of the Exchequer outlined a 12 509 000 loan for England and 3 000 000 for Ireland with a 15 500 000 margin. He proposed credit votes and subsidies for Russia involving 825 000, with staged repayments through the year.
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St. George's Chapel
Wintesor
Northey
Bedford
Dmr
Sir Francis Baring and Co
Goldimbr, Curtis and Con
The
Stock Exchange
Sterling, Welwyn and Co
England
Ireland
Russia
Plan to create capital by new loans echoes in port plan
The article reports on a funding scheme to issue 1251 of 3 percent Consols and 251 of 3 percent Reduced and Long Annuity, with bidding centered on the Long Annuity and a 5 percent prompt payment discount. It notes a potential capital increase of 19,375,0001 of 3 per cents and 27,125,0001 in total, to be paid over six months, plus a brief local note of civic changes and tragic duels, duels, and a fatal shooting near Windsor. It also recounts a Kent encounter where Lieut. Col. Shadwell witnesses deserters from the 177th Dragoons and a subsequent murder trial.
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Pitt
Sheriff Championet
Billingsgate
Lushington
Cape of Good Hope
Harvey Afton
Major Craigie
Little Park
Windsor
Col. Shadwell
25Th Light Dragoons
Wrotham
Kent
Maidstone
Neville
Skeen
177 Regiment of
Drngeons
Deaths notice collage from 18th century Leicester square run
Deaths record in Leicester Square lists James Taffie Modeller died after severe asthma. Other obituaries include Mrs Emly wife of Rev Giles Emly Cambridge. Rev Chauler of Southorp Gloucestershire. Lieut Francis Browne of the Urchin. Matthew Harrison of Harlow aged 67. Ralph Vernon medical student in Edinburgh. Robert Halkerston of Culross. Mrs Kelso of Edinburgh aged 86. Major-general Daniel Morgan in Frederick County Virginia. John Graham of Kingston Jamaica aged over 50. George Meyrick Alough barrister Inner Temple. and Madame la Marquis de Gage in Bath.
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Leicester-quare
James Taffie
Goodnes
Cambridge
Emly
Giles Emly
Mildenhall
Suffolk
Chauler
Southorp
Lechlade
Gloucestershire
Francis Browne
Harlow
Essex
Matthew Harrison
Edinburgh
Ralph Vernon
Culross
Robert Halkerston
Carrekerdo
Kelso
Frederick County
Virginia
America
Daniel Morgan
Kingston
Jamaica
John Graham
George Meyrick Alough
Inner Temple
Bath
Madame la Marquis de Gage
Ediburgh
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London Gazette
E. Mulgrave
Yorkshire
John Hick
J. Tooley
Strand
Hutter
Guildhall
W. Warburton
Sheffield
Cutler
Shakespear Tavern
Sycamore Creec
J. T. Haslewood
Bridgnorth
Salop
Crown Inn
J. Thompson
Liverpool
Lancashire
Globe Tavern
T. Palmer
S. Hodgson
Mark Jase
Sir L. Cox
Scotland Yard
C. Garland
Brackley
Northampton
W. Pomeroy
Littleham
Exmouth
Devonshire
T. Martin
Folk’s Buildings
Tower-freet
R. Popple
Green-teet
Chelsea
T. Johnston
Freet
Cheapside
T. Kirkham
Chapel
Pentonville
Fane
O. Beckett
Winchester
J Lockwood
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