News from London and Maidstone Trials and Drownings
Monday April 30 reports delays in the Maidstone court as the King’s Messengers return from Ireland with Mr O Connor to testify against his brother. Indictment errors prompted adjournment to May 21. Bank tax contributions reach over 1,850,000. Other items note a London bridge boat disaster with five drowned, Captain Popham’s gun boat model, emigration ban 15 miles from ports, and various town notices and May trade ads.
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O‘connor
Ireland
Maidstone
Lord Romney
Buller, Heath
Earl Powis
Sdlop
Londonbridge
Popham
Board of Admiralty
Duke of Bedford
Government of Ireland
Luke White
Havie
Capture of the Jupiter privateer and war casualty tally
From the London Gazette the Jupiter lugger privateer of eight guns and 36 men was captured by the Cruiser cutter under Lieut Ollaston. It lists killed and wounded aboard the Mars after its clash with L Hercule: 17 killed, 5 died of wounds, 60 wounded, 8 missing. Also a list of surrender notices from various tradesmen with dates in May and June at inns in towns including Evetham Worcester Hinckley Nuneaton Barnsley Rotherham Bath Matlock and Northampton.
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Ollaston
Mars
L’ Hercule
John Zealy
Evetham
Worcester
Vitinler
White Hart
Evetam
Richard Aminer
Hinckley
Leicester
Hosier
Bath
Somerset
Coachminsters
the Lamb
T. Hawkesworth
York
Carrier
Black Swan
T. Read
Winslow
Bucks
Dealer
Northampton
Beariimore the Younger
Adhbourn
Dethy
Chace
Plymouth
Ranger Revenue Cutter
Cornwall
Dryad
Lord A. Beauclerk
Ireland
Cork
Yetterday
Amelia
Afoh
Eounter
Funle
Cape Sige
Tta
Hercule
Amcher
Boa
Actica
Hood
Capetain
Butterfield
St. Helen's
L’amaranthe
Medicerrandal
Naval dispatches and prize capture reports from the South Seas and Naples
The Alcmene captains a Spanish prize from the South Seas while the Yue Zephyr and other vessels fell to privateers. Reports detail the Herald’s repulse of French privateers near Naples, Royal Navy reinforcements, a Dutch privateer chase near Gravesend, and updates on ship arrivals, prizes, and town meetings planning coastal defenses.
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Alcmene
Brown
South Seas
Yue Zephyr Packet
Scott
Madras
la Vengeance
Bourdeaux
Col. Crawford
King
Thornton
Holland
Laroup
Townsend
Jordan
Fayall
Isles
Jefsey
Naples
Herald Letter
Jersey
Pickbock
Heald
Cands
Felucca
Herald
Prince Augustus
England
Will. Hamilton
Yarmouth
Sir R. Onslow
Monarch
Glatton
Apollo
Pylades
Rofe
Hazard
M‘douall
Newcastle
Gravesend
Caval and Foot
Texell
Ganges
Descriptions of naval actions and ship captures near Plymouth
Reported events detail captures and engagements along the Cornwall coast and surrounding waters. The French ship Hercule sustains heavy damage while Captain Hood dies, with Lieutenant Butterfield praised. additional movements include the Ranger, Dryad, Galatea, Melampus, Spitfire, and other vessels, plus mentions of the Intrepid and convoy dynamics near Plymouth and Portsmouth.
Fragmentary Epigram Fragment in Onboard Verse
Fragmentary OCR style text hints at a disjointed epigram about a doctor or dream figure, with stray phrases like comfort, care, and a weekly theft. Readable elements include names and incomplete lines, but the passage remains incoherent and fragmentary overall.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Engelberg
Switzerland
Pleasants
House of Lords
Earl of Kingston
Col. Fitzgerald
Bond-street
J. Wood
Rippon
The
Thomas Hutchins
Joseph Cook
Kintbury
Berks
J. Hewitt
Godstone
Lurry
Carpenter
Anthony Meety
London
Ann Hardy
Lancaster
John Borlase
Oxford
H.S. Gardiner
Wardrobe-place
Doctor's Commons
Josiah Wheeler
Bristol
P. Morgan
A. Strother
Minories
Tune Os
B. Golding
J. S. Machamara
Queen-street
J. Radford
Bridgwater
London Gazette
Ship News
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