War news and London incidents in late April reports
Reports discuss Dutch fleet readiness and British naval watch with Admiral Dickson as well as secret Egyptian plans. Also covered are the Eton Montem festival, royal procession details, bread price rise, robberies in Enfield and Hounslow, trials and executions at Newgate, and local murders and accidents with brief notices of deaths and shipwreck survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Mediterranean
Texel
Dickson
Salt Hill
Eton Bridge
Yonge
Mansfield
Salthill
Duke of Kent
Windmill Inn
Vince
Windsor Terrace
Halifax
Philadelphia
America
Northampton County
Post Office
Metropolis
Holyhead
Henry Goodwin
Greenwich
Monro
Enfield-chace
Captured Sailor's Update From Stavenger April 3799
Extract from Captain Wi Shepherd of the Ann reports capture by a 14 gun French privateer with 65 men near Stavenger Norway. The crew, except a small boy left aboard, were freed at the harbor and plan homeward. Several French privateers operate in Norwegian harbors, with 40 to 56 more believed at large from Dunkirk to Calais. Additional vessels described include the Be fey Wilson, Four Sisters Polexfen, Angermanland Norberg, Grinaldi Branford, Pegsy Davison, Grange Orange, and Doves Haywood, detailing captures, damage, and rescues along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wi Shepherd
Hull
Stavenger
Norway
Cuxhaven
Dunkirk
Gitend
Calais
Be Fey
Wilson
Liverpool
London
Polexfen
Chichester
South Foreland
Eugene
Downs
Angermanland
Norberg
Bristol
St. Andero
Conger Rocks
Grinaldi
Branford
Lisbon
Vigo
Pegsy
Davison
Virginia
Falmouth
le Grande
Gijon
Grange
Orange
New York
Madeira
Haywood
Halifax
Navy
Fred
Baltimore
Fire consumes naval rigging at Long Island shipyard
A fire on March 15 in New York destroyed a large amount of naval materials, chiefly the rigging for the gear of the armed government shipyard under construction on Long Island, causing extensive loss to the works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Long Island
Bankruptcy and dividend notices from London Gazette mix
A listing of bankruptcy and dividend notices dated May to June, noting W Downing at Hereford Iron Master and others including B Raven broker Walworth, T Wynn butcher York, J Walker cotton manufacturer Manchester, J F Schmidding cannon firmer Miles Lane, Wy Line Hayfield cotton, Sherrad Piccadilly money ferrier, Stakoe Whitechapel mariner, and several others with associated dates and locations across London and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Downing
Strangworth
Hereford
Oxford Arms Inn
Kington
B. Raven
Agullo Buildings
Walworth
Guildhall
West Tanfield
York
J. Walker
Manchester
Une
J. F. Schmidding
Miles’s-lane
Merch
Compees
Flamstead
Herts
Wy Line
Hayfield
Derby
J. Sherrad
Clarges-street
Piccadilly
Money Feriy
W. Stakoe
White Horse-street
Whitechapel
Mariner
C. Chapman Bird
Little Abington-street
Marcts
FE. Windsteiger
Strand
Furrier
J Lidfott
Shoreham
Sussex
Woollen Draper
R. Hope Price
Grocer
W. Wills
Oxford Street
Correspondence on Government and Paragraphs in Weekly Register
The letter from DeteGor is acknowledged but disputed in part as misstatements aimed at discrediting the government. The paper notes such paragraphs are outside its purpose and will not appear. It also mentions Northampton W and that the poem on Piety will be published next, with correspondence from R. B. appearing in today's issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trowbridge
Hounflow-heath
Bradford
Hounslow
Robert
James Bell
William Matthews
Oxford
Staines
Newgate
James Turnbull
Hugh Campbell
Joseph Walker
William Harpur
John Armstrong
Cornet
Agth Light Dragoons
Newcastle-under- Lyne
William Grisbrook
St. John’s-lane
Clerkenwell
DeteGor
Weekly Register
Northampton
Christian Spectator
R. B
Grain price rundown at the Corn Exchange May 13
Wheat rates ranged 45s to 54s per bushel with slight gains early then heavy sales by noon. Barley and Malt rose modestly, rye and peas steady, beans and oats higher as buyers remained scarce. Prices quoted for various grains include Hog Pease 31s to 34s, Beans 44s to 48s, Fitches/Polands around 36s 0d.
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The
London’ Gazette
Corn Exchange
Leadenhall
Greenland
Newcastle
Sunderland
Smithfield
Kent
Farnham
Hamburgh
Naples
Altona
Genoa
Oporto
Leghorn
Venice
Dublin
T. Gielet
Crown Court
Fleefeiceet
Stamp-Office
Birmingham
J. Thompson
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