Fractured Drift Off Shoal Ends in Tragic Losses Near Cuxhaven
Sailors drifted away from the main shoals for eight hours and perished with no aid possible. Mr. Grenville and companions, aided by officers, crossed shoals and reached shore after 15 perilous miles, arriving safely at Cuxhaven and then Berlin. The Prince of Wales ran aground but was saved without loss of life. A Henrietta Street Portman Square house burned completely in minutes while the family were away.
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Berlin
Prince of Wales
Deane
Yarmouth
Hemp Theft on River Brings Three Men to Trial
Marine Office reports a midnight raid as a police boat nabbed three men on a tug near a hemp laden brig. Two leaped overboard to escape while one was captured and held for examination. In a separate hearing Wiltshire faced charges of forging bank notes in Whitechapel, with many victims. He is committed for trial. once a butcher from Warping, he was transported years ago.
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Whitechapel
Wiltshire
Portsmouth
London
Death notices from a Scottish newspaper fragment
A worn OCR death list records numerous obituaries and notices. It mentions John Rose of Petige Common at 78, Rev Archibald Bruce dying at dinner, Hon Mrs Elizabeth Kerr of Bugtirige at 73, and many others including Rev Thomas Thompsin of DaiI in Ayshire and John Robertsor of Rothsay, with ages ranging from mid seventies to over a hundred, plus notes on long illnesses and bed confinement.
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Asfair
John Rose
Petige Common
Sthult
Archibald Bruce
Amine Dihan
Ainal
Fiymon
Grorge’s Square
Edinburg
Elizabeth Ker
Clailes Karr
James ‘Kerr
Bugtitrige
Thomas Thompsin
Dail
Aycshire
Howse
Charlotte
Portland Place
Thomas Wool
Rothfay
John ‘ Robertsor
Thomas Chhori
Scotland
George Hay Dummond
EAA
Kinnoul
Morday
Thomas Horhvbld
Hauléy-castle
Worcester- Rite
Colntoneli
Worcester
Samuel Corbyn
Hawnington House
Wiltshire
John Free’ Atély
Brixton
Deverill
Arthur'Cohard
Wilts
Saram
Brixton Peverill
Mary Barnes
St. Andrew's
Col. Maziér
British Parliament Game Laws Debated on Poaching and Tax
In the House of Commons debate on a bill to repeal the 1796 game law and permit earlier shooting, MPs warn of agricultural damage from corn trampling while acknowledging limited enforcement. Meanwhile Wilberforce renews his abolition push for the slave trade, arguing moral imperatives over colonial interests and examining objections about regulation and property.
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Shaw Lefevre
Coke
Norfolk
William Young
I. H. Brown
Pitt
Colonial Assembly
West Indies
Jamaica
Bos
Walberforce
Sewell
Great Britain
Africa
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Police Intelligence
British Parliament
HOUSE
Commons
George. R
Prince Edward
Prince Eric Augustus
Amelia
Chhir
Wilberforce
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