Letters to India and early diplomacy notes
Letters from India were to be forwarded under new terms with declared rates for rupees and letter sizes. Admiralty reports Proserpine drifted to Ba Tributarium island where packages including Mr Grenville’s papers were saved. British officers in Portugal receive limited daily rations payable to the Paymaster. The US appoints Rufus King as minister plenipotentiary for amity and commerce with the Russian Empire and William Smith for the Ottoman Porte.
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Buffarah
India
Admiralty
Proserpine
Batrium
Rufus King
United States
William Smith
Easter Monday in St James's and city notices
On Easter Monday the royal family attended services at St James's Chapel and received the Holy Sacrament. The Lord Mayor led a civic procession to Chat Church for a sermon. The piece notes various society events, appointments, a marriage donation to Wiltshire families, a criminal case, a suicide note, and local medical news about Mrs Woodstock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Elizabeth
Chapel-royal
Vincent
Champion
Mellith
Autermen Clarke
Boydell
Andersons Watson
Cadell
Perchard
Shaw
Hibbert
Staines
Perryn
Mantion House
Walter King
Emanuel College
Cambridge
Aller
Somer- Lethhire
Matthew Mapletoft
Lord Lowainey
St. John’s College
Earl of Beversey
Duke of Northumbersaint
West Indies
England
Owen Ellis
Ward
Mafes
Aged man alleges ill treatment by emigrant nobles
Bow Street police report a man suing two emigrant nobles of Lifle street Leicester Square for keeping his daughter, a servant, in their house. The magistrate ordered a warrant, searched the premises, and the duo were censured and jailed on bail to keep the peace until the girl could be returned to her father.
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Ellis
House of Correction
Old-street Road
T. Johnson
Abraham Ludlow
W. Addington
Liflestreet
Leicester S Square
Deaths listed in a late 18th century obituaries roundup
A long death notice lists numerous individuals across England and beyond. Entries include Miss Broathurst of Chelsea, Abbe Spallanzam at Padua, Rev. W. Gould at Stapleford Abbots, Mr. Ash hurahan of the Bombay Gazette, C. H. Bicknels solicitor to the Admiralty, Mrs. Shannon of M D, and many clerics and officials. Also named are Mrs. Evans at Windsor, Mr. Christopher Ingram of the Poultry, Benjamin Tolby of Avery farm row, and Susiana Innes at Greenwich, among others in Jamaica and London, with ages and titles noted where known.
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Broathurst
R. Shanon
Norbiton Hall
Surry
T. Lintail
Wentworth West Indiaman
Christopher Ingram
Poultry
Benjamin Tolby
Avery Farm-Row
Pimlico
Windsor
Evans
Brixton Deverill
Wilts
A. Coham
Sarum
Upminster
Essex
Cuthbert
Latchingdon
Sherborne
Glasspole
New College, Oxford
Newton Longville
Buckinghamshire
Yardly Hastings
James Gardiner
Denton
Earl of Sussex
Kingsclere
Hants
T. Obourn
Laverstock
Ewhurst
Berks
Meadowcroft
Margaretting
Essix
Llanrhaidr
Death notices and aged mourners across England Wales
Fragmentary notices report Marriot Lewis widow aging unknown at ym Mochnant Wales, Fraser Rodd maiden aged 100 years at Hereford, Sarah Phillips aged 1003 with faculties until near death, and Sir Charles Thompson Bart Vice Admiral of the Red at Fareham Hants near Portsmouth in the Channel fleet under Lord Bridport.
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Wales
Marriot Lewis
Hereford
Mice
Letters portraying Nelsons heroism and a father's praise
Extracts of letters said to be from Rev Nelson, father of Lord Nelson, to Rev Allot recount a congratulatory note on Nelsons late victory. The letter extols Nelsons virtue, notes wounds and sacrifices at Bafotia and Teneriffe, and says he completed his Goth year, while his father laments ingratitude yet upholds his sons honor and aged fatherly pride.
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The
Nile
Nelson
Lord Nelson
Brian Allot
Burnham
Baf’tia
Teneriffe
Letter from Lord Nelfox to his Lady at Sardinia 1798
Vanguard captain reflects on a near catastrophe at sea and credits divine mercy for the fleet’s safety. He admits vanity led to pride, laments loss of favored status, and asserts the Vanguard will soon sail again as an English man of war despite being denied humane rights.
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Nelfox
Vanguard
St. Peter's
Fand
Sardinia
Fanny
France
Admiralty Board appoints several naval officers
The Admiralty Board announces removals and new appointments: Lord Duncan to North Sea, Sir W Parker to Newfoundland, Sir R Curtis to Cape, Sir C Cotton to Halifax, Sir T Parley to Plymouth, and Admiral Lutwidge to Downs, replacing retiring or dead officers. A wreck report follows on the Favourite, capt Fisher, from Whitehaven.
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Admiralty Board
Lord Duncan
North Sea
Onslow
W. Parker
Newfoundland
Waldegrave
R. Curtis
Cape
Christian
C. Cotton
Halifax
Vandeput
T. Parley
Plymouth
R. King
Lutwidge
Downs
Peyton
Berkeley
Channel
Thompson
Fisher
Whitehaven
Baltic
Barrahead
Lewis
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